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It's a joy that 42 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 5: come into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 43 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 5: please stop buying be a part of one of our services. 44 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 5: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 45 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 5: But thanks so much for tuning in today, and thank 46 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 5: you again for coming out. I like to start with 47 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 5: something funny, and I heard about this mother that was 48 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 5: cooking breakfast for her two young boys. Ryan was five 49 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 5: and Kevin was three, and they'd begin to argue over 50 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 5: who should get the first pancake. The mother saw it 51 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 5: as an opportunity to teach them a lesson. She said, boys, boys, 52 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 5: if Jesus were here, he would say, let my brother 53 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,799 Speaker 5: have the first pencake. Ryan turned to his younger brother, said, 54 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 5: all right, Kevin, you be Jesus. Hold your bible up, 55 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 5: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 56 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 57 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 58 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be talked the word 59 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 60 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 61 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 5: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 62 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 5: about passing the small test. Many people don't realize how 63 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 5: God speaks to them. They think it's going to be 64 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 5: this big, dramatic voice. But one way God speaks is 65 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 5: through impressions. We think I know I should go visit 66 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 5: my parents. I know I shouldn't eat so many sweets. 67 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 5: I know I should stay home and do my schoolwork. 68 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 5: The I knows are God talking to you. That's the 69 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 5: Holy Spirit leading you, trying to keep you on the 70 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 5: best path. It's a still small voice, not out loud, 71 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 5: but a knowing, an impression. Be sensitive to what you 72 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 5: feel down in here. Don't ignore it. Learn to be 73 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 5: quick to obey. A lot of times we know what 74 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 5: we should do, but we make excuses. We reason it out, 75 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 5: try to soothe our conscience. I'll do it later, I'm 76 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 5: real busy. Now we have to understand God doesn't ask 77 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 5: us to do it for his sake. He asked us 78 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 5: to do it for our own sake. He's trying to 79 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 5: increase us, get us into the fullness of our destiny. 80 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 5: Now I've learned, before God will release big blessings, he 81 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 5: will give you small test. You'll feel an impression to 82 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 5: be good to somebody, a desire to just buy their dinner. 83 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 5: That's not just a nice thought. That's God asking you 84 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 5: to do it. Too often we dismiss it and think, God, 85 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 5: I don't feel like it, and I don't really know 86 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 5: them maybe another time. But if you don't learn to 87 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 5: pass these small tests and do what God's asking you 88 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 5: to do, it will keep you from the big things 89 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 5: God has in store. God wants to know. Can I 90 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 5: trust you? Will you be quick to obey? Or will 91 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 5: I have to ask you again and again try to 92 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 5: talk you into it, argue with you. Listen, talk is cheap. 93 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 5: We can say, go me a lot of money. I 94 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 5: promise I'll be good to people. I'll give to the homeless, 95 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 5: I'll support my church. Now, God says, will you give 96 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 5: that ten dollars I'm asking you to give? Now? Will 97 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 5: you buy that person's dinner? Will you give that coworker 98 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 5: a ride home? Pass these small tests? Obey? I knows 99 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 5: on the inside. Maybe you're about to drink that twelfth 100 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 5: cup of coffee in the morning. Something says to you, 101 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 5: put it down. That's too much, that's going to be harmful. 102 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 5: That is not your mother's voice. That's God talking to you. 103 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 5: God speaks to us about practical, everyday things. You got 104 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 5: to pay attention to what you're feeling down in here. 105 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 5: Maybe you get around a certain person, you feel an 106 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 5: uneasiness and unrest. Something says, stay away, that's trouble. Those 107 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 5: are not just bad vibes. That's the Holy Spirit warning you. 108 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 5: It may be small, but it can keep you from 109 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 5: big heartache. Well, Joel, if I don't hang out with them, 110 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 5: I may not have any friends. 111 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: Know. 112 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 5: God will give you new friends, He'll give you better friends. 113 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 5: But here's the key. If you don't let go of 114 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 5: the wrong people, the right people won't show up. You 115 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 5: have to make the first move. God doesn't force us 116 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 5: to do this. He's given us our own free will. 117 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 5: But whenever God asks you to give something up, he's 118 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 5: never trying to take something away. He's trying to get 119 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 5: something better to you. And as we grow and develop 120 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 5: and mature, the more of His blessings and favor will 121 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 5: be released. Maybe down deep, you know you're supposed to volunteer, 122 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 5: serve in the children's ministry, be an usher, coach little league. 