Stir It Up

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We enjoy spending this time with you. 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:58.720 I know you're going to leave encouraged and inspired. 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:01.919 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:04.720 and follow us on social media to stay connected. 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.280 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:15.520 Enjoy the message. Well, God bless you. It's a joy 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:17.720 to come into your homes, and if you're ever in 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:20.520 our area, please stop buying. Be a part of one 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:23.320 of our services. I promise you we will make you 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:26.720 feel right at home. I like to start with something funny, 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:29.120 and I heard about this young man. He was a 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:32.920 huge football fan. He bought two tickets to the Super 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:37.120 Bowl months ahead of time, not realizing it was going 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:40.160 to be on the same day as his wedding. He 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:43.280 paid a couple thousand dollars each for the tickets, so 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:46.880 he put an ad on Facebook seeing if anyone wanted 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:49.760 to go in his place. He said, it will be 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:52.560 at three o'clock at First Baptist Church and her name 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:56.400 is Tiffany. He better get in counseling right now. But 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:59.720 here we go. This is my Bible. I am what 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.160 it's it says. I am. I have what it says 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:04.840 I have. I can do what it says I can do. 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:08.280 Today I will be talked the word of God. I'll 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:12.560 boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:16.560 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:20.120 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:23.440 stir it up. When I was growing up, we had 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:26.040 a fireplace at home, and I would go get the 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:29.600 logs to make the fire. My father showed me how 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:33.000 if i'd put those logs just right, a little bit vertical, 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:38.040 the fire would burn so strong and last a long time. Overnight, 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:41.000 we would close the metal grate and the fire would 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.880 wind down. When I would get up the next morning, 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:47.560 all that was left were some ashes and a few 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:50.800 remnants of the logs. I would go get more wood, 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:54.320 but I discovered something. I didn't have to get a 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:59.200 new match to relight the fire. Underneath those ashes, there 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:02.760 were embers that were still burning. All I had to 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:05.880 do was get the poker out and stir it up, 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:08.840 and the fire would come back to life. In a 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:12.800 few minutes, it would be burning as strong as can be. Now, 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:15.480 it may look like some things have gone out in 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:19.880 your life. Dreams that didn't work out, Promises that you 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:23.240 were believing for that didn't come to pass. You think 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:26.159 it's never going to happen. It's been too long. You've 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:29.800 accepted it wasn't meant to be. But can I encourage you? 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:34.560 Underneath those ashes, there are embers that are still alive. 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:38.440 You may not be able to see them. They're buried 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:43.560 under disappointments, under delays, people that did you wrong, mistakes 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:47.800 that you've made. But somewhere underneath all those ashes, a 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:51.599 flame is still burning. All you have to do is 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:56.200 stir it up. Stir up your dreams, stir up your creativity, 0:04:56.560 --> 0:05:00.400 stir up your gifts. What God put in you didn't 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:04.960 go out. Jeremiah said, your word, Oh Lord, is like 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:08.840 fire shut up in my bones. That fire may be 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:11.839 a little flicker right now, but it's still in you. 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:16.000 The good news is the enemy can't put your fire out. 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:21.359 Depression can't put your fire out. Loss, loneliness, bad breaks 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.440 can't put it out. You may have gone through things 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:28.160 that were unfair, kind of knocked the wind out of you. 