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Hi, this is joelind Vitria. 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.720 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:04.440 the ministry. 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:06.920 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:08.480 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.520 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:14.000 your life. 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:21.480 Well, God bless you. It's great to be with you today, and. 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:23.560 I hope you'll stay connected with us throughout the week. 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:26.960 We have a daily podcast that you can download. You 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:30.080 can go to our YouTube channel watch the messages anytime, 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.200 or you can follow us on social media. I promise 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:36.200 you this, We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. But thanks 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:39.280 for tuning in. Thanks again for coming out. I'd like 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:41.720 to start with something funny, and I heard about this 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:46.080 husband and wife. They were celebrating their sixtieth birthdays together 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.560 when an angel suddenly appeared and said God was going 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:51.960 to grant them each one special request. 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:53.560 They were so excited. 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.440 The wife said, my request is that we'd be able 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:59.800 to travel all over the world, and poof, when the smoke, 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:01.760 she had tickets in her hand. 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:05.919 Her husband put his head down in shame. He said, my. 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:08.560 Request is that I would be married to a woman 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:12.720 thirty years younger than me, and poof when the smoke cleared, 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:17.840 he was ninety years old, all right, that's what he gets. 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:21.120 Here we go you already. This is my Bible. I 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:23.560 am what it says I am. I have what it 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:26.000 says I have. I can do what it says I 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:29.160 can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:34.079 I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:38.000 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:41.600 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:46.040 living calls driven. There should be something we're involved in 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:49.560 that's bigger than ourselves. And it's good to have personal 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:53.360 goals and dreams, things we want to accomplish. But if 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:57.520 you're only focused on yourself, you won't reach your highest potential. 0:03:58.200 --> 0:03:59.600 You were created to. 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:03.360 Help so someone else, to be a blessing, to lift 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:07.040 the falling, to encourage those that are down, to fight 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:09.600 for those that can't fight for themselves. 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:12.960 You need to have a cause that you're passionate about, 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:16.320 some way that you can make the world a better place. 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:20.359 It may be to volunteer at the women's shelter, to 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:24.360 mentor those young men, to do repairs for the elderly neighbors. 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:29.080 Maybe your cause is to support great organizations to help 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:32.640 build that children's home to fund the ministry, to pay 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:34.240 the single mom's rent. 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:35.640 The cause may. 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:38.839 Be to break the addiction so your children don't have 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:41.279 to deal with it, or to come out of poverty 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:44.040 and lack, to set a new standard for your family. 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:47.640 When you live calls driven, you'll do things that you 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:51.880 normally wouldn't do. You'll get up early, You'll make sacrifices. 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:54.839 You'll show up when you had other things to do. 