1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Victorian, and I'm believe in you're going to have a 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: blessed summer. Praying for you guys every day, and thanks 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: for being with us today. Hey, I'm excited. Victoria's got 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,159 Speaker 1: a new book out. It's called Grace to Go, and 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: I know it's going to bless you. I'm excited because 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: in this book you will see how you are strengthened, 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: that you are prepared and you are ready for anything 8 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: that's in front of you. 9 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 2: You are grace to Go. Enjoy today's message. Well, God 10 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 2: bless you. 11 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: It's a joy to come into your homes. And if 12 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, please stop buy and be 13 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. I promise you 14 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: we will make you feel right at home. I like 15 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 16 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: group of school children. They were in the cafeteria line 17 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: at their Catholic elementary school. At the start of the line, 18 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: there was a big bowl of apples. A nun had 19 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: written a note. It said, take only one. God is watching. 20 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: At the end of the line. 21 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,639 Speaker 2: There was a big bowl of chocolate chip cookies. 22 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: One of the children had written a note. It said 23 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: take all you want. God is watching. The apples say it. 24 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: Like you mean it. 25 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says. 26 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 2: I am. 27 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 28 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 29 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,839 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 30 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 31 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 32 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about you're still going to 33 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 1: make it. We all have dreams and goals and things 34 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: we know that God has promised us, and we start 35 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: off excited. We're sailing along fine, making progress. Then a 36 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: storm arises, an unexpected challenge, a sickness, a breakup, we 37 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: lose a loved one, a contract we were counting on 38 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: doesn't go through. It's easy to get discouraged and think 39 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: it's never going to happen. But God doesn't promise something 40 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: and then change his mind. He doesn't put a dream 41 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,919 Speaker 1: in your heart and then take it back. 42 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 2: What he starts he finishes. 43 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: You may not see away, but God hasn't run out 44 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: of options. We think natural, but God is supernatural. 45 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 2: He has ways we've never thought of. 46 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 1: God wouldn't have allowed that storm if it was going 47 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: to keep you from your destiny. If that bad break, 48 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 1: that loss, that person that walked away, if that was 49 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: going to stop your purpose, God would. 50 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 2: Have kept it from happening. 51 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: We may not like it, but it's a part of 52 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 1: the process storms come to us. All the good news 53 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: is God is in control of the winds. He's in 54 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: control of what's trying to stop you. Now, all he 55 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: has to do is shift the winds and instead of 56 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: holding you back, they will propel you forward. They were 57 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 1: meant for your harm, but He knows how to turn 58 00:02:58,760 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: them around. 59 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: And you use them to your advantage. 60 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: You may be facing a situation where you don't see 61 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: how it could work out in your health, your finances, 62 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: a relationship. Every voice says there's no way, it's too late, 63 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 1: The obstacles are too big. God is saying, You're still 64 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,959 Speaker 1: going to get there. I'm still on the throne. I'm 65 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: working behind the scenes. I'm fighting your battles. I'm arranging 66 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: the breaks you need, I'm lining up the right people. 67 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 2: When it's all said. 68 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: And done, what God promised will come to pass. You're 69 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: still going to get well, You're still going to meet 70 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: the right person. You're still going to break that addiction. 71 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: You're still going to accomplish your dreams. Where you are 72 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: is not an accident. God may not have sent the storm, 73 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: but he is in control of the storm. 74 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: Here's the test. 75 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: Will you trust him when you don't see any sign 76 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: of things improving? Will you stay in when every thought 77 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: tells you it's never going to work out? This is 78 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: what the apostle Paul did. He was a prisoner on 79 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: a boat headed to Rome. He'd been arrested in Jerusalem 80 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: for causing a disturbance. Even though he was found not guilty, 81 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: he had appealed to Caesar. And while they were sailing 82 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: on this several months journey, two hundred and seventy six 83 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 1: people on board, they encountered a huge storm with hurricane 84 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: force winds. The waves were so big they were battering 85 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: the boat back and forth for fourteen days. They didn't 86 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: see the sun nor the stars. The boat was so 87 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: beat up it was taking on water. The crew started 88 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: throwing cargo and supplies overboard. They were despondent. They had 89 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: quit eating. The scripture says all hope of them being 90 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: saved was gone. But in the middle of the storm, 91 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: an angel appeared to Paul. He said in Acts twenty seven. 