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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 5: your life. 39 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. 40 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 5: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 41 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 5: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 42 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 5: a part of one of our services. 43 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 44 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 45 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 5: about this lady every day she saw this little old 46 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 5: man sitting on his front porch rocking in his rocking chair. 47 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 4: He always seemed to be so happy. 48 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 5: One day she got in her nerve up and went 49 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 5: over to him, said, sir, I can't help but notice 50 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 5: you're always smiling, always in a good mood. 51 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 4: Please tell me what is your secret for such a 52 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 4: long happy life. 53 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 5: He said, that's easy. I smoked three packs of cigarettes 54 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 5: a day. I eat nothing but junk food, and I 55 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 5: never exercised. 56 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 4: She said, that's amazing. How old are you he said, 57 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 4: twenty six. Don't live like that. Here we go. 58 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 59 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 60 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 61 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 62 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 63 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 64 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about your wings are coming. 65 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 5: We all face situations that look like they'll never change 66 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 5: in our career. Seems like we've reached our limits. We 67 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 5: have much bigger things in our heart. We know what 68 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 5: God has promised, but when we look at the circumstances, 69 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 5: it says we're stuck. When we look at the medical report, 70 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 5: look at the bank account. 71 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 4: There's no sign of things improving. But the scripture. 72 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 5: Says, the things we see are temporary, but the things 73 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 5: we can't see are eternal. Don't be discouraged by what 74 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 5: you see. 75 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 4: It's not permanent. 76 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 5: One translation says, the things we see are subject to change. 77 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 5: Your child may be off course, but he's subject to change. 78 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 5: Your health may not look good, it's subject to change. 79 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 5: Your dream may seem impossible. That's subject to change. When 80 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 5: thoughts tell you that it's permanent, you'll never get well, 81 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 5: never meet the right person. Instead of being discouraged, turn 82 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 5: it around. Yes it may look that way, but I 83 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 5: know a secret. 84 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 4: It is subject to change. You can't be moved by 85 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 4: what you see. You have to be moved by what 86 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 4: you know. 87 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 5: God is on the throne, he's working behind the scenes. 88 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 4: What he promised is on the way. 89 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 5: When a caterpillar is crawling on the ground, barely moving, 90 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 5: I can imagine he looks up and sees a beautiful 91 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 5: butterfly flying through the air. The more he watches, the 92 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 5: more depressed he gets. 93 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 4: Think it is not fair. 94 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 5: Why can't I fly? I'll always be grounded. When he 95 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 5: looks at his circumstances. There's nothing about them that says 96 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 5: he will ever fly, no sign of him ever getting 97 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 5: off the ground. If an expert examined him, he would 98 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,119 Speaker 5: give him no chance of taking flight. 99 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 4: He has no wings. If you put him up next to. 100 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 5: A dozen other worms, none of them have ever flown. 101 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 5: But there's something different about the caterpillar. In its DNA, 102 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 5: It's been programmed at a certain time to develop wings. 103 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 5: Even though it seems impossible, even though every thought says 104 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 5: it will never fly, One day it does the impossible. 105 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 5: It transforms into a beautiful butterfly that can soar through 106 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 5: the air. All that time he thought he was stuck 107 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 5: on the ground. He didn't realize it wasn't permanent. His 108 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 5: wings were coming like that caterpillar. All your circumstances may 109 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 5: say you'll never fly. You don't have the training, the experience. 110 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 5: You come from the wrong family. Thoughts will tell you you'll 111 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 5: always be grounded, you'll always struggle, your finances always be addicted. 112 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 4: No, get ready, your wings are coming. Where you are 113 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 4: is not permanent. 114 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 5: God did not create you to crawl to go through 115 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 5: life lonely, addicted, struggling. He didn't make you in his 116 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 5: own image, breathe life into you, crown you with fever 117 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 5: so you could barely get by. 118 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 4: He created you to. 119 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 5: Soar, to take new ground, to go further than you 120 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 5: thought possible. 121 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 4: Now, quit being discouraged by what you see. What you 122 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 4: see is subject to change. 