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:57.960 You're committed to the cause. You don't wake up in 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.440 the morning that I don't feel like going to work, 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:03.880 I don't want to deal with these problems. Your attitude 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:07.640 is I'm on a mission. I have an assignment. It's 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:11.560 not just about me. Somebody needs what I have. Somebody's 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:14.559 counting on me. I'm going to be a positive force 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:18.440 for good in my neighborhood, in my family, on my job. 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.040 And the reason some people are not happy. 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:23.040 Is they're ingrown. 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.640 As long as you're only focused on you, you're not 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:27.800 going to be fulfilled. 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.920 Look around at how you can be a blessing. 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:35.760 When you give your time, energy, resources to care for 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:39.279 the hurting, to lift those that are disadvantaged, to help 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:42.320 bring their dreams to pass, you will see God's. 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:43.200 Favor in new ways. 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:47.120 Are you waiting for God to bless you when God 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:50.239 is waiting for you to be a blessing. The next 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:54.039 level of your destiny is connected to helping someone else. 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:58.719 David was seventeen years old out in the shepherd's fields 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:01.760 taking care of sheep. It looked like he was stuck there. 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:05.240 He didn't come from an influential family, he didn't have 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:09.360 an important position. All the circumstances said he would live 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:14.200 an average, ordinary life, never do anything great. One day, 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:17.200 his father asked him to take lunch to his brothers. 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:20.560 They were in the army in another city. He could 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:22.039 have said, Dad, I don't want. 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:22.280 To do that. 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:25.799 I'm not an errand boy, I'm busy with these sheep. 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:30.360 Find somebody else. He could have refused, But this small 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:34.840 act of obedience, doing something kind for his brothers, going 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.120 out of his way to be good to them, is 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:38.800 what led to his destiny. 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.080 Don't discount the small things. 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.839 You can do for people, bringing them a cup of coffee, 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:48.640 giving them a ride home, making dinner for that neighbor 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:52.120 that's not well, staying late to help train that coworker. 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:53.960 These small acts. 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:58.200 Of obedience can lead to big blessings. When David arrived 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:02.120 in the city gave lunch to his brothers, he heard Goliath, 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:06.680 the Philistine giant, tauning the Israelites for forty days. He 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:09.240 came out twice a day, in the morning and the 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:13.480 evening and shouted threats. When the Israelites heard them, they 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:15.920 were terrified. They ran away afraid. 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:20.200 But something rose up in David, a holy anger. 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:25.120 He said, who is this uncircumcised philistine that he should 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:28.960 defy the armies of the living God. He asked what 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:32.720 would be done for the man that killed Goliath. David's 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:36.640 older brother overheard what he was asking. He was critical 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.360 of David. He could sense the favor on his life. 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:43.000 He said, David, what are you even doing here? What 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:45.600 have you done with those few sheep you're supposed to 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:48.800 be taken care of. He would say, David, you can't 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.680 do anything about this giant. Look how small you are. 