1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,080 I have a very simple message for you, but first I have to do 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:07,880 something. It's kind of like Superman. 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:14,520 You ever seen Superman? I'm not Superman, but I have. 4 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:19,360 I have a message for you. I have a message for you and it 5 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:24,160 actually fits exactly what you're hearing this morning. 6 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,120 This is what God says for you today. 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:31,360 You are made for more. You are made for more. 8 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,200 Say it with me. I am made for more. 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,880 Say it. I am paid for for what an 10 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:39,120 opportunity. I'm going to read a few 11 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,040 scriptures and then we're going to I'm just going to share my 12 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,600 heart, share a little my own testimony about life. 13 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,680 And you know, when, when these when the herbs and and when the 14 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,640 Millers and all all these missionaries were in Bible 15 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:55,120 school. I looked out there and I 16 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,160 thought, no way. I'm thinking, I don't know if 17 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,800 they're going to graduate. What are we going to do with 18 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:06,240 these people? And the Lord simply said, I made 19 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,280 them for more. And look at them now, 23 years 20 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,400 later. I look at the thousands of souls 21 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,560 that they've had the opportunity to share and lead to Jesus and 22 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,400 all the all the teaching and all the creativity and all the 23 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,040 wisdom that God has poured into into your leaders here. 24 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,360 Get all you can from them, receive everything you can from 25 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:34,000 them because they started with this much with little and now 26 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,640 look at what they have. They have this. 27 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,400 Nothing is impossible with God if you'll just let him work with 28 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,560 you. It's a it's a powerful thing. 29 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,560 It's an honoring thing. So I honor your leaders in this 30 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,560 place today and I honor you for how you've honored them this 31 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,160 morning. So just keep this in mind. 32 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:58,640 You were made for more, OK, And I want to read you a couple of 33 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:04,720 scriptures. In Ephesians chapter 1 and verse 34 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,919 17, it says, I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus 35 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,560 Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the spirit of wisdom 36 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,880 and revelation so that you may know Him better. 37 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,520 Pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that 38 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,080 you may know God wants you to know something that you may know 39 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,040 the hope to which he has called you. 40 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,160 God has called you. He's called everyone of you. 41 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,200 No one is left out. He has called you. 42 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,480 Verse 19 and His incomparable great power for us who believe. 43 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,320 Do you believe any believers in here? 44 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:47,200 Yes, we believe that power is the same as the mighty strength 45 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:51,520 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at 46 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:56,160 his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all authority 47 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:57,440 and rule. And he goes on. 48 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,480 And then in verse chapter 2 and verse when it says you were 49 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:09,080 dead, you were dead and in your sins, but now you're alive. 50 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:15,120 You're alive unto God in verse 8 and chapter 2. 51 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,360 For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith, and it 52 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,920 is not of yourselves, for it is a gift from God. 53 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,520 You have received a great supernatural gift from God, 54 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:30,600 everyone of you, not by works that no one can boast for. 55 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:35,160 We are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works 56 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,000 which He prepared in advance for us to do. 57 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,560 God created you within, within His mind. 58 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,880 He has a plan and a purpose for you, and He's going to help you 59 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,480 fulfill that plan and your purpose. 60 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,040 You don't have to do it by yourself. 61 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,360 He says I created you by His work by His hand. 62 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,640 He says I have something for you to do in advance before you were 63 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,160 ever born. He has already written out your 64 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,920 life. He's written out the plan from 65 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,520 beginning to end, and he's inserted your name. 66 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:07,040 All you have to do is get into it, get into that place to where 67 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,520 God will use you. And I know you're being 68 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,640 prepared. I know this. 69 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:17,000 When the apostle Paul was saying this, he was saying you were 70 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,279 made for more. The moment you were forgiven, 71 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,480 the moment you were born again, you were made for more. 72 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,120 You had a brand new life in God, a brand new life in God. 73 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:31,000 I've experienced that brand new life in God and I've seen 74 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,480 hundreds of thousands of people around the world receive that 75 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,880 new life, that born again experience with the power of God 76 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,520 in their life to make them more than they thought they would 77 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,560 ever get to be. And sometimes we feel how many 78 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,960 of you feel I felt growing up. I felt just ordinary. 