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Sign up 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.160 now at BarkBox dot com slash iHeart. 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:18.880 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:21.960 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:22.680 the ministry. 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:25.160 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:26.720 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.720 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:30.480 your life. 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:31.640 Well, God bless you. 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:34.399 It's great to be with you today, and I hope 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:36.960 you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:41.440 daily podcast, o, YouTube channel, social media, and you can 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:43.920 come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:46.560 be a part of one of our services. I'd like 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:49.240 to start with something funny, and I heard about this man. 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:53.680 He was on vacation in Jerusalem with his family when 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.640 his mother in law suddenly passed. He went to make 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:59.800 arrangements to get the body back home, and the consulate 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:02.120 said it would cost five thousand dollars to have the 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:04.840 body ship, but he could have her buried right there 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.120 in Jerusalem for just one hundred and fifty dollars. The 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:10.400 men thought about it at a moment, said no, I'd 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:12.959 like to have her ship. The consulate said, wow, you 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:14.800 must have really loved your mother in law. 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:16.720 He said, no, it's not so much that. 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:20.120 I just remember a case here years ago when they 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:21.840 buried someone and the third. 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:24.240 Day they arose, And I can't take that chance. 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:27.680 I must say I have an amazing mother in law 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:31.080 right here on the front row always. But come on, 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:33.640 say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.400 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:38.919 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.680 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:45.880 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:50.480 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:54.639 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:56.680 about your time to shine. 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.760 God created you to leave your mark. 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:03.320 You're not supposed to live and die, and nobody knew 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:07.120 you were here. You have greatness in you, But often 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:10.000 we don't recognize who we are, and we see ourselves 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:13.840 as ordinary. And I can't do anything significant. I'm not 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:17.119 that talented, and I can't accomplish my dream. I don't 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:20.600 have the education. I can't defeat this giant. It's too big. 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:24.280 We can all find an excuse to shrink back and 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:29.320 settle for mediocrity. But Psalm forty five says, God himself 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:32.079 has blessed you, ol, mighty warrior. 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:33.440 You are glorious. 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:37.160 Go out and perform all inspiring deeds. 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:39.240 Your God has anointed you. 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:43.520 The Psalmist is saying, don't you realize who you are? 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:48.480 You're not average, you are glorious. You're not weak, You're 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:51.680 a mighty warrior. You're not supposed to just make it 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:53.960 through life and survive another year. 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:57.040 There are awe inspiring deeds in you. 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:01.000 Things God has destined you to accomplish that will boggle 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:05.040 your mind. Victories that will catapult your family forward. 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:07.880 Promotion that will thrust you to a new level. 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:12.440 Giants you'll defeat that will give you greater influence, greater respect. 