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Be a part of one of our services. 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:49.720 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:52.960 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:56.280 about this pastor. He was asked to inform one of 0:01:56.320 --> 0:02:00.240 his members that he had just inherited ten million dollars. 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:03.080 They were concerned because of the shock of it, he 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:06.080 might have a heart attack. The pastor said to him, 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:09.560 what would you do if you inherited ten million dollars? 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:13.280 And said pastor, first thing I do is give half 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:16.280 of it to the church. At that point, the pastor 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:20.359 fell over dead. Say it like you mean it. This 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.040 is my Bible. I am what it says, I am, 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:25.840 I have what it says. I have. I can do 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:28.520 what it says I can do. Today, I will be 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:32.440 taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:35.760 is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:40.799 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:44.400 to talk to you today about look again. We all 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.440 have dreams that we've given up on and problems we 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:50.960 don't think will turn around. It's been too long, we 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:54.800 made too many mistakes. Too often, we accept it as 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:58.079 the way it's always going to be. But just because 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:01.200 you've given up doesn't mean that God has given up. 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:04.799 He hasn't brought you this far to leave you where 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:08.560 you are. What he started in your life he's going 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:12.520 to finish. You may have had some disappointments. The medical 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:16.320 report wasn't good, the business didn't make it. You still 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:19.440 haven't met the right person. It may feel like it's 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:24.160 over to you. But God is saying, look again, that 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:26.880 dream you've given up on, I'm still going to bring 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:30.080 it to pass. That child you think will never get 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:34.680 back on course, look again, He's going to fulfill his destiny. 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:36.840 You think you're going to be single the rest of 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:41.480 your life, Look again, God's already lined up somebody better 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:45.000 than you can imagine. Now do your part and start 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:48.920 looking again. As long as you think it's never going 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:51.920 to work out, it's been this way too long. That 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.080 will keep you from the new things God has in store. 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:59.360 Who told you you're not going to love again. Who 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:02.440 told you you're not going to be healthy again. Who 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:06.080 told you you can't accomplish your dream that didn't come 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:11.400 from God? Don't believe those lies. Start looking again. Maybe 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.720 the loan for the house didn't go through. People don't 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:19.159 have the final say God does. Look again. You weren't 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:22.160 able to have the baby. Don't let that convince you 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:25.280 that you're never going to have it. Look again, there's 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:28.400 a baby with your name on them. You haven't been 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.400 able to break the addiction, now you're learning to live 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:36.200 with it. Look again. Freedom belongs to you. Wholeness is 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:40.440 in your future. Get your passion back, Stir up your faith. 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.960 What God promised you He's still going to bring to pass. 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:48.080 March chapter eight. They brought a blind man to Jesus 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:52.280 and ask him to heal him. Jesus made mud and 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:55.280 put it on the blind man's eyes and prayed for him. 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:59.120 He asked him if he could see anything. He said, yes, 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:03.080 I can see, but it's not clear. I see people 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:07.560 walking as trees. Jesus prayed for him a second time. 