1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joeln Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoy 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for God's 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: very best in your life. Will God bless you and 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: welcome so good to come into your homes. And if 7 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop buying 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. I promise 9 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 10 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: so much for tuning in today, and thank you again 11 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: for coming out. I like to start with something funny, 12 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: and I heard about this senior citizen. He was driving 13 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: down the freeway in his brand new Corvette with the 14 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: top down, going eighty miles an hour when he noticed 15 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: flashing lights from a state trooper behind him. Without thinking 16 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: about it, he floored it to one hundred miles an hour. 17 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: The trooper flipped on his sirens and the man came 18 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: to his senses and pulled over. He said, officer, I'm 19 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: so sorry. I don't know what I was thinking. The 20 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: state trooper said, listen, sir, it's Friday. At four o'clock 21 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: stends in thirty minutes. If you can give me a 22 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: reason for speeding that I've never heard before, then I'll 23 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: let you go. He thought about it and said, Officer, 24 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: years ago, my wife ran off with a state trooper 25 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: and I thought you were bringing her back. The officer said, 26 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: have a great weekend. Hold up your Bible. Say it 27 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 28 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 1: what it says I am. I have what it says 29 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 1: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 30 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 31 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 32 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 33 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 34 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: not settling for good enough. It's easy to think my 35 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: marriage is not what it should be. But at least 36 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: we're still together. It's good enough. Or I don't really 37 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: like this job, but at least I'm employed. It's good enough. 38 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: I would love to make in school, but I'm not 39 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: that smart. These seas are good enough. Too. Many people 40 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: are living with things that are less than God's best. 41 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: They've lost their passion. At one time, they had a 42 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: big dream. They were excited about their future, but they 43 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: hit some bumps along the way. Didn't happen on their timetable. 44 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: Now they've gotten discouraged, thinking that it's never going to happen. 45 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: They accept it as their lot in life. But just 46 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: because you haven't seen what God promised you come to 47 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: pass doesn't mean that it's not going to happen. Don't 48 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: make the mistake of settling for good enough. Good enough 49 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: is not your destiny. You are a child of the 50 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: most High God. You have seeds of greatness on the inside. 51 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:54,839 Speaker 1: You were created to excel to live an abundant life. 52 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: You may be struggling in your health, your finances, with 53 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: an addiction. It's been that way a long time, and 54 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: now you're just coasting, thinking what's the use It's always 55 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: going to be this way. Now, you've got to get 56 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: your fire back. It's not over until God says it's over. 57 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: You've got to start believing again, start dreaming again, start 58 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: pursuing what God put in your heart. Genesis thirty eight. 59 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: There's a story about a woman that was pregnant with twins. 60 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: When she was giving birth, one of the baby's arms 61 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: came out. The midwife tied a small quarter around. It 62 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: was going to gently pull him, but before she could, 63 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: he pulled his arm back, and his brother broke through 64 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: and came out first. One stretched and one settled. Like 65 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: this woman on the inside of each one of us, 66 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: there are two people. One says, I'm going to become 67 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: everything God's created me to be. I can do all 68 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: things through Christ. I'm surrounded by God's favor. The other says, 69 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: you'll never get out of debt. The economy's too bad. 70 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: You'll never lose the weight. Your metabolism is all. You'll 71 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: never break that addiction, just learn to live with it. 72 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: One wants to stretch, the other wants to settle. Now 73 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: you get to choose which person you're going to be. 74 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: Too many people make the choice to settle. They believe 75 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: the lives that you've reached your limits. You never get 76 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: any good breaks. Where you are is where you're always 77 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: going to be. Now, if you're going to see the 78 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: fullness of what God has in store, you have to 79 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: have the attitude. I'm not going to let good enough 80 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: be good enough. I know I was created for greatness. 81 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: I was created to excel, to live a healthy life, 82 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: to overcome obstacles, to fulfill my destiny. I am not 83 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 1: going to settle. I'm going to stretch. I'm going to 84 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: let go of what didn't work out and reach forward 85 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: to the new things God has in store. But some 86 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: of you have lost your fire. At one time, you 87 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: knew you would break that addiction. You knew you would 88 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: beat that sickness. You knew you would get married. But 89 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,119 Speaker 1: you've gone through disappointments. Didn't happen the way you thought. 