The Overcomer's Playbook
Rev. Melanie Elms Preached on 11/10/2026
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Summary
Rev. Melanie Elms explores the transition from the wilderness to the Promised Land, teaching that when the manna stops, God is inviting us to move from survival to stewardship through the power of wisdom and a renewed identity in Christ.
Key points
- •A shift in how God provides (moving from manna to harvest) is not a sign of abandonment, but a sign of maturity and preparation for a new season.
- •Miracles are divine moments of rescue, but wisdom is a way of living that allows us to build and sustain the 'abundant life' God promised.
- •Our identity must be rooted in who God says we are, not in the trauma we have survived or the specific season we are walking through.
- •God calls believers to be a 'royal priesthood' - combining the priestly role of intercession and presence with the kingly role of leadership and stewardship.
- •True breakthrough often follows obedience in 'hard things' like forgiveness, financial discipline, and delayed gratification rather than just seeking another supernatural rescue.
Scripture
Wisdom
Purpose
Spiritual Growth
Faith
Discipleship
Life application
This week, identify one area where you are waiting for a miracle and ask God for wisdom instead. Practice 'stewardship of influence' by intentionally encouraging one person in your circle, recognizing that your current position is an assignment from God.
Reflection questions
- Are you currently mourning a 'manna season' (an old way God used to move) and missing the 'harvest' he is placing in front of you?
- In what ways has your identity become tied to your past wilderness experiences rather than your future in the Promised Land?
- Is there a 'hard instruction' from God you have been avoiding while waiting for a supernatural rescue?
- How can you better balance being a 'priest' (in God's presence) and a 'king' (taking authority in your sphere of influence) this week?
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0:00God Praise God y'all may be seated Well, I feel like I've
0:02been gone a while and I haven't we were gone this Sunday.
0:08We were in North Carolina and ministering there,
0:14my husband and I both, me at a ladies conference on Friday and Saturday. Thank
0:19you for those of you who prayed over me. I felt it. I felt it.
0:25I needed it. And then my husband and I ministered on Sunday at the service
0:30at the worship place in Greensboro, North Carolina. And last Tuesday night, I was not
0:36here. I was down in Miami, in the cathedral in Miami, South Campus. And my
0:41husband is there tonight. So I'm not laying out of church. When y'all don't see
0:47me, you know I'm in service somewhere for the most part. If I'm in town,
0:52I'm here. I'll drag my oxygen tank or whatever it takes, but I will be
0:58here. God is so good and I don't want to miss what he has to
1:03say to me. And I also don't want to miss the blessing of seeing some
1:09of y'all get blessed. It blesses me to see you get blessed. So when I
1:14see smiles on your faces and many times I know the story that you're walking
1:19in here with and the smile is incongruous with your situation. And I see that
1:24you still worship the Lord and you still lift up holy hands and you say,
1:28God, you're worthy. And you're declaring things in the Holy Ghost that may not be
1:33seen at the moment, but they're in process. So I'm grateful for you all tonight.
1:38I don't know where to put this water. Y'all see me move it back and
1:43forward and Sorry. And it's chilly up here. I don't know why that
1:49thing is right up on me, but y'all are hot. I'll blow it
1:54back down out there. I have some handouts. I'm going old school tonight.
2:00Okay, I know last week, I believe Brother Justin preached, and he had
2:06a QR code for the notes. This one is a handout. You fill
2:12it in. Fill in the blanks. some of y'all may not like school and that's
2:18okay because i'm giving you the answers to the test one thing i want you
2:23to be careful of if you want these notes fine if you don't want them
2:27then you don't have to be blessed by them if you take notes already you
2:32can just put those fill them out put them in your little note handy dandy
2:36notebook y'all don't have to do this it's just a a service it's just a
2:41tool um i have found I have found, I don't have my notebook with me
2:45tonight because I'm actually the one teaching tonight, but I like to jot down notes
2:50during a sermon. Most of them, I've said this before, most of the notes that
2:54I do take have the latter part, the ending, not there because I'm busy trying
2:58to get a song. I'm coming up here and taking care of altar. But I
3:03love going back and reading some of that because when I write some things down
3:07that I hear, They're inspired by the Holy Ghost. And so they're for me
3:13to feed on not just that moment, but later. So that's why notes are important.
3:19Some people are better listeners. They learn better by hearing. And then there's others that
3:24need to see it in front of them. I'm all of the above. I like
3:30it all. So, um, Hearing it tonight and maybe jotting it down will
3:36help some too. Let's go to Joshua chapter 5, verses 10, 11, and
3:4112. Y'all can put that on. We're going to just read it really
3:47quickly on the screen. Joshua 5, verses 10 through 12. And I'm going
3:53to try to get through all of this tonight because this could be
3:59a series. But I taught it in your notes. I don't know if it's still
4:04on there I don't know but I taught it this past weekend at the ladies
4:09conference that I was at and it was like a two-part series there So I'm
4:13gonna go through it really quickly. Is that okay with everybody? We're gonna pack it
4:17in tonight We're gonna get it all out tonight. Y'all have to chew on it
4:21a little bit later as well Joshua chapter 5 verses 10. We don't have it
4:25yet. I I do like to memorize scripture, but
4:31I don't have every scripture memorized, so I'm
4:37going to need it on the screen. Otherwise,
4:42somebody, who has it in their Bible? Has
4:48somebody turned to it? Sister Chelsea, will you
4:54stand and read it for us as loud
4:59as you can? Keep going. Okay. Let's set
5:05the stage real quick. It's story time. So
5:11Israel, the children of Israel, has finally crossed
5:17over to the promised land. And let's just
5:22go back a little bit further. They had
5:28been promised. They were slaves in Egypt in an enemy's camp, so to speak, for
5:34years. And they they had many had lost hope. The Lord promises he's going to
5:39take them out. You know about the great exodus. They they finally leave. Y'all, it
5:45wasn't just a few hundred people. It was several million. You think about it. That's
5:51not easy to move a group that large. But the plagues came. Pharaoh said, no,
5:56I'm not going to let your people go, my people, you know. And Moses said,
6:00let my people go. And all these plagues came. We know about that story, at
6:05least in general. They get to the Red Sea and they're... Another miracle has to
6:10be performed. The Red Sea parts, they go through to the other side. All these
6:16incredible miracles. They survived the plagues, okay, on Egypt. They're there in the middle of
6:21it. They survived those. They finally have an exodus. They get delivered as slaves, not
6:26indentured servants. They weren't getting paid. They were slaves. They get delivered. They cross the
6:32Red Sea. Another miracle. They get to the other side. The thing about the children
6:37of Israel is, i like to say the children of israel
6:43as if i'm not anything like them right so they get over there
6:49it was about legend says history says about three months later after these
