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You weren't 41 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 5: next in line, but suddenly you'll promote in the medical 42 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 5: report says it's too late. Suddenly your health turns around. 43 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 3: You'd given up on the dream, Suddenly the door opens. 44 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 5: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria, thanks for listening to 45 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 46 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 47 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 48 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 49 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 5: your life. 50 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 3: God bless you. 51 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 5: It's great to have you with us today, and if 52 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 5: you're ever in the Houston area, please stop buying be 53 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 5: a part of one of our services. 54 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 3: We'd love to have you. 55 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 5: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week. 56 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 5: We have a daily podcast. You can download our YouTube channel, 57 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:35,679 Speaker 5: watch the messages anytime. 58 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 3: You can follow us. 59 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,839 Speaker 5: On social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I'd 60 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 5: like to start with something funny, and I heard about 61 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 5: this pastor. He was finishing up a fiery sermon on 62 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 5: self control. He said, with great passion, if I had 63 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 5: all the beer in the world, I'd throw it in 64 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 5: the river with greater fervor. If I had all the 65 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 5: wine in the world, I'd throw it in the river, 66 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 5: almost at the top of his lungs. If I had 67 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 5: all the whiskey in the world, I'd throw. 68 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 3: It in the river. 69 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 5: He sat down. Song leader came up said for a 70 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 5: closing song. Let's sing him three sixty five. Shall we gather. 71 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 3: At the river today? It like you mean it. 72 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,959 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 73 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 74 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 75 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 76 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 77 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:35,839 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 78 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about I still believe. 79 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 3: We all have promises. 80 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 5: We're standing on dreams we're hoping will come to pass. 81 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 5: It's easy to believe it first, but what happens when 82 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 5: nothing is improving. We've had setbacks. The door didn't open, 83 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 5: our health didn't get better. That's a test before the 84 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 5: promise comes to pass. Most of the time you have 85 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 5: to go from I believe to I still believe. I 86 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 5: was hoping to get a good medical report. Wasn't what 87 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 5: I thought, But I still believe I'm going to get well. 88 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 5: Been praying for my child a long time. He hasn't 89 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 5: gotten back on course, but I still believe he. 90 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 3: Will fulfill his destiny. 91 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 5: Still believe means you're not moved by what's not changing. 92 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 5: You're not discouraged by how long it's taking, by the setback, 93 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 5: the disappointment. You know God is still on the throne. 94 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 5: He's ordering your steps. What he promised is on the way. 95 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 5: Don't get talked out of what you're believing. For when 96 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 5: you're tempted to get discouraged, just switch over from I 97 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 5: believe to I still believe the pandemic has slowed my business, 98 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 5: but I still believe I'm gonna have a blessed year. 99 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 3: Struggled with this addiction a long time. 100 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 5: Thoughts tell me as permanent, but I still believe I'm 101 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 5: gonna live free. God is looking for I still believe people. 102 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 5: You had every right to give up. The disappointment should 103 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 5: have discouraged you. The setback should have talked you out 104 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 5: of it. You haven't seen any sign of things changing, 105 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 5: but you keep believing, You keep praising, You keep thinking 106 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 5: God it's on the way. You keep acting like it's 107 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 5: going to happen. All the facts say it's impossible, your 108 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 5: attitude is that's okay. God can do the impossible in 109 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 5: the natural. There's no way. I'm not worried. 110 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 3: God is supernatural. 111 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 5: The medical report says, you're not going to get well, 112 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 5: just learn to live with it. 113 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 3: I'm not worried. 114 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 5: God can do what medicine cannot do. He said, the 115 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 5: number of my days he will fulfill. I still believe. 