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:16.479 He's saying, what are you doing shrinking back, living with 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:20.719 an ordinary mindset? When God says you're glorious, you're a 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:26.160 mighty warrior. You are created to do all inspiring deeds. See, 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:30.120 we know God is glorious, we know he's all powerful, 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:34.400 But do you realize you are glorious. You were created 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:37.680 in the image of God. When he made you, he 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:40.400 put a part of himself in you. You have the 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:45.039 dna of al mighty God. You are powerful, you are favored, 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:46.359 you are blessed. 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.200 You can do all inspiring deeds. 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:54.039 You can part red seas, you can defeat elias, you 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:55.760 can bring healing to the sick. 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:57.600 You can start your business. 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:00.279 You can be the first one in your family to 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:03.600 get your degree. Don't go through life think in your 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:05.480 average when in fact, there. 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:09.200 Is greatness in you. It takes faith to say. 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:13.040 I believe I'm glorious. I believe I'm a mighty warrior. 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:17.320 I believe God himself has blessed me. See the scripture 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:20.679 says the people who know their God will be strong 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:25.080 and do mighty exploits. That's God's dream for you, not 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:31.000 an average life. Mighty exploits, all inspiring deeds. No more 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:32.080 living intimidated. 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:34.320 I can't do it. It's too big. 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:37.159 Know, when you know who you are, you won't run 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:40.640 from the giant. You'll run to the giant. God didn't 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:45.039 say you would do exploits. He said mighty exploits. That 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.840 means it's going to be bigger than you can accomplish 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:51.280 on your own. You can't do this just in your power, 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:55.960 your ability. But God himself has anointed you, the most 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:59.800 High is backing you up. And sometimes he'll let the 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.760 gods be against you in a great way, so it 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:06.599 will be a mighty exploit, not just a deed, but 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:10.880 an awe inspiring deed. Well, people will say, how did 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:12.120 you accomplish that dream? 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:14.599 I know your background, how. 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:17.000 Did you build that business? You didn't have the training, 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:19.839 how did you get Well? I saw the medical report. 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:24.160 It's one of those mighty exploits, one of those awe 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:28.880 inspiring deeds. It's because you know your God and you 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:32.719 know who He's created you to be. You know your glorious. 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:35.560 You know you're a mighty warrior. You know you're full 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:39.200 of can do power. You know his favor surrounds you 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:43.839 like a shield. After Jesus borrowed Peter's boat, he told 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:47.120 him to go back into lake and throw his nets out. Well, 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:50.200 they had fished all night, hadn't caught anything, But this 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:53.240 time they caught so many fish that his nets began 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:55.039 to break, and he had to call. 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:57.880 Another boat over to help. They were both so loaded 0:06:57.920 --> 0:06:59.320 down they began to sink. 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:03.239 The scripture says they were all struck at the size 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:06.680 of their catch. God is going to do some things 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:09.720 that leave you alle struck. He's going to take you 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:13.840 further than you've imagined. You're going to overcome obstacles that 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:14.800 seem permanent. 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:17.680 This is not the time to shrink. Bad thing. Oh, 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:20.120 I'm just ordinary. No, stir your faith up. 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:23.760 What is God calling you to do that we be 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:25.360 an awe inspiring deed. 