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Sign up 24 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 4: now at BarkBox dot com slash iHeart. 25 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 3: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 26 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 5: the ministry. 28 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 29 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 30 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 31 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 5: your life. 32 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 3: Well, God bless you. 33 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 5: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 34 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 5: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 35 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 5: daily podcast, o, YouTube channel, social media, and you can 36 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 5: come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 37 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 5: be a part of one of our services. I'd like 38 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 5: to start with something funny, and I heard about this man. 39 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 5: He was on vacation in Jerusalem with his family when 40 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 5: his mother in law suddenly passed. He went to make 41 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 5: arrangements to get the body back home, and the consulate 42 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 5: said it would cost five thousand dollars to have the 43 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 5: body ship, but he could have her buried right there 44 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 5: in Jerusalem for just one hundred and fifty dollars. The 45 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 5: men thought about it at a moment, said no, I'd 46 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 5: like to have her ship. The consulate said, wow, you 47 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 5: must have really loved your mother in law. 48 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 3: He said, no, it's not so much that. 49 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 5: I just remember a case here years ago when they 50 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 5: buried someone and the third. 51 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 3: Day they arose, And I can't take that chance. 52 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 5: I must say I have an amazing mother in law 53 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 5: right here on the front row always. But come on, 54 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 5: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 55 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 56 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 57 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 58 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 59 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 60 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 5: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 61 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 5: about your time to shine. 62 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 3: God created you to leave your mark. 63 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 5: You're not supposed to live and die, and nobody knew 64 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 5: you were here. You have greatness in you, But often 65 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 5: we don't recognize who we are, and we see ourselves 66 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 5: as ordinary. And I can't do anything significant. I'm not 67 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,119 Speaker 5: that talented, and I can't accomplish my dream. I don't 68 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 5: have the education. I can't defeat this giant. It's too big. 69 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 5: We can all find an excuse to shrink back and 70 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 5: settle for mediocrity. But Psalm forty five says, God himself 71 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 5: has blessed you, ol, mighty warrior. 72 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 3: You are glorious. 73 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 5: Go out and perform all inspiring deeds. 74 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 3: Your God has anointed you. 75 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 5: The Psalmist is saying, don't you realize who you are? 76 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 5: You're not average, you are glorious. You're not weak, You're 77 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 5: a mighty warrior. You're not supposed to just make it 78 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 5: through life and survive another year. 79 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 3: There are awe inspiring deeds in you. 80 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 5: Things God has destined you to accomplish that will boggle 81 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 5: your mind. Victories that will catapult your family forward. 82 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 3: Promotion that will thrust you to a new level. 83 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 5: Giants you'll defeat that will give you greater influence, greater respect. 84 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 5: He's saying, what are you doing shrinking back, living with 85 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 5: an ordinary mindset? When God says you're glorious, you're a 86 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 5: mighty warrior. You are created to do all inspiring deeds. See, 87 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 5: we know God is glorious, we know he's all powerful, 88 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 5: But do you realize you are glorious. You were created 89 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 5: in the image of God. When he made you, he 90 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 5: put a part of himself in you. You have the 91 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 5: dna of al mighty God. You are powerful, you are favored, 92 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 5: you are blessed. 93 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 3: You can do all inspiring deeds. 94 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 5: You can part red seas, you can defeat elias, you 95 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 5: can bring healing to the sick. 96 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 3: You can start your business. 97 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 5: You can be the first one in your family to 98 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 5: get your degree. Don't go through life think in your 99 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 5: average when in fact, there. 