1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 2: the ministry. 4 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 5 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 3: blessing and. 6 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: Share it with a friend. 7 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 8 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 2: your life. 9 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: May God bless you. 10 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 2: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 11 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 2: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 12 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 2: a part of one of our services. 13 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 14 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 15 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: about this little girl. 16 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,959 Speaker 1: She was sitting in her grandfather's lap. She noticed how 17 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: wrinkled his face was. 18 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: As she contemplated the difference between his and hers, she said, Grandaddy, 19 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 2: did God make you? He kind of laughed and said, yes, honey, 20 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 2: he made me a long time ago. She then asked, 21 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 2: did God make me? He said, yes, he made you 22 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 2: just a little while ago. She thought about it a moment, said, Grandaddy, 23 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 2: God's getting better. 24 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: Isn't he say it like you mean it. 25 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 26 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 27 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today, I will be 28 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 29 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 30 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 31 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about serve your way up. 32 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:28,119 Speaker 2: We all want to rise higher, accomplish our dreams, overcome obstacles, 33 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 2: but as long as we're only focused on ourselves will 34 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:36,839 Speaker 2: get stuck. God brings people and opportunities across our path 35 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 2: so we can be a blessing. When you take time 36 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 2: to serve, You bring that elderly neighbor food each week, 37 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 2: you clean up at the office, even though you didn't 38 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 2: make the mess you mentor that young man that doesn't 39 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 2: have a father. That's what allows God to take you higher. 40 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 2: When you serve others, a new level of fever is released. 41 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 2: We think we have to work our way to the top. 42 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 2: The truth is you can serve your way to the top. 43 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 2: The scripture says when Job prayed for his friends, he 44 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: got well. 45 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: When he served others, he went higher. 46 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 2: Something powerful happens when you get your mind off yourself 47 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: and you go out and do good for somebody else. 48 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 2: Are you serving anyone besides you? Are you doing something 49 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 2: for others outside of what your job requires. Growing up, 50 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 2: we knew this older gentleman named mister Davis. He'd been 51 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 2: attending Lakewood since I was a little boy. 52 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: He was very kind and friendly. 53 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,959 Speaker 2: When I was in my late teens, I was driving 54 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 2: home from church one Sunday afternoon, I noticed he was 55 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 2: pulled over on the side of the road on this 56 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 2: main residential street. He was in his eighties, and I 57 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: thought something was wrong, maybe he had a flat tire. 58 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: So I turned around to go check it out. 59 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 2: I got out of my car and said, brother Davis, 60 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 2: do you need some help. 61 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: He was getting something out of his trunk. 62 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 2: He said, no, Joel, I noticed the other day that 63 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 2: this street sign is covered with vines. 64 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: You can hardly read it. So I brought my lawn. 65 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 2: Equipment to clean it up. He opened his trunk. 66 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 1: He had his. 67 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 2: Tremors, a garden hoe, some plastic bags. For the next 68 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 2: couple of hours, he worked cleaning up the sign everything 69 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 2: around him. 70 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: At eighteen years old. 71 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 2: That made such an impression on me. I thought he 72 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 2: didn't have to do that, wasn't his job. He could 73 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 2: have waited for the city to trim it. But Brother 74 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 2: Davis lived to serve. He was always looking for ways 75 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 2: to be a blessing. Maybe that's why he was so happy. 76 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 2: Maybe that's why he lived a long, healthy life. When 77 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: you focus not just on accomplishing your dreams, but on 78 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 2: being a blessing, on serving others, then you're going to 79 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 2: have more joy, live more fulfilled. And the reason some 80 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 2: people are not happy is all they think about is themselves, 81 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 2: my dreams, my goals, my problems, my family. I say 82 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 2: this respectfully. You need to take a break from you. 83 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 2: It's not healthy to have you on your mind all 84 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 2: the time. Take a break from what's bothering you, take 85 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 2: a break from what you want, from what you're believing for, 86 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 2: and go be good to somebody else. When you serve others, 87 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 2: that's a seed you're sewing. God will make sure people 88 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 2: are good to you. But if you're not getting any 89 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 2: good breaks, you need to ask yourself, am I giving 90 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 2: any good breaks? Am I showing people favor? Am I 91 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 2: just doing what's required? Or am I going the extra 92 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 2: mile and serving? Isaiah said, when you feed the hungry, 93 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 2: clothe the naked, when you help those in need, then 94 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 2: your light will break forth like the. 95 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: Dawn, and your healing will quickly come. 96 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 2: Too often, we're waiting for the light to break forth. 