1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joeln Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 2: Will God bless you? And thanks so much for letting 7 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 2: us come into your homes. We are praying for you 8 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 2: and your family, and I hope you'll stay connected with 9 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 2: us during the week through our podcast, social media, our 10 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 2: YouTube channel. There are lots of ways you can receive 11 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: these messages and stay inspired and encouraged. Plus you can 12 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 2: share them with a friend. But thanks for tuning in. 13 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 14 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 2: about this man that died and went to heaven. Saint 15 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 2: Peter escorted him down this long hallway filled with thousands 16 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 2: of clocks on the wall. 17 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:46,639 Speaker 1: The hands on the. 18 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 2: Clocks were moving at all different speeds. Peter explained that 19 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: every person has a clock when they send the clock ticks. 20 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 2: One clock was barely moving. That was Billy Graham's clock. 21 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 2: Another clock was creeping along Mother Teresa's clock. The men said, curiously, 22 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 2: can I see my clock? Peter said, Yeah, we keep 23 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 2: yours in the office and use it as a fan. 24 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 2: Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 25 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 26 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 27 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 28 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,320 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 29 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 30 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 31 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about from valley to victory. 32 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: We all go. 33 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 2: Through difficulties in life and things we don't understand. We 34 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 2: have a setback in our finances, challenge in our health, 35 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 2: a relationship didn't make it. 36 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: When we're in the. 37 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 2: Valley, it's easy to get discouraged and think it's never 38 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 2: going to improve. But the scripture says in Hoseiah, God 39 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 2: will transform the valley of trouble into a gateway of hope. 40 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 2: May be in a valley of trouble, a valley of loneliness, 41 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 2: a valley of debt, you don't see any way out. 42 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: It looks permanent. 43 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 2: God is saying, I'm about to transform that valley into 44 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 2: a gateway of hope, a gateway of increase, a gateway 45 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 2: of favor. The valley is leading you to new levels, 46 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: to better relationships, to greater influence. The medical report may 47 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: not look good. You're in a valley of sickness. God 48 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 2: is about to transform it into a gateway of healing, 49 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 2: a gateway of wholeness. Don't let the valley fool you. 50 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 2: God has the final say. Nothing can snatch you out 51 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 2: of his hands. Maybe you're in a valley in your finances. 52 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 2: Business has slowed, you're lost to contract. That valley is 53 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 2: not the end. It's about to be transformed into a 54 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 2: gateway of blessing, a gateway of favor, a gateway of overflow. 55 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 2: God is going to open new doors. He's going to 56 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 2: cause opportunities to find you. Perhaps you've struggled with an 57 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 2: addiction for a long time. You've accepted that you'll always 58 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 2: be in that valley. Your relatives lived in the valley, 59 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 2: they all struggled. 60 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: No, this is a new day. God is doing a 61 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: new thing. 62 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: That valley is about to be transformed into a gateway 63 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 2: of freedom. God has a breakthrough come in your way. 64 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 2: He's going to make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 65 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 2: The valley is not your destiny. The addiction, the loneliness, 66 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 2: the anxiety is not going to hinder you your whole life. 67 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: You were created to be. 68 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 2: Free, to be happy, to live an abundant, fulfilled life. 69 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 2: Instead of complaining about the valley, being discouraged over what 70 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 2: you're going through all through the day, Father, thank you 71 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: that this valley is only temporary. I believe what you 72 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 2: promised that you're about to transform it into a gateway 73 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 2: of hope, a gateway of blessing, a gateway of victory. 74 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 2: That valley is leading you to the awesome future God 75 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: has in store. And the truth is you can't reach 76 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 2: your destiny without going through valleys. 77 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: The valleys are strategic. 78 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: When you're on top of a mountain, the only way 79 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 2: to go higher is to come down that mountain, go 80 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 2: through the valley, then you can go up a bigger mountain. 