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He's arranging the good breaks, the healing, the favor, 42 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 3: the promotion. Hi, this is Juel and Victoria. Thanks for 43 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 3: listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 44 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today message why don't you be a 45 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a friend. 46 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 47 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 3: your life. Well, God bless you. It's great to be 48 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 3: with you today. And if you're ever in our area, 49 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 3: please stop buying be a part of one of our services. 50 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 3: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home now. 51 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 3: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week. 52 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 3: We have a daily podcast. You can download our YouTube channel, 53 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 3: watch the messages anytime, follow us on social media. We'll 54 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 3: keep you encouraged and inspired. I like to start with 55 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 3: something funny, and I heard about this husband and wife. 56 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 3: They had been arguing. Now they were giving each other 57 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 3: the silent treatment. The next morning, the husband had to 58 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 3: get up early and catch a plane, and he needed 59 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 3: his wife to wake him up. Not wanting to break 60 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 3: the silence, he left her a note on her side 61 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 3: of the bed. It said, please wake me up at 62 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 3: five am. He got up the next morning at this 63 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,839 Speaker 3: dis flight. He was so upset went in to find 64 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 3: out why she didn't wake him up. There was a 65 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 3: note on his side of the bed. It said, wake up, 66 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 3: it's five Say it like you mean it. This is 67 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 3: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 68 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 3: have what it says I have. I can do what 69 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 3: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 70 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 3: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 71 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 3: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 72 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 3: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 73 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 3: to you today about easier than you think. When we 74 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 3: face challenges and have things that come against us, it's 75 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 3: easy to start dreading it, thinking this is going to 76 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 3: be so hard. How am I going to make it 77 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 3: through this treatment? How can I deal with this child, 78 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 3: this off course? How can I accomplish this dream? I 79 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 3: don't have the resources, the connections, And yes, there are 80 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 3: seasons where we have to endure do the right thing 81 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 3: when it's hard. But there are also times that God 82 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 3: will step in and make it easier than it looks. 83 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 3: The scripture says he goes before us and makes the 84 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 3: crooked place his strength. That means what should be overwhelming 85 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 3: is no problem at all. What looks complicated, you don't 86 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 3: see a solution. Suddenly things fall into place. You don't 87 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 3: have the connections, you don't know the right people. But 88 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 3: out of nowhere, someone steps in and shows you favor. 89 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 3: You thought it was going to be a long drawn 90 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 3: out process, but it turned out easier than it looked. 91 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 3: Now you may be in situations now that you're tempted 92 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 3: to dread. You've already decided it's going to be hard. 93 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 3: You're gearing up to endure it. God is saying it's 94 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 3: going to be easier than you think. There's going to 95 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 3: be a supernatural grace, a supernatural favor, supernatural strength. He's 96 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 3: working behind the scenes making rough places smooth. He's changing 97 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 3: people's minds, causing them to be for you. Now you 98 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 3: have to get in agreement with God. You can't go 99 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 3: around dreading, making plans for it to be hard. You're 100 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 3: drawing in what you're thinking about. If you're telling yourself 101 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 3: you can't pass the course. This problem's too big. I'll 102 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 3: never make it through this sickness, you're defeating yourself. Turn 103 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 3: it around. Yes, this looks difficult, but God, I know 104 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 3: you're still on the throne. You said your yoke is 105 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 3: easy and your burden is light. You said you're making 106 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 3: my rough places smooth. No, Father, thank you that this 107 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 3: will be easier than it looks. When we were trying 108 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 3: to acquire the Compact Center this place, we needed ten 109 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 3: votes from the city council members. There were fourteen of 110 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,679 Speaker 3: them in all. We had worked a long time trying 111 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 3: to convince them. We finally had the ten that we needed. 112 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 3: But two days before the main vote, one of the 113 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 3: council members that was for us received so much pressure 114 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 3: from the other side he decided to be out of town. 115 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 3: Him not being there was a vote against us. We 116 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,799 Speaker 3: were so disappointed. Two years of hard work, it looked 117 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 3: like it wasn't going to happen. I went to visit 118 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 3: a council member that had been against us the whole time. 119 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 3: He's a young Jewish man. I thought this was my 120 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 3: last shop. I had my best speech prepared. This was 121 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 3: going to be my biggest, strongest, most persuasive talk that 122 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 3: I had ever given him. I'd heard all of his 123 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 3: reasons why he wasn't for us. I was going to 124 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 3: go one by one and show him that that wasn't right. 