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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 4: your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 39 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 4: come to your homes. If you're ever in our area, 40 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 4: please stop by and be a part of one of 41 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 4: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 42 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 4: at home. But thanks so much for tuning in. And 43 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 4: I like to get started each week with something kind 44 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 4: of funny. And I heard about this woman that surprised 45 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 4: a burglar in her kitchen one night. She was alone 46 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 4: and unarmed, and she didn't really know what to do, 47 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 4: so she thought she would just shout a Scripture verse 48 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 4: at him, and so she shouted out Acts two thirty eight. 49 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 4: The burglar suddenly froze in his tracks. The police soon arrived, 50 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 4: and they were amazed at how a woman with no 51 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 4: weapon could do this, And they asked the burglar, what 52 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 4: was it about that Scripture verse that had such an 53 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 4: effect on you? He said, scripture? What scripture? I thought? 54 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 4: She said, she had an axe in two thirty eighths. 55 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 4: All right, hold your Bible up, say it like you 56 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 57 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 4: says I am. I have what it says I have. 58 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 4: I can do what it says I can do. Today 59 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 4: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 60 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I'll never 61 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 4: be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I 62 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 4: want to talk to you today about reaching your highest potential. 63 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 4: It's easy to get stuck in life where we think 64 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 4: we've reached our limits. We've gone as far in our 65 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 4: career as we can go will never be any more talented, 66 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 4: never rise any higher. But that's very untrue. As long 67 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 4: as you're breathing, you have potential that you've not yet 68 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 4: tapped into. There are gifts and talents that you've not 69 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 4: yet discovered. You can go further in your career. You 70 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 4: can rise higher than you are. There is a hidden 71 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 4: treasure that's buried on the inside. When God created you, 72 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 4: he not only breathed his life into you, but he 73 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 4: deposited a part of himself into you. He put in 74 00:03:55,120 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 4: you everything you need to fulfill your destiny on the inside. 75 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 4: Right now, you have seeds of greatness just waiting to 76 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 4: take root and blossom. And if we're going to tap 77 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 4: into this hidden treasure, we have to have a pioneering spirit. 78 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 4: You can go where no one in your family has 79 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 4: ever gone. You can accomplish things that you once thought 80 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 4: were impossible. You have talent and ability that has not 81 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 4: yet come out to the full. My challenge to you 82 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 4: today is don't die with the treasure still buried. Your 83 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 4: gift to yourself and your gift to this world is 84 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 4: to release the treasure that's been locked up on the inside. 85 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 4: And I found that God always puts bigger things in 86 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 4: our spirit than we think we can accomplish in our 87 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 4: own ability. That's how He stretches us. So don't be 88 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 4: surprised if you don't feel like you're qualified, you don't 89 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 4: feel like you're able to do it. That's okay. You 90 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 4: may not feel like you're able to. But when you 91 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 4: take that step of faith, God will give you strength, 92 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 4: He'll give you ability, He'll give you favor. That's when 93 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 4: the treasure will begin to be released. I believe in 94 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 4: the coming days, God's going to present us with new 95 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 4: and exciting opportunities. Some of you are going to be 96 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 4: offered a new position at work in the natural. It's 97 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 4: gonna seem like it's over your head. You'll be tempted 98 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 4: to shrink back and think, I can't do that. I'm 99 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 4: not experienced enough, I don't have the education. But no, 100 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 4: it may be over your head. But the good news 101 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 4: is it's not over God's head. He's already deposited in 102 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 4: you exactly what you need. God wouldn't have brought the opportunity, 103 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 4: He wouldn't have given you the desire if you didn't 104 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 4: already have what it takes. If you will rise up 105 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 4: in faith with boldness with confidence. Knowing that you are 106 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 4: well able, you'll begin to see new gifts, new talents, 107 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 4: new strengths, new ability. They'll begin to come forth. They're 108 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 4: in you. You've just got to work with God to 109 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 4: get them out. Some of you are to have an 110 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 4: opportunity to go back to school, an opportunity to start 111 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 4: your own business, or maybe even to change careers. And 112 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 4: the easy thing to do is just sit back and 113 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 4: stay where you are, play it safe and be comfortable. 