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:27.320 What is that dream. 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:30.120 He's placed in your heart? That would be a mighty exploit. 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:33.600 You don't see how in the natural Every voice says 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:37.040 there's no way, But something on the inside says, yes, 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:41.800 this is for you. That's your destiny calling. Don't let 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:46.440 fear hold you back. Intimidation, how you don't have the experience, 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:48.720 You don't know where the resources would come from. 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:51.840 Have a new attitude. You are glorious. 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:56.160 You are a mighty warrior. God himself has blessed you. 0:07:56.800 --> 0:07:59.560 He's raised you up for such a time as this. 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:03.120 He wouldn't have given you that dream, He wouldn't have 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:05.840 whispered to you that in the night if he wasn't 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:07.440 going to bring it to pass. 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:09.320 Now get in agreement with him. 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:12.800 Don't talk yourself out of it, talk yourself into it. 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:17.160 Pray bold prayers. Ask God for what you're dreaming about. 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:21.080 Dare to take steps of faith, go out and perform 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:23.160 awe inspiring deeds. 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:24.960 This is what David did. 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:28.200 He was out in the shepherd's fields, seventeen years old, 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:31.320 taking care of his father's sheep. He came from a 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:35.400 low income family. They didn't have any influence or connections 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.880 to speak of. All the circumstances said he was ordinary. 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:41.640 No way he'd ever do something significant. 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:45.360 Thought. You would tell him, you're stuck out here, You're limited. 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:47.200 Nothing good as in your future. 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:52.040 But I can imagine out there at night alone, sometimes 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:54.199 he'd look up at the stars and he would hear 0:08:54.240 --> 0:09:00.000 something whisper, David, you're a mighty warrior. There's greatness in you. 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:03.959 You are destined to leave your mark. These two voices 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:07.720 were vying for his attention, the voice of doubt and 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:08.760 the voice of faith. 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:12.400 You get to choose which voice becomes a reality. 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:16.520 The voice you dwell on, the thoughts you believe that's 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:20.040 going to determine who you are. Don't let the voice 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:23.520 of doubt take root, telling you that you're weak, not 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:25.760 able to come from the wrong family. 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:30.199 Believe what God says about you. Listen to his voice. 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:34.320 You are glorious, you are anointed, you are favored, You 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:35.520 are a mighty warrior. 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.680 One day David took lunch to his brothers. They were 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:40.439 in another. 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:44.760 City, and he saw Goliath, the champion of the Philistine army, 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:49.280 taunting the Israelites. They all ran and hid, but something 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:50.440 rose up in David. 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:51.920 He said, who is. 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:54.720 This man that he would defy the armies of the 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:59.200 Living God. Well, Goliath was twice David's size, he was 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:00.520 an experience soldier. 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:04.040 He was wearing a full set of armor. David had 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:05.960 none of that. He was a shepherd. 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:09.120 When he told King Saul he wanted to face Goliath, 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:10.400 Saul said, are you kidding? 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:11.520 You're just a boy. 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:16.600 All the odds were against David. Logically speaking, he didn't 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:20.240 have a chance. But God will put you in situations 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:25.120 where you're up against a giant. Looks impossible, the sickness 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:28.680 too bad, the problem too great, the dream too big. 