125 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 3: I walked in, all fired up, ready to go. Just 126 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 3: when I was about to start, he smiled and said, Joel, 127 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 3: don't worry, I'm going to vote for you. I was 128 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 3: so focused on my speech it didn't fully register. I 129 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 3: thought to myself, did I just hear what I thought 130 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 3: I heard? I must have looked confused, because he said 131 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,359 Speaker 3: it again, Joel, I'm going to vote for you. Nearly 132 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 3: passed out, He went on to tell how an older 133 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 3: Jewish woman had called the night before. She was a 134 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 3: good friend of his family, someone that he really respected, 135 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 3: but he hadn't spoken to her in over twenty years. 136 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 3: She said in no uncertain terms that he was to 137 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 3: vote for Lakewood having the Compact Center. It was that 138 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 3: phone call that changed his mind. I had never met 139 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 3: the lady. I didn't ask her to call. I went 140 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 3: in there thinking it was going to be hard to 141 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 3: convince him. I was going to have to give it 142 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 3: my all. What I didn't realize is God had gone 143 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 3: before me and made Macrooked place his strafe. It was 144 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 3: easier than I thought. God has the right people lined 145 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 3: up for you. He knows how to change people's minds, 146 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 3: he knows how to cause them to before you. You 147 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 3: don't have to do everything in your own strength, your 148 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 3: own talent, your own ability. The Most High God is 149 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 3: going before you. He's fighting your battles. He's arranging the 150 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 3: good breaks, the healing, the favor the promotion. We had 151 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 3: worked for two years to try to make that happen. 152 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 3: We stayed strong, fought the good fight of faith. Didn't 153 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 3: happen overnight. It was a struggle, but we kept believing, 154 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 3: we kept declaring the promises, we kept doing the right thing. 155 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 3: Then in that one moment, God suddenly turned it around. 156 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 3: It was difficult for years, then suddenly it got easy. 157 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 3: You may go through seasons of struggle where you don't 158 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 3: see anything happening, no growth, no improvement. Thoughts will tell 159 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 3: you this will always be difficult. You're always going to struggle. 160 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 3: It looks like it's going to be long, hard drawn out. 161 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 3: But if you'll stay in faith, you're going to come 162 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 3: into these moments of favor where suddenly things fall into place. 163 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 3: Suddenly the burden is lifted, Suddenly people change their mind, 164 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 3: Suddenly your business takes off, Suddenly your health turns around. 165 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 3: It's not a struggle anymore. God is going to make 166 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 3: things happen that you couldn't make happen. Some of the 167 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 3: things that are stressing you out. Now you're worried thinking 168 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 3: of all the reasons it's not going to work out. 169 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 3: Like with me, You're going to find God has already 170 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 3: resolved the problem. He's already changed their mind. He's already 171 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 3: lined up the promotion, the healing, the good breaks. You 172 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 3: think you're going to have to work for it, convince someone, 173 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 3: earn it, endure out last. No, it's going to be 174 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 3: easier than you think. God has already gone before you. 175 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 3: He's already worked out what you're worrying about. Quit dreading it, 176 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 3: Quit losing sleep over it. I spent a lot of 177 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 3: time stressed over how I was going to convince that 178 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 3: council member. What was I going to say? If I 179 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 3: had known it was going to be so easy, I 180 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 3: would have stayed in peace. I would have relaxed and 181 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 3: enjoyed my life knowing that God had all already taken 182 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 3: care of it. I wonder if you're dreading things that 183 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 3: later on you're going to realize God has already worked 184 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 3: it out. It's not going to be as difficult as 185 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 3: it looks. You're going to find out God has gone 186 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 3: before you. He's worked out what's stressing you. He's worked 187 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 3: out the problem at the office, He's worked out the 188 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,719 Speaker 3: conflict with that relative. Looks like it's going to be 189 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 3: a big ordeal. Take a long time. You're going to 190 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 3: discover the rough places have already been made smooth. This 191 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 3: is what happened with the Israelites. They were standing at 192 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 3: the Jordan River contemplating whether to go into the Promised Land. 193 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 3: Their parents and grandparents stood at that same place forty 194 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 3: years earlier, but they talked themselves out of it. The 195 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 3: people living there were the Anakites. They were descendants of giants, huge, strong, 196 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 3: powerful people. The Israelites' parents thought they were too big, 197 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 3: turned around and wandered in the desert for forty years. 