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:12.720 This time his vision was perfectly clear. It's significant that 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.520 Jesus prayed for him the first time and he didn't 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:20.120 get completely healed. It's not like Jesus didn't have enough 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:24.000 power that day or somehow he made a mistake. Jesus 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:27.880 healed people all the time. This was a test. When 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:31.520 Jesus asked the man if he could see, he already 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:35.440 knew that his vision wasn't clear. He wanted to see 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:39.920 how the man would respond. The man could have said, yes, 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:44.320 I can see. It's not perfect, but I'm satisfied. Thanks 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:48.080 for doing this. He could have settled for blurred vision. 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.279 He could have walked away and thought, this is not 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:54.480 exactly what I was believing for, but it's better than 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:57.920 it was. Least I can see something. If he would 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:01.640 have accepted it, he would have missed God's best. He 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:05.679 had to be willing to look again when he wasn't 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:09.599 completely healed. He was honest with Jesus. He could have 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:13.320 been intimidated, thought, this is the son of God, this 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:16.719 is a respected healer. I can't tell him that it 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:22.320 didn't work out. I have to pretend that it's all okay. Instead, 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:25.960 he was vulnerable, took a lot of nerve to say, 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:29.880 I can't see clearly. It's not what it should be. 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:34.560 Jesus didn't get upset, say you need to have more faith. 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:37.279 What's wrong with you? I heal people all the time. 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:41.760 Jesus didn't condemn him, didn't make him feel less than 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:47.080 He touched him and said an effect. Look again. He 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.960 was saying, it's okay that you're not where you thought 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:54.560 you would be. It's okay that you can't see clearly. 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:58.719 Yet I'm not through with you. I have a second touch. 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:03.919 Already knew what wouldn't work out the first time. He 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:07.200 knew the medical report wouldn't be good. He knew you 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:11.160 wouldn't get the promotion. He knew the relationship wouldn't work out. 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:15.200 Like this man, he's waiting to see what you're going 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.880 to do. Are you going to settle there and think 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:22.480 I'm lonely? But it's okay. I'm barely making it. But hey, 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:25.360 I got a roof over my head. My dreams haven't 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:29.320 worked out, but I'm doing good enough. Don't settle for 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:33.320 blurred vision. Don't give up on what God has put 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:37.080 in your heart. He has a second touch. He's waiting 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:40.840 for you to look again. The first touch brought you 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.960 to where you are. The second touch is going to 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:49.280 thrust you into abundance, into great relationships, into divine health, 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:52.960 into the fullness of your destiny. I talked to a 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:56.720 young lady that had gone through six miscarriagesm She was 0:07:56.720 --> 0:08:00.000 so discouraged. She had big tears running down her chain. 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.800 She had decided that she wasn't going to try anymore. 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:07.440 The doctors told her it would continue to happen. For 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:11.320 some reason, her wound couldn't carry the baby. I told 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:14.040 her what I'm telling you, you have to look again. 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:19.200 There's a baby that belongs to you. Sometimes the most 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:23.000 difficult prayer is the prayer for what hasn't worked out, 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:26.600 the prayer for what we failed at, to pray again 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:30.000 for the baby, to believe again for the dream. This 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:33.400 is when many people get talked out of God's best. 