1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's great to be with you today, 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 1: and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: and you can come visit us in person. We'd love 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: to have you be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: And I'd like to start with something funny. And I 11 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: heard about this lady that died. She was standing at 12 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: the pearly gates. Saint Peter says, you can't come in yet. 13 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: You have to correctly spell a word. She said what word? 14 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: He said, any word, So she spelled the word love, Helvee. 15 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: Peter said, welcome to Heaven. Then Peter asked if she 16 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 1: would take his place for a moment. He instructed her 17 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: if anyone came to just follow the same procedure. In 18 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: a few moments, she sees her ex husband walking up. 19 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: She can't believe it, She said, what are you doing here? 20 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: He said, I just had a heart attack. Did I 21 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: really make it to heaven? She said, not yet. You 22 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: have to correctly spell a word. He said what word? 23 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: There was a long pause, and she said, checkus Slovakia. 24 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: Here we go, y'all. This is my Bible. I am 25 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: what it says I am. I have what it says 26 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 27 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 28 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 29 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 30 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 31 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: you will defy the odds. We all face situations where 32 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: we don't see how they can work out. We don't 33 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: have the funds to accomplish our dreams. A sickness looks 34 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: like will never get well, or a child is off course. 35 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: A student told me how he wanted to go to 36 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: medical school and finish his undergraduate work and doesn't very well. 37 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: He needs a scholarship, but he's been turned down by 38 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: over forty schools. He was so discouraged, thinking it could 39 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: never happen. But God loves to take people who are 40 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: the underdogs where there are no good options, and do 41 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: something supernatural in their lives. The odds may be against you, 42 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: but the most high God is for you. You and 43 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: God are a majority. What you're up against may seem bigger, 44 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: the opposition stronger. God will put you in situations on 45 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,399 Speaker 1: purpose where the odds are against you, so He can 46 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 1: show out in your life. It's not there to stop you. 47 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: It's a setup for God to make you an example 48 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: of his goodness. But voices will whisper You're outnumbered. You'll 49 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: never defeat this giant. It's too big. Never get out 50 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 1: of this trouble, Never overcome this illness. No, you were 51 00:02:55,919 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: created to defy the odds. You have the most powerful 52 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: force in the universe breathing in your direction. God is 53 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 1: not limited by what you don't have, by what family 54 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: you come from, by your connections, your education, your talent. 55 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: I can't accomplish my dream, joy, I don't know the 56 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: right people. That's okay, you have friends in high places. 57 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: God controls the universe. I can't get out of debt. 58 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: Everyone in my family struggles. You're the exception. You're the 59 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 1: difference maker. God raised you up to defy the odds, 60 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: to set a new standard. Now get in agreement. With him. 61 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: Not an underdog mentality. Look what I'm up against. I 62 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: don't have a chance. I'm at a disadvantage. No turn 63 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: it around. The odds may be against me, but God, 64 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: I know you being for me is more than anything 65 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: trying to stop me. Our son Jonathan got me playing 66 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: fantasy football this year. You choose players from different NFL 67 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: teams to make up your team, depending on how they 68 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: do each week. That determines your score. There are ten 69 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: different teams in our league, Friends of Ours. Each week 70 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: you play against one team on the app, it gives 71 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: you the percentage of winning and the percentage of losing. 72 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: It calculates all your players their statistics how they've been 73 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: performing the other. Saturday, I checked my game. I had 74 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: a sixty percent chance of winning, forty percent of losing. 75 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 1: I felt pretty good. Sunday after church, I get home 76 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: around four, about half of the football games are finished. 77 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: I check my phone. Some of my players hadn't done well. 78 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: I went down to a twenty percent chance of winning 79 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: eighty percent of losing. We watched the Sunday evening games. 80 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: You can see it in real time on your phone 81 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: what your players are doing. The percentages are constantly changing. 82 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: The last game of the week is on Monday night. 