123 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 5: You think I'm too busy, got so much going on. 124 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 5: They got plenty of people. They don't need me. Besides, 125 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 5: I want to do something more important. Unless you obey 126 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 5: in the small God can't entrust you with much. Our 127 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 5: friend Joyce Meyer has a great ministry. Else how God 128 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 5: dealt with her for years about not leaving her shopping 129 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 5: cart in the parking lot. Every time she's about to 130 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 5: leave it at the grocery store parking lot, some voice 131 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 5: would say, take it back up where it belongs. Be 132 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 5: a person of excellence, don't leave it out here. She 133 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 5: look around. There were other grocery carts all over the 134 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 5: parking lot. God, why do I have to take mine back? 135 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 5: Nobody else does. Here's why everybody is not going where 136 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 5: you're going. Everybody, everybody is not going to be sensitive 137 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 5: to God's voice and have the discipline and determination to 138 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 5: become all they were created to be. Joyce would spend 139 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 5: five minutes trying to study the grocery cart so it 140 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 5: wouldn't roll and hit anybody's car. The time she's spent 141 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 5: trying to get it to stay, she could have taken 142 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 5: it back up where it belonged. Seems like a little thing, 143 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 5: But if Joyce had not learned how to pass the 144 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 5: small test, she wouldn't have a ministry touches the world today. 145 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 5: Don't confuse small with insignificant. It may be a small 146 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 5: thing to not leave your grocery card, small thing to 147 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 5: buy somebody's dinner, small thing to serve in the children's ministry. 148 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 5: But without passing the small test, you won't step in 149 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 5: to the fullness of your destinies. Is there something small 150 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 5: holding you back today? You know you need to, but 151 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 5: you don't feel like it. You keep putting it off, 152 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 5: thinking odd, it's no big deal. No, it is a 153 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 5: big deal. Start passing the small test. Every time you obey, 154 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 5: a blessing will follow. And sometimes we're waiting for the 155 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,079 Speaker 5: big things. We'd work hard, give it our best if 156 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 5: we got that promotion. God, if you'd give me that 157 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 5: position I really want, I'll get to work early. I'll 158 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 5: do more than I have to. Now here's the real test. 159 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 5: Will you be your best right where you are, even 160 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 5: though you're doing something that you know is beneath you. You 161 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 5: will you be kind to that coworker that's not being 162 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 5: kind to you? Small test? Will you clean the kitchen 163 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 5: even though you didn't make the mess with a good attitude? 164 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 5: Will you turn that program off that you're feel an 165 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 5: unrest about instead of letting it pollute your mind. It 166 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 5: may be difficult, but God will never ask you to 167 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 5: do something and then not give you the power to 168 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 5: do it. Whatever tests you're facing, you have the grace 169 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 5: to pass it. Don't believe those lies. I'm too shy. 170 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 5: I can't make any new friends. I've been hurt too badly. 171 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 5: I can't forgive. I'm too undisciplined. I can't take my 172 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 5: grocery cart back. No, you have what you need to 173 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 5: do what God's asking you to do. Don't make excuses. 174 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 5: Excuses can keep you from your destiny. Like Nike says, 175 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 5: just do it. One time in the scripture, Jesus made mud, 176 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 5: put it on a blind man's eyes, told him to 177 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 5: go wash it off, and he would be healed. Jesus 178 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 5: could have just as easily healed the man right then 179 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 5: and there. But Jesus asked him to do something small, 180 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 5: something ordinary, wasn't difficult. He didn't ask him to go 181 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 5: climb a mountain. He asked him to wash it off. 182 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 5: When the man did, he could see it was his 183 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 5: act of obedience that released the fullness of God's power. 184 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 5: He could have gone around another week, a month, a year, 185 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 5: still blind, thinking I'm not gonna washed this off. That's insignificant. 186 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 5: That's a small thing. Now, when you do what God's 187 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 5: asking you to do, even if it's small, it will 188 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 5: activate the greatness of God's power. It's not so much 189 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 5: what you do. The power is in the obedience. Maybe 190 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 5: God's asking you to do something that seems small, like 191 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 5: joyce to just put the grocery cart back. That's no 192 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 5: big deal. Yes, that's like washing the mud off your eyes. 193 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 5: Maybe God's asking you to get to work on time, 194 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 5: to be kind to a stranger, to be more disciplined 195 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 5: in your diet, to not nag your spouse, to not 196 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 5: criticize your pastor small things. The size is not what's important. 