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:36.880 I could tell this young lady. She took to heart 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:41.080 what I said. Her attitude changed. I could see faith 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:44.280 and hope in her eyes. A couple of years later, 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:47.480 I saw her after the service. She was carrying a 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:51.240 beautiful baby girl. I'll never forget the look on this 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:55.680 young lady's face. She was beaming with joy. She said, Joel, 0:08:55.760 --> 0:08:59.280 My doctors are amazed. They don't understand it, but I 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:03.640 know it was the goodness of God. Friends, God controls 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:08.040 the universe. He can do what medicine cannot do. You 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:11.800 may have had a disappointment, don't settle where you are. 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:16.319 Weeping may endure for a night, but joy is coming 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:19.360 in the morning. If it didn't work out the first time, 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:23.320 look again, didn't work out the second time, Look again, 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:28.400 Keep looking, keep dreaming, keep praying. Like this young lady, 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:32.000 You're going to see what God promised you. This is 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:34.760 what Elijah had to do. There had been a drought 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:38.080 in Samarium for three and a half years. It was 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:42.640 so severe people were barely surviving, barely had enough food. 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:46.080 God spoke to him and told him it was going 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:49.400 to rain. He went up on Mount Carmel and begin 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:53.080 to pray and thank God. And at one point he 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:56.280 said to his assistant, go out and look on the 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.200 other side of the mountain and see if there is 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:02.760 any sign of rain. The young men went out and 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:06.080 came back a little later said no, Elijah, there's not 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:08.920 a cloud in the sky. It's just as clear as 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:14.120 can be. Elijah could have become discouraged, thought, God, you 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:17.000 said it was going to rain. Maybe I heard you wrong. 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:21.560 There's no sign of it. Elijah understood this principle. What 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:25.440 God promised he will bring to pass. He told the 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:29.400 young man to go back and look again. He came 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:33.920 back the second time, same thing. Nothing. Elijah perfectly clear. 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:38.360 Elijah didn't let these negative reports talk him out of it. 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:42.920 He told him to go back and look again. Third time, nothing, 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:47.960 Look again, fourth time, nothing, look again, fifth time, still nothing. 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:51.760 Don't you know? Thoughts came to Elijah saying you are 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:55.800 wasting his time. Can't you get the message five times? 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:59.880 This drought is permanent. Just accept it. He let those 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.840 thoughts go in one ear and out the other. His 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:06.440 attitude was, I know it's on the way. Any moment 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:11.880 it's going to happen. This expectancy looking for it, believing 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:15.600 it's going to happen, that's your faith being released. That's 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:19.720 what allows God to do amazing things. The young man 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:23.000 came back the sixth time and said, Elijah, still nothing. 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:26.080 How long are we going to do this. I'm getting tired, 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:30.160 Elijah said, do me a favor, go back and look again. 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:35.120 On the seventh time, the young man came back and said, 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:39.240 this time I saw a little cloud starting to form. 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.520 It's not much. I don't get your hopes up, just 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:46.800 about the size of a man's hand. Elijah sent word 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.360 to the king, saying, you need to get in your 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:52.680 chariot and take off. There's about to be a downpour. 