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If you'll keep 40 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 4: the right attitude, then it's preparing you for new levels. 41 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 4: It's getting you ready to carry the weight of glory, 42 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 4: to go where you've never gone, to see things that 43 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 4: you've never seen. Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks 44 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 4: for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 45 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 5: If you enjoyed to mesage, why don't you be a 46 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 47 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 48 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 4: your life. Well, God bless you. It's great to come 49 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 4: into your homes today, and I hope you'll stay connected 50 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,279 Speaker 4: with us throughout the week. You can download our daily podcast, 51 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 4: go to our YouTube channel, watch the messages anytime, or 52 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 4: of course, you can follow us on social media. We 53 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 4: want to keep it encouraged and inspired. But thanks for 54 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 4: tuning in today. I'd like to start with something funny 55 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 4: and I heard about this archaeologist in New York. He 56 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 4: dug down ten feet and found traces of copper wiring 57 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 4: dating back one hundred years. He concluded New Yorkers had 58 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 4: a telephone network over one hundred years ago. Not to 59 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 4: be outdone, an archaeologist from California dug down twenty feet 60 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 4: and found copper wiring dating back two hundred years. He 61 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 4: concluded Californians had a massive communication network one hundred years 62 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 4: earlier than New York. Upon hearing this Bubba from Texas 63 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 4: dug down thirty feet on his farm and found absolutely nothing. 64 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 4: He concluded three hundred years ago, Texans had already gone wireless. 65 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 4: Come on, say it like you mean it. This is 66 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 4: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 67 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 4: have what it says I have. I can do what 68 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 4: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 69 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 4: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 70 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 4: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 71 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 72 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 4: to you today about the weight of glory. Glory means honor, favor, influence. 73 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 4: We like those things, but we don't always realize there's 74 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,119 Speaker 4: a weight that comes with favor, a weight that comes 75 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 4: with influence. If you're not prepared for it, the favor 76 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 4: won't be a blessing, it will be a burden. We 77 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 4: have to pass some tests before God will trust us 78 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 4: with the weight of glory. Nothing happens by accident. Your 79 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 4: steps are being ordered by the Lord. The delays, the disappointments, 80 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 4: the bad breaks, those are tests. Will you be good 81 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 4: to people that are not being good to you? Will 82 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 4: you stay in faith when things happen that you don't understand. 83 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 4: You come down with an illness, you overlook for a promotion. 84 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 4: The pandemic slows your dreams. These are all opportunities to 85 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 4: prove to God that you can handle the weight of glory. 86 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 4: When you understand that God uses difficulties and things we 87 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 4: don't like to get us prepared, then you don't complain 88 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 4: when things don't go your way. You realize it's serving 89 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 4: a purpose. When you do the right thing when the 90 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 4: wrong thing is happening, you're getting stronger. Your roots are 91 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 4: going down deeper. That's why God doesn't remove everything instantly. 92 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 4: We pray, God, take away this trouble, change this person, 93 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 4: make me comfortable. But if you're always comfortable, you won't 94 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 4: be prepared. We grow in the difficult times. We grow 95 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 4: when we have to stretch our faith, believe when we 96 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,799 Speaker 4: don't see things changing, stay in faith when we didn't 97 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 4: get the contract. Those are very important times. If what 98 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 4: you're praying about isn't changing, then God is using that 99 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 4: situation to change you. Now I'm not saying to accept everything, 100 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 4: live with defeet. I'm saying God has a purpose for it. 101 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 4: If you'll keep the right attitude, then it's preparing you 102 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 4: for new levels. It's getting you ready to carry the 103 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 4: weight of glory, to go where you've never gone, to 104 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 4: see things that you've never seen. And the reason it's 105 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 4: taking so long is because what God has in store 106 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 4: is much bigger than you can imagine. Now, don't fight 107 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 4: the seasons where you're uncomfortable. Why isn't this changing. I've 108 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 4: been doing the right things. Seems like the more I pray, 109 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 4: the worse it gets. God knows what he's doing. Everything 110 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 4: serves his plan. You can't see it, but every day 111 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 4: you stay in faith. Every day you do your best 112 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 4: at work, you have a smile on your face, a 113 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 4: song of praise in your heart. You are passing the task. 114 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 4: You can't see it, but your spiritual muscles are getting stronger. 