92 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: Be afraid, Paul, for you will surely stand before Caesar. God, 93 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: in his goodness, has granted safety to everyone sailing with you. 94 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 1: Paul had this promise that he would make it to Rome, 95 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 1: but all the circumstances said he would never get there. 96 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: Everywhere he looked, the winds, the waves, the crew said 97 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: he wasn't going to make it. He could have thought, God, 98 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: I must have heard you wrong. You said I would 99 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 1: stand before Caesar, but I'm in a sinking boat in 100 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: the middle of the ocean, stuck in a hurricane. Sometimes 101 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: what God promises looks just the opposite of what we see. God, 102 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 1: you said I was going to get well, all I 103 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 1: see is sickness. You said I would lend and not borrow, 104 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: but I see debt, lack struggle. You said my children 105 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 1: would be mighty in the land, but I see addictions, compromise. 106 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 2: Here's the key. 107 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 1: You can't be moved by what you see. 108 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 2: You have to be moved by what you know. 109 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: Don't let that storm talk you out of what God promised. 110 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: In the middle of the storm, when it looked impossible, 111 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: no sign of things improving, Paul went up to the 112 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 1: crew and said, it's going to be all right. 113 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:19,239 Speaker 2: Get something to eat. 114 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: God promised that I would not only stand before Caesar, 115 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 1: but that. 116 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 2: All of your lives would be spared. 117 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: The next verse is the key, he said, And I 118 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: believe it will be just as God said. See God 119 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: can make all these promises. But if we don't take 120 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: the next step and say, like Paul, God, I believe 121 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: what you promised me will come to pass, then the 122 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: promises won't do any good. We have to mix faith 123 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: with them. When Paul told the crew that their lives 124 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,799 Speaker 1: were going to be spared, no doubt. Waves were splashing 125 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 1: him in the face when so strong, almost knocking him down. 126 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: Had to hold onto the boat. It had been this 127 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: way for two weeks. He could have been depressed like 128 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: the rest of them, complaining. Instead he was talking about 129 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: what God promised. He was speaking life in the face 130 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: of death. He was talking victory in the middle of defeat. 131 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,119 Speaker 1: What you're saying in the storm will have a great 132 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: impact on whether you stay there or whether you come out. 133 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 2: If you're saying I'll never get. 134 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: Well, I can't break this addiction. 135 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 2: I've had it since high school. Joel. 136 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: These people that did me wrong, This injustice it ruined 137 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: my life. 138 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 2: If you talk defeat, you're going to have defeat. 139 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: If you think I'll never get out of this trouble, 140 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: then you never will. In the middle of the storm, 141 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: you need to declare what God promised you. I am 142 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: coming out. This too shall pass. I am not moved 143 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: by the waves, the winds, the opposition. I know God 144 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: being for me is more than the world being against me. 145 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 2: I will get well. 146 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: I will prosper and succeed. My children will serve the Lord. 147 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: Get in agreement with God. The angel said, Paul, everyone 148 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: sailing with you will be saved. Here Paul was a 149 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: prisoner on the boat. He didn't have any influence there. 150 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: The crew saw him as secondary, just another inmate we 151 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: have to transport. They thought Paul was sailing with them. 152 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: But notice how God sees you, he said, Paul. Everyone 153 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: sailing with you will be saved. You may have some enemies, 154 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: people that look down on you. They think they have 155 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: the upper hand. Don't worry. You're not sailing with them. 156 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 2: They're sailing with you. 157 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,199 Speaker 1: Nothing can snatch you out of God's hands. 158 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 2: You may feel like you're on the boat of. 159 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: The opposition, like you're at a disadvantage at work, at school. 160 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: But people don't determine your destiny. They cannot stop God's 161 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 1: plan for your life. You may be on their boat, 162 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: but remember their sailing with you. God is going to 163 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: get you to where you're supposed to be. Without Paul 164 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: on the boat, all the people would have perished, The 165 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: hurricane would have caused it to stink. There was no 166 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: chance in the natural All the circumstances said it was doomed, 167 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: just a bad break. But there was a man on 168 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: that boat with a calling on his life, a man 169 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:32,199 Speaker 1: with a purpose, with a destiny. This is showing us 170 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: a storm cannot stop what God has purposed. You may 171 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: be in a situation it doesn't look good. It would 172 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: stop a lot of people, but it can't stop you. 173 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: Why you're a Paul. You have a purpose, you have 174 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: an assignment. There's a calling on your life, something God 175 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: has ordained you to accomplish. You're not just filling up space. 