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:31.400 You need to know that did not stop God's plan 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:35.360 for your life. What he started, he's going to finish. Now. 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:37.839 You have to do your part and stir it up. 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:43.760 You can't live with no passion, no enthusiasm, just getting up, 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:48.000 going to work, coming home, doing it all again. That 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:51.480 fire is not going to grow without you stirring it. 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:57.080 Start dreaming again, start looking for new opportunities, start praying 0:05:57.160 --> 0:06:02.440 bold prayers, start expecting God's fame. There is greatness. Shut 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:05.440 up in you. There are dreams shut up in you. 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:08.599 There are new levels. All they need is to be 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:13.360 stirred out. The scripture says you will find me when 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:17.040 you search for me with all your heart, not with 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:21.360 half your heart. God was talking about passionate people, people 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:24.400 that are full of praise, people that are talking like 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:27.599 it's going to happen, people that are expecting his favor. 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:33.520 But if you're passive, indifferent, lethargic, you won't reach your potential. 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:37.400 You have to have some fire in you. Don't let 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:41.919 what hasn't worked out. The disappointments, the bad breaks cause 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:45.919 you to become half hearted. Half hearted in your praise, 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:50.200 half hearted in your marriage, half hearted at worn't. What 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:53.760 you're believing for may be taken longer than you thought. 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:57.640 That's why every day you need to stir yourself up. 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:01.440 This is not going to happen, auto man. You won't 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:06.800 wake up every morning excited about life, enthusiastic about your dreams. 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:10.080 Some mornings, when we wake up, we feel the blaws. 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.400 Thoughts will tell you nothing good is in your future, 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:17.280 nothing ever works out for you. You can either believe those 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:21.360 lies drag through the day. One day will turn into 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:24.720 a month, a month will turn into a year. Or 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:28.120 you can make a decision like David, when you get 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.040 out of bed, this is another day that the Lord 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:34.680 has made. I'm going to rejoice. I'm going to be glad. 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:37.840 I'm gonna enjoy this day. You know what David was 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:42.360 doing stirring himself up. He was fanning that flame, making 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:46.239 sure the fire kept burning. No wonder he was able 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:51.000 to outlast all kinds of opposition. No wonder he overcame 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:55.119 the rejection from his family and the betrayal from King Saul, 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.880 and became one of the heroes of faith. You know 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:02.920 who sees dreams come to pass stirred up people. You 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:05.800 know who goes further than they can imagine, People that 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:09.920 are passionate, people that make this decision like David, to 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:14.920 stay full of zeal. What's interesting is when David wrote 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:18.480 that passage, he wasn't in a great place. He had 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:22.640 armies coming against him. People were slandering him, trying to 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:26.880 ruin his reputation. He could have got up complaining, God 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:30.000 is not fair. I'm doing the right thing. Why are 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.880 these people treating me so badly? I thought you said 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:36.880 I would be the king. No, David understood this principle 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:42.479 that people can't put your fire out. Bad breaks, disappointments 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:46.800 cannot stop what God has ordained for you. The more 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:49.800 things that come against you, the more you need to 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:53.959 stir yourself up. The more opposition, the more you need 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:57.720 to give God praise, the longer it's taking, the more 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.160 you need to talk like it's on the way. The 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:02.960 worse the medical report, the more you need to keep 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:05.920 that spring in your staff, that passion in your spirit 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:10.640 declaring God's favor is on your life. There are embers 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:14.760 in you right now just waiting to catch fire like 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:20.600 never before, Embers of healing. That sickness looks permanent, starts 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:24.360 stirring up the healing. Father. Thank you that you're restoring 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:26.920 health back into me. Thank You that the number of 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:31.520 my days you will fulfill. Maybe you're struggling in your finances. 