198 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 3: This was a critical moment for their children. Would they 199 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 3: do the same thing, think it was too hard, We'll 200 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 3: never defeat these people. As they were debating what to do, 201 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 3: God gave them a promise. Deuteronomy nine says, today you 202 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 3: are about to face people that are much stronger and 203 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 3: more powerful. But the Lord your God will cross over 204 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 3: ahead of you like a devouring fire to destroy them. 205 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,719 Speaker 3: He will subdue them so you can easily conquer. When 206 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 3: they heard that, they changed their mindset. This is not 207 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 3: going to be difficult, This is not going to defeat us. 208 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 3: God has gone before us to take care of what's 209 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 3: trying to stop us. They went in with boldness, with confidence. 210 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 3: They defeated the Anarkites and lived in the Promised Land. 211 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 3: It was easier than they thought. You may have situations 212 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 3: that seem much bigger, stronger, Trouble at work, dealing with 213 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 3: the sickness, legal problem, the odds are against you. You're thinking, 214 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 3: how can I deal with this? It's going to be 215 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 3: so difficult. God is going to do for you what 216 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 3: he did for them. He's crossing over ahead of you 217 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 3: right now, so you can easily conquer. It's not going 218 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 3: to be what it looks like. You're going to see favor, breakthroughs, freedom, 219 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 3: things that you couldn't make happen. It's the hand of God. 220 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 3: Now get this down in your spirit. Easily conquer. You're 221 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 3: not going to deal with that depression forever. Easily conquer 222 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 3: that cancer is not going to take you out. Easily 223 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 3: conquer that struggle and lack is not your destiny. You 224 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 3: will easily conquer it. One touch of God's favor and 225 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 3: suddenly things turn around. Suddenly, giants come down, Suddenly, addictions 226 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:57,959 Speaker 3: are broken, Suddenly doors open. You see increase abundance. When 227 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 3: you're tempted to dread world, think it's too much turn 228 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 3: it around. Father, Thank you that you're crossing over ahead 229 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 3: of me, devouring what's trying to stop me. Thank you 230 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 3: that I will easily conquer, that I will go into 231 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 3: my promised land, that I will become all that You've 232 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 3: created me to be. God gave Neemiah a dream to 233 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 3: rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. They had been down for 234 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 3: many years. People were living there unprotected. Neemiah was one 235 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 3: thousand miles away, working as a cup bearer for the king. 236 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 3: He wasn't a builder. He worked in the kitchen. He 237 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,439 Speaker 3: didn't have the resources, the faunds, the crew, the experience. 238 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 3: All the odds were against him. Looked like an impossible situation. 239 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 3: Many times God will ask you to do things that 240 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 3: seem beyond your own ability. He'll put dreams in your 241 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 3: heart that seemed too big. You don't have the experience, 242 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,079 Speaker 3: the talent, the connections. And if we look at it 243 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 3: only in our ability, then we'll talk ourselves out of it. 244 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 3: But God wouldn't ask you to do it if he 245 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,839 Speaker 3: hadn't already lined up what you need. It looks difficult, 246 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 3: you don't see how it can happen. But if you'll 247 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 3: take steps of faith, you'll discover God has already gone 248 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 3: before you. It's going to be easier than you think. 249 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 3: I'm not saying there won't be obstacles, people trying to 250 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 3: stop you, and times that you can feel overwhelmed, but 251 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 3: God is not going to leave you there. There would 252 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 3: be these moments of favor where God makes things happen 253 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 3: that you couldn't make happen, like changing that council member's mind, 254 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 3: Favor that catapaults you into your destiny, Favor that opens 255 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 3: doors you can't open, Favor that causes your business to 256 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:47,239 Speaker 3: take off. Neemiah could have thought of all the reasons 257 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 3: why he couldn't rebuild the wall. God, this is too hard. 258 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 3: What you're asking me to do is not reasonable, it's 259 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 3: not practical. But deep down Neemiah understood this principle that 260 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 3: the God who ask you to do difficult things is 261 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 3: the same God that goes before you and makes the 262 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 3: crooked places strange. It's a test. If you play it 263 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 3: safe and think I can't do it, Joel, the anarkites 264 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 3: are too big, the dream too great, the opposite isn't 265 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 3: too strong, then it will be too hard. The problem 266 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 3: is you never saw what God was up to. If 267 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 3: you don't take the risk, you'll never see how God 268 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 3: was going to step in and make it easier than 269 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 3: you thought. All the odds were against Neemiah, thoughts telling 270 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 3: him he didn't have a chance. This was not possible, 271 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 3: But Neemiah chose to believe. God is looking for some Neamiahs, 272 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 3: for some people who won't get talked out of their dreams. 