6:55crazy wild miracles they get to complaining and murmuring the bible says we
7:01should just go back to egypt let's just go back to slavery it
7:07was it was easy at least we were being provided for
7:13three months is all it took for them to forget the miracles god performed on
7:17their behalf and growing up my dad would always get up every year and he
7:22would say for those of you that would read through that read through the entire
7:26bible this year at the end of the year it would be like you get
7:31a brand new bible given to you or you get to i'll take you out
7:35to dinner there was this incentive does any of you any of y'all remember that
7:40i do Some of y'all are first-time Pentecostals. You're like, I don't know anything about
7:46that. So he would say, start in Genesis. You'd read about 15 minutes a day
7:52or so, and you could get through the Bible if you read 15, 20 minutes
7:57a day through the year. So many times, I'd start out in January. Ooh, I
8:03got this. By February, I was sick of the children of Israel. All they did
8:09was complain, the Bible said, and they murmured and complained. And I thought, I've
8:15got to do something different next year. I'm so discouraged. I just want to slap
8:20them a little bit, okay? And I remember talking to my mom about it. I
8:25said, I've got to try different. I'm going to try the chronological Bible. I'm going
8:30to try something different because I'm just discouraged. By January and February, I'm done with
8:36them because you're starting in Genesis and Exodus and all that. And, you know, the
8:41Lord revealed to me this powerful revelation, right? It's as if he leaned
8:47in and whispered to me, you are just like them. I have had miracles
8:53in my life and it's so bizarre to my own self how I can
8:58forget the victories that God has helped me to have. Forget the miracle. Can
9:04I get a witness in the house tonight? Y'all are as quiet as church
9:10mouse. I'm not talking about just myself. I think everybody in here has
9:16been guilty of this at one point or another. We forget where we've been and
9:21what God has, how he has brought us over. And this is the children of
9:26Israel. All of these things that happen. Do y'all know, and you, and some of
9:31you are very well aware, 40 years they trudged around. Now what should have taken
9:37merely weeks to get to the promised land, which was Canaan, took 40 years. This
9:42was not a geography problem. It was obedience problem because they sent some spies ahead
9:47to spy out the Canaan land, the promised land. And they came back and said,
9:52oh, no, no, we can't. We can't conquer that. The giants are there. There's wild
9:57and crazy things. They hate us. We can't. We can't go in there. And those
10:02same children of Israel. that the Lord had provided for time and time and time
10:08and time and time again, generation after generation. They were fearful, and so they would
10:13just stay in a camp and move here and move there, 40 years. So they
10:19finally get to Canaan's land, Canaan land, promised land. This is where we're starting tonight,
10:24okay? They've been wondering for 40 years. God has been wanting to do something spectacular
10:30and extraordinary for them for 40 years. The patience of my God is outstanding, right?
10:37The patience he has with us is outstanding. We need to thank him for his
10:42long suffering. We need to thank him for his patience. Every morning for those 40
10:48years, every morning they walked outside their tents and breakfast was waiting on the ground.
10:53They didn't have to plant it. They didn't have to harvest it. They didn't have
10:59to figure out how to make ends meet. God provided 40 years. Now, when they
11:05first saw this for the first time, they asked one another, what is this? What
11:10is What is it? To this day, we don't know really what
11:16it was. It's never been seen since or before then. So the Hebrew expression
11:22for what is it is called manha. And that's where we get the word
11:28manna. It means man means what and ha means it. What is it? The
11:34entire nation ate what is it for 40 years. Wow.
11:41Then something extravagant happens in Joshua 5. They're celebrating the Passover, which they would celebrate
11:46every year. They were able to, and now they're in the promised land, to eat
11:51the produce of the land. And this is what verse 12 tells us. Then the
11:56manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land. Can
12:01you imagine that first morning? For 40 years they've gone out. And they walk out,
12:06the mother walks outside with her basket, expecting to see what she's seen for 40
12:12years. And she goes out there and the ground is bare. No manna, no breakfast
12:18this morning, nothing. Can you imagine the questions they're probably asking? Did we do something
12:24wrong? Did God forget about us? Where is our provision? I would be asking that.
12:30But look around Israel. The manna is gone, but the fields are full. God had
12:36not abandoned them. He had changed the way he was providing for them.
12:43So I came to encourage somebody tonight. Don't confuse a change in God's method with
12:48a change in God's faithfulness. Just because God is not doing things the way he
12:54used to doesn't mean he stopped working. We sing that song. ♪ Even when I
12:59don't see it, you're working ♪ ♪ Even when I don't feel it, you're working
13:05♪ What's the next line? ♪ You never stop, you never stop working ♪
13:11He never stops working. We can sing that song and then walk out and not
13:16believe it. We keep looking for manna and God's pointing us toward a harvest. So
13:20that's why I'm calling this lesson tonight, The Overcomer's Playbook. When the manna stops, you
13:25have your notes in front of you. We're getting there. We're not quite there yet,
13:29but... There comes a time when God wants us to move beyond just simply surviving.
13:35And what we're going through, just surviving what we're going through, he wants to teach
13:40us how to walk and what he has called us to become. Here we go.
13:46Get your pen ready. When the manna stops, it is not a sign that God
13:51has abandoned you. It may be a sign that he is preparing you for what
13:57comes next. He has not abandoned you. He's preparing you. He is preparing you. God
14:02will change the season, but he will not change your identity. You're still his. You
14:07still belong to his. The wilderness, and this is something I wish I had more
14:11time to take on some of this. So grab it. Grab it when you get
14:16it, all right? When I send it out, grab it. Tuck it away. The wilderness
14:21and the promised land require two different kinds of living, y'all. I want y'all to
14:27hear that the wilderness is a certain kind of living. The promised land is another
14:32kind of living in the wilderness. Israel lived by extraordinary miracles every day. Bread came
14:37from heaven. Manna came from heaven, just showed up. Can you imagine you get up
14:43in the morning, you walk out and there's a whole slew of things from publics
14:48every day for 40 years. And then one day there's nothing. Water came out of
14:53a rock. Cloud covered them during the day so that the Sun wouldn't
14:59beat their their brow and they would get burnt and all that and then by
15:04night they had a clap they had a fire that Gave them light gave them
15:09warmth Deuteronomy even tells us that their clothes and their shoes didn't wear out and
15:14their feet didn't swell for 40 years now that's one part I wouldn't really like
15:19because I like getting new shoes and But can you imagine,
15:25do you know of anybody in the history of mankind that's worn the
15:31same pair of shoes for 40 years and it didn't either dry rot
15:37or fall apart? Miracle after miracle in the wilderness. That was supernatural provision.