116 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 5: Maybe you tried to accomplish a dream. No doors opened, 117 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 5: you were turned down for the loan. The people you 118 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 5: need weren't there for you. Thoughts tell you it's too late, 119 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 5: you're too old. It would have happened by now. 120 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 3: That's all a part of the process. 121 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 5: God didn't give you the dream and not have a 122 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 5: way to bring it to pass. He's already taken into 123 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 5: account all the setbacks, the delays, the betrayals, the closed doors. 124 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 5: He's watching to see if you still believe. Are you 125 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 5: going to get talked out of it? Give up on 126 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 5: a dream because it hasn't happened yet. Let go of 127 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:24,119 Speaker 5: a promise because you haven't seen anything improving. God didn't 128 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 5: change his mind. He doesn't abort dreams. What he's promised 129 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 5: is still on the way. He just needs some I 130 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 5: still believe faith. Faith that says, I've seen the obstacles. 131 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 5: The opposition is bigger, but I still believe we can 132 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 5: get the compact center. I don't know how we can 133 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 5: pay for it. We don't have the finances. But I 134 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 5: still believe Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord, our provider. We'll supply 135 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 5: all of our needs. Don't get talked out of your dreams. 136 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 5: Switch over to I still believe. I still believe means 137 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 5: the disappointment is not going to to get discouraged. The 138 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 5: negative chatter the people who don't believe in you is 139 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 5: not going to dampen your faith. 140 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 3: How long it's taking, who did you wrong? 141 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 5: The environment you were raised in is not going to 142 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 5: stop your destiny. 143 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 3: Pass the test. 144 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 5: God knows how long it's been. He's seen the disappointments. 145 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 5: How you prayed, done the right thing, but it hasn't improved. 146 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 3: Your time is coming. 147 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 5: It's not too late. You haven't missed it. Circumstances didn't 148 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 5: stop it. 149 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 3: What God put in your heart is still on the way. 150 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 3: There was a young boy. 151 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 5: He grew up in a small village in East Africa. 152 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 5: He loved school, loved to learn. As a little boy, 153 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 5: his dream was to go to college. That was unheard of. 154 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 3: The people there were very poor. 155 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 5: On top of that, they were suffering from a huge famine, 156 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 5: struggling to survive. His father was killed when he was seven. 157 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 5: His mother died when he was twelve. He went to 158 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 5: live with his grandmother. She became very ill and he 159 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 5: ended up her main caretaker. 160 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 3: He would get up at five in the morning and 161 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 3: study for an hour. 162 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 5: Then it was an hour and a half walk to 163 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 5: get water for the day. After making his grandmother breakfast, 164 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 5: he would go to the village school. All the odds 165 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 5: were against him. How could he get a college education? 166 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 5: An orphan living in the slums, no money, no one 167 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 5: to look after him. But this young man had I 168 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 5: still believe aid despite his environment, despite what looked impossible. 169 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 3: Every night he would pray God. 170 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 5: I want to go to college. I want to make 171 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 5: a difference with my life. Even though I don't see 172 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 5: how it can work out, I still believe you can 173 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 5: make it happen. In that country, the children only went 174 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 5: to school through junior high. You had to pay for 175 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,959 Speaker 5: high school. Only one percent could afford it. At twelve 176 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 5: years old, one night he had he saw a house 177 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 5: with a man in it named mister Stanley. He was 178 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 5: from a foreign country. In this dream, mister Stanley helped 179 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 5: him with his tuition. He knew exactly where the house was. 180 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 5: The next day he went there, guards were all around it. 181 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 5: He told the officers he wanted to see mister Stanley. 182 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,199 Speaker 5: They were surprised that he knew the man's name. Intrigued, 183 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 5: mister Stanley allowed him in. The young man explained his situation, 184 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 5: how he had a dream to continue learning but didn't 185 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 5: have the funds. Mister Stanley was so impressed he said, 186 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,839 Speaker 5: I'll not only pay your tuition, but I'll buy all 187 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 5: your books and all your supplies. He did so well 188 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 5: in high school the teachers got him an internship working 189 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 5: in the parliament. When he finished high school, he received 190 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 5: a full scholarship to come to college in the United States. 