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You give your 41 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 5: time to help others, God will give you more time. 42 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 5: You give your encouragement, and God will keep you encouraged. 43 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 3: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 44 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 45 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 5: the ministry. 46 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 47 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 48 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 49 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 5: your life. 50 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 3: God bless you. 51 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 5: It's great to have you today, and if you're ever 52 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 5: in our area, please stop buy be a part of 53 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 5: one of our services. 54 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 3: We would love to have you. 55 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 5: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week. 56 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 5: We have a daily podcast. You can download our YouTube channel, 57 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 5: watch the messages anytime, follow us on social media. We'll 58 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 5: keep you encouraged and inspired. But thanks begining for tuning in, 59 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 5: thanks for coming out. I like to start with something funny, 60 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 5: and I heard about these four Catholic ladies. They were 61 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 5: bragging on their sons. The first one said, my son 62 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 5: is a priest. When he walks in the room, everyone 63 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 5: calls him father. The second said, my son is a bishop. 64 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 5: When he walks in the room, everyone calls him your Grace. 65 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 5: The third said, my son is a cardinal. When he 66 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 5: walks in, everyone calls him your Imminence. The fourth one said, 67 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 5: my son is six foot three, has broad show and 68 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 5: is incredibly handsome. 69 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 3: When he walks in, all. 70 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 5: The ladies say, oh my God, say it like you 71 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 5: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 72 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 5: says I am. I have what it says I have. 73 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 74 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 75 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 5: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 76 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 5: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 77 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about friends with faith. 78 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 3: It's great to have. 79 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 5: Faith for yourself, to believe for your dreams, speak victory 80 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 5: over your life, pray for your healing. But God didn't 81 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 5: give you faith just for you. There will be people 82 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 5: you encounter that feel overwhelmed. 83 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 3: They're dealing with. 84 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 5: The sickness, going through a loss, difficulty in a relationship. 85 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 3: Maybe at one time. 86 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 5: They believed they were strong, they knew they could beat it, 87 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 5: but now they're too discouraged, they've lost their passion. The 88 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 5: way they're going to see a breakthrough is not through 89 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 5: their faith, but through the faith of a friend. You 90 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 5: can be the one that steps up and believes for them. 91 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 5: You can encourage them, you can pray for them, you 92 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 5: can speak healing, favored victory over their life. Now, I'm 93 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 5: all for believing for my dreams, pursuing my goals, taking 94 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 5: steps to reach my destiny. But I don't want to 95 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 5: just be focused on me. I realize I have much 96 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 5: more to offer. 97 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 3: I want to be a friend with faith. I want 98 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 3: to push. 99 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 5: Someone else into their destiny. I want to lift someone 100 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 5: that's fallen doesn't have the strength to get back up. 101 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 5: I want to encourage someone that's down, speak hope into 102 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,799 Speaker 5: their spirit, bring them dinner one night, pay their rent. 103 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 5: There's nothing more rewarding than helping someone else move forward. 104 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 3: You can't give. 105 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 5: God something that he won't give you more back in return. 106 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 5: You give your faith, God will give you more faith. 107 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 5: You give your time to help others. God will give 108 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 5: you more time. You give your encouragement, and God will 109 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 5: keep you encouraged. I saw a lady that was fighting cancer. 110 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 5: She and her husband are very good people. For years, 111 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 5: she's been the one helping others, always had a smile 112 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 5: and encouraging word. The last few months, she'd been in 113 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 5: the hospital, very sick from the treatment. 114 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 3: Her hair was gone, she was very thin. 115 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 5: She told how she always quoted scripture, prayed and believed, 116 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 5: but she got to where she was so weak she 117 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 5: couldn't do it. She felt badly about it, like she 118 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 5: didn't have enough faith. 