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:57.040 It wasn't any time before the heavens opened up. The 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:59.520 three and a half year drought came to an end. 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:04.400 I wonder if Elijah would have seen the rain, if 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:07.680 he'd have given up after the first time, or third time, 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.640 or fifth time. What if he had come off the 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:15.120 mountain thought this drought is just meant to be. If 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:18.240 he would have accepted it, we wouldn't be talking about him. 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.800 You have to do like Elijah and have a made 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:25.559 up mind that you are going to keep looking until 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:29.280 you see the promise come to pass. The medical report 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:32.960 may not be good. Look again, healing is on the way. 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:35.720 You don't see how you could get out of debt. 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:40.439 Look again, abundance is in your future. You haven't been 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:43.400 able to break the addiction, Joel. I went to rehab. 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:47.520 Look again, I went to counseling. Look again. I prayed, 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:51.480 and it hasn't happened. Look again. What you can't see 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:56.000 is while you're looking, God is behind the scenes, lining 0:12:56.080 --> 0:13:01.000 up the right people, arranging good breaks, healing, promote deliverance. 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:05.520 That cloud is starting to form. You may be in 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:09.079 a drought today. You've been looking a long time, Faithful 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:12.880 doing the right thing doesn't look like it's doing any good. 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:16.280 God is saying, you're about to come in to your 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:20.120 seventh time. You're about to see a sign of what 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:23.800 God is doing. Don't let the little cloud fool you. 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:26.600 It may be small, but it's going to turn into 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:32.000 a big downpour suddenly. An abundance of favor, an abundance 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:36.080 of healing, an abundance of good branks. Don't get talked 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:40.600 out of it. Don't let negative circumstances what you don't 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:44.840 see changing convince you to accept what hasn't worked out. 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:49.640 Look again, and again and again. When you keep looking, 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:53.360 you're saying, God, I know you're bigger than this sickness, 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:58.280 greater than this addiction, more powerful than this opposition. I 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:02.440 believe you're restoring health back into me. I believe I 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:05.680 will lend and not borrow. I believe as for me 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:09.920 and my whole house, we will serve the Lord. I'm 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:14.000 asking you to stir your faith out. What you've given 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:18.079 up on promises, you've let go of, dreams you think 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:22.600 are too far gone. Start believing again. God is still 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:26.000 going to bring them to pass. That house you tried 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:28.680 to buy and it didn't work out, it wasn't the 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:32.760 right one. Look again, you were turned down for that promotion. 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:38.240 It wasn't fair. God has something better. Look again, somebody 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:41.960 walked out of a relationship. They did you wrong. That 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:47.400 is not how your story ends. Look again, there's another chapter. 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:51.880 There's a new beginning with somebody better than you've ever dreamed. 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:55.680 You wouldn't be alive unless God had something amazing up 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:58.560 in front of you. There was a lady in the 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:03.200 scripture named Elizabeth. She was married to zachar Ryan. She 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:06.160 had been barren for many years, not able to have 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:09.760 a child. When they were both very old. When an 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:13.640 angel appeared to her husband and said Elizabeth was going 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:16.240 to have a baby and they were to name him John. 