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Thanks for listening to 38 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 39 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 40 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 41 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 42 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 3: your life. Well, God bless you. Thanks for letting us 43 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 3: come into your homes, and if you're ever in our area, 44 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 3: please stop buy and be a part of one of 45 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 3: our services. I'll promise you we'll make you feel right 46 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 3: at home. 47 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and I. 48 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 3: Heard about this group of elderly ladies were way up 49 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 3: in their eighties. They were driving down the freeway together 50 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 3: when they were pulled over by a policeman. The officer 51 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 3: said to the driver, ma'am, do you realize you're only 52 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 3: going thirty five miles an hour? She said, yes, Officer, 53 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,679 Speaker 3: I realized that. He said, well, why are you going 54 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 3: so slow? She said, because that's what the sign said. 55 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 3: He kind of laughed and said, no, ma'am, that's the 56 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 3: number of the freeway. This is Highway thirty five. And 57 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 3: by the way, why do these other passengers look so terrified? 58 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 3: She smiled and said, because we just got off Highway 59 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 3: ninety five. Say it like you mean it. 60 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says. 61 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 3: I am. 62 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 63 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. 64 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 3: Today I will be taught the word of God. I'll 65 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 3: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 66 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 3: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 67 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 3: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 68 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 3: from patient to physician. We've all had times where we've 69 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 3: seen God's goodness. 70 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 2: We weren't feeling well. 71 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 3: The medical report didn't look good, but God turned it around. 72 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 3: Now we're healthy and whole. Or we lost a loved one. 73 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 3: We didn't think we could go on, but God gave 74 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 3: us strength and peace, and here we are stronger than ever. 75 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 3: At one point, we were the patient. We needed healing, 76 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 3: we needed restoration, we needed favor. God made a way 77 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 3: where we didn't see away, and we're grateful that He 78 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:42,839 Speaker 3: brought us out. 79 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: We know that was his goodness. But here's the key. 80 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 3: It's not enough to just be a grateful former patient. 81 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 3: You have to take it one step further and go 82 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 3: from patient to physician. 83 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 2: You've been healed. Now go help somebody else get healed. 84 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 2: You broke the addiction. 85 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 3: Help someone else break their addiction. Your son got back 86 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 3: on course. God entered your prayers. Go help that mother 87 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 3: that's struggling with her son. Encourage her, Speak life into her. 88 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 3: Let her know that God did it for you and 89 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 3: he can do it for her. God didn't heal you 90 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 3: just so you could be well. That's one reason, but 91 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 3: not the only reason. He healed you so you could 92 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 3: become a healer. He didn't bless you just so you 93 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 3: could be blessed. He did it so you could become 94 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 3: a blessing. 95 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 2: He favored you so you could show other people favor. 96 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 3: He brought you through the loss, He gave you a 97 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 3: new beginning so you could help others make. 98 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 2: It through their laws. 99 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 3: And it's not enough to just bask in what God 100 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 3: has done, thank him for his goodness, and that's fine, 101 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 3: but you have a responsibility to help someone else. 102 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 2: In that same situation. You're no longer or the patient. 103 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 2: You become the physician. 104 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 3: A friend of mine has had real bad back pain. 105 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 3: It's been on and off again for a couple of years. 106 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 3: He recently found a new doctor that he really likes. 107 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 3: And what made him so special is this doctor has 108 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 3: had the same back pain that my friend had for. 109 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 2: Over ten years. 110 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 3: He's gone through several surgeries and now his back is 111 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 3: perfectly healed. My friend was excited because this doctor had 112 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 3: been through what he's going through. Some things you can't 113 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:38,239 Speaker 3: fully understand by taking a class or by reading a book, 114 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 3: But when you've been through the pain, through the laws, 115 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 3: through the struggle, that experience gives you a unique perspective 116 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 3: that others without it don't have. 117 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 2: They can't fully appreciate it. 118 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 3: I don't know what it's like to struggle with an addiction, 119 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 3: or to go through chemotherapy, or do I have been 120 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:00,279 Speaker 3: raised in abuse and function. 