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.640 It's easy to let fear and intimidation talk us out 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:35.800 of it. This is where you have to remind yourself 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:39.720 that you were called to perform awe inspiring deeds. 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:43.600 That giant is a setup. It's a mighty exploit waiting 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:44.160 to happen. 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:47.880 David went out with nothing but a slingshot and a 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:52.880 few smooth stones. While Golias was laughing making fun of him, 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:55.880 David slung that rock. It hit him in the forehead, 0:10:56.040 --> 0:11:00.000 knocked him to the ground. That one victory catapulted day 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:04.840 David into favor and influence that he'd never imagined. God 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:08.400 has some of these awe inspiring deeds in your future. 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:11.640 There are mighty exploits lined up for you. 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:15.800 But you have to have this boldness, this confidence knowing 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:20.800 who you are. You're anointed, you're favored, you're glorious. You're 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:25.359 a mighty warrior. Don't let fear keep you from your greatness. 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.640 Don't let how you were raised, what others in your 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:32.840 family won't do, cause you to shrink back. David's brothers 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:37.679 wouldn't fight Goliath. They were too afraid. David's father didn't 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:39.960 believe in him. He didn't think David had what it 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:45.040 takes to be a giant killer. To perform all inspiring deeds, 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:48.920 sometimes you have to do it alone. You have to 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:52.840 ignore the naysayers, tune out family members that are telling 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.160 you what you can't do. They may not be able 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:58.920 to see it. But you're a mighty warrior. You're surrounded 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:03.559 by favor God. God himself has blessed you. Isaiah said, 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:07.680 arise and shine, for the glory of the Lord is 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.800 upon you. It doesn't say the glory is gonna be 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:13.240 there one day sometime in the future. 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:15.120 You're gonna be blessed, You're gonna. 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:18.360 Be favored anointed. No, the glory of God is on 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:21.640 you right now. But if you're gonna see it, you 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:25.559 have to arise. You won't shine like you should if 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:28.920 you play it safe all the time. David was destined 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:32.160 to defeat Goliath. He could have reasoned it out. Man, 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:35.840 I'm too small. I don't have the training. The odds 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:39.080 are against me. If he didn't know the glory of 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:42.000 God was on him, if he didn't realize he was 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:45.880 a mighty warrior, favored anointed, he would have never left 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:46.800 the shepherd's fields. 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.880 He would have missed his destiny. Are you missing. 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:55.760 Awe inspiring deeds, favor victory, promotion because of fear. 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:57.440 I'm not sure, Joel. 0:12:57.480 --> 0:13:00.600 This giine is so big if you will arise, you'll 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:03.000 discover the glory of God is on you. 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:06.120 His favor will cause doors to open. 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:10.640 You'll defeat giants that are much bigger, accomplish dreams that 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:14.640 seem impossible. And what you have may be less than 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:18.160 what you're up against. But the anointing on your slingshot 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:22.240 will bring down giants. It will defy the odds. You're 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:25.800 not just a warrior, You're a mighty warrior. You're not 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:30.240 just called to do exploits, but mighty exploits. Not just deeds, 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:34.760 but how about some awe inspiring deeds. When my father 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:38.000 passed and I stepped up to pastor the church I 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:41.040 had never ministered before, by the grace of God, the 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:44.960 church was growing and we needed a larger auditorium. 