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:21.240 She conceived and she was so happy after years of 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:24.600 being Barren. This was a dream come true. She was 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:29.160 finally pregnant. The first few months, everything was great, I 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:33.000 can imagine. She was getting the baby's room prepared and 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:36.160 friends were coming over celebrating with her. She'd never been 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:41.120 this excited. But after several months she started to get worried. 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:45.880 She didn't feel any movement in the wound. Four months, 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:50.720 no movement, five months, no movement, six months still no movement. 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:54.920 Thoughts started telling her, don't be too happy. This is 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:58.280 not going to have a good ending. Your baby is 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:02.040 not alive. About that time, there was a knock on 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:06.400 her door. It was her cousin, a young lady named Mary. 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:10.640 An angel had just appeared to Mary and said she 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:13.480 was going to have a baby without knowing a man, 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:16.960 and he would be the son of God. She asked 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:20.400 how it could happen. The angel said, the Holy Spirit 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:23.800 will come on you and cause you to conceive, for 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:29.600 with God, nothing is impossible. When Elizabeth answered the door 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:34.480 and saw Mary standing there, the scripture says at the 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:39.320 sound of Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in Elizabeth's wound. 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:43.320 For the first time, she knew her baby was alive. 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:48.520 Why did that baby leap When Mary greeted her, Mary 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:52.320 was carrying in her spirit what the angel had just 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:57.240 told her. With God, nothing is impossible. What he promised 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:02.440 he will bring to pass. When Mary simply said hello, Elizabeth, 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:07.119 the faith in her voice brought to life the promise 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:12.080 in Elizabeth's womb. You may be carrying something today that 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:17.440 you feel like is dead. A dream, a relationship, a promise. 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:20.879 You know God gave it to you. You used to 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:24.720 be excited, you used to tell people, but you haven't 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:28.320 felt any movement. You don't see any sign of it happening. 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.280 It's been a long time, and you don't see how 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:34.120 you'll get well, or how your marriage will make it, 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.960 how you'll start that business. The baby feels like it's 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:43.520 not alive anymore. Sometimes all you need is for someone 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:48.720 like Mary to show up and speak life into your spirit. Now. 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:52.680 I believe the reason you feel something stirring on the inside, 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:57.199 the reason faith is rising. Something says yes, this is 0:17:57.280 --> 0:18:00.600 for me. I know my dream is still alive is 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:04.640 because God is using me. As you're married. That's your 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:09.520 baby kicking. I'm telling you what she told Elizabeth. With God, 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:14.560 nothing is impossible what he started, He's going to finish. 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:18.520 It's not too late, You're not too old. You haven't 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:21.880 missed too many opportunities. Can I encourage you? You are 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:26.320 right on schedule. Your baby is coming, your healing is coming, 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:31.600 your breakthrough is coming, Your abundance is coming. I believe 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:36.800 somebody's baby just kicked. Somebody's baby just woke up. It's 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:40.399 been asleep a long time. You didn't think it could happen. 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:47.119 You've had setbacks, delays, people came against you, Nobody supported you. 