90 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 1: Now you've accepted the fact that it's probably not going 91 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,679 Speaker 1: to happen. You've gotten comfortable with good enough. But God 92 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: is saying to you what he said to the people 93 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: of Israel. You have dwelt long enough on this mountain. 94 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: It's time to move forward. God has new levels in 95 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: front of you, new opportunities, new relationships, promotions, breakthroughs. But 96 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: you've got to stir up what God put on the inside, 97 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: the dreams, the promises that you've pushed down thought, Oh, 98 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: it's not going to happen. Joel, I'm too old, I 99 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: don't have the connections, I don't know the right people. No, 100 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: God hasn't all figured out. If you'll start believing again, 101 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: start dreaming again, start pursuing what God put in your heart. 102 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: God will make a way where you don't see away. 103 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: He'll connect you to the right people. He will open 104 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: doors that no man can shut. What God spoke over 105 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: your life, what he promised you in the night, what 106 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: he whispered in your spirit, those hidden dreams he will 107 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: bring to pass. See, just because you gave up on 108 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: a dream doesn't mean God gave up. Just because you 109 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: decided you're not gonna get well, never break the addiction, 110 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: never get married. You might have changed your mind, But 111 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: the good news is God didn't change his mind. He 112 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: still has a victorious plan in front of you. Why 113 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: don't you get in agreement with God? I read a 114 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 1: story about a young man that had a dream to 115 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: play professional football. In high school, he was a star 116 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: player on all kinds of awards. He came from a 117 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: very small town where everybody knew him. All the children 118 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: looked up to him, wanted to be like him, a 119 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: local hero, but most of the coaches thought he was 120 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: too small to play in college. He was turned down 121 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: by all the major universities. He ended up at a 122 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: junior college working at a pizza restaurant, not even playing football. 123 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: One night, he was delivering a pizza. A ten year 124 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: old boy answered the door. When this boy saw the 125 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: young man, his eyes got so big. The boy was starstruck. 126 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: He couldn't believe the player he had watched so many 127 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: times thrill the crowd, so quick, so fast, was standing 128 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: right in front of him. About that time, the boy's 129 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: father walked up, and the young man gave the father 130 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: the pizza. The little boy was very confused. He looked 131 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: up at his father. He looked at the young man 132 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: and said, very innocently, what are you doing delivering pizzas 133 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: Those words from a ten year old boy lit a 134 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: new fire on the inside. When he got off of work, 135 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: he went to the gym and started training. That summer, 136 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: he trained harder than it had ever trained before. He 137 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: gained seventy pounds, got bigger, stronger, quicker, faster. In the fall, 138 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: he tried out at a major university where he always 139 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: wanted to play. He not only made the team, but 140 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: he became their star player. Two years ago, he was 141 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: drafted in the first round to play professional football. Today 142 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: he is a star in the NFL, living out his dream. 143 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: But here's what he said. It would have never happened 144 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: if that ten year old boy wouldn't have asked me, 145 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: what are you doing selling pizzas? My question today? Have 146 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 1: you settled somewhere way beneath what you know God has 147 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: put in you. Have you given up on a dream, 148 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: let go of a promise because it didn't happen The 149 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: first time you had a setback, somebody told you, no, 150 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: you're not talented enough, you're not big enough. I ask you, respectfully, 151 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: what are you doing there? You have so much in you. 152 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: You are full of talent, ideas, creativity, potential. When God 153 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: breathed his life into you, he put a part of 154 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: himself in you. You have the DNA of Almighty God. 155 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: You were never created to be average, to barely get by, 156 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: to always struggle, to just have to take the leftovers. 157 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 1: You were created as the head and not the tall. 158 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: You are equipped, empowered, fully loaded, lacking nothing. Don't you 159 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: dare settle for second best. Don't get stuck in a 160 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: rut thinking that you've reached your limits. Draw the line 161 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: in the sand and say that's it. I've let good 162 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: enough be good enough long enough. Today is a new day. 163 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: May not have happened the first time, the fifth time, 164 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: or the thirtieth time, but I'm not going to settle. 