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:57.360 David could have been offended, argued instead, he answered back 0:07:57.480 --> 0:08:02.160 in verse twenty nine, is there a cause? He was saying, 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:05.680 you may be afraid, you may be passive, but this 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:09.040 giant is not going to dishonor my God. This is 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:13.560 a cause worth fighting for. Something was birthed in David 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:18.440 at that moment, a fire, a passion to bring Goliath down. 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:22.480 And what took David from the shepherd's fields into his 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:26.920 destiny was a cause. He was willing to get involved 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:29.000 in something bigger than himself. 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:30.720 He didn't have to care. 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:34.120 He could have dismissed it, but David stood up for 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:37.400 something that, in one sense, didn't have anything to do 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:41.760 with him. He wasn't in the army, Goliath wasn't taunting him. 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:45.160 He could have gone back home and lived an average, 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:49.480 ordinary life. But when you fight giants for someone else, 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:53.280 when you stand up for those that can't stand, you're 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:56.920 not just helping them. That cause is going to launch 0:08:56.960 --> 0:09:02.280 you into your destiny. Took us slingshot, slung that rock, 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:03.760 defeated Goliath. 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:05.439 Eventually he took. 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:10.120 The throne of Israel. What's interesting is the crown was 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:13.720 in the cause. Without the cause, he would have never 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:18.080 become keen like David. Your crown is going to be 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:22.839 found in a cause. Your promotion, your breakthrough, your dream 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:26.160 coming to pass, is going to be found in being 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:30.760 a blessing. Are you fighting for anyone other than yourself? 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:34.800 Are you taking risk stepping out in faith helping them 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:38.760 to rise higher. When your cause driven, you'll see some 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:43.079 giants come down. You'll see promotion doors open, the right 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:48.920 people show up. Thousands of soldiers saw Goliath day after day, 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:50.200 but David was. 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:53.560 The only one that had a cause. He didn't have. 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:58.120 The size, the training, the experience, but he believed God 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:02.359 was going to show out to defeat Goliath. He expected 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:06.520 to stand victoriously. When you have a cause, you believe 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.240 for big things. You'll pray bold prayers. 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:11.360 You'll expect giants to come down. 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:16.240 When the Compact Center came available, I thought, God, this 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:17.880 is not about just us. 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:21.760 This is about advancing the kingdom. This facility will set 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:22.560 a new standard. 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:26.320 It will be an example of your greatness. I had 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:29.800 a boldness to fight for something way bigger than me. 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:33.840 Three years earlier, I was running camera, I was working 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:37.400 in production. But when you have a cause, you'll believe 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:41.239 you can accomplish what seems impossible, that you can overcome 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:46.559 what looks insurmountable. Find your calls, fight for someone that 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:50.600 can't fight for themselves. Get involved in something bigger than you. 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:54.360 That's where your crown is. That's where your greatness is 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:58.000 going to come out. David could have been satisfied in 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:02.199 the shepherd's fields, satisfied with an ordinary life. I don't 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:04.359 want to have to get out of my comfort zone. 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:07.680 People may criticize me, there may be big giants. I'll 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:12.120 just play it safe. Safe is not your destiny. Average 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:14.640 is not what you're called to be. Take on some 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:19.400 giants believe to advance the kingdom, to set new standards. 