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:50.480 Get ready, You're about to give birth. This is a 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:54.760 new day. God is breathing in your direction in a 0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:58.159 new way. He's going to give you favor that you 0:18:58.280 --> 0:19:03.040 haven't had, coming into an anointing of ease where things 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:06.520 are going to fall into place. God is going to 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:11.520 vindicate you for what wasn't fair. Right now, He's preparing 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:14.680 a table before you in the presence of your enemies. 0:19:15.440 --> 0:19:18.080 And you may not see how this could happen, but 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:21.600 God has all kinds of ways that we've never thought of. 0:19:22.160 --> 0:19:25.600 Like Mary, the favor of God is going to cause 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:28.240 you to go where you could not go on your own. 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:31.439 You're going to accomplish dreams where you didn't have the 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:35.919 talent the connections the experience. Doors are going to open 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:40.040 that you couldn't open. Opportunity is going to track you down. 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:43.440 What you thought was dead is about to come back 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:48.159 to life. That's stirring in your spirit. That's your baby kicking. 0:19:48.960 --> 0:19:53.600 That's a sign that what God promised you is still alive. Now, 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:58.320 keep your faith stirred up. Live with this expectancy. It 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:01.160 may not have happened yet, that doesn't mean it's still 0:20:01.200 --> 0:20:05.639 not going to happen. That setback didn't cancel God's plan. 0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:08.760 It was a setup for God to take you further. 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:13.439 That delay is not going to stop you. God is 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:17.440 still going to do what he promised. At twelve years old, 0:20:17.560 --> 0:20:20.840 my brother Paul had a dream to do medical missions. 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:23.840 He was on a trip in Africa with my father 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:27.359 and while waiting for the plane to refuel in a 0:20:27.400 --> 0:20:31.960 small nation called Northern Rhodesia, he felt the desire to 0:20:32.040 --> 0:20:34.440 come back and help the people. He went on to 0:20:34.520 --> 0:20:37.960 medical school and started his practice as a surgeon. He 0:20:38.040 --> 0:20:41.680 was very successful, was the chief of surgery, helping to 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:45.120 run the hospital, and he tried several times to take 0:20:45.200 --> 0:20:47.840 missions trips, but just didn't work out. He had too 0:20:47.920 --> 0:20:52.439 much responsibility nineteen ninety nine, when my father went to 0:20:52.440 --> 0:20:56.480 be with the Lord. After nearly twenty years, Paul left 0:20:56.520 --> 0:21:00.320 his medical practice came back to Houston to help us 0:21:00.359 --> 0:21:04.760 pastor the church. He thought his dream of doing medical 0:21:04.760 --> 0:21:08.240 missions was over. He'd been out of medicine for years 0:21:08.560 --> 0:21:11.320 when a friend called and asked if he would go 0:21:11.440 --> 0:21:14.919 overseas with a group of doctors just to see what 0:21:14.960 --> 0:21:18.440 they were doing. Paul agreed, and when he was there, 0:21:18.480 --> 0:21:21.680 they took him to the operating room and said, we 0:21:21.720 --> 0:21:25.439 need you to operate on these people. He said, I 0:21:25.520 --> 0:21:29.720 haven't operated in years. I just came to observe. They said, 0:21:29.800 --> 0:21:33.840 we need you right now. Paul unexpectedly came out of 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:38.040 retirement that day and started operating again. I just thank 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:41.600 god I wasn't his first patient coming back. Let him 0:21:41.600 --> 0:21:46.040 get a little warned up. Paul thought that dream was over. 0:21:46.720 --> 0:21:50.560 He thought he stepped out of medicine. But just because 0:21:50.600 --> 0:21:53.960 you gave up doesn't mean God has given up. That 0:21:54.119 --> 0:21:58.040 baby is still in there now. Paul spends up to 0:21:58.080 --> 0:22:01.359 five months a year in Africa, operating back in the 0:22:01.440 --> 0:22:06.400 villages where they barely have electricity. A while back, he 0:22:06.480 --> 0:22:10.480 was in Zambia, he noticed on an old map Zambia 0:22:10.840 --> 0:22:14.600 used to be called Northern Rhodesia. He was at the 0:22:14.720 --> 0:22:17.920 exact place where the dream was put in his heart 0:22:18.440 --> 0:22:21.560 over forty years earlier, as a twelve year old boy. 0:22:23.160 --> 0:22:26.919 At twelve, that was the first touch, when the dream 0:22:27.040 --> 0:22:30.560 was planted in his heart. At fifty six, that was 0:22:30.600 --> 0:22:33.440 the second touch, where God took him to a new 0:22:33.520 --> 0:22:37.000 level of his destiny. What am I saying? What God 0:22:37.160 --> 0:22:40.920 started in your life He's going to finish. Is there 0:22:40.960 --> 0:22:44.360 something you've given up on? Doesn't look like it could 0:22:44.680 --> 0:22:47.359 ever happen now, it's been too long. You've missed too 0:22:47.400 --> 0:22:51.639 many opportunities. Look again, God wouldn't have given you the 0:22:51.720 --> 0:22:55.800 dream if he wasn't still planning on bringing it to pass. 0:22:56.240 --> 0:23:00.200 Don't talk yourself out of it. You've experienced the first touch, 0:23:00.600 --> 0:23:03.800 but the second touch is coming. Dare to say, like 0:23:03.880 --> 0:23:08.920 the blind man God, I can't see clearly. My dreams 0:23:08.920 --> 0:23:12.920 haven't come to pass yet. God, you've blessed me. I'm grateful, 0:23:13.200 --> 0:23:17.120 but I'm asking for the fullness of my destiny. I'm 0:23:17.160 --> 0:23:20.119 asking for the dreams you put in me as a child. 