115 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 4: Your character is being developed. You're showing God he can 116 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 4: trust you. I like to lift weights, but the weights 117 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 4: don't do me any good if they're always easy. If 118 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 4: I get a ten pound dumbbell, I can lift that 119 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 4: for three days. It's only when the weight is heavy 120 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 4: enough to where there's resistance. It's uncomfortable. I don't like it. 121 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 4: I prefer to not have to strain, but that's the 122 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 4: only way the muscle grows. You may be in a 123 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 4: situation now where you're uncomfortable. God, why won't these people 124 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 4: treat me right? Why want my business in Creed? Why 125 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 4: haven't I met anyone? You're in training? This is an 126 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 4: opportunity to get stronger. If God changed it overnight, you 127 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 4: wouldn't be prepared to carry the weight of glory. God 128 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 4: has something awesome in your future. Don't get discouraged by 129 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 4: what's not working out, by how long it's taking, by 130 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 4: who's not changing. Seems like it's all negative. But what 131 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 4: you can't see is you're growing, You're getting stronger, You're 132 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 4: developing a greater trust, greater confidence, greater endurance. These challenges 133 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 4: are all opportunities to come up higher. But there will 134 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 4: be people in your life. You're treating them right, but 135 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 4: they're doing you wrong, leaving you out. They're jealous. The 136 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 4: time will come when you can get even, you can 137 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 4: pay them back, you can leave them out. That's a test. 138 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 4: Will you do to them what they did to you, 139 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 4: or will you be the bigger person take the high 140 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 4: road and be good to them despite what they did. 141 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 4: That's not just being nice. That's passing the test. That's 142 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 4: showing God that you can carry the weight of glory, 143 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 4: The weight of influence, the weight of leadership will not 144 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 4: put you in a higher position. If you're going to 145 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 4: use the influence to mistreat people, he will test you 146 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 4: with small things how do you treat that clerk that's 147 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 4: hard to get along with. How do you respond to 148 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 4: that lady on the phone that doesn't give you the 149 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 4: time of day? George, she was rude to me. That's 150 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 4: why I was rude back to her. Besides, she doesn't 151 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 4: even know who I am. She may not, but God does. 152 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 4: He's the one keeping the records. Well, everyone it works, 153 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 4: slacks off, everyone comes in late, Everyone wastes time. Here's 154 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 4: the difference. You're not everyone. You'll call to set a 155 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 4: new standard. God wants you to go to levels that 156 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 4: others can't go. They don't have the character, the integrity. 157 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 4: They don't want to live discipline, focus. That's fine for them, 158 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 4: but that's not who you are. You are exceptional. You 159 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 4: have a calling on your life. There's an assignment for 160 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 4: you to fulfill. You weren't created to just get by 161 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 4: like others. You have greatness in you. You were created 162 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 4: to stand out, to rise higher, to leave your mark. 163 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 4: What you do in these seemingly small areas where nobody 164 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 4: will know, will determine whether God can trust you with 165 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 4: big things. This is more relevant today than ever because 166 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 4: you can get on social media be negative toward people condescending, 167 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 4: say hurtful things, all under a different name. Nobody knew 168 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 4: it was me. God is the one that matters. Promotion 169 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 4: doesn't come from people, comes from the Lord. The scripture says, 170 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 4: he lifts up one and sets down another. Can you 171 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 4: handle the weight of glory? Can God trust you with 172 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 4: more favor, with more resources? Are you passing these tests? 