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I 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:16.880 like to start with something funny, and I heard about 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:20.799 these two little boys ages four and six. They were brothers. 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:24.000 They were spending the night at their grandmother's house. She 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:26.480 told them to make sure they said their prayers before 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.079 they went to bed. They went in the bedroom, God 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:32.840 on their knees. The youngest boy started praying at the 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:36.480 top of his lungs. God, I pray for a new bicycle. 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:39.200 I pray for a new PlayStation. I pray for a 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:42.400 new DVD. Brother punched him, said, why are you screaming? 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.480 God isn't death. He said, I know that, But grandmother 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:50.000 is hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:53.000 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:55.800 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.440 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:02.320 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:05.520 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:10.359 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:13.720 to talk to you today about stored up blessings. When 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.519 God laid out the plan for your life, he put 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:20.560 in it everything you need to fulfill your destiny. He's 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:25.440 already lined up the right people, the right breaks favor increase. 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:30.520 Psalm thirty one says God has great blessings stored up 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:34.640 for those that honor him. Promotion is stored up for you. 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:38.880 Single people. There's a husband, a wife stored up for you. 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:43.960 That baby you've been dreaming about is stored up, a contract, 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:48.200 a business healing. It already has your name on it. 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:51.800 It belongs to you. If you'll keep honoring God at 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:55.040 the right time, you'll come in to a stored up blessing. 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:58.400 You won't have to go after it. It will find 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:02.200 you what God has destined for You can't go to 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:05.720 anyone else. That's why you don't have to be frustrated 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:09.400 when you see other people being blessed. A friend moves 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:12.440 into a new house. You've been believing for ten years 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:15.360 for a better place to live. You come every Sunday 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:19.520 give serve. They're just the opposite. Joel, I don't understand it. 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:22.039 I wish I had that house. No, if you had, 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.799 it wouldn't be a blessing, it would be a burden. 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:28.840 It wasn't destined for you. What God has stored up 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:32.280 for you cannot go to anyone else. There's a house 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:34.640 with your name on it, a spouse with your name 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:37.520 on it, healing with your name on it, When the 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:41.320 prophet Samuel came to Jesse's house to anoint one of 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:44.440 his sons as the next king. He poured oil on 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:48.480 each of the seven sons, but the oil would not flow, 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:53.000 even though he turned it upside down. The oil defied gravity. 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:57.280 Why because the oil had been stored up for David. 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:00.880 God had already destined him to be the next king. 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:04.400 No matter how hard Samue'll try to get the oil out, 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:07.120 hitting the bottom of the bottle, he couldn't do it. 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:10.520 But when he came to David, it was like somebody 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:15.160 opened the floodgates. The oil freely flowed. The oil that 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:17.960 God has for you is not going to flow to 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:21.919 anyone else. Don't be jealous because a friend god a promotion. 