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:24.120 God didn't give you that talent, that personality, that courage 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:27.880 just to go to work, make a living, feed your family. 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.560 You were called for a cause. You are gifted for 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:35.840 a cause. You are healthy for a cause. You have influence, 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:39.959 you are anointed for a cause. Don't just build your kingdom, 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:45.000 build his kingdom. Get involved in making a difference. Where 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:47.040 are some giants you can bring down? 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:49.640 Where are some people you can lift up. 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.240 It's nothing worse than to come to the end of 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:54.720 life and realize you never saw. 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:58.120 Your crown, you never took your throne. It wasn't in 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:01.040 the average, It wasn't in the rooms. It was in 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:01.680 the cause. 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:05.160 It was in doing something out of the ordinary, getting 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:09.199 involved in something that wasn't about you making your neighborhood better. 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:13.720 Blessing that coworker bringing down a goliath. That's when you'll 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:16.800 see your crown. I've made up my mind. I'm not 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:20.720 gonna live comfort driven. I'm gonna live calls driven. When 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:24.880 we're comfort driven, we don't have to stretch, make sacrifices, 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:28.360 take any risk. When I'm comfort driven, I'm not gonna 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:33.360 be criticized, talked about, have opposition. The problem is you'll 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:35.560 never reach your destiny if you. 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:36.800 Live comfort driven. 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:41.000 As long as David was in the shepherd's fields, minding 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:44.200 his own business, satisfied, he was average. 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:45.520 He was ordinary. 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:48.800 Had he not been willing to run that errand to 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:51.800 take lunch to his brothers, he would have never taken 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:52.360 the throne. 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:54.280 Don't miss the small things. 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:58.880 Had he let his brother discourage him, make him upset, bitter, 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:01.160 he would have missed his destiny. 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:03.280 If he'd have thought Goliath was too big. 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:06.360 I love to help, but I'm afraid man, he's twice 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.959 my size. He would have never become the king. The 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:13.240 cause has to be bigger than the giant. The cause 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:16.199 has to be bigger than the opposition, bigger than how 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:16.800 you feel. 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:18.959 You may be outnumbered. 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:22.920 What you're up against is stronger, more experience, don't worry. 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:25.199 You and God are a majority. 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:27.760 They cannot stand against our God. 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:33.600 Like with David, there are giants waiting for you. When 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:37.000 you defeat them for others, doors to your destiny will 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:40.440 open when you find your cause. The king is going 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:44.520 to come out when your dream is connected to helping others, 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:48.400 to making your community better, to lifting those that were down. 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:52.280 You thought you were just helping them. You didn't realize 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:56.320 you were helping yourself. And so many of you do this. 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:59.959 You support the ministry, you attend your watch, your volunteer, 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:03.640 You serve in the community. A lot of times it's 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:07.040 on your day off. You could be doing something for yourself, 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:11.800 but you're investing in others. God sees your sacrifice. He 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:15.440 sees you're helping when nobody is giving you credit, getting 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.439 up early to pick up the friend, cooking an extra 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:22.960 meal for that neighbor, spending your vacation serving at that orphanage. 