79 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,400 I'm just plain vanilla, just ordinary. 80 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,560 I'm OK, but I don't know that I'll ever be anything more than 81 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:57,160 who I am now. Do you ever feel that way? 82 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:59,160 Raise your hands. Do you ever feel that way? 83 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,720 I mean, I have felt that way. I'm just ordinary. 84 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,480 But The thing is, The thing is this. 85 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,800 God has taken ordinary people and he has caused them to do 86 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:14,560 extraordinary works for him. Extraordinary works. 87 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,600 Extra point, because they believed God, They believed in 88 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,480 him. They believed that God would 89 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,880 work through them to get something done bigger than they 90 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:23,640 are. I enjoy being a part of 91 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:28,080 something larger than myself because if it's just me, it's 92 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,480 not enough. So they believed that God made 93 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,000 them for a purpose and for a mission. 94 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,080 I mean, God used ordinary men. He used guys like Moses. 95 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,600 He used guys like the apostle Paul. 96 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,640 Well, he was the apostle early on, Peter, James and John, just 97 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,720 a bunch of fishermen they had, they weren't even educated and 98 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,960 they were just ordinary. But God took ordinary men and he 99 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,640 created them to be extraordinary and they became the, the, the 100 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,040 Super Saints of the Bible. They had no clue what they were 101 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,800 all they were in for. They had no idea what God had in 102 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,520 store for them. I had no idea when I was born 103 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,320 again, baptized in the Holy Spirit, what God had in store 104 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,000 for me had no idea. Now, that's been a long time 105 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,920 ago. That's more than 23 years. 106 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:16,400 It's more like 43 years. Yeah. 107 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:20,960 I was born again in 1953 years. Sorry, Toby is correcting me. 108 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,760 I was born again in 1973. That makes me this coming 109 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:32,160 August, 77 years old. That's older than you, but I 110 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,840 have lived with God. I've run with God, I've served 111 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:37,600 God, I've enjoyed God. I've had my ups and I've had my 112 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,600 downs, but I've seen the power of God in most every nation of 113 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,280 the world. And I started with nothing. 114 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:49,520 When I was a young, young man in high school, I, I didn't think I 115 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,720 would ever graduate high school. Did you ever think that? 116 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,040 Do you ever think, how am I going to get through high 117 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:55,720 school? I'm never going to make it. 118 00:06:56,280 --> 00:06:59,920 And in high school I actually had my high school teacher, she 119 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:03,000 said, well, we're you will not graduate because I'm not going 120 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:07,040 to pass you in my English class. Well, thank you very much. 121 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:14,320 So I quit, I quit high school in my senior year and I went to 122 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:18,080 work and for ten months I went to work and had a job. 123 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,560 And then I received a letter from the United States Armed 124 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,480 Forces and said welcome to the United States military. 125 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:31,120 No, OK, I, I wasn't stupid. So I went back to high school 126 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,640 and that changed my, my, my draft status. 127 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,400 And so I graduated from high school. 128 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,400 Thank, thank God, thank you, Jesus, you know, thank you, 129 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,600 Jesus. I graduated, but I never think, 130 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,960 I never thought I could be more. I thought I was just going to. 131 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:54,440 I couldn't believe these kinds of things about myself until one 132 00:07:54,440 --> 00:08:00,560 night when I was literally dying of an overdose of drugs at 23 133 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,280 years old. I was dying on the floor. 134 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,600 I had raced up into heaven. This demon came out of darkness 135 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,600 to take me. He was wrapping me in this 136 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,840 chain. And I began to call out, Oh, God 137 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:14,840 help me. Three times I screamed, God help 138 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,520 me. And all of a sudden all the 139 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,640 darkness went away and this brilliant white light came over 140 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:24,000 round me. And I'm at my friend's home and 141 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,240 there's, there's a picture up on, on their wall of Jesus. 142 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,440 You know, it's kind of like with, with the scars in his 143 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,120 hands and, and he's looking like I'm welcoming you. 144 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,400 What's the idea? I'm sitting there and suddenly 145 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,880 this light shines and I open my eyes and listen. 146 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,000 There was a big party going on in the house. 147 00:08:41,919 --> 00:08:43,840 Lots of people in the house. I don't know what they were 148 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,320 doing. I just know what was happening 149 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:49,000 to me. And I, I opened my eyes and my 150 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,200 eyes went into the eyes of that picture. 151 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:56,680 And I heard the voice of God say to me, he said, Son, if you will 152 00:08:56,680 --> 00:09:00,400 just follow after me, I will make something out of your life. 153 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:05,720 And I said yes, I had. There was no other choice. 154 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,000 I said yes, I didn't know. I did not know what I was saying 155 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,640 yes to. I had no clue of what it meant 156 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,480 to be born again, but I was told all my life, you'll never amount 157 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:18,080 to nothing. You'll never be anybody, you'll 158 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,760 never go anywhere, you'll never do anything. 