1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joeln Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoy 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for God's 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: very best in your life. God bless you. It's great 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: to have you with us today. I hope you'll stay 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: connected with us all through the week. You can download 8 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: our daily podcast listen to the messages anytime, or you 9 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: can go to our YouTube channel, follow us on Instagram, Facebook. 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: But thanks for tuning in today. I like to start 11 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 1: with something funny. I heard about these three men, a Baptist, 12 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: a Catholic, and a Charismatic. They died on the same 13 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: day and went to heaven. Saint Peter met them at 14 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: the pearly gates said I'm so sorry, man, your rooms 15 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: are not available yet. He didn't know what to do, 16 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: so he decided to call Satan and see if he 17 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: would keep them for a little while. Satan reluctantly agreed. 18 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: A few hours later, Satan called back, said, Peter, you've 19 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: got to come get these guys. The Baptist man is 20 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: saving him everyone. The Catholic man is forgiving everyone, and 21 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: the charismatic has already raised enough money for air conditioning. 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: All right, say it like you mean it. This is 23 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 24 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: have what it says I have. I can do what 25 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 26 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 27 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 28 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 29 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: to you today about calling over comfort. It's easy to 30 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: get comfortable in life with things that are less than 31 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 1: God's best. We know there's more in us, but we 32 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: don't want to have to stretch. We don't want to 33 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: take that risk. What if it doesn't work out, what 34 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: if the door doesn't open. We can get comfortable with 35 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: friends that are pulling us down, comfortable with addictions, comfortable 36 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: with self pity, always thinking about what we didn't get, 37 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: how we're at a disadvantage. The problem with staying comfortable 38 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: is you will miss your destiny. When God is about 39 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,959 Speaker 1: to take you higher, there will always be this conflict. 40 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: Something you have to choose. Comfort are calling? Are you 41 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: going to stay where you are? Not rock the boat, 42 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: not have to stretch, not have to be more disciplined, 43 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: not have to push past your fears. Are you going 44 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: to choose to stay comfortable or are you going to 45 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 1: step out in faith and take a risk. If you'll 46 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: leave the comfort and come into the calling, God will 47 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: make things happen that you couldn't make happen. But too 48 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: often we think, when I get the courage, I'll do this. 49 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: When I have the strength, the confidence, then I'll get 50 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: out of my comfort zone. Then I'll forgive the person 51 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: that hurt me. Then I'll deal with this bad attitude. 52 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: But if you're waiting to feel what you need to feel, 53 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: you'll be waiting your whole life. You may not ever 54 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: feel like forgiving that person that did you wrong. You 55 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: feel bitter, you feel angry. You have to make a move. 56 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: Then God will make a move. You may not have 57 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: the strength, now, that's because God's waiting for you to move. 58 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: When you step out, strength will come, courage will come, 59 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: favor will come. Are you choosing comfort over the calling? 60 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: Are there areas where you know you need to make changes, 61 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: You need to work on a relationship, you need to forgive, 62 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: you need to stretch, But you're letting fear what people 63 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: will think, how it seems too hard to keep you 64 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: in your comfort. God is saying, if you'll choose my 65 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: calling over your comfort, if you'll do what I'm asking 66 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: you to do, even though it's difficult, then I'll step 67 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: in and give you supernatural strength. I'll give you the boldness, 68 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: the courage, the favor to accomplish dreams, to overcome obstacles, 69 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: to go where you couldn't go on your own. John 70 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: Chapter five. There was a man that had been crippled 71 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: for thirty eight years. Every day people carried him on 72 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: a mat to the Pool of Bethesda. There was a legend. 73 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: They believed that when the waters bubbled up, an angel 74 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: was touching the water and the first person in would 75 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: be healed. There were five large porches around this pool. 76 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 1: It was surrounded by sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed. Year 77 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: after year this man came to the pool. I can 78 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: imagine the first few years he believed he would get wound. 