83 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: I went to bed Sunday with a ninety nine percent 84 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: chance of losing one percent chance of one. It was 85 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 1: basically saying you're a loser, but we can't say it 86 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: until the official last game is played. Well, I watched 87 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: Monday night. I had one player in that game, and 88 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: he wasn't doing anything. I had already given up and 89 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: figured out I'd lost that week. But with thirty seconds left, 90 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: he got the ball on a fluke play and scored 91 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: a touchdown. I grabbed my phone. It went from ninety 92 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 1: nine percent chance of losing to ninety nine percent chance 93 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:32,799 Speaker 1: of winning. In a split second, all the odds changed 94 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: in my favor. I won that game. But for days, 95 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: all the stats said and no way. The analytics, the computers, 96 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: the odds maker all said I would lose. But then 97 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: this unforeseen good break, and I defied the odds. That's 98 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: the way it is with God. All the facts can 99 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 1: say you'll never get well, never get out of debt, 100 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: never break the addiction. It's ninety nine to one. I mean, 101 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: you took the fertill the treatments. You can't have the baby, 102 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: you don't have the resources to start your business. You'll 103 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 1: never be free from this depression. That's just who you are. 104 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: Can I encourage you one touch of God's favor and 105 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:17,159 Speaker 1: you will defy the odds. One good, great one healing, 106 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: one folk hall. You'll go from ninety nine percent no 107 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: way to here. It is. Nobody saw it coming, the 108 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: baby you dreamed of, the healing, the business, the breakthrough. 109 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: What am I saying, don't let the odds discourage you. 110 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: We look at things in the natural. Here are the facts, 111 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: the experts, the calculations. But God is supernatural. He's not 112 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: limited by what limits us. One time, the prophet Elijah 113 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: came up against four hundred and fifty false prophets that 114 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: worship the god bail. You would think Elijah would have 115 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: four hundred and fifty of his followers to go up 116 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 1: against the opposition, so it would be equal, a fair fight. 117 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 1: That makes more sense. But God will let you be 118 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,359 Speaker 1: the underdog on purpose, so he can show his favor 119 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: in a greater way. Don't be surprised when the odds 120 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: are against you. Elijah could have checked his phone. Ninety 121 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: nine percent chance you're gonna lose, dude, Go home, turn around, 122 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: You're outnumbered all the facts said, he didn't have a chance. 123 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: He could have panicked, God, please send me more people. 124 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: He could have complained, this is not fair. But he 125 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: understood this principle that he was created to defy the odds, 126 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: that the God we serve has power favor breakthroughs, healing 127 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: that cannot be calculated, that supersedes the natural, the logical, 128 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: the predictable. And after the four hundred and fifty false 129 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: prophets couldn't get their God to work, Elijah called out 130 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: to Yahweh, to Jehovah. Suddenly fire came down from heaven 131 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: and destroyed those four hundred and fifty false prophets. He 132 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: went from ninety nine percent chance of losing to immediately winning. 133 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: God is going to do some things in your life 134 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: that defy the odds. You can't explain it. You didn't 135 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: have the training, but you've got the promotion. You're supposed 136 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: to live with that sickness, but you're healthier than ever. 137 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: Or you came from a dysfunctional family that should be you, 138 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: but you're blessed, happy, strong, beautiful. What happened You defied 139 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: the odds. God breathed on your life, open doors. You 140 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 1: couldn't open, gave you ability influence favor that catapulted you ahead. 141 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 1: You may be in a situation now where the odds 142 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: are against you. When you look at the facts, every 143 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: voice says there's no way you're outnumbered. It's too late. 144 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: Don't believe those lies. God is about to show out 145 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: in your life. That difficulty is setting you up for 146 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: God to do something you've never seen. It's going to 147 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: happen quickly. You couldn't plan it, you didn't have the experience. 148 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: But like that fire came down from heaven, suddenly the 149 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: problem is going to turn around. The right people will 150 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 1: show up, your business takes off, your child comes back home. 151 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: You'll be able to say with Elijah, the odds were 152 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: against me, but the most High God was for me. 153 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: That's what matters. Ex's A Chapter fourteen. God had delivered 154 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: the Israelites out of four hundred years of slavery. He 155 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: sent plague after plague on the Pharaoh, and he finally 156 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: let the people go, and they were so excited. Was 157 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: a moment they had been dreaming of. As they were leaving, 158 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: God said in verse two, tell the people to march 159 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: toward the Red Sea. Then Pharaoh will think their trap 160 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: between the Red Sea and the wilderness. God sent them 161 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: into a situation where there was no way out. Was 162 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: it like Moses made a mistake the wrong way? God 163 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: told them to go this way. You would think after 164 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:07,839 Speaker 1: the years of slavery and mistreatment, God would take them 165 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: in an easy way, no obstacles, no opposition. But God 166 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: on purpose sent them down a path where the odds 167 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 1: would be against them. God knew Pharaoh would change his mind. 168 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: He knew the army would come chasing the Israelites. God 169 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: said in verse four, I have planned all this so 170 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: I will receive great glory at the expense of Pharaoh. 