114 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 4: But if you're going to tap into this hidden treasure, 115 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 4: you've got to be willing to go where you've never 116 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 4: gone before. If you want to walk on water, you've 117 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 4: got to get out of the boat. It's interesting when 118 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 4: Peter walked on the water, there were other disciples in 119 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 4: the boat. Those other men had the same potential to 120 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 4: walk on the water. Why was Peter the only one 121 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 4: that did it. Peter was the only one willing to 122 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 4: get out of his comfort zone and try something that 123 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 4: he had never tried before. He was the only one, 124 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 4: so to speak, to release his potential. You have the 125 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 4: potential in you right now for every opportunity that God 126 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 4: brings across your path. But you've got to do like 127 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 4: Peter and get out of your safe zone and get 128 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 4: over into the faith zone. That's where you know you 129 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:05,039 Speaker 4: need God's help. That's where you're stretching yourself and you're 130 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 4: putting a demand on your potential. This is what I 131 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 4: did when my father went to be with the Lord. 132 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 4: It was nine years ago this week now. I never 133 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 4: dreamed I could do this. I didn't think this was 134 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 4: in me. I liked being behind the scenes. I did 135 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 4: that for seventeen years. My personality really is more quiet 136 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 4: and reserved. I told my father a thousand times, Daddy, 137 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 4: I'm not a minister. It's just not in me. 138 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 3: But when my. 139 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 4: Father died, all of a sudden, I had a desire 140 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 4: and I knew that. I knew I was supposed to 141 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 4: step up and pastor the church. But in the natural 142 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 4: didn't make a lot of sense to me. I didn't 143 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 4: feel qualified, I didn't feel like I had the experience. 144 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 4: But deep down I believed this was a part of 145 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 4: my God given destiny. So I took that step of faith, 146 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 4: and little by little I discovered a gift, a talent 147 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 4: buried on the inside, just waiting to come out. I 148 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 4: wonder how many people I wonder how many people die 149 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 4: with the treasure still in them. They let their fears, 150 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 4: their insecurities, their lack of confidence to keep them from 151 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 4: stepping out. Don't let that be you. You have so 152 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 4: much more in you, more than you realize. You can 153 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 4: rise higher than you think. You have talent that's not 154 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 4: yet been fully developed. You have gifts that you've not 155 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 4: yet discovered. If you will rise up in confidence and 156 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 4: take advantage of your God given opportunities, you'll be amazed 157 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 4: at what you accomplish. You'll look back one day like 158 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 4: I do now and say, man, I can't believe I 159 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 4: can do this. I didn't even know it was in me. 160 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 4: That's the way God is. He wants to amaze you 161 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 4: with his goodness. He wants to take your places that 162 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 4: you've never thought possible. Don't get satisfied where you are. 163 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 4: Don't get too comfortable to where you think, well, I'm 164 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 4: doing pretty good in life, Joel. I've gone as far 165 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,199 Speaker 4: my parents gone, as far as my grandparents know. God 166 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 4: wants you to go further. He wants every generation to increase. 167 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 4: This is your year to do something that you've never 168 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 4: done before. This is your year to stretch your faith 169 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 4: in Joshua, chapter three, verse four. God had been leading 170 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 4: the people of Israel, and he made this one statement. 171 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 4: You have not passed this way before. I believe God 172 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 4: is saying that to each one of us. New seasons 173 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 4: are on the horizon, New opportunities are coming your way. 174 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 4: This is your year to go beyond the barriers of 175 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 4: the past. This is your year to release your potential 176 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,839 Speaker 4: by stepping into uncharted territories. And you may have had 177 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 4: some great victories in the past, but let me tell you, 178 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 4: you haven't seen anything yet. God never performs his greatest 179 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 4: feats in our yesterdays. They are still in our future. 