119 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 3: She was very honest. 120 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 5: She said, God, if I have to quote these scriptures 121 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 5: and pray for my healing, then I'm not gonna make it. 122 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 5: I don't have the strength. She was looking out the window. 123 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 5: There was this big white puppy cloud. She heard God 124 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 5: speak to her, not out loud, but down in her spirit. 125 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 5: He said, you don't have to pray that cloud you're 126 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 5: looking at. It's full of all the prayers from your 127 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 5: friends and family that have gone. 128 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 3: Up for you. 129 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 5: When she heard that, she felt a release, like she 130 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 5: could relax. 131 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 3: She knew she had friends that were fighting for her. 132 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 5: Sometimes you need borrowed faith when you're too discouraged, too tired, 133 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 5: been through too much. 134 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 3: That's okay. God will have. 135 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 5: Friends with faith that are there for you. Someone to 136 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 5: call you to let you know that they're praying. Someone 137 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 5: to come visit you with an encouraging word. Someone to 138 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 5: go to God on your behalf. Their prayers will touch. 139 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 3: Heaven for you. 140 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 5: I don't know if you need a friend today you 141 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 5: feel like you don't have faith for yourself, or God 142 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 5: has you hearing this to remind you to be a 143 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 5: friend with faith, to not just have faith for yourself, 144 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 5: but let someone borrow your faith. Reach out to that 145 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 5: coworker that's discouraged. Go visit that neighbor that went through 146 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 5: a loss. Maybe it's a relative. 147 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 3: They've given up on. 148 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 5: Their dreams, They've seen doors closed. Now they don't believe anymore. 149 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 5: God is counting on you to be a friend with faith. 150 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 5: Step in and believe for them. While they can't believe, 151 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 5: Speak victory into their life. Remind them that God is 152 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 5: still on the throne, that what he started he's going 153 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 5: to finish. You can be the one that pushes them 154 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 5: past the discouragement, that lifts them back on their feet, 155 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 5: that causes the creator of the universe to shine down favor, 156 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 5: healing and victory. Will you let someone borrow your faith? 157 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 5: Will you stand in the gap while they're off course, 158 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 5: not making good decisions. It's easy to criticize, find fault. 159 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 5: Why are they doing that? They should know better. If 160 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 5: not for the grace of God, that could be us. 161 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 5: They don't need your judgment, they need your faith. Try 162 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 5: a different approach. Pray for them, Ask God to show 163 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 5: them mercy, to get them back on. 164 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 3: Course, to help help them fulfill their purpose. 165 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 5: God has blessed you with faith, not just for you 166 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 5: that is to share. 167 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 3: Be a friend with faith, not. 168 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 5: A friend with criticism, a friend with judgment, a friend 169 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 5: with jealousy. There's enough of that in the world. Be 170 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 5: a lifter, be an encourager. Let them borrow your faith 171 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 5: while they don't have any faith. Tell them that you're 172 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 5: praying for them, that you love them, that you believe 173 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 5: in them. Your faith can be what lights the passion. 174 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 5: Your faith can be what breaks that addiction. Your faith 175 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 5: can be what God uses to propel them into their destiny. 176 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 3: I've learned a secret. 177 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 5: When you help others rise higher, God will help you 178 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 5: rise higher. When you help that neighbor this down, you 179 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 5: visit that coworker in the hospital, You mentor. 180 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 3: That young man this lonely. 181 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 5: When you let others borrow your faith, there's no limit 182 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 5: to how high God will take you. 183 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 3: Friend of mine has been. 184 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 5: Very successful, very respected and influential. He's in the ministry. 185 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 5: But he made some poor choices. He got in trouble 186 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 5: and everything came crashing down. A true friend doesn't run 187 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 5: away when someone fails. 188 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 3: They run to the person. 