165 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: I'm going to start stretching my faith, looking for opportunities, 166 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: taking steps to improve. I'm going to become everything God's 167 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: created me to be. Listen, when you do the natural, 168 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: God will show up and do the supernatural. When you 169 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: do what you can, God will come and do what 170 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: you cannot. Don't take the easy way out, stand strong 171 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: and fight the good fight of faith. In the Scripture, 172 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: Abraham is listed as one of the heroes of faith. 173 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: He's the one that God made one of the first 174 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: covenants with. But what's interesting is God spoke to Abraham's 175 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: father many years before and told him to go where 176 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: he told. Abraham says in Genesis eleven that Abraham's father 177 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 1: left Er and headed out toward Canaan. He had his goal. 178 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: He was going to the Promised Land, just like God 179 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,839 Speaker 1: told Abraham. But it says he stopped along the way 180 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: and settled in Huran. Why did he stop? There were 181 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: too many difficulties. It was hard traveling with all of 182 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: his flocks and herds, he had, his family, his possessions. 183 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: Wasn't comfortable. He finally decided, I can't go any further. 184 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 1: I know this isn't the Promised Land. But it's good enough. 185 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: At least we can survive out here. At least we 186 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: can make it. How many times do we do the 187 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: same thing. We start off right, We've got a big dream, 188 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: We're gonna fulfill our destiny. But along the way we 189 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 1: face opposition, adversity arises. Too many times we say, like 190 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: Abraham's father, what's the use. I'm never gonna break this addiction. 191 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: My marriage is never going to get better, I'll never 192 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: accomplish my dreams. I'm just going to settle here. It's 193 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: good enough. No, I want to light a new fire 194 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 1: in you today. You are not weak, defeated, lacking. You 195 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 1: have been armed with strength for every battle. That obstacle 196 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: is no match for you. You have the most powerful 197 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:06,439 Speaker 1: force in the universe breathing in your direction. Now, don't 198 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: be a weakling, be a warrior. Your marriage is worth 199 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: fighting for, Your health is worth fighting for your dreams, 200 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 1: your children, they are worth fighting for. You got to 201 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: dig your heels in and say I am in it 202 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: to win it. I know God didn't bring me this 203 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,599 Speaker 1: far to leave me here. Now, I'm not going to 204 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: settle half way three fourths of the way or nine 205 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: tenths of the way. I'm going to make it all 206 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: the way into my promised land. If you're going to 207 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 1: be victorious, you have to have a made up mind. 208 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 1: You've got to be determined. You're not going to give 209 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: up when it gets difficult. You're not going to complain 210 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: because it's taken a long time, not going to get 211 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: discouraged because you went through a setback. You know everything 212 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: God promised you is worth fighting for, so you are 213 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: in it for the law. Hal Now some of you 214 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: today you need to pull up your stakes. You've camped 215 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:11,439 Speaker 1: halfway like Abraham's father. You've gotten comfortable, decided that your 216 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: dreams are never going to come to pass. Your health 217 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: is never going to improve. I'm asking you to pack 218 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: up your tent, gather up your belongings, and start moving forward. 219 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: You may have taken a temporary delay, but that's okay. 220 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: That didn't stop your destiny. Today can be your new beginning. 221 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,319 Speaker 1: God is breathing new life into your spirit. He has 222 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 1: greater victories in front of you. Get a vision for it. Now, 223 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: you say, Joel, this sounds good, but I've been single 224 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 1: a long time. I don't think I'll ever meet the 225 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 1: right person or I work hard, but I never get 226 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: any promotion. Every time you dwell on those negative, discouraging thoughts, 227 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 1: you are digging another steak halfway toward your promised land. 228 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: First place we lose the battle is in our own thinking. 229 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: If you don't think you can be successful, then you 230 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: never will be. If you don't think you can overcome 231 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: the past, meet the right person, accomplish your dreams, you'll 232 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: get stuck right where you are. You've got to change 233 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 1: your thinking. Listen right now, the creator of the universe 234 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: is arranging things in your favor. He said, no good 235 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: thing will he withhold because you walk up rightly. He's 236 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: not going to withhold the right person, the wisdom, the breaks, 237 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: the turnaround, Get rid of a negative, defeated mentality. Make 238 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: room in your thinking for the new thing God wants 239 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: to do. He wants to take you all the way 240 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: in to your promised land. I read about this professor 241 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: at a major university. He was in class about to 242 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: pass out the final exam, the most important test of 243 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: the year. Before he did, he told his students how 244 