180 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 4: There to believe there, to take some steps of faith, 181 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 4: you say, Joel, I don't know if this is from 182 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 4: me today. I'm just to stay at home mom. I'm 183 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 4: just a student, I'm just a carpenter. I'm just a 184 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 4: business person. No, you're not just anything. You're a child 185 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 4: of the Most High God, and on the inside of 186 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 4: you you are full of unlimited possibilities. You have not 187 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 4: tapped into everything that's in you. You have not seen 188 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 4: your best days in your career, in your finances, in 189 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 4: your relationships. Why don't you enlarge your vision? Why don't 190 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 4: you believe that you do have what it takes when 191 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 4: these opportunities arise. Have the attitude I know who I am. 192 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 4: I'm anointed, I'm equipped, I'm empowered, I'm talented, I'm creative. 193 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 4: No obstacle is too high, no challenge is too difficult, 194 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 4: no enemy is too powerful. I am well able to 195 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 4: do what God has called me to do. You've got 196 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 4: to have that pioneering spirit. Be willing to go into 197 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 4: uncharted territories. Don't get complacent. Take on things that stretch you, 198 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 4: things that you've never done before. I was reading about 199 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 4: this college professor at a major university. He was in 200 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 4: class about to pass out the final exam, the most 201 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 4: important test of the year. But before he did, he 202 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 4: told his students how proud he was of them, and 203 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 4: how disciplined they had been, and how they had just 204 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 4: worked so hard, and since they had done so well, 205 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 4: he made them a special offer. He said, anyone that 206 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 4: would like to get an automatic C on this test, 207 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 4: just raise your hand and you don't even have to 208 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 4: take the test. I'll just give you a C. One 209 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 4: hand went up, another another, until about half of the 210 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 4: class had opted out of taking the test, and they 211 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 4: just got the automatic seed. They were so happy they 212 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 4: left there full of joy. He went on to pass 213 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 4: out the test to the rest of the students. He 214 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 4: placed it face down on their desk, asked them not 215 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,719 Speaker 4: to turn it over until he instructed them to do so. 216 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 4: And for the next few minutes he really encouraged them 217 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 4: and told them how they were going to do great 218 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 4: things in life, on and on. Then he gave them 219 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 4: the ok to turn the test over and begin well. 220 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 4: The test just had two short sentences. It read congratulations, 221 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 4: you just made an a But this is what we 222 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 4: do many times in life. We just settle where we 223 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 4: are instead of stretching, instead of believing, instead of really 224 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 4: developing our potential, we sit back and say, hey, a 225 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 4: sea's not so bad. I'm doing okay in my career. 226 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 4: I'm doing good enough, maybe so, But you have more 227 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,959 Speaker 4: in you. Don't take the easy way out. Keep growing, 228 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 4: keep learning, stir up the gifts that are on the inside. 229 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 4: You have to put a demand on your potential. That's 230 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 4: the only way it'll be released. I remember when I 231 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 4: was growing up, our next door neighbor had a big 232 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 4: german shepherd in their backyard, and even though their yard 233 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 4: was fenced off. They usually kept him on a leash. 234 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 4: And one day, when I was about eight or nine 235 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 4: years old, I was in my backyard playing baseball with 236 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 4: some friends and the ball went over into their yard 237 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 4: and I didn't think much about it. I'd been over 238 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 4: there plenty of times, never had a problem, and so 239 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 4: I got a small ladder to help me get over 240 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 4: the fence. It was a six foot fence, and I 241 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 4: went over there and I picked up the ball, and 242 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 4: when I did, that dog came charging toward me ninety 243 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 4: miles per hour. For some reason, he was not on 244 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 4: the leash this day, and my heart sunk. I thought 245 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 4: I was good as dead. I turned around and took off, 246 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 4: running toward our fence as fast as I could, like 247 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,319 Speaker 4: my life depended on it. When I got there, all 248 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 4: in one motion, I grabbed the top of the fence 249 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 4: with one hand and I jumped as high as I could, 250 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 4: and somehow I made it over that fence. I mean, 251 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 4: I was just a little boy, and I practically jumped 252 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 4: over a six foot fence. I don't believe that phrase anymore. 