191 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 5: Now he's back home doing great things in his country. 192 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 3: When you have you'll believe faith. 193 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 5: Miracles are set in motion, Angels go to work favor healing, 194 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 5: divine connections. God will make things happen that seem unlikely, 195 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 5: out of the ordinary. 196 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 3: Are you letting your circumstances talk you out of what 197 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 3: God put in your heart? 198 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 5: You believed at one time, but you had obstacles, didn't 199 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:24,719 Speaker 5: work out, nobody would help you. 200 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 3: Now you've quit believing. 201 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 5: God still wants to bring it to pass. But you 202 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 5: have to get in agreement with him and say, God, 203 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 5: I still believe it can happen. I still believe I 204 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,839 Speaker 5: can have this baby. I still believe my family can 205 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 5: be restored. I still believe I can live healthy in 206 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 5: the whole. I still believe I can start my business, 207 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 5: write my book, pay my house off. 208 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 3: Joel. 209 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 5: I tried and it didn't work out. That's part of 210 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 5: the process. That doesn't mean it's not going to happen. 211 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 5: Those are tests that you have to pass. God wouldn't 212 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 5: have allowed the difficulty, the delay, the disappointment if it 213 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 5: was going to stop your purpose. You have to have 214 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 5: a made up mind that you're going to believe until 215 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 5: you see that promise come to pass. 216 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 3: This is what Abraham did. 217 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 5: God gave him the promise that his wife Sarah was 218 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 5: going to have a baby, but they were too old. 219 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 5: Abraham was in his eighties. Sarah had gone through the 220 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 5: change of life. She had been barren, never had children. 221 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 3: If God had given her this. 222 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 5: Promise in her twenties or in her thirties, that would 223 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 5: make sense she could believe it. But now she's way 224 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 5: past the child bearing years. Sometimes God puts promises in 225 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 5: our heart that seemed too late. We would believe it 226 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 5: if it happened earlier, But now we don't see. How 227 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 5: many times God does things out of normal timing. He 228 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 5: has unscheduled blessings. We didn't see it coming. We thought 229 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 5: we missed our chance, that season was over. You don't 230 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 5: know what God is up to. He's going to do 231 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 5: some things out of season when it doesn't typically happen. 232 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 5: You weren't next in line, but suddenly you're promoted. The 233 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 5: medical report says it's too late. Suddenly your health turns around. 234 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,119 Speaker 5: You'd given up on the dream. 235 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 3: Suddenly the door opens. 236 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 5: I can imagine Abraham when he first heard the promise. 237 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 3: He was so excited. 238 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 5: Seemed unlikely, but faith rose in his heart. God, I 239 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 5: believe you'll give me a son. A few months went 240 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 5: by and nothing happened. A couple of years still nothing. 241 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 5: Now thoughts of doubt started to whisper, Are you sure 242 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 5: God said you would have a child. Don't you think 243 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 5: it would happen by now? How is that even possible 244 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 5: in the first place? Look at how old you are 245 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 5: more years past. Sarah started to get frustrated. She told 246 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 5: Abraham to sleep with her maid. She thought if I 247 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 5: can't have a baby. At least this maid will have 248 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 5: one and will count that our child. They had a baby, 249 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 5: but it wasn't the promised child. You don't have to 250 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 5: help God out, try to manipulate things, force doors to open, 251 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:13,559 Speaker 5: convince people to be for you. 252 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 3: Let God do it his way. Don't get in a hurry. 253 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 5: You have to be mature enough to believe that the 254 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 5: promise is coming and not be frustrated while you're waiting. 255 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 5: It's through faith and patience that we inherit the promises. 256 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 5: God's timing is the best time. Years went by, still 257 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 5: no child, no sign of it happening. They're both getting older. 