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:26.159 Don't be frustrated because your business partner saw a dream 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:30.120 come to pass. They're not getting your oil. If you 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:33.560 got what they have, it wouldn't help you, It would 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:37.320 hinder you. What God has stored up for you will 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:40.520 be a perfect fit for your life. And when you 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:45.320 understand this, you'll celebrate the success of others. You'll be 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:48.440 happy for their promotion, happy for their new house, happy 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:51.839 for their beautiful baby. Knowing that what God did for 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.880 them is not going to stop what God's going to 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:58.360 do for you. Sometimes we act like God has a 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:03.200 limited supply of favor. If my coworker gets promoted, that 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:06.360 may keep God from promoting me. It's a wrong perspective. 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:11.720 God never runs out of favor. He has unlimited resources. 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.280 Somebody else being blessed is not going to stop God 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:19.880 from blessing you. When you celebrate others, you're passing the test. 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:24.080 When you're happy for their success, God can release what 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:27.719 he has stored up for you. Maybe you're single and 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:29.880 you've been believing for a long long time to meet 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:33.520 the right person. Your best friend just met the man 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:38.479 of her dreams. He's tall, dark, handsome, romantic. They're madly 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:41.760 in love planning their wedding. She asks you to be 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.680 the maid of honor. You say yes, I'd be thrilled 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:48.719 to do it. Deep down, you're thinking, I am so depressed. God, 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:51.240 why didn't I meet him first? I'm more attractive than 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:55.920 she is. No, be happy for her. She's not taking 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:59.720 your blessing. What has your name on it cannot go 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:04.360 to anyone else. Your time is coming. There is a 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:08.160 husband stored up for you that will be a perfect 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:11.680 fit better than you could imagine. They're headed your way. 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.760 Could happen today, could happen this week. You could see 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:18.920 a stored up blessing released in your life. This takes 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.920 all the pressure off. You don't have to live frustrated, 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:24.720 wondering if a dream's going to come to pass, or 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.400 worried that a problem won't work out, jealous. Because a 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:32.000 friend God of promotion, you can stay in peace knowing 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:34.480 that what has your name on it is not going 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:37.000 to go to any other person. That God's going to 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:40.600 get you to where you're supposed to be. Sometimes it's 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:44.320 taking a long time. People are passing us up. We've 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:49.200 missed opportunities, made some mistakes. Those voices start whispering, it's 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:51.760 never going to happen. You're never going to get well, 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:55.600 never break the addiction, never meet the right person. It's 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.600 easy to get discouraged, give up on what we're believing. 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:02.320 For This is the way Peter felt in the scripture. 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:05.120 He was out in his boat with some of the 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:10.160 other disciples fishing. His good friend Jesus had just been crucified. 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:14.000 When Jesus needed him the most, Peter denied that he 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:17.760 knew him. Peter not only felt guilty about it, but 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:21.200 he was confused. This man he believed to be the 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:24.680 Messiah was no longer with them. He said he would 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.080 rise from the dead, but they didn't see any sign 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:30.880 of it. So Peter went back to his previous profession. 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:35.160 He was an experienced fisherman. He'd done it for many years. 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:39.040 He'd been out in his boat all night fishing and 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:44.520 caught nothing. He'd worked hard, used his best efforts, put 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:47.400 on the right bait through the nets where he thought 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:51.120 the fish would be, again and again, hour after hour, 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:55.800 no success. Early the next morning, this man shouted from 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:59.880 the shore boys, have you caught any fish? They didn't 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:03.880 recognized it was Jesus. Peter said, no, we haven't caught anything. 