159 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,520 You're always going to be poor. You're just a stupid young kid. 160 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,800 Did you ever hear that? No, you don't have. 161 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:27,760 Don't raise your hand. I know, but a whole lot of us 162 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,040 had that. But I believe those lies. 163 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,240 Those were ungodly beliefs. And I believe those lives until 164 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:37,880 I found out who I was in Christ. And once I found out who I was 165 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,480 in Christ, let me tell you who I am. 166 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,080 Let me tell you who you are in Christ. 167 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:45,600 Can I tell you here? Here's who I am in Christ, 168 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,400 Here's who you are. I am loved by Christ. 169 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,720 I am forgiven of all my sin. I am free from all condemnation. 170 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,880 I can forget the past. I'm a new creature. 171 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,080 I'm redeemed from the curse of the law. 172 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,800 I'm accepted by Christ. I am reconciled to God. 173 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,480 I am beloved of God. I am called of God. 174 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,720 I'm brought near by the blood of Jesus. 175 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,040 I am complete in Christ. I'm dead in sin, but I'm alive 176 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,840 to God. I'm a king and a priest to God. 177 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,960 I'm I'm loved with an everlasting love and I'm an heir 178 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,240 of God with the joint heir with Jesus. 179 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,760 You know, I asked the Lord, I said what? 180 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,000 What is my name? He said you call me to be more 181 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:26,560 and he said look up. What is your name? 182 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:28,480 My, my, my given name is William. 183 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:33,640 And it means strong willed warrior, OK. 184 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:38,920 It means conqueror, protector, defender of the faith. 185 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,560 That's been my life from the day I was born again, from the 186 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:45,920 moment I met Jesus and I discovered that he was real and 187 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:47,800 that I was. All of these things on this 188 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,960 paper, they're all Scripture. They're all scripture. 189 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,480 Here's who I am. I am more than a conqueror. 190 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:55,520 I am healed by the wounds of Jesus. 191 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,440 I am kept by the power of God. I'm sealed with the promise of 192 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,800 the Holy Spirit. I have everlasting life. 193 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,080 I am crucified with Christ. I am a partaker of the divine 194 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,120 nature. I've been blessed with every 195 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,000 spiritual blessing. So have you. 196 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,120 I have peace with God. I can do all things through 197 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,480 Christ who strengthens me. I shall do even greater works 198 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,560 than Christ. I am chosen. 199 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,680 I have overcome the world. I have a guaranteed inheritance 200 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:22,600 through Jesus. I always triumph in Christ and 201 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,920 in Jesus. I'm in Jesus hands and Christ is 202 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:27,080 in me. The hope of glory. 203 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,640 That's who I am. When the devil tells me I'm 204 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,280 nothing, I have nothing to give. He'll never take you anywhere. 205 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:36,480 You read this list to him, you get the word and you say this is 206 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,280 who I am. Devil out, get out of my face. 207 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:42,600 I don't, I don't believe you anymore. 208 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,280 I don't believe those ungodly beliefs. 209 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,720 I believe this scripture. I believe what this is. 210 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,000 And once I began to believe that, I had to renew my mind 211 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,240 through the reading of this word and I would just eat this word 212 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,280 day and night. I just eat it. 213 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,920 I get filled up on it. I fill up my spirit and I fill 214 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:00,680 up my mind. I fill up my thinking and it 215 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:03,280 changed my mind about who I am and who I was. 216 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,520 And that's important for us when we decide that you were made for 217 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,320 more, it's important that we do that. 218 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:14,280 So, you know, God's called you, He's prepared you, and he has a 219 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,800 plan for you and he's on the way with that plan. 220 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,280 Put it into your life. If you'll just say yes, do you 221 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,320 have a yes in you? Listen that yes, as you're made 222 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,960 for more, how many of you want more? 223 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,000 I want, I want more out of life. I want more of God. 224 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,400 I want more of everything. I just want more. 225 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,680 So I learned how to replace these ungodly beliefs with the 226 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:37,280 Scripture in the Word of God. Why? 227 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,360 Because I simply believed. Was it hard? 228 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,480 Sometimes. But was it worth it? 229 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,080 Yes. Yes, yes, yes. 230 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,920 The moment I was born again and baptized in the whole. 231 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:49,840 How many of you been born again? Let me see here. 232 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:51,200 You've been born again. You love Jesus. 233 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,440 How many of you been baptized in the Holy Spirit? 234 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,320 Let me see here. Oh, you're a crap. 235 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,640 You're a good crap. I like you. 236 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,240 Once I believed that God had made me for more. 237 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:06,040 Not only did I graduate high school that I went on to a 238 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,200 Community College, I got a degree in fire science. 