258 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 5: Abraham was at a critical point. He had plenty of 259 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 5: reasons to get discouraged give up on the promise, but 260 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 5: the scripture says, against. 261 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 3: All hope, he hoped on in faith. 262 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 5: He came to this place where he went from I 263 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 5: believe to I still believe. 264 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 3: I'm almost one hundred years old. 265 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 5: We've made mistakes, had this appointments, but I still believe 266 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 5: what God promised. I can hear people laughing. Come on, Abraham, 267 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 5: you're an old man. You're wasting your time. You can't 268 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 5: have a baby, Abraham said, no, thanks. I know my 269 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 5: God is faithful. Now, I'm not going to let time 270 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 5: talk me out of it, disappointments, people that didn't help me, 271 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 5: negative chatter. I still believe my baby is on the way. 272 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 5: He had a made up mind, and despite all the 273 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 5: negative circumstances he chose to have I still believe faith. 274 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 5: When Sarah was ninety years old, against all odds, she 275 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 5: conceived and gave birth to a son that they named Isaac. 276 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 3: The name Isaac means laughter. 277 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 5: When you do like Abraham and still believe, you're going 278 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 5: to have some blessings that make you laugh. 279 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 3: God is going to do things that surprise you. 280 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 5: Open doors you never dream would open, turn situations around 281 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 5: that look permanent, or you're in such amazement. 282 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 3: Such awe that you're filled with joy. 283 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 5: All you can do is say, look at the goodness 284 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 5: of God. Now, maybe what you're believing for is taking 285 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 5: longer than you thought. You don't see how it can happen. 286 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 5: Thoughts are whispering, you're wasting your time. It's never going 287 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 5: to work out. Instead of going from I believe, I 288 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 5: gave up. 289 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 3: I got discouraged. Nothing was happening. 290 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 5: I had setbacks, do like Abraham, go from I believe 291 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 5: to I still believe the odds are against me, but 292 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 5: I still believe I can accomplish my dreams. I've had 293 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 5: this illness a long time, but I still believe I 294 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 5: can get well. I was raised in dysfunction, a rough environment, 295 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 5: but I still believe I can live an abundant, victorious life. 296 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 5: I still believe I can break limitations of the past. 297 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 3: I still believe I can set a new standard. 298 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 5: Before you see the promise the dream, you're going to 299 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 5: have a reason to quit believing. I's going after my dream. 300 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 5: But these people walked away. They didn't keep their word. 301 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 5: That's a test. Are you going to give up? Or 302 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 5: are you going to say it wasn't fair? They did 303 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 5: me wrong? But God is my vindicator. They didn't stop 304 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 5: my purpose. What was meant for my harm? God is 305 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 5: turning to my advantage. 306 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 3: I still believe. 307 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 5: Well, Joe, we were trying to have a baby. The 308 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 5: expert said, there's no way. We took the treatments. Nothing 309 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 5: more we can do. You're at a critical point. Are 310 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 5: you going to settle there, think it's not meant to be? 311 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 5: Or are you going to say God, I know you're 312 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 5: the giver of all good gifts, you have the final say. 313 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 5: I don't see a way, but I know you have 314 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 5: a way. 315 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 3: I still believe. 316 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 5: A friend of mine wanted to start a business. He 317 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 5: knew God put the dream in his heart, and he'd 318 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 5: done a lot of research came up with a very impressive. 319 00:16:58,200 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 3: Business plan he needed. 320 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 5: He went to his bank, where he had done projects 321 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 5: with them before, and he knew all the people. They 322 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 5: studied his plan and turned him down. They didn't think 323 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 5: it would be a successful business. 324 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 3: He was disappointed, but he went. 325 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 5: To another bank, same thing. He was turned down, and 326 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 5: another and another and another. Thoughts were telling him just 327 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 5: accept it. It's not going to happen. All the experts 328 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 5: say it's not going to work out. He could have 329 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 5: been discouraged, given up, but every time he left a bank, 330 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 5: his attitude was they may have said no, but I 331 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 5: know God says yes, I still believe. Thirty one bank 332 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 5: said it's not a good idea, give up on your dream. 