100 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 3: Is greatness in you. It takes faith to say. 101 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 5: I believe I'm glorious. I believe I'm a mighty warrior. 102 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 5: I believe God himself has blessed me. See the scripture 103 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,679 Speaker 5: says the people who know their God will be strong 104 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 5: and do mighty exploits. That's God's dream for you, not 105 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 5: an average life. Mighty exploits, all inspiring deeds. No more 106 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 5: living intimidated. 107 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 3: I can't do it. It's too big. 108 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 5: Know, when you know who you are, you won't run 109 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 5: from the giant. You'll run to the giant. God didn't 110 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 5: say you would do exploits. He said mighty exploits. That 111 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 5: means it's going to be bigger than you can accomplish 112 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 5: on your own. You can't do this just in your power, 113 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 5: your ability. But God himself has anointed you, the most 114 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 5: High is backing you up. And sometimes he'll let the 115 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 5: gods be against you in a great way, so it 116 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 5: will be a mighty exploit, not just a deed, but 117 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 5: an awe inspiring deed. Well, people will say, how did 118 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 5: you accomplish that dream? 119 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 3: I know your background, how. 120 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 5: Did you build that business? You didn't have the training, 121 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 5: how did you get Well? I saw the medical report. 122 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 5: It's one of those mighty exploits, one of those awe 123 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 5: inspiring deeds. It's because you know your God and you 124 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 5: know who He's created you to be. You know your glorious. 125 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 5: You know you're a mighty warrior. You know you're full 126 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 5: of can do power. You know his favor surrounds you 127 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 5: like a shield. After Jesus borrowed Peter's boat, he told 128 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 5: him to go back into lake and throw his nets out. Well, 129 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 5: they had fished all night, hadn't caught anything, But this 130 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 5: time they caught so many fish that his nets began 131 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 5: to break, and he had to call. 132 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 3: Another boat over to help. They were both so loaded 133 00:06:57,920 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 3: down they began to sink. 134 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,239 Speaker 5: The scripture says they were all struck at the size 135 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 5: of their catch. God is going to do some things 136 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 5: that leave you alle struck. He's going to take you 137 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 5: further than you've imagined. You're going to overcome obstacles that 138 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 5: seem permanent. 139 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 3: This is not the time to shrink. Bad thing. Oh, 140 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 3: I'm just ordinary. No, stir your faith up. 141 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 5: What is God calling you to do that we be 142 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 5: an awe inspiring deed. 143 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 3: What is that dream. 144 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 5: He's placed in your heart? That would be a mighty exploit. 145 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 5: You don't see how in the natural Every voice says 146 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 5: there's no way, But something on the inside says, yes, 147 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 5: this is for you. That's your destiny calling. Don't let 148 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 5: fear hold you back. Intimidation, how you don't have the experience, 149 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 5: You don't know where the resources would come from. 150 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 3: Have a new attitude. You are glorious. 151 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 5: You are a mighty warrior. God himself has blessed you. 152 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 5: He's raised you up for such a time as this. 153 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 5: He wouldn't have given you that dream, He wouldn't have 154 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 5: whispered to you that in the night if he wasn't 155 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 5: going to bring it to pass. 156 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 3: Now get in agreement with him. 157 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 5: Don't talk yourself out of it, talk yourself into it. 158 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 5: Pray bold prayers. Ask God for what you're dreaming about. 159 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 5: Dare to take steps of faith, go out and perform 160 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 5: awe inspiring deeds. 161 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 3: This is what David did. 162 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 5: He was out in the shepherd's fields, seventeen years old, 163 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 5: taking care of his father's sheep. He came from a 164 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 5: low income family. They didn't have any influence or connections 165 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 5: to speak of. All the circumstances said he was ordinary. 166 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 5: No way he'd ever do something significant. 167 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 3: Thought. You would tell him, you're stuck out here, You're limited. 168 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 3: Nothing good as in your future. 