15:42Supernatural provision. The promised land required something different though. We're now in the
15:48promised land. Deuteronomy 8:9 describes this promised land, Canaan. It was a land
15:53with iron and its stones. and copper in its hills. The
15:59resources were already there, but the difference here now is now the
16:05people had to recognize those resources. They had to develop them and
16:11work with what God had provided. You see the difference. I hope
16:16we're getting there. The promised land required wisdom, work, and stewardship. Wisdom,
16:22work, and stewardship. In the wilderness, God showed them what he could
16:28do. In the promised land, he would teach them what they could do with what
16:34he had given them. Now, don't misunderstand me. I don't want anybody going out here
16:39and saying, well, we don't need to be believing in miracles. She doesn't believe in
16:44miracles. That's not true. Don't misunderstand me. They still need God. You still need God
16:49in the promised land. They still needed his reign, his protection, his direction, his blessing.
16:54Maturity doesn't mean we need God less. It means we learn to walk with him
16:59more faithfully. And here's something I don't want you to miss, y'all. I hope I'm
17:05not plowing too quickly. And I'm going to try to get y'all engaged so that
17:10you don't sit there so long and you're like, okay, I'm glazed over here. I
17:15can't. It's too much information. But don't miss this. Before God stopped the manna, he
17:21dealt with their identity. In Joshua 5, God renewed the covenant with the generation that
17:26had grown up in the wilderness. Realize this, 40 years is a
17:32long time. There were children born during that time that had never known Egypt.
17:37They didn't know about the miracles of Egypt and the Exodus. And this is
17:43what God told Joshua in Joshua 5. This day, they get to a place,
17:49it's called Gilgal. It's a little city, a little town on their way. This
17:55day, I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.
18:01you can imagine what some of the Egyptians were saying even Moses was saying
18:07you know there's these taunts that I can hear that that God has only
18:12brought us out of Egypt to abandon us destroy us in the wilderness we're
18:18a rootless abandoned people for 40 years and this place Gilgal where they are
18:24at now literally means rolling God is so perfect in his ways and how
18:29he orchestrates things But this is where that taunt dies. God renews covenant
18:35before battle, y'all. Identity comes first and assignment is second. They hadn't taken a
18:41single city yet and he made them whole first. He says the reproach of
18:47Egypt, I'm going to roll away. It's going to go away. So before they
18:53step fully into a new season, God reminded them who they were. Before God
18:59changed their provision, he reaffirmed their identity. Ladies and gentlemen, Your
19:05identity cannot be built around what season you're in. Did y'all hear me? Can't be
19:10built around what season you're in. You are not more loved when the manna falls
19:15and you are not less loved when the manna stops. You are not more valuable
19:20when everything is working. You're not forgotten when something changes. And I'm preaching to myself
19:25because I've had a little issue the last two, three months. I'll be frank with
19:30you. I'm going to be honest for sure, but I'm going to be frank. There
19:36is an orphan spirit that loves to lie to all of us.
19:42And it says there's not enough to go around. You're forgotten. You're
19:47the stepchild of God. Maybe you've not been told that before. Maybe
19:53it's just me. And I know better. I know better. That voice
19:59can say it over and over. You are forgotten. You're abandoned. You're
20:04not enough. So you're not going to get anything.
20:10Your identity is not in your circumstances. Your identity is not in your circumstances.
20:16It is in the God who called you his own. That's in the notes,
20:22by the way. Some of you have spent so much time identifying yourself by
20:28what you've survived that you have not given yourself permission to discover who God
20:34is calling you to become. You've identified yourself by what
20:39you have survived. And sometimes you've survived it, but the trauma has attached itself to
20:45you and become almost like a companion. And God's saying, I'm calling you to become
20:51what I have already established in the heavens for you. And you are turned the
20:56wrong way. Our motto for this church is helping people become. And there's these three
21:02little dots that are important to that dot, dot, dot. Because what God is calling
21:08me to become is going to be a little bit different than maybe what he's
21:12calling you to become. So whatever it is, we want to help you become what
21:16God wants you to be. You are the man or the woman who has gone
21:21through a divorce. And you may be the person who lost someone. You're the family
21:25who has struggled financially for years. You're the woman who had to start over. But
21:29those may be chapters in your story. They are not the title of your life.
21:35God can use what you walk through without allowing it to define where
21:41you're going. Don't build your identity around the wilderness when God has called
21:47you into promise. What direction are you facing? Where are you looking? You're
21:52looking behind. You're facing what has been. When the manna stops, it
21:58may be time to learn how to harvest. Going into point two, Exodus chapter 16
22:04tells us that Israel ate manna for 40 years. And this word right here, until
22:10they came to the border of Canaan, the promised land. They ate it for 40
22:16years until Joshua 5, 12 tells us the manna ceased after they ate the produce
22:21of the promised land. The manna didn't stop because they had finally become perfect.
22:28It stopped when they entered the land. That matters because sometimes we assume if something
22:33changes, we must have done something wrong. Have you ever wondered about, I don't hear
22:38from the Lord. I need an answer. I need a miracle. Or you feel a
22:44shift in your spirit or whatever it may be. You're facing a mountain and you
22:49can't hear from the Lord and you wonder why. Things are so different. Have
22:54I displeased you, Lord? That's not a bad thing to do. Take an audit
23:00of your spirit and your heart. Take a good self. Let's do some inventory
23:06of the heart. But we sometimes think because there's a change, we've done something
23:12wrong. Not every change is punishment. Sometimes a season has simply served its purpose.
23:18It's not a punishment, a change. Let's think about a baby being weaned. Okay.
