Hello and welcome once again
to "Foundation of our Faith."
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"Foundation of our Faith."
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And this, your network,
the Dare to Dream Network.
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My name is John Dinzey
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and it's a pleasure to be
with you during this hour.
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And I just praise the Lord for
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the first message in this
series with Dr. Roland Hill.
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I must say that I was blessed
and I believe you were too,
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if you did have the
opportunity to listen to it.
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And after you hear this message,
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you will say, wow,
the second one was good,
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the first one must also be good.
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So I encourage you to
call the Dare to Dream Network
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to get yourself a copy
of these powerful messages.
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Today, we will have
the second in the series,
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entitled "Vision
Delayed, but not Destroyed."
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Third message will be,
"Wealth is in your Worship."
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Praise the Lord.
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And number four, which is
the last in this series is,
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"It's Bigger Than
Me." With Dr. Roland Hill.
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And Dr. Roland Hill has
been a servant of the Lord
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for 39 years of ministry
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and currently he serves
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as a pastor in the
Allegany East Conference
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in the good USA.
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And also, I am
pleased to tell you,
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that the Lord has blessed him
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with the opportunity
to travel internationally
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along with his wife Susie,
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Dr. Susie, that accompanies
him when she is available.
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And they present
seminars on theo-economics,
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stewardship and wealth creation.
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And they have been
happily married for 39 years.
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I was speaking to
him and I asked him,
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where did you meet your wife?
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Well, he met her in
Oakwood, at Venice University
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and have been together for
39 years, married for 39 years,
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have been blessed with two
children which are now adults
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and they have three
beautiful granddaughters.
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He has also studied at
Oakwood, Andrews University,
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and the Reformed
Theological Seminary.
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And he is also the father of
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the Biblical
economics philosophy,
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theo-economics,
which is God's economy.
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So I encourage you to
be with us during this hour
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and receive the blessing
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through the
preaching of God's word.
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He believes in God's word
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and I believe he
will communicate that
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as you listen to this message.
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Before we hear this message,
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we also have the blessing
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of coming before God's
throne of grace in music.
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We have with us Lyndon Carriger,
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and Lyndon Carriger
has also been blessed
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with a talent to
sing, play the piano,
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and he is happily married
and according to my notes,
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I like the way
it was written here,
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it says that the most prized
accomplishment of his life
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was marrying his wife.
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Praise the Lord.
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His wife Tina
serves as a minister
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in the South Central Conference
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and they have two
beautiful children,
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Olivia and Braxton,
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and Lyndon is very humbled
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by the
opportunity to be used by God
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and considers it a privilege
as well as a responsibility
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to stand before God's
people, to minister in song.
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He will be
coming out in a moment,
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to take us to God's
throne of grace in song.
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Before that, we want
to encourage you to stand,
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those that are present
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and we're going to go
to the Lord in prayer.
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Immediately after prayer we
will hear the message in song,
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entitled "Keep on climbing"
with Brother Lyndon Carriger.
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Immediately after that
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we will hear the
preaching of God's word
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with Dr. Roland Hill.
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Let us go, before God's
throne of grace in prayer.
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Our loving, heavenly
Father, we thank You so much,
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for what Jesus has
done for us, in us,
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and continues to do for us.
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Lord, during this moment,
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we come before You to ask for
the blessing that we all need.
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And Lord, we know that
You have a message for us
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and we pray that You
will bless Your servant,
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Dr. Roland Hill
with Your Holy Spirit,
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that the message
that we need will be heard
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and that You will
help us to believe in it
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and to follow You as we
will hear in the message.
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We pray, Father,
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that You will also bless
everyone that will join us
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and that they may be
encouraged to follow You
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with all of their hearts.
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We thank You for
hearing our prayer.
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For we ask it in the mighty
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and powerful
name of Jesus, amen.
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Thank you very
much, you may be seated
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and I leave you with
Brother Lyndon B. Carriger.
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God placed a
dream within your heart
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And if you make a start
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He wants for you to know
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All of your needs He will supply
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He's always standing by
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He's there to see you through
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So keep on climbing
until you reach your goal
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Just keep on striving
with all your heart and soul
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All things are possible
with God so don't give in
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He'll move your mountains
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He believes in your dreams
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And when the
road ahead seems long
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With faith you can be strong
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He's there to show the way
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With every step
you'll know what's right
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And you'll conquer in His might
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He'll bring that brighter day
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So keep on climbing
until you reach your goal
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Just keep on striving
with all your heart and soul
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All things are possible
with God so don't give in
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He'll move your mountains
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He believes in your dreams
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Keep on climbing
until you reach your goal
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Just keep on striving
with all your heart and soul
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All things are possible
with God so don't give in
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He'll move your mountains
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Yes, He will
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Move your
mountains, I know He will
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Move your mountains
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He believes in your dreams
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Your dreams
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Wow, what a
powerful, powerful message.