173 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,959 Speaker 4: I have some lemon trees in our backyard, and one 174 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 4: of them had so many lemons on it that a 175 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 4: couple of the branches started to touch the ground. There 176 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 4: were five or six big lemons on the end of 177 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 4: this small branch, about a half an inch in diameter. 178 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 4: Because the brand couldn't handle the weight, the lemons didn't 179 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 4: develop properly. And sometimes we're wondering why we're not seeing 180 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 4: more fruit. God, Why won't you give me more influence, 181 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 4: more favor, more opportunity. It may be because our branches 182 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 4: can't handle the weight right now. If God gives you 183 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 4: ten lemons but your branch can only sustain three, it's 184 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 4: not a blessing, it's a burden. Instead of focusing on 185 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 4: the fruit, if you'll focus on developing your branches, getting stronger, 186 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 4: being a person of excellence, and integrity, doing the right 187 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 4: thing when nobody is watching, treating people with respect, giving 188 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 4: God praise when you could be complaining. Because your character 189 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 4: is getting stronger, your roots are going down deeper, you'll 190 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 4: be able to carry the weight of that fruit. David 191 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 4: said in Psalm one. When you keep God first place, 192 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 4: you will be like a tree planted by the waters 193 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 4: that brings forth fruit in its seas. It doesn't say 194 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 4: it's going to bring forth fruit year round. It's not 195 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 4: healthy for that lemon tree to bear fruit all the time. 196 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 4: It can't sustain that. And yes, we love harvest season. 197 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 4: We love when we're seeing favor, prayers answered, new opportunities. 198 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 4: That's great. But every season is not harvest. We may 199 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 4: not like it, but winter is a blessing. Winter is necessary. 200 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 4: Without the leaves coming off, the tree would never develop 201 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 4: new buds. In the winter season. It looks like the 202 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 4: tree is dead, no fruit, no leaves, branches are bare. 203 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 4: You could think this tree is done, it's over. But 204 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 4: the truth is in the winter, something is happening that 205 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 4: you can't see. The tree is gathering up sap, The 206 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 4: roots are going down deeper. It's being prepared to handle 207 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 4: more fruit in the spring, and if there weren't these 208 00:11:55,840 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 4: different seasons, the tree wouldn't reach its full potential. Don't 209 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 4: complain about the winter seasons in life, the times you 210 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 4: don't see any growth. You're stuck at the same level 211 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 4: at work, nothing changing in your relationship, still single, your 212 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 4: health is not improving. I wonder what's wrong. Where's all 213 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 4: the fruit? Nothing's wrong. You're in winter. You can't see it, 214 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 4: but your branches are getting bigger. The fruit you've seen 215 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 4: in the past, the success, the favor, the influence. If 216 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 4: that's all there was, then you would have kept producing 217 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 4: at that same level. The fact that you're in winter 218 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 4: is a sign that God has more in store. He 219 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 4: has bigger opportunities, more favor, greater honor. Now keep a 220 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 4: good attitude in winter. When you're not being recognized, not 221 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 4: getting the credit, not seeing growth, something is happening on 222 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 4: the inside. God is getting you prepared. Paul said, I 223 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 4: can do all things through Christ. One translation says I 224 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 4: can do all seasons through Christ. You may be in 225 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 4: a winter season not see in the favor you've seen 226 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 4: in the past. Instead of complaining, try a different approach. Lord, 227 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 4: Thank you that I can do all seasons. I can 228 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 4: do spring, and I can do winter. I can do harvest, 229 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 4: I can do planting. I can do this pandemic season. 230 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,439 Speaker 4: I can do this season taking care of my elderly parents. 