176 00:09:56,240 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 1: You're a person of destiny. There's a caesar you've been 177 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: called to stand before. There's a dream God put in 178 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: your heart. It's not an option. God has purposed it. 179 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: There's a giant you've been called to defeat. Maybe it's 180 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: a generational curse, something that's held your family back. That's 181 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: why the storm is so bad. The enemy would love 182 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: to convince you to get discouraged, give up, think you 183 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: heard God wrong. No, that storm is a sign you 184 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: are close to your destiny. 185 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 2: The enemy would not be sending the winds, the. 186 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: Rain, the trouble, the sickness if he didn't know Caesar 187 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: was right up ahead. What you've been called to do, 188 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: your greatest accomplishment, something more than you can imagine, freedom 189 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 1: that your family has never seen, is right past that storm. 190 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: The reason it can't defeat you is your appall. 191 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 2: Here's the key. 192 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:58,439 Speaker 1: The destiny in you is greater than the storm around you. 193 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 2: The purpose in you. 194 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: If you cannot be stopped by the waves, by people 195 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 1: by opposition, stay in faith and keep declaring what God 196 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: said about you. I will stand before Caesar. That means 197 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: I will fulfill my destiny. I will set new standards 198 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: for my family. I will break these cycles of defeat, depression, 199 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: dysfunction that have been passed down. I will pay my 200 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: house off, I will keep my family together. 201 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 2: I will take new ground. If you're going to come 202 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 2: out of. 203 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: The storm, you have to know you're a pau there's 204 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: a calling on your life. 205 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 2: The enemy knows it. 206 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: He wouldn't be fighting you if he didn't know you 207 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: were destined to do great things. 208 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 2: He knows it. God knows it. Now make sure that 209 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 2: you know it. See what God has spoken over you 210 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 2: is not just a nice thought. 211 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: It's not just something that he hopes will come to pass. 212 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: It's a command. Paul, you will stand before Caesar. He 213 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: didn't say I think you will. If the weather holds up, 214 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: if these people don't get too upset what God speaks. 215 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: The only thing that could keep it from happening is 216 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,559 Speaker 1: not the storm, not the opposition, not people, not the sickness. 217 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: The only thing is if we don't believe. God works 218 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: where there's faith. If Paul would have said, God, I 219 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: don't think I can stand before Caesar. I'm a prisoner, 220 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: I'm in a hurricane. These people don't like me. 221 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 2: Don't let doubt stop your purpose. 222 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 1: Don't let the storm talk you out of your destiny. 223 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 1: You don't have to figure out how it's going to happen. 224 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 1: All you have to do is believe. In the face 225 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: of that storm, with the winds, the rain coming against you, 226 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: dare to say, like Paul, I believe God, just what 227 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: you said will come to pass. Here's how good God is. 228 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: He told Paul that everyone sailing with him would be 229 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 1: Even Paul's enemies had the promise that. 230 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:05,559 Speaker 2: Their life would be spared. 231 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: If it was up to us, we would say, God, 232 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: wipe them out. They don't deserve it, let them have it. 233 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 1: But God is so merciful. Some of your enemies will 234 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: be blessed because of you. When the favor on your 235 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: life helps them to rise higher, they'll have a change 236 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 1: of heart. Instead of being against. 237 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 2: You, they'll be for you. Instead of trying to push 238 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:29,199 Speaker 2: you down, they'll lift you up. 239 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,559 Speaker 1: After two weeks of being battered around by the storm, 240 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: the crew noticed a small island off in the distance. 241 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,319 Speaker 1: They tried to steer that way, but the winds were 242 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: too strong. When the boat got close, it hit the 243 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: bottom and broke totally apart. Now all the people were 244 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: in the water, they grabbed pieces of the boat. 245 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 2: And begin to swim to shore. 246 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: In a few hours, all two hundred and seventy six 247 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: had made it safely to the island. 248 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 2: No one lost their lives. But when the boat hit 249 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 2: bottom broke apart. 