253 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 4: White men can't jump. I jumped that day, I promise you. 254 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 4: I jumped. What's my point that dog helped me to 255 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 4: discover potential that I never knew I have. I had 256 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 4: never jumped that high before. Fact is, I have never 257 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 4: jumped that high sense because I'm glad to know at 258 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 4: least it's in me. That's what happens. When you put 259 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 4: a demand on your potential, it comes out. You'll be 260 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 4: amazed at what you can do when you put yourselves 261 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 4: in situations where you need it. It's like this guy 262 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 4: I heard about. He was walking home late at night, 263 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 4: decided to take a short cut through the cemetery. What 264 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 4: he didn't know is they had dug a great, big 265 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 4: hole earlier that day, and he didn't see it, and 266 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 4: he accidentally fell down in it. He tried and tried 267 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 4: to get out, but it was too deep. He kicked 268 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 4: and screamed and hollered and called for people, but no success. 269 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 4: After about two hours, he finally just gave up, sat 270 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 4: down on the side, knew he'd have to wait till morning. Well, 271 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 4: a few hours later, an old drunk man came stumbling along, 272 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 4: and sure enough, he fell into the same hall. He 273 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 4: didn't see the man sitting over there, and he just 274 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 4: stayed quiet, and this drunk man screamed, hollered, kick did 275 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 4: the same thing, on and on, trying to grab, kept 276 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 4: falling back down and again no success. The guy sitting 277 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 4: down decided to have some fun with him. He said, 278 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 4: in a deep, scary voice, you'll never get out of here. 279 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 4: You know what's interesting, he did. You know you can 280 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 4: do a whole lot when you put a demand on 281 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 4: your potential. I want you to have a new boldness today, 282 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 4: a new confidence. You are full of possibility. Don't you 283 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 4: dare sit around thinking about what you can't do well. 284 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 4: I could never be in management. I could never speak 285 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 4: in public, Joel. I could never get over that fence 286 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 4: like you could. I bet you could. If you saw 287 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 4: that dog chasing you, you would discover things in you 288 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 4: you never knew you had. And God just trying to 289 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 4: plant new seeds in your heart today. You got to 290 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 4: enlarge your vision, believe that you do have what it takes. 291 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 4: I pray every day God stretch me, give me new opportunities, 292 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 4: help me to grow when they come. I do my 293 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 4: best to take that step of faith. But it's easy 294 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 4: to get comfortable. It's easy to settle where we are 295 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 4: just kind of think, Hey, I'm doing as good as 296 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 4: anybody else in my family. I'm doing as good as 297 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 4: my friends. No, you're not competing against them. You should 298 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 4: compete against your own self. You know when you're stretching, 299 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 4: you know when you're pushing yourself. Don't wait for the 300 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 4: dog to come chasing you before you convince yourself to jump. 301 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 4: Stir up your gifts. On the inside. God's saying, I'm 302 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 4: going to take you somewhere that you've never been before. 303 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 4: I'm going to open up new opportunities. I'm going to 304 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 4: give you new ways to increase. Are you prepared, then, 305 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 4: you say, Joel, I'm not that talented. I could never 306 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 4: lead my company in cells. Who told you that the 307 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 4: creator of the universe says you have everything you need 308 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 4: to succeed, Well, I could never go further in my career. 309 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 4: I don't have the education. Who says, Almighty God has 310 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 4: deposited a part of himself into you. Well, I tried 311 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 4: once and failed. It didn't work out. Try again. It's 312 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 4: still in you. You can overcome every obstacle. You can 313 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 4: fulfill every dream. You are anointed, you are equipped, you 314 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 4: are empowered. This is your season to come up higher. Now. 315 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,199 Speaker 4: I believe the hidden Treasure that's been buried in you, 316 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 4: maybe even for years. God's about to release. He's going 317 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 4: to give you new opportunities to draw that potential out. 318 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 4: What I'm saying today is get ready, be a pioneer. 319 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 4: Be willing to go into uncharted territories. May be something 320 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 4: that looks so big to you, you think, how could 321 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 4: I do this? This doesn't seem possible. That's okay. The 322 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 4: scripture says it's not by our mind, not by our power, 323 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 4: or one translation says it's by the breath of Almighty God. 324 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,640 Speaker 4: That simply means God's going to breathe in your direction. 