79 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: He came with expectancy, knowing that it could happen that day. 80 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: But the first year passed and nothing happened, Then another 81 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 1: and another, Now thirty eight years later, he wasn't expecting 82 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: anything to happen. He had tried, it didn't work out. 83 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: Now he was comfortable in his dysfunction. He was surrounded 84 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: by other people that were dysfunctional. This is all he knew, 85 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,359 Speaker 1: going to the pool every day, laying there, talking to 86 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: his friends that were laying blind, couldn't walk. Sometime, when 87 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: we're dysfunctional, we like to get around other dysfunctional people. 88 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: That way, we feel more at ease. When we're insecure, 89 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: we find other people that are insecure. When we're struggling 90 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: with an addiction, we find other people that are addicted. No, 91 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: don't get around people that enable your dysfunction. If you're depressed, 92 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: don't hang around people that are depressed. If you're fighting 93 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: an illness, don't go find other people that are sick 94 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: so you can sit around talk about your illnesses. Hang 95 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 1: around people that have what you want, not people that 96 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: are struggling with what you struggle with. The enemy would 97 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: love for you to stay in a limited environment that 98 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: holds you down, limit your vision, keeps you from dreaming, believing, expecting. 99 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: Don't fall into that trap. If you're depressed, find some 100 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 1: happy friends. If you're addicted, find some free friends. If 101 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: you're sick. Find some healthy friends. If you're broke, I'm 102 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 1: some blessed friends. One day Jesus showed up at this pool. 103 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 1: Out of all the people there, Jesus came over to 104 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: this man. He said, do you want to get well? 105 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: That seemed like an odd question, that's why he was 106 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: by the pull. But you can be at the right place, 107 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: in the wrong frame of mind and missier miracle. Jesus 108 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 1: knew after all those years, the man was comfortable, he 109 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: had lost his passion to be well. Instead of saying, yes, 110 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: I want to get well, that's what I've been believing 111 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: for the man said, I can't get well. I don't 112 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: have anyone to help me. When the angel comes, someone 113 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 1: always gets in in front of me. Jesus didn't feel 114 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: sorry for the man. He didn't say too bad, you're 115 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: at a disadvantage. Jesus looked at the man and said, rise, 116 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: pick up your bed, and walk. Jesus asked him to 117 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: do something that he couldn't do. The man could have said, 118 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: what do you mean get Don't you know I'm crippled. 119 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: I haven't walked in thirty eight years. This man heard 120 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,679 Speaker 1: the call. Jesus told him to rise up, but every 121 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: thought said, you can't get up. You've been this way 122 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: too long. He had to make a decision. Am I 123 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: going to stay in my dysfunction, where I'm comfortable, where 124 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: I've been the last thirty eight years, Or am I 125 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: going to act on the calling? Am I going to 126 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: stretch try something that I've never done? Something rose up 127 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: in this man, against all odds. He sat up. Suddenly, 128 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: strength came into his legs. He stood up and started walking. 129 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: Instantly he was healed. None of this would have happened 130 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: if he would have stayed where he was comfortable. Any 131 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: time God is going to do something new in your life, 132 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: give you more influence, more favor, more anointing, more resources, 133 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: there's going to be this test of being uncomfortable. Are 134 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: you willing to stretch to do something you've never done? 135 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: Move away from tradition, from certain people, from what you're 136 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: familiar with. Don't let the comfort keep you from the calling. 137 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: Where God is taking you is going to require risk. 138 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: You're going to have to leave what's familiar and step 139 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: into the unknown. Like this man. God is going to 140 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: ask you to do things that you don't think you 141 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: can do in your own ability. You can't but when 142 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: you take that step of faith, God will step in 143 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: and give you supernatural ability. But sometimes we've been a 144 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: certain way so long, we've convinced ourselves of what we 145 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: can't do. I can't run my department. I don't have 146 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: the talent. I can't break this addiction. I've had it 147 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: since high school. I can't get the compact center. I've 148 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,839 Speaker 1: only been ministering for two years. God doesn't ask you 149 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: and then not give you what you need. The question 150 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 1: is are you going to stay comfortable it's safe, or 151 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: are you going to step into your calling now. I'm 152 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: not saying this is easy. If it was easy, everyone 153 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: would do it. This takes boldness. This takes a made 154 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,959 Speaker 1: up mind that says, I am not going to let 155 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: fear insecurity what I don't think I can do keep 156 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 1: me in my limited environment. I'm going to stretch. I'm 157 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: going to take risk. I may have to hurt some feelings, 158 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: but I'm going to make changes to follow the call. 159 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: Not going to sit around in dysfunction, surrounded by dysfunctional friends. 