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We are praying 44 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 4: for you and your family, and I hope you'll stay 45 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 4: connected with us during the week. Through our podcast, social media, 46 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 4: our YouTube channel. There are lots of ways you can 47 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 4: receive these messages and stay inspired and encouraged. Plus you 48 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 4: can share them with a friend. But thanks for tuning in. 49 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 50 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 4: about this man that died and went to heaven. Saint 51 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 4: Peter escorted him down this long hallway filled with thousands 52 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 4: of clocks on the wall. The hands on the clocks 53 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 4: were moving at all different speeds. Peter explained that every 54 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 4: person has a clock when they send the clock ticks. 55 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 4: One clock was barely moving. That was Billy Graham's clock. 56 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:33,119 Speaker 4: Another clock was creeping along Mother Teresa's clock. The men 57 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 4: fed curiously, Can I see my clock? Peter said, yeah, 58 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 4: we keep yours in the office and use it as 59 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 4: a fan. Hold up your Bible, say it like you 60 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 61 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 4: I am. I have what it says I have. I 62 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 4: can do what it says I can do. Today I 63 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 4: will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 64 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 65 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 66 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about from valley 67 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 4: to victory. We all go through difficulties in life and 68 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 4: things we don't understand. We have a setback in our finances, 69 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 4: a challenge in our health, a relationship didn't make it. 70 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 4: When we're in the valley, it's easy to get discouraged 71 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 4: and think it's never going to improve. But the scripture 72 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 4: says in Hoseiah, God will transform the valley of trouble 73 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 4: into a gateway of hope. You may be in a 74 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 4: valley of trouble, a valley of loneliness, a valley of debt. 75 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 4: You don't see any way out. It looks permanent. God 76 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 4: is saying, I'm about to transform that valley into a 77 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 4: gateway of hope, a gateway of increase, a gateway of favor. 78 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 4: The valley is leading you to new levels, to better relationships, 79 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 4: to greater influence. The medical report may not look good. 80 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 4: You're in a valley of sickness. God is about to 81 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 4: transform it into a gateway of healing, a gateway of wholeness. 82 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 4: Don't let the valley fool you. God has the final say. 83 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 4: Nothing can snatch you out of his hands. Maybe you're 84 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 4: in a valley in your finances, business has slowed, you're 85 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 4: lost to contract. That valley is not the end. It's 86 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 4: about to be transformed into a gateway of blessing, a 87 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 4: gateway of favor, a gateway of overflow. God is going 88 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 4: to open new doors. He's going to cause opportunities to 89 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 4: find you. Perhaps you've struggled with an addiction for a 90 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 4: long time. You've accepted that you'll always be in that valley. 91 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 4: Your relatives lived in the valley, they all struggled. No, 92 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 4: this is a new day. God is doing a new thing. 93 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 4: That valley is about to be transformed into a gateway 94 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 4: of freedom. God has a breakthrough come in your way. 95 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 4: He's going to make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 96 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 4: The valley is not your destiny. The addiction, the loneliness, 97 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 4: the anxiety is not going to hinder you your whole life. 98 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 4: You were created to be free, to be happy, to 99 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 4: live an abundant, fulfilled life. Instead of complaining about the valley, 100 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 4: being discouraged over what you're going through all through the day, Father, 101 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 4: thank you that this valley is only temporary. I believe 102 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 4: what you promised that you're about to transform it into 103 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 4: a gateway of hope, a gateway of blessing, a gateway 104 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 4: of victory. That valley is leading you to the awesome 105 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 4: future God has in store. And the truth is you 106 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 4: can't reach your destiny without going through valleys. The valleys 107 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 4: are strategic. When you're on top of a mountain, the 108 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 4: only way to go higher is to come down that mountain, 109 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 4: go through the valley, then you can go up a 110 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 4: bigger mountain. God allows valleys not to hold us back, 111 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,479 Speaker 4: but because He's taken us higher. Without the valleys, we 112 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 4: would get stuck. Are you discouraged over what God is 113 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 4: going to use to take you to a new level? 114 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 4: Frustrated thinking valley is permanent, Have a new perspective. The 115 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 4: valley is not there to stop you. It's there to 116 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 4: promote you. And what you're up against may be bigger. 