239 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:12,040 I went to Bible college for five years. 240 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,040 I became a missionary in Malaysia for three years, a 241 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,520 missionary in Indonesia for the three years, five years teaching 242 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,240 at Liberty Bible College in Florida. 243 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,360 I was the assistant director for seven years as the Globe 244 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:28,080 Missionary Evangelism. I've spent five years at BRSM at 245 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,320 the big revival, teaching at the school there and help help 246 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,680 create the missions department for that revival. 247 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,480 And then now I've been 26 years this year overseeing Fire 248 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:41,440 International in all these missionaries that we have in in 249 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,440 50 nations. Don't tell me God hasn't made 250 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,920 you for more. I mean, but am I bragging? 251 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,440 Yeah, I'm bragging on Jesus because I you don't. 252 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:57,440 When you say yes, get ready. All I can say is get ready. 253 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,480 Just get ready. Because the only way you will 254 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:05,600 ever fail is if you quit. If you simply say no, I can't, I 255 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:09,240 can't get rid of that word. The only way you're going to 256 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:13,680 fail is if you quit. You need to continue to have a 257 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:18,440 big dream, big vision. You know, in Joel 2/28 it says, 258 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,080 and afterward I will pour out my spirit on all people. 259 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,880 Your sons and your daughters will prophecy your old mental 260 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:26,760 dream dreams. Listen, I'm an old man, but I 261 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:28,920 don't dream. I have visions. 262 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,240 So I'm still young. I'm still young. 263 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,320 Your young men will see visions even on your servants, both men 264 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,720 and women. I will pour out my spirit in 265 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,200 those days. God is calling for you to be 266 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,480 more and have an expectation of what He wants to do with you 267 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:47,000 than you will ever dream. All I'm saying is God is calling 268 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,280 is God calling you to some of you to the mission field. 269 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,080 You know, to us this is a mission field. 270 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,080 But man, look at the look at the look at the workers he's got 271 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,640 here. Oh, you got quiet. 272 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:06,520 All the Middle East is calling. Do you know that, that, that the 273 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:10,360 Philippines is the 4th largest mission sending nation in the 274 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:18,280 world, 4th to the US, Brazil and one more South Korea, South 275 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:22,480 Korea, you're #4 you're and you're in the big 5. 276 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,960 But do you understand what God is calling some of you maybe to 277 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,280 go out and minister in other nations? 278 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:29,520 You say, how am I going to do that? 279 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:33,120 Ask him. Just ask him. 280 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,880 I mean, you have to ask. I mean, if you don't ask, you 281 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:39,480 never will. You know, he, if you haven't, 282 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:40,840 you have not because you ask. No. 283 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:46,120 Well, ask big ask, ask is God calling you to reach the Hindus, 284 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:51,840 Buddhists, Muslims, God calling you to reach all of all of the 285 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,800 Philippines, You know your neighbor Indonesia, it needs 286 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,360 Jesus. I will you know, and and you got 287 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:02,840 you guys are some of the best. I'm I'm serious. 288 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:07,360 If I wanted to go to some nation and start a church, I want 100 289 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,080 maybe 500 of you to come with me. 290 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,520 Why? Because you have a smile, 291 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,400 everyone smile. You have smiles that draw people 292 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:22,680 in everywhere we've been this week, even walking, just walking 293 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:24,640 down the street. Oh, good morning, good morning, 294 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:26,200 whatever, whatever. And they're just smiling. 295 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,480 They're beaming. And I'm thinking, wow, I want 296 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,240 more of you. I'll, I'll take I'll take all I 297 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:34,040 can get and let's go somewhere. But I'm going to leave some of 298 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,920 you here because Casey said no, I will. 299 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:42,320 We'll leave you a few. We'll just leave you a few, but 300 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,560 the question you need to ask yourself, am I willing? 301 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,880 Am I willing to lay down my life for the gospel? 302 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,000 Hey, you sang some very dangerous songs here this 303 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,440 morning. I mean, those are seriously 304 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,160 dangerous songs. I'm serious. 305 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:13,839 Because when you say take me. All those words you just sang 306 00:17:13,839 --> 00:17:17,000 this morning, were, were you lying? 307 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,960 Were you lying? I don't think so. 308 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:27,760 You because you worship with such passion, with all of your 309 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,200 heart, you worship. I'm, I like being in here. 310 00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:34,040 Why? Because it's the presence of 311 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,560 God. When we worship like that, I'm 312 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:40,880 overwhelmed in a good way with the presence of the Lord in the 313 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,440 room this morning. And I'll be honest with you, 314 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,720 because I, I asked God, I want to see things. 315 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,200 I want to be a visioner. I want to see in the heavens. 316 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,600 I want to see what God is doing. And this morning as we're 317 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:55,160 worshiping, when we were in some of those high places, I mean, 318 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,360 from start to finish, you never stopped. 