1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Hi, this is joelan Victorium. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, 5 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: And if you're ever in our area, please stop buy 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. I promise 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: you we'll make you feel right at home. I like 9 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 10 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: couple that lived out in the country. They had been 11 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: married fifty years and never had an argument, not one. 12 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: Somebody asked the secret of their success. The men explained, 13 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: as they were leaving the church going on their honeymoon, 14 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: the wife's horse refused to go. She got off, looked 15 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: the horse in the eyes and said that's one. He 16 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: went a little further, stopped again. She got off, looked 17 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: the horse in the eyes and said that's two. He 18 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: went a little more, stopped at the third time. This 19 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: time she got off, pulled her revolver out and shot 20 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: the horse dead. Her husband said, what in the world 21 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: are you doing? You can't just shoot a horse. She 22 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: looked at him and said, honey, that's one all right. 23 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: That is not advice. That's a joke. Here we go. 24 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 26 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 27 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind 28 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 29 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 30 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about By this, I know 31 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: we've all come through challenges and difficulties that should have 32 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: stopped us. The problem seemed too big, the obstacle looked insurmountable. 33 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: Somehow we made it through. We've seen doors open that 34 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: shouldn't have opened, Promotion that we didn't deserve. People for 35 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: no reason went out of their way to be good 36 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: to us. That wasn't luck, It wasn't just a good break. 37 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: That was the hand of God pushing back forces of darkness, 38 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: protecting us, healing us, promoting us. David said in Psalm 39 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: forty one, by this, I know the Lord is on 40 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: my side. He has not let my enemies triumph over me. 41 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: When David looked at where he was and thought about 42 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: what it took to get there, the rejection, being left 43 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: out by his father, King Saul, trying to kill him, 44 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: people slandering him. He recognized the whole time it was 45 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: God behind the scenes, fighting his battles, not letting those 46 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: enemies defeat him. It gave him a confidence of boldness. 47 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: He knew the Lord was on his side. All of 48 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: us have some of these. By this, I know that 49 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: sickness could have been the end, but by the grace 50 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: of God, you're still here, healthy and home. You can 51 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: look back and say, like David, by this, I know 52 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: the Lord is on my side. He didn't let that 53 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: sickness defeat me, or the divorce. The breakup could have 54 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: left you sour, bitter, lonely. But God not only restored you, 55 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: he brought somebody new, somebody better than you've imagined. Now 56 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 1: you're a happy, whole, loving life. You can say, by this, 57 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: I know the Lord is on my side. He turned 58 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: my mourning into dancing. A young lady showed me pictures 59 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: of a car she was driving. Somebody pulled in front 60 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: of her on the freeway. She lost control of her car. 61 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: It flipped over and rolled three times. There was nothing 62 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: left of the car. Didn't look like anyway someone could survive. 63 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: She smiled and said, Joel, I came out without one scratch, 64 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: without one bruise. The police couldn't believe it when they 65 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: saw the car. They were expecting a fatality. They had 66 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: to use the jaws of life to get her out. 67 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: An officer said, you were one very lucky young lady. 68 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 1: That wasn't luck, That was the goodness of God. Those 69 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: were angels protecting her, keeping her from dashing her foot 70 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: against a stone. Now she can look back and say, 71 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: by this, I know the Lord is on my side. 72 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 1: The things that should have stopped you, the people that 73 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: came against you, the accidents, the rejection, the tough childhood, 74 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: the addiction that was passed down. Other people were defeated, 75 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: other people got knocked down. But look at you. You're 76 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: still standing, You're still blessed, you're still victorious, you're still happy. 77 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: Just the fact that you're here, that's a sign the 78 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: Lord is on your side. When you look back and 79 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 1: see how you outlasted the opposition, how you raised that 80 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: child on your own, how you put yourself through college, 81 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: how you broke the addiction, rose out of the dysfunction. 82 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: How you came through the cancer treatment. How you encouraged 83 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: yourself when nobody else was around. Other people would have 84 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: given up. Others would have complained, been discouraged, missed their destiny. 