171 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: The odds being against them wasn't random, wasn't just a 172 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: bad break. It was a setup so God could demonstrate 173 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: his power on the Israelites. But when they saw that 174 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 1: army coming in the distance, Pharaoh's fastest chariots and most 175 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:54,559 Speaker 1: skilled warriors, they begin to panic. Complain, Moses, why'd you 176 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: bring us out here to die? We had a rather 177 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 1: state as slaves in Egypt. But Moses understood when the 178 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: odds are against you, God is up to something. He's 179 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: positioning you to see his favor in a greater way. 180 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: Moses said to the people, do not be afraid. Stand still, 181 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: and you will see the Lord rescue you. I can 182 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: imagine the people trying to stay in faith, but the 183 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: terriers were getting closer. They could see the dust in 184 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: the air thirty miles away, and now they're twenty miles 185 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: now the few hours they're gonna be here, but God 186 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 1: kept letting them get closer and closer, the odds getting 187 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 1: more and more against them. Went from sixty percent chance 188 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: to lose to eighty percent. Now they're at ninety nine. 189 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: The army a few miles away. Just when it looked 190 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 1: like it was too late, God sent a dark cloud, 191 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: like a thick fog that came on Pharaoh and his army. 192 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: They couldn't see. They had to stop. God has ways 193 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: to deliver you that you've never thought of. God told 194 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: Moses to lift up his rod. When he did, a 195 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: strong east wind blew back the Red seas, cleared a 196 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 1: path for the people to walk through with these huge 197 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: walls of water on each side. They didn't see that coming. 198 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: They never dreamed the sea would open up. But God 199 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: is supernatural. He's going to do things in your life 200 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: that you can't calculate. You can't explain, you can't plan. 201 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: His ways are not our ways. When the odds are 202 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: against you, it's easy to panic. Worried, can't sleep at night. 203 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: You have to remind yourself God is still in control. 204 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: You may not see away, but that doesn't mean God 205 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: doesn't have a way. He created you to defy the odds. Now, 206 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 1: be still and see that he is God. After the 207 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: last Israelites made it through to dry land, right on queue, 208 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: the cloud lifted off of Pharoh's arm in. Now they 209 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: could see again chasing through the Red Sea, thinking they 210 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 1: were about to capture them. Then the wind stopped blowing, 211 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 1: the walls of water came crashing down. They were all drowned. 212 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,199 Speaker 1: God had to let the enemy get that close so 213 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: he could get rid of them. Looking back, now we 214 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: can see coming to a dead end. Wasn't a bad break. 215 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: Pharaoh changing his mind, his army quickly closing in wasn't 216 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: a coincidence. The odds being against them was a setup. 217 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: It was all a part of a strategic plan to 218 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: deliver the Israelites from their enemies. What if you knew 219 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,559 Speaker 1: the odds being against you was all a part of 220 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: God's plan? What you could be worried about the enemy 221 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: closing in people that weren't trying to discredit you, not 222 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: feeling qualified. That God allowed all that to happen, not 223 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: to just make you miserable, but so He can show 224 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: his power in your life. Trust him. When the odds 225 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: are against you, things happen. You don't understand. You were 226 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 1: doing the right thing, but you came to a dead end, 227 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: your health problem, financial setback, a friend turned on you. 228 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: God wouldn't have allowed it if he wasn't going to 229 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: use it for your good. I'm sure you'll be tempted 230 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: to worry. Why did this happen? God is saying to 231 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: you what he said to the Israelites. Stand still and 232 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: you will see my deliverance. You will see my favor, 233 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 1: you will see my healing, you will see the victory. 