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:47.199 A friend called and told me. 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.480 That the Rockets basketball team were moving out of the 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:52.000 Compact Center this place, and the city was going to 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:54.280 sell the building, and how we should try to get 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:58.080 that as our church. When he said that, something came 0:13:58.120 --> 0:13:59.640 alive on the inside. 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:01.319 I felt it so strongly. 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:04.560 But I didn't have any experience of buying a building 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:08.480 and convincing city council members to vote for us, raising 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:12.720 funds in my mind it didn't make sense. But in 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:16.360 my spirit there was this faith that I can't explain this, 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:20.120 knowing that it was going to happen. The Scripture talks 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:24.320 about the faith of God. Sometimes it's not your faith. 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:27.720 God puts the faith in you. He likes a fire 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:31.160 in your spirit for something you couldn't normally believe in. 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:34.760 That's setting you up for an awe inspiring deed. 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:37.520 And there were people that didn't want us to have 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:38.040 the building. 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:41.680 One of the largest companies in Texas, they own all 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:45.080 the land around the property. They wanted it, so of 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:49.560 course they were full force against us. Business leaders, influential 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:53.360 people telling us that would never happen. Despite all that 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:57.160 negative chatter, people trying to push us down, talk us 0:14:57.200 --> 0:15:00.400 out of it. Deep down, I could hear God say, Joel, 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:01.360 I've got this. 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:05.440 I'm fighting this battle. I myself have blessed you. 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:09.040 You are glorious, you are favored, you are a mighty warrior. 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:14.120 I felt this courage, this boldness to take steps of faith, 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:18.000 do things where I didn't feel qualified, where the odds 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:20.680 were against us, where I knew I was over my head. 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:24.360 But what I've found is it may be over your head. 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:28.680 But it's not over God's head. He's moved by your faith. 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:32.880 He sees you stepping into the unknown, believing for what 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:36.920 looks impossible, standing in faith when all the voices are 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:40.080 telling you it's never going to happen. God told the 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.480 Israelites that he was giving them the promised land, but 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.440 he said, you have to go possess the land. 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:48.560 Just because God. 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:51.520 Gives you a dream, gives you a promise, doesn't mean 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:53.120 you can sit back and be passive. 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:56.280 You have to go possess it. You have to take 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:57.200 steps of faith. 0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.840 That's when you're going to see God step in and 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:03.360 do things that you could never do well. We needed 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:06.320 ten votes from the city council members, and after a 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:08.040 year and a half we had all ten. 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:11.000 But two days before the vote, one of. 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:13.920 The council members decided to be out of town. He 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:16.520 got so much pressure from the other side, and him 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:19.240 not being there meant that we wouldn't get the building. 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:22.560 The day before the vote, I went to see a 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:25.320 council member that had been against us the. 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:28.600 Whole time, a young Jewish man. I'd given him my 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:29.440 best speeches. 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:32.440 I'd tried everything to persuade him, but nothing had worked. 