123 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 5: You don't know what God is up to, You don't 124 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 5: know what he's doing behind the scenes. 125 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 4: But it would be different if a caterpillar. 126 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 5: Was born with wings that didn't work, and eventually they 127 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 5: were activated, be much easier to believe that it could 128 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 5: fly if the wings were already in place. 129 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 4: But I believe one. 130 00:06:55,880 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 5: Reason God made the caterpillar a worm without wings wings 131 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 5: that crawls. 132 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 4: On the ground. That's the least likely one to fly. 133 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 5: What's to encourage us that when it seems the least 134 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 5: likely for you to fly, when circumstances say there's no 135 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,559 Speaker 5: way you'll get well, no way you'll accomplish your dream, 136 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 5: you can remember the caterpillar. If it went from being 137 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 5: grounded with no wings to be in a beautiful butterfly 138 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 5: that can soar through the air, then God can change 139 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 5: what looks impossible to you. Now you may be in 140 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 5: the caterpillar stage, not making much progress. Things don't look promising. 141 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 5: God is saying, don't worry. Your wings are coming, Your 142 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 5: healing is coming, your promotion is coming, your breakthrough is coming. 143 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 4: You're not going to just get ahead. You're not going 144 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 4: to just have a little bomp. 145 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 5: You're going to see supernatural opportunities, supernatural increase, things that 146 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 5: you couldn't make happen. When a caterpillar transforms into a 147 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 5: butterfly gets its wings, it doesn't just have the ability 148 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 5: to crawl faster just be better at what it could 149 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 5: already do. It comes into a whole new dimension from 150 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 5: crawling to flying. When you get your wings, you're not 151 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 5: going to just be better at what you can do 152 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 5: right now. God is going to catapult you into a 153 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 5: new dimension, into favor that you haven't seen acceleration. 154 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 4: Things are going to happen sooner than you thought. 155 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 5: Should have taken you thirty years to work your way 156 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 5: into management, but suddenly you were promoted. 157 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 4: What happened You got your wings. 158 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 5: Should have taken you a lifetime to pay your house off, 159 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 5: but you did it in a fraction of the time. 160 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 5: What happened you went from crawling to flying, you got 161 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 5: your wings. That's the hand of God thrusting you ahead. 162 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 5: That's what happened to us here at lake Wood. We 163 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 5: were doing great at the other location, we were blessed growing, 164 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 5: but when we moved into the compact center, things exploded. 165 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 5: We didn't just go to a new level, we went 166 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:13,119 Speaker 5: to a new dimension. 167 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 4: We got our wings. This put us fifty years down 168 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 4: the road. What am I saying? 169 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 5: Your idea of flying and God's idea of flying are 170 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 5: totally different. 171 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 4: You think you're doing good, wait till you get your wings. 172 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 5: You haven't seen, heard, or imagined what God has in store. 173 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 5: He's going to open doors you never dreamed would open. 174 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 5: He's going to bring strategic people, divine connections that will 175 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,719 Speaker 5: use their influence to push you ahead. You're going to 176 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 5: discover gifts, talents, creativity that you didn't know you had. 177 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 4: Where you think, where did this come from? You got 178 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 4: your wings. That's God taking your places that you could 179 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 4: never go on your own. 180 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 5: In One Kings chapter eighteen, the people of Samarium were 181 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 5: in a great drought, hadn't rained for three years, crops 182 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 5: had dried up. 183 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:07,839 Speaker 4: People were barely making it. 184 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,199 Speaker 5: The prophet Elijah showed up and said to King Ahab, 185 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 5: I hear the sound of the abundance of rain. When 186 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 5: he said that there wasn't a cloud in the sky, 187 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 5: there was no sign of rain. Yet he chose to 188 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 5: believe what he heard in his spirit over what he 189 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 5: saw with his eyes. He saw drought, famine, crops dried up, 190 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 5: but he heard an abundance of rain. 191 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 4: Are you believing what you're seeing or what you're hearing? 192 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 5: What you see maybe lack struggle caterpillar on the ground, 193 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 5: But what God is speaking to your spirit is abundance, healing, breakthroughs, 194 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 5: new levels. What you're hearing is more powerful than what 195 00:10:56,120 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 5: you're seeing. What you see is temporary, what you hear 196 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 5: is eternal. 