97 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 2: We're waiting for the healing, the promotion, the new level. 98 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 2: The question is have we done the first part? Have 99 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 2: we served someone? Have we been a blessing? When that 100 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 2: coworker has to put their car in the shop, Hey, 101 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 2: let me swing by and pick you up. 102 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: I can bring you to work this week. You just 103 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: serve someone. 104 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 2: That single mom that's struggling to pay a rent. Hey, 105 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 2: let me buy your. 106 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: Groceries this month. You just fed the hungry. 107 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 2: That young colleague that doesn't understand the computer program. 108 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: Hey, let me stay late and teach you what I know. 109 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: I'll help you to learn. 110 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 2: When you make it your business to serve, you're going 111 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 2: to see breakthroughs, promotion, Doors open that you couldn't open. 112 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 2: Nobody may have seen what brother did that day. Nobody 113 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 2: may have stopped to thank him. Nobody reimbursed him for 114 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 2: his supplies. 115 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: Here's the key. God sees everything. He's keeping the records. 116 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 2: The scripture says, what you do in secret, God will 117 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 2: reward in the open. Don't worry if you're not getting credit, 118 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 2: don't get discouraged if people don't thank you. 119 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: God sees your sacrifice. He sees you buying supplies for 120 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: your students. 121 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 2: He sees you taking care of that friend that's not well. 122 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 2: He sees you getting up early to come sing in 123 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:38,239 Speaker 2: the choir. God knows how to thank you. He knows 124 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 2: how to open the windows of heaven. 125 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: You can't be good. 126 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 2: To somebody without God being good back to you. 127 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: That's not the reason we do it. It's just the 128 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 1: way God is. When you give, he gives you more back. 129 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: When you show favor, he shows you more favor. 130 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 2: I think about all the volunteers that make Lakewood work 131 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 2: each week, usher greets, prayer partners, people that visit the 132 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 2: sick in the hospital, that go up to the prisons, 133 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 2: that help those in addictions and recovery. 134 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: Thousands of people that come. 135 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 2: Early and stay late on their day off. They've already 136 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 2: worked forty hours. They could be at home, resting, running errands, 137 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 2: enjoying hobbies. Instead, what are they doing, serving, helping others, 138 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 2: giving Some of you volunteers, I have never said thank 139 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: you to in person, one on one, and of course 140 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 2: I am very grateful. But the truth is you don't 141 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 2: have to have my thanks. I don't control the universe. 142 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 2: When the most high. God thanks you. Things will happen 143 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 2: that you couldn't make happen. His blessing will take you 144 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 2: where you've never dreamed. Sometimes we don't want to serve 145 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 2: because it seems so small and so insignificant. But on 146 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 2: the way to the big things God has in he 147 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 2: will test us with small things. Don't discount trimming the 148 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 2: vines off a street sign, don't talk yourself out of 149 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 2: going the extra mile, and serve in your family, getting 150 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 2: up early, taking care of the children, making sure everything's 151 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 2: all right. Nobody may be saying thank you, it feels unnoticed. 152 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 2: God sees what you're doing. That's what leads to new levels. 153 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 2: Or maybe you're working at a job that you feel 154 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 2: is beneath you. 155 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: You know you have more in you. 156 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 2: It's tempting to think, when I get promoted, when a 157 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 2: new door opens, then i'll be my best. 158 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: Then I'll give it my awe. 159 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 2: You have to first serve where you are with a 160 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 2: good attitude. If you will excel in that small position, 161 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 2: do more than you have to, then God will open 162 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 2: something bigger. Or maybe you want to be in ministry. 163 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 2: You want to do something significant, but the church isn't 164 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 2: looking for a pastor. They need volunteers in the children's church. 165 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 2: We think I don't want to take care of kids, Joe, 166 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 2: I do that all week with my own children. 167 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: I want to be on the platform. 168 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 2: It may seem small, but it's a key to you 169 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 2: rising higher. It may not be the main thing in 170 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 2: your heart, but it's leading to the main thing. You 171 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 2: can't skip that step and reach your destiny. Success is 172 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 2: not an elevator, It's a set of stairs. God leads 173 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 2: us step by step. 174 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: Will you serve even though it seems insignificant. This is 175 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: what David did. 176 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 2: He was anointed to be the next king of Israel 177 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 2: when he was seventeen years old. The prophet Samuel came 178 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 2: to his house unannounced and chose him over his seven 179 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,199 Speaker 2: older brothers. He knew he was destined to do great things. 