23:24The nursing mother says, okay, it's that time. Most of the time
23:30it's not what the child wants I would imagine almost all the time
23:36Genesis 21:8 tells us that tells us that Abraham made a great feast
23:42on the day that his son Isaac was weaned a feast Now I
23:48don't know how young baby Isaac felt about that celebration I don't think
23:54he was probably as excited as everybody else and But something he had
24:00depended on was being taken away. He didn't understand that the transition was evidence of
24:05growth. We're getting to the next phase. We're growing. We're going somewhere. And some of
24:10us are grieving something that God may be using to grow us. We're asking him
24:16to restore an old arrangement. And he may be teaching us to embrace a new
24:21responsibility. I'm not saying every closed door is a promotion. Okay. I want to be
24:26very clear here. And I want you to know too that not every open door
24:32is from God either. I have learned that in my life. Oh, this is a
24:38great opportunity. This is an open door. And we naturally assume that if it looks
24:43good, God sent it. The devil lies. The devil sets things before us too. Shining
24:48new opportunities in our way. He's testing us as well. We have to be discerning.
24:54But I'm saying we need enough spiritual discernment not to automatically call every transition a
24:59rejection. Sometimes the question isn't, God, why did you stop doing it this
25:05way? Sometimes it needs to be, God, what are you teaching me to do
25:10now? In the wilderness, manna couldn't be stored. It would go bad within 24
25:16hours. They had to rely on God the next day and then the next
25:22day and then the next day. But in the promised land, they're able to
25:28plant, harvest, store, bring their first fruits. There's another sermon. The season had
25:33changed and their stewardship had to change with it. God does not
25:39want to just bless you and bless what comes into your hands.
25:45He wants to teach you what you need to do with what
25:50comes into your hands. He wants you to steward in your notes,
25:56steward what he has entrusted to you, your finances, your gifts, your
26:02relationships, your time, your opportunities, everything. Your influence. Steward your influence. You
26:08can pray for an open door, but wisdom teaches you how to prepare
26:13before you walk through it. Some of us have asked things amiss because
26:19we're so ready for that miracle and that open door and that opportunity,
26:24and we've not prepped for it. And then when it does come, I
26:30have been shocked. And thinking, I'm inadequate. I can't do it. Well, why
26:36haven't you started to prepare as if it's already happening? I know, Lord, I
26:42will do it. You can pray for greater influence, but wisdom teaches us how
26:47to handle the influence you already have. Don't tell me you don't have influence.
26:53You do have influence somewhere. Somebody's watching you. Somebody's paying attention. Scripture doesn't limit
26:59wisdom to intellectual ability. Many times we think wisdom is knowledge. um you know
27:05a wise old sage and they know just what to say when and they have
27:10all these insights you have to be 80 and then all of a sudden you're
27:16wise not necessarily true exodus 35 describes people who use their hands and skill to
27:21create what was needed for God's work exodus 28 and 31 speak of God speaks
27:27of God-given wisdom and skill for craft craftsmanship Tonight, I feel like my tongue
27:33is about that thick. I'm sorry. I don't know what it is. I need your
27:38wisdom, Lord. I need your help. God's wisdom was expressed through the work of their
27:43hands. Listen, people of God never underestimate what God can do through hands surrendered to
27:48him. Your ability to organize, to create, to teach, to encourage people, to
27:54build, to manage, to lead, serve. It can all become an expression of God's wisdom.
28:00There is a part for you to play. You don't have to stand behind a
28:05pulpit right here to be used of God. Get that out of your mind.
28:12You have more influence by just being around your circle and your people than just
28:17coming up here. You can build a godly home. You can influence your workplace. You
28:23can mentor a young person. You can bring order into a chaotic situation. Wisdom is
28:29not just knowing what God can do. It's learning how to faithfully participate in what
28:35God is already doing. Get on board. Get on board. Don't keep looking for manna.
28:43When God is teaching you how to harvest. And I hope this gets across because
28:48I do believe in miracles, but we need to be praying more for wisdom. And
28:54I'll explain why miracles are great, but why we need to get out of the
29:00mindset of needing constant rescue. Number three, point three, don't just pray for
29:05a miracle. Ask God for wisdom. I believe in miracles. Don't leave here thinking I
29:10don't. I still believe God heals, restores. He opens doors. He makes a way where
29:15there seems to be no way. The Bible says he make it the way where
29:20there seemeth to be no way. That's the King James Version. But I also believe
29:25there are times where now this is y'all listen and I need I'm preaching myself
29:29self. We can believe there are times when we're asking God to do something supernatural
29:34for when he's already given us an instruction. Sometimes we're asking
29:40God to split the sea and he's telling us to take the next
29:46step. Oh, but that's too simple. We want this grandiose kind of thing.
29:52Sometimes we're asking him to change somebody else when he's telling us to
29:58change our response. Sometimes we're asking him to bless our finances when he's
30:04telling us to change our spending. Out. How many toes got stomped on
30:10right there? I don't know. with a chunky high heel
30:16platform. Sometimes the greatest miracle is not that God changes everything around us.
30:22He's changing something within us. And here's the distinction. I want you to
30:27remember this. Remember this. Remember this. A miracle is a moment. You can't
30:33live in a miracle very long. Wisdom is a way of living. The
30:39Lord says he's going to give us abundant life. If we're needing miracle
30:45after miracle, we're just changing. trying to live one moment after one moment.
30:51God wants to give us abundant life. And listen, both require faith. It takes faith
30:56to step into a parted sea. Amen. But it takes just as much faith to
31:02plant a seed and wait on the rain. Let me tell you, you guys say,
31:07I don't have that much faith. I don't have a lot of faith. Oh, yes,
31:12you do. The Bible's not a lie. The Bible said God has given everybody a
31:17measure of faith. And if you only have enough as a mustard seed, which is
31:23so tiny, I double dog dare you to try to make it an example or
31:27an illustration in a sermon because like you could drop it and not even know
31:31it. It's that small. If you have that much faith, it's enough. So stop saying
31:36my faith is low. Yeah, well, it may be low. That's still enough. It requires
31:40faith for faith for you to get in your car and go to work. How
31:44do you know that that car is going to actually crank and send you on
31:49your way? Some of y'all are too afraid to fly, but you'll get
31:54in a car. You have faith in a car, but not an airplane. And I'm
32:00not going to say that's crazy, but it is crazy because you have more of
32:06a chance of an automobile accident than you do a plane accident. Now, I know,
32:11I know the difference. I know it. You may survive the car, but most likely
32:17won't survive the plane crash. I know the odds, right, Brother Drew, our little resident
32:23pilot? But it takes faith for you to get up
32:29in the morning, brush your teeth, and believe that that toothpaste is going to
32:34do the job. A lot of you is just wishful thinking and wishful hoping,
32:40whatever. But maybe change your toothpaste. I'm just saying. You see what I'm saying
32:46about faith? Some of y'all came tonight faith believing you may actually get something
32:51out of the sermon. Good on you. Miracles can solve immediate problems.