273 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 3: People that are not moved by how big the challenge is. 274 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 3: People that don't dread. I think it's too hard, too much, 275 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 3: too long, too great. I can't do it now. Be 276 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 3: in the Amiah. The reason God's asking you to do 277 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 3: something that's beyond durability is He's about to show you 278 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 3: his favor like you've never seen. It looks hard, but 279 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 3: if you'll take that step of faith, you'll discover God 280 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 3: has gone before you. He's going to cause things to 281 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 3: fall into place. It's going to be easier than you think. 282 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 3: Niamiah chapter one, he prayed, God, grant me success as 283 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 3: I go to the king and ask for a favor, 284 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 3: put it in his heart to help me. Niamiah prayed 285 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 3: a bold prayer. God, I'm gonna go to the King. 286 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 3: I'm gonna ask him to be good to me. But 287 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 3: I need a favor. God put it in his heart 288 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 3: to help me. What a great prayer. God put it 289 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 3: in people's heart to help us. God cause us to 290 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 3: stand out. God caused people to want to be good 291 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 3: to us. Well, Joe, that's kind of selfish. Listen, if 292 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 3: you're gonna reach your destiny, if you're gonna accomplish your 293 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 3: God given dreams, if you're gonna go places no one 294 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 3: in your family has gone, you have to have a boldness. 295 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 3: You can't be weak intimidated. This is too much. You 296 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 3: have to ask big, pray big, believe big. You're going 297 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 3: to need other people to open doors, other people to 298 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 3: fund your dream, other people to use their influence to 299 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 3: push you forward. Have you ever prayed God put it 300 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 3: in people's hearts to help me, put it in people's 301 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 3: hearts to show me favor. Neamijah went to the king. 302 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 3: The scripture says, the first thing the king said was, Neamiah, 303 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 3: how can I help you? When God puts a big 304 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 3: dream in your heart, He's already lined up the people 305 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 3: to say, how can I help you? How can I 306 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 3: be good to you? Where can I show you favor? 307 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 3: Neamiah asked the king for permission to take time off 308 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 3: to go rebuild the walls. There was no reason for 309 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 3: the king to agree. The walls being down didn't affect him, 310 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 3: But for some reason, the king said, fine, Niomiah, you 311 00:17:56,440 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 3: can go. Neomiah said, thank you, but I need another faith. 312 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 3: I don't have any materials. I don't have the funds. 313 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 3: I need stones, rocks, mortars, supplies. Now he's asking the 314 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 3: king to fund his dream. You would think the king 315 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 3: would say, excuse me, this is your project. I'm giving 316 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 3: you the time off, don't expect me to pay for it. 317 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 3: But once again the King said, yes, I'll give you 318 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 3: the supplies. God has already lined up the provision you need. 319 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,360 Speaker 3: I've heard it said. What God orders, he pays for. 320 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 3: You may not see how you could ever have the funds, 321 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 3: How you could start the business, build that orphanage, move 322 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 3: into a nicer neighborhood. You know, God put that promise 323 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 3: in your heart, But when you look at what you 324 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 3: have your resources, there's no way. The good news is 325 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 3: it's not just up to you. Like Nehemiah, God has 326 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 3: people that will fund what he promised. He controls the universe. 327 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 3: He knows how to get to you what you need. 328 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 3: That but supernatural increase, contracts come into you, ideas, opportunities, 329 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 3: people tracking you down. You have to do like Neemiah, Lord, 330 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 3: I believe you're going to cause people to be good 331 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 3: to me. You're going to open the windows of heaven, 332 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 3: pour out resources to bring the past what you promise. 333 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 3: It has to go beyond the natural, because if you 334 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 3: just focus on what you have, you won't see away. 335 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 3: God puts dreams in our heart that are bigger than 336 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 3: what we can afford. This is where faith has to 337 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 3: kick in. This is where you have to pray, bold 338 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 3: prayers and belief for uncommon resources out of the ordinary 339 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 3: increase so you can rebuild the walls, so you can 340 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 3: accomplish what God put in your heart. Neamiah said King, 341 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 3: one last thing, I need protection as I travel to Jerusalem. 342 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 3: The scripture says the king granted Neemiah all his request 343 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 3: because the gracious hand of God God was on his life. 344 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 3: He went and rebuilt the walls in fifty two days, 345 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 3: record time. If n Nehemiah were standing here today, he 346 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 3: would tell you, when you're facing a big obstacle, a 347 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 3: big dream may look impossible. You don't have the resources. 