85 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: But not you. You're still going strong. When you know 86 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: the Lord is on your side. It gives you a boldness, 87 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: a confidence. You don't fall apart when you face opposition. 88 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: Your attitude is you are messing with the wrong person. 89 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 1: I may look ordinary, but I have a secret. The 90 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: most High God, the creator of the universe, is on 91 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: my side. How do you know He didn't let your 92 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: enemies triumph over you. You didn't make it through all those 93 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,919 Speaker 1: challenges on your own. That was God fighting your battles, 94 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: breathing in your direction. You didn't break that addiction by yourself. 95 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: You may have done your part, but it was God 96 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 1: keeping it from stopping your purpose. You didn't meet that 97 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: person that you fell in love with by accident. Wasn't 98 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: a coincidence that they came across your path. She could 99 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: have been five minutes later and you'd never seen her. 100 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: He could have changed his mind, done something different that day. 101 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 1: God ordered your steps, and now you're blessed with someone 102 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 1: to love. Every challenge God has brought you through. Those 103 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: victories were designed as fuel for your faith. So when 104 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: you face new challenges, you can look back and say, God, 105 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: you did it for me back then, I know you'll 106 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 1: do it for me. Now. You have a history with God. 107 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 1: You've seen him make a way where you didn't see away. 108 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: You've seen him have you at the right place at 109 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: the right time when you've made mistakes. You've seen him 110 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: show you mercy, turn it around when you didn't deserve it. 111 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: Big and small, we've all seen the hand of God. 112 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: When you're tempted to get discouraged and think the problem 113 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: is too big, it'll never change, you'll never get well, 114 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: never meet the right person, you need to go back 115 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: and get some fuel. Remember what God has done. Think 116 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: about the times he's shown out in your life. When 117 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: you go back over your history and see how God 118 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: has never left you, how he kept you from the accident, 119 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: brought the right person, led you to that house where 120 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: things fell into place. Then when thoughts whisper it's not 121 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: going to work out. This is as good as it gets, 122 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: just smile and say I'm sorry you're too late. I 123 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: have a history with God. I've already seen his goodness. 124 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: I've already seen him turn my child around, already seen 125 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: him heal my loved one. I've seen him promote me, 126 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: take me where I couldn't go. I've seen him bring 127 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: me through lass and give me beauty for ashes. When 128 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: you look back at your history, it will give you 129 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: fuel for your destiny. Genesis twenty four. Abraham was old 130 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: and close to death. He told his assistant to travel 131 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: back to his hometown to find his son, Isaac a wife. 132 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: They were living in Canaan. Abraham wanted Isaac to marry 133 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 1: someone from his original home. This assistant felt all the pressure. 134 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 1: He thought, how am I going to know if it's 135 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: the right girl. He said to Abraham. I'll go, but 136 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: what if I can't find a young lady that will 137 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: come back with me? Abraham said in verse thirty nine, 138 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: you will find the right one, for the Lord in 139 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: whose presence I have walked will send his angel with 140 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: you and make your mission successful. Abraham was saying, don't worry. 141 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: I have a history with God. I've seen his faithfulness 142 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: down through the years. He gave my wife and I 143 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: a baby when we were way too old. He provided 144 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: a ram in the bush when I needed a sacrifice. 145 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: He showed me mercy when I made a mistake and 146 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 1: had a baby out of wedlock. He's seen God's goodness 147 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: again and again. It gave him a confidence. He said 148 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: it with boldness, it will happen. I have walked with God. 149 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: When you look back over your life, you will see 150 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: these times like with Abraham, where God brought a promise 151 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: to pass that seemed impossible. He made a way when 152 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: you didn't see that way. He brought your child out 153 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: of trouble. Now they're doing great things. When you think 154 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: about the faithfulness of God, it'll give you a confidence. 155 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: You'll say it will happen. My children will be mighty 156 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: in the land. I will live and not die, I 157 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: will lend and not borrow. I will fulfill my destiny. 