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:35.920 Business is slow, it's easy to get discouraged. Think that's 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:40.280 your lot in life. There are embers of increase, embers 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:44.600 of abundance, embers of opportunity just waiting to be stirred up. 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:47.880 How do you do it? Father? Thank you that whatever 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:51.079 I touch prospers and succeeds. Thank You that I will 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:54.640 lend and not borrow. That I'm coming into overflow into 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:58.520 more than enough. When David went out to face Goliath, 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:03.720 the scripture says he ran quickly toward Goliath. That's a 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:08.200 passionate person. That's somebody that stirred up. You would think 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:12.280 he would be very careful, go out there kind of slowly, 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:16.800 maybe a little intimidated, afraid, thinking okay, God, I'll do this, 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:19.680 but it'll probably be the end of me. No, David 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:23.560 ran out boldly. His attitude was, I can't wait to 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:27.080 get to Goliath, because the sooner I get there, the 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:31.480 sooner I'll defeat him. When you live stirred up, you 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:34.760 don't run from your enemies. You run to your enemies. 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:39.520 You don't let that cancer intimidate you. Your attitude is cancer. 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:42.200 You may be big, but you're no match for me. 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:45.840 The most high God is on my side. You don't 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:49.040 run from those people at work, those people trying to 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:52.320 make you look bad. You know, God being for you 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:55.640 is more than the world being against you. You have 0:10:55.880 --> 0:11:00.840 everything you need to live a victorious, abundant line. It's 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.840 on the inside, but it has to be stirred up. 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:08.280 That courage may be a little ember right now, you 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:12.800 feel intimidated. What you're up against looks much bigger. That's 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:15.160 the way I felt when my father went to be 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:18.160 with the Lord and I stepped up to pastor the church. 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:21.720 Every thought told me that I couldn't do it, that 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:25.200 nobody would listen, that I didn't have the talent. But 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:30.079 instead of believing those lies, I started stirring up the courage. Father, 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.800 Thank you that I am strong in the Lord. Thank 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:35.280 you that I could do all things through Christ. Thank 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:38.720 you that your favor surrounds me like a shield. I 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:43.920 started fanning that ember of courage, that ember of confidence, 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:47.559 that ember of talent. I didn't know I could get 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:50.640 up and speak in front of people. When my father 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:54.120 would ask me to minister years ago, I used to think, 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:57.240 that is so odd. He doesn't know me very well. 0:11:57.320 --> 0:12:00.600 I wouldn't know what to say. This emb was in 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:04.320 me all that time, But for seventeen years I never 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:07.480 fanned the flame. When my father went to be with 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:11.000 the Lord. In one sense, it made it worse. Now 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:14.319 there were ashes on top of this ember. I didn't 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:17.440 know how things were going to work out. But down 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.280 in my spirit I could hear this voice telling me 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:24.480 to step up. This time, instead of shrinking back, I 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:28.480 started fanning the flame, telling myself that I was well able. 