197 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 4: But if you. 198 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 5: Stay focused on the drought and how big the problem is, 199 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 5: how it's never going to change, that's going to keep 200 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 5: you in a caterpillar mode. The scripture says we are 201 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 5: transformed by the renewing of our mind. That word transformed 202 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:23,719 Speaker 5: is the same word used for when a caterpillar metamorphoses 203 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 5: into a butterfly. You have to get your mind going 204 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 5: in the right direction. You can't think caterpillar thoughts and 205 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 5: live a butterfly life. If you think, Joel, I'll never 206 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 5: get well I can't get ahead. 207 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 4: I've reached my limits. 208 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,599 Speaker 5: Your own thinking will keep your wings from developing. 209 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,079 Speaker 4: You have to do like Elijah. 210 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 5: Everywhere he looked he saw drought, but in his spirit 211 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 5: he heard abundance. He chose to believe what God said 212 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 5: over what he saw. He went on top of Mount 213 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 5: Carmel to He told his assistant to go look on 214 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:05,839 Speaker 5: the other side of the mountain to see if there 215 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 5: was any sign of rain. The young man went out, 216 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 5: came back said, no, there's not a cloud in the sky. 217 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 5: Elijah could have been discouraged, thought I must have heard 218 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 5: God wrong. But he understood this principle that what he 219 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 5: saw was subject to change, and instead of accepting that 220 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 5: it was never going to happen, he told the young 221 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 5: man to go back and look again and again and again. 222 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 4: It takes faith to keep looking. 223 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 5: You have to be more confident in what God said 224 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,319 Speaker 5: than in what you see. What you see may be 225 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 5: a caterpillar, no chance it could fly. You'd be wasting 226 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 5: your time thinking that worm could get off the ground. 227 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 5: For some people that would seem foolish. But faith is 228 00:12:56,320 --> 00:13:00,319 Speaker 5: not always going to make sense. What God promises you 229 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 5: is not always going to be logical. There will be 230 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,719 Speaker 5: a battle taking place in your mind between what you 231 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 5: see and what you hear. I hear I'm a butterfly, 232 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 5: I'm created to sore, I'm destined to do great things. 233 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 5: Then that other voice will wear your wings. How come 234 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 5: you're still on the ground. How come it's taken so long? 235 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 5: You're right where Elijah was. God, you said an abundance 236 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 5: of rain, But I don't see a cloud in the sky. God, 237 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 5: if it's you, at least give me some drizzle. At 238 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 5: least let the weather man say ten percent chance of rain. 239 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 5: Sometimes there will be no sign that is going to happen. 240 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 5: That's when you have to dig down deep and say, God, 241 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 5: my mind says I'm crazy. People say I'm far out, 242 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 5: but I still believe what you promised is on the way. 243 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 4: God, you said you would restore health back of me. 244 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 4: I don't see any sign of it, but I choose 245 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 4: to believe healing is coming. 246 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 5: God, you said, as for me and my house, we 247 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 5: will serve the Lord. My child is off course, but 248 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 5: I'm not moved by what I see. I know you 249 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 5: have the final saying. God, you said I would leave 250 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 5: an inheritance to my children's children, I don't see how 251 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 5: it can happen God. I'm struggling to make ends meet, 252 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 5: but I believe my wings are coming. In my spirit. 253 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 5: I hear abundance, I hear increase. I hear lend and 254 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 5: not borrow. The seventh time the young man came back. 255 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 5: He said to Elijah, this time I saw a small 256 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 5: cloud in the sky, about the size of a man's hand. 257 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 5: Elijah sent word to Ahab, said, you better take off 258 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 5: to the next city. There's about to be a downpour. 259 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 5: All he saw was a small cloud. But Elijah was 260 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 5: so full of faith, so full of expectancy, he knew 261 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 5: that little cloud was about to turn into big rain. 262 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 5: It wasn't long before the three year drought came to 263 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 5: an end. 264 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 4: What you see may seem small. 265 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 5: Compared to what God promised you. It's easy to dismiss it, 266 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 5: think that it's nothing. But God knows how to take 267 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 5: a small cloud and bring a big blessing. 268 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 4: He knows how to take. 269 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 5: Something that looks insignificant and calls it to multiply and 270 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 5: turn into something amazing. But I wonder if Elijah would 271 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 5: have ever seen the rain, if he had not kept looking, 272 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 5: if he would have gotten discouraged. 273 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 4: After the second time, or the fifth time. 274 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 5: Or the sixth time, maybe the cloud would have never formed. 275 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 5: Maybe God was seeing how bad he wanted it. Maybe 276 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 5: the clear skies and no clouds were all a test God. 277 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 4: Wanted to know. Elijah, are you going to believe what 278 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 4: I'm saying over what you're seeing. 