117 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 4: You feel out numbered, you don't have the resources on 118 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 4: your own, you can't get out. The good news is 119 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 4: you're not on your own. The most tai God is 120 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 4: right there with you. He knows how to turn that 121 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 4: battlefield into a blessing field, that valley of trouble into 122 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 4: a gateway of victory. This is what happened with David 123 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 4: when he was a teenager, he faced Goliath in the 124 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 4: valley of Elah. It's not a coincidence that this battle 125 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:41,239 Speaker 4: took place in a valley, and every morning and every 126 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 4: evening for forty days, Goliath came out, stood on the 127 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 4: side of the mountain and shouted insults at the Israelites, 128 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 4: tauning them, making fun, trying to stir up trouble. Goliath 129 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 4: was huge. He stood over nine feet tall. His coat 130 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 4: of armor weighed one hundred and twenty five pounds. He 131 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 4: was the champion of the Philistine army. When King Saul 132 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 4: and the Israelites heard him, they were terrified. They turned 133 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 4: and ran out of sight. This went on time and 134 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 4: time again. One day David showed up, seventeen years old. 135 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 4: When he heard these threats, something rose up in him, 136 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 4: a fire, a passion, a courage. He said, who is 137 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 4: this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of 138 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 4: the Living God. He was saying, this man is not 139 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 4: in covenant with our God. He doesn't have the blessing 140 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 4: of Jehovah. We may be in a valley, but Goliath 141 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 4: can't keep us here. He doesn't control our destiny. David 142 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 4: looked at Goliath. He said, you come against me with 143 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 4: a sword and a shield, But I come against you 144 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 4: in the name of the Lord God of Israel. This 145 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 4: day I will defeat you and feed your head to 146 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 4: the birds of the air. All the Israelites were in 147 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 4: the same valley. They heard the same threats, but David 148 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 4: had a different attitude. He talked back to the enemy. 149 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 4: When you're in the valley, like David, you will hear 150 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 4: the enemy's threats. He'll try to intimidate you. You'll never 151 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 4: get out of this problem. It's too big, you'll never 152 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 4: get well. You saw the report. Your child will never 153 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 4: get back on course. Don't do like the Israelites and 154 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 4: believe those lies, live in fear, worried. Do like David 155 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 4: and talk back to the enemy. What you're saying in 156 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 4: the valley is going to have a great impact on 157 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 4: whether or not you come out. The Israelites were saying, 158 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 4: he's too big, we don't have a chance. We'll never 159 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 4: defeat him. When you talk defeat, your inviting defeat. When 160 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 4: you talk sickness, You're going to have sickness. When you 161 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 4: say I'll never get out of this problem, it's going 162 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 4: to keep you there. Instead of agreeing with the enemy. 163 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 4: Start declaring what God says about you. When the enemy 164 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 4: shouts You'll never get well. Do like David, will live 165 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 4: and not die. God is restoring health back into me. 166 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 4: You'll never get out of debt. This value of lack, 167 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 4: value of struggle, not having enough, it's permanent. I will 168 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 4: lend and not borrow. God is opening the windows of heaven, 169 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 4: pouring out blessings that I cannot contain. Well. That child 170 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 4: is never going to do right. He's never going to 171 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 4: break the addiction. As for me and my house, we 172 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 4: will serve the Lord. My children are mighty in the land. 173 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 4: What God has purpose for their life. No bad breaks, 174 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 4: no addictions, no person can stop. It's so important what 175 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 4: you're saying in the valley. If it's going to be 176 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 4: transformed into a gateway of hope, you have to speak 177 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 4: words of life, words of faith, words of victory. This 178 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 4: is where the Israelites missed it. They were talking about 179 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 4: how big Goliath was. David was talking about how big 180 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 4: our God is. They were magnifying the problem. David came 181 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 4: along and started magnifying our God. God. The enemy has 182 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 4: no new tricks. He's not creative. You can go back 183 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 4: and look what he's done in the past. That's how 184 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 4: he's going to try to deceive you in this valley. 185 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 4: Thousands of years ago, he was threatening with loud insults, 186 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 4: trying to intimidate with lies. It's no different today. Goliath 187 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 4: may not stand on the mountain side and shout down 188 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 4: to your valley, but in your thoughts, loud threats will come, 189 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 4: things that can keep you awake at night, cause you 190 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 4: to live worried, stressed out. Recognize what's happening. Don't be 191 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 4: one of the Israelites and run and hide for forty days, 192 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 4: and let forty days turn into forty months, then forty years. 