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:32.800 I discovered there was fire shut up in my bones, 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:36.160 there were gifts and talents. It was just a little flame. 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:40.240 But as I started believing I could do it, taking 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:44.280 steps of faith, tuning out the doubt, the naysayers, that 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:49.200 fire came alive. God's taken me further than I've dreamed that. 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:52.920 I wonder what's shut up in you that you haven't 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:58.160 tapped into. What dreams, what gifts, what healing? What freedom? 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:02.400 It's still burning. It's a little ember now. It just 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:06.560 needs you to add your passion to it, to start believing, 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:09.720 to start acting like it's going to happen, to start 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:13.480 stepping up with boldness. It's easy to come up with 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:17.080 excuses to talk ourselves out of it, Joel. I tried, 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:21.000 but it didn't work out. Try again. That didn't put 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:24.680 your fire out. The scripture says a good person falls 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:28.400 seven times and the Lord raises him up. Maybe it 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:32.240 just wasn't the right time. Well, these people did me wrong. 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:36.120 My company pushed me out, I lost my spouse. I 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:40.040 have all these ashes. I know that's painful. I know 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:44.520 it's not easy, but underneath those ashes there are embers 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:48.240 that are still burning. You may have gone through loss, 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:51.880 but your life is not over. Like God did for me, 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:55.719 He has beauty for those ashes. New doors are going 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:59.000 to open it. New relationships are going to develop, New 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:02.520 talents are going to come. That person that walked out 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:06.640 on you, yes, that's hurtful, but don't give up on life. 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:10.480 They didn't put your fire out. They can't stop your destiny. 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:13.640 You're going to love again, You're going to dream again. 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:17.000 You're going to laugh again. God has someone coming for 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:21.000 you much better than who left. Your latter days are 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:23.600 going to be better than your former days. Now, get 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:28.320 your passion back, get your fire back. Those dreams you've 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:30.760 given up on. You need to get that poker out 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:35.240 and start stirring them up, start pursuing them again. Those 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:38.600 promises that you've let go of seems like it's too late. 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:42.080 The expert said that you can't have a child, that 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:45.320 you won't get well, that that family member will never 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:48.520 get back on course. Those are lies to try to 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:52.720 discourage you, to keep those embers from ever catching fire. 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:56.680 The enemy knows he can't put out your flame, but 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:59.600 if he can deceive you into living with no passion, 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:04.240 no enthusiasm, dragging through the day thinking you've reached your limits. 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.320 Then that will keep you from the fullness of what 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:10.880 God has in store. That's why Paul said in Romans, 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:16.320 never lag in zeal, be a glow, constantly burning with 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:21.200 the spirit. It's interesting he didn't say never lag in faith, 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:25.560 never lag in confidence, never lag in experience. He said 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:29.880 never lag in zeal. He was saying, if you'll stay 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:34.400 passionate about your dreams, passionate about what God promised, you 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:38.360 don't lag in zeal, then whatever area you lag in 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:43.720 will eventually turn around. You may lag in resources, lag 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:47.160 in good health, lag in friendships, but if you'll stay 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:51.560 a glow burning with the spirit God promises, the healing 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:55.360 is coming, the right people are coming, the abundance is coming. 