325 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 4: You take that step of faith and do what you 326 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 4: know God's put in your heart, and he'll breathe favor, 327 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 4: he'll breathe wisdom, he'll breathe ability. Really, you don't have 328 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 4: to worry about it. You don't have to know how 329 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 4: it's all going to happen. All you've got to do 330 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 4: is stay in faith and keep being your best day 331 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 4: in and day out. You and God are a majority. 332 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,959 Speaker 4: You have not seen your best days. If you're in cells, 333 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 4: you haven't seen your best year in sales just yet. 334 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 4: It's still in your future. If you're a teacher, you 335 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 4: haven't taught your best lesson yet. If you're an athlete, 336 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,680 Speaker 4: you hadn't played your best game yet. New seasons are 337 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 4: on their way. God's about to launch you into a 338 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 4: new dimension. Potential is going to be released in you 339 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 4: that you never even knew you had. You have not 340 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 4: passed this way before. But you've got to do your 341 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,479 Speaker 4: part when these opportunities arise. You can't shrink back and think, oh, 342 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 4: I can't do this, this is too much for me. No, 343 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 4: it may be too much for you, but it's not 344 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,959 Speaker 4: too much for our God. Dare to believe, and you 345 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 4: can't let people talk you out of what you feel 346 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,880 Speaker 4: on the inside. One of the best things I've ever 347 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 4: learned is other people don't have to believe in my 348 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 4: dream for it to come to pass. Everybody's not going 349 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 4: to agree with you. There will always be naysayers, people 350 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 4: telling you things like you really think you can take 351 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 4: that new position, you really think you're qualified to be 352 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 4: in management, you really think you have what it takes. 353 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 4: Just tell them I don't think so. I know so. 354 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 4: I'm a child of the most High God. I'm filled 355 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 4: with seeds of greatness, and I know God would not 356 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 4: have given me this opportunity if he had not already 357 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:50,959 Speaker 4: equipped and empowered me. So I'm headed into uncharted territories. 358 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 4: I'm going where I haven't been before. I really believe 359 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 4: that God doesn't want our lives to be stagnant, and 360 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 4: that's why he constantly gives a opportunities to stretch our faith, 361 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,679 Speaker 4: opportunities that put a demand on our potential. So it 362 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 4: won't just lie there dormant. We should have a goal 363 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 4: that we're not going to die with any treasure left 364 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 4: on the inside. Let's live full so we can die empty. 365 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 4: That means all of our potential has been spent. In 366 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 4: the Old Testament, when Moses died after leading the people 367 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 4: many years, God raised up Joshua. Joshua wasn't sure if 368 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 4: he could do it. He didn't know if he was 369 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 4: really qualified. He faced the same fears and insecurities that 370 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,199 Speaker 4: we face today. But God said to him, Joshua, be 371 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 4: strong and courageous. You know what God was doing. He 372 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 4: was calling out the courage that he had already deposited 373 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 4: into Joshua. He knew Joshua was well able. He knew 374 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 4: he could do it. After all, he's the one that 375 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 4: put it in him. He simply had to get Joshua 376 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 4: to get in agreement, and so God called it out. 377 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 4: Be strong, be courageous. God went on to tell him Joshua, 378 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 4: as I was with Moses, I will be with you 379 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 4: when my father went to be with the Lord. That 380 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 4: was one of my favorite scriptures. At times, I didn't 381 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,159 Speaker 4: know if I could do this. I didn't know if 382 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 4: I felt qualified. But I just remind myself, as God 383 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 4: was with my father all those years, He's with me 384 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 4: right now. And I just started calling it out of me. 385 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 4: I would say, I am strong, I'm annoyed, I'm talented, 386 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 4: I'm creative. People like me, I'm well able to do 387 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 4: what God's called me to do. You got to call 388 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 4: out the good things that God's put in you. Call 389 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 4: out strength, call out excellence, call out favor, call out determination. 390 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 4: It's in you, but you got to call it out. 391 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 4: I'd go around reminding myself God's breathing in my direction. 392 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 4: Those that are for me are greater than those that 393 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 4: are against me. This may be over my head, but 394 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 4: it's not over God's head. Conceived it on the inside. 