193 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 4: Be a David. There's nothing more powerful against these negative 194 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 4: threats than God's word coming out of your mouth. I 195 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 4: may be in a valley, but can I tell you 196 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 4: I am coming out. I will fulfill my destiny. I 197 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 4: will accomplish my dreams. I am strong, I am healthy, 198 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 4: I am well able. David told King Saul that he 199 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 4: wanted to fight Goliath. Saul told him all the reasons 200 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 4: why he couldn't do it. You're too young, you don't 201 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 4: have the training, the experience. He's too big, he's their 202 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 4: most skilled warrior. Sometimes people will try to keep you 203 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 4: in the valley. People will tell you what you can't do, 204 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 4: what you don't have, how you should just learn to 205 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 4: live with the addiction. Don't try to start that business. 206 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 4: There are giants out there. You can't teach that class. 207 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 4: There's too much competition. You better stay where you are. 208 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 4: Don't expect everyone to cheer you on. All your friends 209 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 4: are not going to celebrate you, challenge you to stretch 210 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 4: to the next level. But just because they don't see 211 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 4: it in you doesn't mean you don't have it. God 212 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 4: has put greatness in you, things that other people have 213 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 4: never imagined, potential that's going to catapult you to a 214 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 4: new level. Now, don't let someone talk you out of 215 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 4: what God put in you. Don't let their lack of 216 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 4: support cause you to stay in the valley. David could 217 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 4: have thought, I guess King Saul is right. I don't 218 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 4: have the training. I don't come from an influential family. 219 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 4: He is much bigger than I am. Maybe I should 220 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:18,079 Speaker 4: just accept this valley. If David would have let Saul 221 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 4: discourage him, we wouldn't be talking about him. If he 222 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 4: would have believed the threats of Goliath, he would have 223 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 4: never fulfilled his destiny, and at some point we will 224 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 4: all be where David was, in a valley with a 225 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 4: big obstacle. We didn't get the scholarship, the relationship didn't 226 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:39,679 Speaker 4: work out, We lost a loved one. The fear, depression, anxiety, 227 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 4: it feels permanent. Nobody's there to support us. That's when 228 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 4: you have to dig down deep and say, no, this 229 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 4: valley is not my home. This defeat, this lack, this trouble, 230 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 4: this addiction is not how my story ends. You are 231 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 4: on the verge of seeing that valley transformed into a 232 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 4: gateway of something amazing. God is about to do something unusual, 233 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 4: out of the ordinary, something that will thrust you to 234 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 4: a new level. King Saul wasn't for David, but that 235 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 4: didn't stop David. David's family didn't believe in him. His 236 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 4: brothers made fun of him, but that didn't keep him 237 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 4: from his destiny. Don't be discouraged by who's not for you, 238 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 4: by who doesn't cheer you on. You don't need them. 239 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 4: You and God are a majority. He is breathing in 240 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 4: your direction right now. You're about to come out of 241 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 4: that valley. It's going to happen sooner than you think 242 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 4: there's a breakthrough, a promotion, a healing, a divine connection 243 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 4: that's headed your way. Get ready for that valley to 244 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 4: be transformed. It looks permanent, but things are suddenly going 245 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 4: to change. Suddenly your health turns around, Suddenly your business 246 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 4: takes aw, Suddenly your child gets back on course. That 247 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 4: valley is leading you to victory. David was in this 248 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 4: valley of Elah. Goliath was coming down the mountain to 249 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 4: face him. David didn't have any armor, didn't have a 250 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 4: sword a shield. All he had was a slingshot. He 251 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 4: reached down and picked up five smooth stones from the stream. 252 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 4: God was showing us there is provision in the valley. 253 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 4: David didn't bring the stones into the valley. He didn't 254 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 4: have someone helping him giving him the stones. What he 255 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 4: needed was within reach. What you need to get out 256 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 4: of that valley is within your reach. You don't have 257 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 4: to wait on some person, some good break, a company 258 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 4: to call you, a neighbor to help you out, look 259 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 4: around you, and look in you. Sometimes all you need 260 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 4: is your praise. Praise is a weapon. Praise breaks chains, 261 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 4: Praise confuses the enemy. Praise makes you powerful. When you 262 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 4: have praise, coming out of your mouth. You are unstoppable. 