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:07.800 Jesus said, then throw your nets on the right side 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.880 of the boat and watch what will happen. I'm sure 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.800 they thought, who does this guy think he is telling 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:17.840 us how to fish. We're professionals, we're tired, we're hot, 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:21.200 we're aggravated, we're frustrated. There are no fish out here. 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:24.240 They almost talked themselves out of it, but at the 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:28.200 last moment Peter changed his mind. He thought, what do 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:30.840 we have to lose? What's it gonna hurt for us 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:34.120 to throw out our nets one more time. They threw 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:36.880 the nets on the right side of the boat, and 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:39.360 they caught so many fish that they could not haul 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.960 it in right then they recognized that it was Jesus. 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:48.040 Here's my point. God knows where your fish are. Just 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:51.320 because you haven't seen them yet doesn't mean that you've 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:55.440 missed them. Like Peter, you may have worked hard, given 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:59.679 it your best effort, use your expertise, your skills, exhausted 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:04.200 your your connections, but she came up empty. Now you 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:06.840 don't think it's ever going to happen, Joel, I'll never 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:09.360 get well, I'll never meet the right person. I'll never 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:13.400 accomplish this dream. I've tried everything. I've worked two jobs, 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:17.360 I've gone through rehab. I've put my profile on forty 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:22.360 seven dating websites. Only two people were interested in They 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:26.920 were both over eighty. You're tired, you're frustrated. You could 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:30.720 easily give up. Here's the good news. God knows where 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:34.040 your fish are. He knows where your husband is, he 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:37.480 knows where your healing is, where your victory is, where 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:41.080 that new house is. It may not have happened yet, 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:44.480 but that doesn't mean it's not going to happen. You 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:49.760 always face the greatest opposition, the greatest adversity, the greatest discouragement, 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:54.160 right before the breakthrough, right before the healing, right before 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:57.160 you meet the person of your dreams. God is saying 0:10:57.200 --> 0:11:02.160 to you, thro wout your nets more time. That disappointment, 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:06.680 the loss, the lack was only a test. Your fish 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:09.520 are still out there. What has your name on it? 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:12.800 If you'll throw out your nets again, God will cause 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:16.679 those stored up blessings to find you. The fish may 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:19.280 not have been there last night, may not have worked 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:23.640 last time. That's okay. God controls the fish. He knows 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:26.560 how to get them into your net. Start believing again, 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:31.080 get your fire back, stir your faith up. What God 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.319 started in your life. He's going to finish what he 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:37.600 promised you. He will bring to pass. You may have 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:40.800 been struggling trying to find the fish, working hard, giving 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:44.440 it your best efforts, no success. This is a new day. 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:48.000 The fish are going to find you. The scripture talks 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:51.079 about how when you honor God, his blessings will chase 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:55.160 you down and overtake you. When you believe that your 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.760 best days are still in front of you, you believe 0:11:57.840 --> 0:11:59.960 that God will take you where you could not go 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.880 on your own. You will come to a point where 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:06.439 the fish will start tracking you down. God will command 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.920 his blessings to overtake you. I've seen this again and 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:13.040 again in my own life. What I couldn't make happen, 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:17.080 in my own talent, my own ability, suddenly God causes 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:20.679 it to happen. The fish found me at twenty three 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:24.280 years of age. I walked into a jewelry store to 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:28.480 buy battery for my watch, and outwalked Victoria to wait 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:32.280 on me. The most beautiful girl i'd ever seen. You 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:36.080 know what, She was a fish. God caused her to 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:39.120 come into my net and I never let her out. 