395 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 4: Now I'm seeing it come to pass on the outside. Well, 396 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 4: what are you calling out over your life, over your future. Hell, Joel, 397 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 4: I think I've reached my limits and I don't think 398 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 4: I'll ever get out of this problem, and I just 399 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 4: never get any good breaks. No, you're calling out defeat, failed, 400 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 4: your mediocrity. You need to start saying, I am strong, 401 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 4: I am blessed, I have the favor of God. Whatever 402 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 4: I touch prospers and succeed. Get your thoughts going in 403 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 4: the right direction. Now. I found that many times, in 404 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 4: our heart we believe we can rise higher. In our heart, 405 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 4: we believe we can stretch to a new level and 406 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 4: do things that we've never done before. But it's our 407 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 4: mind that tries to talk us out of it. Our 408 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 4: natural mind will tell us things like, you can't take 409 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 4: that promotion, you're not qualified. You're gonna get there and 410 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 4: look like a fool. Or you can't get into that 411 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,640 Speaker 4: new relationship. You've been hurt before, you're going to get 412 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 4: hurt again. You can't be a ministry leader. You're too shy, 413 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 4: you won't know what to say. Our mind tries to 414 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 4: talk us out of what our heart knows, and the 415 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 4: scripture says if any two of you agree, it creates 416 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 4: an atmosphere for things to happen. And I know technically 417 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 4: that means getting another person to agree with you, But 418 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,360 Speaker 4: I believe if you'll simply get your mind to agree 419 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 4: with your heart, and you come into agreement with yourself, 420 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 4: then God can do great things. After all, sometimes you 421 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 4: can't find anybody to agree with you. Your friends won't encourage you, 422 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 4: your family members may not think you have what it takes. 423 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 4: That's okay. If you'll come into agreement with yourself, you 424 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 4: and God are a majority. As God was with Moses, 425 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 4: he will be with you. And if we're going to 426 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 4: head into these uncharted territories, we can't dwell on all 427 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 4: the what is? What if I take this new position 428 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 4: and fail? What if you take it and succeed? What 429 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 4: if I change jobs and I don't make any new friends, Joel? 430 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 4: What if you change jobs and you make better friends 431 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 4: and you've before well? What if I take that course 432 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 4: at night it doesn't do me any good. What if 433 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,199 Speaker 4: you take it and it propels you to a new 434 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 4: level You're never going to know unless you try. And 435 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 4: if you're waiting for all your circumstances and all your 436 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 4: friends and family to get behind you before you decide 437 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 4: to take steps of faith, you will never develop your 438 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,160 Speaker 4: full potential. And it's great when people are behind us, 439 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 4: but even if they're not, if you'll come into agreement 440 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 4: with yourself and just say, God, I know you brought 441 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 4: this opportunity across my path, and I'm not gonna dwell 442 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 4: on the what ifs. I'm not gonna shrink back in fear. 443 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 4: I'm gonna be bold. I'm gonna be strong because I 444 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 4: know you are right here with me. I was reading 445 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 4: about a gentleman that had a desire to start a magazine. 446 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 4: His dream was to have a small, pocket sized magazine 447 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 4: full of inspirational stories that people could carry around with 448 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 4: them and read throughout the week. But everybody told them 449 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 4: that it wouldn't work. They said people don't want inspiration, 450 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 4: they want news. They won't entertainment. They told how that 451 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 4: small size would never sell. It was different. He was 452 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 4: out of the box. He was into uncharted territories. Even 453 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 4: the famous publisher William Randolph Hurst tried to discourage him 454 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 4: and tell him that it would never happen. But this gentleman, 455 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 4: he just politely plugged his ears full of cotton and 456 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 4: published his magazine anyway. He had collected thousands of stories 457 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,199 Speaker 4: leading up to that time. He was prepared, and he 458 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 4: started off by printing just a few hundred copies. It 459 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 4: grew to a few thousand, then more and more and more. 460 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 4: Today Reader's Digest has over one hundred million readers. It's 461 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 4: one of the great success stories of our times. Now. 462 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 4: I love the fact this man went into uncharted territories. 463 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 4: He didn't let people talk him out of his dream. 