0:23:20.960 --> 0:23:24.040 I'm asking to become all You've created me to be. 0:23:24.800 --> 0:23:28.760 When you're honest with God. When you're bold enough to ask. 0:23:29.000 --> 0:23:32.400 Get ready for the second touch. Get ready for God 0:23:32.440 --> 0:23:36.080 to make things happen that you couldn't make happen. There 0:23:36.119 --> 0:23:38.440 was a young couple that had a baby that had 0:23:38.480 --> 0:23:43.560 severe autism. For years, she never talked or communicated in 0:23:43.640 --> 0:23:46.720 any way. All through the day, she would flail her 0:23:46.920 --> 0:23:51.639 arms and have uncontrollable meltdowns. At seven years old, the 0:23:51.720 --> 0:23:55.000 authorities tried to convince the parents to put her in 0:23:55.080 --> 0:23:58.359 a special home. They told her there was no chance 0:23:58.400 --> 0:24:01.560 of her improving, and I didn't understand the love that 0:24:01.600 --> 0:24:04.800 they were showing, that they were basically wasting their time. 0:24:05.400 --> 0:24:08.520 These parents wouldn't hear of it. They kept speaking faith 0:24:08.600 --> 0:24:11.520 over their daughter and telling her how much they loved her, 0:24:11.840 --> 0:24:14.239 how special she was, how she was going to do 0:24:14.280 --> 0:24:19.439 great things. At eleven years old, having never communicated, she 0:24:19.600 --> 0:24:23.359 sat down at the computer and typed these words, I 0:24:23.440 --> 0:24:27.280 have autism, but this is not who I am. I 0:24:27.320 --> 0:24:31.119 am cute, I am funny, and dad, I love that 0:24:31.160 --> 0:24:34.359 you're always there for me to hold my hand and 0:24:34.400 --> 0:24:38.440 pick me up when I fall. They realized she understood 0:24:38.480 --> 0:24:42.440 them the whole time. At fourteen, she wrote her first novel. 0:24:42.920 --> 0:24:46.639 She continues to defy the odds, doing things she was 0:24:46.640 --> 0:24:49.720 told she could never do. God has the final say 0:24:51.000 --> 0:24:56.520 the things you think are impossible. Every voice says, no 0:24:56.600 --> 0:24:59.360 way it can happen. Your child will never get well, 0:25:00.000 --> 0:25:03.800 your business will never make it. God is saying, look again, 0:25:04.720 --> 0:25:08.320 I'm working behind the scenes. This is not the time 0:25:08.440 --> 0:25:11.440 to get discouraged. This is not the time to let 0:25:11.520 --> 0:25:14.760 circumstances talk you out of it. You are close to 0:25:14.880 --> 0:25:19.280 your breakthrough right now. That little cloud is starting to form. 0:25:19.600 --> 0:25:22.600 You're about to see a sign that God is at work. 0:25:23.320 --> 0:25:26.679 It may be small nobody else celebrates, but your faith, 0:25:27.160 --> 0:25:31.159 your expectancy, your praise will cause that little cloud to 0:25:31.240 --> 0:25:35.480 turn out to be a big blessing. March chapter five, 0:25:35.640 --> 0:25:38.320 a man named Jyrris had a twelve year old daughter 0:25:38.400 --> 0:25:41.920 that was very sick. He came to Jesus, fell down 0:25:42.119 --> 0:25:44.399 and said, would you please come to my house and 0:25:44.480 --> 0:25:48.200 heal her. Jesus said he would and started following her. 0:25:48.720 --> 0:25:51.320 There was a great crowd and Jesus was stopped along 0:25:51.359 --> 0:25:56.760 the way, one delay after another. I'm sure Doyris was concerned, 0:25:56.800 --> 0:26:01.400 Please hurry. About that time, someone came from his house said, 0:26:01.400 --> 0:26:05.320 I'm sorry, Jyris, your little daughter has died. No use 0:26:05.400 --> 0:26:10.600 bothering Jesus anymore. Jesus overheard and said to him, don't 0:26:10.600 --> 0:26:15.399 be afraid. Just trust me. And sometimes it feels like 0:26:15.520 --> 0:26:19.520 what God has promised us has died. It's been too long. 0:26:20.119 --> 0:26:23.399 All the circumstances say there's no way it could happen. 0:26:23.880 --> 0:26:26.760 God is saying to us what he said to him. 0:26:27.680 --> 0:26:31.800 Just trust me. I still have a way. Jesus showed 0:26:31.880 --> 0:26:35.080 up at the house. Everyone was crying and weeping. He 0:26:35.160 --> 0:26:39.000 said to them, the little girl is not dead. She's 0:26:39.119 --> 0:26:42.400 just asleep. He went in and said to her, wake up. 0:26:42.840 --> 0:26:44.679 The little girl woke up instantly. 0:26:44.760 --> 0:26:46.560 She was well. 0:26:46.600 --> 0:26:49.840 You may have dreams that you've given up on promises. 0:26:49.880 --> 0:26:52.320 You think that no way they could happen. Now the 0:26:52.400 --> 0:26:57.359 good news, they're not dead. They're just asleep. God is 0:26:57.400 --> 0:27:00.840 about to wake up what you thought was dead. He's 0:27:00.840 --> 0:27:03.520 about to bring to life dreams you've given up on 0:27:04.000 --> 0:27:07.080 promises he put in you as a child like my brother. 0:27:07.280 --> 0:27:10.000 He's about to bring to past. Now do your part 0:27:10.240 --> 0:27:14.120 and look again, start believing again, get your hopes back up. 0:27:14.680 --> 0:27:18.719 If you'll do this, I believe and declare dreams are 0:27:18.760 --> 0:27:22.200 waking up Right now that cloud is starting to form. 0:27:22.400 --> 0:27:25.359 You're going to see a downpour of God's goodness and 0:27:25.480 --> 0:27:30.840 abundance of favor, healing breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny 0:27:31.320 --> 0:27:34.439 in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, can you 0:27:34.480 --> 0:27:38.840 say even today, I'd like to give you an opportunity 0:27:39.119 --> 0:27:42.080 to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you 0:27:42.119 --> 0:27:47.160 pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, come into my heart. 0:27:48.280 --> 0:27:53.280 I make you my Lord and Savior. Amen. 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