250 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: I'm sure some of them panicked and thought, oh great, 251 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: we're done. 252 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 2: Now. We don't even have the boat. There's no chance. 253 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:15,680 Speaker 1: But they made it to the shore without the boat. 254 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: God is saying, you're going to make it without what 255 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: you thought you had to have. You're going to make 256 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: it without what you've lost. You're going to make it 257 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: without what didn't work out. 258 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 2: I was very close to my father. 259 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: I worked seventeen years with him behind the scenes at Lakewood, and. 260 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 2: We had traveled the world together. 261 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 1: I used to think, what's going to happen when my 262 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: father is not here? Nineteen ninety nine, he suddenly went 263 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: to be with the Lord. I still miss him, but 264 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: I realize now I made it without my father. I 265 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: made it without going to seminary. I made it without 266 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: the formal training. 267 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 2: All these things. 268 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: I thought I had to have, I didn't need them. 269 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: When I stepped up to pastor the church, most of 270 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: the people were for me, but there were a few 271 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: that I had known for years. They were very for 272 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: my father, but they weren't supportive of me. They loved me, 273 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: but they wanted me to do it their way. I've 274 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: learned you have to be you. There's no anointing on 275 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: your life to be like somebody else. 276 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 2: You're anointed to be you. 277 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: At first, it kind of bothered me that they weren't 278 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: for me and worried about what if they leave or 279 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: if they don't support me. Eventually they did leave, but 280 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: it wasn't what I thought. Things didn't fall apart. I 281 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:44,479 Speaker 1: made it without their support. I made it without their encouragement. 282 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: I made it without the vote. Sometimes God will take 283 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: things away that we think we need, so we have 284 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: to depend on Him and not people, not the contract, 285 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 1: not the position. Can I tell tell you you're going 286 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: to make it without that person that walked away, without 287 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 1: that friend that betrayed you, without that spouse. 288 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 2: That left you. 289 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: I know it's painful, but they weren't your savior. You 290 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: already have a savior. He's got you in the palm 291 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: of his hand. 292 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 2: If they left you, then you didn't need them. 293 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: If you had to have them to fulfill your purpose, 294 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: they would have stayed. You have to accept that they 295 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 1: weren't a part of your destiny. 296 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 2: And move forward. 297 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: As long as you're looking back focused on what you lost, 298 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: on why didn't they stay? Why did my boat break apart? 299 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: You will miss the new things God has in store. 300 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: You can still get to the shore. It just may 301 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: not happen the way you think. God's ways are not 302 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: our ways. We can get so set on how we 303 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: think it's going to happen, what we need, Who's going 304 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: to be there that we get discouraged if it doesn't 305 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: fit into our plans. We have to stay open. God 306 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: knows what's best for us. You're going to make it 307 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: without the contract that didn't go through. You worked hard, 308 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 1: but you weren't chosen. You deserve the promotion, but you 309 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: got skipped over. 310 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 2: That's not the end. 311 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,919 Speaker 1: That means God has something better. He knows how to 312 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: open new doors, how to cause opportunity, promotion, contracts that 313 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: you didn't see coming, finds you don't sit around discourage all. 314 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: Just my love, Why did this happen to me? I 315 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: can tell you why. There's a calling on your life. 316 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 1: There are new levels in your future. That storm cannot 317 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: stop you. God knows how to get you to the shore, 318 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: but it may happen an unconventional way without the boat. 319 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: You may have to swim to the shore, but the 320 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: grace will be there to do it. You're going to 321 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:57,359 Speaker 1: make it like I did without that loved one you lost. 322 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: Sure you still miss them, but that didn't cancel your destiny. 323 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: It may feel like the end, but really it's a 324 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 1: new beginning. 325 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 2: You are stronger than you think. 326 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:13,360 Speaker 1: You have more in you, more talent, more courage, more determination. 327 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: God is not going to leave you in that storm. 328 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 1: The boat may have broken apart, but you're still going 329 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:21,360 Speaker 1: to get to the shore. 