158 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: How can you be so sure you have a history 159 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: with God. You didn't get here by yourself. God was 160 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: directing your steps behind the scenes. You couldn't see it. 161 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: But God was pushing back opposition. He was favoring you. 162 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: He was dealing with those enemies. That's why they couldn't 163 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: defeat you. That's why you had a baby. When the 164 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: expert said you couldn't have one. That's why that company 165 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:38,319 Speaker 1: called and offered you the position. You didn't go after it. 166 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: It came after you. That wasn't good luck. That was 167 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: a good God. Instead of wondering if it's going to 168 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 1: work out, living stressed over your finances, worried about your children, 169 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: have a new attitude. The Lord in whose presence I 170 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: have walked, the Lord who has defeated my enemies, the 171 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 1: Lord who has restored and vindicated me, the Lord who 172 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: has promoted and prospered me. He will make my mission successful. 173 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,719 Speaker 1: God has not brought you this far to leave you. 174 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: He's defeated enemies for you in the past. The good 175 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: news is he's still on the throne. He's going to 176 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: do it again in the future. Think about all the 177 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: circumstances that could have brought you down. Look at all 178 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: the people that could have held you back. They told 179 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 1: you what you couldn't become, tried to discourage you, push 180 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: you down, but you just kept on keeping on. Now 181 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: they're nowhere to be found. You're still going strong. By this, 182 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: you can know the Lord is on your side. You 183 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: could have been discouraged, you could have believed what they said, 184 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: but God didn't let their negative report take root. He 185 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: didn't let their prophecy come to pass. Instead, he spoke 186 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: new words into your spirit. No weapon formed against you 187 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: will prosper, he said. When the enemy comes against you 188 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: one way, he will defeat them and cause them to 189 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: flee seven different ways. When we were trying to acquire 190 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: this place, the former Compact Center, the company we were 191 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: up against was the largest taxpayer in Texas, a huge 192 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: real estate company. It was David versus Goliath in the natural. 193 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: We didn't have a chance, but I've learned you and 194 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: God are a majority. He can make things happen that 195 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: you couldn't make happen. We needed ten votes from the 196 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: city council members, but we only had nine. The night 197 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: before the final vote, a young Jewish council member that 198 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: had been against us two years suddenly changed his mind 199 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 1: and voted for us, and we got the building. We 200 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,439 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it. We were so thrilled. I asked him 201 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: afterwards what happened. He explained how he received a phone 202 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: call out of the blue from an older Jewish woman 203 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: that he hadn't spoken to in over twenty years, but 204 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: he always had great respect for her. She told him 205 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: in no uncertain terms, he was to vote for Lakewood 206 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 1: having the compact center. That lady that I have never met, 207 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: is why he changed his mind. I couldn't have made 208 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: that happen. Now, every time I see this place, I 209 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: can say by this, I know the Lord is on 210 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: my side. He didn't let those enemies defeat us. This 211 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 1: building is a testimony of God's goodness. It's a reminder 212 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: that he's fighting our battles, that he's bigger than what 213 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: we're facing. Look back over your life, Remember what God 214 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: has done. That's fuel for your faith. You have a 215 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: history with God. Too often we forget the good things. 216 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: We remember the hurts, the disappointments, the mistakes. But look 217 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: at where you are now. If it had not been 218 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 1: for the goodness of God, you wouldn't be here. Some 219 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,079 Speaker 1: people that have gone through what you've been through, they 220 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: didn't make it. They gave up. God discouraged living, defeated. 221 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 1: Not you. God shined his favor on you. God has 222 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: been keeping enemies from defeating you your whole life. He 223 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: was guarding and protecting you even when you didn't realize it. 224 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: There are enemies that you've never seen because God kept 225 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: them out of your path. When my father was a toddler, 226 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: he fell into a fire. He could have easily been killed. 227 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: Another few seconds and he would lost his life. Someone 228 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: just so happened to be right there to pull him out. 229 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: The enemy has been trying to take you out since 230 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: you were a baby. He knows you're a person of destiny. 