180 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 2: God put this promise in his heart. But David didn't 181 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 2: go to the palace. He went back to the shepherd's 182 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 2: fields to take care of sheep like he had done 183 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 2: for years. One day, his father asked him to take 184 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 2: some sandwiches and cheese to his brothers, who were in 185 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 2: another city in the army. David could have thought, Dad, 186 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 2: I'm not an errand, boy, I'm not a gopher. 187 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: I'm a king. 188 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 2: You saw Samuel annoint me. I'm not gonna served my brothers. 189 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 2: They should be bringing me food. He could have been 190 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 2: too proud to do a small thing. Instead. The next 191 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 2: morning he set out with the lunches. When he arrived 192 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 2: at their camp, he heard Goliath, the champion of the 193 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 2: Philistine army, taunting the Israelites. If David had not been 194 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:47,359 Speaker 2: willing to serve in a small area taking his brother lunches, 195 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 2: he would have never met Goliath. His purpose was hidden 196 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 2: in what seemed to be insignificant. 197 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: You have to be willing to. 198 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 2: Do something small before God will trust you with something great. 199 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 2: David was led into his destiny by delivering a sandwich. 200 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 2: You would think when God anointed him king, he would say, David, 201 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 2: the next step is to go meet with the commander 202 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 2: of the army, go to the palace and strategize with 203 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 2: the military leaders. Instead, God said, the next step take 204 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 2: your brother's lunch. 205 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: I wonder if a new. 206 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:30,319 Speaker 2: Level is waiting for you in what seems insignificant. Don't 207 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 2: put off opportunities to do good to those around you. 208 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 2: To serve people like David, you may have bigger things 209 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 2: in your heart. What's in front of you doesn't line 210 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 2: up with your vision. David thought, I'm a king, not 211 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 2: a delivery man. You don't know where that small step 212 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 2: is leading. Your purpose could be waiting for you in 213 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 2: your next act of service. That could be where you 214 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 2: meet your Goliath. David was talking with some people in 215 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 2: the army. He found out there was a huge reward 216 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 2: for defeating Goliath. Whoever killed him would get one of 217 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 2: the king's daughters as their wife, plus their whole family 218 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 2: would be exempt from paying taxes. David was so excited 219 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 2: he couldn't believe it. It's one thing to not have 220 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 2: to pay taxes, but when you married the king's daughter, 221 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 2: that means your status would change. 222 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 1: David came from a common family. 223 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 2: They were shepherds, but with one defeat he could become royalty. 224 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 2: That would change his family line forever. When King Saul 225 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 2: heard that this young man David was interested in fighting Goliath, 226 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 2: the scripture says Saul sent for David. He had somebody 227 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 2: bring him in here. David went simply to bring a lunch, 228 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 2: and now he's standing in the. 229 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: Presence of the king. It's amazing. 230 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 2: What can happen when you serve, just being faithful, just 231 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 2: doing something that seems small. 232 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 1: You don't know when you're going to get called in. 233 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 2: Promotion doesn't come from people, It comes from the Lord. 234 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 2: When it's your time, God will cause you to be seen. 235 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 2: He'll cause you to be at the right place. He'll 236 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 2: cause you to be called in. David went out with 237 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 2: a slingshot, slung the rock and defeated Goliath. 238 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: Overnight he became royalty. 239 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 2: He went from struggling being poor to having more than enough, 240 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 2: not just him, but his whole family. There are moments 241 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 2: in your future where like David, because you're serving, giving, 242 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 2: helping others, God is going to suddenly thrust you to 243 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 2: a new level. God knows how to change your status. 244 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: He knows how. 245 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 2: To bump you up to another dimension. One touch of 246 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 2: his favor. It not only affects you, but it impacts 247 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 2: your whole family. 248 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: And you may not see how this can happen. Neither 249 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 1: did David. 250 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 2: He was just delivering a lunch, serving in what seemed 251 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 2: like a small area. 252 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: You don't know what God is up to. You keep 253 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: being faithful. 254 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 2: God's going to make things happen that you never dreamed 255 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 2: would happen. What's interesting is David didn't deliver the lunches 256 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 2: looking for an opportunity. He didn't go thinking, maybe I'll 257 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 2: get a good break, maybe I'll make an important contact, 258 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 2: maybe I'll meet the king. He didn't have his own agenda. 