231 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 4: I can do this season where I'm not being treated 232 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 4: right at work, where I'm dealing with this illness. In 233 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 4: those winter seasons, like that tree, you're gathering upsap, You're 234 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 4: getting stronger. Your character is being developed, You're learning to 235 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,839 Speaker 4: trust God in a greater way. All that is getting 236 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 4: you prepared to carry the weight of glory, the weight 237 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 4: of blessing, the weight of influence. You wouldn't be in winter, 238 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 4: you wouldn't be in this pandemic. You wouldn't be facing 239 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 4: that difficulty if God didn't have something bigger coming. If 240 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 4: you were going to keep producing the same amount of fruit, 241 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 4: then God would have left you alone. The fact that 242 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 4: your branches are bare, the fruit is gone, there are 243 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 4: no leaves. That's a sure sign that increase is coming. 244 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 4: David said, you're going to bear fruit in your season. 245 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 4: It may be winter in your life, but I sense 246 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 4: in my spirit you're on the verge of a new season. 247 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 4: You pass that test, You've done the right thing when 248 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 4: it was hard. You've stayed in faith when life didn't 249 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 4: make sense. Now you're ready to carry the weight of glory. 250 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 4: God is about to do a new thing. This next 251 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 4: season is going to be something you've never seen. Favor, opportunity, 252 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 4: influence greater than you could imagine. But none of us 253 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 4: like to go through difficulties. But when you understand that 254 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 4: without the winter, you can't see greater growth, greater fruit, 255 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 4: then you don't complain. You realize God is getting you 256 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 4: prepared to handle greater weight. How thoughts will tell you 257 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 4: winter is permanent. He'll never meet the right person. It's 258 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 4: been too long, You'll never get well, never come out 259 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 4: of debt. Don't believe those lies. Winter always gives way 260 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 4: to spring. Your harvest season is coming. God is watching you. 261 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 4: He sees you going the extra mile. He sees you're 262 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 4: working hard, making sacrifices, and nobody thanking you. He sees 263 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 4: you fighting the illness, the lonely nights, praising when you 264 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 4: could be complaining, giving when you're not seeing increase. You're 265 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 4: about to come out of that lonely season, that unfair season, 266 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 4: that barren season, into a season of great joy, great favor, 267 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 4: great health, great relationships, great opportunities. Because you pass the test, 268 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 4: you prove to God that you can handle the weight 269 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 4: of glory. You're going to see him show out in 270 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 4: your life. This is what happened with David. At seventeen, 271 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 4: he was anointed by the prophet Samuel to be the 272 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 4: next king of Israel. But he didn't go to the palace. 273 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 4: He went back to the shepherd's fields to take care 274 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 4: of sheep. He was hidden, nobody paid attention to him. 275 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 4: It was lonely, boring taking care of sheep. When he 276 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 4: knew he had big things in him. He could have 277 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 4: slacked off, taken the easy way out, thought, nobody's watching. 278 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 4: If I lose a few sheep, big deal, Nobody's going 279 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 4: to know about it. No, David was a person of excellence. 280 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 4: He did the right thing when no one was watching. 281 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 4: What you do in private will determine how high you 282 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 4: go in public. If you cut corners, slack off, do 283 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 4: things half heartedly, that's going to keep you from carrying 284 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 4: the weight of what God has for you. You don't 285 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 4: get stronger by taking the easy way out. You grow 286 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 4: when you do things you don't like the right thing 287 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 4: when no one is watching. Have a good attitude when 288 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 4: you're not getting your way when it's not fair. Your 289 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 4: confidence will not be the limit of how high you go. 290 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,439 Speaker 4: Your character will determine how high you go. There are 291 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 4: a lot of talented, smart capable people. Talent may take 292 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 4: you somewhere, but character is what will keep you there. 293 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 4: Your character is more important than your confidence. What you 294 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 4: do in private, when no one is watching, will determine 295 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 4: how high God will take you. David didn't like being 296 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 4: in the shepherd's fields. He was looked down on by 297 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 4: his family, rejected by his father. But you never read 298 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 4: where he complained, where he got bitter. He kept doing 299 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:39,640 Speaker 4: the right thing year after year. He had to prove 300 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 4: to God he would take care of those sheep before 301 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,479 Speaker 4: God would trust him to take care of his people, 302 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 4: the Israelites. Every day David was in the shepherd's fields, 303 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 4: nothing exciting, no sign of things changing, But something was 304 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 4: happening on the inside. David was growing, getting stronger, developing character. 