81 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 2: God allows valleys not to hold us back, but because 82 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 2: He's taken us higher. Without the valleys, we would get stuck. 83 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 2: Are you discouraged over what God is going to use 84 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 2: to take you to a new level? Frustrated thinking the 85 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 2: valley is permanent, Have a new perspective. The valley is 86 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 2: not there to stop you. It's there to promote you. 87 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 2: And what you're up against may be bigger. You feel 88 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 2: out numbered, you don't have the resources on your own, 89 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 2: you can't get out. The good news is you're not 90 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 2: on your own. The most tied God is right there 91 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 2: with you. He knows how to turn that battlefield into 92 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 2: a blessing field, that valley of trouble into a gateway 93 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 2: of victory. This is what happened with David. When he 94 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 2: was a teenager. He faced Goliath in the valley of Elah. 95 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 2: It's not a coincidence that this battle took place in 96 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 2: a valley, and every morning and every evening for forty days, 97 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 2: Goliath came out, stood on the side of the mountain 98 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 2: and shouted insults at the Israelites, tauning them, making fun, 99 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 2: trying to stir up trouble. 100 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: Goliath was huge. 101 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 2: He stood over nine feet tall. His coat of armor 102 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 2: weighed one hundred and twenty five pounds. He was the 103 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 2: champion of the Philistine army. When King Saul and the 104 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 2: Israelites hurt him, they were terrified. They turned and ran 105 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 2: out of sight. This went on time and time again. 106 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 2: One day David showed up seventeen years old. When he 107 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 2: heard these threats, something rose up in him, a fire, 108 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 2: a passion, a courage. He said, who is this uncircumcised 109 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 2: philistine that he should defy the armies of the Living God. 110 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 2: He was saying, this man is no in covenant with 111 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 2: our God. He doesn't have the blessing of Jehovah. We 112 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 2: may be in a valley, but Goliath can't. 113 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: Keep us here. He doesn't control our destiny. David looked 114 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: at Goliath. 115 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 2: He said, you come against me with a sword and 116 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,559 Speaker 2: a shield, but I come against you in the name 117 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 2: of the Lord, God of Israel. This day I will 118 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 2: defeat you and feed your head to the birds of 119 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 2: the air. All the Israelites were in the same valley. 120 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 2: They heard the same threats, but David had a different attitude. 121 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: He talked back to the enemy. 122 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 2: When you're in the valley, like David, you will hear 123 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 2: the enemy's threats. He'll try to intimidate you. You'll never 124 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 2: get out of this problem. It's too big. You'll never 125 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 2: get well. You saw the report. Your child will never 126 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 2: get back on course. Don't do like the Israelites and 127 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 2: believe those lies. Live in fear worried. Do like David 128 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 2: and talk back to the enemy. What you're saying in 129 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 2: the valley is going to have a great impact on 130 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 2: whether or not you come out. The Israelites were saying, 131 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 2: he's too big, we don't have a chance. We'll never 132 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 2: defeat him. When you talk defeat, your inviting defeat. When 133 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 2: you talk sickness, You're going to have sickness. When you 134 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 2: say I'll never get out of this problem, it's going 135 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 2: to keep you there. Instead of agreeing with the enemy, 136 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 2: start declaring. 137 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: What God says about you. 138 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 2: When the enemy shouts you'll never get well, Do like David. 139 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 2: I will live and not die. God is restoring health. 140 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: Back into me. You'll never get out of debt. 141 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 2: This value of lack, value of struggle, not having enough, 142 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 2: it's permanent. 143 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: I will lend and not borrow. 144 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 2: God is opening the windows of heaven, pouring out blessings 145 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 2: that I cannot contain. Well. That child is never going 146 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 2: to do right. He's never going to break the addiction. 147 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 2: As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 148 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 2: My children are mighty in the land. What God has 149 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 2: purpose for their life. No bad way breaks, no addictions, 150 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 2: no person can stop it's so important. 