259 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 2: He wasn't trying to manipulate things. He was just faithfully serving, 260 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 2: doing what his father asked, and the opportunity came to him. 261 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 2: When you serve others, you are serving God, you are 262 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 2: honoring him. You don't have to make things happen. You 263 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 2: don't have to try to convince people to like you, 264 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 2: talk them in to opening a door, or you just 265 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 2: keep being your best where you are going the extra 266 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 2: mile and the blessing will come to you, the promotion, 267 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 2: the right people, the favor it will find you. For 268 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 2: seventeen years I served my father behind the scenes here 269 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 2: at Lakewood doing the television production. I wasn't trying to 270 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 2: become a pastor. I wasn't looking for this position. I 271 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 2: was happy where I was. I would spend hours tweaking 272 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 2: the lighting and adjusting the camera angles, doing all I 273 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 2: could to make my father look good. I would go 274 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 2: to his house every week and pick out a suit 275 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 2: and tie for him to wear on television on Sundays. 276 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:48,239 Speaker 2: For several years when we owned a station, every Saturday, 277 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 2: I would have to go to the station and pick 278 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 2: up these seven large recorders, load them into my truck, 279 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 2: bring them to the church, get them all hooked up. 280 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: I never thought much about it. 281 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 2: I was just doing what needed to be done. But 282 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 2: God is watching to see how we respond in the 283 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 2: difficult times. When we could slack off, we could be sour. 284 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 2: You have to be faithful in the wilderness before God 285 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 2: will take you into the promised land. When you keep 286 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 2: serving with excellence, serving when no one is watching, serving 287 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 2: on your day off, serving when it doesn't look like 288 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 2: it will ever change. Then one day, like David, you 289 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 2: will come into a destiny moment. 290 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: Will God will open a door bigger than you've imagined. 291 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 2: Nineteen ninety nine, my father unexpectedly went to be with 292 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 2: the Lord. 293 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 1: That was like my Goliath moment. 294 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 2: I was never expecting to be in front of the camera, 295 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 2: but God suddenly thrust me into this position. It's taken 296 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 2: me further than I've ever dreamed. But it all started 297 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 2: behind the scenes, when nobody was watching, When I was 298 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 2: doing what I could to make my father look good, 299 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 2: not trying to get the credit, not trying to manipulate things, 300 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 2: thinking maybe Daddy one day will choose me, maybe one 301 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 2: day I'll be in charge. 302 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 1: I was simply faithfully serving my father's vision. 303 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 2: You may have a dream to have your own business 304 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 2: or have your own ministry, but right now you're working 305 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 2: for someone else. 306 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: You're in approving season. You need to do. 307 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 2: All you can to help that company succeed. Do all 308 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 2: this in your ability to help that ministry flourish. 309 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: Don't wait till you get what you want. 310 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 2: If you don't give it your best where you are, 311 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 2: that door won't open for you. 312 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 1: I've heard it said. 313 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 2: You have to carry a crown before you can wear one. 314 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 2: You have to serve someone else with excellence. You have 315 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 2: to help build their dream, help them succeed. Well, Joel, 316 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 2: I want somebody to serve me, or someone to help 317 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 2: me be successful. The scripture says, if you're not faithful 318 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 2: to that which belongs to another man, who will give 319 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 2: you your own every day you go to work with 320 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 2: a good attitude and give it your all. Every time 321 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 2: you sing in the choir, usher someone to their seats, 322 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 2: every time you help that friend with their project. 323 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: You are being faithful to another person's dream. 324 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 2: You're showing God that he could trust you with your own. 325 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: God has a crown for you. 326 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 2: He wants you to rise higher, give you more influence 327 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 2: opportunity than you've ever seen. The question is are you 328 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 2: carrying somebody else's crown? Are you helping somebody else succeed, 329 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 2: sewing into their dream, maybe serving in their ministry. One 330 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 2: King's nineteen God told the prophet Elijah to anoint a 331 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 2: young man named Elisha as his replacement. He saw Elisha 332 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 2: out plowing in the field. He went over and threw 333 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 2: his cloak on him. It represented his mantle. It was 334 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 2: an invitation for Elisha to work for him. Maybe Elisha 335 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 2: had a dream of being in ministry. This was his 336 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 2: big chance, God answering his prayer. I can imagine Elisha saying, Elijah, 337 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 2: I'd love to work for you. 338 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: What will my position be. 339 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 2: He thought he'd be on the platform leading the people. 340 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 2: I can hear Elijah say, no, I don't need anyone 341 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 2: on the platform. I don't need anyone in the limelight. 