305 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 4: He was proving to God that he could be trusted. 306 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 4: He didn't like the winter season where he was hidden, 307 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 4: but it was necessary. Without that time proving, he wouldn't 308 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,679 Speaker 4: have been able to carry the weight of glory, the 309 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 4: weight of favor that God was going to give him. 310 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 4: If God is going to trust you with favor, influence, authority, 311 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 4: you have to be a good steward of it. You 312 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 4: don't prove that when you have it. You prove it 313 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 4: in the small things in your private life, and how 314 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 4: you treat people that can't do anything for you. How 315 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 4: respectful you are to your spouse, your family. If you're 316 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 4: harsh and condescending with people you love, how can God 317 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 4: trust you with greater influence? After years in the Shepherd's fields, 318 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:51,920 Speaker 4: David defeated Goliath and became an overnight hero. When God 319 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,919 Speaker 4: can trust you, he'll do things. Suddenly. May look like 320 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 4: you're falling behind. You've been doing the right thing a 321 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 4: long time, seems like it's going to take years to 322 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 4: get to where you need to be. A one touch 323 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 4: of God's favor will put you fifty years down the road. 324 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 4: When you come into your season, when winter changes to spring, 325 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 4: God can suddenly thrust you to a new level. David 326 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 4: was working for King Saul, but Saul was jealous. He 327 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 4: tried to kill David. David had to flee for his life. 328 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 4: He lived on the run in the desert, hiding in 329 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 4: caves Saul was making his life miserable. At one point, 330 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 4: David saw Saul and his men sleeping. This was his 331 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 4: big chance to get even. He could finally pay Saul 332 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 4: back for doing him wrong, put an end to all 333 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 4: this trouble. But David wouldn't do it. He knew Saul 334 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 4: was the king and you were to touch, not God's anointed. 335 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 4: Even though Saul was doing wrong, David had so much integrity, 336 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 4: such great character, that he wouldn't harm Saul. When Saul 337 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 4: found out about it, he wept. He said, David, you're 338 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 4: a much better man than I am. Not long after that, 339 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 4: Saul was killed in a battle and David took the throne. 340 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 4: But I wonder if this would have happened if David 341 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 4: had not passed these tests all along the way, not 342 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 4: just big things, but small things. Doing the right thing 343 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 4: in the lonely shepherd's fields, keeping a good attitude when 344 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 4: his family did him wrong, being kind to King Saul, 345 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 4: not trying to get revenge. He didn't like it, but 346 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 4: these things prepared him to carry the weight of glory, 347 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 4: the weight of influence, the weight of favor. I learned 348 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 4: much of this from my father. He was a man 349 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 4: of great character and great integrity. The late nineteen fifties, 350 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 4: the church he was pastoring was going along fine, growing 351 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 4: see an increase. But when my sister Lisa was born 352 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 4: with a birth injury, he began to search the scriptures 353 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 4: in a new way. He saw God as a healer 354 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 4: and to God that wanted us to live an abundant, 355 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 4: victorious life. Unfortunately, his congregation didn't like his new message 356 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 4: of faith and victory. It didn't fit into their tradition, 357 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 4: and they ended up asking my father to leave. He 358 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 4: was devastated. He had seen great success there. They had 359 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 4: just built a new sanctuary. He was on the state 360 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 4: board for his denomination. In that season he saw great fruit. 361 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 4: But now it was winter, no fruit, no church, no favor. 