121 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 2: I haven't been there. 122 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 3: I can encourage you, I can chew you on. But 123 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 3: when you've been through something, you've been through cancer, treatment, 124 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 3: you've been through a divorce, a loss, a rough childhood, 125 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 3: in one sense, you've been given a gift. 126 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 2: You are uniquely. 127 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 3: Qualified to help someone else. 128 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 2: In that same situation. 129 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 3: You know what it's like, the pain, the discouragement, the 130 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 3: battles they fight in their mind. 131 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 2: You can help them in a way that others can. 132 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 3: God has done it for you. Now, don't stay a 133 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 3: grateful patient, become a physician. 134 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 2: Reach out to them. 135 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 3: Your encouragement carries more weight. You're speaking from experience, You've 136 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 3: been there, Paul said in Corinthians. The comfort we receive 137 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 3: in our difficulties, we can share that same comfort with 138 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 3: others in their time of need. We all have something 139 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 3: to give because we've all been through things, and it 140 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 3: doesn't have to be something big, something tragic. You made 141 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 3: it through that tough course in college. You worked hard 142 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 3: and studied that friend came over and helped you. You 143 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 3: prayed and believe you were the patient. It wasn't easy, 144 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 3: but God breathed on your efforts and you passed that course. 145 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 3: Now maybe you have a friend in that same situation. 146 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 3: They don't understand it. They're stressed, they're struggling. You're no 147 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 3: longer the patient. Now you're the physician. God brought you 148 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 3: out not just for your sake, not just so you 149 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 3: could shine. He brought you out so you can help somebody, y'all. 150 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 2: Shine. 151 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 3: Take time to mentor them, give them your notes, your strategy, 152 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 3: your tips, send them an encouraging text. Do what you 153 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 3: can to help them pass. 154 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 2: Every one of. 155 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 3: Us have had experiences that qualify us to be the physician. 156 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 3: I know what it's like to stand in faith when 157 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 3: your mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. I know what 158 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:09,239 Speaker 3: it's like to lose a father that you dearly loved unexpectedly. 159 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 3: I know what it's like to step up and pastor 160 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 3: a church when you don't feel qualified. I know what 161 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 3: it's like to fight for the compact center when a 162 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 3: company much bigger and stronger is against you. I know 163 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 3: what it's like to ignore opposition and critics and do 164 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 3: what God has put in your heart. God has brought 165 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 3: me through those things. He's given me strength when I 166 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 3: was weak. He opened doors that I couldn't open. He 167 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 3: heared my mother terminal cancer. He'd given us the Compact 168 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 3: Center when every expert said there wasn't a chance. I 169 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 3: recognize God's goodness in my life, but I don't just 170 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 3: thank him for it. I'm not just a grateful form 171 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 3: or patient. 172 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 2: I become a physician. 173 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 3: Practically every week I talk to other pastors that are 174 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 3: about to step up and pastor a church, maybe unexpectedly. 175 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 3: I'm no expert, but I tell them what I know that. 176 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 2: I didn't feel qualified. I didn't have the experience, but. 177 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,959 Speaker 3: God gave me the grace, and he'll give them the 178 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 3: grace too. People tell me often how when they've heard 179 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 3: me talk about making it through the loss of my father, 180 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 3: that's helped them to make it through the loss of 181 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 3: their loved one. God told Abraham, I will bless you 182 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 3: and you shall be a blessing. It infers if you're 183 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 3: not going to be a blessing, then you're not going 184 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 3: to be blessed. 185 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 2: The two are tied together. God is saying I will 186 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,599 Speaker 2: heal you. If you'll become a healer. I'll free you. 187 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 3: If you'll help somebody else break that addiction. I'll give 188 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 3: you the Compact center if you'll help other people accomplish 189 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 3: their dreams. He's saying, I'll deliver you from being a 190 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 3: patient if you'll make a commitment to become a physician. 191 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 3: And it's not only about being good to others, but 192 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 3: the way you're going to keep your blessing is by 193 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 3: being a blessing. The Scripture says give and it will 194 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 3: be given to you. If you're not giving away what 195 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 3: God has given you, then that blessing is not going 196 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 3: to continue in the way that it should. And this 197 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 3: is the reason some people don't keep their healing. It's 198 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 3: not because they're not grateful, it's because they're not helping 199 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 3: anyone else. If you will give away healing, healing will 200 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 3: always come back to you. God freed you from that addiction. 