279 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 5: Are you going to believe your wings are still coming 280 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 5: while you're crawling on the ground while there's no sign 281 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 5: of it, or you're going to let circumstances talk you 282 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 5: out of it. Part of this test is sometimes the 283 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 5: situation will get. 284 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 4: Worse before it gets better. 285 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 5: Elijah was doing all the right things in the face 286 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 5: of the drought, the odds against him. He declared the 287 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 5: ahab what God promised, the abundance of rain was coming. 288 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 5: He went on the mountain and prayed. He thanks God 289 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 5: in advance. 290 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 4: He looked for it, but nothing changed, no clouds, no rain. Here. 291 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 5: He was doing everything he was supposed to be doing, 292 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 5: but the drought got worse. If you will pass this 293 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 5: test of things getting worse while you're doing the right thing, 294 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 5: that like him, you will come into abundance. 295 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 4: You will see what God promised. 296 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 5: The getting worse is a sign that the breakthrough is 297 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 5: even with the caterpillar. Before it gets its wings, the 298 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 5: caterpillar goes into a cocoon. That's where it transforms. In 299 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:14,959 Speaker 5: the cocoon, it's dark, it's uncomfortable. He can't move. At 300 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 5: least when he was a caterpillar, he could crawl around, 301 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:22,719 Speaker 5: couldn't go fast, but he could move. Now he's totally restricted. 302 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 5: I'm sure he thinks, what's happening to me? I was 303 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,479 Speaker 5: believing for wings. I was hoping to fly. Now I 304 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 5: have no mobility. It's worse than ever. 305 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 4: But in a little while. 306 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 5: After that dark season, after that uncomfortable time, he comes 307 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 5: out of the cocoon, not the same. 308 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 4: But with its wings. Now it's a butterfly. Now. 309 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 5: You may be in the cocoon today you feel like 310 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 5: you're going backwards. You're believing to get better, to take 311 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 5: new ground, but it's gone the other way. It's all 312 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 5: a part of the process. That's a sign that your 313 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 5: wings are coming. That's a sign that the clouds are 314 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 5: starting to form. Don't get discouraged. You're about to come 315 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 5: in to who you were created to be. 316 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 4: That time in. 317 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 5: The cocoon, that uncomfortable season, when you were doing the 318 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 5: right thing and the wrong thing was happening. It wasn't 319 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 5: a mistake, it wasn't bad luck. 320 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 4: It was a test. 321 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 5: God has you in the palm of his hand. Nothing 322 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 5: can happen without his permission. And because you stayed in faith, 323 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,640 Speaker 5: because you kept looking for the cloud, because you kept declaring, 324 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 5: abundance is coming, You're going to come out with your wings. 325 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 5: No more crawling, no more barely getting by, living mediocre, 326 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 5: struggling with addictions, depression, dysfunction. 327 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 4: This is a new day. 328 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 5: If the enemy would have known what was going to happen, 329 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:57,360 Speaker 5: he would have. 330 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 4: Left you alone. 331 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 5: He took you into that difficulty thinking he was going 332 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 5: to stop you. He didn't realize it was the cocoon. 333 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 4: God was using it to transform you. He meant it 334 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 4: for harm. 335 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 5: God turned it to your advantage. You came out with 336 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 5: your wings. Now you can soar. Now you can take 337 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:23,439 Speaker 5: new ground. Now, abundance is in your future. December of 338 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 5: two thousand and two, the Houston City Council voted for 339 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 5: us to have the Compact Center. 340 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 4: We were so excited. 341 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:32,959 Speaker 5: We had worked a year and a half trying to 342 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 5: convince the council members this was a dream come true. 343 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 5: A few weeks later, I was in another city. My 344 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 5: brother in law, Kevin, called and said the company that 345 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,679 Speaker 5: owns all the property around the Compact Center had just 346 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 5: filed a federal lawsuit to try. 347 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 4: To keep us from moving in. They said we would 348 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 4: violate the deed restrictions. 349 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 5: They were a huge company, one of the biggest taxpayers 350 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 5: in Texas. We met with our attorneys and they weren't 351 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:05,959 Speaker 5: very encouraging. They said we might possibly win the lawsuit, 352 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 5: but even if we did, it could be tied up 353 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 5: in the courts for ten years. Month after month went by, 354 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 5: nothing was happening. They weren't going to budge. I had 355 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 5: to do what I'm asking you to do. I said, God, 356 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 5: I'm not going to be moved by what I see. 357 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:27,199 Speaker 5: What I see is a stalemate. What I see is Goliath. 358 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 5: What I see is a lengthy legal battle. It looked 359 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 5: like we could always be grounded, like that setback would 360 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 5: be permanent. 361 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 4: But I knew this secret it was subject to change. 