189 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 5: Your friends don't need you as much when everything is 190 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 5: going great. They're seeing dreams come to pass. Success celebrate 191 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 5: with them. That's exciting. But when they really need you 192 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 5: is when things aren't so great. They've made some mistakes, 193 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 5: life has thrown them accur The medical report wasn't good. 194 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 3: When their faith is. 195 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 5: Low, that's when you can make the biggest difference. They 196 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 5: need some borrowed faith. They need you to believe for 197 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 5: them while they can't believe. They need you to speak victory. 198 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 3: While they're too discouraged. 199 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 5: Now I had been checking on him every several weeks, 200 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 5: trying to encourage him, and this one day, some negative 201 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 5: things had just come out and it wasn't good at all. 202 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 3: I knew I needed to call. 203 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 5: In this very weak, faint voice, he answered hello, just 204 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 5: barely above a whisper. I'll never forget what he said, Joel, 205 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 5: I don't have any more fight left in me. 206 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 3: This was a man that had traveled. 207 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 5: The world, preached the thousands, spoken faith to people. But 208 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 5: now there was no zeal, no passion. Now I did 209 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 5: what I'm asking you to do. I said, don't worry. 210 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 5: You may not have the faith, but I've got you covered. 211 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 5: I have faith for you. I'm gonna be praying for you. 212 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 5: I'm gonna be speaking victory I'm gonna be reminding God 213 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 5: what he promised. The line went silent. I could tell 214 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 5: he was weeping. God has blessed you with faith. Why 215 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 5: don't you let someone borrow your faith. You're good at 216 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 5: praying for your dreams. Take the next step, pray for 217 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 5: somebody else's dreams. You're fighting for your family, that's important, 218 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 5: but why don't you fight for someone else's family as well. 219 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 5: Today my friend is back in the ministry. God has 220 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 5: restored him, re energized him. 221 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 3: He's seeing more influence favor than ever before. 222 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 5: The people God brings into your life are not thereby accident. 223 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 5: There will be times they need a friend with faith. 224 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 5: God is counting on you to lift the fallen, to encourage, 225 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 5: the discourage to speak, healing to the sick, freedom to 226 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 5: the addicted, comfort to the broken hearted. He's given you faith, 227 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 5: not just for yourself, but so that others can borrow 228 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 5: your faith. Your faith can be what keeps them moving forward. 229 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 5: Your faith can be the reason they reach their dreams. 230 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 5: When I come to the end of life, I don't 231 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 5: want to be known as the guy that had a 232 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 5: big church, the guy that wrote some books, the guy that. 233 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 3: Smiled all the time. 234 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 5: I want to be known as someone that took time 235 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 5: to care, that prayed when others were too weak to pray, 236 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 5: that encourage when they felt like it was over, that 237 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 5: spoke favor over people that felt disadvantaged. 238 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 3: Let's all be friends with faith. 239 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 5: There are more hurting people today than ever, with this pandemic, 240 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 5: all the uncertainty, divisiveness in the world. So many feel overwhelmed, anxious, lonely, 241 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 5: like they don't have the strength to go on. They 242 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 5: don't believe for their dreams like they used to. They 243 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 5: just need someone to lend them some faith. Someone to 244 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,599 Speaker 5: believe for them while they're in the challenge. Someone to 245 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 5: speak life while they're fighting the illness. Someone to declare 246 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 5: freedom when the addiction seems so strong. Someone to be 247 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 5: a hope giver, a dream releaser, a voice of victory. 248 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 5: You have something more valuable than money, more powerful than drugs, 249 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 5: more satisfying than fame. Your faith can bring people healing, wholeness, fulfillment, freedom, victory. 250 00:12:58,280 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 3: See some people. 251 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 5: They don't know how to pray. They were never taught 252 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 5: that God is good, that he can heal, that he's 253 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 5: a waymaker, he can turn situations around. When you ask 254 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 5: God for their needs. Your faith moves the hands that 255 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 5: rule the world. When your prayers come up to heaven, 256 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 5: John said in Revelation he saw a vision where the 257 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 5: heavens go silent, the singing stops, the angels get quiet. 