201 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 3: If you want to stay free, go help somebody else 202 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 3: get free. Keep giving away what God has given you. 203 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,679 Speaker 3: My mother was healed from terminal cancer back in nineteen 204 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:49,319 Speaker 3: eighty one. For over thirty years, she's been healthy, whole, 205 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 3: and strong. One reason is she didn't stay a grateful 206 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 3: form or patient. She didn't just go around and say Lord, 207 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 3: thank you that I'm well. That's the first step, but 208 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 3: she went to step two and became a physician. For years, 209 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 3: she's gone up to the medical center every week to 210 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 3: pray for people that were sick. Her encouragement carries more weight. 211 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 3: She tells them, I've been where you are. I've been 212 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 3: given no hope. I was told I had a few 213 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 3: weeks to live, but God has the final say. Every 214 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 3: month here at Lakewood, she has different healing services. She 215 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 3: keeps giving away what she's been given no wonder. She's 216 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 3: almost eighty five years young and still going strong today. 217 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 3: At one point, we were all the patient. We were lonely, 218 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 3: we were fighting in illness. We were believing for dream, 219 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 3: working hard, being our best, and God made it happen. 220 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 3: Now we're blessed, we're married, we have the Compact center, 221 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 3: my mother is well. We're grateful, but we can't stop there. 222 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 3: We have a responsibility to help somebody else get well, 223 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 3: help them get their compact center, their promotion, their spouse. 224 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 3: We've switched from being the patient to becoming the physician. 225 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 3: Now we're looking for people we can lift people. We 226 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 3: can speak light to their darkness, healing to their brokenness, 227 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 3: freedom to their strongholds. 228 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 2: Back then we needed healing. Now we are the healer. 229 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 3: We needed encouragement. Now we are the encourager. We needed 230 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 3: a miracle. 231 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 2: Now we are their miracle. 232 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 3: If you'll let what God gives you flow through you, 233 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 3: then he'll continue to give it to you. But it's 234 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 3: tempting to think I got the compact center God. I'm satisfied. God, 235 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 3: you brought me Victoria, I'm happily married. 236 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 2: You bless me. That's going to cause us to get stagnant. 237 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 3: If you're not giving anything away, nothing new is going 238 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 3: to come. 239 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 2: And whether or not you. 240 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 3: Keep the blessing, the healing, the favor, the influence depends 241 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 3: on what you do with it. And you're always lifting people, 242 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 3: encouraging someone making their life better than blessings are always 243 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 3: going to come to you. 244 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,359 Speaker 2: I know this young lady that was raised. 245 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 3: In a dysfunctional environment growing up, Her parents weren't around, 246 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 3: and she was taking advantage of and passed from foster 247 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 3: home to foster home. It was a very unfair situation 248 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 3: that she had no control over. By the grace of God, 249 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 3: this loving family took her in. They spoke life into 250 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 3: her and nurtured her. Instead of becoming a statistic, bitter 251 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 3: and angry. Today she's healthy and whole. She got married, 252 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 3: graduated from college, she has three beautiful children. She's extremely grateful. 253 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 3: She knows that's God's goodness that was protecting her and 254 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 3: bringing the right people. But she didn't stop with just 255 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 3: being grateful. She's constantly helping other young ladies that were 256 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 3: like her, mentoring then having them over to her house, 257 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 3: taking them shopping, making them feel valuable and loved, telling 258 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 3: them that how they were raised doesn't determine who they 259 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 3: are or where they're going. 260 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 2: What's she doing being a healer? 261 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 3: She's not just a grateful former patient. She's not just 262 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 3: saying look what God has done for me. She's gone 263 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 3: on to step number two. She's become a physician. No 264 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 3: wonder she continues to see blessings and favor. She keeps 265 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 3: giving away what was given to her. One reason God 266 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 3: could bless her is he knew he could trust her 267 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 3: to take the restoration and share it with others. He 268 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 3: knew she wouldn't stay a patient, she would become a physician. 269 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 3: I wonder if we're not seeing healing, blessings favor increase 270 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 3: because we're not committed like her to give it away. 271 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 3: God is saying to us what he said to at Abraham. 