333 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 3: Let it go. 334 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 5: He said, no, thanks, I still believe. Bank number thirty 335 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 5: two said, this looks like a great idea. 336 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 3: They gave him the loan. 337 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 5: Today he's blessed beyond his wildest dreams. His business has grown, 338 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 5: even expanded into different states. We're going to see the 339 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 5: fullness of what God has for you. You have to learn 340 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 5: this principle to go from I believe to I still believe. 341 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 3: There will be people. 342 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 5: That try to talk you out of your promise. They 343 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 5: can't see what God put in your heart. Don't expect 344 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 5: everyone to be for you. Sometimes it's our own thoughts 345 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 5: that tell us it's not going to happen, how it 346 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 5: will never work out. 347 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 3: Tune that out. Don't give the doubt the time of day. 348 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 3: Keep your mind filled with faith, filled with hope. 349 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 5: The scripture says Jesus couldn't do any miracles in his 350 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 5: hometown because of their unbelief. Doubt will keep you from 351 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 5: your destiny. There's a battle taking place in our mind, 352 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 5: thoughts whispering you're not going to get well. You'll never 353 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 5: beat the right person. You can't pass that college course. 354 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 5: If you dwell on those thoughts, you'll get talked out 355 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 5: of what you're believing for. I was out riding my 356 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 5: bike recently and it was a beautiful day. I was 357 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 5: enjoying the ride when I felt my phone buzzing in 358 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 5: my pocket. It was a text from a number that 359 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 5: I didn't recognize. It said urgent message. Your phone has 360 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 5: been compromised. All the data is about to be lost. 361 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 5: Click here to save it. I knew it was a scam. 362 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 3: If you click it, they get your information. Didn't pay 363 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 3: any attention. Went back on my ride. 364 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 5: About five minutes later, another text, This time the word 365 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 5: urgent was blinking. Time is of the essence. You must 366 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 5: respond now. It looked so official, was so alarming. I thought, 367 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,639 Speaker 5: is this real? I called my office. I said no, no, 368 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 5: don't open it. It's a scam. I felt better, got 369 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 5: back on my bike. Five minutes later. Another text, This 370 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 5: time there was a countdown clock fifty nine, fifty eight, 371 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 5: fifty seven. Your phone is about to disintegrate. The world 372 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 5: will come to an end if you don't click now. 373 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 5: All these dire warnings, they were so good at being alarming, 374 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 5: playing on fears, putting up urgency. 375 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 3: That makes you think you have to click. Their whole 376 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 3: goal is to get you to take the bait. 377 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 5: They know if you click, they can get your information 378 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 5: do what they want. 379 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 3: That's kind of how doubt works. 380 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 5: Thoughts come to our mind that are negative, discouraging, alarming. 381 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 3: You can't accomplish that dream. You don't have the talent. 382 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 5: That problem will never resolve. You've had it so long. 383 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 5: Your health is not going to improve if you click 384 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 5: on it, so to speak, if you start dwelling on it, 385 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 5: thinking maybe I'm not going to get well. 386 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 3: These problems are so big, I don't see how it 387 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 3: can work out. 388 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:45,360 Speaker 5: Before long, that's going to contaminate your software. You'll be negative. 389 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 5: Discourage giving up on dreams. Don't take the bait. 390 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 3: It's a scam. 391 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 5: Those are lies to try to defraud you out of 392 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 5: your purpose, to try to keep you from seeing the 393 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 5: awesome things that God has in store. You can't stop 394 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 5: the negative thoughts from coming, but you don't have to click. 395 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 5: You don't have to dwell on them while you're waiting 396 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 5: on the promise. The enemy will work over time. It 397 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,160 Speaker 5: would have happened by now. Look at all you've been through. 398 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 5: Don't get your hopes up. Abraham, you must have heard 399 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,479 Speaker 5: God wrong. You're one hundred years old. Do yourself a favor. 