231 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: He knows you have seeds of greatness. He knows you've 232 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: been crowned with favor. So he's been working over time 233 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: to try to silence your voice. Stop your gifts, limit 234 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: your potential, keep you from reaching your destiny. But those 235 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: forces have not been able to stop you. It's because 236 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: you have a protector. You have a defender that's watching 237 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: over you. He never sleeps, He's pushing back darkness. He's 238 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: keeping those forces from taking your life. David said, A 239 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your 240 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: right hand, but it will not come near you. God 241 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: has his angels standing guard over you. The fact that 242 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: you're here, alive and healthy. By this, you can know 243 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: the Lord is on your side. When I see my 244 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: mother diagnosed with terminal cancer in nineteen eighty one, thirty 245 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: seven years later, still healthy and strong, By this, I 246 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: know the Lord is on my side. He didn't let 247 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: that sickness take her life. When I stepped up to 248 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: pasture the church, when my father went to be with 249 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: the Lord, I didn't think I could do this. I 250 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: didn't have the training, the experience. But God brought gifts 251 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: out of me that I didn't know I had. He's 252 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: promoted me, taking me further than I've imagined, helped me 253 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: to outlast the opposition. By this, I know the Lord 254 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: is on my side. He didn't let those enemies defeat me. 255 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: When I see Victorian, look at how beautiful she is. 256 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: By this, I know the Lord is on my side. 257 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: On the other hand, when I look at my brother Paul, 258 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: by this, I know the Lord is on my side. 259 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: The scripture says, taste and see that the Lord is good. 260 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but I've tasted God's goodness. 261 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: I've seen his favor, his blessings, his mercy, is vindication, 262 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: his abundance. In the battle for the Compact Center, there 263 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: were a few people that didn't want us to have 264 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: the building. One of the main business leaders, a very 265 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: respected influential man, was at a luncheon with a friend 266 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: of mine. He said to everyone at the table, it 267 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: will be a cold day in hell before Lakewood gets 268 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: the compact. Center said it very sarcastically. Everyone laughed. Of course, 269 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 1: he didn't know my friend was there. And when he 270 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: told me what the man said, it didn't discourage me. 271 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: It was just the opposite. It made me more determined. 272 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: I prayed harder, I stood stronger. You can't have a 273 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: big testimony without having a big test and sometimes God 274 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: will send you a big jerk, I mean, a big enemy. 275 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: Stay in faith. They cannot stop your destiny. They don't 276 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: know it, but God is going to use them for fuel. Now. 277 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: I can imagine now, when he drives by the building, 278 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: or he flips through the channel and sees my smiling face, 279 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: he must think it's a cold day in hell because 280 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: here we are. The scripture says, don't gloat over your enemies. 281 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: But it's hard. He went from being opposition to be 282 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: in fuel. Now, when I face other giants, I think 283 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: about him. He couldn't stop us. He thought we were 284 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: a lightweight. What he couldn't see was behind the scenes, 285 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 1: we had a heavyweight, the most high God fighting our battles. 286 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: When I'm tempted to get discouraged. I go back over 287 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: my history. I think about how God brought my father 288 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 1: out of poverty. Had no money, no education, no future 289 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: to speak of. But at seventeen years of age, he 290 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: gave his life to Christ, the first one in his family. 291 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: That wasn't a lucky break. That was God choosing my 292 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: father before he could choose him. If it had not 293 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: been for the goodness of God in my father's life, 294 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be standing here. I think about how God 295 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 1: protected me on the freeway when I lost control of 296 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: my car. I was in my early twenties. It's raining 297 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: really hard. I hit the center guardrail, spun back around 298 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 1: five lanes of traffic. At one point I was going 299 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: the wrong direction. I looked up and eighteen wheeler was 300 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,120 Speaker 1: coming right at me. I felt like I could reach 301 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: out and touch his front grill. He was so close. 302 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: All I had time to say was Jesus. The scripture says, 303 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 1: call on the name of the Lord, and you will 304 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: be saved. You don't have to pray long. When you 305 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: say Jesus, Heaven and earth comes to attention. The next 306 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: thing I knew, I was on the shoulder on the 307 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: side of the freeway stopped. The eighteen wheeler pulled over. 308 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 1: The driver got out, came to my window. He said, boy, 309 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: you must be living right right. When I was about 310 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: to hit you, I braced myself, but a huge, huge 311 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: gust of wind blew me into the other lane, and 312 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 1: somehow I miss you, he said, somehow, But I know 313 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: it was someone he thought it was a good break. 