263 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 4: The enemy cannot keep a praiser down. Just ask Paul 264 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 4: in Silas as they sang praise is at midnight, prison 265 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 4: doors flung open. Just ask Jonah sitting in the belly 266 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 4: of a fish as he offered the sacrifice of praise, 267 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 4: the fish spit him up on dry ground. All David 268 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 4: had was five small stones that didn't seem like much. 269 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 4: But a stone with God's favor is more powerful than 270 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 4: an automatic weapon. Your praise may not seem like much, 271 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 4: but when you praise, angels go to work. When you praise, 272 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 4: the creator of the universe begins to change things in 273 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 4: your favor. Most of the battles we fight are not physical, 274 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 4: they're spiritual. Praise is a powerful weapon. When you praise 275 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 4: in the valley, it's even more effective because the enemy 276 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 4: expects you in the valley to be negative, bitter, complaining. 277 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 4: But when you go through the day saying Father, thank 278 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 4: you that you you are still on the throne, thank 279 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 4: you that you are bigger than this problem, thank you 280 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 4: that no weapon formed against me will ever prosper. Praise 281 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 4: will cause you to defeat giants in your life. When 282 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 4: Goliath saw David, how young he was, how small He 283 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 4: began to laugh. He said to my dog that you'd 284 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 4: come at me with a stick. He was saying, is 285 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 4: this the best you can do? Is this all you've got? 286 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 4: He discounted David made fun of him. David didn't pay 287 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 4: any attention. He took a stone, put it in the slingshot. 288 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 4: When he slung it, it hit Goliath right between the eyes, 289 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 4: knocked him unconscious. David went over, took Goliath's own sword 290 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 4: and cut his head off. Overnight, David became a national hero. 291 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 4: He went from a shepherd boy that nobody had ever 292 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 4: heard of to be in the talk of the town, 293 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 4: everyone admired and loved. God knows how to transform a 294 00:16:55,600 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 4: valley of trouble into a gateway of blessing. Be in 295 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,880 Speaker 4: trouble now, in your health, your finances, a relationship. It's 296 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 4: a setup. It was meant to stop you, but God 297 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 4: has another plan. He allowed it because it's about to 298 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 4: launch you to a new level. You're going to come 299 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 4: out promoted, stronger, healthier, better than you were before. It's 300 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 4: not a coincidence that David wrote in Psalm twenty three, 301 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,679 Speaker 4: though I walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death. 302 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 4: He didn't say, though I stay in the valley, though 303 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 4: I live in the valley. No, the valley is not 304 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 4: your home. The valley is temporary. You're just passing through 305 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 4: the valley. It's just a matter of time before it's 306 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 4: turned into a gateway, a gateway of favor, a gateway 307 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 4: of healing. Now, don't let the valley become permanent in 308 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 4: your thinking. Don't go around talking about my sickness, my depression, 309 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 4: my arthritis is acting up. Don't take ownership of it. 310 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 4: It's not yours. God made you healthy, whole, free, blessed, prosperous. 311 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:06,719 Speaker 4: Anything otherwise is on foreign territory. David said, though I 312 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,880 Speaker 4: walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death. Then 313 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 4: the next verse he said, God anoints my head with oil, 314 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 4: and my cup runs over. God was showing us you 315 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 4: have to go through some valleys before you come to 316 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 4: the anointing where your cup runs over. David could have 317 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 4: started the chapter talking about my cup runs over, God 318 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 4: anoints my head, then at the end talked about the valleys. 319 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 4: He did just the opposite. It's because valleys precede overflow. 320 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 4: You may be dealing with the sickness now, but on 321 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 4: the other side of that valley is your cup running 322 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,680 Speaker 4: over with good health. Things may be slow at the office, 323 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 4: but when you make it through the valley, there's an 324 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 4: abundance good breaks, promotion. That family member is causing trouble, 325 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 4: but on the other side of the valley is great joy, 326 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,959 Speaker 4: great peace. Your cup is going to run over with 327 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 4: great relationships. Now, none of us like to go through 328 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 4: the valleys. But if you'll keep the right perspective, knowing 329 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 4: that that valley is leading you to overflow, then you'll 330 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 4: go through it with a good attitude. I wonder how 331 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 4: often we get stuck in the valley complaining I can't 332 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 4: believe this happened. God is waiting to transform it into 333 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 4: a gateway of blessing, but we have to pass the test. 334 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 4: How we go through the valley makes a difference. I 335 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 4: know a pastor that wanted to build a new auditorium. 