32:58Wisdom helps us recognize and prevent problems. How do you like
33:04that? The same answer for to fill in the blanks. James
33:101.4 tells us to let patience have its perfect work so
33:15that we can what? Become mature and complete, lacking nothing. I
33:21mean, that verse right there, we should be jumping and shouting
33:27over it. i don't like the word patience i would probably
33:33if i wrote the bible i'd leave that out who likes patience nobody
33:39i mean literally nobody likes patience they may have it more than somebody
33:44else but they don't like having patience are you serious a man or
33:50is it just me but the bible says to let patience have its
33:56perfect work so we can become mature complete complete and whole me who
34:02wants to be mature in jesus and in general me Who wants
34:08to, the Bible says, lacking nothing. Who wants to lack nothing? Me. Let patience have
34:13its perfect work. God is interested in our maturity. I want to take this one
34:19step forward. Let's talk about a life built only on miracles. And listen to me
34:24with both ears and look at me with both your eyes. That's what I tell
34:30the singers many times. They're like, okay. Because I know if you're looking at me,
34:35more than likely you're listening, right? A life built only on miracles can create
34:41dependency and not in the great way. Like I depend on the Lord. No,
34:47it's you're depending on his provision and you're not able to buy into wisdom.
34:53A life built only on miracles creates dependency. The day after Jesus, listen to
34:59this. Jesus had issues with this. The day after Jesus feeds the 5,000.
35:05All right. That wonderful miracle, this little tiny lunch, 5,000 people were fed. Okay.
35:10The very next day, y'all, this same crowd chases him across the lake. And
35:16John tells them in John, Jesus tells them in John chapter six, y'all are
35:22seeking me because you have eaten the loaves and you've been filled. What was
35:27he saying there? They wanted another meal from him. They wanted another miracle. And
35:33Jesus was saying, I want you to understand who I am.
35:40And when he began teaching them something deeper, many turned away. And
35:46in fact, in John chapter six, it says that many of his
35:52own disciples went back and walked with him no more. Disciples mean
35:58followers. Disciples mean they are learning from him. He's their rabbi. They
36:04left him like, okay, the provision's done. I'm done. How many of
36:10us have had moments let's say just let's just say moments where we just
36:15turned away from the lord because he wasn't doing what we needed or thought we
36:20needed john 15 5 says now we are absolutely john 3 or excuse me 15
36:25says jesus is saying without me you can do nothing we have to depend on
36:30him don't get me wrong i'm not talking about not leaning on him and saying,
36:35Lord, show me your way so I can walk there. And there's a difference, though,
36:40between depending on the giver and then depending on the next rescue. Do you understand
36:45what I'm saying? Needing a miracle is not wrong. There are moments where you need
36:49a miracle. You didn't see something coming and you need an escape. And God says,
36:54I will be there and I will do it. I will do it. But when
36:59the miracle comes, we feel loved. We feel hopeful. But it can become a cycle.
37:05We get the miracle. We return to the same patterns. We find ourselves in
37:10another crisis. We need another rescue. A life built only on miracles can become,
37:16listen to me, a life of desperation. Now, if that's not in your notes,
37:22write it down. You are always living in a deficit of wholeness. When you
37:28have a life built only on miracles, it's a life of desperation. We do
37:34need miracles from time to time, and God is a miracle worker. But we
37:40need to be whole. And without realizing it, our relationship with God can
37:46become transactional. I love you, God, when you come through. And when he doesn't, we
37:51automatically think he's not a good enough God or we're not enough. But God invites
37:57us to something deeper than chasing the next breakthrough. He invites us to walk with
38:02him in wisdom. Can I be honest with you, friends? This is family. Sometimes we've
38:08gotten used to asking God for miracles because we haven't obeyed him on the hard
38:14things. That's for me. Maybe it's
38:19the forgiveness we've been putting off. I will tell you something right
38:25now. This is not my notes, but I felt impressed right now
38:30to say it. In the deliverance ministry, when people are demonized, some
38:36are possessed, some are demonized, some are vexed, oppressed, and you are
38:41working with this individual for deliverance, there may be, and most of
38:47the time, and this is not a lesson on deliverance tonight, but
38:53I'm just giving this to you, okay, to learn that Most
38:59of the time, if somebody is demonized, it's not just one demon.
39:04Okay. And we don't have time to go into this too deeply
39:10tonight. But many times, if there is a freedom, there is a
39:16release, there is a deliverance of a demon, but there's still something
39:22else going on. You want to find out from that individual. Let's
39:28talk about some things that are hindering you. And almost always, there
39:33is unforgiveness. that's something we
39:39need to be very careful about in our own lives because the enemy will attach
39:45himself to that part of our soul that has not forgiven whoever it may be
39:50in your life i know forgiveness is not always that easy we talk about it
39:56once it's done you realize it wasn't as hard as i thought but getting to
40:01that point can be difficult but in the deliverance ministries Unforgiveness shows
40:07up time and time again as being a hindrance to that
40:13individual being truly free. Maybe it's some financial decisions that we
40:18know haven't been sound. Maybe it's delayed gratification we keep refusing.
40:24And we're asking God to split the sea, and he's already
40:30told us to do the self-work. And write this down if
40:35you want to. Desperation can disguise itself as faith.
40:43i want to go back to gilgal the place called rolling it's the same place
40:48where the manna stopped years later i want you to hear this years later in
40:54this same place first samuel 13 king king saul is waiting on the prophet samuel
40:59he's waited seven days now king saul when he first got became king he was
41:05so humble and shy But over the course of time, he started to
41:11see some things, some victories that happened with the children of Israel. And he started
41:16to assume that he had a hand in it. It was because of him and
41:21not God. So he gets to a point where he feels like he's not only
41:26king, but he's going to take on the priestly position and responsibility. He's waited on
41:31prophet Samuel for seven days to come to do a sacrifice there on the behalf
41:37of the nation. And he. He saw the Philistines, the enemy that was gathering and
41:42his army was slipping away and Saul became afraid. The scripture says he was fearful.