330 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 2: Weeping may endure for a. 331 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 1: Night, but joy is coming in the morning. In the scripture, 332 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: David made it without his family believing in him. I'm 333 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 1: sure he was discouraged when his father didn't call him 334 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 1: in when the prophet Samuel was choosing one of the 335 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: sons as the next king. He was tempted to be 336 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: offended when his older brother made fun of him for 337 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: being the youngest and having to take care of the sheep. 338 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 2: He could have thought, God, it's not. 339 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 1: Fair, my own family doesn't believe in me. But David 340 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: understood this principle. His attitude was, I can make it 341 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 1: without their support, make it without their approval. I don't 342 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 1: have to have their encouragement. Instead of depending on people 343 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: to approve you, why don't you go to God and 344 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 1: get your approval from him? 345 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 2: Instead of counting on others to encourage you. 346 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: Why don't you start encouraging yourself, Start speaking faith, favor, victory, 347 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: blessings over your own life. But if God would have 348 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 1: let the boat make. 349 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 2: It to shore, would have been so much easier. They 350 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 2: wouldn't have had to. 351 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: Go through all the trauma and distress. They could have 352 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 1: just pulled up like a cruise liner. And God often 353 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:37,479 Speaker 1: enjoyed the island, But sometimes the boat doesn't make it. 354 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: Paul and the crew grabbed the broken pieces the wood 355 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: that was floating. They used that to help them swim 356 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 1: to the shore. We think we have to have the boat. 357 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: But God is so amazing He has a plan even 358 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 1: for the broken pieces, the rimnus, things most people would discard. 359 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 1: God will use them to take you to where He 360 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: has prepared. Their brokenness became their breakthrough. Now quit being 361 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: discouraged over what you've lost. What you have left is 362 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 1: what you need. God didn't let you lose so much 363 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: that you can't make it to where He's taking you. 364 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:19,119 Speaker 2: You didn't need the boat. 365 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:24,159 Speaker 1: What they thought was of no use, discarded pieces of wood, 366 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 1: was actually what they needed to make it to the shore. 367 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 1: When you're in a storm, you have to do like Paul, 368 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: grab on to the broken pieces. That means keep believing 369 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: that you're coming out, keep declaring favor over your life, 370 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: keep thanking God for his goodness. 371 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 2: He didn't change his mind. 372 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: The boat may have fallen apart, but you're still going 373 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: to stand before Caesar. What God promised is still going 374 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: to come to pass. My father had a dream as 375 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,640 Speaker 1: a seventeen year old boy that one day he would 376 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,919 Speaker 1: pastor a church with thousands of people. Back in the 377 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: nineteen thirties, that was unheard of. There weren't any large churches. 378 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: Against all odds, he was able to go to college. 379 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: He started pastoring a successful, growing church. They had almost 380 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:17,360 Speaker 1: a thousand members. They had just built a beautiful new sanctuary. 381 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: Everything was going great until a storm hit. My sister 382 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy. My father 383 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: began to search the scriptures in a new way. He 384 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 1: started speaking to his congregation about how God is a healer, 385 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: how he wants us to live an abundant, victorious life. 386 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: Much to his surprise, they didn't like his new message 387 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 1: of faith, and they asked him to leave. He was devastated. 388 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,719 Speaker 1: He had spent years pouring into those people. Now it 389 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: looked like his dream was over. But that storm is 390 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 1: not keeping you from your destiny. It's leading you to 391 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: your destiny. God, God is directing the winds. He and 392 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,880 Speaker 1: my mother went out and started Lakewood. My father had 393 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 1: lost over ninety percent of his congregation. He was no 394 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 1: longer affiliated with his denomination. He didn't have support from 395 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 1: his colleagues, lifelong friends, never spoke to him again. 396 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 2: But God says, you're going to make. 397 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 1: It without the support, without what you've lost, without the 398 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 1: new building. The boat may have fallen apart, but God 399 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: is still on the throne. What you lost is not 400 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: near as important as what you have left. 401 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 2: My father was faithful. 402 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 1: Lakewood grew and grew, and just like God promised, he 403 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 1: pastored a church of thousands. But suppose he would have 404 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 1: been bitter because they asked him to leave. Suppose he 405 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 1: had given up because of the bad breaks, the betrayals, 406 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: he'd have never made it to the shore. He would 407 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: have never stood before Caesar, so to speak. 408 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 2: You don't know what God is up to. 409 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 1: These storms that none of us like are a part 410 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 1: of our destiny. Are you sitting on the sidelines, discouraged 411 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,879 Speaker 1: over what you've lost. What you didn't get, who didn't stay. 412 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: God is saying, if you'll get your passion back, if 413 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: you'll start believing again, You're still going to get there. 