464 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 4: He came into agreement with himself, and he saw God 465 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,439 Speaker 4: do more than he could even ask or think. And 466 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,679 Speaker 4: I know some of you, we all at times have 467 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 4: tried and failed. He hit some obstacles. It didn't work out, 468 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 4: So you've got to get back up and go again. 469 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 4: It's not over until God says it's over. You still 470 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 4: have the potential on the inside. I was watching the 471 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,160 Speaker 4: football playoffs the other night. It's a really great game. 472 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 4: The score was going back and forth, and in the 473 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 4: second half the field goal kicker for the New York 474 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 4: Giants twice had an opportunity to win the game by 475 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 4: kicking a field goal. The distance was easily makeable. I mean, 476 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 4: it wasn't that far, not for a professional kicker, but 477 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 4: both times he missed, And I mean, it's a big 478 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 4: deal to miss once in professional football, but in a 479 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 4: playoff game to miss twice in one half is really 480 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 4: something else. And the coach was just beside himself. Well, 481 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 4: the game went into overtime. The Giants got the ball back. 482 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 4: They were marching down the field trying to score a 483 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 4: touchdown first one that scores wins in overtime, but once 484 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,479 Speaker 4: again they got stopped. It was fourth down and the 485 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 4: coach had to make a decision. Was he going to 486 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 4: let him attempt another field goal, this one would be 487 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 4: further than the two he had already missed, or was 488 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 4: he just going to punk the ball away? And the 489 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 4: coach was just debating on the sideline. Only has like 490 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 4: twenty thirty seconds to make a decision. So he looked 491 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 4: up and down the sideline to see what the kicker thought. 492 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 4: He couldn't find him anywhere. Finally he looked on the field. 493 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 4: The kicker was already lined up in position ready to 494 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 4: kick the field goal. The coach said, when he saw 495 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 4: the confidence and determination of that young man, that made 496 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,360 Speaker 4: his decision to let him attempt it, and this time, 497 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 4: even though it was further, he stepped up kicked it 498 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 4: straight through the uprights, won the game for the Giants. 499 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 4: You may have missed a couple times in life, maybe 500 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,399 Speaker 4: a couple hundred times. We all have. But my question 501 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,959 Speaker 4: to you is are you running back on the field. 502 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 4: Do you still know like this young man that you've 503 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:52,159 Speaker 4: got it on the inside. Don't let your mistakes, your disappointments, 504 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 4: life's failures to keep you from pressing forward. The potential 505 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,959 Speaker 4: is still in you. You were well able to do 506 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,120 Speaker 4: what God has called you to do. 507 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 3: Now. 508 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,400 Speaker 4: I believe in the coming days you're gonna have opportunities 509 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 4: to release your potential in greater ways than you've ever 510 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 4: seen before. Don't pass it by, don't take a sea. 511 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,679 Speaker 4: That's okay, but you were made for more than that. 512 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 4: As long as you're breathing, you've got more on the inside. 513 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 4: You can rise higher than you are. It may seem impossible, 514 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 4: but as God was with Moses, he will be with you. 515 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 4: Don't die with your treasure still buried. Get out of 516 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 4: your safe zone and get over into the faith zone. 517 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 4: And just as God called strength and courage out of Joshua, 518 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 4: I'm calling strength out of you. I'm calling courage out 519 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 4: of you. I'm speaking to every gift, every talent. I'm 520 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 4: just calling them forth, not halfway, not three fourths of 521 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 4: the way. But I declare that your potential is gonna 522 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 4: be released to the full. You're gonna go places you 523 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 4: never thought possible. You're gonna discover gifts and talents that 524 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 4: you never even knew you had. So put your shoulder back, 525 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 4: carry yourself with confidence. Your children are the most high God. 526 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 4: If you'll be bold and dare to take these steps 527 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 4: of faith, God's gonna breathe in your direction. You're gonna 528 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 4: go into uncharted territories. You're gonna accomplish more than you 529 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 4: ever even thought possible. Amen, how many of you receive 530 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 4: it today? We never like to close our broadcast without 531 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 4: giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 532 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 4: your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 533 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 534 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 535 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 4: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 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