169 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 5: But I can imagine out there at night alone, sometimes 170 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,199 Speaker 5: he'd look up at the stars and he would hear 171 00:08:54,240 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 5: something whisper, David, you're a mighty warrior. There's greatness in you. 172 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,959 Speaker 5: You are destined to leave your mark. These two voices 173 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 5: were vying for his attention, the voice of doubt and 174 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 5: the voice of faith. 175 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 3: You get to choose which voice becomes a reality. 176 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 5: The voice you dwell on, the thoughts you believe that's 177 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 5: going to determine who you are. Don't let the voice 178 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 5: of doubt take root, telling you that you're weak, not 179 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 5: able to come from the wrong family. 180 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:30,199 Speaker 3: Believe what God says about you. Listen to his voice. 181 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 5: You are glorious, you are anointed, you are favored, You 182 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 5: are a mighty warrior. 183 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 3: One day David took lunch to his brothers. They were 184 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 3: in another. 185 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 5: City, and he saw Goliath, the champion of the Philistine army, 186 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 5: taunting the Israelites. They all ran and hid, but something 187 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 5: rose up in David. 188 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 3: He said, who is. 189 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 5: This man that he would defy the armies of the 190 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 5: Living God. Well, Goliath was twice David's size, he was 191 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 5: an experience soldier. 192 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 3: He was wearing a full set of armor. David had 193 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 3: none of that. He was a shepherd. 194 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 5: When he told King Saul he wanted to face Goliath, 195 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 5: Saul said, are you kidding? 196 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 3: You're just a boy. 197 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 5: All the odds were against David. Logically speaking, he didn't 198 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 5: have a chance. But God will put you in situations 199 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 5: where you're up against a giant. Looks impossible, the sickness 200 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 5: too bad, the problem too great, the dream too big. 201 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 5: It's easy to let fear and intimidation talk us out 202 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 5: of it. This is where you have to remind yourself 203 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 5: that you were called to perform awe inspiring deeds. 204 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 3: That giant is a setup. It's a mighty exploit waiting 205 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 3: to happen. 206 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 5: David went out with nothing but a slingshot and a 207 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 5: few smooth stones. While Golias was laughing making fun of him, 208 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 5: David slung that rock. It hit him in the forehead, 209 00:10:56,040 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 5: knocked him to the ground. That one victory catapulted day 210 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 5: David into favor and influence that he'd never imagined. God 211 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 5: has some of these awe inspiring deeds in your future. 212 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 3: There are mighty exploits lined up for you. 213 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 5: But you have to have this boldness, this confidence knowing 214 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 5: who you are. You're anointed, you're favored, you're glorious. You're 215 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:25,359 Speaker 5: a mighty warrior. Don't let fear keep you from your greatness. 216 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 5: Don't let how you were raised, what others in your 217 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 5: family won't do, cause you to shrink back. David's brothers 218 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 5: wouldn't fight Goliath. They were too afraid. David's father didn't 219 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 5: believe in him. He didn't think David had what it 220 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 5: takes to be a giant killer. To perform all inspiring deeds, 221 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 5: sometimes you have to do it alone. You have to 222 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 5: ignore the naysayers, tune out family members that are telling 223 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 5: you what you can't do. They may not be able 224 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 5: to see it. But you're a mighty warrior. You're surrounded 225 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:03,559 Speaker 5: by favor God. God himself has blessed you. Isaiah said, 226 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 5: arise and shine, for the glory of the Lord is 227 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 5: upon you. It doesn't say the glory is gonna be 228 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 5: there one day sometime in the future. 229 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 3: You're gonna be blessed, You're gonna. 230 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 5: Be favored anointed. No, the glory of God is on 231 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 5: you right now. But if you're gonna see it, you 232 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,559 Speaker 5: have to arise. You won't shine like you should if 233 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 5: you play it safe all the time. David was destined 234 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 5: to defeat Goliath. He could have reasoned it out. Man, 235 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 5: I'm too small. I don't have the training. The odds 236 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 5: are against me. If he didn't know the glory of 237 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 5: God was on him, if he didn't realize he was 238 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 5: a mighty warrior, favored anointed, he would have never left 239 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 5: the shepherd's fields. 240 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 3: He would have missed his destiny. Are you missing. 