336 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 4: They had needed the space for a long time. He 337 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 4: saw friends building nice sanctuaries. They were doing great things, 338 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 4: but every time he tried to move forward, he had 339 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 4: some kind of setback. He was tempted to get discouraged, 340 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 4: think it would never work out. When you're in the valley. 341 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:52,199 Speaker 4: It's a test. God is up to something that you 342 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 4: can't see. It's easy to complain and live negative, but 343 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,719 Speaker 4: you have to trust Him in the valley. This pastor 344 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 4: being his best month after month, thanking God that he 345 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 4: was working, declaring that a new sanctuary was on the way. 346 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 4: It looked like he was stuck. The odds were against him, 347 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 4: said it would never happen. But God knows how to 348 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:17,880 Speaker 4: transform that valley of trouble into a gateway of blessing. 349 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 4: And when it's your time, all the forces of darkness 350 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 4: cannot stop what God has ordained for you. One day, unexpectedly, 351 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 4: the mayor of this small town called and told how 352 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 4: there was a group that built a huge building for 353 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 4: a casino, but before they moved in, they went bankrupt. 354 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 4: They had over forty acres of parking, a building that 355 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 4: could fit four football fields inside. It was just a 356 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,479 Speaker 4: few miles from his church. The mayor asked if he 357 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 4: was interested in purchasing it. The pastor thought it'd be 358 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 4: over fifty million dollars. It was huge, first class. The 359 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 4: mayor said, no, you can purchase it for under two 360 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,160 Speaker 4: million dollars. Instead of having to build his own facility. 361 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 4: God dropped a much bigger, better facility into their hands. 362 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,479 Speaker 4: When you go through the valley in faith, thanking God, 363 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 4: then you're going to come into that anointing where your 364 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 4: cup runs over. God is going to do things that 365 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,239 Speaker 4: you've never dreamed. He's going to transform the valley of 366 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 4: trouble into a gateway of abundance. You may feel like 367 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 4: you're stuck. You're doing the right thing, but the wrong 368 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 4: thing is happening. The good news is that valley is 369 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 4: not permanent. You are coming through, and if you could 370 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 4: see what was on the other side, you would be amazed. 371 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 4: Your cup is going to run over. Maybe a relationship 372 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 4: didn't work out, that person left you. Now you're in 373 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 4: the valley. That is not the end of your story. 374 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 4: God has a running over blessing somebody better than you've 375 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 4: ever dreamed. Stay in faith in the valley. Don't listen 376 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 4: to Goliath. Don't believe the lies that it's never going 377 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 4: to work out. It's too late, the obstacle's too big. 378 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 4: Like this pastor, that valley of trouble is leading to 379 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 4: a gateway of abundance, abundance of joy, abundance of good. 380 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 4: Hell abundance of resources. Second King, Chapter three. The Israelites 381 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 4: had been traveling for seven days on their way to 382 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 4: attack the Moabites. They went the long way around to 383 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 4: surprise them, but they ran out of water. There was 384 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 4: nothing for them or their animals to drink. The King 385 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 4: of Israel said, has God brought us out here to die? 386 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 4: Someone spoke up and said, let's ask the prophet Elisha. 387 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,959 Speaker 4: He said in verse sixteen, this is what the Lord says. 388 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,880 Speaker 4: This dry valley will be filled with water. You will 389 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 4: see neither wind nor rain, but you will have an 390 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:47,439 Speaker 4: abundance of water plenty for yourselves and your animals, and 391 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 4: the Lord will give you victory over the Moabites. That 392 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 4: didn't make sense. The valley was going to be filled 393 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 4: with water with no rain. I'm sure they thought, Elisha, 394 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 4: you missed it this time. That's impossible. Where's the water 395 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 4: going to come from the Next morning they woke up 396 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 4: and suddenly water started flowing into the valley with no source. 397 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 4: They went out and defeated the Moabites. You don't have 398 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 4: to figure out how God is going to bring you out. 399 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 4: It may not seem possible. You've looked at all the 400 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 4: options and don't see away. That's okay. God has ways 401 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 4: we've never thought of. We think natural, but God is supernatural. 