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:27.440 Get ready, your crown is coming. You've been fighting for others. 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:30.600 Now God is about to fight for you. The King 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:32.920 is going to come out of the cause. You're going 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:38.120 to see doors open you never dream would open, favor, influence, opportunity, 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:42.400 all because you fought for someone else, you got involved 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:46.080 in something bigger than yourself. A friend of mine grew 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:49.000 up in a small town in Kentucky and they were 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:52.280 poorn didn't have too much, but from the time he 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:55.000 was a little boy, he had a desire to help 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:58.480 children in need. He saw on the television where you 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:02.360 could support a hungry child in another country for fifteen 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:05.480 dollars a month. He didn't have any money, but at 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:09.240 eight years old he started mowing laws in the neighborhood 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:12.560 so he could help. He needed the funds, but he 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:15.960 was living cost driven, fighting for someone else. 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:17.720 When he could have been out playing. 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:22.280 He was mowing laws, making sacrifices for someone he would 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:25.320 never meet. And that seemed like a nice thing to 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:29.440 do a compassionate person, But it's more than that. When 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:33.480 you tap into your cause, there's a crown that's connected. 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:34.880 By the grace of God. 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:38.120 He was able to attend college and in the summers 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:41.840 he would take trips overseas with doctors to help care 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:45.080 for these children like he supported. He ended up going 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:49.040 to medical school, became very successful in his practice, all 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:52.240 the while doing what he could to take care of children. 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:56.200 One of his medical suppliers heard how he supported children, 0:15:56.720 --> 0:16:00.320 ask if he needed anything. They started giving him all 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:04.440 kinds of medicines, vaccines, antibiotics. 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:06.920 It grew and grew to where. 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:10.560 He had to get a warehouse to contain it all. Today, 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:14.320 our friend, doctor Todd Price his wife Sue have given 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:18.600 over a billion dollars in medical supplies to children around 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:23.960 the world. His organization has treated over sixty million children 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:27.680 for parasites. He told me, from the time he was 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:31.160 a little boy, he always prayed that God would send 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:32.960 a wealthy person to help. 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:33.920 Those children in need. 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:37.440 He said, I never realized I would become that person. 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:41.400 The scripture says when you help the poor, when you 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:44.760 feed the hungry, when you lift the fallen, then your 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:47.720 light will break forth like the dawn. You're a healing 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:52.320 your abundance, You'll breakthrough, will come. Doctor Price didn't have 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:55.520 to help those children. He didn't have to take risks, 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:59.280 use his vacation time to travel around the world, stay 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:03.280 in little village. He could have enjoyed a nice, average life, 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.800 but he would have never seen God's favor like he's seen. 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:10.640 He would have never been this fulfilled. He discovered the 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:15.040 cause was connected to the crown. The cause opened doors 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:20.280 to his destiny greater than he ever imagined. I realize 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:22.800 we're not going to all go around the world, not 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:24.879 all going to start big organizations. 