160 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: I'm going to rise and walk. Your destiny is too great, 161 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: your assignment too important to let fear. What will people thinking? 162 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: What if it doesn't work out to hold you back. 163 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: If you know how everything is going to work out, 164 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: you don't need faith. If you can accomplish your dreams 165 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: in your own ability, then your dreams are too small. 166 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 1: That may be a stepping stone. But God will put 167 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 1: dreams in your heart where you don't have the finances, 168 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: the connections, the experience. If he doesn't show up, then 169 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: it won't happen, and you'll be tempted to think like 170 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: the lame man, I can't walk. God, you're telling me 171 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: to do something that I've never done. If you'll take 172 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: that step of faith, you'll see God do something that 173 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: you've never seen. You'll see doors open that you couldn't open. 174 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,559 Speaker 1: You'll see divine connections. People show up that want to 175 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: help you. Things fall into place. That's because in your calling, 176 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 1: there's favor. In your calling. Opportunities will find you. In 177 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: your calling, you'll break addictions, you'll beat the cancer, you'll 178 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: defeat that depression. But in your comfort, you'll get stuck 179 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: where you are. If you're always comfortable, then they'll be lack, dysfunction, mediocrity. 180 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: God is saying to you, I'm calling you up higher. 181 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: I'm calling you into abundance. I'm calling you into freedom. 182 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 1: I'm calling you into new levels. Now. Don't let comfort 183 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,319 Speaker 1: hold you back. The fear may still be there, but 184 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 1: you have to act on your purpose, not on your fear. 185 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 1: Fear will keep you from your destiny. Fear will keep 186 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,959 Speaker 1: you by the pool another year. You may feel fear, 187 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: but you have to do it afraid. As you step out, 188 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: courage will come. Confidence will show up, the favor, the blessing, 189 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: the healing. It's waiting for you, not in your comfort, 190 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: but in your calling. If you're never uncomfortable, you're not growing. 191 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: If you never have to stretch your faith, you're never 192 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: over your head, then you're going to be limited. God 193 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: will bring opportunities across your path so you can come 194 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: up to a new level. Go where you've never been, 195 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:56,599 Speaker 1: break bondages that have been passed down in your family line. 196 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: It takes courage, It takes a holy determination. You'll be 197 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: tempted to play it safe. Don't rock the boat. I 198 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: don't want to have to stretch try something new. It 199 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: seems impossible. God wouldn't have given you the opportunity. He 200 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 1: wouldn't have told you to rise and walk if you 201 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: couldn't do it. Don't let comfort hold you back. Being 202 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 1: comfortable will keep you from your potential. You were created 203 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: to stretch, you were created to go further. And yes, 204 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: there will be seasons where you're comfortable, seasons where you're 205 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: enjoying favor and blessings. But God is not going to 206 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:40,119 Speaker 1: leave you in your comfort. He's taken you from glory 207 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: to glory. You can't reach new levels of glory without 208 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: being uncomfortable, without having to stretch, without believing the things 209 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: that seem unlikely. Now I've learned, the calling will disrupt 210 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: your comfort. There will be strategic times in your life 211 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: like this crypt Man, that God will call you up higher. 212 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: He'll call you to break the addiction. You were fine 213 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: for a long time, but suddenly you know you have 214 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: to do something. He'll call you to leave the familiar 215 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: and go into the unknown. That's what happened to me. 216 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: I worked seventeen years behind the scenes here at Lakewood 217 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: doing the television production. When my father went to be 218 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: with the Lord. I knew I was supposed to step 219 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: up and pastor the church, but I was comfortable behind 220 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: the scenes. I didn't want to be in front of 221 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: people I wouldn't know what to say. All these fears insecurity, 222 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: intimidation were trying to hold me back. I had to 223 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 1: make a decision. Was I going to act on my 224 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 1: calling or stay in my comfort. There were all these 225 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: loud thoughts saying you better stay where you are. You 226 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 1: don't have the training, the experience. You've never ministered before. 