241 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 5: Awe inspiring deeds, favor victory, promotion because of fear. 242 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 3: I'm not sure, Joel. 243 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 5: This giine is so big if you will arise, you'll 244 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 5: discover the glory of God is on you. 245 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 3: His favor will cause doors to open. 246 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 5: You'll defeat giants that are much bigger, accomplish dreams that 247 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 5: seem impossible. And what you have may be less than 248 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 5: what you're up against. But the anointing on your slingshot 249 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 5: will bring down giants. It will defy the odds. You're 250 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 5: not just a warrior, You're a mighty warrior. You're not 251 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 5: just called to do exploits, but mighty exploits. Not just deeds, 252 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 5: but how about some awe inspiring deeds. When my father 253 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 5: passed and I stepped up to pastor the church I 254 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 5: had never ministered before, by the grace of God, the 255 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 5: church was growing and we needed a larger auditorium. 256 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 3: A friend called and told me. 257 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 5: That the Rockets basketball team were moving out of the 258 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 5: Compact Center this place, and the city was going to 259 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 5: sell the building, and how we should try to get 260 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 5: that as our church. When he said that, something came 261 00:13:58,120 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 5: alive on the inside. 262 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,319 Speaker 3: I felt it so strongly. 263 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 5: But I didn't have any experience of buying a building 264 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 5: and convincing city council members to vote for us, raising 265 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 5: funds in my mind it didn't make sense. But in 266 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 5: my spirit there was this faith that I can't explain this, 267 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 5: knowing that it was going to happen. The Scripture talks 268 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 5: about the faith of God. Sometimes it's not your faith. 269 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 5: God puts the faith in you. He likes a fire 270 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 5: in your spirit for something you couldn't normally believe in. 271 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 5: That's setting you up for an awe inspiring deed. 272 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 3: And there were people that didn't want us to have 273 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 3: the building. 274 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 5: One of the largest companies in Texas, they own all 275 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 5: the land around the property. They wanted it, so of 276 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 5: course they were full force against us. Business leaders, influential 277 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 5: people telling us that would never happen. Despite all that 278 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 5: negative chatter, people trying to push us down, talk us 279 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 5: out of it. Deep down, I could hear God say, Joel, 280 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 5: I've got this. 281 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 3: I'm fighting this battle. I myself have blessed you. 282 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 5: You are glorious, you are favored, you are a mighty warrior. 283 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 5: I felt this courage, this boldness to take steps of faith, 284 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 5: do things where I didn't feel qualified, where the odds 285 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 5: were against us, where I knew I was over my head. 286 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 5: But what I've found is it may be over your head. 287 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 3: But it's not over God's head. He's moved by your faith. 288 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 5: He sees you stepping into the unknown, believing for what 289 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 5: looks impossible, standing in faith when all the voices are 290 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 5: telling you it's never going to happen. God told the 291 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 5: Israelites that he was giving them the promised land, but 292 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 5: he said, you have to go possess the land. 293 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 3: Just because God. 294 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 5: Gives you a dream, gives you a promise, doesn't mean 295 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 5: you can sit back and be passive. 296 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 3: You have to go possess it. You have to take 297 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 3: steps of faith. 298 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 5: That's when you're going to see God step in and 299 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 5: do things that you could never do well. We needed 300 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 5: ten votes from the city council members, and after a 301 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 5: year and a half we had all ten. 302 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 3: But two days before the vote, one of. 303 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 5: The council members decided to be out of town. He 304 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 5: got so much pressure from the other side, and him 305 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 5: not being there meant that we wouldn't get the building. 306 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 5: The day before the vote, I went to see a 307 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 5: council member that had been against us the. 308 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 3: Whole time, a young Jewish man. I'd given him my 309 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 3: best speeches. 310 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 5: I'd tried everything to persuade him, but nothing had worked. 