41:48He was surrounded by the enemy and the prophet wasn't there. So this is what
41:53he did. He disobeys. He steps into something because of fear that he was not
41:58supposed to participate in. And he offers the burnt offering sacrifice himself. And you
42:04know what his excuse was? I felt compelled. I felt moved to do it. He
42:10called it worship, but it was panic in a priest's rope and it cost him
42:16the kingdom. Now you contrast that Saul with Hannah and we're flying through here. Hannah
42:21was desperate as well. She wanted a child. She was barren. The scripture says she
42:27was barren and she was carrying that deep sorrow that she longed for a child.
42:33But instead of taking matters into her own hands, She goes to the temple
42:39and she pours out her heart before the Lord. And this is a scripture
42:44that I love. First Samuel 118. And as she prayed, after she prayed, scripture
42:50says her face was no longer sad. Her face was no longer sad. It
42:56was travail. It wasn't. Oh, Lord, in your mighty name, I ask of thee.
43:01Perhaps maybe if you don't mind, give me a child. No, she travailed.
43:08Even before anything had changed her face was no longer sad
43:14because she laid it at the altar Saul grabbed Hannah surrendered
43:20Desperation grabs but faith releases Saul let fear drive his decision
43:25in Hannah let faith guide her surrender So here's the lesson
43:31on this faith without stewardship leads to lack
43:37Faith without stewardship leads to lack. Faith is not an excuse to avoid obedience. I
43:42think I need to say that one again. Just tell yourself. Faith is not an
43:48excuse to avoid obedience. Trusting God doesn't mean refusing to do the wise thing he's
43:54already put in front of us. Proverbs 24, three says through wisdom, a house is
44:00built and by understanding it is established. Don't just ask God to fix things.
44:07Ask him to teach you how to build. And when you need wisdom, what does
44:13James 1 and 5 say? Says? Does anybody know what James 1 5 says? If
44:19you need wisdom, listen to this. This is this easy. If you need wisdom, anyone
44:25who asks wisdom, it shall be given to you. Oh, really? That's that easy. And
44:31not just given to you, but liberally. Who likes the word liberally? I
44:37do. If you say, would you like some ice cream? Do you want a little
44:42or liberal? I'm liberal. Send me four scoops. The Lord
44:47promises you if you need wisdom, you're going to get it. He'll give it to
44:52you. Oh, my word. Is that how easy it is? Ask and I shall receive
44:56liberally, generously. Number four, you are called to be a person of presence and purpose.
45:00And I want to go through this. This is really a whole lesson in itself.
45:05I'm sure pastor can make it a, you know, 27 point lesson or 27 week
45:09lesson. This is where I really want to encourage those of us in the room
45:13and the Old Testament. Let's go to the Old Testament. Kings and priests had different
45:18responsibilities. We're going to go through this quickly. And I, like I said, it's a
45:24lot deeper than what I am able to do here because of time. The priest
45:29would carry the names of the people before God in their stead, in their place.
45:34Exodus 28 describes the names of the 12 tribes being carried over the high priest's
45:39heart as he entered God's presence. The priests represented intercession, worship, ministry of
45:45God's presence. The king, however, in the Old Testament, the kings there would be
45:50responsible for leadership and governing under God's authority. And if you know anything about
45:56the Old Testament, so many of those kings, especially in like Numbers and Leviticus
46:02and all these others, you would hear about, and king so-and-so did that which
46:08was evil in the sight of God. And then the next generation and king so
46:13and so did that, which was evil in the sight of God. I mean, it
46:18just went on and on and it would judge a nation. That's why we pray
46:22for our nation. Amen. Hallelujah. We pray for our nation. We were just voting last
46:26week. Some of y'all are tickled about how things came out and others are just
46:31like, you know, big dark cloud over. You're like Eeyore. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I mean,
46:35whatever. It is what it is. I'm standing for the king of all kings and
46:40the Lord of lords. And I'm saying, I belong to you. You have the last
46:44say. Let your kingdom come, Lord. Let your will be done. I prayed that on
46:49the way to church tonight. Tears going down my face. The entire way to church,
46:53I prayed, Lord, let your kingdom come. Let your will be done here on earth
46:58in Fort Lauderdale and Miami as it is already in heaven. As it is in
47:03heaven, let it be here in Miami. Let it be here in Fort Lauderdale. Let
47:08your kingdom come. Some of y'all need to be praying that more. Shouting it out
47:14loud. Lord, let your kingdom come. We want his presence seen and known. So the
47:19king is responsible for governing and leadership under God's authority. Deuteronomy 17 instructed the king
47:25to know and live by God's law. So one carried the people before God and
47:30the other was responsible for carrying out God's rule among the people. Y'all see the
47:36difference. Jesus fulfilled both. Hebrews 7 identifies him as a great high priest in the
47:42order of Melchizedek. who is both king and priest as well. Revelation 1, 6 tells
47:48us Jesus has made us a kingdom of priest. 1 Peter 2, 9, we know
47:53that one. He's called us to be a royal priesthood, a holy nation. That's me
47:58and you, y'all, here in Fort Lauderdale in 2026, almost 2027.
48:04God calls us to live deeply connected to his presence and actively engaged
48:10in his purpose. And here's your handout. We are called to be men
48:16and women who know how to get on our knees. And we need
48:22to be men and women who know how to stand in our calling.
48:28Get on our knees and stand in our calling. A priest carries people
48:34before God and a king leads under God's authority. We're both.
48:40We need men and women who know how to get on their knees. Women
48:46and men to know how to stand in their calling. The kingdom of God
48:51needs people who know how to pray when nobody is watching and people who
48:57know how to lead when everybody's watching. But prayer without obedience is incomplete. Leadership
49:03and dependence or leadership without dependence on God is dangerous. Look at Esther. She
49:08was a queen with a crown. She was a queen with a crown.
49:14But when her people were threatened, she didn't just rely on her
49:20position alone. You know what she decided to do? She called for
49:26a fast. The queen. She fasted and prayed before she acted. There's
49:32your handout answer. It's the answer to your test. She fasted
49:37and prayed before she acted. Then she approached the king with wisdom, with courage and
49:43a plan because she had heard from the Lord. She used carefully chosen moments to
49:49reveal the danger facing her people. So she prayed and then she moved. She sought
49:54God and then she acted. She understood that her position was not just a privilege.
50:00It was an assignment. Her uncle Mordecai asked her, Who knows whether you have
50:06come to the kingdom for such a time as this moment. Maybe the whole
50:11reason you even came into this kingdom and how it all played out was
50:17for this moment right here. Folks, what if some of the places God has
50:23positioned you are not accidents? And you think, my word, why am I in
50:28this valley, in this situation? What if your experience is preparation or your influence?