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:59.520 Paul said. The key is to stay fired up, keep 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:03.960 that pass in your spirit. Because we all go through disappointments, 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:07.960 things we don't understand. You may be dealing with an illness, 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:11.480 an addiction, or a situation doesn't look like it's ever 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:15.680 going to improve. You could easily drag around discourage. Now 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:18.320 you have to dig your heels in and say I 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:21.600 am not going to let the enemy have my joy, 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:26.840 my praise, my enthusiasm. This day is a gift from God. 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:30.560 I'm going to stay on fire, a glow, burning with 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:35.080 the spirit. David said, bless the Lord, O my soul 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:40.040 and all that is within me. Not partial, not halfway. 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:43.760 He was saying, God, I'm giving you a stirred up praise, 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:48.400 a passionate praise, not a praise when everything turns around, 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:52.880 A praise that's dependent on the circumstances. Joel, I'll have 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:55.840 a good attitude when my boss starts treating me better. 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:58.960 I'll get my joy back when the Texans win again. 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:04.200 I should leave that out. I'll be more enthusiastic when 0:17:04.240 --> 0:17:07.920 my finances improved. Now you have it backwards. The stirred 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:11.800 up praise is what causes things to turn around. Being 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:17.679 on fire a glow is what causes those embers to ignite. 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:20.679 What would happen if you would start blessing the Lord 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:24.159 with all that is within you, getting up in the morning, 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:29.280 thanking him for the day, going out with enthusiasm, pursuing 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:34.680 your dreams, expecting his favor, passionate about your life. Everything 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:37.800 may not be perfect, we can all find a reason 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:41.320 to be sour. This is a decision we have to make. 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:45.520 I will bless the Lord. I will have a good attitude. 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:50.040 I will be good to somebody. I will enjoy this day. 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.479 You can't wait till you feel like it. You have 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:55.600 to decide. That's what it means to stir it up. 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:59.359 Timothy was a young man that was being mentored by 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:02.760 the apostle Paul. Paul must have seen him start to 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:06.280 get discouraged and lose his passion, because he said to 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:10.199 him in Second Timothy one, Timothy, stir up the gift 0:18:10.359 --> 0:18:14.480 of God that is within you. One translation says fan 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:18.399 the flame. Maybe Timothy wouldn't have gone on to do 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:21.840 great things and made such an impact with his life 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.400 if Paul hadn't have reminded him to stir it up. 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:29.800 That's why God has you hearing this. There are gifts 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:32.639 and talents in you right now that you have not 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:38.440 yet tapped into. There are dreams favor abundance just waiting 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:42.080 to be stirred up. You have not reached your destiny. 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:45.760 Too often we like to settle. We don't like to 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.800 stretch to get out of our comfort zones. Especially when 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:51.679 we tried and it didn't work out. But God is 0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:54.920 saying to you what he said to Timothy. Stir up 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:58.080 the gifts that are in you. Stir up the dreams 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:01.959 that you've given up on, the healing, the freedom that 0:19:02.000 --> 0:19:06.520 you quit believing for. Start fanning that flame. Don't let 0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:10.400 what hasn't happened talk you out of what God has 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:14.120 in your future. You may have some big obstacles, but 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:17.000 the forces that are for you are greater than the 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:20.760 forces that are against you. You and God are a majority. 0:19:21.280 --> 0:19:25.359 He's breathing in your direction right now. I talked to 0:19:25.400 --> 0:19:29.240 a young lady that was raised in a very unhealthy environment. 0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:33.040 Her father was an alcoholic and her mother was never around. 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:36.919 At twelve years old, she ended up homeless, living on 0:19:37.000 --> 0:19:40.840 the streets by herself. At sixteen, she had a baby. 