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:34.760 I didn't know what I was going to say this time, 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:38.080 and I sat down in his office so nervous, knowing 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:41.080 that everything was on the line. Before I could say 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:43.840 a word, he said, Joel, I've changed my mind. 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:45.160 I'm going to vote for you. 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:50.200 He told how an older Jewish woman had called him 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.120 the day before. He hadn't talked with her in over 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:56.000 twenty years. She was a friend of his family and 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:58.320 he always had great respect for her. 0:16:58.760 --> 0:16:59.160 He said. 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:02.320 She told me, no uncertain terms, that I was to 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:06.080 vote for Lakewood having the Compact Center. It was that 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:10.680 phone call that changed his mind. What's interesting, I don't 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:14.000 know the lady. Never met her, never asked her to call. 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:18.560 But God controls the universe. When you believe, angels go 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:22.400 to work. When you take steps of faith, the creator 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:27.679 of the universe arranges things in your favor, changes people's minds, 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:31.240 breaks changs that are limiting you, opens doors that no 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:36.000 person can shut. You are sitting in an awe inspiring deed. 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:40.040 You are sitting in the glory of God. He's looking 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:44.080 for people right now to show himself strong in their lives. 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:47.080 He's looking for some David's people that will run to 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:51.000 the giants. He's looking for some nea Maiyah's. He was 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:55.080 a cupbearer to the king in an ordinary position. When 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:57.960 he heard that the walls of Jerusalem had been torn 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:01.399 down and the city was open for a tack. God 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.639 gave him a dream to go rebuild those walls. He 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:07.640 was living a thousand miles away. He had no money, 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:11.399 no supplies, no way in the natural, but he knew 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:12.320 the favor of. 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:14.080 God was on his life. 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:17.560 He arose and in just fifty two days he rebuilt 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:21.919 those walls and all inspiring deed. God is looking for 0:18:21.960 --> 0:18:26.080 some esters. She was an orphan, no parents to guide her. 0:18:26.200 --> 0:18:27.040 What could she do. 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:31.800 Her uncle entered her into a beauty contest. Whoever won 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:34.439 would get to meet the king. Out of all the 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:38.440 young women, she won and became the queen. When the 0:18:38.520 --> 0:18:41.960 Israelites were on the verge of being annihilated, the king 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:44.640 had already written a decree that on a certain date 0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:49.480 they'd all be wiped out. Esther, against protocol, went into 0:18:49.520 --> 0:18:53.560 the King's chambers unannounced. She could have not only lost 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:57.920 her position, but lost her life. Her attitude was, I've 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:00.840 been raised up for such a time as this. I'm 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:03.760 not gonna shrink back, think about all the what is 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:07.119 What if he gets upset, What if he says no, 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:11.120 What if he puts my family out? If it's going 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:13.919 to be a mighty exploit, it's going to take faith. 0:19:14.720 --> 0:19:17.080 You're gonna have to take some risk where there are 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:21.240 no risks, there won't be all inspiring deeds. If you 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:24.000 can do it in your own strength, your own talent, 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:28.200 convince the people, make it happen, that's fine, But that's 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:29.320 not all inspiring. 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:32.600 God has some things that only he can do. 0:19:33.480 --> 0:19:37.080 The way you activate that faith is by arising, by 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:40.639 stepping out, by knowing that you are glorious, that you 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:43.760 are a mighty warrior, that the most High God is 0:19:43.840 --> 0:19:47.840 backing you up. Because of Esther, the king changed his 0:19:47.960 --> 0:19:52.920 mind and the Israelites were saved. God's looking for some shadrack, knees, 0:19:52.960 --> 0:19:57.119 shacks and a bendigos teenagers that wouldn't bow down to 0:19:57.200 --> 0:19:58.399 the king's golden idol. 