50:34What if your influence is an assignment? What if what you've been through has
50:40given you compassion for someone else still walking through it? I think some of the
50:45things that I've been through so far, I think only went through that. So I
50:51would be able to have compassion on someone when they told me about it because
50:56I because otherwise I wouldn't have known how to what to say some health challenges
51:01or maybe it's just some disappointment, some betrayals. Maybe the whole thing was just
51:07an assignment for me to learn. Oh, Lord, what does wisdom look like here?
51:13So let's talk about the five keys of wisdom as we're wrapping up. Number
51:19one, the five keys of wisdom discernment. Recognize the difference. That's discernment. Hebrew 514
51:25tells us mature believers develop discernment through practice. you know i was
51:30talking to my sister-in-law yesterday and her son-in-law is a doctor and as i'm saying
51:35this i'm forgetting that he's a doctor okay and i said i have no trust
51:40and hope in medical field and any doctor they don't know what they're doing i
51:45have to self-diagnose i think they all are they don't even know if i don't
51:50even know if they remember anything they learned in college and she's like And I
51:56said, I feel like I have to go and learn enough to tell them what's
52:02wrong with me and then tell them how what I think I should be doing.
52:07I only go to them if I need a prescription. She listened for a while.
52:13And I said, you know, I just don't trust them anymore. She says, well, you
52:18know, they are practicing. And I said, exactly. And then I got on lawyers forgetting
52:24that her daughter is an attorney. I said, yeah, that's attorneys, too. They're they're practicing.
52:30And she said, yeah. And then it hit me. you know the lord allows me
52:35to say dumb things he allows me to put both feet in my mouth so
52:40i fall straight to the floor and then he allows me to just say oh
52:44but you know i i don't know what i'm talking about you know me i
52:49just say a bunch of stuff i don't really mean what i'm saying but i
52:54do mean what i'm saying because they're practicing they say it's a law practice it
52:58is a you know medical practice Y'all, we are here to practice the presence of
53:03God. I'm going to practice wisdom. I'm going to practice the gifts. All right. I'm
53:08going to be careful with it, but I'm going to practice praise. I'm going to
53:12practice worship. Y'all know every time you come here, you're practicing one. I get one
53:17more opportunity to practice my dance. One more opportunity to practice the fact that I
53:21know God has brought me through and he'll bring me through tomorrow. I'm letting the
53:25devil know too, by the way, my presence here is letting him know. You're practicing.
53:30You've got to practice discernment. Not everything that feels good is good for
53:36you. Not every opportunity is your assignment. Not every open door is your
53:42door. Discernment. Learn to recognize the difference. Write that down. Learn to recognize
53:48the difference. Number two, we're going to number two, the keys of wisdom.
53:54Decisions. Understand. Y'all, understand that your decisions shape your direction. We know that.
54:01But we have to be reminded. Ruth made a decision to stay with Naomi. That
54:06decision brought her to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. Okay? One decision
54:12changed the direction of her life. Your decisions help shape your direction.
54:19Help shape your direction. Don't underestimate the power of the next right decision. Number three,
54:25what you hear, and this is very important. It's all important. Not because it's coming
54:31from me, but I tried to call the best part and put it in the
54:36notes. Number three, what you hear. Guard what you allow into your ears because what
54:42you hear will make it to your heart. Romans 10 says that faith comes by
54:47hearing. Faith comes by hearing. The enemy takes any good truth
54:53and he sends a counterfeit. So know that fear can also grow
54:59through what we continually to listen to. Amen. Be careful what you
55:05listen to. 10 spies brought back a negative report about the promised
55:11land and an entire nation became overwhelmed with fear. What you keep
55:17hearing, you'll eventually believe. That's in your notes. What you
55:23keep hearing, you'll eventually believe. Guard your ears. Be careful whose voice gets
55:29to shape your vision. There's a cacophony of sound and voices and influence
55:35in this day and age. Overwhelmingly so. And it can get to such
55:41a place where you're oppressed by it. Shut it down. Shut it off.
55:47Get clear-headed. Shut it all down. Be careful. Guard your ears. Number four, pursue
55:53wisdom intentionally. Proverbs 2 tells us to seek wisdom as silver. Search for it as
55:58hidden treasure. Who's ever been on a treasure hunt or a scavenger hunt? And I
56:03like the, I want a treasure hunt. Scavenger just sounds, I want, don't call it
56:08that to me. Call it a treasure hunt. And I would like for it to
56:13be like a diamond at the end, like a real diamond. If somebody said,
56:19there's a treasure hunt. We're going to give you some clues about it.
56:25At the end of it, it's going to be a $250,000 diamond. Y'all
56:30would leave me right now in mid-sentence. Y'all be out, done, gone. It's
56:36worthy treasure. So kind of don't blame you. You're supposed to hunt down
56:42wisdom like that. Don't just want God's blessing. You need to want God's
56:48understanding. Oh, Lord, I need your understanding. Don't just ask him to give
56:53you more. Ask him to make you wiser. Seek wisdom like hidden treasure. Make it
56:59like, ooh, I'm going to seek after it. This is going to be exciting. And
57:05when I get it revealed to me, it's going to have that feeling of, ooh,
57:11I just hit a diamond. Number five, understand the power of honor. Going through this
57:17really quick. How you treat people matters. Ruth honored Naomi even
57:22when their circumstances were difficult. Honor creates access. This does not
57:28mean, honor doesn't mean tolerating abuse, okay? It doesn't mean abandoning
57:34healthy boundaries. Please hear me. It means living with integrity, gratitude
57:39for people. It means having a heart that values what God
57:45values. And remember this tonight, every relationship is a bridge or
57:50a barrier to your future. Every relationship. Every relationship. Don't become so focused
57:56on getting somewhere that you forget how God wants you to walk along the way.
58:01Last key here is number five. God didn't just bring you out. He brought you
58:06into something. Go ahead and come to the music, please. Colossians 1.13 says, God has
58:11delivered us from the power of darkness. He's delivered us from the power. Listen, he
58:16didn't just deliver you from darkness. He says the power of it. You were under
58:22the authority and the power of darkness when God pulled you out. And then what
58:27did he do? He didn't leave you there. He brought you into something. The kingdom.