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:44.280 She and her child lived in a shelter. Not long 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:49.560 after that, she was diagnosed with leukemia. No insurance, nobody 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:52.320 to help her. Didn't look like she had any kind 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:56.560 of future, no gift in her. But God doesn't create 0:19:56.680 --> 0:20:02.080 anyone without putting something significant on the inside. Every person 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:06.280 has seeds of greatness. That's why the enemy works over 0:20:06.359 --> 0:20:09.960 time to try to push down your gifts. Bury them 0:20:10.040 --> 0:20:14.919 under abuse, neglect, sickness, is divorced. The good news is 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:19.080 the enemy can't put your fire out. What God started, 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:22.880 no person can stop You. May have had some bad breaks, 0:20:23.160 --> 0:20:27.119 but the forces of darkness cannot keep you from your destiny. 0:20:27.680 --> 0:20:31.240 They are not more powerful than our God. The only 0:20:31.320 --> 0:20:35.040 one that can stop you is you. If you give 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:38.680 up on your dreams, if you live bitter no passion, 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:42.560 thinking you've reached your limits, you will miss the beauty 0:20:42.680 --> 0:20:45.760 for ashes that God has. You will miss him paying 0:20:45.800 --> 0:20:49.680 you back for those unfair things that have happened. Nineteen 0:20:49.760 --> 0:20:52.800 years old, this young lady gave her life to Christ. 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:57.160 For the first time, she felt a sense of purpose destiny. 0:20:57.680 --> 0:21:00.880 She decided to go back to school, got her ged. 0:21:01.560 --> 0:21:04.159 She went on to college and got her bachelor's degree. 0:21:04.520 --> 0:21:07.960 Then she got her master's degree, Then she got her doctorate. 0:21:08.280 --> 0:21:12.200 Today she's not only cancer free, but she's the vice 0:21:12.240 --> 0:21:17.159 president of a university. But back when she was a 0:21:17.200 --> 0:21:22.760 homeless teenager, nobody would have believed that those gifts were 0:21:22.760 --> 0:21:26.359 in her. Nobody would thought there was a vice president 0:21:26.400 --> 0:21:29.920 of a university in her. What am I saying? Don't 0:21:30.040 --> 0:21:33.320 judge your future based on where you are right now, 0:21:33.760 --> 0:21:37.399 don't let circumstances convince you that you've seen your best days. 0:21:37.640 --> 0:21:41.000 You wouldn't be alive unless God had something amazing up 0:21:41.000 --> 0:21:44.399 in front of you. In the scripture of Abraham and 0:21:44.480 --> 0:21:48.639 Sarah were very old, and Sarah had never had any children. 0:21:48.840 --> 0:21:52.240 I'm sure she was disappointed because in those days, if 0:21:52.280 --> 0:21:55.360 the wife didn't give the husband a child, they were 0:21:55.400 --> 0:21:58.880 looked down on and felt a sense of shame. Now 0:21:58.960 --> 0:22:02.560 Sarah was eighty years old, she had already accepted that 0:22:02.680 --> 0:22:06.760 it wasn't going to happen. But in Genesis seventeen, God 0:22:06.800 --> 0:22:10.119 said to Abraham, I'm going to give Sarah a son. 0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:14.679 She's going to become the mother of nations. Kings of 0:22:14.840 --> 0:22:18.640 people will come out of her. Sarah thought she would 0:22:18.640 --> 0:22:21.760 be baring her whole life, that her wound would always 0:22:21.800 --> 0:22:25.800 be empty. But God says, Sarah, you have something in 0:22:25.840 --> 0:22:30.160 you that you can't see right now, something much bigger 0:22:30.160 --> 0:22:33.679 than you've imagined. And yes, you've been through disappointments, but 0:22:33.760 --> 0:22:36.919 that is not how your story ends. Sarah. You have 0:22:37.160 --> 0:22:41.680 kings in you, You have nations in your wound. Against 0:22:41.680 --> 0:22:45.159 all odds. A year later, Sarah gave birth to a 0:22:45.240 --> 0:22:49.359 son that they named Isaac. There may be areas in 0:22:49.400 --> 0:22:53.520 your life, like Sarah, that you've been barn You tried, 0:22:53.880 --> 0:22:57.280 you did your best, but the business didn't take off, 0:22:57.800 --> 0:23:00.800 the marriage didn't make it. You weren't able to break 0:23:00.840 --> 0:23:04.080 the addiction. No reason for you to be passionate. No, 0:23:04.240 --> 0:23:07.560 that is not how your story ends. God is saying 0:23:07.600 --> 0:23:10.720 to you what he said to Sarah. There are kings 0:23:10.800 --> 0:23:17.520 in you. There are things that you don't see coming. Promotion, opportunity, healing, children, 0:23:17.560 --> 0:23:21.760 the right people, businesses. It's not too late. You didn't 0:23:21.800 --> 0:23:25.840 miss your chance. God has already planted those seeds in 0:23:25.920 --> 0:23:29.959 your spirit. If you will start stirring it up, living 0:23:30.000 --> 0:23:33.240 with passion, you are going to see God show out 0:23:33.320 --> 0:23:36.920 in your life. The enemy wouldn't be fighting you if 0:23:36.920 --> 0:23:40.439 he didn't know there was something awesome in you. He 0:23:40.480 --> 0:23:43.879 wouldn't be trying to discourage you, convince you to settle 0:23:44.160 --> 0:23:47.080 if he didn't know you were destined to rise higher. 0:23:47.320 --> 0:23:51.040 You are destined to leave your mark. When Sarah first 0:23:51.080 --> 0:23:53.840 heard that she was going to have a baby, she laughed. 0:23:54.320 --> 0:23:57.680 She thought, that's impossible. I can't have a baby. There 0:23:57.680 --> 0:24:01.639 aren't kings in me. God will talking about her seed, 0:24:02.200 --> 0:24:06.600 how her children and grandchildren would do great things. You 0:24:06.680 --> 0:24:10.040 don't know what God is up to. The scripture says 0:24:10.080 --> 0:24:13.960 no person has seen, heard, or imagine what God has 0:24:14.000 --> 0:24:16.840 in store. God is going to bring things out of 0:24:16.880 --> 0:24:19.920 you that you didn't even know were in you. You're 0:24:19.960 --> 0:24:26.080 going to see overflow, abundance, the surpassing greatness of His favor. Now, 0:24:26.119 --> 0:24:28.679 if you're going to stay stirred up, you need to 0:24:28.720 --> 0:24:32.719 get around others. Stirred up people. Don't hang around people 0:24:32.880 --> 0:24:37.000 that drain your energy, take your enthusiasm, try to talk 0:24:37.080 --> 0:24:39.800 you out of what you're believing for. And I don't 0:24:39.800 --> 0:24:42.359 see how you can get well, my grandmother died of 0:24:42.400 --> 0:24:45.240 that same thing. I wouldn't try to start that business. 