311 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 5: I didn't know what I was going to say this time, 312 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 5: and I sat down in his office so nervous, knowing 313 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 5: that everything was on the line. Before I could say 314 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 5: a word, he said, Joel, I've changed my mind. 315 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 3: I'm going to vote for you. 316 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 5: He told how an older Jewish woman had called him 317 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 5: the day before. He hadn't talked with her in over 318 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 5: twenty years. She was a friend of his family and 319 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 5: he always had great respect for her. 320 00:16:58,760 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 3: He said. 321 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 5: She told me, no uncertain terms, that I was to 322 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 5: vote for Lakewood having the Compact Center. It was that 323 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 5: phone call that changed his mind. What's interesting, I don't 324 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 5: know the lady. Never met her, never asked her to call. 325 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 5: But God controls the universe. When you believe, angels go 326 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 5: to work. When you take steps of faith, the creator 327 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:27,679 Speaker 5: of the universe arranges things in your favor, changes people's minds, 328 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 5: breaks changs that are limiting you, opens doors that no 329 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 5: person can shut. You are sitting in an awe inspiring deed. 330 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 5: You are sitting in the glory of God. He's looking 331 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 5: for people right now to show himself strong in their lives. 332 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 5: He's looking for some David's people that will run to 333 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 5: the giants. He's looking for some nea Maiyah's. He was 334 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 5: a cupbearer to the king in an ordinary position. When 335 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 5: he heard that the walls of Jerusalem had been torn 336 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,399 Speaker 5: down and the city was open for a tack. God 337 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 5: gave him a dream to go rebuild those walls. He 338 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,640 Speaker 5: was living a thousand miles away. He had no money, 339 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 5: no supplies, no way in the natural, but he knew 340 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 5: the favor of. 341 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 3: God was on his life. 342 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 5: He arose and in just fifty two days he rebuilt 343 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 5: those walls and all inspiring deed. God is looking for 344 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 5: some esters. She was an orphan, no parents to guide her. 345 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 3: What could she do. 346 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 5: Her uncle entered her into a beauty contest. Whoever won 347 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,439 Speaker 5: would get to meet the king. Out of all the 348 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 5: young women, she won and became the queen. When the 349 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 5: Israelites were on the verge of being annihilated, the king 350 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 5: had already written a decree that on a certain date 351 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 5: they'd all be wiped out. Esther, against protocol, went into 352 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 5: the King's chambers unannounced. She could have not only lost 353 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 5: her position, but lost her life. Her attitude was, I've 354 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 5: been raised up for such a time as this. I'm 355 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 5: not gonna shrink back, think about all the what is 356 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 5: What if he gets upset, What if he says no, 357 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,120 Speaker 5: What if he puts my family out? If it's going 358 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 5: to be a mighty exploit, it's going to take faith. 359 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 5: You're gonna have to take some risk where there are 360 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 5: no risks, there won't be all inspiring deeds. If you 361 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 5: can do it in your own strength, your own talent, 362 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 5: convince the people, make it happen, that's fine, But that's 363 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 5: not all inspiring. 364 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 3: God has some things that only he can do. 365 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 5: The way you activate that faith is by arising, by 366 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 5: stepping out, by knowing that you are glorious, that you 367 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 5: are a mighty warrior, that the most High God is 368 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 5: backing you up. Because of Esther, the king changed his 369 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 5: mind and the Israelites were saved. God's looking for some shadrack, knees, 370 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 5: shacks and a bendigos teenagers that wouldn't bow down to 371 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 5: the king's golden idol. 372 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 3: They refuse to. 373 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,919 Speaker 5: Compromise and fit into a culture that didn't honor God. 374 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,959 Speaker 5: They could have conformed, played it safe, did what everyone 375 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 5: else was doing. After all, it was dangerous. Their life 376 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 5: was on the line, But they said to the king 377 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 5: even if you throw us into that furnace, we're. 378 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 3: Still knuckle bow down. 379 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 5: They threw those teenagers into the fire, thinking they were 380 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 5: done with them. 381 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 3: But God has the final say. 382 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 5: When you refuse to compromise, you stay on the high road, 383 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 5: honor God with your life. You may get thrown into 384 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 5: the fire. The good news is God comes into the 385 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 5: fire with you. He doesn't always deliver you from the fire. 386 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 5: Sometimes he'll make you fireproof and bring you through the fire. 387 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 3: This king came back to check on the teenagers. 