197 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 5: It's the obedience. When you obey, blind eyes open when 198 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 5: you obey, Miracles happen when you obey negative situations. Turn 199 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 5: around today, it's as if God has placed the mud 200 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 5: on our eyes. He's saying, I've done my part. I've 201 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 5: touched you. Now. The miracle will be activated when you 202 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 5: do your part. It's up to us to obey. Another 203 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 5: place in the scripture, the prophet Elisha told a man 204 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 5: by the nay of Naemen to go wash in the 205 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 5: Jordan river and he would be cured of his leprosy. 206 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 5: Same principle, obey and the miracle will show up. Well, 207 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 5: Naeman was the captain in an army, a very influential man. 208 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 5: He didn't want to go wash in the dirty Jordan river. 209 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 5: His attitude was, that's absurd, that's little, that's insignificant, that's 210 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 5: not gonna make any difference. His assistant said, Naemin, if 211 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 5: he were to asked you to do something hard, something big, 212 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 5: you would do it. Why don't you do this small thing? 213 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 5: I wonder how many of us would see our breakthrough, 214 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 5: our healing, our promotion, a dream come to pass if 215 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 5: we just do the small thing that God's asking us 216 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 5: to do. Naeman finally went and washed, and like the 217 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 5: blind man, he was totally healed. When you obey, it 218 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 5: releases a new level of God's favor. But sometimes we 219 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 5: don't realize these little tests that were not passing, thinking, 220 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 5: all men, it doesn't really matter. I know I should 221 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 5: treat my spouse better. I will one day. I know 222 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 5: I should be kind to this new neighbor, the community. Joe. 223 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 5: I'm busy right now. I know I should be more 224 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,959 Speaker 5: disciplined in what I watch. But it's not hurting anything. Yes, 225 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 5: it's keeping you from the fullness of your destiny. Maybe 226 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 5: something small, but your act of obedience will cause God 227 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 5: to release the big thing that he has in store. 228 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 5: I know a man that's a minister. For years, he 229 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 5: and his wife tried to have a baby. She couldn't 230 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 5: get pregnant. They prayed and believed, did everything they knew 231 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 5: how to do, with no success. One day, he was 232 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 5: on an airplane returning from India from a missionary trip. 233 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 5: Under his breath, he said, God, it's not fair. I 234 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 5: don't understand it. I go all over the world to 235 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 5: help people to do your will. Why can't we have 236 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 5: a baby? God spoke something to him right down in here. 237 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 5: He said, son, you're not going to have a baby 238 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 5: until you start treating your wife better. He wasn't doing 239 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 5: anything made or wrong. He just wasn't in his kind 240 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 5: and consider it as he knew he should be. Little 241 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 5: disrespectful here, little sarcastic there. When he heard this, he 242 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 5: kicked it into a new gear. He went out of 243 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,319 Speaker 5: his way to be good to her, took her breakfast 244 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 5: in bed, treated her like a queen. Do you know 245 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 5: it wasn't any time before she conceived. Today they have 246 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 5: a beautiful daughter. Could it be if you would do 247 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 5: what God's asking you to do, a dream would come 248 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 5: to pass? Maybe you're waiting on God but God's waiting 249 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 5: on you. He's put the mud on your eyes. He's 250 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 5: waiting for you to wash it off. May not be 251 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 5: something big, just a small thing. If you will make 252 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 5: that simple adjustment, your act of obedience will bring the miracle. 253 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 5: My friend Craig Grochelle pastors the Life Church in Oklahoma. 254 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 5: He told how when he was a young man, he'd 255 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 5: just come to know the Lord. This was all new 256 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 5: to him. He was in church one son day. The 257 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 5: music was going, people were singing. He looked over a 258 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 5: few rows and he saw this woman that looked very discouraged, 259 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 5: seemed like she had the weight of the world on her. 260 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 5: Something said to him, Craig, I want you to give 261 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 5: her an offering. He had never felt anything like that before. 