342 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,639 Speaker 1: I need you to get my food, bring my water, 343 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: set up my tent. 344 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 2: It was a test He didn't tell Elisha that he 345 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 2: was his replacement. He didn't tell him a little earlier 346 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 2: God said to anoint him. 347 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 1: Elisha could have said, I'd love to do it, but. 348 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 2: I don't want to be in the background. I don't 349 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 2: want to serve in a menial position. I have big 350 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 2: things in my heart. Instead, Elisha understood this principle that 351 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 2: you have to carry a crown before you can wear one. 352 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 2: He faithfully served Elijah month after month, year after year. 353 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 2: In fact, three times Elijah tried to. 354 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: Get rid of him. 355 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 2: He told him to stay in a city while he 356 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 2: went further. Elisha wouldn't do it. He was so committed, 357 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 2: so faithful, that he went with him anyway. When Elijah 358 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 2: was taken to heaven in the Whirldwin, Elisha received a 359 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 2: double portion of his anointing. He performed twice as many miracles. 360 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 2: It would have never happened if he had. 361 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: Not served him all those years. 362 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 2: Don't discount the power of survey, being faithful, helping someone 363 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 2: else succeed, Joel, I have my own dreams. I'm falling behind. No, 364 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 2: your time is coming. There's a Goliath moment suddenly where 365 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 2: God is going to thrust you to a new level. 366 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 2: You are never wasting time serving others. It's a part 367 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 2: of God's plan. You cannot reach your destiny without being 368 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 2: faithful to another person's dream, that showing God he can 369 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 2: trust you with your own. As a young man, God 370 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 2: gave Joseph a dream that one day he would be 371 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 2: in leadership, that people would bow down before him. He 372 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 2: was betrayed by his brothers and sold into slavery. 373 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: He worked for a man. 374 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 2: Named potterfar, a high ranking military official in the Egyptian army. 375 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 2: Joseph had every right to be bitter, to slack off. 376 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 2: His own family turned on him, But instead of being discouraged, Joseph. 377 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: Kept excelling where he was. 378 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 2: Doing more than required, and Potterphord noticed and put him 379 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 2: in charge of his whole household. Even when it's not fair, 380 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 2: you can serve your way up. People notice when you 381 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 2: go the extra mile. 382 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 1: You should be so excellent at work that your company 383 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 1: can't make it without you. 384 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 2: When your boss your supervisor looks at you, they think, Wow, 385 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 2: they're a cut above. They're always on time, they always 386 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,160 Speaker 2: do more than they have to. They always help solve problems. 387 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 2: If you're gone and nobody misses you everything that your 388 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,360 Speaker 2: company runs just as smoothly, then. 389 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: Maybe they don't need you. 390 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 2: If you want job security, you need to be so productive, 391 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,880 Speaker 2: so above and beyond the norm, that there's a gap. 392 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 1: When you're not there. This doesn't mean you have to 393 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,199 Speaker 1: have the most talent. It means you know how to 394 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 1: serve well. 395 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 2: Joseph was eventually put in prison for something that he 396 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 2: didn't do. Surely he'd be sour now, surely he would 397 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 2: slack off. No, he kept being his best, so much 398 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 2: so that the supervisor put him in. 399 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 1: Charge of the prison trade. 400 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 2: But still serving faithfully, not fair, but still serving with excellence. 401 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: That gets God's attention. 402 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 2: One night, the Pharaoh had a dream that he didn't understand. 403 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 2: Word reached him that this young prisoner, this slave named Joseph, 404 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 2: could interpret dreams he sent for him. Joseph was standing 405 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 2: in the palace in front of one of the most 406 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 2: powerful people of that day. The betrayal, the bad break, 407 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:30,360 Speaker 2: the injustice. 408 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:31,639 Speaker 1: It was a test. 409 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,679 Speaker 2: God was saying, Joseph, will you serve me through the 410 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 2: bad breaks? Will you serve me through the lonely nights? 411 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 2: When you face big challenges. It's because God has a 412 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 2: big destiny in front of you. Joseph passed the test. 413 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 2: He not only served his way up, he served his 414 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 2: way out. 415 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: He interpreted the dream. 416 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 2: The Pharaoh was so impressed he brought him out of 417 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 2: prison and made Joseph the prime minister of Egypt. When 418 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 2: you go through unfair situations, don't get bitter. Keep serving, 419 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 2: keep being faithful, keep helping someone else succeed. That difficulty 420 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 2: is not there to stop you. It's there to promote you. 421 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 2: Now do your part and serve your way out. Not 422 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 2: negative complaining. All right, Joe, you talk me into it, 423 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 2: I'll do it. But it's not fair. 424 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: You can do the right thing with the wrong attitude 425 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: and miss your blessing. 