151 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: What you're saying in the valley. 152 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 2: If it's going to be transformed into a gateway of hope, 153 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 2: you have to speak words of life, words of faith, 154 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 2: words of victory. This is where the Israelites missed it. 155 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 2: They were talking about how big Goliath was. David was 156 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 2: talking about how big our God is. They were magnifying 157 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 2: the problem. David came along and started magnifying our God. 158 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 2: The enemy has no new tricks. He's not creative. You 159 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 2: can go back and look what he's done in the past. 160 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 2: That's how he's going to try to deceive you in 161 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 2: this valley. Thousands of years ago, he was threatening with 162 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 2: loud insults, trying to intimidate with lies. 163 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 1: It's no different today. 164 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 2: Goliath may not stand on the mountain side and shout 165 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 2: down to your valley, but in your thoughts, loud threats 166 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 2: will come, things that can keep you awake at night, 167 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 2: cause you to live worried, stressed out. Recognize what's happening. 168 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 2: Don't be one of the Israelites and run and hide 169 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 2: for forty days and let forty days turn into forty months, 170 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 2: then forty years. 171 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:12,679 Speaker 1: Be a David. 172 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: There's nothing more powerful against these negative threats than God's 173 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 2: word coming out of your mouth. I may be in 174 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 2: a valley, but can I tell you I am coming out. 175 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 2: I will fulfill my destiny. I will accomplish my dreams. 176 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 2: I am strong, I am healthy, I am well able. 177 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 2: David told King Saul that he wanted to fight Goliath. 178 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: Saul told him all the reasons why he couldn't do it. 179 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:42,479 Speaker 2: You're too young, you don't have the training, the experience. 180 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 2: He's too big, he's their most skilled warrior. Sometimes people 181 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 2: will try to keep you in the valley. People will 182 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 2: tell you what you can't do, what you don't have, 183 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 2: how you should just learn to live with the addiction. 184 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 2: Don't try to start that business. There are giants out there. 185 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 2: You can't teach that class. There's too much competition. 186 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: You better stay where you are. Don't expect everyone to 187 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: cheer you on. 188 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 2: All your friends are not going to celebrate you, challenge 189 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 2: you to stretch to the next level. But just because 190 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 2: they don't see it in you doesn't mean you don't 191 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 2: have it. God has put greatness in you, things that 192 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,959 Speaker 2: other people have never imagined, potential that's going to catapult 193 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 2: you to a new level. Now, don't let someone talk 194 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 2: you out of what God put in you. Don't let 195 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 2: their lack of support cause you to stay in the valley. 196 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 2: David could have thought, I guess King Saul is right. 197 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 2: I don't have the training, I don't come from an 198 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 2: influential family. 199 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: He is much bigger than I am. 200 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 2: Maybe I should just accept this valley. If David would 201 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 2: have let Saul discourage him, we wouldn't be talking about him. 202 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 2: If he would have believed the threats of Goliath, he 203 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 2: would have never fulfilled his destiny. And at some point 204 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,080 Speaker 2: we will all be where David was, in a valley 205 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 2: with the big obstacle. We didn't get the scholarship, the 206 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 2: relationship didn't work out, we lost a loved one. The fear, depression, anxiety, 207 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 2: it feels permanent. 208 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: Nobody's there to support us. That's when you have. 209 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 2: To dig down deep and say, no, this valley is 210 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 2: not my home. This defeat, this lack, this trouble, this 211 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 2: addiction is not how my story ends. You are on 212 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:28,959 Speaker 2: the verge of seeing that valley transformed into a gateway 213 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 2: of something amazing. 214 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 1: God is about to do something. 215 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 2: Unusual, out of the ordinary, something that will thrust you 216 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 2: to a new level King Saul wasn't for David, but 217 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 2: that didn't stop David. David's family didn't believe in him. 218 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 2: His brothers made fun of him, but that didn't keep. 219 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: Him from his destiny. 220 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 2: Don't be discouraged by who's not for you, by who 221 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 2: doesn't cheer you on. You don't need them. You and 222 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 2: God are a majority. He is breathing in your direction 223 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 2: right now. You're about to come out of that valley. 