234 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: When I look back over my life, I see these 235 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: times that the odds were against me, and times I 236 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: was outnumbered. But that's what God used to get me 237 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: to where I am. When my father passed, I knew 238 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: I was supposed to step up and pasture the church, 239 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: but I didn't feel qualified. I didn't have the training. 240 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: I never been to seminary. My father had pastored here 241 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: for forty years. He'd been in the ministry over fifty years. Well, 242 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: I'd been in the ministry zero years. I had spoken 243 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 1: one message the week before my dad passed. All the 244 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: odds were against me. But when you're weak, God will 245 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: show himself strong. When you don't feel qualified, God will 246 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: breathe on your life and give you ability, wisdom, favor. 247 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: I discovered things in me I didn't know I had. 248 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: But if you let the odds being against you talk 249 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: you out of your dreams cause you to get discouraged 250 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: where you never take steps of faith, then you'll miss 251 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: the greatness that God put in you. You're not always 252 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: gonna feel confident, feel strong, feel passion. You may feel weak, 253 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: feel doubt, feel uncertainty, but you have to override that 254 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: and say, God, I know you being for me is 255 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: more than what's trying to stop me. This is what 256 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: David did. He was seventeen years old when he heard 257 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: Goliath taunting the Israelites. The other men in the army. 258 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: They were afraid they would run and hide. Something rose 259 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: up in David, a fire, a passion. He knew he 260 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: was supposed to fight him. But if someone was calculating 261 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: the odds, this would have been ten thousand to one. 262 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: Goliath was the champion of the Philistine army. He was 263 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: their most experienced, skilled warrior, stood over nine feet tall, 264 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: had the latest armor, the sharpest sword. David was a shepherd. 265 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: He had no training, no military experience. He was small, young, 266 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: He looked like a kid. Even when Goliath first saw him, 267 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: he laughed and said, am I a dog that you'd 268 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: come at me with a stick. He was saying, you 269 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: mean you got this little twig that's gonna fight me. 270 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: Even King Saul tried to talk David out of it. 271 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: He said, David, you're just a boy. You don't have 272 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: a chance. It's interesting that God could have chosen someone 273 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: that matched up much better with Goliath, that was the 274 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 1: most skilled, most trained, biggest, strongest. That would have been 275 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: a much ferrifight, two champions competing. But notice how God works. 276 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: David had all the odds against him. It didn't make sense. 277 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:17,199 Speaker 1: If David would have only looked at it from a 278 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: logical point of view, we wouldn't be talking about him. 279 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: But David understood that he was created to defy the odds. 280 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:30,479 Speaker 1: There are levels of your destiny you cannot reach without 281 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: being outnumbered over your head. The odds being against you 282 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: is a sign that God is up to something. He's 283 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: positioned you there for a purpose. It's not a coincidence 284 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 1: that there's a giant between you and your destiny. Yes, 285 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 1: it's easy to shrink back. I can't bite this giant, Joels. 286 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 1: I can't lead my department. I'm not qualified. I can't 287 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: write that book. I'll never break this addiction. All I 288 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: have is a slingshot and a few stones. That's all 289 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: you need. Your slingshot, with the favor of God, will 290 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: bring down the goliath in your life. The scripture says, 291 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: David ran quickly toward Goliath. All the other men ran 292 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: quickly away from Goliath. Look At how David is defying 293 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: the odds. He was saying, God, I'm not moved by 294 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 1: what it looks like in the natural. I know you're supernatural. 295 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,959 Speaker 1: He picked up a stone and put it in his sling. 296 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: The whole time Goliath was laughing. David slung that rock, 297 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: and the laughter stops. Goliath tumbles to the ground. David, 298 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: a shepherd boy, defeated this philistine giant. Are there giants 299 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: in your life waiting to be defeated. You're thinking about 300 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: how big it is, and man, I don't have the experience. 301 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: They said, this sickness is permanent. Have a new perspective. 302 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: The odds being against you is a set up. God 303 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 1: allowed that so he can show out in your life. 304 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: On't be intimidated thinking you're lacking. You don't have the experience. 