258 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 5: Someone asks what's happening. God says, that's the prayers of 259 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 5: my people coming up before me. When you pray, God 260 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 5: not only listens, but he goes to work. Angels are dispatched, 261 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 5: chains are broken, favor is released. You can send up 262 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 5: prayers for someone that doesn't know how to pray. You 263 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 5: can stand in the gap while they're off course, not 264 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 5: making good decisions. 265 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 3: That lonely neighbor been single a long time. You can 266 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:54,839 Speaker 3: go to God on. 267 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 5: Their behalf, ask him to send a spouse, or to 268 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 5: send healing, or to turn a situation around. For years, 269 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 5: my mother prayed for a man named Bill Nash. He's 270 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 5: a country singer, an entertainer. She would see his name 271 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 5: on different marquees driving to church. Bill Nash in concert tonight. 272 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 5: She had never met him, didn't have any kind of contact, 273 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 5: but she read where his parents were missionaries, how he 274 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 5: was raised in church, that's how he started out singing. 275 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 5: She could have thought that's interesting, moved on, but she 276 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 5: knew she read that for a reason, that God brought 277 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 5: that to her attention. Every day she started praying for Bill, 278 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 5: that he would come back to church, that he. 279 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 3: Would fulfill his destiny. 280 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 5: And over time he'd gotten into drugs and alcohol and 281 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 5: started doing things he knew he shouldn't be doing. Life 282 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 5: was spiraling downhill. One Sunday, for some reason, Bill decided 283 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 5: to go to church. Hadn't been in years, but suddenly 284 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 5: he had a desire. Of all the churches in Houston, 285 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 5: he showed up at lake Would, sat in the very back, 286 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 5: and Usher. 287 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 3: Recognized him and brought him down to my mother. 288 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 5: She went back and gave him a hog and told 289 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 5: him how she had been praying for him for years. 290 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 3: He's too started weeping. That day was a turning point. 291 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 5: He got back in church, did his first Christian concert 292 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 5: here at Lakewood. But I wonder where Bill would be 293 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 5: if my mother had not been a friend with faith. 294 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 3: What if she had been judgmental? Critical? 295 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 5: Why is he making those poor choices? He should know better, 296 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 5: he was raised in church. What if she had been passive? 297 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 3: Too bad? He's not my problem. 298 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 5: Maybe he wouldn't be fulfilling his purpose. Don't miss opportunities 299 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 5: to be a friend with faith. Your faith can bring 300 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 5: someone else back on course. Your faith can help break 301 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 5: the strongholds of addictions and dysfunction. Your faith can bring 302 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 5: healing and wholeness. Look around at who's in your life. 303 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 5: Is there someone that needs to borrow your faith for 304 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 5: you to believe for them while they're off course, to 305 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 5: pray for them when they don't think they. 306 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 3: Can get well. God has created us to need each other. 307 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 5: There are times where your faith alone will not be enough. 308 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 5: You will need a friend with faith, someone to stand 309 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 5: with you when your faith is weak, to believe for 310 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 5: you when you're too discouraged, to lift you when you 311 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 5: can't get up. If you'll be a friend with faith, 312 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 5: then God will make sure that there will always be 313 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 5: someone there to help you and to help your children. 314 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 5: In the scripture, there was a man that was paralyzed 315 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 5: and he had not been able to walk for many years. 316 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 5: No doubt, he had accepted that was his lot in life. 317 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 5: He didn't think he'd ever be able to walk. All 318 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 5: the circumstances said that it was permanent. But even though 319 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 5: this man didn't have any faith, he had four friends 320 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:54,239 Speaker 5: that thought otherwise. 321 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 3: Jesus had come. 322 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 5: Into the city and was teaching at Peter's house. These 323 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 5: friends had heart about the miracles he had done. He 324 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,360 Speaker 5: healed a man with leprosy and caused a crippled man 325 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:05,919 Speaker 5: to walk. 326 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 3: They said to the man, we're gonna take you to 327 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 3: see Jesus. 