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:27.760 But there's someone you can fight for. 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:31.960 There's something you can do outside of yourself that makes 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:36.320 your community better, makes your school better, makes your family better. 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:40.600 Find your cause and you'll find favor. This is what 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:44.720 Nehemiah did. He was a cupbearer to the king. He 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:48.439 wasn't in management, he didn't have wealth or influence. He 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:51.920 had an ordinary position. He heard how the walls of 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:56.040 Jerusalem had been torn down, how the city was unprotected. 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:59.720 He was living a thousand miles away. He could have thought, 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:03.159 that's their problem. I can't do anything about it. But 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:07.000 something came alive on the inside. He knew he was 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:08.920 supposed to rebuild those walls. 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:10.200 How could he do it? 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:14.880 He had no money, no staff, no influence. When your 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:19.440 cause driven, you'll pray bowld prayers. You'll believe for the impossible. 0:18:19.640 --> 0:18:21.399 You'll expect doors to open. 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:25.760 I've learned what God orders he pays for. 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:29.240 When it's to advance the kingdom, when it's to bring 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:33.080 about positive change, the resources will be there. The right 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:35.920 people will show up, you don't have to figure it out. 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:39.440 All you have to do is believe. Nea and Maiah. 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:43.200 I asked the king for permission to return to Jerusalem 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:47.199 to rebuild the walls. You can imagine asking your boss 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:50.240 for six months off to go do a personal project. 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:53.440 You would think the king would say, excuse me, you're 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:56.520 on my payrong. I need you to be here. But 0:18:56.560 --> 0:19:00.320 for some reason, the king agreed. He said, fine, you go. 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:04.680 If that wasn't enough, Neamiah said, I need another favor. 0:19:05.119 --> 0:19:06.400 I'm going to need protection. 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:09.399 Will you give me a letter addressed to all the 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:11.440 cities I have to travel through so. 0:19:11.400 --> 0:19:13.720 They won't harm me. The king agreed. 0:19:14.359 --> 0:19:16.720 He said one last thing, King, I don't have any 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:20.160 materials to rebuild this wall. I need a letter from 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:23.720 you asking the lumber mills to give me what I need. 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:29.120 The scripture says the king granted Neemiah his request because 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:30.640 the favor of God. 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:31.480 Was on his life. 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:35.320 It's good to ask for yourself, but when you're asking 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:38.680 for someone else, when you're taking a stand for those 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:42.960 that can't, When you're kingdom minded and not just me minded, 0:19:43.200 --> 0:19:46.960 God will show out in your life. What's holding some 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:51.480 people back is they're only focused on their goals, their dreams, 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:54.840 their projects. Why don't you invest some of your time, 0:19:55.440 --> 0:20:00.439 energy resources in someone else fight their giants, help their 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:04.520 dreams come to pass mentor their child care for them 0:20:04.720 --> 0:20:08.760 as they come through that illness. That cause is connected 0:20:08.760 --> 0:20:11.880 to your crown. That's what's going to open new doors 0:20:11.920 --> 0:20:17.520 to your destiny. Defeating Goliath, someone else's giant is what 0:20:17.680 --> 0:20:19.480 took David to the throne. 0:20:19.600 --> 0:20:21.160 And it's good to have your dreams. 0:20:21.359 --> 0:20:23.760 It's good to have your goals, but you need to 0:20:23.800 --> 0:20:25.960 be a part of something bigger. 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:28.120 Than just you. David would have. 0:20:28.080 --> 0:20:31.200 Stayed in the shepherd's fields if he didn't find his cause. 