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:00.240 They refuse to. 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:03.919 Compromise and fit into a culture that didn't honor God. 0:20:04.720 --> 0:20:08.959 They could have conformed, played it safe, did what everyone 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:12.080 else was doing. After all, it was dangerous. Their life 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:14.560 was on the line, But they said to the king 0:20:15.000 --> 0:20:17.240 even if you throw us into that furnace, we're. 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:18.320 Still knuckle bow down. 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:21.960 They threw those teenagers into the fire, thinking they were 0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:22.640 done with them. 0:20:23.000 --> 0:20:25.040 But God has the final say. 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:28.920 When you refuse to compromise, you stay on the high road, 0:20:29.320 --> 0:20:32.320 honor God with your life. You may get thrown into 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:35.359 the fire. The good news is God comes into the 0:20:35.359 --> 0:20:39.119 fire with you. He doesn't always deliver you from the fire. 0:20:39.560 --> 0:20:43.040 Sometimes he'll make you fireproof and bring you through the fire. 0:20:44.200 --> 0:20:46.399 This king came back to check on the teenagers. 0:20:46.640 --> 0:20:49.200 He looked through the furnace window, said, didn't we throw 0:20:49.359 --> 0:20:52.680 three men in bound? I see four men loosed. One 0:20:52.680 --> 0:20:56.520 looks like the son of the Living God. Those teenagers 0:20:56.800 --> 0:20:59.439 walked out of the furnace, not a hair on their 0:20:59.480 --> 0:21:02.639 head was They didn't even have the smell of smoke 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:06.600 and awe inspiring deed. The king said, from now on, 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:09.840 we're all gonna worship the God of Shaddrak, Mishak and 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:14.240 a Bendi God. God has some of these awe inspiring 0:21:14.359 --> 0:21:17.760 deeds in your future. He's going to show out do 0:21:17.880 --> 0:21:21.800 things that you've never dreamed, like these teenagers. Because you 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:25.200 honor him, He's gonna make you an example. 0:21:24.720 --> 0:21:25.639 Of his goodness. 0:21:26.240 --> 0:21:30.000 Don't live in fear, shrinking back, thinking the odds are 0:21:30.040 --> 0:21:31.200 too big, the. 0:21:31.160 --> 0:21:35.000 Opposition too strong. I can't accomplish my dream. No, arise 0:21:35.080 --> 0:21:35.800 and shine. 0:21:36.280 --> 0:21:38.919 The glory of God is on you. You are a 0:21:39.000 --> 0:21:43.480 mighty warrior. Go out and perform these awe inspiring deeds. 0:21:44.359 --> 0:21:47.639 Isaiah went on to say, darkness will cover the earth 0:21:48.200 --> 0:21:52.200 and thick darkness the people, But upon you, the glory 0:21:52.280 --> 0:21:56.119 of the Lord will arise. It's not a coincidence that 0:21:56.200 --> 0:21:58.199 he said in the middle of the darkness. 0:21:58.640 --> 0:22:02.280 When people don't honor God God, when their strife. 0:22:01.880 --> 0:22:05.199 Division all kinds of evil, that's when you need to 0:22:05.280 --> 0:22:09.440 arise and shine. That's when you'll see the glory of God. 0:22:09.600 --> 0:22:11.200 That's when he'll bring you through. 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:12.800 The fire without the smell of smoke. 0:22:13.520 --> 0:22:17.360 That's when you'll rebuild the walls, accomplish great dreams. When 0:22:17.359 --> 0:22:20.760 the odds are against you, that's when God will change 0:22:20.760 --> 0:22:23.560 the king's mind, turn the decree around. 0:22:23.920 --> 0:22:25.040 Because you're in esther. 0:22:25.760 --> 0:22:29.880 You had the boldness the faith to believe that you're glorious, 0:22:30.280 --> 0:22:33.240 to know that God himself has blessed you, that he's 0:22:33.280 --> 0:22:36.119 fighting your battles, that he's making ways. 0:22:36.160 --> 0:22:37.880 Where you don't see away. 0:22:38.160 --> 0:22:40.720 We're coming into a time where God is going to 0:22:40.760 --> 0:22:43.720 show out in greater ways. There are going to be 0:22:43.920 --> 0:22:48.600 mighty exploits. The scripture says, these signs will follow them 0:22:48.640 --> 0:22:52.320 that believe. There are going to be some signs following you, 0:22:53.119 --> 0:22:56.320 not ordinary things, not what you've seen in the past, 0:22:56.680 --> 0:23:02.040 but all inspiring deeds. The apostle Paul said, you haven't seen, heard, 0:23:02.160 --> 0:23:05.960 or imagined what God has in store for you. He's 0:23:05.960 --> 0:23:08.960 going to put you in situations like David. You face 0:23:08.960 --> 0:23:14.159 a Goliah like Nehemiah, a dream that seems impossible like Esther, 0:23:14.520 --> 0:23:16.879 a problem with huge consequences. 0:23:17.200 --> 0:23:18.680 You'll be tempted to shrink back. 0:23:19.359 --> 0:23:22.800 Let fear intimidation convince you to play it safe, think 0:23:22.840 --> 0:23:26.920 that you're stuck. God is saying, if you'll arise, I'll 0:23:26.920 --> 0:23:29.919 cause you to shine, if you'll take steps of faith, 0:23:30.359 --> 0:23:34.280 I'll defeat your enemies. I'll open the right doors, I'll 0:23:34.280 --> 0:23:37.880 bring the right people. I'll give you the wisdom, the creativity, 0:23:38.000 --> 0:23:42.480 the abundance. There are all inspiring deeds in your future. 0:23:43.200 --> 0:23:45.879 There are a mighty exploits come in your way. You 0:23:45.880 --> 0:23:48.639 wouldn't be hearing this if God wasn't about to do 0:23:48.720 --> 0:23:53.600 something unusual, uncommon, something that causes people to be all struck. 