314 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 1: I know it was the hand of God. By this, 315 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: I know the Lord is on my side. He didn't 316 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: let the accident take my life. What has God done 317 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: for you? You have some of these? By this, I 318 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: know those victories were not just to protect you, to 319 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: heal you, to promote you. Their fuel. So when you 320 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: face new challenges, obstacles that look too big, if you'll 321 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: go back and remember what God has done, that's what 322 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: gives you the faith, the confidence, the knowing that He's 323 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: in control, that he has you in the palm of 324 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: his hand, that what's trying to stop you doesn't have 325 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 1: a chance. The enemy may do his best, his best 326 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:00,200 Speaker 1: will never be enough. God has a hedge of pte 327 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: around you. His forces are greater than the forces that 328 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: are trying to stop you. Don't live worried, afraid, go 329 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 1: back over your history. When you start thanking God for 330 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 1: what he's done, you'll feel faith rise in your hearts. 331 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: You'll know he did it for you back then, he'll 332 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: do it for you today. This is where the Israelites 333 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:26,199 Speaker 1: missed it. God supernaturally brought them out of slavery. He 334 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 1: sent plagues on their enemies. When Pharaoh changed his mind 335 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,360 Speaker 1: came chasing them. The Israelites were at a dead end 336 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: at the Red Sea, had nowhere to go. God simply 337 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: parted the Red Sea. They went through on dry ground 338 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: out in the desert. God brought them water out of 339 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: a rock. He gave them manna bread to eat. Each 340 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: morning was one miracle after another. But when they arrived 341 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: at the Promised Land and saw how big the people were, 342 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 1: instead of using what God had done as fuel, instead 343 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: of saying and by this we know the Lord is 344 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: on our side. Psalm seventy eight says, they forgot the 345 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 1: amazing miracles God had done, they got discouraged, started complaining, saying, Moses, 346 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:16,640 Speaker 1: they're too big, Let's just go back to being slaves. Here. 347 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 1: They had a great history with God. He had done 348 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: amazing things. Their problem was they didn't remember them. Instead 349 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,679 Speaker 1: of going into the Promised land, they wandered in the 350 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: desert for forty years. Are you living worried thinking a 351 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,880 Speaker 1: problem is too big. Perhaps you're doing like they did. 352 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: You've forgotten what God has done. You're out of fuel. 353 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: Your faith needs to be re energized. One way you 354 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: do that is by going back over your By this, 355 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: I knows the times God made away, the times he 356 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: protected you, the times he opened that door. When you 357 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 1: start dwelling on the goodness of God in your own life, 358 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: not what he did for your neighbor. It's great that 359 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: God God parted the Red Sea for the Israelites, But 360 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: how about the red seas God's parted for you? The 361 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: times he made something happen that seems impossible. That's your fuel, 362 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: your personal history. If you'll start thanking God for those things, 363 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: you'll get that spring back in your step. You'll live 364 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: with this confidence. By this, I know the Lord is 365 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: on my side. I talked to a man that has 366 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: struggled with addictions for twenty seven years. He was an executive, 367 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 1: had a great job, a happy family. Drugs and alcohol 368 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: ruined his life. He lost his marriage, lost his job. 369 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 1: He was so depressed he didn't want to live. At 370 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,919 Speaker 1: the lowest point, he turned the television on and I 371 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 1: was talking about how God is bigger than addictions, how 372 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: one touch of his favor can turn situations around. All 373 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 1: of a sudden, he felt the warmness starting at his head, 374 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 1: flowing down to his feet. He said, for the first 375 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: time in years, he felt hopeful. He got down on 376 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 1: his knees and said, God can't do this on my own, 377 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: help me to change. That moment was a turning point. 378 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: Never went back to the drugs, never touched the alcohol again. 379 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 1: That was nine years ago. He's been sober ever since. 