272 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 3: I will bless you if you will make a commitment 273 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 3: to be a blessing. I will restore you. I will 274 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 3: even make the enemy pain. I will take what was 275 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 3: meant for harm and turn it to your advantage if. 276 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 2: You'll do like her and help restore others. 277 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 3: I talked to a lady whose son was killed in 278 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 3: Iraq while he was serving. She was so devastated she 279 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 3: didn't think she could go on. Month after month of 280 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 3: grieving turned into year after year, bitter, depressed, angry. 281 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 2: She couldn't understand why it happened. 282 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 3: She would hear me talking about how life is not 283 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 3: always going to make sense, but how we have to 284 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 3: keep moving forward, how you can't let a season of 285 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 3: morning turn into a lifetime of morning. 286 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 2: And I know that's not easy. 287 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 3: I haven't been there, but I know living depressed and 288 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 3: bitter is only going to pull you down and make 289 00:15:58,200 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 3: it worse. 290 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 2: You would hear me say that God is in. 291 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 3: Control and that he has new beginnings. She would get 292 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 3: so angry she would scream at the television, Joe, you 293 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 3: don't know what I've been through. Deep down, she knew 294 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 3: what she was hearing was true, but the pain was 295 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 3: so real. After six years of listening week after week, 296 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 3: she finally decided to move forward. She got involved with 297 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 3: a program that helps veterans and people that have been 298 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 3: wounded in the military. She started a chapter in her hometown. 299 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 3: She said, I cannot tell you how blessed I am 300 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 3: and how much I have received from helping these families 301 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 3: in need. She ended by saying, I want to apologize 302 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 3: for screaming at you all those times. 303 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 2: I thank god I couldn't hear it. 304 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 3: But here's my point. When she made the decision to 305 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 3: help others, that's when her healing came. As long as 306 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 3: she was bitter and angry, focused on how unfair life was, 307 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 3: nothing got better. It's when she decided to become a 308 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 3: physician to reach out to others. Then God gave her 309 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 3: beauty for ashes, joy and fulfillment like she never dreamed. 310 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 3: Is God waiting for you to be a blessing so 311 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 3: he can really bless you? Is He waiting for you 312 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 3: to give away healing, give away encouragement, make somebody else better. 313 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 3: Then like this lady, He's going to take you to 314 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 3: a level that you've never imagined. Luke, Chapter twenty two, 315 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 3: Jesus said to Peter, Satan has tried to sift you 316 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 3: like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your 317 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 3: faith would not fail. When you have turned again, strengthen 318 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 3: your brother. Jesus was telling Peter that forces were trying 319 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 3: to keep him from his destiny, but he prayed for him, 320 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 3: and Peter was going to make it. Then he said 321 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 3: something significant. 322 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 2: When you have turned again. 323 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 3: That means when you come out of this trial, when 324 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 3: you're on the other side, blessed, free, restored, What are 325 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 3: you to do strengthen your brother? He was saying, use 326 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 3: what you've been through to. 327 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,160 Speaker 2: Help somebody else get stronger. 328 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 3: Every blessing, every healing, every breakthrough. 329 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 2: Was not designed just for you. It was to strengthen 330 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 2: your brother. 331 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 3: You would think Jesus would say, Peter, when you get out, 332 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 3: go to the temple and celebrate, call some friends and 333 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 3: have a victory party. 334 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 2: You're free, you're. 335 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 3: Healed, you're blessed. Instead, he said, when you come out, 336 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 3: go strengthen someone. God gave health back to my mother. 337 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 3: You know what she's been doing the last thirty seven years, 338 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 3: strengthening people. God gave me the grace to step up 339 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 3: and pastor when I didn't think I could do it. 340 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 2: What I've been doing strengthen in others. 341 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 3: Whatever God has brought you through, whatever he's turned around, 342 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 3: whatever he's made happen that you couldn't make happen, that's 343 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 3: an opportunity to strengthen someone. Maybe you've been through a divorce, 344 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 3: your heart was broken, you didn't think you could go on, 345 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 3: didn't look like there were any good days up ahead. 346 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 3: What you may not have realized is, like with Peter, 347 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 3: Jesus was praying for you that your faith would not fail. 348 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 3: This one thing. To have people praying for you, have 349 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 3: a friend praying for you, a pastor, a priest, a rabbi, 350 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 3: that's all good, But the scripture says Jesus is at 351 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 3: the right hand of the Father praying for us. You 352 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 3: wonder how you made it through that tough time, how 353 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 3: you made it through that loss, how you broke that 354 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 3: addiction that seemed. 