0:23:54.040 --> 0:23:56.760 That puts you at a new level of favor, influence, 0:23:56.800 --> 0:23:57.280 and honor. 0:23:58.320 --> 0:23:59.280 There was a young man. 0:23:59.160 --> 0:24:02.280 That grew up in app in the Congo, one of 0:24:02.280 --> 0:24:05.879 the poorest nations. He was one of seven children in 0:24:05.920 --> 0:24:09.720 their village. There was so much sickness, all kinds of disease, 0:24:09.880 --> 0:24:12.960 but there was no place to get care, not a hospital, 0:24:13.160 --> 0:24:16.359 not a clinic. Within hundreds of miles, people were dying 0:24:16.400 --> 0:24:19.800 from things that were easily treatable. As a young boy, 0:24:20.240 --> 0:24:23.760 he couldn't stand seeing the sadness and suffering of his people. 0:24:24.359 --> 0:24:26.760 God put a dream in his heart to build a 0:24:26.800 --> 0:24:31.440 hospital in his village, and a natural was impossible. He 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:34.199 was just as poor and underprivileged as the others in 0:24:34.280 --> 0:24:38.560 his village. But there was something different about this young boy. 0:24:38.640 --> 0:24:41.359 He believed the favor of God was on his life. 0:24:41.840 --> 0:24:45.560 He didn't see himself as limited as a disadvantage. He 0:24:45.640 --> 0:24:50.119 saw himself as glorious, as a mighty warrior destined to 0:24:50.160 --> 0:24:53.840 do great things. You may be in a limited environment, 0:24:54.359 --> 0:24:58.000 but don't let that environment get in You see yourself 0:24:58.040 --> 0:25:01.560 as a world changer, a history maker. God is not 0:25:01.760 --> 0:25:04.960 limited by what you don't have. He said, You're going 0:25:05.040 --> 0:25:10.400 to do mighty exploits. You're going to perform awe inspiring deeds. Well, 0:25:10.400 --> 0:25:13.280 this little boy started to grow and grow. He ended 0:25:13.359 --> 0:25:17.200 up seven feet two inches tall, graduated from. 0:25:17.000 --> 0:25:17.880 The local school. 0:25:18.520 --> 0:25:22.400 Against all odds, he received an academic scholarship to Georgetown 0:25:22.520 --> 0:25:25.359 University here in the States. He went there to become 0:25:25.359 --> 0:25:28.080 a doctor so he could come back and help his people. 0:25:28.720 --> 0:25:32.160 But during his second year, the basketball coach noticed him 0:25:32.320 --> 0:25:34.600 and asked him to try out for the team. He 0:25:34.680 --> 0:25:37.600 not only made the team, but he became a star player. 0:25:38.240 --> 0:25:42.240 He was later drafted to play professional basketball. Our friend 0:25:42.400 --> 0:25:45.919 to Kim Matumbo became one of the greatest players of 0:25:45.920 --> 0:25:48.400 our day when he played for the Rockets. I would 0:25:48.400 --> 0:25:51.879 see him at our services. In two thousand and seven, 0:25:52.240 --> 0:25:56.120 he opened a new thirty million dollar hospital that he 0:25:56.240 --> 0:25:59.240 and the other players funded in his small village in 0:25:59.280 --> 0:26:05.119 the Congo. Since then, they have treated over a million patients. 0:26:06.320 --> 0:26:09.439 Who would have ever thought that little boy in the 0:26:09.480 --> 0:26:13.679 impoverished village would do such a mighty exploit, such an 0:26:13.760 --> 0:26:15.080 awe inspiring deed. 0:26:15.760 --> 0:26:17.600 That's what God has in your future. 0:26:18.400 --> 0:26:21.800 You're not limited by your surroundings, how you were raised, 0:26:22.040 --> 0:26:26.280 what you don't have. God controls the universe. He's just 0:26:26.359 --> 0:26:35.240 looking for people that recognize who they are. Mighty warriors, glorious, favored, anointed, influential, powerful, 0:26:35.600 --> 0:26:40.240 That's who you are. God himself has blessed you. People 0:26:40.280 --> 0:26:43.920 may come against you, but God himself has favored you. 0:26:44.400 --> 0:26:48.520 The opposition may be stronger, but God himself has empowered you. 0:26:48.920 --> 0:26:52.640 The giant looks too big, God himself is fighting for you. 0:26:53.320 --> 0:26:55.600 If you will arise, you're gonna shine. 0:26:55.760 --> 0:26:58.960 You're going to see the glory of God in greater ways. 0:27:00.080 --> 0:27:01.520 But when we look back over. 0:27:01.359 --> 0:27:04.440 Our lives, we should see some of these times where 0:27:04.480 --> 0:27:08.160 there are mighty exploits, something that we've done this out 0:27:08.160 --> 0:27:11.359 of the ordinary, that's beyond our natural ability. 0:27:12.000 --> 0:27:14.520 But Joel, I don't see any ofth for me. Must 0:27:14.560 --> 0:27:17.840 not work or get ready. It's coming. You are marked 0:27:17.880 --> 0:27:18.720 for greatness. 0:27:19.040 --> 0:27:21.760 God is going to show out in your life in 0:27:21.840 --> 0:27:25.680 these coming days. As it gets darker around you, you're 0:27:25.720 --> 0:27:30.280 gonna shine brighter and brighter. You are destined to perform. 0:27:30.040 --> 0:27:31.760 Awe inspiring deeds. 0:27:32.000 --> 0:27:35.920 Now rise up, mighty warrior, and possess the land. If 0:27:35.960 --> 0:27:39.159 you'll do this, I believe and declare You're going to 0:27:39.240 --> 0:27:43.440 do mighty exploits. God's about to do something you've never seen, 0:27:44.119 --> 0:27:50.080 Like Peter, You're gonna be austra new doors opening, abundance, healing, breakthroughs, 0:27:50.400 --> 0:27:54.840 the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you. 0:27:54.880 --> 0:27:56.399 Receive it, can you say amen? 0:27:59.160 --> 0:28:01.920 I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 0:28:02.000 --> 0:28:03.040 the Lord of your life. 0:28:03.440 --> 0:28:04.399 Would you pray with me? 0:28:05.080 --> 0:28:09.120 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 0:28:09.119 --> 0:28:12.440 into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 0:28:13.320 --> 0:28:15.760 If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:28:15.760 --> 0:28:18.840 born again. We'd love to send you some information on 0:28:18.880 --> 0:28:20.879 your new walk with the Lord. 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