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:45.160 That's a whole different message there. When my dad was 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:48.400 the pastorn, I worked behind the scenes. We used to 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:53.120 do these big productions. I love to do concerts, television specials. 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:57.000 That's what I loved doing. But later in my father's life, 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:59.040 he didn't want to do any more of that. I 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.839 was kind of disappointed. I was young, I had big dreams, 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:05.559 big goals. I didn't want to do less. I wanted 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:08.680 to do more. I was working hard as being faithful, 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:11.960 but it seemed like I had less and less opportunity. 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:16.160 My nets were empty. I told Victoria, this is my 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:19.320 father's vision. I know I'm supposed to stay here and 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:21.880 honor him, and even though I know I have more 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:24.040 in me, I'm going to be faithful. I'm going to 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:27.080 keep serving him the best that I can. About six 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:29.600 months later, I was walking through the lobby before a 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:33.040 church service. A man stopped me and said that his 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:37.680 cousin had a construction permit for the last full power 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:42.880 commercial television station in Houston. Was extremely valuable. They wanted 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:46.440 us to be apart. We took that construction permit, put 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:50.000 the station on the air, programmed it, and later sold 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:53.679 it for a significant profit, and those funds were instrumental 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:57.560 in us remodeling this place. Here's my point. When I 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:02.040 thought I was done, no more opportunity, God brought me 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:05.760 an opportunity of a lifetime. I didn't have to go 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:10.160 after it. That fish found me. Friends, there are some fish, 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:13.600 big fish that have your name on them. It's just 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:16.480 a matter of time before they show up in your net. 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:21.920 You need to get ready. I'm not talking about minnos, 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:25.920 little goldfish, something you can fit in a small aquarium. 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:29.600 I'm talking about some big fish, some big breaks, some 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:33.880 big opportunities. Peter caught so many fish that he could 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:38.560 not haul them all in. Notice God is an overflow God. 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:41.560 What he has stored up for you is going to 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.320 be bigger than you can imagine. You know what this 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:48.520 facility is a fish that found our net. It's a well, 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:52.600 a big fish. We weren't even looking for it. We 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:55.400 were trying to build a sanctuary on the other part 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:58.880 of town, but two deals fell through. I was working hard, 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:03.400 using my efforts, my connections, my skills, but it seemed 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:06.120 like nothing was happening. I was throwing out my nets, 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:09.480 but they kept coming back empty, again and again. One 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:12.200 day an old friend called and said this place was 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:16.160 becoming available. Things begin to fall into place. It was 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:20.160 the hand of God. And sometimes the reason your net 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:24.440 is empty is because God has something better. Like Peter, 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:28.400 you fished all night, you didn't catch anything. Don't get discouraged. 