348 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 3: Thoughts are telling you it will never work out. Let 349 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 3: me encourage you. It's going to be easier than you think. 350 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 3: People will be there to help you, The funds will 351 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 3: show up, the good breaks will come. You have an advantage. 352 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 3: You're not doing life by yourself. Like Nemiah. The gracious 353 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 3: hand of God is on your life. How are you 354 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 3: going to beat the cancer the gracious hand of God? 355 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 3: How are you going to overcome the loss? The gracious 356 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 3: hand of God? How are you going to accompass that dream? 357 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 3: The gracious hand of God. There is favor on your 358 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 3: life that will cause you to go where you can't 359 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 3: go on your own. I'm not saying that on the 360 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,719 Speaker 3: way to our destiny that there won't be challenging, there 361 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 3: won't be setbacks and things you don't understand. But if 362 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 3: you stay in faith, you're going to come in to 363 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 3: these moments of favor where God suddenly opens a door, 364 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 3: causes people to be good to you, turns the medical 365 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 3: report around. It's not going to be a constant struggle. 366 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 3: You're going to say, like Nehemiah, it was easier than 367 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 3: I thought. Well, Joel, what if I believe this and 368 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 3: it doesn't get easier. What if you believe it and 369 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 3: it does, You have to release your faith. I can 370 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 3: tell you if you're dreading things, convinced that the struggle 371 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,439 Speaker 3: is permanent, going to be so hard to accomplish my dream, 372 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 3: hard to raise my child, hard to get well. Your 373 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 3: own thinking is limiting your life. Get in agreement with God. 374 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 3: He's going before you right now, making cooked places strength. 375 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 3: You're about to see things begin to fall into place. 376 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 3: The right people show up, the right doors open the resources. 377 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 3: Things that you used to struggle with are not going 378 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 3: to be a struggle anymore. You don't have to make 379 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 3: it happen. You just have to believe, Father, thank you 380 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 3: that your gracious hand is upon my life, that I'm 381 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 3: coming into these moments of favor, that what I'm facing 382 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 3: is going to be easier than it looks. During World 383 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 3: War Two, an American fighter pilot was flying a mission 384 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 3: over the Pacific Ocean. When he ran out of fuel. 385 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 3: He had to land on an island controlled by the Japanese. 386 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 3: He and his men knew they would soon be captured 387 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 3: and taken as prisoners. With their plane sitting on the 388 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 3: beach no fuel, they had all given up all that 389 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:41,120 Speaker 3: is except one man. It just so happened. This bomber 390 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 3: was carrying a chaplain. He believed that God could make 391 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 3: a way where he didn't see away. He began to 392 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 3: pray and ask God to protect them, give them favored, 393 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 3: help them to get back to their base. The other 394 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 3: men thought he was kind of far out. They were 395 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 3: on a deserted island, no boat, no food, just a 396 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 3: matter of time before they would be found. Early the 397 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 3: next morning, one of the men couldn't sleep. He decided 398 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,959 Speaker 3: to go to the beach and take a walk. He 399 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 3: looked out in the waves and saw something strange bobbing 400 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 3: up and down. There was this large canister, about five 401 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 3: feet tall three feet wide. He went over and looked closer. 402 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 3: The words were written on it aviation fuel. He couldn't 403 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 3: believe it. He shouted to the other airmen. They came, 404 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 3: pulled it out of the water. They rushed to their 405 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 3: plane poured the fuel in it. In a few minutes, 406 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 3: they were in the air on their way to their 407 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 3: camp not far away. Their lives were spared. Later, it 408 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:45,199 Speaker 3: was discovered that the canister was one of hundreds that 409 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,120 Speaker 3: were on a big cargo barge headed to the air 410 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 3: base on the way the barge was destroyed by the 411 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 3: enemy forces. All the other canisters had been lost, but 412 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 3: this one floated over one thousand miles, passed twenty five 413 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 3: other islands, just so happened to wash up on this island, 414 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 3: right where the plane had run out of fuel. It 415 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 3: just so happened. The soldier went out early that morning 416 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 3: and saw it seemed like an impossible situation, deserted island 417 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 3: on the enemy's territory, no airport, no gas stations. But 418 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 3: God never runs out of options. He had the solution 419 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 3: before you had the problem. That canister had been floating 420 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,360 Speaker 3: in that direction months before the plane ever run out 421 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 3: of fuel. It could have sunk, gotten lost, washed up 422 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 