224 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 2: It's going to happen sooner than you think. There's a breakthrough, 225 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 2: a promotion, a healing, a divine connection that's headed your way. 226 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 2: Get ready for that valley to be transformed. It looks permanent, 227 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 2: but things are suddenly going to change. Suddenly your health 228 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 2: turns around, Suddenly your business takes off, Suddenly your child 229 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 2: gets back on course. That valley is leading you to victory. 230 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 2: David was in this valley of Elaw. Goliath was coming 231 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 2: down the mountain to face him. David didn't have any armor, 232 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 2: didn't have a sword a shield. All he had was 233 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 2: a slingshot. He reached down and picked up five smooth 234 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 2: stones from the stream. God was showing us there is 235 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 2: provision in the valley. David didn't bring the stones into 236 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 2: the valley. He didn't have someone helping him giving him 237 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 2: the stones. What he needed was within reach. But what 238 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 2: you need to get out of that valley. 239 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: Is within your reach. 240 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 2: You don't have to wait on some person, some good break, 241 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 2: a company to call you, a neighbor to help you out, 242 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 2: look around you, and look in you. 243 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: Sometimes all you need is your praise. Praise is a weapon. 244 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 2: Praise breaks chains, Praise confuses the enemy. 245 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 1: Praise makes you powerful. 246 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 2: When you have praise coming out of your mouth, you 247 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 2: are unstoppable. The enemy cannot keep a praiser down. Just 248 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 2: ask Paul in Silas as they sang Praise is at midnight, 249 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 2: prison doors flung open. Just ask Jonah sitting in the 250 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 2: belly of a fish. As he offered the sacrifice of praise, 251 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 2: the fish spit him up on dry ground. All David 252 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 2: had was five small stones that didn't seem like much. 253 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,719 Speaker 2: But a stone with God's favor is more powerful than 254 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 2: an automatic weapon. Your praise may not seem much, but 255 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 2: when you praise, angels go to work. When you praise, 256 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 2: the creator of the universe begins to change things in 257 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:12,199 Speaker 2: your favor. Most of the battles we fight are not physical, 258 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 2: they're spiritual. Praise is a powerful weapon. When you praise 259 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 2: in the valley, it's even more effective because the enemy 260 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 2: expects you in the valley to be negative, bitter, complaining. 261 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 2: But when you go through the day saying, Father, thank 262 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 2: you that you are still on the throne, thank you 263 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 2: that you are bigger than this problem, thank you that 264 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 2: no weapon formed against me will ever prosper. 265 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: Praise will cause you to defeat giants in your life. 266 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 2: When Goliath saw David how young he was, how small, 267 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 2: he began to laugh. He said to my dog that 268 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 2: you'd come at me with a stick. He was saying, 269 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 2: Is this the best you can do? Is this all 270 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 2: you've got? He discounted David made fun of him. David 271 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 2: didn't pay any attention. He took a put it in 272 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 2: the slingshot. When he slung it, it hit Goliath right 273 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 2: between the eyes, knocked him unconscious. David went over, took 274 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 2: Goliath's own sword and cut his head off. Overnight, David 275 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 2: became a national hero. He went from a shepherd boy 276 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 2: that nobody had ever heard of to be in the 277 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 2: talk of the town, everyone admired and loved. God knows 278 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,239 Speaker 2: how to transform a valley of trouble into a gateway 279 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 2: of blessing. You may be in trouble now, in your health, 280 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 2: your finances, a relationship. 281 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: It's a setup. 282 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 2: It was meant to stop you, but God has another plan. 283 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 2: He allowed it because it's about to launch you to 284 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 2: a new level. You're going to come out promoted, stronger, healthier, 285 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 2: better than you were before. It's not a coincidence that 286 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 2: David wrote in Psalm twenty three, though I walk. 287 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: Through the valley of the shadow of Death. 288 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 2: He didn't say though I stay in the valley, though 289 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 2: I live in the valley. No, the valley is not 290 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 2: your home. The valley is temporary. You're just passing through 291 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 2: the valley. It's just a matter of time before it's 292 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 2: turned into a gateway, a gateway of favor, a gateway 293 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 2: of healing. Now, don't let the valley become permanent in 294 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 2: your thinking. 