0:24:45.280 --> 0:24:47.720 What if it doesn't work out, You still think you're 0:24:47.720 --> 0:24:51.159 gonna meet someone. You've been single a long time. There 0:24:51.200 --> 0:24:54.280 will always be people that try to throw water on 0:24:54.400 --> 0:24:57.480 your fire, tell you what you can't do, how it's 0:24:57.520 --> 0:24:59.880 not going to work out, how you should settle where 0:25:00.080 --> 0:25:04.080 you are. They may mean well, they may even love you, 0:25:04.440 --> 0:25:08.240 but the enemy uses people to try to discourage us, 0:25:08.520 --> 0:25:11.880 to keep us from our destiny. Do yourself a favor, 0:25:12.560 --> 0:25:17.199 distance yourself from them. Your time is too valuable to 0:25:17.320 --> 0:25:21.119 spend it with negative people, people that have no vision, 0:25:21.560 --> 0:25:24.720 no passion. You need to be around people that help 0:25:24.760 --> 0:25:28.680 you stay stirred out. That's why so many people come 0:25:28.680 --> 0:25:32.359 out to Lakewood and so many people listen. Not because 0:25:32.400 --> 0:25:35.160 I'm the greatest minister, but I promise you this, I'm 0:25:35.160 --> 0:25:37.520 gonna stir you up. I'm going to challenge you to 0:25:37.600 --> 0:25:42.240 go further, to reach for your dreams, to believe for 0:25:42.280 --> 0:25:47.440 the impossible, to expect God's favor. I'm going to remind 0:25:47.520 --> 0:25:50.679 you that you're a child of the Most High God, 0:25:51.359 --> 0:25:54.600 that you have seeds of greatness, that God didn't bring 0:25:54.640 --> 0:25:57.600 you this far to leave you, that what happened in 0:25:57.640 --> 0:26:01.080 your past doesn't have to stop your future. That God 0:26:01.160 --> 0:26:05.440 has the final say. My question for you is, are 0:26:05.480 --> 0:26:09.400 you living stirred up? Are you passionate about your dreams? 0:26:09.640 --> 0:26:13.960 Are you excited about your future? Friend's life is flying by. 0:26:14.800 --> 0:26:18.719 Don't waste another minute dragging through the day focused on 0:26:18.760 --> 0:26:22.480 what's wrong, thinking you've reached your limits. The truth is 0:26:22.960 --> 0:26:26.000 you're on the launching path. God's about to do a 0:26:26.040 --> 0:26:30.080 new thing. You're about to see his favor in unprecedented way. 0:26:30.840 --> 0:26:34.960 Get ready for overflow, Get ready for new levels get 0:26:35.000 --> 0:26:39.399 ready for something that you've never seen. James Chapter five says, 0:26:39.960 --> 0:26:45.080 the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous person makes tremendous 0:26:45.119 --> 0:26:49.920 power available. That word fervent in the original language is 0:26:49.960 --> 0:26:53.280 where we get our word for energy. It suggests the 0:26:53.359 --> 0:26:59.160 idea of energizing, like electricity energizes a circuit. You can 0:26:59.200 --> 0:27:02.120 plug a lamp into an outlet, but if the power's 0:27:02.160 --> 0:27:05.920 not on, doesn't do any good. This says. The effectual 0:27:06.280 --> 0:27:11.840 fervent prayer, not a passive prayer, not a weak lethargic prayer. 0:27:12.000 --> 0:27:15.160 Will you say the same thing over and over, no passion, 0:27:15.600 --> 0:27:19.360 But when you pray a stirred up prayer, a passionate prayer, 0:27:19.560 --> 0:27:25.320 a bold prayer that makes tremendous power available. Well, God, 0:27:26.000 --> 0:27:28.400 I know I don't deserve much. I made a lot 0:27:28.440 --> 0:27:31.440 of mistakes. But if you want to help me you can. 0:27:32.400 --> 0:27:36.719 That's not energizing the circuits, so to speak. Depressing prayers 0:27:36.840 --> 0:27:43.200 don't bring any power. The prayer that's effective is a fervent, passionate, bold, 0:27:43.480 --> 0:27:47.400 faith filled prayer. Father, Thank you that you're opening doors 0:27:47.400 --> 0:27:50.080 that no man can shut. Thank you that you're taking 0:27:50.080 --> 0:27:52.280 me where I can't go on my own Thank you 0:27:52.359 --> 0:27:56.440 that I'm coming into a year of overflood. Don't pray 0:27:56.520 --> 0:28:00.880 depressing prayers. God, My back's been hurting so bad. These 0:28:00.920 --> 0:28:02.919 children are getting on my nerves. I don't think I 0:28:02.960 --> 0:28:07.000 can take it anymore. That's not activating any power. Turn 0:28:07.040 --> 0:28:10.440 it around. Father, Thank you that you're fighting my battles. 0:28:10.680 --> 0:28:13.360 Thank you that no weapon formed against me will prosper. 0:28:13.720 --> 0:28:16.000 That is for me and my house. We will serve 0:28:16.040 --> 0:28:20.160 the Lord. You have to show God that you want 0:28:20.280 --> 0:28:23.600 what you're praying about. There has to be some fervor, 0:28:23.600 --> 0:28:28.240 some zeal, some enthusiasm. If you're not passionate about it, 0:28:28.240 --> 0:28:32.040 it's not an effective prayer. I'm asking you to stir 0:28:32.160 --> 0:28:35.760 it up. Stir up what you're praying about. Stir up 0:28:35.800 --> 0:28:40.000 your dreams, stir up your gifts. God has put incredible 0:28:40.040 --> 0:28:43.400 potential on the inside. It may just be a little 0:28:43.400 --> 0:28:47.240 ember now, but as you keep stirring it up, I 0:28:47.360 --> 0:28:51.600 believe and declare, like Sarah, greatness is going to come 0:28:51.640 --> 0:28:55.160 out of you. New doors are about to open. Negative 0:28:55.200 --> 0:29:00.760 situations are turning around, healing breakthroughs. Favor the fullness of 0:29:00.800 --> 0:29:04.520 your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, 0:29:04.640 --> 0:29:08.360 can you say him in today? I'd like to give 0:29:08.360 --> 0:29:11.920 you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 0:29:12.200 --> 0:29:16.760 Would you pray with me? 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