414 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: Despite what you've lost, despite who was against you, despite 415 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: the mistakes you've made. God's calling is still on your life. 416 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: His assignment is still in your future. New levels are 417 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: still waiting on you. In the scripture, there's a story 418 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 1: about a little boy named Maphibischef. He was the grandson 419 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 1: of King Saul and the son of Jonathan. David and 420 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: Jonathan were best friends. Maphibas Chef was born into royalty, 421 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: destined to one day take the throne, but life didn't 422 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,040 Speaker 1: turn out the way he thought. His father and his 423 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: grandfather were killed on the same. 424 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 2: Day in a battle. The maid that took care of him. 425 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 1: When word reached their city, she grabbed maphibis Chef took 426 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: off running out of the house, trying to hide him 427 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: from enemies that were coming. 428 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 2: She tripped on. 429 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 1: The steps, dropped maphibis Chef, and both of his legs 430 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 1: were broken. 431 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 2: He became permanently crippled. He could no longer walk. Years 432 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 2: had passed. 433 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 1: Now instead of living in the palace like he thought 434 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 1: he was living in one of the poorest, most run 435 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:34,400 Speaker 1: down cities. 436 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 2: Of that day. 437 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: Seemed like a bad break, just bad luck. Wasn't even 438 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: his fault. 439 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:41,360 Speaker 2: The maid dropped him. 440 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: But God is not dependent on what someone else does 441 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 1: or doesn't do to get you to your destiny. People 442 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: may have dropped you, but God knows how to pick. 443 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:53,120 Speaker 2: You back up. 444 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: Years later, King David was reminiscing about how much he 445 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: loved his good friend Jonathan. He asked his men if 446 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: any of Jonathan's relatives were still alive. They said, yes, 447 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 1: his son is, but he's crippled living in the slums. 448 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,679 Speaker 1: David said, go find him and bring him to me. 449 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: You can imagine as these officials from the palace start 450 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: searching the slums. 451 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 2: Word quickly spread they're looking for Maphibi Chef. 452 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 1: When he hears, he thought, oh man, I'm done now. 453 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 2: They have finally found me. 454 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: He expected the worst, but they picked him up and 455 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 1: carried him to the palace. They cleaned him up, put 456 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: new clothes on him, brought him before David. 457 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 2: He was afraid, didn't know what. 458 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: Was going to happen. David said, Maphibis cheff, don't worry. 459 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: From now on, you're going to live in the palace 460 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: with me. Every night, you're gonna eat dinner at my table. 461 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: Not only that, I am giving you all the land 462 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: that belonged to your father and your grandfather like him. 463 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: It may look like there's no way what God promised 464 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: you could still come to pass. It's too late. You've 465 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: had too many bad breaks. The odds are against you. 466 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: If the Phibbithship were here, he would tell you. 467 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 2: You're still going to get there. 468 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: Despite who dropped you, despite how unfair it was, despite 469 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,159 Speaker 1: how impossible it looks. 470 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 2: You're going to. 471 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 1: Make it without the boat, without what you thought you 472 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: had to have. God has the right people already lined 473 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 1: up to help you, people that will make up for 474 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: what you didn't get. Now, don't stay focused on what 475 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 1: you've lost. 476 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,640 Speaker 2: What you have left is what you need. There's power 477 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 2: in the broken. 478 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: Pieces may not look like much, but when God breathes 479 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: on them, you will make it to the shore. Now, 480 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 1: believe in declare. You're still going to get well. You're 481 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: still going to meet the right person. You're still going 482 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:05,680 Speaker 1: to accomplish your dreams. Favor is coming, healing is coming, promotion, vindication, breakthroughs, 483 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:10,199 Speaker 1: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name. If you 484 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 1: receive it, can you say amen? Today I'd like to 485 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: give you an opportunity to make. 486 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,199 Speaker 2: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 487 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 488 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. Friends, 489 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 490 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 491 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 1: God first place. Sometimes in life, people don't choose us. 492 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 1: We've all felt overlooked and like we're not good enough. 493 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 1: It's easy to live inferior thinking we don't measure up. 494 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 2: People may have left you out. 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