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:32.920 God controls the fish. If you'll keep honoring him, stay 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:36.120 in faith, He'll bring the right fish to you. And 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:39.400 when you face a disappointment, a door closes, like it 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:41.960 did for us twice. We didn't think there were any 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:46.800 more options. Have a new perspective. Maybe that door closed 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:50.720 because God has something better come in your way. Maybe 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:54.360 you were hoping to catch a normal fish, an average 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:58.280 sized fish. But God has a well coming. He's got 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:01.720 a compact center, he's got somebody better, a bigger house, 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:04.840 or like with me, He's going to launch you into 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:08.160 a new field with opportunity that you've never dreamed of. 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:12.760 There are some big fish that have your name on them. Now. 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:16.440 Nothing may have been biting lately. You're throwing out your nets, 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.600 using the right bait, but you keep coming up empty. 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:22.360 Every voice will tell you it's never going to happen. 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:26.360 You're wasting your time. Forget about it. No, don't believe 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:29.640 those lies. The fish are coming, the promotion is coming, 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:33.600 the spouse, the healing. It's headed your way. It may 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:37.400 seem unlikely. You tried it before it gave it your best, 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:41.040 it didn't work out. That delay doesn't mean that you 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:44.920 missed your fish. That disappointment doesn't mean it's not going 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:48.480 to happen. At the right time, God's going to bring 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:52.200 the fish into your net. Now do your part. Keep 0:16:52.200 --> 0:16:55.840 throwing out your nets, keep believing it's not going to happen. 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:59.480 By your mind, your power, your talent, your strength is 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:02.920 going to happen been by the hand of God. Well, 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:04.960 you may have come to the end of your ability. 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:09.000 You've done everything you can. Don't worry. You're not alone. 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:12.440 You have the most powerful force in the universe on 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:16.359 your side, the God who controls the fish, the God 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:20.000 who spoke worlds into existence. He knows how to get 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:23.560 the fish into your net. Every morning, Lord, I want 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:26.159 to thank you that you're causing the right fish to 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:29.439 find me. Thank you that those stored up blessings are 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:32.440 going to be released in my life. If you'll stay 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:35.680 in faith and keep throwing out your nets like Peter, 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:38.200 God will do more than you can ask her thing. 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:41.399 One of our worship leaders a friend of mine, Dadra. 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:45.840 She has an incredible voice, extremely talented. She's been singing 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:48.480 since she was a little girl. But a few years 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:52.040 back she started feeling very tired, not having any energy. 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:55.040 The doctor thought is because she just had a baby, 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:58.679 didn't think much about it. What he didn't realize was 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:03.399 her thyroid gland had begun to severely malfunction. It had 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:06.800 grown from one inch in diameter to the size of 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:10.760 two male fists. Looked like she had a big grapefruit 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:13.640 on the side of her neck. The specialist told her 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:17.120 she was in danger, not only a bit blocking her 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:21.000 windpipe where she couldn't breathe, but it was very close 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:24.960 to her vocal chords. If they operated on it, most 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:28.879 likely she would never be able to sing again, and 0:18:28.960 --> 0:18:31.760 if she could somehow sing, she would never have her 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:35.639 full range. She went to a surgeon here in town. 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:38.800 When he found out she was a singer, he said, 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:42.040 I can't touch this. It's too risky. You could easily 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:45.560 lose your voice. She asked if he knew anyone that 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:49.120 could help her. He said, I don't know anybody that's 0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:51.639 going to take on this case. It's too big a chance. 