305 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: You have everything you need. When you make a move, 306 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: God will breathe on what you have. You'll discover ability, favor, 307 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 1: healing that will cause you to defy the odds. A 308 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: man called My Serious XM program and told how as 309 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 1: a young man, he got off course selling drugs and 310 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 1: he got bigger and bigger. He was controlling a large 311 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 1: area of the illegal substances in his city, making so 312 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: much money. But at twenty seven years old, it all 313 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: came crashing down. He was arrested and received a forty 314 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: year prison sentence. He was so distraught and so down 315 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 1: on himself. He started watching our services in prison and 316 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 1: he gave his life to Christ and he would make 317 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: these declarations with us, I'm forgiven, I'm restored, I have 318 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: a bright future. This began to change the way he 319 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: saw himself from a victim to a victor, and he'd 320 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: been there six years. He started telling his cell mates 321 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 1: that he was going to get out that year. They 322 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 1: looked at him like he had lost his mind. He 323 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: had thirty four more years left. Even with good behavior, 324 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,360 Speaker 1: he would have to serve another twenty years. They gave 325 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: him a hard time, told him he was dreaming. He 326 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: just kept thanking God that he was making ways and 327 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 1: opening doors, doing what only he could do. He knew 328 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: it wasn't possible in the natural, but he dared to 329 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 1: believe that he could defy the odds, that God could 330 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:36,199 Speaker 1: do the impossible. Six months later, the warden came to 331 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: his cell and said, we just received orders to release 332 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 1: you today. He was placed on parole for ten years, 333 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: but he was free to go home that day. His 334 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 1: cellmates said, will you pray for us before you leave? 335 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,439 Speaker 1: The odds may be against you today, maybe not in prison, 336 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 1: but in your health, your dream, your marriage, all the facts. 337 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,199 Speaker 1: It's not going to happen. You can't get well, you 338 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: never reach your goal. That giant is too big. Can 339 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 1: I encourage you? God specializes in defying the odds. You 340 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: wouldn't be hearing this if God wasn't about to do 341 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: something unusual, uncommon. It causes you to stand out where 342 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: people can see his favor on your life. Now give 343 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 1: him something to work with. I don't think that man 344 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 1: would have his freedom if he had not dared to 345 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: believe and to declare and to release his faith. That's 346 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: what causes the creator of the universe to go to work. 347 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 1: John chapter eleven. Lazarus had become very sick, and his 348 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: sisters were close friends with Jesus, and they were in 349 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 1: another city, and they sent word asking Jesus to come 350 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: and pray for Lazarus. When Jesus heard their request, but 351 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 1: he waited two days, and Lazarus died when he arrived. 352 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: He is already in the tomb, wrapped up in burial. Closed. 353 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: Jesus said to his disciples, this sickness is not going 354 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: to end in death. It is so the son of 355 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: God will be glorified. Jesus knew he was going to 356 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: heal Lazarus, but he waited on purpose. He could have 357 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: spoken to him from another city when the messengers first 358 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: arrived and healed him. He could have traveled the next 359 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 1: day and touched him while he was alive and made 360 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 1: him well. But this delay wasn't random. Jesus was saying, 361 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: in effect, I'm gonna let the odds be against him 362 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: in a greater way so I can show my power 363 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: in ways you've never seen. Same thing with David. He 364 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: chose a giant for him to face. Elijah outnumbered four 365 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty to one. It's because God loves to 366 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: defy the odds, to do things that seem impossible. Jesus 367 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,880 Speaker 1: spoke to Lazarus and he came back to life out 368 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:58,439 Speaker 1: of that tomb. From then on, everywhere Lazarus went, he 369 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 1: was a testimony the favor of God. She it's one 370 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: thing to have a healing, but God wanted something better, 371 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 1: a resurrection, and sometimes God will let the odds be 372 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:13,959 Speaker 1: against you in a greater way. Doesn't make sense, but 373 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 1: God is up to something. Trust him when you don't understand, 374 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: stay in faith. When he doesn't show up in time. 375 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 1: He has something coming better than you've imagined. A friend 376 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,719 Speaker 1: of mine was born with no ears. His parents had 377 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: other healthy children. They were course hoping for the same, 378 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 1: but they were told this child would never be able 379 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 1: to hear and therefore never be able to speak. They 380 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: were devastated. There was no explanation. The father and mother 381 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 1: were weeping holding their baby son. The grandmother came in. 382 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 1: She said to her son and daughter in law, I 383 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: know why you're crying and how disappointed you are, But 384 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: God is going to use your son to do amazing things. 