319 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,040 There was no pause. There was no break. 320 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,840 It was just on and on and on. And Jesus was just up there. 321 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,120 I mean, Jesus, I saw him dancing around his throne. 322 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,000 And I mean, he's looking down here and he was looking at this 323 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,440 little group and he's just, it's, it's, he's, he's in heaven 324 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:19,200 because of your worship. And I thought, boy, that's 325 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,080 sweet. That's that fragrance you were 326 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,440 thinking about. He was receiving that. 327 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:27,640 I mean, he's not just sitting there like some. 328 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,720 That's not Jesus. He's happy. 329 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,320 Hey, he's happy and he's happy because of you. 330 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:42,560 Come on, come on, come on. You know the Lord's still 331 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,400 asking. You know, You ask Jeremiah who 332 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,880 will go for us. Ha, ha, ha. 333 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,960 You laugh. Well, he says, all right, you're 334 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:51,880 up. Pack your bag. 335 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,640 Pack your bag. When I was graduating from 336 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,280 Bible, Bible College, after five years, I'd taken all the classes 337 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,840 that I could take because then I knew I had to do something. 338 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,360 I took every class because I knew I had to finish and do 339 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:10,080 something. And as I prayed over, over the 340 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:14,760 map of the world, like that one there on the back, as I prayed, 341 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,800 I knew I must go. I said, Lord, what do you want 342 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,240 me to do? Do you want me to be a pastor? 343 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:22,720 You want me to not a youth leader, not the worship leader. 344 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,640 I can, I can, I can be a missionary. 345 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:32,280 I could, I'd be a pastor maybe. And but as I was praying, I was 346 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:38,520 watching over S over Asia and there was a man who stepped out 347 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,560 of Malaysia and he looked at me and he said come over here and 348 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:47,440 help me. 30 days. I prayed and fasted 3 times. 349 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:51,080 This man stepped out of Malaysia and he said come over here and 350 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:57,560 help me and I went to my leaders and I said I saw this guy, what 351 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,280 should I do? And they said pack your bag. 352 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,320 Well I did. I packed my bags with my two 353 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,200 children and we moved to Malaysia and we were there for 354 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,000 three years. We started 2 Bible schools and 355 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,680 then from out of that we went into Indonesia and we started a 356 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,560 Bible school there with 18 students, 18 students. 357 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:21,440 That school grew to over 1000. The church, when Toby and I left 358 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,040 the church was between 14 and 15,000 people. 359 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,440 I'm telling you, you're made for more. 360 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:32,880 I never dreamed in my lifetime I would be in in in the baptismal 361 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:37,440 pool, which the baptismal pool was, was about half the size of 362 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,560 this room here. And we would water baptized 363 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:46,920 between 350 and 500 new converts every 30 days. 364 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,680 New converts. I never in my life dreamed that 365 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,320 I would be made for something like that. 366 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,960 I never believed that God could use me. 367 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:58,160 And all I did was just dip them and send them. 368 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:00,680 I just dip them and pray the Holy Ghost on. 369 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,600 Let me shake the devil out and send them all through. 370 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,480 And then God piled them up in piles over here until he got 371 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:12,720 through with them. What an amazing life I've had 372 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,320 with Jesus. I'm telling you, it's been 373 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,520 nothing like it. And then the then the 374 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,000 Brownsville revival. I've been a part of two great 375 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:25,840 revivals in my lifetime where, you know, million, 22 million, 3 376 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:30,440 million people came to 1 church and God was their present. 377 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,840 And there's something about the presence of God that draws 378 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:38,160 people to watch thousands of people be touched by the power 379 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,560 of God every day, day in and day out. 380 00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:44,320 Watch him raise up missionaries. Watch him call people out of 381 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,120 that congregation because they felt like they were made for 382 00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:49,720 more. And they stood up and they said, 383 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:55,760 yes, Lord, yes, Lord. I'm so honored to be a part of a 384 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,640 group that fell in love with Jesus enough to say I want more. 385 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:05,200 I was made for more, more, more for the hunger of the word of 386 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,360 God. What's God made you more for? 387 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,000 More for more powerful testimonies. 388 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:11,800 How many of you have a testimony? 389 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:14,520 You have a testimony. God wants to give you more 390 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,640 powerful testimonies. He wants to use you to lay hands 391 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,600 on the sick, to cast out devils. He wants to use you to raise the 392 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,440 spiritually dead and get people saved. 393 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:27,360 He wants to use you to be fathers, mothers, workers, 394 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,600 whoever you are, whatever your job is. 395 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,040 I when I when I met Jesus, I was, I was a firefighter. 