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:56.600 She left there weeping. So discouraged, she got home and 0:18:56.640 --> 0:19:00.600 started searching on the internet for doctors that special in 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:04.320 this field, all across the nation. Hundreds and hundreds of 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:07.760 names came up as she was passing them by. This 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:12.320 one name jumped out at her. A surgeon in Nashville. 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:16.320 He had invented a procedure to help reverse vocal cord 0:19:16.359 --> 0:19:20.000 paralysis in some patience. She went to see him. He 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:25.040 was very caring, very loving. After examining her, he confirmed 0:19:25.040 --> 0:19:28.880 what the first surgeon said that it was extremely risky. 0:19:29.040 --> 0:19:31.520 She asked if he'd be willing to try it. He said, 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:35.400 of course I will. He flew in another top surgeon. 0:19:36.040 --> 0:19:40.800 Together they performed this very complicated procedure, doing their best 0:19:41.200 --> 0:19:45.080 not to harm her vocal cords. Two months after the 0:19:45.520 --> 0:19:49.440 removing of the big goiter, she was able to sing softly. 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:53.879 Six months later she was able to sing at full power, 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:57.760 not only as high as she could before the surgery, 0:19:58.119 --> 0:20:02.440 but she could sing even lower. It didn't decrease her range, 0:20:02.640 --> 0:20:07.240 it increased her range. She found out later. The reason 0:20:07.359 --> 0:20:10.880 this doctor had so much experience is because he takes 0:20:11.000 --> 0:20:14.920 missions trips every year to Africa to operate on less 0:20:14.960 --> 0:20:18.840 fortunate people. That's where he's seen all these large goiters, 0:20:19.160 --> 0:20:22.119 gained so much experience to where now he's a leader 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:25.520 in his field. Out of the thousands of names that 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:28.359 came up on the Internet that day, it just so 0:20:28.560 --> 0:20:33.280 happened Dandre was drawn to his name. That wasn't a coincidence. 0:20:33.680 --> 0:20:36.639 It was the hand of God bringing the right fish 0:20:36.920 --> 0:20:42.119 into her net. Friends, God knows how to connect you 0:20:42.359 --> 0:20:45.639 to the right people. You keep throwing out your nets 0:20:45.880 --> 0:20:48.600 and God will keep bringing the right fish. He has 0:20:48.680 --> 0:20:53.119 blessings stored up for you. It's interesting when Peter was 0:20:53.160 --> 0:20:56.000 in his boat that day, he had just made one 0:20:56.000 --> 0:20:58.879 of the biggest mistakes of his life. He had just 0:20:58.920 --> 0:21:01.960 denied that he knew g Jesus. You would think God 0:21:02.000 --> 0:21:05.560 would say, too bad, Peter, fish all you want. You're 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:08.480 not gonna catch anything. You're not gonna have my blessing. 0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:11.440 You had your chance, but you blew it. Just because 0:21:11.480 --> 0:21:15.440 you make a mistake doesn't mean that God cancels your destiny. 0:21:15.960 --> 0:21:19.080 Peter blew it big time, But just a few days 0:21:19.160 --> 0:21:22.280 later he had this big time catch, so much that 0:21:22.359 --> 0:21:25.840 he couldn't haul it all in. That's the mercy of God. 0:21:26.240 --> 0:21:29.639 When you make mistakes, God doesn't get rid of your fish. 0:21:30.119 --> 0:21:33.720 He doesn't take them away. He holds your fish. They 0:21:33.800 --> 0:21:37.040 become a stored up blessing. When you get back on 0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:40.840 the right path, God will release what should have been yours. 0:21:41.760 --> 0:21:44.280 You may think, well, jod I made a lot of mistakes. 0:21:44.359 --> 0:21:46.879 I'm sure God had some good things stored up for me. 0:21:47.320 --> 0:21:49.840 But it's too late now. No, you're just like Peter. 0:21:50.400 --> 0:21:54.360 God is holding your fish. They belong to you. Why 0:21:54.359 --> 0:21:58.400 don't you start believing again? God knew every mistake you'd 0:21:58.400 --> 0:22:01.439 ever make. He knew that times we'd blow it, the 0:22:01.480 --> 0:22:05.480 times that we would fail. If that disqualified us, all 0:22:05.520 --> 0:22:07.760 of us would come up empty. None of us would 0:22:07.840 --> 0:22:11.760 catch anything. When you make mistakes, the accuser will whisper 0:22:11.800 --> 0:22:14.359 in your ear. No use you throwing out your nets. 0:22:14.920 --> 0:22:16.960 God's not going to bring you any fish. You're not 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:20.239 going to catch anything. God is saying, I dare you 0:22:20.320 --> 0:22:23.399 to believe. I dare you to throw your nets on 0:22:23.440 --> 0:22:26.359 the right side of the boat. That means start making 0:22:26.400 --> 0:22:31.360 good decisions, start ordering God, living with excellence and integrity. 0:22:31.640 --> 0:22:35.080 When you do this, mistakes of the past won't keep 0:22:35.080 --> 0:22:38.160 you from your future. Your fish are still out there, 0:22:38.600 --> 0:22:42.080 your dreams, your spouse, your healing, that breakthrough, it has 0:22:42.160 --> 0:22:45.080 your name on it. Throw your nets on the right 0:22:45.119 --> 0:22:47.480 side of the boat, and God is still going to 0:22:47.480 --> 0:22:50.720 bless you, still going to heal you. You're still going to 0:22:50.720 --> 0:22:54.159 accomplish your dreams and become who you were created to be. 0:22:55.040 --> 0:22:58.360 We see this principle throughout the scripture. As a young man, 0:22:58.800 --> 0:23:01.760 Moses knew he was supposed to deliver the people of 0:23:01.880 --> 0:23:04.719 Israel out of slavery, but he got in a hurry 0:23:04.840 --> 0:23:07.479 and tried to do it in his own strength. He 0:23:07.520 --> 0:23:10.840 saw an Israelite being mistreated, he went over and killed 0:23:10.880 --> 0:23:13.720 the man that was doing it. Other people saw him. 0:23:14.200 --> 0:23:17.760 Moses had to flee for his life. He spent years 0:23:17.880 --> 0:23:21.480 on the backside of the desert in hiding. Looked like 0:23:21.600 --> 0:23:25.920 he missed his destiny. But forty years later God said, Moses, 0:23:26.400 --> 0:23:30.399 I haven't forgotten about you. That mistake didn't stop my 0:23:30.560 --> 0:23:34.400 plan for your life. Go tell Froh, let my people go. 0:23:35.280 --> 0:23:38.399 I'm sure Moses thought of excuses. God. I'm too old, 0:23:38.920 --> 0:23:42.879 made too many mistakes. I don't deserve this. He was saying. 