362 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 4: That people don't have the final say. God has the 363 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 4: final say. 364 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 5: Instead of talking about how bad it was, how it 365 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 5: would never work out, I'd go around saying Father, thank you, 366 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 5: that you being for us. Is more than the world 367 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 5: being against us. Thank you that you are fighting our battles. 368 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 5: About eight months in we received word that the CEO 369 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 5: of this large company wanted to fly down and meet 370 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 5: with us. Our attorneys told us not to get our 371 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 5: hopes up, that it was probably a ploy, a negotiating 372 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,440 Speaker 5: tactic to try to pressure us and intimidate us. 373 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 4: They expected the worst, but deep down I believed it 374 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 4: was the hand of God. 375 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 5: We had had no contact with them except through the courts. 376 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 4: The CEO walked in the room. The first thing he 377 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 4: said was. 378 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 5: Joel, I watch you every week on television, and my 379 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 5: son in law. 380 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 4: Is a youth pastor. 381 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 5: God knows how to put the right people in your path. 382 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 5: By the end of that day, they had not only 383 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 5: agreed to drop the lawsuit and let us have the building, 384 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 5: but to lease us eight thousand cupboard parking spaces that. 385 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 4: Surround this building. 386 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 5: We thought we were stuck, but we got our windings. 387 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 5: It could have taken years, God did it in a 388 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 5: fraction of the time. What you're up against may look bigger, stronger, 389 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 5: the odds are against you. 390 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,199 Speaker 4: Don't worry. The most time, God is for you. He 391 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 4: knows how to defeat giants. 392 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 5: He knows how to turn things around. No person can 393 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 5: stand against him. No sickness, no addiction, no obstacle. What's 394 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 5: trying to stop. 395 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 4: You is not permanent. 396 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 5: The God who created the universe is breathing in your 397 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 5: direction right now, pushing back forces of darkness, making your 398 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 5: crooked places straight, changing people's minds in your favor. 399 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,719 Speaker 4: Not only are you going to come out, but in 400 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 4: the process, you're going to get your wings. 401 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 5: You're going to rise to heights that you never thought possible. 402 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 5: In the scripture, God promised Abraham and Sarah that they 403 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 5: were going to have a baby, but they were both 404 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 5: way too old. Even though it seemed impossible, they believed 405 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 5: for a while, but went by and no sign of 406 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 5: a child. Sarah finally told Abraham to sleep with her maid. 407 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 5: Her attitude was, I'll never get my wings. I'll always 408 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 5: be grounded. She thought somebody else would have to fly 409 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 5: for her, that she would have to ride. 410 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 4: Piggybacks, so to speak. 411 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 5: They would have the baby, but you never see a 412 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 5: butterfly flying around with a caterpillar on his back. The 413 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 5: promise God put in you is not going to come 414 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 5: through somebody else. Yes, sometimes people lift us. Sometimes they 415 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 5: do us a favor. But God didn't create you to 416 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 5: be dependent on others to fulfill your destiny. You are 417 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 5: not going to have to ride piggyback. 418 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 4: Your wings are coming. 419 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 5: There is greatness in you. You have gifts, talents, businesses, 420 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 5: babies in you. Abraham had a baby with Sarah's maid, 421 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 5: but that was not the prom child. And when it 422 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 5: looked like there was no way, against all odds, at 423 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 5: eighty years of age, Sarah gave birth to a son. 424 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 4: The promised child. 425 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 5: What God put in your heart is still on the way. 426 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 5: Maybe the reason it seems so unlikely is, like Sarah, you. 427 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 4: Don't have your wings yet. 428 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 5: When you're in the caterpillar stage, it's easy to talk 429 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 5: yourself out of it. 430 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 4: The way to stay in faith is keep reminding yourself, 431 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 4: my wings are coming. When Sarah heard the promise that 432 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 4: she was going to have a baby, the first thing 433 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 4: she did was laugh. 434 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 5: She thought, that's so far out, it's funny. Because she 435 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 5: couldn't comprehend it, she found the maid to try to 436 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 5: make it happen. 437 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 4: Here's the key. 438 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 5: Don't reduce what God promised you to fit your faith. 439 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 5: Don't bring it down to your level and go find 440 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 5: the maid. Come up to his level. Don't be limited 441 00:24:58,560 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 5: by your faith. 442 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 4: Stretch faith. If you could do it on your own, 443 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 4: you would need wings. 