227 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: It's not worth the risk. God was calling me to 228 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: rise in wa like that crippled man. My first thought 229 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: was I can't. I've never done it. But when I 230 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 1: got it quiet, I could hear this still small voice 231 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: telling me, Joel, You've got what it takes. You've been 232 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: raised up for this time. This is your moment. You 233 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: are well able. The enemy will always tell you what 234 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: you can't do, but if you'll turn down his lies, 235 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: you'll hear a still small voice telling you what you 236 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: can do. You can break the addiction, you can beat 237 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: the cancer. You can teach that class, you can start 238 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: that business. You can pay your house off. You can 239 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: rise and walk well. Joel, What if I try and 240 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: it doesn't work out. What if you try and it 241 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: does work out. What if you take that step of 242 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: faith and you go to a new level. What if 243 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: it thrusts you further than you've imagined. What if you 244 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: discover you can do what you've never done. You can walk, 245 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: you can lead, you can live free and whole. Don't 246 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: let the what ifs talk you out of your destiny. 247 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: Turn them around. What if God shows up and favors you. 248 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: What if doors opened you never dreamed would open. What 249 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: if you beat the addiction after all these years? Here's 250 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: the key. If you never try, you're never going to know. 251 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: There are no risks in playing it safe, no risk 252 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: in lying by the pool another thirty eight years. You 253 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: already know what's going to happen. But how sad it 254 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: will be to come to the end of life and 255 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: never know what you could have become if you would 256 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: have just dared take some risk, If you would have 257 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: acted on the call and not the comfort, if you 258 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: would have listened to the still small voice, the most 259 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: High God instead of all the loud, intimidating lies of 260 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: the enemy. When my father went to be with the Lord, 261 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: there were other family members on staff that were ministers, 262 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: my sisters, brothers in law. They had a more experience. 263 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: They were very capable, excellent ministers. They could have wanted 264 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: to pastor the church. My personality type is I don't 265 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: like conflict. I want everyone to be happy. I'll go 266 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: out of my way to avoid even a possible confrontation. 267 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: But I knew if I was going to step up 268 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: and do what God called me to do, I had 269 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: to tell my family what I was thinking. I asked 270 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: if they would all meet me at the church one morning. 271 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: You talk about being uncomfortable, way out of what I 272 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: was used to. I called this big family meeting the 273 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: first time in my life. I was so nervous, wondering 274 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: what everyone was going to think, how it was going 275 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: to turn out. But when you make a move, God 276 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: will make a move. I told them how I felt 277 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: like God wanted me to pastor the church, and I 278 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: didn't know how it was going to work out, or 279 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: even if it was right, but that's what I believed 280 00:16:56,360 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: in my heart. I waited for all this conflict, all 281 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: this debate. I'm sure some others felt the same way, 282 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: that they were supposed to become the pastor. After all, 283 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: they had more credentials. All I had was my high 284 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: school diploma, one year of college, and my good looks. 285 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: That was debatable. After my big speech, the whole room 286 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: went silent. Finally, my sister Lisa spoke up and said, Joel, 287 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: if you feel that way, we're all going to support you. 288 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 1: The next person said the same thing, and again and again. 289 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: I thought, you mean, there's not going to be this 290 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: big debate, all this tension, strife, discord. When you step 291 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: into your calling, God will make your crooked places strang 292 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 1: He'll cause people to be for you that could be 293 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: against you. He'll prepare their hearts, He'll fight your battles. 294 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 1: That meeting ended with my mother saying, Joel, I can't 295 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,880 Speaker 1: believe it's going to be you. You're the least likely one. 296 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: I said, thank you, mother for your confidence. I walked 297 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 1: out of there feeling about two feet tall. Friends, life 298 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: is short, time is flying by. You have to make 299 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: this decision. Are you going to stay comfortable? Are you 300 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: going to step into your calling? On the other side 301 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 1: of that uncomfortableness are new levels, new relationships, businesses, compact centers. 