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:34.800 Nehemiah would have lived an ordinary life had he not 0:20:34.920 --> 0:20:38.880 found his cause. When he went to Jerusalem to rebuild 0:20:38.880 --> 0:20:42.480 the walls, he had all kinds of opposition. The city 0:20:42.520 --> 0:20:45.720 wouldn't give him permits. The critics tried to stop him. 0:20:46.080 --> 0:20:49.399 Bandits came and fought him. It was one thing after another. 0:20:50.119 --> 0:20:52.880 But when your cause driven, you don't go by how 0:20:52.920 --> 0:20:56.240 you feel. You're not moved by the opposition. You're on 0:20:56.320 --> 0:21:00.320 a mission. You have an assignment. The cause helps you 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:01.440 to say focus. 0:21:01.640 --> 0:21:03.080 Persistent, determined. 0:21:03.760 --> 0:21:07.080 It should have taken Niamiah years to finish rebuilding it, 0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:10.280 but he did it in just fifty two days. I 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:14.160 believe there are some Neamiah's in here today. There are 0:21:14.200 --> 0:21:19.080 some David watching. You could live an ordinary, average life, 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:22.919 but you're fighting for others. You're investing in things bigger 0:21:22.960 --> 0:21:27.760 than yourself, making sacrifices to help those around you. You 0:21:27.840 --> 0:21:32.320 can't help others without God helping you. That cause doesn't 0:21:32.320 --> 0:21:36.160 come by itself. It's connected to a crown. You're going 0:21:36.200 --> 0:21:39.280 to see favor that you've never seen. You're going to 0:21:39.320 --> 0:21:44.679 come out of ordinary into the uncommon, unusual resources that 0:21:44.760 --> 0:21:49.959 your family has never seen, influence opportunity like you've never imagined. 0:21:50.359 --> 0:21:51.920 The greatness God put. 0:21:51.760 --> 0:21:54.280 In you is going to come out of the cause. 0:21:55.000 --> 0:21:58.760 It's not about finding your crown. It's about finding your cause. 0:22:00.000 --> 0:22:02.600 There's a giant you can defeat. Where is a lunch 0:22:02.640 --> 0:22:05.280 you can take to your brothers. Where's a wall you 0:22:05.320 --> 0:22:09.200 can rebuild. If you'll find the cause, the crown will come. 0:22:10.040 --> 0:22:13.760 What's interesting is the walls of Jerusalem had been down 0:22:14.000 --> 0:22:17.200 for over six decades. God could have had a king 0:22:17.359 --> 0:22:22.160 rebuild them, a governor, the army, the prophets, But God 0:22:22.280 --> 0:22:26.800 chose a cup bearer, an ordinary person. The cause brought 0:22:26.800 --> 0:22:30.960 the greatness out of Nehemiah. Without this cause, we wouldn't 0:22:30.960 --> 0:22:34.480 be talking about it. Without a cause, David wouldn't have 0:22:34.480 --> 0:22:38.520 become the greatest king that ever lived. I'm asking you 0:22:38.840 --> 0:22:42.600 to find a cause, live for something bigger than yourself. 0:22:43.080 --> 0:22:46.400 The greatness will come out when you help others, when 0:22:46.440 --> 0:22:51.240 you build their dream, when you support advancing the kingdom. Well, Joel, 0:22:51.359 --> 0:22:54.439 I didn't come out this morning terry about helping others. 0:22:54.560 --> 0:22:56.880 I want to know how I can be blessed. This 0:22:56.920 --> 0:23:00.000 is how you'll be blessed. This is how your greatness 0:23:00.240 --> 0:23:03.080 comes out. This is how you'll discover your crown. 0:23:04.040 --> 0:23:05.600 Is there not a cause? 0:23:06.960 --> 0:23:11.160 Sometimes the cause is to improve yourself so that your 0:23:11.280 --> 0:23:13.520 family and those that come after you. 0:23:13.440 --> 0:23:16.960 Will be better off. My father was raised very poor. 0:23:17.480 --> 0:23:21.160 His family lost everything during the Great Depression. He grew 0:23:21.240 --> 0:23:24.639 up with a poverty mindset, never able to drink a 0:23:24.680 --> 0:23:27.680 full glass of milk, just a small portion, then they'd 0:23:27.720 --> 0:23:31.320 pour water in it. But at seventeen years old, he 0:23:31.400 --> 0:23:34.640 gave his life to Christ, the first one in his family. 0:23:35.200 --> 0:23:37.520 He felt a calling to become a minister. 0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:41.920 His parents tried to discourage him. They told him all 0:23:41.960 --> 0:23:43.800 he knew how to do was work on the farm. 0:23:44.200 --> 0:23:46.080 If he left, he wasn't going to make it. 0:23:46.800 --> 0:23:50.040 But the cause has to be louder than the naysayers. 0:23:50.600 --> 0:23:53.480 What God puts in your heart has to be stronger 0:23:53.520 --> 0:23:57.359 than the negative chatter. My father he made up his 0:23:57.480 --> 0:24:01.400 mind at seventeen that his chillchildren would never be. 0:24:01.480 --> 0:24:03.800 Raised in the poverty he was raised in. 0:24:04.440 --> 0:24:08.520 He had no money, no transportation, no experience. But he 0:24:08.600 --> 0:24:10.520 left the farm with a cause. 0:24:11.400 --> 0:24:14.720 He went out and started ministry. He knew very little 0:24:14.760 --> 0:24:18.200 about the Bible. He'd only been to church for several times. 0:24:18.560 --> 0:24:23.160 He called job job. He preached his first message on Samson. 0:24:23.480 --> 0:24:26.280 At the end he realized he'd been calling him Tarzan. 0:24:27.200 --> 0:24:29.840 He didn't have much training, but he had a cause. 