362 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 4: He could have been bitter, given up on his dream, 363 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 4: but he and my mother went out and started Lakewood 364 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,880 Speaker 4: with ninety people in an old Rundown feed store. Here 365 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 4: my father had just come from a beautiful new building 366 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 4: stained glass. This feed store had holes in the floor, 367 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 4: it was dirty, no windows that cleaned it up, put 368 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 4: folding chairs in it, and had church. My father preached 369 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 4: to those ninety people just as strongly and passionately as 370 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 4: he did to the thousand at his previous church. For 371 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 4: thirteen years, Lakewood didn't grow. He was giving it his awe, 372 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 4: but nothing was improving. Still had less than two hundred people. 373 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 4: He could have been discouraged. God, I don't understand it, 374 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 4: but he just kept doing the right thing year after year. 375 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 4: In nineteen seventy two, suddenly there was a shift. People 376 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 4: started coming from all over the city and Lakewood grew 377 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 4: to a church of thousands that would impact the world. 378 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 4: But those years where he wasn't seeing growth, years where 379 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 4: there was no fruit. He was doing the right thing, 380 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 4: but the wrong thing was happening. They were very important 381 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:40,880 Speaker 4: years without that winter season where he proved to God 382 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,439 Speaker 4: that he would be faithful. He proved he would do 383 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 4: the right thing when it was hard. He proved he 384 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 4: wouldn't get bitter and try to get revenge. That's what 385 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 4: prepared him to carry the weight of glory. Everything that 386 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 4: happens in life, the difficulties, the delays, the things that 387 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 4: are not fair, they're not random. God is giving you 388 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 4: an opportunity to grow, to come up higher. He's getting 389 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 4: you prepared to handle the weight of favor, the weight 390 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 4: of influence. Quit telling yourself it's too hard. They did 391 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 4: me wrong. It's been so long. Turn it around. I 392 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 4: can handle every season through Christ. It's winter. I don't 393 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,919 Speaker 4: like it. I'm uncomfortable, but I can handle winter. I 394 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 4: know God is still on the throne. I know I've 395 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 4: been armed with strength for this battle. I don't like 396 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 4: this loneliness, but I'm not gonna fall apart. I can 397 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 4: handle a lonely season. I can handle this season fighting 398 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 4: in illness. I can handle the season where I'm not 399 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 4: seeing any fruit. I'm not gonna just drag through it complaining. 400 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 4: I'm gonna keep a song of praise. I'm gonna keep 401 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 4: being my best. I know all seasons are working for 402 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 4: my good. You do that, and you're not just passing 403 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 4: the test. You're getting prepared. Your character is coming a higher, 404 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 4: your spiritual muscles are getting stronger. That at the right time, 405 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:05,120 Speaker 4: you will come out of winter into your harvest season. 406 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:10,719 Speaker 4: You'll see greater favor, greater influence, greater opportunities. It's because 407 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 4: you can handle the weight of glory. But some of 408 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 4: the difficulties that we complain about the challenge is that 409 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 4: we don't like. Without them, we wouldn't be prepared. Instead 410 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 4: of trying to pray away all the things that make 411 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 4: you uncomfortable. Pray away the people that get on your nerves, 412 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 4: pray away the delays. Why don't you try a different 413 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 4: approach and say, God, help me to keep a good 414 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 4: attitude in the midst of these challenges. Help me to 415 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 4: stay in faith when people aren't treating me right. Help 416 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 4: me to resist the temptation to compromise, to take the 417 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 4: easy way out, so my character can develop, so my 418 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,199 Speaker 4: branches can get stronger, so I can handle what you 419 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 4: have in store. If God is not removing the difficulty, 420 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 4: if he's not changing what you don't like, then he's 421 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 4: getting you prepared to carry a lot of weight. The 422 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 4: longer it's taken, the greater the harvest, the glory that's coming, 423 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 4: the favor, the influence, the resources is going to be 424 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 4: something that you've never seen. The scripture says, until the 425 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 4: time came to bring Joseph's dream to pass, God tested 426 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 4: Joseph's character. Before your dream comes to pass, God will 427 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 4: test your character. You have to prove that you can 428 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 4: handle what He's entrusted you with. God gave Joseph a 429 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 4: dream as a teenager that he would be in leadership, 430 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 4: but he was betrayed by his brothers. They took his 431 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 4: coat of many colors that his father had given him. 432 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 4: It represented favor. They threw him into a pit and 433 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 4: sold him into slavery. He was falsely accused and put 434 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:51,679 Speaker 4: in prison. These weren't just random bad breaks. God was 435 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:56,119 Speaker 4: testing his character. Wasn't fair, but Joseph didn't get bitter. 