295 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: Don't go around. 296 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 2: Talking about my sickness, my depression, my arthritis is acting up. 297 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 2: Don't take ownership of it. It's not yours. God made 298 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 2: you healthy. 299 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: Whole, free, blessed, prosperous. Anything otherwise is on foreign territory. 300 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 2: David said, though I walk through the valley, of the 301 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 2: shadow of death. Then the next verse he said, God 302 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 2: anoints my head with oil, and my cup runs over. 303 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 2: God was showing us you have to go through some 304 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 2: valleys before you come to the anointing where your cup 305 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 2: runs over. David could have started the chapter talking about 306 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 2: my cup runs over, God anoints my head, then at 307 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 2: the end talked to the valleys. 308 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: He did just the opposite. 309 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 2: It's because valleys precede overflow. You may be dealing with 310 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 2: the sickness now, but on the other side of that 311 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 2: valley is your cup running over with good health. Things 312 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,120 Speaker 2: may be slow at the office, but when you make 313 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 2: it through the valley, there's an abundance good breaks, promotion. 314 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 2: That family member is causing trouble, but on the other 315 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 2: side of the valley. 316 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: Is great joy, great peace. 317 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 2: Your cup is going to run over with great relationships. Now, 318 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 2: none of us like to go through the valleys, but 319 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 2: if you'll keep the right perspective, knowing that that valley 320 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 2: is leading you to overflow, then you'll go through it 321 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 2: with a good attitude. I wonder how often we get 322 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 2: stuck in the valley complaining I can't believe this happened. 323 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 2: God is waiting to transform it into a gateway of blessing. 324 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: But we have to pass the test. 325 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 2: How we go through the valley makes a difference. I 326 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 2: know a past that wanted to build a new auditorium. 327 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 2: They had needed the space for a long time. He 328 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 2: saw friends building nice sanctuaries. They were doing great things, 329 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 2: but every time he tried to move forward, he had 330 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 2: some kind of setback. He was tempted to get discouraged, 331 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 2: think it would never work out. When you're in the valley, 332 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 2: it's a test. God is up to something that you 333 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 2: can't see. It's easy to complain and live negative, but 334 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 2: you have to trust him in the valley. This pastor 335 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 2: kept being his best month after month, thanking God that 336 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 2: he was working, declaring that a new sanctuary was on 337 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 2: the way. 338 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 1: It looked like he was stuck. 339 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 2: The odds were against him, said it would never happen. 340 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 2: But God knows how to transform that valley of trouble 341 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 2: into a gateway of blessing. And when it's your time, 342 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 2: all the forces of darkness cannot stop what God has 343 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 2: ordained for you. One day, unexpectedly, the mayor of this 344 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 2: small town called and told how there was a group 345 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 2: that built a huge building for a casino, but before 346 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 2: they moved in they went bankrupt. They had over forty 347 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 2: acres of parking, a building that could fit four football 348 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 2: fields inside. It was just a few miles from his church. 349 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,439 Speaker 2: The mayor asked if he was interested in purchasing it. 350 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 2: The pastor thought it'd be over fifty million dollars. 351 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: It was huge, first class. 352 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 2: The mayor said, no, you can purchase it for under 353 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 2: two million dollars. Instead of having to build his own facility, 354 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 2: God dropped a much bigger, better facility into their hands. 355 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 2: When you go through the valley in faith, thanking God, 356 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 2: then you're going to come into that anointing where your 357 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 2: cup runs over. God is going to do things that 358 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 2: you've never dreamed. He's going to transform the valley of 359 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 2: trouble into a gateway of abundance. 360 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: You may feel like you're stuck. You're doing the right. 361 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 2: Thing, but the wrong thing is happening. The good news 362 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 2: is that valley is not permanent. You are coming through. 