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: proud he was of them because they had worked so hard. 245 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: He made them a special offer. He said, anyone that 246 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: would like an automatic C on this test. Just raise 247 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: your hand and I'll give you a C. You won't 248 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: even have to take the test. One hand slowly went up, 249 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 1: then another, and another, until about half of the students 250 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: opted out of taking the test. They walked out of 251 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: the room so relieved, so happy. The professor went on 252 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: to pass out the test to the rest of the 253 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: students and he placed it face down on the desk 254 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,359 Speaker 1: asked them not to turn it over until he instructed 255 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: them too. For the next few minutes, he encouraged them 256 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: about how they were going to do great things in 257 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: life and how they should always strive to do their best. 258 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: Then he gave the word that it was okay, turn 259 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: the test over and get started. The test only had 260 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: two sentences. It read congratulations, you just made an A. 261 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: This is what we do. Many times we settle for 262 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: a C, not realizing God has an A in our future. Joel, 263 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: I don't think I'll ever get over this sickness. I'm 264 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: just learning to live with it. That's taking a C. 265 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: You've got to change your thinking. God is restoring health. 266 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: Unto me, I will live and not die. I'm getting stronger, healthier, better. 267 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 1: That's going for the A. Well, I'm getting up there 268 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: in years. You know how your health starts to go downhill. 269 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: That's taking a C. I'll never break this addiction. I've 270 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 1: had it since high school. Another sea? How about this one? Joel? 271 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: This guy I'm dating. I know he's not good for me, 272 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: he doesn't treat me right, But I may not ever 273 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: meet anybody else that's not a CEED, that's a D, 274 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: that's an F. God has an A, but you'll never 275 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: see it if you keep taking the seas. Yes, the 276 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 1: seas are easier, you don't have to stretch, you don't 277 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: have to get out of your comfort zone. But you'll 278 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: never be truly fulfilled if you keep settling for c's. 279 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: The good news is God already has a's in your future. 280 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: He has the right person, a happy marriage, a successful career, hell, wholeness, freedom, victory. 281 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 1: Don't take the easy way out. The a's are worth 282 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: fighting for. I can't think of much that would be 283 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: sadder than to come to the end of life and 284 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,679 Speaker 1: have to wonder what could I have become if I 285 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 1: didn't settle for good enough? What could I have been 286 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: if I didn't take so many c's, But instead I 287 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: press forward striving to be my very best. You may 288 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: have taken some c's in the past, we all have, 289 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: but make a decision with me. From now on, you're 290 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: only going for the a's. I know some of you 291 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 1: are thinking, well, Joel, I'm married a C. What should 292 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 1: I do? You stick with him and make him into 293 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: an A. But here's the key. Don't look at your 294 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: husband now. That's a wrong time. Straight ahead. Here's the key. 295 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: If you're not seeing in your life what God promised 296 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: in your spirit, then keep moving forward. It's only temporary. 297 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: Like the young man delivering pizzas, you may be doing 298 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: something that's below your potential, working at a job you're 299 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: not even using your gifts. Don't slack off when you're there. 300 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: Keep being your best, but see that as only temporary. 301 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: That's just a season that you're passing through. Don't put 302 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: your stakes down. If where you're living doesn't match what 303 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,959 Speaker 1: God put in your spirit, be grateful, keep a good attitude, 304 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: but see it as only temporary. Don't settle there. If 305 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:53,400 Speaker 1: the medical report doesn't agree with what God says about you, 306 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: don't accept it as the way it's always going to be. 307 00:18:57,119 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 1: Your attitude should be. This is just a seize and 308 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: that I'm passing through. I'm coming into health, wholeness, victory, 309 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: even if it's something good. Maybe God has blessed you 310 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: a family, a job, health, You've seen his favor, but 311 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 1: you know there are greater levels in front of you. 312 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 1: It's easy to think, Joel, I'm happy, I have no complaints. 313 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: God's been good to me. But I've learned that good 314 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: is the enemy of great You may be doing good, 315 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: you're using your gifts, but deep down you know you 316 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: have more in you. Don't let good be an excuse 317 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: to keep you from God's best. Stir up your greatness, 318 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 1: stretch into a new level. This is where the people 319 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 1: of Israel missed it. God brought them out of slavery. 320 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 1: They were headed toward the Promised Land, a land flowing 321 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: with milk and honey. The spies came back and said, Moses, 322 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: we have never seen such a magnificent land, so beautiful, 323 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: luscious green, The fruits and vegetables like nothing that experienced. 