302 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: Are you letting fear hold you back? Fear of what 303 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: might happen? I had played out in my mind over 304 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: and over that family meeting. Strife, discord, contenting, arguing. None 305 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: of that happened. Most of the negative things you think 306 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: are going to happen, are not going to happen? Why? 307 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: God has already prepared the way. He's already lined up 308 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: the right people. He's moving out the wrong people. He 309 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: has the breaks you need, the favor, the strength, the healing, 310 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,959 Speaker 1: the freedom. All he needs is for you to step 311 00:18:55,960 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: into your calling. Don't let fear hold you back. What 312 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: people are going to think, What are they going to say? 313 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,400 Speaker 1: What if they're not for me? If they're not for you, 314 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: then you don't need them. Your destiny is not dependent 315 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 1: on everyone being for you. God has already lined up 316 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 1: the people you need that will be there to support you, 317 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 1: people that will help you accomplish your dreams. Now, if 318 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 1: a person or a group of people could stop your destiny, 319 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: they would be more powerful than God. Quit worrying about 320 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 1: what they might say. They may not be for me, 321 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: they may try to discredit me. They cannot stand against 322 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 1: our God. Him being for you is more than the 323 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: world being against you. We all have these times like 324 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: I had. They are destiny moments. That opportunity is not 325 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: going to pass by again. If you let fear keep 326 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 1: you in your comfort zone. People didn't stop you, you 327 00:19:55,280 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: stopped yourself. I'm asking you to choose your calling over 328 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: your comfort. Every time God has taken me to a 329 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 1: new level, every time I've seen favor in greater ways, 330 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,640 Speaker 1: one common thing has happened. I was uncomfortable. I had 331 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: to do something I didn't like. I had to stretch, 332 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: I had to walk down a path that wasn't familiar. 333 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,879 Speaker 1: There was a lady in the scripture named Rayham. She 334 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: lived in the city of Jericho. She didn't have a 335 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: good reputation. She was a prostitute. People looked down on her, 336 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: didn't give her the time of day, thought why would 337 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: she live like that? But God never writes anyone off. 338 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 1: The scripture says his calling on your life is irrevocable. 339 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 1: That means God has already given you an assignment. He's 340 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: already called you, and he's not going to change his mind. 341 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: You may make mistakes, get off course, do things you 342 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: know you shouldn't, but that doesn't change the call. God 343 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: still has a destiny for you to fulfill. His mercy 344 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: is bigger than any mistake that you've made. Joshua and 345 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 1: the Israelites were headed to the Promised Land. The city 346 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: of Jericho stood in their path. Joshua sent two men 347 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: in to spy out the land. They looked around all 348 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 1: that day. At night they needed a place to stay. 349 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: Of all the places, they came to Rehab's house. She 350 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:25,199 Speaker 1: found out who they were, and something came alive on 351 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: the inside. All of a sudden, she had this desire 352 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 1: to help them. She told them how she believed in 353 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: their god, the god of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. She 354 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 1: not only took them in, but she hid them. The 355 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,880 Speaker 1: next morning, the king of Jericho sent men to Rehab's 356 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 1: house and said, bring those men out. There's spies. She said, 357 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. They left last night out the city gates 358 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: right before dusk. If you hurry, you can probably still 359 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: catch them. Those men took off. The spies told her, 360 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 1: because the cause you protected us when we attacked the city, 361 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: we're not going to harm you or anyone in your house. 362 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: Rehab's life was spared. None of this would have happened 363 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: if she wasn't willing to take a risk. She had 364 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: to decide, am I going to stay where it's comfortable, 365 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 1: keep living in dysfunction, doing things I'm not proud of, 366 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 1: or am I going to step into my calling. She 367 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: had this boldness, this courage to do something out of 368 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: the ordinary. She had to take a chance that the 369 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: king would find out that she was hiding the spies. 