0:24:30.080 --> 0:24:32.560 I'm going to honor God with my life. I'm going 0:24:32.600 --> 0:24:35.600 to break this stronghold of poverty. I'm going to set 0:24:35.640 --> 0:24:39.320 a new standard for my family. He didn't have a ride. 0:24:39.760 --> 0:24:42.760 He had the hitchhik. He didn't have a church. He 0:24:42.840 --> 0:24:46.359 preached in the prisons, in the senior citizens' homes. He 0:24:46.400 --> 0:24:49.919 didn't have a big organization supporting him. First offing he 0:24:50.000 --> 0:24:53.720 ever received was an apple. There were plenty of times 0:24:53.840 --> 0:24:56.520 he was tempted to get discouraged, feel like it would 0:24:56.520 --> 0:24:59.840 never work out, But he would ask himself, is there 0:24:59.840 --> 0:25:03.720 not a cause? When you live cause driven, your focus 0:25:03.800 --> 0:25:06.160 is not on how you feel, not on what people 0:25:06.200 --> 0:25:10.000 are saying, not on what's not working out. Your focus 0:25:10.080 --> 0:25:12.919 is on the cause. I'm not just fighting for me, 0:25:13.240 --> 0:25:16.000 I'm fighting for my children. I'm fighting to take our 0:25:16.119 --> 0:25:16.840 family to. 0:25:16.800 --> 0:25:17.439 A new level. 0:25:18.359 --> 0:25:21.760 He kept going when no doors were opening. He stayed 0:25:21.800 --> 0:25:25.080 in faith when people were against him. He kept being 0:25:25.119 --> 0:25:27.720 his best when it was taken longer than he thought. 0:25:28.080 --> 0:25:33.040 Cause driven, not feeling driven, not circumstance driven. And as 0:25:33.080 --> 0:25:36.560 he kept doing the right thing, faithful, year after year, 0:25:36.880 --> 0:25:39.959 he came in to his crown. He saw favor like 0:25:40.040 --> 0:25:43.239 no one in his family had seen. He broke that 0:25:43.359 --> 0:25:48.040 spirit of poverty. God opened big doors started. Lakewood pastored 0:25:48.080 --> 0:25:51.280 here almost forty years, made a great difference. 0:25:50.800 --> 0:25:52.360 With his line. 0:25:52.440 --> 0:25:56.080 How did he step out of the ordinary into the uncommon. 0:25:56.600 --> 0:26:00.120 He had a cause bigger than himself. He didn't just 0:26:00.160 --> 0:26:00.920 think about him. 0:26:01.440 --> 0:26:02.680 He thought about his family. 0:26:03.240 --> 0:26:06.119 He thought about how he could be a blessing to others. 0:26:06.320 --> 0:26:10.680 He invested his life in something bigger than himself. Being 0:26:10.800 --> 0:26:13.719 cause driven is what's going to help you stay determined 0:26:13.760 --> 0:26:17.760 and stay focused. When Jesus was about to be crucified, 0:26:18.400 --> 0:26:21.000 he didn't feel like going through with it. He was 0:26:21.040 --> 0:26:25.280 in such distress, so discouraged that he sweat drops of blood. 0:26:26.080 --> 0:26:29.320 We think he won the victory on Calvary, but really 0:26:29.359 --> 0:26:32.240 the victory was one in the garden of Gasimine. 0:26:32.880 --> 0:26:35.439 That's where he made the decision to stick with it. 0:26:36.000 --> 0:26:39.600 He prayed three times, Father, if it's possible, let this 0:26:39.720 --> 0:26:43.680 cup pass from me. All of his emotions said give up. 0:26:44.160 --> 0:26:47.000 His feelings said don't go through with it. His mind 0:26:47.040 --> 0:26:50.240 said it's not worth it. If he had not lived 0:26:50.320 --> 0:26:54.800 cause driven, we wouldn't have salvation. In the darkest time, 0:26:55.119 --> 0:26:58.240 he made a decision, this is not about me. This 0:26:58.320 --> 0:27:03.080 is about helping others, about fulfilling my purpose. The scripture 0:27:03.119 --> 0:27:07.560 says the angels came and ministered to him. In those 0:27:07.600 --> 0:27:11.600 difficult times, when you're trying to break the addiction, trying 0:27:11.640 --> 0:27:14.560 to keep your marriage together, trying to take your family 0:27:14.600 --> 0:27:17.520 to a new level, you'll be tempted to think it's 0:27:17.520 --> 0:27:21.240 too hard, it's been too long, this pressure is too much. 0:27:21.520 --> 0:27:24.280 You're in the garden of Gasimine. You have to do 0:27:24.480 --> 0:27:27.080 like Jesus, make the decision that. 0:27:27.000 --> 0:27:28.360 The cause is worth it. 0:27:29.119 --> 0:27:32.639 The scripture says he endured the pain of the cross 0:27:32.960 --> 0:27:36.760 looking forward to the joy that was coming. Because he 0:27:36.920 --> 0:27:40.000 was focused on the cause, he was able to endure 0:27:40.080 --> 0:27:44.080 the pain of the moment when it's the most difficult. 0:27:44.440 --> 0:27:47.520 The good news is that means you're close. 0:27:47.240 --> 0:27:51.000 To your crown. You're close to your breakthrough. You come 0:27:51.080 --> 0:27:54.360 too far to stop now. God didn't bring you here 0:27:54.400 --> 0:27:58.720 to leave you. Dig down deep, stay determined, stay focused, 0:27:59.040 --> 0:28:00.240 keep doing the right thing. 0:28:00.680 --> 0:28:02.199 It's not just for you. 0:28:01.600 --> 0:28:04.960 You're doing it for your family. You're doing it to 0:28:05.080 --> 0:28:09.159 advance the kingdom. If you'll keep fighting for someone else, 0:28:09.600 --> 0:28:12.600 like with Jesus, the angels are going to show up 0:28:12.800 --> 0:28:18.359 to strengthen you. God sees you giving helping others, being 0:28:18.440 --> 0:28:20.800 good to people, taking on their giants. 0:28:21.359 --> 0:28:24.159 You didn't have to. Nobody would have faulted you. 0:28:24.560 --> 0:28:28.640 But like Nehemiah, you answered the cause. You stepped up 0:28:28.680 --> 0:28:32.000 to make a difference. Now get ready. The king in 0:28:32.040 --> 0:28:35.359 you is about to step out. Your crown is about 0:28:35.400 --> 0:28:39.400 to show up. I believe in declare you're coming out 0:28:39.480 --> 0:28:43.160 of the ordinary into the uncommon God is about to 0:28:43.240 --> 0:28:49.480 favor you in a new way. Promotion, influence, divine connections, dreams, 0:28:49.520 --> 0:28:54.480 coming to past addictions, being broken, strongholds, coming down, the 0:28:54.520 --> 0:28:58.560 fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you 0:28:58.600 --> 0:29:02.720 receive it, can you sayay? I'd like to give you 0:29:02.800 --> 0:29:04.280 an opportunity to make. 0:29:04.240 --> 0:29:07.280 Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 0:29:08.040 --> 0:29:13.320 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 0:29:13.360 --> 0:29:17.120 into my heart. 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