363 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 2: You could see what was on the other side. You 364 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 2: would be amazed. Your cup is going to run over. 365 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 2: Maybe a relationship didn't work out, that person left you. 366 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: Now you're in the valley. That is not the end 367 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: of your story. 368 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 2: God has a running over blessing somebody better than you've 369 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,879 Speaker 2: ever dreamed. Stay in faith in the valley. Don't listen 370 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 2: to Goliath. Don't believe the lies that it's never going 371 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 2: to work out. It's too late, the obstacle's too big. 372 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 2: Like this pastor, that valley of trouble is leading to 373 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 2: a gateway of abundance, abundance of joy, abundance of good hell, 374 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 2: abundance of resources. Second King, Chapter three. The Israelites had 375 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 2: been traveling for seven days on their way to attack 376 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 2: the Moabites. They went the long way around to surprise them, 377 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 2: but they ran out of water. There was nothing for 378 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 2: them or their animals to drink. The King of Israel said, 379 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 2: has God brought us out here to die? Someone spoke 380 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 2: up and said, let's ask the prophet Elisha. 381 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 1: He said in. 382 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:06,400 Speaker 2: Verse sixteen, this is what the Lord says. This dry 383 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 2: valley will be filled with water. You will see neither 384 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 2: wind nor rain, but you will have an abundance of 385 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 2: water plenty for yourselves and your animals, and the Lord 386 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 2: will give you victory over the Moabites. That didn't make sense. 387 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 2: The valley was going to be filled with water with 388 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,679 Speaker 2: no rain. I'm sure they thought, Elisha, you missed it 389 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 2: this time. That's impossible. Where's the water going to come from? 390 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,479 Speaker 2: The Next morning they woke up and suddenly water started 391 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 2: flowing into the valley with no source. They went out 392 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 2: and defeated the Moabites. You don't have to figure out 393 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 2: how God is going to bring you out. It may 394 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 2: not seem possible. You've looked at all the options and 395 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 2: don't see away. 396 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 1: That's okay. 397 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 2: God has ways we've never thought of. We think natural, 398 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 2: But God is supernatural. He can cause the property to 399 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,959 Speaker 2: find you. He can have the right people knock on 400 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 2: your door. He can heal you without the treatment. The 401 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 2: valley doesn't stop our God. He's not limited by what 402 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 2: you don't have. He's not intimidated by what you're up against. 403 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 2: He spoke worlds into existence, he flung stars into space. 404 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 2: He knows how to turn your situation around. You may 405 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,679 Speaker 2: be in the valley that's dry, it looks permanent. Get ready, 406 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 2: water is about to flow into your valley. You're not 407 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 2: going to see wind nor rain. It's not going to 408 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 2: be ordinary. It's not going to happen a normal way, 409 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 2: it's going to be the hand of God. 410 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: There's no explanation, it doesn't make sense. 411 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 2: It's God bringing water without rain, promotion without the qualification, 412 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 2: and auditorium without having to build it a baby when 413 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 2: you were told it wasn't possible. Don't get discouraged because 414 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 2: the valley is dry. There's no water. God controls the faucet. 415 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 2: His favor can open a door that couldn't open. 416 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: He can make things happen that can't be explained. 417 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 2: When David was thirty seven years old, he was about 418 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,199 Speaker 2: to step into a new level of his destiny and 419 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,199 Speaker 2: become the king of all of Israel. He was at 420 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 2: the valley of Reffium Ruffian means giants. Twenty years earlier 421 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 2: he defeated Goliath. Now he's faced not just one giant, 422 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,959 Speaker 2: but a valley full of giants. God helped him and 423 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 2: his men and they won the victory. 424 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 1: The scripture says. 425 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 2: David renamed the valley instead of leaving it the valley 426 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 2: of Ruffian, he called it Balparism, which. 427 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 1: Means the God of the breakthrough. 428 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 2: You may be in a valley now things are difficult, 429 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 2: But like with David, one day you're going to rename 430 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 2: that valley instead of a valley of disappointment. When you 431 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 2: see what God does, you're going to say that was 432 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 2: a valley of favor, a valley of blessing, a valley 433 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 2: where God showed out in my life. 434 00:23:58,600 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: Instead of a valley. 