388 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 5: He looked through the furnace window, said, didn't we throw 389 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 5: three men in bound? I see four men loosed. One 390 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 5: looks like the son of the Living God. Those teenagers 391 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 5: walked out of the furnace, not a hair on their 392 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 5: head was They didn't even have the smell of smoke 393 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 5: and awe inspiring deed. The king said, from now on, 394 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 5: we're all gonna worship the God of Shaddrak, Mishak and 395 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 5: a Bendi God. God has some of these awe inspiring 396 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 5: deeds in your future. He's going to show out do 397 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 5: things that you've never dreamed, like these teenagers. Because you 398 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 5: honor him, He's gonna make you an example. 399 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 3: Of his goodness. 400 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 5: Don't live in fear, shrinking back, thinking the odds are 401 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 5: too big, the. 402 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 3: Opposition too strong. I can't accomplish my dream. No, arise 403 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 3: and shine. 404 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 5: The glory of God is on you. You are a 405 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 5: mighty warrior. Go out and perform these awe inspiring deeds. 406 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 5: Isaiah went on to say, darkness will cover the earth 407 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 5: and thick darkness the people, But upon you, the glory 408 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 5: of the Lord will arise. It's not a coincidence that 409 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,199 Speaker 5: he said in the middle of the darkness. 410 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 3: When people don't honor God God, when their strife. 411 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,199 Speaker 5: Division all kinds of evil, that's when you need to 412 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 5: arise and shine. That's when you'll see the glory of God. 413 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 5: That's when he'll bring you through. 414 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 3: The fire without the smell of smoke. 415 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 5: That's when you'll rebuild the walls, accomplish great dreams. When 416 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 5: the odds are against you, that's when God will change 417 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 5: the king's mind, turn the decree around. 418 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 3: Because you're in esther. 419 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 5: You had the boldness the faith to believe that you're glorious, 420 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 5: to know that God himself has blessed you, that he's 421 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 5: fighting your battles, that he's making ways. 422 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 3: Where you don't see away. 423 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 5: We're coming into a time where God is going to 424 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 5: show out in greater ways. There are going to be 425 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 5: mighty exploits. The scripture says, these signs will follow them 426 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 5: that believe. There are going to be some signs following you, 427 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 5: not ordinary things, not what you've seen in the past, 428 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 5: but all inspiring deeds. The apostle Paul said, you haven't seen, heard, 429 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 5: or imagined what God has in store for you. He's 430 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 5: going to put you in situations like David. You face 431 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 5: a Goliah like Nehemiah, a dream that seems impossible like Esther, 432 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 5: a problem with huge consequences. 433 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 3: You'll be tempted to shrink back. 434 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 5: Let fear intimidation convince you to play it safe, think 435 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 5: that you're stuck. God is saying, if you'll arise, I'll 436 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 5: cause you to shine, if you'll take steps of faith, 437 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 5: I'll defeat your enemies. I'll open the right doors, I'll 438 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 5: bring the right people. I'll give you the wisdom, the creativity, 439 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 5: the abundance. There are all inspiring deeds in your future. 440 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 5: There are a mighty exploits come in your way. You 441 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 5: wouldn't be hearing this if God wasn't about to do 442 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 5: something unusual, uncommon, something that causes people to be all struck. 443 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 5: That puts you at a new level of favor, influence, 444 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 5: and honor. 445 00:23:58,320 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 3: There was a young man. 446 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 5: That grew up in app in the Congo, one of 447 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 5: the poorest nations. He was one of seven children in 448 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 5: their village. There was so much sickness, all kinds of disease, 449 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 5: but there was no place to get care, not a hospital, 450 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 5: not a clinic. Within hundreds of miles, people were dying 451 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 5: from things that were easily treatable. As a young boy, 452 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 5: he couldn't stand seeing the sadness and suffering of his people. 