380 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: He and his wife had divorced. They remarried. He's back 381 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 1: with his family. Now he can say, like David, by this, 382 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: I know the Lord is on my side. Now I think, 383 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: I hope, I'm praying. I'm believing God is going to 384 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,439 Speaker 1: do some things in your future where you know He 385 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 1: is on your side, there would be no doubt. Maybe 386 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: like him, you couldn't break the addiction. Suddenly you're free. 387 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,199 Speaker 1: You were told you couldn't have children, Now you have 388 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 1: a healthy baby. You weren't even looking. Somebody amazing came 389 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 1: into your line. The opposition was bigger and stronger. But 390 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: the Compact Center came to you, the contract came to you, 391 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,679 Speaker 1: the business came to you. You couldn't have made it happen. 392 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: You were at your limits, but the Red Sea parted. 393 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: Get ready, you're about to know. The Lord is on 394 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: your side. What he's done in the past is going 395 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 1: to pel in comparison to what he's about to do now. 396 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: Don't be surprised when you face giants bigger than you've 397 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: ever faced, bigger opposition. That's a sign you're headed to 398 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: a new level. You'll be tempted to worry, feel overwhelmed. 399 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: You need to go back and get your fuel. Remember 400 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,679 Speaker 1: what God has done. Thank him for the Red seas 401 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: he's parted. Thank him for the giants you've defeated. Thank 402 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 1: him for the times he's made away. You didn't get 403 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: to where you are on your own. There are things 404 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: that should have stopped you. You can say, like David, 405 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: by this, I know the Lord is on my side. 406 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: The cancer didn't defeat me, The divorce didn't stop my destiny. 407 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: The accident didn't take my life. You have a history 408 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: with God. He's done it in the past, He's going 409 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 1: to do it in the future. He was fighting your 410 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,399 Speaker 1: battles back then. Can I encourage you He's fighting your 411 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: battles right now. I believe and declare you're about to 412 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:21,400 Speaker 1: take new ground. Giants much bigger are about to come 413 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: tumbling down. God is going to show out in your 414 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: life in a new way. By this, you will know 415 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,680 Speaker 1: the Lord is on your side. In Jesus' name, if 416 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,919 Speaker 1: you receive it, can you say, men today, I'd like 417 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 1: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 418 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 419 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:48,640 Speaker 1: Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 420 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 1: I make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed 421 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 422 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: in a good Bible based church, Keep God first place. 423 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 2: What if what you imagine came to pass? What if 424 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 2: what you asked for turned out greater than what you 425 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 2: can see? What if you could plan for God's best 426 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 2: in your life. 427 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: We all have hopes and dreams and things we're believing for. 428 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: But what God has in store for you is more 429 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 1: than you can imagine. When you start the year off 430 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 1: in faith, believing for greater things, that's when God will 431 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 1: exceed your expectations. We love to send you our twenty 432 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,400 Speaker 1: twenty five More to Imagine planner. You can write down 433 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: your dreams and goals, plus use it for your everyday 434 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: activity and reminders. 435 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 3: It is so important to feed yourself hope and faith 436 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 3: on a daily basis. This planner is not only a calendar, 437 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 3: but it's filled with inspiration and scripture to help you 438 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,640 Speaker 3: stay encouraged and keep believing for what God is put 439 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 3: in your heart. 440 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 1: He sees your faithfulness, how you're being your best each day. 441 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,080 Speaker 1: You're going to see the goodness of God in new 442 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 1: ways in twenty twenty five. 443 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 2: As you support the ministry this month with a special 444 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 2: year end gift of any amount, we would like to 445 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 2: bless you with the More to Imagine twenty twenty five planner. 446 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,159 Speaker 2: With the new planner, you can start each day writing 447 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,919 Speaker 2: down the fresh vision God gives you, whether it's appointments, 448 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:21,880 Speaker 2: daily tasks, or long term desires in your heart. Let 449 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,919 Speaker 2: each note be a testament to your faith. Included our 450 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 2: hand picked scriptures and uplifting reflections to empower you as 451 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 2: you walk this faith journey with Jesus, one day at 452 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 2: a time. 453 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 3: Joel and I are standing in faith with you that 454 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 3: twenty twenty five will be a year of far and 455 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 3: beyond favor for you and your family. 456 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 1: We pray for you every day for God's very best, 457 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: and we want to thank you for your prayer and support, 458 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: especially your year in gifts you are impacting people all 459 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 1: over the world. 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