444 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 5: If you could accomplish your dreams by yourself, it wouldn't 445 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 5: take faith. And what God has in your future is 446 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 5: so big, so amazing. It's going to be intimidating. While 447 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 5: you're excited. At the same time, you'll be tempted to 448 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 5: shrink back and think, there's no way that's never happened 449 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 5: in my family. God wouldn't have given it to you 450 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 5: if he didn't have a way to bring it to pass. 451 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 5: He is not asking you to figure it out. He's 452 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 5: asking you to believe. When you believe, supernatural doors can open. 453 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 5: When you believe God can make things happen that you 454 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 5: could never make happen. But the mistake we make too 455 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 5: often is we reduce what God promised us to what 456 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,439 Speaker 5: we think is possible. A young couple came down for 457 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 5: prayer one time. They said, Joel, will you pray that 458 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 5: this furniture we really want to buy will go on sell. 459 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 4: We can afford it. 460 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,679 Speaker 5: And there's nothing wrong with being frugal. I'm all for 461 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 5: getting good deals. But God is not dependent on what 462 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 5: somebody else does. 463 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 4: To bring your dream to pass. 464 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,439 Speaker 5: He's not hoping they give you a good break so 465 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 5: that promise will be fulfilled. Now, I told them, it's 466 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,160 Speaker 5: great if it goes on sell, but I would rather 467 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 5: pray that God will give you the funds to purchase it. 468 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 4: Even if it doesn't. 469 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 5: Sometimes we're praying for things to come down when we should. 470 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 4: Be praying for us to go up. 471 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,400 Speaker 5: The same God that can cause it to go on 472 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 5: sell can bless you with such abundance that it doesn't 473 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 5: matter if it doesn't. 474 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 4: See, my father came out of poverty. 475 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 5: He was raised very poor, went to high school with 476 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 5: holes in his clothes, holes in his shoes. When I 477 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 5: was ten years old, I was at a clothing store. 478 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,439 Speaker 5: My father was about to purchase a suit when the 479 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 5: salesman and found out he was a pastor. He said, 480 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 5: let me go see maybe I can get you a 481 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 5: minister's discount. And of course my father was grateful, but 482 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 5: something about that hit him wrong. He said, Sir, I 483 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 5: appreciate it, but that won't be necessary. 484 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 4: My father is extremely wealthy. 485 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 5: The salesman looked so surprised he didn't know he. 486 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,439 Speaker 4: Was talking about his heavenly father. 487 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:29,639 Speaker 5: But my father's attitude was I was grounded long enough. 488 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 5: I crawled around for years. This is a new day. 489 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,479 Speaker 5: I've got my wings and I'm not going back to 490 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 5: that worm mentality. I was born to fly. Sometimes we're 491 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 5: waiting for God to take us higher. God is waiting 492 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,360 Speaker 5: for us to bring our thinking up higher. Get rid 493 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 5: of that worm mentality. Don't reduce what God promised you 494 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:54,919 Speaker 5: to fit your faith. 495 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 4: Stretch your faith. How you were raised is not how 496 00:27:58,240 --> 00:27:59,439 Speaker 4: you're supposed to stay. 497 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 5: God God has new levels. You may not see how 498 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 5: this can happen. There are big obstacles in your path. 499 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 4: Don't be moved by what you see. What you see 500 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 4: is subject to change. 501 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 5: Like Elijah, I can hear the sound of abundance. I 502 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 5: hear the sound of healing, the sound of breakthroughs. You 503 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 5: may have been grounded. I have good news. Your caterpillar 504 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:24,479 Speaker 5: days are over. 505 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 4: I believe and declare your wings are coming. 506 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 5: You are going to accomplish more than you thought possible. 507 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 4: It's going to happen sooner than you think. 508 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 5: Acceleration, promotion, healing, new opportunities, new levels, the fullness of 509 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 5: your destiny in Jesus's name, and if you receive it, 510 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 5: can you say amen? Today I'd like to give you 511 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 512 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 513 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 514 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 5: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 515 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 5: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 516 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 5: Bible based church, keep God first place. 517 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the joel Ostine podcast. Help 518 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 6: us continue to share the message of hope with those 519 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 6: all over the world. Visit joelostin dot com slash give 520 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 6: Hope to give a gift today. 521 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 522 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 4: you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 523 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 4: keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying for you. 524 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 4: I know God's best is still ahead. We'll see you 525 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 4: next time.