3: on another island. But what God has ordained for you 423 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 3: is going defind you. It's going to show up at 424 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 3: the right time. God already has the healing en route, 425 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 3: the promotion in route, the freedom in route, the abundance 426 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 3: is en route, the right people are in route. May 427 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 3: seem like you could never get out of your situation, 428 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 3: never accomplished that dream. You don't know what God is 429 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,959 Speaker 3: to you don't know what's already enroute. It's not going 430 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 3: to be as difficult as you think it's not going 431 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 3: to take as long as it looks, God is going 432 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 3: before you, making crooked places strength. If you could see 433 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 3: what he has coming, how he's going to turn the 434 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 3: trouble around, restore what you've lost, thrust you to a 435 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 3: new level, you wouldn't be discouraged. You wouldn't complain. You 436 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 3: would thank him for his goodness. It may look complicated, 437 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 3: may seem stressful. You don't see how the odds are 438 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 3: against you. You could live worried. You have to keep 439 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 3: reminding yourself. It's going to be easier than you think. 440 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:43,360 Speaker 3: God is in control. He's fighting your battles. His plans 441 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 3: for you are for good. He's bigger than the sickness, 442 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 3: greater than the trouble, more powerful than what's trying to 443 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 3: stop you. In the scripture, Gideon and his three hundred 444 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 3: men were facing an army of one hundred and twenty thousand. 445 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 3: Gideon was already afraid, intimidated. God finally convinced him to 446 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 3: lead the people of Israel against the Midianites. I can 447 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 3: hear him saying, God, this is impossible. We're so outnumbered. 448 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:16,639 Speaker 3: How do you expect me to defeat these people? God 449 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 3: puts you in situations that are way over your head. 450 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 3: Number one to see if you'll trust him, and number 451 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 3: two so he can show out in your life. God 452 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:31,160 Speaker 3: said in Judges six, Gideon, you will defeat the Midianites 453 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 3: as if you were fighting one man. God was saying, Gideon, 454 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 3: I know you're facing one hundred and twenty thousand men. 455 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 3: I know you're outnumbered. I didn't put you in this 456 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 3: situation by accident. Trust me. I'm going before you. I'm 457 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,199 Speaker 3: going to make the crooked places straight. It's going to 458 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,120 Speaker 3: be easier than you think. Gideon and his men blew 459 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 3: their horns and shouted. The enemy got confused and ended 460 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 3: up destroying each other. Gideon didn't even have to fight. 461 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 3: They never even broke a sweat. There's something called a 462 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 3: no sweat anointing. That's when you don't have to make 463 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 3: it happen. You don't have to strive, work, manipulate. You 464 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 3: just stay in faith and God does it for you. 465 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 3: God will change the council member's mind. God will cause 466 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,440 Speaker 3: the king to give you the resources. God will bring 467 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 3: the canister of fuel to you. You may be up 468 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 3: against the challenge. It's much bigger. Like Gideon. You feel outnumbered, 469 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 3: the sickness seems stronger, the addiction seems permanent. People against 470 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 3: you are more powerful. God is saying to you what 471 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 3: he said to Gideon. You're going to defeat it like 472 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 3: you're fighting one man. It's going to be easier than 473 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 3: you think. God is going to do things out of 474 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 3: the ordinary, uncommon, unusual. You couldn't make it happen. It's 475 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 3: God going before you, making the crooked places straight, defeating giants, 476 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 3: bringing promotion favor. Now, let faith rise up today. Sure 477 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 3: we're gonna have challenges. There're gonna be seasons we have 478 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 3: to endure, out last, stand strong. But what I want 479 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 3: you to see is there are also moments of favor 480 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 3: where God's going to step in and make it easier 481 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:22,160 Speaker 3: than it looks. Don't go through life dreading, worried, stressed out. 482 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 3: You're not doing life on your own. The gracious hand 483 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 3: of God is upon you all through the day. Father, 484 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 3: Thank you that you're going before me making crooked places strength. 485 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 3: Thank you that your yoke is easy and your burden 486 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 3: is light. If you'll do this, I believe and declare 487 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 3: you're about to see the gracious hand of God. What 488 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 3: used to be a struggle is not going to be 489 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 3: a struggle anymore. Negative situations are turning around. Healing is coming, 490 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 3: breakthroughs are coming, Favor is coming. It's going to be 491 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 3: easier than you think. In Jesus' name, and if you 492 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 3: receive it, can you say amen? I'd like to give 493 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 3: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 494 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 495 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 3: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 496 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 3: you my Lord and savior. 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