262 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 5: He thought, I don't even know the lady. I'm not 263 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 5: going to go over there and interrupt her. He went 264 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 5: back to worshiping, tried to dismiss it, but it kept 265 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 5: coming back up. He looked in his wallet. All he 266 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 5: had was a five dollar bill. He thought, there is 267 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 5: no way I'm going to go over there and give 268 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 5: her five dollars. That would be embarrassing. Besides, what good 269 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 5: could five dollars possibly do? He pushed it down again 270 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 5: and again and again, couldn't get away from it. Finally 271 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 5: got his nerve up, walked over right in the middle 272 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 5: of the service, said ma'am, I know this sounds totally strange, 273 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 5: but I feel like I'm supposed to give you this 274 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 5: five dollars. She began to win. He turned to walk away. 275 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 5: She stopped him and said, listen, I'm a single parent 276 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 5: mom had a lot of things come against me this month. 277 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 5: I knew I needed to get to church, but I 278 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 5: only had gas to get there one way, not enough 279 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 5: to get back home. I said, God, I'm gonna take 280 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 5: a step of faith if I go. You got to 281 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 5: get me back home. That simple act of obedience, just 282 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 5: five dollars not only got her back home, but it 283 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 5: told her something much more important, that God still has 284 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 5: her in the palm of his hand. Craig went back 285 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 5: to his seat very encouraged, and after service, a bunch 286 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 5: of young people were going out to eat and they 287 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 5: asked Craig to go, and he said, no, I think 288 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 5: I'll pass. Didn't have any money. The main guy spoke 289 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 5: up and said, come on, Craig, I'm buying tonight. You 290 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 5: got to go. He went and got an eight dollar 291 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 5: Hamburger said of a five dollars sandwich passed the small test. 292 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 5: God puts people in our path on purpose, so we 293 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,120 Speaker 5: can be a blessing to them. Anytime you do good 294 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 5: for others, you are sowing a seed for God to 295 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 5: be good to you. Take time to follow what God's 296 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 5: put in your heart. Be willing to be Inconvenience may 297 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 5: seem small to you, but you don't know what kind 298 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 5: of impact it will have on that other person. And 299 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 5: one of the best things I've learned is obey quickly 300 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 5: when God asked you to do it, do it right. Then, 301 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 5: when God told David to go face Goliath, the Bible says, 302 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 5: David ran to the battlefield. You know why, If David 303 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 5: would have thought about it long enough, he'd have talked 304 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 5: to himself out of it. If he had gone over 305 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 5: all the facts figures how much bigger Goliath was, how 306 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 5: much more experience he had, David would have lost his 307 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,199 Speaker 5: courage and missed his destiny. When God asked you to 308 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 5: do something, don't over and analyze it, don't reason it out. 309 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 5: If you think about it too long, you can miss 310 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 5: your destiny. Why should I buy their dinner. They got 311 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 5: more than I do. Why should I apologize? I apologize 312 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 5: first last time. Why should I be good to them? Joel, 313 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 5: they're not being good to me. No quit making excuses, 314 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 5: Quit reason it out, Quit thinking you heard God wrong, 315 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 5: and just do it. Learn to be quick to obey. 316 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 5: God knows what he's doing. He can see things that 317 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 5: we cannot see. Two thousand and three, a young pastor 318 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 5: from Africa attended our services. He's an up and coming minister, 319 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 5: has a large church over there, and I met him afterwards. 320 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,719 Speaker 5: He was so excited about being here. He has this big, 321 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:47,160 Speaker 5: infectious smile. You look at him and he just makes 322 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 5: you feel happy. When he shook my hand, you would 323 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 5: have thought he was meeting the President of the United States. 324 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 5: He was so thrilled, so honored to be here. While 325 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 5: we were talking, I felt very strongly that I was 326 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 5: supposed to give him my tie. Out of the blue. 327 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 5: Wasn't even thinking about it. This thought came to my heart. Joel, 328 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 5: bless him with your tie. I looked down. It was 329 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 5: a brand new tie. I thought, get behind me, Satan. 330 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 5: That was not god first time I ever wore it. 331 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 5: As we were visiting, this debate was going on In 332 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 5: my mind, I thought, all right, God wants me to 333 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 5: give him a tie. I have a bunch of old 334 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 5: ties at home, tithes that I don't like anymore, ties 335 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 5: that are out of style. God won't care, he won't 336 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 5: know any different, and I'll still be giving him a tie. 337 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 5: Came up with this good solution in my mind, but 338 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 5: down in my heart something kept saying, Joel, I want 339 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 5: you to give him that tie. By the way, I argued, 340 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 5: you would have thought God had asked me to give 341 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 5: him my house, my car, my firstborn child. All I 342 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 5: was supposed to give him was a tie. A small test. Friends, 343 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 5: it's usually not the big things that keep us from 344 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 5: God's best. It's the small things. God said, Joe, I 345 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 5: don't want him to have an old, leftover tie. I 346 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 5: want him to have that tie. You probably already learned this, 347 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 5: but when you argue with God, he's always going to win. 348 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 5: You might as well save your breath and do what 349 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 5: he's asking you to do the very first time. When 350 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:28,400 Speaker 5: God asks you to forgive, he doesn't mean partially forgive. 