328 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 5: They were saying, in effect, you may not think it 329 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 5: can happen, but. 330 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 3: We believe you're going to walk. 331 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,919 Speaker 5: We believe that being paralyzed is not your destiny. The 332 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 5: men didn't have any faith, but he had four friends 333 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 5: with faith. 334 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 3: Their attitude was, you can borrow our faith. We're gonna 335 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 3: believe for you while you don't believe. 336 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 5: These four friends put him on a stretcher and started 337 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 5: carrying him to see Jesus. 338 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 3: It wasn't next door, it was across town. 339 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,479 Speaker 5: I can imagine the men getting tired, their shoulders hurting, 340 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 5: it was hot, dusty, but they are not about to quit. 341 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 5: They have a made up mind, not for themselves, but 342 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 5: for their friend. 343 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 3: My prayer, God give us friends like that, friends. 344 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 5: That love us so much that they'll make sacrifices. 345 00:17:58,800 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 3: They'll go the extra mile. 346 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 5: They'll let us borrow their faith when ours is love. 347 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 5: They'll lift us when we feel paralyzed. There are a 348 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 5: lot of ways to be paralyzed. Paralyzed with an addiction, 349 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 5: paralyzed with depression, anxiety, paralyzed by the past, mistakes. 350 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 3: Hurts, disappointments. 351 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 5: Because you're a friend with faith, because you help others, 352 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 5: God is going to put people in your life that 353 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 5: won't let you stay paralyzed. Even when you think it's permanent, 354 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 5: someone is going to be there to help you move forward. 355 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 5: These four friends finally made it to the house where 356 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 5: Jesus was teaching, and they were so relieved. 357 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 3: Now they could rest. 358 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 5: The problem was the place was packed, no way to 359 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 5: get in. They could have turned around said to the man, 360 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 5: too bad, we did our best. 361 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 3: Sorry, brother, we love you, It's just not meant to be. 362 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 3: But these men were not going to take no for 363 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 3: an answer. 364 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 5: They said, we can't get through the door, no problem, 365 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 5: We're going through the roof. These friends had ripping off 366 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 5: the roof faith. I love the fact that it wasn't 367 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 5: for themselves. Nothing wrong if it was, But they weren't 368 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 5: doing it for their dreams, for their healing, for their promotion. 369 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,719 Speaker 5: They were doing it for a friend in need, a 370 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 5: friend that didn't have the faith, a friend that was 371 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 5: convinced he had reached his limits. God, in his great plan, 372 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 5: ordained that this man would have friends with faith. God 373 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 5: has put people in your life strategically. He's ordered your 374 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 5: steps so you can be a friend with faith. Don't 375 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 5: miss the opportunity. Don't be so busy with your needs, 376 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 5: your dreams, your goals that you miss carrying someone to 377 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 5: their healing, praying for that friend that's hurting, lifting that 378 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 5: coworker that's discouraged. Let them borrow your faith while they 379 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 5: don't have any faith. Anytime you help others, that sceede 380 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:56,959 Speaker 5: your sowing. 381 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 3: That's going to come back to you. You make vices 382 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 3: to help that. 383 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 5: Friend this down, give them a ride, visit them in 384 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 5: the hospital, take them food that's going to come back 385 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 5: to you. 386 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 3: But here's the key. 387 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 5: Not in the same measure, pressed down, shaking together and 388 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 5: running over. When you help others, the scripture says, you 389 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 5: are lending to. 390 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 3: The Lord, and he will repay you. 391 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 5: Sometimes we're looking for a miracle, But if you'll become 392 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 5: a miracle, then God will show out in your life. 393 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 5: These four men carried the paralyzed man onto the roof 394 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 5: and they tore a hole in it. While Jesus was 395 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 5: in the middle of speaking, dust starts falling parts of 396 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 5: the ceiling. All this noise, they let the man down, 397 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 5: set him right in front of Jesus. The scripture says, 398 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 5: when Jesus saw their faith, not the faith of the 399 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 5: paralyzed man, he was just lying there. When he saw 400 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 5: the faith of his friends, Jesus touched the man instantly. 