396 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,720 I was a fireman. I was for 10 years. 397 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,760 I was a professional firefighter and I and I rode rescue truck 398 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:43,360 for seven years. That's where God found me. 399 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:50,160 I never dreamed that sitting in my fire station out in the 400 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:55,960 parking lot smoking Colombian pot with the police, I would 401 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,080 ever think that God would send me to another nation to do 402 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:03,760 something for him. But he did, and here I am, and 403 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,400 I'm still going. Why? 404 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:12,080 That's why. How old am I? 405 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,880 Old enough to know I'm made for more. 406 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,600 And until until I'm done, I'm not done. 407 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,640 I want to do more. I want to prophecy more. 408 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,960 I want to hear His voice more clearly more. 409 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,680 I want to manifest the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 410 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,760 And they're all available to all of you if you just look for 411 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,840 them. Look for the one who needs that 412 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:32,760 gift. They're not for you. 413 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,640 They're for someone else. They're for someone else to have 414 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:37,880 more joy. I want more joy. 415 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,680 I want more answers to my prayers. 416 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,040 I, I, I know that I'm asking and I know I'm not alone. 417 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:47,760 It works for me. Works for me. 418 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:52,960 Boy, time is not working for me. But that's OK. 419 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,840 We we're we're are you, are you OK with this? 420 00:23:55,560 --> 00:24:00,240 Are you getting, are you getting some of this lookout? 421 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:05,600 Fire of God will burn you up. Fire of God will consume you in 422 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,520 ways you never dream, ever dream. 423 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:15,800 Oh my, my, my, my, my, my. I know it's God's desire for you 424 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,320 to have more. Because you have been. 425 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,080 You have been sprinkled with the word of God. 426 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:21,720 You've been sprinkled with the power of God. 427 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,440 You've been sprinkled with the prayers of the Saints and you've 428 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:28,480 been opera having opportunities to to study and be led by those 429 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,800 who who know the power and the fire of the Holy Spirit. 430 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,720 I look at I look at Eric. I remember he says, what do you 431 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,680 think God's calling me to do? What's he asking me to do? 432 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:45,520 And I'm thinking, I don't know. I but I don't tell him I said 433 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:51,120 that. But all I heard I I heard a 434 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:56,600 couple of where he said start small and I will expand the 435 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,800 call. And I look at him now. 436 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,920 He man's all over the world. He he makes I I get tired 437 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:10,040 looking at his itinerary. I don't know how you do it, but 438 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:19,680 wow. I just know that I oh Jesus, I'm 439 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,560 going to have to slow to a stop here. 440 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:27,960 Sad to say, I want to give you I I shared this with the school 441 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:33,800 the other day with the students. When it talks about realizing 442 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:39,440 your dreams and your vision, ask God what what is your dream? 443 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,040 Ask. Don't be afraid to ask God for 444 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,840 big things. You think because we think too 445 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:49,520 small, we think small. I remember one time early on in 446 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,600 the revival, we were taking a team of 20 something to 447 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:56,200 Guadalajara, Mexico. And I'm praying, Lord, what do 448 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:57,360 you want me to do with this team? 449 00:25:57,360 --> 00:25:59,400 What do you want us to do? I'm praying over the map. 450 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:04,280 And, and he said, I said, what do you want us to do while we're 451 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:05,440 there? Because I don't know these 452 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,720 students. They're green, unproven, 453 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,680 untested. And he said, I don't know how he 454 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:13,880 talks to you. He just talks to me. 455 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:16,840 He said, well, what do you want to do? 456 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:19,720 I said, Oh no, you don't understand. 457 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,200 You're God, it's your Kingdom come. 458 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,920 You're I've been spiritual, your Kingdom come. 459 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,200 I said, what do you want to do? And he just said quietly, He 460 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,960 said like friend to friend. He said, well, what do you want 461 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,440 to do? And I thought, really, you're 462 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:44,200 asking me what you and I and here this is how my foolish 463 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:48,040 pride went in my mind. I'll just make it hard for him. 464 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:50,600 You're asking me what I want to do. 465 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,760 I'll make it hard for you, right? 466 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:56,600 I'll make it harder. So I said, OK, I start thinking. 467 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:02,440 I said, here's what I like. I would like, I'd like a theater 468 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:08,720 that will see 1000 people and I want to see 1000 people in that 469 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,120 building. I want to get the building and 470 00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:15,680 it cost me nothing, zero, you know, nothing. 471 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,320 It's hard to get something for nothing these days, right? 472 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:23,080 And I said, I want to see. I want to see on the altar 473 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,480 called. I want the altar full of all the 474 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,080 Alcoholics, all the drug addicts, all the prostitutes. 475 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:29,840 I want to see everyone from the street. 