324 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: It took two people to carry the bushels of grapes. 325 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: They were so big. That's the vision God had in 326 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: front of them, that was the aid. But in the 327 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,959 Speaker 1: wilderness they saw God's goodness. They saw God part the 328 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 1: Red Sea, bring water out of a rock, rain down 329 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: manner from heaven. But do you know that was all 330 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: only temporary provision. That was only the sea. The mistake 331 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 1: they made is when they came to the promised land 332 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: there were people living on it. All they had to 333 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 1: do was fight for the land, and God promised them 334 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 1: the victory. The problem is that group was not willing 335 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: to fight. They thought it's not worth it, it's too 336 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: much trouble. Besides, those people are bigger than us anyway. 337 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 1: I believe one reason they settled for the sea so 338 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: easily is because they had seen God's favor in the wilderness. 339 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,919 Speaker 1: They thought, it's not so bad out here. God takes 340 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: care of us, he feeds us, he closes us. It's 341 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: good enough. They were too easily satisfied. They didn't realize 342 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: everything God had done up to that point was only 343 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,719 Speaker 1: temporary provision. It was to take them in to their 344 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:19,199 Speaker 1: land of abundance. Most of you can say, like me, 345 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: you've seen God be good to you. God's blessed you 346 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: with health, a family, a job. He's opened doors that 347 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 1: should not have opened. He's shown you favor, protected you 348 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: can I tell you that was only temporary provision. You 349 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 1: have not made it into your promised land. God has 350 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: taken you somewhere greater than you've ever imagined. The scripture 351 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: says no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no 352 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 1: mind has imagined the amazing things God has in store 353 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: for those that love the Lord. Now, don't make the 354 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 1: mistake they did and build a house where you should 355 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: be pitching a tent. Don't let your temporary provision become permanent. Yes, 356 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 1: God's been good to you, but you haven't seen anything yet. 357 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: What God has in your future will supersede what you've 358 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: seen in the past. Thank God for his goodness, Be 359 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 1: grateful for the red seas that part. Thank Him for 360 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: the protection, the provision, the favor. But if it's not 361 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: more than you can ask or think, be bold enough 362 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: to pick up your stakes and say, God, this is 363 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: all great. You've been awesome in my life, and I 364 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: thank you for it. But God, I believe this is 365 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 1: only temporary provision. Where you're taking me is to a 366 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:42,640 Speaker 1: land of abundance, a place like I've never experienced before. 367 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:47,159 Speaker 1: That's not being selfish, that's releasing your faith for the 368 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: fullness of your destiny. After all, God said, I will 369 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: give you houses that you didn't have to build. You 370 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: will reap from vineyards that you did not plan. One 371 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: version says, may the God of your father's make you 372 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: a thousand times more than you are. I don't know 373 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: about you, but I can't settle here. I got to 374 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: pull up my mistakes. God has a thousand times more, 375 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:15,719 Speaker 1: more joy, more peace, more influence, more wisdom, more ideas, 376 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 1: more creativity, more good breaks. Let's take the limits off 377 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: of God. All right, let me finish. Let's take the 378 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: limits off of God. When my father went to be 379 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 1: with the Lord in nineteen ninety nine and I stepped 380 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: up to pastor of the church, one of our goals 381 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 1: is if we could just maintain what my parents had built, 382 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: we thought we would be doing good. But God's plan 383 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: for our life is much bigger than our own. God 384 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,360 Speaker 1: doesn't want us to get stuck at one level. He's 385 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: a god of increase, and we didn't maintain. The church 386 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 1: begin to grow. Before long, that eight thousand seat sanctuary, 387 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: it was filled to the brim and we needed more room. 388 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: And after about nine months we had to add a 389 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: second Sunday morning service. A few months later a Saturday 390 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: night service, later even another service, and I was so amazed. 391 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: I thought for sure that was our promised land, seeing 392 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 1: that other building filled three or four times a week. 393 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: But looking back now, I realized that was only temporary provision. 