351 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 5: When he asked you to volunteer, he doesn't mean do 352 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 5: it when you get to heaven. When he asks you 353 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 5: get your finances in order. He doesn't mean just change banks, 354 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 5: so you could at least get your new balance. Do 355 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 5: it wholeheartedly, do it completely. I could have given him 356 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:51,199 Speaker 5: an old tie, but I've learned this Partial obedience is 357 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 5: not obedience. Giving an old tie is not obeying. Finding 358 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 5: them a ride when God asked you to pick them 359 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 5: up is not obbedience. Hanging out with that person that 360 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 5: God told you to stay away from three days a 361 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 5: week instead of seven days is not obeying. It may 362 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 5: be hard, but the greater the difficulty, the greater the reward. 363 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 5: When you sow a radical seed of obedience, you will 364 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 5: reap a radical reward. I finally took my tie off 365 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 5: right then and there gave it to him. You would 366 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 5: have thought I had given him a million dollars. He 367 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:31,439 Speaker 5: was so happy. I was so depressed. Now I'm just kidding. 368 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 5: A few years later he came back and visited us. 369 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 5: They had just built a new sanctuary, big beautiful building. 370 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 5: He was showing me a picture of the dedication ceremony. 371 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 5: They were doing the ribbon cutting, government leaders, city officials, 372 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 5: a historic occasion. He pointed and said, Joel, notice what 373 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 5: I have on He was wearing the tithe that I 374 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 5: had given him. He told how he kept the tie 375 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 5: in his office. Whenever he was tempted to get discouraged, 376 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 5: he would go look at it and be reminded that 377 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 5: with God, all things are possible. When he was told no, 378 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 5: the funds aren't going to come in, the project's not 379 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 5: going to work out, he would call his whole team in, 380 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 5: gather around that tie and say, God, you did it 381 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 5: for those people in Houston, you can do it for 382 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 5: us here in Africa. That tie, that tie became a 383 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 5: symbol of hope, a reminder that God is all powerful, 384 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 5: that he can make a way even when we don't 385 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 5: see away. I thought I was just giving him a tie, 386 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,160 Speaker 5: but God used it to inspire their faith to build 387 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 5: a sanctuary that can touch a nation. Don't confuse small 388 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 5: with insignificance. It's easy think, Hey, it doesn't matter forgive 389 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 5: him this tie or that tie. Doesn't matter. If I 390 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 5: put my grocery cart back, doesn't matter if I treat 391 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 5: this person right. No, it matters a whole lot more 392 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 5: than you think. Before God can release big blessings, you 393 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,120 Speaker 5: got to pass these small tests. First. Samuel, chapter fifteen, 394 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 5: The Prophet Samuel said to a young man named Saul, 395 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 5: the leader of the Israelites, go out and attack the Amalekites. 396 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 5: Utterly destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare 397 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 5: anyone or anything, including the cattle, the sheep, and all 398 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 5: of the livestock. Notice, Saul had very clear instructions from 399 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,439 Speaker 5: God to totally wipe out everything that had to do 400 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,679 Speaker 5: with the Amalekites. Saul, in his two hundred thousand men 401 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 5: went out attacked them. They had a great victory. But 402 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 5: in verse nine it says that Saul captured the king 403 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 5: and he kept the best of the oxen and the 404 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 5: best of the sheep. He thought, I'm gonna take this 405 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 5: king back alive to show everybody what we've done. These cattle, 406 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,479 Speaker 5: the sheep, they're fine animals. We could use them. He 407 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 5: didn't think anything about it, But when Samuel showed up, 408 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:11,479 Speaker 5: he said, Saul, why didn't you obey? Saul said, Samuel, 409 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 5: what are you talking about. I went out and conquered 410 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 5: the Amalekites. Samuel said, then why do I hear the 411 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 5: sheep and the oxen out in the fields, and why 412 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 5: do I see this king still alive? He was saying Saul. 413 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 5: Partial obedience is not obedience. Do you know? Saul ended 414 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 5: up losing the throne because he wouldn't fully obey kept 415 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,719 Speaker 5: a few sheep, a few cattle. In other words, he 416 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,159 Speaker 5: didn't pass the small test. And if God can't trust 417 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 5: you in the small he can't release you into the 418 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 5: fullness of your destiny. Don't let that be