476 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,800 I want to see the I want to see the stage packed with people. 477 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,160 Then I want to see the power of God take them all out and heal 478 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,080 them, deliver them and set them free from demons. 479 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:50,730 And it got quiet. OK, That was the answer. 480 00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:57,840 OK, what do you do when you just get, OK, pack your bag, get on 481 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,400 the plane, know what you asked for and trust God. 482 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,800 We arrived there. We asked, I said to the 483 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,320 missionary. I said, oh, I want a theater. 484 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:07,400 What are we doing? I want a theater. 485 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,880 I want to see the 1000 people. I don't want to pay any money 486 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,000 for it. And, and so the next day they 487 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,080 said, oh, I know so much. The guy called and said, Oh yes, 488 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,360 I, I, I will let you have my theater for $300.00 for the 489 00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:21,680 weekend. And I said, never mind, thank 490 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,280 you. That's not what God said, that's 491 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:30,600 not what I asked for, you know, and so that afternoon he called 492 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,560 back and he said, oh, you are you your, your group is a 493 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,080 religious group. You, you, you. 494 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:40,160 I, I said yes. And he said, OK, I want to give 495 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:48,240 you the theatre for zero. I, I said, now we're getting it. 496 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:57,600 OK, so we, we put the word out. The place filled up with 1000 497 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,240 people. We'd never been there before. 498 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:04,240 It filled up with 1000 people. And when we gave the altar call, 499 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:05,840 we preached, we gave the altar call. 500 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,800 The altar was full from one end to the other with Alcoholics, 501 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,000 drug addicts, prostitutes, St. people. 502 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,360 And when we asked the team to come pray for them, the power of 503 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,160 God hit them. Every single one of them, every 504 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,440 single one of them got healed. Every single one of them got 505 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:25,280 demons cast out of them and they came up full of the Holy Ghost. 506 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,040 Don't tell me you can't be made for more. 507 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,840 I'm telling you, don't let your dream or your vision be this 508 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,960 big. And I have dreamed, dreamed big 509 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,400 dreams for, for the last 40 years. 510 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,840 And I've seen some great stuff. I want you to have that. 511 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,960 God wants you to have that. I want to tell you 7, seven 512 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:48,200 things you never want to do #1 never allow the world, the 513 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,040 flesh, or the devil to shape your vision or your dream. 514 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:59,480 Never, only God #2 never allow smallness of vision to rule your 515 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:00,880 life. Dream big. 516 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,120 And sometimes that's hard for us to dream big when we've had so 517 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,240 little. At times when we come up with 518 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,840 nothing in our lives. I mean, we were a poor little 519 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,240 family. I was the oldest of five and we 520 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,080 never had a lot. And so it was hard for me to get 521 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,800 out of this poverty mentality. I had a hard time getting out of 522 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,560 that. But once I got out, sky was the 523 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:25,560 limit #3 Never allow those who have no faith to influence you. 524 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:28,880 I had people tell me and they said, what are you going to do? 525 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:30,560 I'm going to Malaysia to start Bible school. 526 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:35,960 Did you ever done that before? No, I said, oh, they said, Oh 527 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,600 well, OK. And so they tried to talk me out 528 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:39,520 of. They said, you know, that's a 529 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,760 Muslim nation. Do you know they don't like 530 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,560 Christians over there. Do you know? 531 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,680 Do you know, do you know? And I said, so I said God. 532 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:49,680 So God said this is what he said to do. 533 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,440 In fact, he said he said it so clearly. 534 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,920 He said, I want you to take all the notes from your last three 535 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,880 years of classes and put it in a suitcase. 536 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:04,160 And I said, what? That suitcase weighed 70 lbs of 537 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:08,760 paper. And I'm thinking I've got a wife 538 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,360 and two, two daughter myself. That's the suitcase I could put 539 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,480 good stuff in. And but here's the thing about 540 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,800 following God. When the Holy Spirit asks you 541 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:21,680 something, you have two choices. You obey or you disobey. 542 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,400 He's not going to kill you if you disobey. 543 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,960 It just means I think you'll be disappointed because you didn't 544 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,680 obey. I filled up that that suitcase 545 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:33,400 with 70 lbs of paper, moved to Malaysia and found that guy who 546 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:38,200 stepped off that map and he had already booked a week's worth of 547 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:39,720 meetings for us to share in the preach. 548 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:43,000 We did that for a week, sitting in the pastor's home at the 549 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,720 breakfast table, and he looked at me and he said, why are you 550 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,720 in Malaysia? I thought, why am I here? 551 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,200 And he said, I said, well, when the Lord spoke to me at school 552 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,440 and he said, start Bible schools with local churches. 