58:32There are two parts to that verse. He brings us out of darkness, but he
58:37brings us also into his kingdom. He delivers us from darkness. We can celebrate
58:43being delivered from something and we should, y'all. We need to. Absolutely. Celebration is in
58:47order. But sometimes we spend so much time celebrating what God has brought us out
58:52of. We don't fully embrace what he's starting to bring us into. He didn't just
58:57bring us out of Egypt so we can spend the rest of our life talking
59:02about Pharaoh. He brought you into a new kingdom. This is new. We sing that
59:07song. Get up, get up, get up. Get up out of that grave. Get up,
59:12get up, get up. That's great song, but at some point you're going to need
59:17to be singing. I'm living in the light now. I'm living in the light now.
59:21Out of the grave into the light. I'm living in the light now. I'm living
59:25in the light now. You see what I'm saying? Romans 5, 17 says that those
59:30who receive God's abundant grace will reign in life through Jesus Christ. Reigning in life
59:34doesn't mean we control every circumstance. Abundant life doesn't mean, oh, everything's going to be
59:38great for us and we got authority over everything and it's just going to line
59:42up. Sometimes the opposite. It means we live
59:48under Christ's authority. Walking in the freedom, responsibility, and purpose
59:54he gives us. And here's something important. Authority grows through
59:59maturity. Authority grows through maturity. Please hear me there. Exodus
60:0523 says God told Israel he would drive. This is
60:11so important. God would drive out their enemies little by
60:17little. And it says until they had increased enough to possess the
60:23land. There was a plan. Little by little, he was not simply interested
60:28in giving them authority. He was preparing them to manage the authority. Even
60:34Jesus, listen to this, Jesus himself. Luke chapter 2:52 tells us Jesus increased
60:40in wisdom and stature. God himself. Growth is not a sign of weakness.
60:46Growth is a part of God's design, so stop despising the process of becoming. You
60:52may not be where you want to be, but you can grow from where you
60:57are. Stop trying to move out of the way and grow where you are. You
61:02may not have the influence you desire, but you can be faithful with the influence
61:08you have now. Develops us little by little, so we mature and we are able
61:13and prepared for the authority that comes. and here's what i want to
61:19bring this home god doesn't want just want you to be a person
61:25who received receives miracles he wants you to become someone through whom other
61:31people experience his goodness abigail became a blessing to an entire household esther
61:37became an instrument of deliverance for an entire nation and you can become
61:43that kind of disciple too a woman whose
61:48wisdom or a man whose wisdom changes the atmosphere of a home, a man
61:54whose courage can open a door for someone else, an individual who prays and
62:00strengthens a generation. God wants others to experience his goodness through your life. He
62:06wants others to experience his goodness through your life. I'd rather be a blessing
62:12for someone than need miracle after miracle. Amen. Don't just pray for God
62:17to send somebody to make a difference. Ask him to make a difference
62:23through you. The manna may have stopped, but his presence hasn't. The presence
62:29of God has not left and the manna stops. The method may change,
62:34but God is still there. Don't spend so much time mourning the manna
62:40that you miss the God of the manna standing in front of you.
62:46Let's all stand if we may. Some of us may be entering a
62:51season that requires more wisdom. or more courage or more intentionality, more discipline,
62:57more faith-filled action. I believe my husband and I definitely have been called into that.
63:02And it doesn't look like a promised land, so to speak, because it just looks
63:08harder and difficult because it's a lot. It's a little different, us taking on the
63:13Miami church and all. And God's stretching us and he's building us and he's saying,
63:19I'm preparing you for the revival. We want the revival. We want the change. We
63:24want the miracle to happen right now. And he says the miracle is going to
63:29be in the process. The miracle is going to be you learning and maturing in
63:33the process. That's the beautiful miracle. The miracle, if y'all want to think about it
63:38this way, is the fact that God would even use us for anything. is
63:44that he brought us into his kingdom filled us with his Holy Spirit and says
63:49I have a life for you that's abundant and I have an eternity that you're
63:54gonna live with me that's a miracle I want to thank the Lord for it
63:58some of us we need to cook there's some here in this room that need
64:03to cross over there's some there's some y'all are in transition whether it be a
64:08seasonal thing maybe it is a age thing The empty nest thing has
64:14been different for us. We're really enjoying it, but it's still different. If we've been
64:19living a life trying just to survive, you may have never learned to surrender your
64:25life to Jesus. And there is an invitation right now for those who want to
64:30come up to the front. The reason we come up here is just so we
64:35can all gather and say, this is my, this is an affirmation that I've heard
64:38your word and I want to do something about it. I want to have some
64:42perspective changed here tonight and I'm going to come up here and contemplate what I
64:46have heard and receive it into my heart and allow the Lord to speak to
64:50you personally right now. We don't need a bunch of singing right now. I'm going
64:54to let, I want Austin to continue to play. Y'all don't have to pray out
64:57loud if you don't want to right now, but I need you all to pray.
65:02I need everybody in this room to pray. And prayer is just a love language
65:06between you and the Lord. And it's just talking to the Lord and ask him,
65:11what is it, Lord Jesus, that you want to speak to me about this lesson
65:16tonight? What are you doing in my heart, in my life? that I need to
65:21learn from what is it oh Jesus what is it oh God I want to
65:25surrender my life to you I don't want to be fighting just to survive rescue
65:29after rescue and miracle after miracle God I've got to do some learning show me
65:34your ways they're high above mine so I to know your ways so I can
65:38walk there and I'm praying right now as you invite him into that relationship with
65:43you right now that you hear him speak back to you let him speak to
65:47you let him speak to you your new beginning starts with him right here and
65:52right now for those who are tired of living from rescue to rescue oh God
65:56I'm praying that your prayer wouldn't change you will pray a different prayer instead of
66:00saying God get me out of this Lord you're gonna say teach me Grow me.
66:05Give me wisdom. Show me what you placed in my hands. Show me and teach
66:10me how to steward it. Oh God, I'm asking for wisdom. You promised if I
66:15asked, you would not only give it, but you would give it liberally. Give it
66:19generously. I need wisdom. I need wisdom to speak to my family. I need wisdom
66:24in order how to make good decisions for my life. I need wisdom to understand
66:29what my influence is for others. Oh God, in
66:34the name
66:39of Jesus
66:44if something
66:49has changed
66:53in your
66:58life right
67:03now y'all
67:08the door
67:12may be
67:17a closed
67:22a season
67:27ended
67:31♪♪
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68:41so