436 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 4: He kept passing the test. His brothers took his robe, 437 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 4: but they couldn't take his favor. They took his freedom, 438 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 4: but they couldn't take his anointing. They took him from 439 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 4: his home, but they couldn't take his dream. All these 440 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 4: steps were necessary. They were preparing him for the weight 441 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 4: of glory. If you had a small destiny, you would 442 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 4: have small challenges. If you were going to have little influence, 443 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 4: little resources, then you would have little opposition. The reason 444 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 4: you have big giants is you have a big destiny. 445 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,680 Speaker 4: The reason the winter is so long is because your 446 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 4: harvest is so big. Thirteen years later, Joseph was brought 447 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 4: out of prison and made the Prime Minister of Egypt. 448 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 4: His brothers, the same ones that sold him into slavery, 449 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 4: traveled to the palace looking for food. There was a 450 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 4: famine in the land. They didn't know Joseph was still alive. 451 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,160 Speaker 4: They pulled up to the palace. Joseph was in charge 452 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,199 Speaker 4: of the food supply. When he saw his brothers, he 453 00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:00,200 Speaker 4: could have thought, okay, great, it's payback time. It was 454 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 4: his big chance to get even, but he wouldn't do it. 455 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 4: He treated them with kindness. He had them go get 456 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 4: their father and come back and live at the palace 457 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 4: with him. God is not going to give you influence 458 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 4: so you can get even. If you're waiting to get 459 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 4: the promotion, the favor so you can show your enemies 460 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 4: who you are, let them have it. You're not going 461 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 4: to see the increase that you should. There's a responsibility 462 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 4: that comes with favor. You have to have the character 463 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 4: that will handle the influence the right way. You have 464 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 4: to bless your enemies, not talk badly about them. Well 465 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 4: they're criticizing me, I'm going to criticize them. You'll get 466 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 4: stuck where you are. God is testing your character. Are 467 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 4: you going to complain in the winter seasons? Live discouraged. 468 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 4: I'm asking you to be a Joseph, do the right 469 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 4: thing when it's hard. That difficulty is not there to 470 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:00,639 Speaker 4: stop you. It's there to prepare you. Is about to 471 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 4: release a new level of favor, influence resources. But he's 472 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 4: looking for people he can trust to carry the weight 473 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 4: of glory. I believe you are one of those people. 474 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 4: You wouldn't be hearing this if God wasn't about to 475 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 4: do something new. Don't be discouraged by how long winter 476 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 4: is taking. That's a sign something bigger than you've imagined 477 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 4: is on the way now. God is getting you prepared. 478 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 4: Keep passing that test every morning. Remind yourself you can 479 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 4: do all seasons through Christ. If you'll do this, I 480 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 4: believe and declare a shift is coming. Winter is ending. 481 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 4: You're about to suddenly come into spring, suddenly see opportunity, healing, promotion, breakthroughs, 482 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 4: a harvest like you've never seen in Jesus' name. Have 483 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 4: you received it? Can you say amen? Today? I'd like 484 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 4: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 485 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say 486 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 4: Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 487 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 4: I'll make you my lord and savior. If you've prayed 488 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 4: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd 489 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 4: love to give you some free information on your new 490 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 4: walk with the Lord. Just text the number on the 491 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 4: screen or go to the website. I hope you'll get 492 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 4: into a good Bible based church and keep God first place. 493 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 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