553 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:57,960 And I've said, I've never done that. 554 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:02,520 So he opened the door to a, a, a bedroom and he and, and, and 555 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,880 from ceiling to floor, wall to wall and with these large 556 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:10,120 machines, video projectors, he, he said, can you make me a 557 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:13,480 school out of this? And I started reading off these 558 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,920 names, the Book of Revelation by Ken Summerall, Liberty Bible 559 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:18,560 College. I said what? 560 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:25,000 That's where I graduated. I had 70 lbs of notes for every 561 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:30,320 class on that wall. Don't tell me God can't do 562 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:34,000 something if you're willing. I was made for more and I was 563 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:38,760 discovering it as I went. Started 2 Bible schools there. 564 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,800 People were saying you can't do that. 565 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,240 So I don't listen to people who have no faith. 566 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,480 I deal with my faith. I'm not dealing with your faith 567 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,240 this morning. I'm dealing with my faith for 568 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:57,200 you #4 never allow discouragement to dominate your 569 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,440 faith in God fulfilling your vision or your dream. 570 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,960 Sometimes we get we, you know, sometimes God's in a hurry, but 571 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:08,160 sometimes God is slow and we get discouraged. 572 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:10,200 But don't, don't be discouraged. He's there. 573 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:15,800 You just stay close #5 never allow your circumstances to 574 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:19,280 limit your vision or your dream. Change your circumstances 575 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,520 through prayer and faith and look through the eyes of faith. 576 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:25,200 For anything is possible with God, so you have to change it 577 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,520 through faith. That's OK. 578 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,840 Circumstances will always feel like they're against you. 579 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,560 Not enough time, not enough money, not smart enough, not 580 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,160 enough people, not enough, not enough. 581 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:40,440 Well, I don't let my circumstances rule what I do. 582 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,160 We still do it. And then number six is similar. 583 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,960 Never, never allow finances or money to become a dictator to 584 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:52,520 your vision or dream. I mean, when I started out as 585 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,560 just said yes to the mission call, I had nothing, had no 586 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:59,920 money. All I had was go the guy jumping 587 00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:04,120 off the map. And so I started saying God. 588 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:06,120 People are asking what's God asking you to do? 589 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,080 Go to Malaysia, be a missionary, start school, do this, do this. 590 00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:13,280 And so we'd have coffee and cake and stuff and I would come out, 591 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,840 I'd come out of those, those little, little meetings, just 592 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,560 family meetings with thousands of dollars worth of money. 593 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:24,440 The first time out, $7000. I've never seen that kind of 594 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:28,520 money in my life. But God said go. 595 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,960 And if he's telling you to go, he will, He will finance it for 596 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,080 you. Will he not finance things for 597 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:35,880 you? Airfares. 598 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:37,920 Yeah. Whatever you need, Whatever you 599 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,159 need, just trust God and let him do it. 600 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:45,840 And then #7 Never allow failures to set your course in life. 601 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,040 Have we ever failed? Yeah. 602 00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:52,880 Well, if we fall down, we shake the dust off and we say yes. 603 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,239 Lord, again, how? Where do you want me to go? 604 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,960 How do you want me to do it? Let's all stand up together. 605 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,200 All I want you to do. There's a song. 606 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,000 I want you to just stand there and listen. 607 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:09,680 If you want to shut your eyes, that's fine. 608 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,360 You don't want no singing. I just want you to listen to 609 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,480 these words and let them get into your spirit. 610 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,360 So just listen. This is for you. 611 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:24,520 I know who I am because I know who you are. 612 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:34,720 The cross of Salvation was only the star. 613 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:44,400 Now I'm chosen, free and forgiving. 614 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:54,000 I have a future and it's worth the living. 615 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:01,440 Thou wasn't made to me tending a grave. 616 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:08,480 I was called by name, born and raised back to life again. 617 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:20,400 I was made for one. I know who I am. 618 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:30,360 I know who we are. The cross of Salvation was only 619 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:40,560 star. Now I am chosen, free and 620 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:45,960 forgiven. I have the future. 621 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:57,840 It is worth living. I wasn't making thee timid 622 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:00,760 grave. I was called by. 623 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:05,680 Name. Born in raise that to I forgive. 624 00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:17,560 I was made no more. What would I make made in my 625 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:23,280 shame when I found it on grapes. It's running my way out of wire. 626 00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:36,120 I was made the Lord. You are late. 627 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:46,000 You called out my day. I'll see how your day you made 628 00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:48,880 my ass. I'm not going back. 629 00:37:53,920 --> 00:38:00,240 Was made to be tender grave. I was called by name. 630 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:07,000 Born and raised until I fucking. I was made for more. 631 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:09,680 Come on. Sing it over yourself. 632 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:18,280 So I would I then. My shame with Fountain of Grace 633 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:20,920 is running my way out of yours.