400 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 5: Ignore it, don't pay it any attention. When the lives come, 401 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 5: just say no, thanks. I still believe, but the odds 402 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 5: are against you. Yes, but I still believe. It's been 403 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 5: so long you should be worried it's not going to 404 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 5: work out. Don't click on that. That's spam, that's junk mail. 405 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,479 Speaker 5: Keep your mind filled with faith. God is still on 406 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 5: the throne. He's ordering your steps. He's planned out your 407 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 5: days for good. What he's started he's going to finish. 408 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 5: You can say, like David, though I am surrounded by trouble, 409 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 5: my heart will know no fear, for the Lord is 410 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:02,120 Speaker 5: my light and my salvation. For surely, goodness and mercy 411 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 5: will follow me all the days of my life. Clear 412 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 5: out all the negative. God didn't bring you this far 413 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:12,199 Speaker 5: to leave you. Yes, we're gonna have disappointments, things we 414 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 5: don't understand, may be taken longer than we thought, but 415 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,919 Speaker 5: that doesn't mean that it's not going to happen. I 416 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 5: talked to a lady that was diagnosed with cancer of 417 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:27,360 Speaker 5: the central nervous system. The prognosis was very grim, with 418 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 5: no treatment, a few months to live with treatment, maybe 419 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 5: a couple of years at most. She'd lost all of 420 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:38,120 Speaker 5: her ability to function, She couldn't swallow, had to have 421 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 5: constant care. All the facts said she was done. It 422 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,400 Speaker 5: was just a matter of time. But this lady had 423 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:49,400 Speaker 5: I still believe faith, despite how it looked in the natural. 424 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 5: In her thoughts, all through the day, God is restoring 425 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 5: health back into me. Nothing can snatch me out of 426 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 5: his hands. I will live and not die. He wasn't 427 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 5: denying the facts. She was simply choosing to believe what. 428 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 3: God said about her. She took the treatment. 429 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:12,159 Speaker 5: After six sessions, she was declared cancer free. Her doctor 430 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 5: said in twenty five years of practice, he had never 431 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 5: seen anyone recover like she did. What you're facing is 432 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 5: not too hard for our God. No problem he can't 433 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 5: turn around, no dream that he can't bring to pass. 434 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 5: The scripture said Abraham had unwavering faith. That means you're 435 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 5: not going to be talked out of what God put 436 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 5: in your heart. You're not moved by what's not happening, 437 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:41,160 Speaker 5: by how long it's taking, by the setbacks. 438 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 3: You have a made up mind. 439 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 5: You believe that God is in control and that what 440 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:47,959 Speaker 5: he promised will come to pass. 441 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 3: No person can stop him. 442 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 5: No bad break, no delay, no sickness, all the forces 443 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 5: of darkness cannot keep you from your destiny. When you 444 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 5: not only believe, but you take it one step further. 445 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:06,880 Speaker 5: You still believe, You believe despite the medical report, despite 446 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 5: the bad break, despite how impossible it looks. Then you're 447 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 5: going to see God do unusual, uncommon things. He's going 448 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 5: to take you where you can't go on your own. 449 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 5: It's very powerful when you have I still believe faith. 450 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 5: I lost a loved one. I should be bitter. I 451 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 5: still believe there are beauty for these ashes. I've had 452 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 5: some bad breaks, disappointments, but I still believe my latter 453 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 5: days will be better than my former days. I still 454 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 5: believe God's plans. 455 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,959 Speaker 3: For me are for good numbers. 456 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 5: Chapter thirteen, Moses sent twelve men to spy out the 457 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 5: Promised Land. God had delivered the Israelites from slavery, parted 458 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 5: the Red Sea, brought them safely through the desert. Now 459 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 5: they were camped next door to the Promised Land. After 460 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 5: forty days, ten of the spies came back and said, Moses, 461 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 5: the land is beautiful. It's like nothing we've ever seen. 462 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 5: But there are giants in the land. The people are huge, 463 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 5: will never defeat them. 464 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 3: Up to that point, they had believed. 