435 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 2: Of sicknes, a valley of suffering, that was a valley 436 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 2: of healing, a valley of wholeness where God made away 437 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 2: where I didn't see away. Or instead of a valley 438 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 2: of addiction, a valley of failure, that was a valley 439 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,640 Speaker 2: of freedom, a valley of. 440 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 1: Restoration where I saw God's grace as never before. 441 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 2: Don't let the name of that valley fool you. God 442 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:26,360 Speaker 2: is about to transform that valley into a gateway of blessing. 443 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,479 Speaker 2: When my father went to be with the Lord, I 444 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 2: was in a valley of loss, a valley of sadness. 445 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 2: I can say now that was a valley of increase. 446 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 2: That valley launched me to a new level. When my 447 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 2: mother faced cancer, that was a valley of illness, a 448 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 2: valley of pain. But now forty years later she can 449 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,360 Speaker 2: say that was a valley of breakthrough, a valley where 450 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:53,919 Speaker 2: God helped me defeat a giant. When King Jehasafat and 451 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 2: the people of Judah were surrounded. 452 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 1: By three major armies. 453 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 2: They didn't have a chance, but God calls those armies 454 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,120 Speaker 2: to become confused, and they ended up destroying each other. 455 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 2: The people of Judah went in and gathered. 456 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: Up all the spoils. 457 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 2: Jahasafat named that place the Valley of Blessing. Things may 458 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 2: be tough right now, stay in courage. One day you're 459 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 2: going to say, like him, that was a valley of blessing. 460 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 2: God is working behind the scenes in your life. He 461 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 2: hasn't brought you this far to leave you. 462 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: He sees the tears, the injustice. 463 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 2: That valley of trouble is about to be transformed into 464 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 2: a gateway of hope, a gateway of healing, a gateway 465 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 2: of promotion. It may be uncomfortable now, but the valley 466 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 2: is necessary. God is using it to take you to 467 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 2: a new level. Now do your part. Praise Him in 468 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 2: the valley, keep a good attitude in the valley, Be 469 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 2: good to others in the valley. If you'll do this, 470 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 2: I believe and declare, like David, you're going to defeat 471 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 2: giants that are much bigger like Elisha, You're going to 472 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 2: see water without rain. God is about to do things 473 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:09,679 Speaker 2: you can't explain. Unusual favor, healing, restoration, breakthroughs. Get ready, 474 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 2: You're about to go from the valley to victory. 475 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name. 476 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 477 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 2: the lord of your life. 478 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:21,199 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? 479 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 480 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 481 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 482 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,680 Speaker 2: born again. Be sure to get to a good Bible 483 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 2: based church and keep God first place. 484 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 3: Life throws so much at us disappointments, failures, challenges. We 485 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 3: can feel so out of touch that we no longer 486 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 3: recognize ourselves. 487 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 2: Life has a way of changing us. At one time, 488 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 2: we were outgoing and excited about our dreams. But when 489 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 2: we go through disappointments and people do us wrong, it's 490 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 2: easy to lose that positive, passionate person that we used 491 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,360 Speaker 2: to be. In my new book, Rediscovering the Forgotten You, 492 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 2: I'll help you get back to who you really are, 493 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 2: the joyful you, the confident you, the talented you. 494 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: It's not too late. You haven't been through too much. 495 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,160 Speaker 2: You may have lost part of yourself, but you can 496 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 2: find yourself. 497 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: God is in the business of restoring what was lost, 498 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: healing what was broken. 499 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 2: You haven't seen the best version of you yet it's 500 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 2: still in front of you. 501 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 502 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 3: of any amount, we would like to send you a 503 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,879 Speaker 3: copy of Joel's brand new book, Rediscovering the Forgotten. You 504 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 3: take back your passion, reignite your dreams, and embrace the 505 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 3: life you were created to live. 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