you. Let's 419 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 5: make a decision to fully obey. So young lady has 420 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 5: been attending lakequiod for about a year, but she couldn't 421 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 5: get her husband to come. He wasn't raised in church 422 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 5: and this is very foreign to him. Plus he works 423 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 5: on Sundays. They really need the income. She encouraged him 424 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 5: and encouraged him. Finally he agreed to come. He went 425 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 5: in very early to work on a Sunday, then took 426 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 5: off the rest of the day. His friends at work 427 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 5: gave him a hard time. They couldn't believe he was 428 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 5: going to miss work, missed the income he could be 429 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 5: earning to come to church. When they attended, they came 430 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 5: down front for prayer, and it just so happened my 431 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 5: friend Johnny prayed for them. When Johnny was praying, he 432 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 5: felt impressed to give them a gift he had five 433 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 5: twenties and eight one dollar bills wrapped altogether in his 434 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 5: front pocket while he had one hand on the man's 435 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 5: shoulder praying. He put this hand in the front pocket 436 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:50,119 Speaker 5: and tried to separate the ones from the twenties. So 437 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 5: this big ordeal is going on. He's praying, praying, tried 438 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,679 Speaker 5: to separate this. They don't know anything about it. Johnny 439 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 5: gets through praying. He can't get it separated, so he 440 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,120 Speaker 5: pulls the whole amount out, discreetly puts it in their hand. 441 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 5: He says, here, I want to bless you with this. 442 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 5: They went back to their seat. First time Johnny ever 443 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 5: saw them, never met him before. They sat down and 444 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 5: they looked at the money. They couldn't believe it. They 445 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,120 Speaker 5: found Johnny. After service, the young men said, I took 446 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 5: off six hours of work today. This one hundred and 447 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 5: eight dollars is the exact amount I missed out on. 448 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,120 Speaker 5: You could say they got paid to come to church. 449 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 5: Now they're here all the time. What's my point? If 450 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 5: you need prayer, find Johnny. But seriously, past the small test, friends, 451 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 5: God's looking for people that he can use for his 452 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 5: highest purposes, people that he can take to amazing new levels. 453 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 5: It's going to be people who are quick to obey, 454 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 5: people that He doesn't have to argue with. Try to 455 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 5: give seven confirmations, twelve lightning bolts before they move. No, 456 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 5: people that are so sensitive that at the smallest nudge 457 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 5: they move, God impresses them. Go here they go. Bless 458 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 5: this person, no problem, I'll bless them. Change in this area, Yes, God, 459 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 5: I'll change. It's going to be people God can trust. 460 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 5: And when God looks down from Heaven at you and me, 461 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 5: I want him to say, I can count on Joel, 462 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 5: I can count on Bob, I can count on Maria. 463 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 5: I can count on those people at Lakewood. They are 464 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 5: sensitive to my voice. They are quick to obey. I 465 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,880 Speaker 5: can use them to do great and mighty things. Remember, 466 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 5: every time you obey, a blessing will follow. Like with Naemen, 467 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 5: your act of obedience activates the fullness of God's power. 468 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 5: Don't ignore the eye knows. Be quick to obey, and 469 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,640 Speaker 5: if you'll learn to pass these small tests, there's no 470 00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 5: limit to how high God will take you. The scripture says, 471 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 5: when we fully obey, God's blessings will chase us down 472 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,679 Speaker 5: and overtake us. You won't be able to outrun the 473 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 5: good things of God. Now I believe and declare because 474 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 5: you obey in the small God is about to release 475 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 5: big blessings, big opportunities, new levels of favor, healing, restoration, vindication, promotion. 476 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 5: You're going to step into the fullness of your destiny 477 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 5: and become everything God's created you to be. In Jesus' name, 478 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,639 Speaker 5: if you receive it, can you say it? 479 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:35,880 Speaker 2: Men? 480 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 5: Today, we never like to close our broadcast without giving 481 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 5: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 482 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 483 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 5: repent of my sins, Come into my heart. I make 484 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 5: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 485 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 5: simple prayer, we believe you got born in in get 486 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 5: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 487 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 5: He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of. 488 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the joel Osteine podcast. Help 489 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 6: us continue to share the message of hope with those 490 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 6: all over the world. Visit jolostin dot com slash give 491 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,479 Speaker 6: hope to give a gift today. 492 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 5: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 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