426 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 2: God is not just looking at what we do. He's 427 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 2: looking at the attitude of our heart. The Psalmist said, 428 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 2: serve the Lord with gladness, Serve with a smile, Go 429 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 2: to work with a good attitude, singing the choir with joy. 430 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 2: Too many people are serving with sadness. They wonder why 431 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,439 Speaker 2: nothing changes. If David would have taken lunch to his 432 00:24:55,560 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 2: brothers with a sour attitude, complaining, I don't believe he 433 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 2: would have met Goliath. If Elishah would have served Elijah negative. 434 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: I can't believe. 435 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 2: I'm still taking care of this old man. This is 436 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 2: not what I signed up for. He'd have never received 437 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 2: the double portion. Don't miss your blessing because you're sour. 438 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:19,640 Speaker 2: You're doing the right thing. Make sure you're doing it 439 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 2: with gladness. Remember you're not working under people. You're not 440 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 2: just serving your company, serving your church, serving your neighbor. 441 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 2: You are serving the creator of the universe, the God 442 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 2: who breathed life into you. You may be in a 443 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 2: difficult situation like Joseph, serve. 444 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: Your way out. Keep being your best where you are. 445 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 2: Don't discount the small things. Taking your brother's lunch. 446 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: That small act of service. 447 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 2: Is leading to the big things God has in store. 448 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 2: Many of you have been serving faithfully, going the extra mile, 449 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 2: doing it with a good attitude. 450 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: Get ready, your time is coming. God is about to 451 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: open a new door. 452 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 2: He's about to put you in position where you're not 453 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 2: just carrying a crown. You'll wear in your crown. You're 454 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 2: seeing a dream come to pass. It's because you've been 455 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 2: faithful to serve. 456 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: I believe and declare. 457 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 2: Breakthroughs are coming, promotions are coming, healings are coming. New 458 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 2: levels of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you 459 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 2: receive it, can you say it? 460 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 1: Men? 461 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:33,120 Speaker 2: Today, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 462 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 2: Jesus the lord of your life. 463 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? 464 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 465 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 466 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 467 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 2: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, Keep 468 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 2: God first place. 469 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 3: We all carry a mental picture of what our life 470 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 3: can be. Is yours limited? Do you picture yourself stuck? Inadequate, defeated? 471 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 3: Are you willing to change your mindset in order to 472 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 3: experience a life of blessing and abundance. 473 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 2: We all have a picture in our mind of ourself, 474 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 2: our family, our future. And if that picture is negative, 475 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 2: you see yourself at a disadvantage. 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Request your copies 498 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 3: today and begin to see a new mental picture of 499 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 3: yourself that will lead to new measures of blessing, favor, promotion, 500 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 3: and abundance. 501 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 2: Let's go into twenty twenty five with an abundant mindset. 502 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 2: I'll believe You're going to see the goodness of God 503 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 2: in new ways. Victory and I want you to know 504 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 2: we pray for you and your family every day for 505 00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 2: God's very best. 506 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: We want to thank you for your prayer and support. 507 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: You are impacting people all over the world. 508 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 2: A special thank you to our Champion of Hope partners 509 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 2: for your monthly support. 510 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 1: If you're not a partner, I hope you'll consider becoming one. 511 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 2: Remember you can watch the services online every Sunday morning, 512 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 2: download our daily podcast, listen on Serious Exam, watch on YouTube. 513 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 2: Also the new Joel Ostein Network streaming on television twenty 514 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 2: four hours a day. 515 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,719 Speaker 1: Until we see you again. May the Lord bless you 516 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: and keep you. 517 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of the Abundance Mindset 518 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 3: Book and Mindset Journal today. Visit Joelostein dot com or 519 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 3: call eight eight eight five six seven Joel for an 520 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 3: additional donation. This month, we are also offering His Goodness 521 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 3: Abundance Boil. You can request this inspiring resource by calling 522 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 3: eight eight eight five six seven Joel. We're logging on 523 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 3: to Joelostein dot com today. 524 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 2: If you've never been to Lake, we have a great opportunity. 525 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:05,840 Speaker 1: We called it Homecoming weekend. We love to meet you 526 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: and your family. 527 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 2: You can see the building and attend one of the services. 528 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 2: It's a great time to be a part of the 529 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 2: Lakewood family. Looking forward to seeing your Homecoming Weekend.