401 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 3: He could walk. 402 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 5: Your faith can cause someone else to get well. Your 403 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 5: faith can help that coworker that's lonely, that neighbor that's addicted, 404 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 5: that relative that's off course. God has entrusted us with 405 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 5: something incredibly powerful. Faith not just for your dreams. Faith 406 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 5: not just for your challenges. You can have faith that 407 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 5: can thrust other. 408 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 3: People into their destiny. 409 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,719 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to be a friend with faith, a 410 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,679 Speaker 5: friend that lifts people up, a friend that prays for 411 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:33,360 Speaker 5: those that are struggling, a friend that speaks favor over the. 412 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 3: Dreams of others. 413 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 5: See, I realize I didn't get here by myself. I've 414 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 5: had plenty of friends with faith. When my dad passed 415 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 5: and I stepped up to pastor, I was so nervous 416 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 5: and so insecure I didn't have the training. Thoughts told 417 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 5: me I couldn't do it. Nobody was going to listen. 418 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:55,439 Speaker 5: About two months later, I received a note in the 419 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 5: mail from a very well known, influential leader. 420 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 3: He speaks all over the world. 421 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 5: I had never met him, didn't know that he knew me. 422 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 5: I always had admired him from a distance. He wrote, Joel, 423 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 5: I've been watching you. I want you to know. You 424 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 5: are such a good communicator, and you have such a 425 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 5: good gift, on and on encouraging me, speaking life into 426 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 5: my destiny, speaking faith into my doubts, speaking courage into 427 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 5: my fears, speaking strength into my weakness. I didn't have 428 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 5: much faith, but can I tell you I borrowed his faith. 429 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 5: I lived off of those words. I read that note 430 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,959 Speaker 5: again and again and again. When God saw the faith 431 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 5: of my friend. 432 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:40,679 Speaker 3: God moved in my life. 433 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 5: He showed me favor, blessings, influence. Now I have some faith. 434 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 5: I've made up my mind. I'm gonna live as a 435 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 5: friend with faith. I'm gonna be a lifter, I'm gonna 436 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 5: be an encourager. I'm gonna speak life into places of doubt, 437 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 5: hope where it doesn't look good. Freedom when you're struggling victory. 438 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 5: When you're facing defeat, there's nothing more rewarding than helping 439 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 5: someone else. 440 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 3: Rice Higher. There was a young. 441 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 5: African American teenager being raised by a single mother. They 442 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 5: lived in a rough neighborhood in Los Angeles, gangs all around, crime, shootings. 443 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 5: He was constantly afraid, always looking over his shoulder, knowing 444 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 5: that his life was in danger. He didn't have really 445 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 5: a dream to do anything great. His dream was to 446 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 5: simply survive. At sixteen years old, his worst fears came true. 447 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 5: He was shot in a drive by shooting. Laying in 448 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 5: the middle of the street in the dark of night, 449 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 5: thinking his life was over. A policeman came up and 450 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 5: started helping him. 451 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 3: While he was. 452 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 5: Rendering first aid, this officer started speaking life into the 453 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 5: young man. He told him sternly, don't you die. You 454 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 5: have a destiny to fulfill. God's hand is on your life. 455 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 5: This is not the end. Everything in the young man's 456 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,479 Speaker 5: mind said it was over, he was done, But in 457 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,119 Speaker 5: his spirit something came alive. He didn't believe it in 458 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 5: his thinking, but as he heard this officer keep speaking it, 459 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 5: it went beyond his mind down into his heart. 460 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 3: Hope started to rise up. 461 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 5: He couldn't fight for himself, but this officer was fighting 462 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 5: for him. The interesting thing is the officer didn't know 463 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 5: if the young man was wrong, if it was his 464 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 5: own fault, if he was causing the trouble. He chose 465 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 5: not to judge him in that moment, not to condemn him. 466 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 3: But to have faith for him. 467 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 5: The officer could have been passive, jaded, big deal. Another 468 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 5: shooting happens every night. He's probably getting what he deserves. 469 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 5: But he took time to care. He understood that when 470 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 5: others don't have faith, he can have faith for them. 471 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,399 Speaker 5: He can let them borrow his faith, faith to bring healing, 472 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,959 Speaker 5: faith to give another chance, faith to help the hurting, 473 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 5: faith to. 474 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 3: Love those that were wounded. 