465 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 5: They were excited, they knew that was their dream coming 466 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 5: to pass. But when they saw the obstacles, how big 467 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:19,719 Speaker 5: the people were. 468 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 3: Instead, of making the choice that I'm asking us to make. 469 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 5: We still believe they got discouraged and gave up on 470 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 5: their dream. That negative report spread throughout the whole camp. 471 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 5: Before long, all two million people were afraid. Complaining, They 472 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 5: turned around and went back into the desert. They ended 473 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 5: up wandering there for forty years. They never did make 474 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 5: it into the promised land. Before you see dreams come 475 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 5: to pass, before you see healing, promotion, restoration, don't be 476 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 5: surprised if you find giants on your land. Obstacles, disappointments, 477 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 5: setbacks looks too big? How could you defeat the sickness? 478 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 5: The report came back worse? How could you accomplish the dream? 479 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 5: You lost your main client? You thought that person was 480 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 5: the right one, It didn't work out. 481 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 3: That's a test. Are you going to do like them? 482 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:16,120 Speaker 3: Get discouraged? 483 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,919 Speaker 5: Settle where you are or are you're going to have 484 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 5: I still believe fate. 485 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 3: You have to say, like Paul, none of these things 486 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 3: move me. 487 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 5: God wouldn't have brought you to it if he wasn't 488 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 5: going to bring you through it. 489 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 3: He's in control. 490 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 5: What you're facing may be bigger than you, but it's 491 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 5: not bigger than our God. Greater is he that's in 492 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 5: you than he that's coming against you. This is not 493 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 5: the time to give up, turn around, start complaining. This 494 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,360 Speaker 5: is the time to show God what you're made of. Yes, 495 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 5: it looks impossible. I didn't see it coming. I don't 496 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,880 Speaker 5: know how it can work out. But God, I still believe. 497 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 5: I know you're still on the throne. You make rivers 498 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 5: in the desert, You resurrect what looks dead. 499 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,360 Speaker 3: You surround me with your favor. 500 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 5: You being for me is more than the world being 501 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 5: against me. Don't be intimidated by the opposition. That's a 502 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 5: sign that you're close to your victory. There will always 503 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 5: be giants on your promised land, always some reason to retreat. 504 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 5: Don't take the bait in the face of the giant. 505 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 5: Dare to say. I still believe the medical report didn't improve. 506 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 5: I still believe your family member has gotten worse. I 507 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 5: still believe you do your part and God will bring 508 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 5: the giants down. He'll take care of what's trying to 509 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 5: stop you. The other two spies, Joshua and Caleb, saw 510 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 5: the same giants, the same obstacles, but they had I 511 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 5: still believe faith. They said, Yes, Moses, the giants are big. 512 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 5: Yes they're powerful, but we are well able. Let us 513 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 5: go in at once and take the land. 514 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 3: Out of those two. 515 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 5: Million people, they were the only two that ever made 516 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 5: it into the Promised Land. This shows us when you 517 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 5: have I still believe faith, you're the exception. Most people 518 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 5: are going to get discouraged. Most people are going to 519 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 5: quit believing when they see giants. Ten spies had faith 520 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 5: and gave up. Two had faith and kept believing. My 521 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 5: challenge is, don't be a part of the eighty percent. 522 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 5: Be a part of the twenty percent. Be the exception. 523 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 3: It's easy to get talked out of your dreams. It's 524 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:32,680 Speaker 3: easy to dwell on the. 525 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:36,120 Speaker 5: Negative, how big the obstacle is, how it's never going 526 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 5: to work out. 527 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:38,959 Speaker 3: Doubters are a dime a dozen. 528 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 5: If you're going to see the fullness of your destiny, 529 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 5: you have to be a Joshua, be a Caleb. You 530 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 5: don't deny the facts, but you're not ruved by the facts. 531 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 5: In the face of the giants, you declare, I still believe. 532 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 5: If you'll do this, I believe and declare you're going 533 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 5: to make it into your Promised Land. What God put 534 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 5: in your heart is on the way dreams are coming 535 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 5: to pass, problems are turning around, Healing is coming, favor, restoration, breakthroughs, 536 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 5: new levels of your destiny in Jesus's name. 537 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 3: If you receive it, can you say amen? 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