370 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 1: But deep down she knew this was a destiny moment, 371 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 1: a chance to do the right thing, to show God 372 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: that she believed in him. I'm sure, thoughts told her, 373 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: God's not going to have anything to do with you. 374 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,199 Speaker 1: Look at the life you've lived, look at all the 375 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: mistakes you've made. Somehow, Rehab tuned all that out and thought, God, 376 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,399 Speaker 1: I know you still have a purpose for me. I 377 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 1: know I can still leave my mark. She took this risk, 378 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: and her whole world changed. Rahab ended up marrying a 379 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: Jewish man. They had a son named Boaz. Boas married Ruth. 380 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: They had a son named Obed. Obed had a son 381 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: named Jesse. Jesse had a son named David. That means Rayhab. 382 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: This former prostitute is in the family line of Jesus Christ. 383 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: Like Rayhab, when you choose your calling over your comfort, 384 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: you can affect generations to come. Who knows how. Not 385 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: only your life will be impacted for the good, but 386 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,919 Speaker 1: because you chose to stretch when you felt like playing 387 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: it safe, you chose to take the high road instead 388 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 1: of compromising. You chose to leave the comfort of the addiction, 389 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: the comfort of the dysfunction, and take steps to overcome. 390 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: Your family line will look back and see the blessing, 391 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 1: the freedom, the abundance started with you. You saying yes 392 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:08,359 Speaker 1: to your calling. You being willing to be obedient, to 393 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 1: do the right thing when it was hard, to forgive 394 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 1: when you were wrong, to push past fear and step 395 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:18,880 Speaker 1: into your purpose. You were the difference maker. Is there 396 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 1: some area God is asking you to leave your comfort 397 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: and come into your calling. Ray have felt the calling 398 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: on her life, but the environment wasn't conducive to serve God. 399 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,640 Speaker 1: They didn't worship Jehovah. No one in her family believed 400 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: in God. She was in an occupation that was looked 401 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: down on. But because she stepped out of her comfort 402 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 1: what she was used to, she is now listed as 403 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: one of the heroes of faith. Maybe, like her, you 404 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: come from a family that doesn't have any kind of faith. 405 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: You're in an environment with people that don't have anything 406 00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: to do with God. All around you, there's compromising, mediocrity, 407 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 1: people taking the easy way out. The reason you feel 408 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: this stirring in your spirit, the reason something is coming 409 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:13,400 Speaker 1: alive on the inside is because God is calling you. 410 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: He's been waiting for you. You're not hearing this by accident. 411 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:22,439 Speaker 1: This is a destiny moment. The question is, will you 412 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: leave your comfort and step into your calling? Will you 413 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: leave what's familiar, things that have held you down, people 414 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: that are causing you to compromise, and make this decision 415 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: that you're going to honor God. You're going to step 416 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,679 Speaker 1: up to who you were created to be. It's easy 417 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 1: to play it safe, don't rock the boat. I don't 418 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: want to have to change. I don't want to be uncomfortable, 419 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: but you'll never fulfill your purpose staying comfortable. On the 420 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 1: other side of this discomfort is a new level of 421 00:25:55,160 --> 00:26:00,479 Speaker 1: your destiny. I know today I am looking at heroes faith. 422 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: I'm looking at people that have greatness in them, great courage, 423 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,679 Speaker 1: great talent, great favor. Well not me, Joel. I've had 424 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: a rough background. I'm not in a good environment. You're 425 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: right where Rayhab was. You are one decision away from 426 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 1: stepping into your greatness, one decision from setting your family 427 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 1: on a new course to freedom, honor, blessing, victory. Now 428 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 1: do your part, leave the comfort and come into your calling. 429 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: If you'll do this. I believe and declare, like the 430 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:43,919 Speaker 1: crippled man, chains that have held you back are being broken. Sicknesses, addictions, lack, poverty, 431 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 1: limited thinking. You're about to rise and walk. God is 432 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: about to do what you couldn't do on your own. 433 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 1: Like Rahab, You're going to see favor, promotion, protection, the 434 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: right people, the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. 435 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 436 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 437 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, a repent of my sins, come 438 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 1: into my heart, Make you my Lord and savior. If 439 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 440 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,440 Speaker 1: We'd love to send you some free information on your 441 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: walk with the Lord. Just text the number on the screen. 442 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: I hope you'll get into a good Bible based church. 443 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: Keep God first place. 444 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:38,919 Speaker 2: Every day we can live discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated. 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