475 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 5: By the grace of God, this sixteen year old boy survived. 476 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:08,880 Speaker 3: He beat the odds. 477 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 5: Today, my friend Terrey Roberts is the pastor of a 478 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,959 Speaker 5: great church in Los Angeles, an entrepreneur, a great leader. 479 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,919 Speaker 5: Twenty years later, this police officer that helped saved his 480 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 5: life became a member of Terrey's church. But I wonder 481 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 5: where he would be without this officer. When God saw 482 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 5: the faith of this policeman speaking to Terrey's destiny, telling 483 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 5: him what he could become, declaring favor, healing purpose over 484 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 5: his life, like the four friends that carried the paralyzed man. 485 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 5: Maybe that's why Ray is doing great things. You have 486 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 5: incredible power. Your faith cannot only take you places that 487 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 5: you've never dreamed, but you can help someone else become 488 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 5: all they were created to be. There will be times 489 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:01,919 Speaker 5: in your life that you don't feel like you have 490 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 5: the faith, you don't see. 491 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 3: How you can move forward. 492 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 5: The good news is God will have someone there for you, 493 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 5: someone where you can borrow their faith, that will believe 494 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 5: for you when you can't believe. That's what happened in 495 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 5: the Scripture to a man named Naeman. He was a 496 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:23,400 Speaker 5: captain in the Syrian army, very respected, influential. 497 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 3: But Naemen had leprosy. 498 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 5: Despite all his success, all the honor, he had this 499 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:33,120 Speaker 5: painful disease. Eventually he would have to stay away from 500 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 5: his family. His future didn't look good. There was a 501 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,920 Speaker 5: young lady that worked for Naemen. They had taken her 502 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 5: against her will from Israel, and now she was one 503 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,879 Speaker 5: of his maids. She said to Naeman's wife, there's a 504 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 5: prophet in Israel named Elijah. If Naeman will go see him, 505 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 5: he will be healed of his leprosy. This young lady 506 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:59,360 Speaker 5: could have been bitter upset. Instead, she's trying to help 507 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 5: the man captured her. Naeman didn't have any kind of faith. 508 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 5: He wasn't raised to know about Jehovah. This young lady 509 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 5: was letting him borrow her faith. Naeman headed out to 510 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:14,400 Speaker 5: see Elijah, to one hundred and twenty mile journey. When 511 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,919 Speaker 5: he arrived, Elijah told him to go wash in the 512 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 5: Jordan River. When he came up the seventh time, his 513 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 5: skin was as clear as a baby. He was perfectly healed. 514 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 5: He was so excited he took dirt from the banks 515 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 5: of the Jordan, enough to load down two mules. When 516 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 5: he went back to Syria, he put the dirt down 517 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 5: so when he worshiped, he could now worship the God 518 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 5: of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 519 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 5: He didn't just get healed, he became a believer. 520 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 3: How did this happen? A young lady became a friend 521 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 3: with faith. 522 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 5: When God sees your faith, praying for that coworker, encouraging 523 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 5: that neighbor, investing in that young couple, your faith can 524 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 5: cause them to overcome the obstacles, to beat the cancer, 525 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 5: to reach their dreams. You are full of power, full 526 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 5: of healing, full of freedom, full of victory. Look around 527 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 5: this week. God has put people in your life on purpose. 528 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 5: He's counting on you to let them borrow your faith. 529 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 5: When you help the namans, when you speak life into 530 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 5: the terras, when you carry those that are paralyzed, that's 531 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 5: not only going to help them rise higher, but God 532 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 5: is going to cause you to rise higher. What you're 533 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:35,160 Speaker 5: giving is going to come back to you in greater ways. 534 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 5: Now I believe and declare because you're a friend with faith, 535 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 5: not only are you going to help others become who 536 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 5: they're created to be, but you're going to see new 537 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 5: doors open, promotion, healing, breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny 538 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 5: in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, can you 539 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 5: say men? Today, I'd like to give you an opportunity 540 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 5: to make Jesus the lord. 541 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 3: Of your life. Would you pray with me? 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