394 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: That was God just sustaining us while we were on 395 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: the way to where He was really taking us. One 396 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: day God opened up the doors to this place, the 397 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: former Compact Center. He parted some red seas and God 398 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,360 Speaker 1: gave us a building that was already built. That other location, 399 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: it didn't have any drive by traffic. You had to 400 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,159 Speaker 1: want to go out there to church. But this new place, 401 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 1: it's on the second busiest freeway in the nation. Friends, 402 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 1: God has houses that you didn't have to build. He 403 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:50,360 Speaker 1: has vineyards that you didn't have to plan. You may 404 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: be blessed today God's been good to you, But what's 405 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: in your future is exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. Don't 406 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: you dare set where you are. God's promised land for 407 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 1: your life is greater than anything that you've imagined. Now, 408 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 1: don't be surprised if the two voices, the two people 409 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 1: start talking to you. One wants you to settle. It'll 410 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: tell you this is not for you today. You've reached 411 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 1: your limits. You've made too many mistakes. You never get 412 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: any good breaks. The other will tell you this is 413 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 1: for you today. Make room for God to do something new, 414 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,919 Speaker 1: something big, something out of the ordinary. Why don't you 415 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,919 Speaker 1: let that voice take root. When Joshua was leading the 416 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: people of Israel, God said, Joshua, you have not passed 417 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: this way before. God is saying the same thing to us. 418 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,880 Speaker 1: Something out of the ordinary is coming your way, new 419 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:50,719 Speaker 1: levels of favor, unprecedented opportunities, divine connections. God has a's 420 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 1: in your future. People already lined up to be good 421 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,640 Speaker 1: to you. What makes them an a is you don't 422 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: have to find them. They'll come find you. When you 423 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: honor God, his blessings will chase you down. You won't 424 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: be able to outrun the good things of God. My 425 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: challenge today, don't settle where you are in your health, 426 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 1: your relationships, your career, your walk with the Lord. Keep stretching, 427 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: keep growing, keep believing, keep dreaming. Don't let good enough 428 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: be good enough. Be determined to become everything God created 429 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: you to be. Some of you have dwelt on that 430 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: same mountain long enough. It's time to pull up your stakes, 431 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: pack up your belongings, start moving forward. Enlarge your vision, 432 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,920 Speaker 1: make room in your thinking for the new thing God 433 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: wants to do. Don't let your temporary provision become permanent. 434 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 1: If you'll learn this principle of stretching and not settling, 435 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 1: then you will see the fullness of what God has 436 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 1: in store. Now. I believe you will overcome obstacles, accomplish dreams. 437 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: Not like Abraham's father, but like Joshua. You're going to 438 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:00,080 Speaker 1: make it all the way into your promised land. I 439 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: declare it in Jesus' name. If you receive it, can 440 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: you say amen? Or We never like to close our 441 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 442 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 1: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 443 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll 444 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,679 Speaker 1: make you my lord and savior. If you prayed that 445 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 446 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's 447 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 448 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 1: We all go through disappointments and things that are not fair, 449 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: but God sees every hurt, every injustice and He's promised 450 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 1: to pay you back for the unfair things. 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He 469 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 2: sees you, He cares deeply, and He is the God 470 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 2: who restores Double. 471 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,719 Speaker 1: None of us like difficulties, but if you'll stay in faith, 472 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: you won't come out the same, You'll come out with 473 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: Double Niktoy and I pray for you and your family 474 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: every day. Thank you for your prayers and support. Your 475 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: donations are bringing hope to people around the world. Special 476 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: thank you to our Champion of Hope partners for all 477 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 1: you do to make the ministry possible. Until we see 478 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: you again next week, May the Lord bless you and 479 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: keep you. 480 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of Double for Your Trouble, 481 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 2: available this month by simply visiting us at Joelostein dot 482 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 2: com or call eight eight eight five six seven Joel. 483 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:37,720 Speaker 2: You can also receive God's Got You Restoration Duo. This 484 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 2: book is a powerful reminder that no matter what you face, 485 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 2: you are not alone. God's got you and he will 486 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 2: never let you go. 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Let these resources strengthen your faith, study your heart, 495 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 2: and remind you each day that God is restoring, bleeding, 496 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 2: and working double on your behalf. You can request these 497 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 2: inspiring resources by calling eight eight eight five six seven 498 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 2: Joel or logging on to joelostein dot com today. 499 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 1: If you've never been to Lakewood, we have a great 500 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: opportunity to come. We call it Homecoming Weekend. We'd love 501 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 1: to meet you and your family. You can see the 502 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: building and attend one of the services. It's a great 503 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: time to be a part of the Lakewood family. Looking 504 00:30:53,680 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 1: forward to seeing you at Homecoming Weekend.