453 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 5: God put a dream in his heart to build a 454 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 5: hospital in his village, and a natural was impossible. He 455 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,199 Speaker 5: was just as poor and underprivileged as the others in 456 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 5: his village. But there was something different about this young boy. 457 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 5: He believed the favor of God was on his life. 458 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 5: He didn't see himself as limited as a disadvantage. He 459 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 5: saw himself as glorious, as a mighty warrior destined to 460 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 5: do great things. You may be in a limited environment, 461 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 5: but don't let that environment get in You see yourself 462 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 5: as a world changer, a history maker. God is not 463 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 5: limited by what you don't have. He said, You're going 464 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 5: to do mighty exploits. You're going to perform awe inspiring deeds. Well, 465 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 5: this little boy started to grow and grow. He ended 466 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 5: up seven feet two inches tall, graduated from. 467 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:17,880 Speaker 3: The local school. 468 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:22,400 Speaker 5: Against all odds, he received an academic scholarship to Georgetown 469 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 5: University here in the States. He went there to become 470 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 5: a doctor so he could come back and help his people. 471 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 5: But during his second year, the basketball coach noticed him 472 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 5: and asked him to try out for the team. He 473 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 5: not only made the team, but he became a star player. 474 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 5: He was later drafted to play professional basketball. Our friend 475 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,919 Speaker 5: to Kim Matumbo became one of the greatest players of 476 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 5: our day when he played for the Rockets. I would 477 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 5: see him at our services. In two thousand and seven, 478 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:56,120 Speaker 5: he opened a new thirty million dollar hospital that he 479 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 5: and the other players funded in his small village in 480 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 5: the Congo. Since then, they have treated over a million patients. 481 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 5: Who would have ever thought that little boy in the 482 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,679 Speaker 5: impoverished village would do such a mighty exploit, such an 483 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 5: awe inspiring deed. 484 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 3: That's what God has in your future. 485 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 5: You're not limited by your surroundings, how you were raised, 486 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 5: what you don't have. God controls the universe. He's just 487 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 5: looking for people that recognize who they are. Mighty warriors, glorious, favored, anointed, influential, powerful, 488 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 5: That's who you are. God himself has blessed you. People 489 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 5: may come against you, but God himself has favored you. 490 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 5: The opposition may be stronger, but God himself has empowered you. 491 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 5: The giant looks too big, God himself is fighting for you. 492 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 5: If you will arise, you're gonna shine. 493 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 3: You're going to see the glory of God in greater ways. 494 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 3: But when we look back over. 495 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 5: Our lives, we should see some of these times where 496 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,160 Speaker 5: there are mighty exploits, something that we've done this out 497 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 5: of the ordinary, that's beyond our natural ability. 498 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 3: But Joel, I don't see any ofth for me. Must 499 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 3: not work or get ready. It's coming. You are marked 500 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 3: for greatness. 501 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 5: God is going to show out in your life in 502 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,680 Speaker 5: these coming days. As it gets darker around you, you're 503 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 5: gonna shine brighter and brighter. You are destined to perform. 504 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 3: Awe inspiring deeds. 505 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 5: Now rise up, mighty warrior, and possess the land. If 506 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 5: you'll do this, I believe and declare You're going to 507 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:43,440 Speaker 5: do mighty exploits. God's about to do something you've never seen, 508 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 5: Like Peter, You're gonna be austra new doors opening, abundance, healing, breakthroughs, 509 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 5: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you. 510 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 3: Receive it, can you say amen? 511 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 5: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 512 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 5: the Lord of your life. 513 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? 514 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:09,120 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 515 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 5: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 516 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 517 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 5: born again. 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