385 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 1: This is not going to stop his destiny. He's going 386 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: to impact people all over the world. That didn't make 387 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: any sense. He had this limitation, this disadvantage. But this 388 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: grandmother knew that God specializes in defining the odds, that 389 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: what looks impossible for us is possible with God. They 390 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 1: didn't see any sign of it, no way in the natural, 391 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 1: but they just kept staying in faith, declaring what God 392 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: promised that their son would fulfill his destiny. At two 393 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 1: years old, he was in his crib. A door slammed. 394 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: He turned to look. They thought, if he can't hear, 395 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: how did he know the door slam They took him 396 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 1: to the doctor and discovered that portions of his inner 397 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 1: ear were forming. There was more there than they ever knew. 398 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:56,880 Speaker 1: After several surgeries, his hearing was perfectly normal. He cannot 399 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: only hear, not only talk, but now he can see. 400 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 1: You are here, Ramiro. He's usually up here every week 401 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 1: on our worship team, just like his grandmother said, impacting 402 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 1: people all over the world. Is there anything too hard 403 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: for our God? The scripture says, against all odds, Abraham 404 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 1: believed and his wife Sarah had a baby at ninety 405 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 1: years old. Are the odds against you? All the facts 406 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: the experts say it's not going to happen. Can I 407 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: remind you God is for you. His power is greater 408 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: than anything trying to stop you. One touch of his favor, 409 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 1: like Ramiro, you'll go from ninety nine percent chance of 410 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 1: losing to winning. Friends. You are created to defy the odds. 411 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,120 Speaker 1: That giant is in your path on purpose so God 412 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: can display his power through you, to set up for 413 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: him to do something you've never seen. Don't be intimidated. 414 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 1: Why me, this is impossible. You and God are a majority. 415 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: He has not brought you this far to leave you. 416 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: It may feel like you're outnumbered, but if you could 417 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: see into the unseen realm, you would realize the enemy 418 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: is outnumbered. There are more for you than there are 419 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 1: against you. Now stand sail and you will see the 420 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: salvation of the Lord. If you'll do this, I believe 421 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 1: and declare, like David, you will defy the odds in 422 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 1: your life and defeat every giant. Like Elijah, you will 423 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:38,680 Speaker 1: overcome when outnumbered like the Israelites, those dead ends will 424 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 1: turn into doorways that thrust you into your destiny in Jesus' name, 425 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:49,399 Speaker 1: And if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd 426 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 427 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 1: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 428 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 429 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 430 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd love 431 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: to send you some free information on your new walk 432 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: with the Lord. You can text the number on the 433 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: screen or go to the website. But I hope you'll 434 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: get into a good Bible based church and keep God 435 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: first place. 436 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 2: What if what you imagine came to pass? What if 437 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,919 Speaker 2: what you asked for turned out greater than what you 438 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 2: can see? What if you could plan for God's best 439 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 2: in your life. 440 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: We all have hopes and dreams and things we're believing for, 441 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,920 Speaker 1: But what God has in store for you is more 442 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: than you can imagine. When you start the year off 443 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: in faith, believing, for greater things. That's when God will 444 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: exceed your expectations. We love to send you are twenty 445 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: twenty five More to Imagine Planner. You can write down 446 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 1: your dreams and goals, plus use it for your everyday 447 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: activity and reminders. 448 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,160 Speaker 3: It is so important to feed yourself hope and faith 449 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 3: on a daily basis. This planner is not only a calendar, 450 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 3: but it's filled with inspiration and scripture to help you 451 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 3: stay encouraged and keep believing for what. 452 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: God has put in your heart. He sees your faithfulness, 453 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: how you being your best each day. You're going to 454 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 1: see the goodness of God in new ways in twenty 455 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: twenty five. 456 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,120 Speaker 2: As you support the ministry this month with a special 457 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 2: year end gift of any amount, we would like to 458 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 2: bless you with the More to Imagine twenty twenty five planner. 459 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 2: With the new planner, you can start each day writing 460 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 2: down the fresh vision God gives you, whether it's appointments, 461 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 2: daily tasks, or long term desires in your heart. Let 462 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 2: each note be a testament to your faith. 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