355 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 2: Like it was permanent. 356 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 3: Here's how the creator of the universe was praying for you. 357 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 3: We've all come through things that should have stopped us. 358 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 3: We've all seen good breaks that we couldn't make happen, 359 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 3: doors open that we couldn't open, addictions broken that we 360 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:04,880 Speaker 3: couldn't break. 361 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 2: On our own. 362 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 3: Now we're on the other side. What's our responsibility. 363 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 2: What are we to do? 364 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 3: Strengthen someone, Strengthen that person that has cancer, Strengthen that 365 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 3: friend that's going through a divorce, Strengthen that coworker that's 366 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 3: fighting an addiction. Strengthen that neighbor that's lonely. We should 367 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 3: live on a mission. I'm out to strengthen somebody today. 368 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 3: I'm going to encourage someone. I'm going to help heal someone. 369 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 3: God's brought me out. I'm not going to stay a 370 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 3: grateful form or patient. I'm going to become a physician. 371 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 3: God's blessed you. Now help somebody else get blessed. God 372 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 3: delivered you. Why don't you help them get delivered? And yes, 373 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 3: it's okay to stay a patient for a little while. 374 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 3: Of course, we all have difficulties and fight battles. We 375 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 3: need encouragement, people to lift us when we fall, carry 376 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 3: us when we're weak. There are seasons when we're a patient. 377 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,160 Speaker 3: But when God turns it around, when he brings us out. 378 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 3: Now we're blessed, we're healed, we meet the right person. 379 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 3: We need to shift into a different mode. Now, I'm 380 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 3: looking for somebody to strengthenm I'm looking for somebody to bless. 381 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 2: I have a story to share, I have encouragement to give. 382 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:27,159 Speaker 2: No more, I need something. 383 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:31,160 Speaker 3: I'm a patient and it's not just a grateful mode. 384 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 2: God's been good to me. 385 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 3: We have to shift into this physician mode. 386 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 2: Who can I bless? Who can I help heal? 387 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,360 Speaker 3: Maybe my son was off course God turned him around. Lord, 388 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 3: thank you for that. Now where's another sun I can 389 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 3: go after? Or God, you gave us the compact center. 390 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 3: You made a way when I didn't see a way. 391 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 3: Where is somebody I can encourage with this? Where is 392 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 3: a pastor I can call that doesn't think he'll ever 393 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 3: get his buildings. As you let the blessings keep flowing, 394 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 3: the encouragement, being good to people, comforting them, helping them 395 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 3: to overcome, then the blessings will keep coming in, the 396 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 3: healing will keep coming, the right people, the. 397 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 2: Joy, the fulfillment. 398 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 3: Now I'm not saying you won't have difficulties, but as 399 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 3: you give away what God's given you as you strengthen others, 400 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 3: you will always. 401 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 2: Have the strength that you need. 402 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 3: But sometimes we can live ingrown focused on ourselves. We're grateful, 403 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 3: we thank God for his goodness, but that's not enough. 404 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,400 Speaker 3: That's not going to cause it to sustain. The real 405 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 3: test is are you strengthening someone? Are you taking time 406 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 3: to encourage people? Are you going out of your way 407 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 3: to be good to them? Maybe they need to be 408 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 3: in an uplifting environment. You go pick them up and 409 00:22:56,160 --> 00:23:00,040 Speaker 3: bring them to church. You just strengthened your brother. The 410 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 3: truth is none of us got to where we are 411 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 3: on our own. Somebody encouraged you. Somebody brought you to church. 412 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 3: Somebody took time to teach you, to train you. 413 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 2: Somebody believed in you. 414 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 3: They took a chance and gave you a position. Somebody 415 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 3: prayed for you. It may have been a great great 416 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 3: great grandmother. You've never even met them, but they were 417 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,200 Speaker 3: instrumental in you being where you are today. They helped you. 418 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 3: Why don't you go out and help somebody else. Keep 419 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 3: giving away what God's given you and it will always 420 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 3: come back. My father grew up in a family that 421 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 3: didn't have anything to do with God. They were good people, 422 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 3: but faith wasn't a part of their life. In his 423 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 3: teenage years, he was partying and staying out all night, 424 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 3: not doing well in school, but he had a friend 425 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 3: named Sam that was always talking to him about the Lord. 426 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 3: Sam would get to school early and write scripture verses 427 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 3: on the cheard. My father was so embarrassed, but no 428 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 3: matter how many times he told Sam no, he wouldn't 429 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 3: leave him alone, Sam stayed after him. At the age 430 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 3: of seventeen, Daddy was coming home from a nightclub two 431 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 3: o'clock in the morning. He looked up at the stars 432 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 3: and began to think about God and what he would 433 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 3: do with his life. Next morning, he called Sam and 434 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 3: said he wanted to go to church with him. The 435 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 3: end of the service, the pastor invited people to the 436 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 3: front to receive Christ. My father wanted to go, but 437 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,360 Speaker 3: he was too afraid. Sam said, John, if you'll. 438 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 2: Go, I'll go with you. They walked down the aisle 439 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 2: together and my father gave his life to Christ. 