402 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 4: He can cause the property to find you. He can 403 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 4: have the right people knock on your door. He can 404 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 4: heal you without the treatment. The valley doesn't stop our God. 405 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 4: He's not limited by what you don't have. He's not 406 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:45,399 Speaker 4: intimidated by what you're up against. He spoke worlds into existence, 407 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 4: He flung stars into space. He knows how to turn 408 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 4: your situation around. You may be in the valley that's dry, 409 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 4: it looks permanent. Get ready. Water is about to flow 410 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,640 Speaker 4: into your valley. You're not going to see when nor rain. 411 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 4: It's not going to be ordinary. It's not going to 412 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 4: happen a normal way. It's going to be the hand 413 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 4: of God. There's no explanation. It doesn't make sense. It's 414 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 4: God bringing water without rain, promotion without the qualification, and 415 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 4: auditorium without having to build it a baby when you 416 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 4: were told it wasn't possible. Don't get discouraged because the 417 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 4: valley is dry, there's no water. God controls the faucet. 418 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,199 Speaker 4: His favor can open a door that couldn't open. He 419 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 4: can make things happen that can't be explained. When David 420 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 4: was thirty seven years old, he was about to step 421 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 4: into a new level of his destiny and become the 422 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 4: king of all of Israel. He was at the valley 423 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 4: of Reffium. Reffium means giants. Twenty years earlier he defeated Goliath. 424 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 4: Now he's faced not just one giant, but a valley 425 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,399 Speaker 4: full of giants. God helped him and his men, and 426 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 4: they won the victory. The scripture says David renamed the 427 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 4: valley instead of leaving it the valley of Ruffium. He 428 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 4: called it bow Parism, which means the God of the breakthrough. 429 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 4: You may be in a valley now things are difficult, 430 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 4: But like with David, one day you're going to rename 431 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,679 Speaker 4: that valley instead of a valley of disappointment. When you 432 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 4: see what God does, you're going to say, that was 433 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 4: a valley of favor, a valley of blessing, a valley 434 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 4: where God showed out in my life. Instead of a 435 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 4: valley of sickness, a valley of suffering, that was a 436 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 4: valley of healing, a valley of wholeness where God made 437 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 4: away where I didn't see away. Or instead of a 438 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,199 Speaker 4: valley of addiction, a valley of failure. That was a 439 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 4: valley of freedom, a valley of restoration where I saw 440 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 4: God's grace as never before. Don't let the name of 441 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 4: that valley fool you. God is about to transform that 442 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 4: valley into a gateway of blessing. When my father went 443 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 4: to be with the Lord, I was in a valley 444 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,639 Speaker 4: of loss, a valley of sadness. I can say now 445 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 4: that was a valley of increase. That valley launched me 446 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 4: to a new level. When my mother faced cancer, that 447 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 4: was a valley of illness, a valley of pain. But 448 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 4: now forty years later, she can say that was a 449 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:21,400 Speaker 4: valley of breakthrough, a valley where God helped me defeat 450 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 4: a giant. When King Jehasaphat and the people of Judah 451 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 4: were surrounded by three major armies, they didn't have a chance, 452 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 4: but God caused those armies to become confused and they 453 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 4: ended up destroying each other. The people of Judah went 454 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:40,159 Speaker 4: in and gathered up all the spoils. Jehasaphat named that 455 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 4: place the Valley of Blessing. Things may be tough right now, 456 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 4: stay in courage. One day you're going to say, like him, 457 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 4: that was a valley of blessing. God is working behind 458 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 4: the scenes in your life. He hasn't brought you this 459 00:26:55,720 --> 00:27:00,080 Speaker 4: far to leave you. He sees the tears, the injustice. 460 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 4: That valley of trouble is about to be transformed into 461 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 4: a gateway of hope, a gateway of healing, a gateway 462 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 4: of promotion. It may be uncomfortable now, but the valley 463 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 4: is necessary. God is using it to take you to 464 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 4: a new level. Now do your part. Praise Him in 465 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 4: the valley, keep a good attitude in the valley, Be 466 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 4: good to others in the valley. If you'll do this, 467 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 4: I believe and declare, Like David, you're going to defeat 468 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 4: giants that are much bigger. Like Elisha, You're going to 469 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 4: see water without rain. God is about to do things 470 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 4: you can't explain. Unusual favor healing, restoration, breakthroughs. Get ready, 471 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 4: You're about to go from the valley to victory. In Jesus' name, 472 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 473 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 4: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 474 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:57,120 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 475 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. 476 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 4: If you've prayed that simple prayer. We believe you got 477 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 4: born again. Be sure to get to a good Bible 478 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 4: based church and keep God first place. Thanks so much 479 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 4: for listening to today's message. 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