0:23:43.040 --> 0:23:46.480 I fished all night, didn't catch anything. But God knew 0:23:46.600 --> 0:23:49.960 where moses fish were. He had him stored up, and 0:23:50.000 --> 0:23:53.680 at eighty Moses delivered. The people of Israel saw favor 0:23:53.800 --> 0:23:58.080 again and again. You may have made mistakes, but God 0:23:58.160 --> 0:24:01.719 still has your fish. You can still become who he 0:24:01.800 --> 0:24:06.240 created you to be. Even with Abraham, God promised him 0:24:06.320 --> 0:24:08.879 and his wife Sarah that they would have a baby. 0:24:09.359 --> 0:24:13.040 They were much too old, way past the child bearing years. 0:24:13.680 --> 0:24:17.160 Year after year went by and no baby. They got 0:24:17.200 --> 0:24:21.080 worried and tried to help God out. Abraham slept with 0:24:21.280 --> 0:24:24.439 Sarah's maid. They had a boy, but it wasn't the 0:24:24.480 --> 0:24:28.760 promised child. Sarah got mad at Abraham. The maid got 0:24:28.800 --> 0:24:32.080 mad at Sarah. All kinds of dysfunction in this house. 0:24:32.840 --> 0:24:35.800 You would think God would say, too bad, Abraham, you 0:24:35.880 --> 0:24:39.000 blew it having a baby with another woman. What were 0:24:39.040 --> 0:24:42.080 you thinking? You got one messed up family. But in 0:24:42.200 --> 0:24:47.440 spite of the dysfunction, in spite of the mistakes, God said, Abraham, 0:24:47.920 --> 0:24:51.040 I still have your promise stored up. I still have 0:24:51.160 --> 0:24:54.800 that son for you, against all odds. When he was 0:24:54.840 --> 0:24:59.480 almost one hundred, Sarah had a baby, the promised child. 0:25:00.760 --> 0:25:04.720 What am I saying? You may have blown it, made mistakes. 0:25:05.240 --> 0:25:08.160 Your nets are empty. You don't think the promise will 0:25:08.200 --> 0:25:11.679 ever come to pass. God is still holding your fish. 0:25:12.240 --> 0:25:14.640 He didn't get rid of them. They belonged to you. 0:25:15.359 --> 0:25:17.840 If you'll start throwing your nets on the right side 0:25:17.880 --> 0:25:21.280 of the boat, you'll still see God's favor. He'll still 0:25:21.320 --> 0:25:25.760 do what he promised you. Jesus told the parable Matthew 0:25:25.840 --> 0:25:31.360 chapter twenty about this landowner that hired labors to work 0:25:31.400 --> 0:25:34.160 in his vineyard. He hired the first group of men 0:25:34.200 --> 0:25:37.080 to start at nine o'clock in the morning. They agreed 0:25:37.119 --> 0:25:40.160 to work all day for one denarius that was about 0:25:40.200 --> 0:25:44.240 twenty dollars. He hired another group to start at noon, 0:25:44.800 --> 0:25:47.399 another to start at three in the afternoon, and the 0:25:47.440 --> 0:25:50.760 final group to start at five. Back in those days, 0:25:50.800 --> 0:25:54.399 they work from sun up to sundown, so the last 0:25:54.440 --> 0:25:57.200 group that started at five probably only worked an hour 0:25:57.359 --> 0:26:00.200 or two. But when it came time to be paid, 0:26:00.760 --> 0:26:04.520 the owner he represents God. He paid the group that 0:26:04.600 --> 0:26:07.959 started at five twenty dollars, the group that started at 0:26:08.000 --> 0:26:11.240 three twenty dollars, and the group that started at noon 0:26:11.760 --> 0:26:14.720 and at nine in the morning the same amount twenty dollars. 0:26:15.480 --> 0:26:18.280 Some of them were upset, saying that it wasn't fair. 0:26:19.040 --> 0:26:22.159 The owner said, listen, it's my money. I paid you 0:26:22.240 --> 0:26:26.359 what I agreed. Don't fault me for being generous. Here's 0:26:26.359 --> 0:26:30.080 the point. Even though you may have started late, you 0:26:30.200 --> 0:26:35.080 made mistakes, missed some opportunities. God doesn't say I'm cutting 0:26:35.119 --> 0:26:37.600 your pain. I'm only going to give you half of 0:26:37.640 --> 0:26:40.080 what should have been yours if you'll get back on 0:26:40.160 --> 0:26:44.200 the field, start making decisions that honor God. All those 0:26:44.359 --> 0:26:48.439 past wages, what God has stored up, the blessings, the favor, 0:26:48.520 --> 0:26:52.320 the increase. He still wants to release in your life. 0:26:52.400 --> 0:26:56.440 You can still reach the fullness of your destiny. Don't 0:26:56.600 --> 0:27:00.760 let the accusing voices cause you to live guilty, condemned, 0:27:01.040 --> 0:27:04.560 thinking you've seen your best days. Like Peter, you may 0:27:04.640 --> 0:27:08.080 have made mistakes, but God still has your fish. There's 0:27:08.119 --> 0:27:12.080 still a great haul up in front of you. Like Abraham, 0:27:12.480 --> 0:27:16.000 God still has your Isaac. He's still planning to bring 0:27:16.080 --> 0:27:19.400 to past what he promised you. Like this last group 0:27:19.400 --> 0:27:22.639 of workers. You may have started late, but God's not 0:27:22.800 --> 0:27:25.680 docking your pay. He wants to give you the full 0:27:25.720 --> 0:27:29.240 amount if you'll just get back in the game. Your voices, 0:27:29.320 --> 0:27:31.920 the thoughts may tell you you don't deserve it. Other 0:27:31.960 --> 0:27:35.920 people may complain, but here's the key. Favor is not fair. 0:27:36.280 --> 0:27:39.200 It's just the goodness, the mercy of God. Why don't 0:27:39.200 --> 0:27:43.840 you receive it today? If you'll do this, I believe 0:27:44.119 --> 0:27:48.360 and declare stored up, blessings are about to be released 0:27:48.359 --> 0:27:51.280 in your life. The fish are going to find you, 0:27:51.840 --> 0:27:57.480 not little minnows, but some big fish. 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