440 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 3: Fast forward some forty years later, my father was a 441 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 3: successful pastor with the church of thousands known around the world. 442 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 3: One night, he went to a friend's church across town 443 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 3: to hear a special speaker. He arrived late, so he 444 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 3: sat in the back. He looked down the road and 445 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 3: noticed this young man that looked very troubled. He was 446 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 3: planning on speaking to him when it was over. But 447 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 3: in the middle of the service, the young man got up. 448 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 2: And walked down. 449 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 3: My father felt so strongly about it. He got up 450 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 3: and went looking for him. He looked all over the 451 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 3: lobby and couldn't find him. He went out in the 452 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 3: parking lot and searched and searched. 453 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 2: He wasn't there. 454 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 3: Came back in and checked the restroom, opened the door. 455 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 3: The young man was standing there. He said, I know 456 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 3: you don't know me, but God has a plan for 457 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 3: your life. He has something for you to do. He 458 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 3: sent me after you to let you know that he. 459 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 2: Cares about you. 460 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 3: The young man started weeping and weeping. He was addicted 461 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:50,199 Speaker 3: to so many drugs, so depressed that he was planning 462 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 3: on ending his life that night, but decided to go 463 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 3: to church one last time. By the grace of God, 464 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 3: my father was there. That night was a turning point, 465 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 3: a new beginning. The young man not only got free, 466 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:05,679 Speaker 3: but he too became the. 467 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 2: Pastor of a lord's church. Here's my point. 468 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 3: Forty years later, my father was still giving away what 469 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 3: had been given to him. If it had not been 470 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 3: for Sam, he would have missed his destiny. My father 471 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 3: wasn't just a grateful form or patient. He didn't just 472 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 3: go around saying, look what God has done for me. 473 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 2: He became a physician. He lived with this attitude. 474 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 3: I'm going to a mission. Sam tracked me down and 475 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,120 Speaker 3: changed my life. Now I'm going to track somebody else 476 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 3: down and help change their life. 477 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 2: I'm going to strengthen my brother. No wonder. 478 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 3: My father lived with favor and influence God's goodness. He 479 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 3: kept letting what was given to him flow to others. 480 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:54,360 Speaker 3: God knew if he would bless my father, he could 481 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 3: trust him to be a blessing. He knew if Sam 482 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 3: would be relentless and track him down, that my father 483 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,399 Speaker 3: would live with that same attitude when it came to 484 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 3: helping others. Can God trust you to be blessed? Will 485 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 3: you pass it on and be a blessing? Can He 486 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 3: trust you with healing? Will you become a healer? Can 487 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 3: He trust you with influence, with new levels, with freedom? 488 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 3: Will you let what He gives you flow out to others? 489 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 2: I believe he can. 490 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 3: I know I'm looking at faithful, committed, trustworthy people, not 491 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 3: just grateful former patience. I'm looking at physicians. You may 492 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 3: not realize it, but you're a healer. You're a lifter, 493 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 3: You're an encourager, You're a blesser. And I believe and 494 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 3: declare as you strengthen your brothers, as you strengthen your sisters, 495 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 3: not only are they going to rise higher, but you're 496 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 3: going to rise higher. You're going to see new levels 497 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 3: a blessing, healing influence, favor the fullness of your destiny 498 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 3: in Jesus's name, and if you receive it, can you. 499 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 2: Say a men? Today? 500 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,679 Speaker 3: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 501 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 3: the lord of your life. 502 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? 503 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 3: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins, Come 504 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 3: into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. Friends, 505 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,680 Speaker 3: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 506 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 3: born again. 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