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God does believe,
not just in His dream
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but in all of our
dreams, praise God.
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Good evening
everyone and I'm so excited,
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I'm just glad to be here.
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Are you glad to be here?
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God has been good to
us and I'm so excited,
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I'm busting with praise
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because God has another
special message for us tonight.
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And I encourage you
to take your bibles,
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turn with me to Habakkuk.
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Tonight's message is entitled
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"Vision Delayed
but not Destroyed."
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And this message is designed
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to give you
encouragement and inspiration
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as you walk through life.
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And I want you to know that
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when we finish
this message tonight,
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this will indeed be a message
that will revolutionize you
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and change the way you think
and change the way you live.
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And again, the
title of the message is
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"Vision Delayed
but not Destroyed."
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Habakkuk, that
Old Testament prophet,
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little book, beginning with
verse one, it reads like this,
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"I will stand my watch
and set myself on the rampart,
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and watch to see
what He will say to me,
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and what I will
answer when I am corrected."
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Verse 2, "Then the
Lord answered me and said,
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'Write the vision and
make it plain on tablets,
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that he may run who reads it.
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For the vision is yet
for an appointed time,
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but at the end it will
speak and it will not lie.
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Though it tarries,
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wait for it because
it will surely come,
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it will not tarry.'"
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Let us pray,
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eternal Father, righteous God,
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I thank You so much
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for this opportunity
to hear You speak to us.
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We come tonight
expecting a word from You.
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We've heard a lot of verses
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from a lot of
people during the week,
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but now we want to
hear a special word from You
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and so tonight, we
open up our hearts,
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we open up our minds, so
that You will speak to us
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and that You will
touch us in places
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that we have never
been touched before.
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So that we will
leave this message
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transformed as a people,
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ready to accomplish the vision
that You've laid in our hearts,
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is our prayer, in
the name of Jesus, amen.
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Vision.
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Vision, vision,
I've come to understand,
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is the powerhouse
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and the power plant of the soul.
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I've come to understand that
vision is the rocket booster
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for a productive life.
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In other words,
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a vision is what will
carry you into your future.
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It will carry
you to your destiny.
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I've discovered that
vision is the mental component
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that determines, listen to this,
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whether you will
soar like an eagle,
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or spend your life
wobbling like a turkey.
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And the sad thing about it,
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many people have spent
their lives waddling as turkeys
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and I believe God wants
you to fly like an eagle.
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But that will only happen,
my brothers and my sisters,
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when we catch the vision
that God has for our lives.
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There she stood,
resolute behind barbed wire,
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a barbed wire fence on
Mrs. Tweedy's chicken farm.
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Ginger was her
name. You remember Ginger.
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She was the hero
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in that British
movie called "Chicken Run."
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Actually my favorite movie.
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And after dozens
of failed attempt,
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the vision was still
very clear in Ginger's mind.
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Again, she was
hoping and working
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to get off of Mrs.
Tweedy's chicken farm.
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She was locked
behind the barbed wire fence
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with all of her chickens,
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with all of her colleagues.
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And in her mind, she says,
we don't deserve to be here.
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We need to be off of
Mrs. Tweedy's chicken farm
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and she tried all kinds of ways
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to get off of Mrs.
Tweedy's chicken farm.
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But after dozens
of failed attempts,
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you would think that
she would become discouraged
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but the vision was
still in her heart.
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I can imagine, she
said, like our title says,
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vision maybe delayed
but it is not destroyed.
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After one of them
disastrous escape attempts,
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Ginger was chided by
Bunty, one of the talkative,
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easily discouraged
chickens on the chicken farm.
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And she said to Ginger,
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"Ginger, haven't you
thought about just quitting?"
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Sounds like what
some people tell us.
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"Don't you know that
our chances of escaping
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are a million to one?"
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Vision sparkled
in Ginger's eyes.
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Determination was
etched on her face.
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Bulldog tenacity
was heard in her voice.
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And in her
British tone she said,
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"Well, I guess we
still have a chance."
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What a classic line.
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"Well, I guess we
still have a chance."
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I want to let you know,
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I want you to understand
that you still have a chance.
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I'll say amen to that.
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Regardless of what
is happening around you,
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and to you, you
still have a chance.
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I want to share
something with you
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that keeps me
excited and you know,
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I am an excited person.
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I am, I'm, as I told
you at the last message,
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I'm an eternal optimist.
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And one of the reasons why is
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I've understood some
important lessons in life,
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and so I want you to
buckle up your seat, audience,
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buckle on your seatbelt,
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because I'm gonna
give you something
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that's gonna rocket boost you.
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Listen now, odds don't
determine your destiny,
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vision does.
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Oh, I need to say that again.
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Odds don't determine
your destiny, vision does.
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See, destiny determines,
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our destiny is determined
by God's vision for us.
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See, vision determines
the success of an individual,
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it determines the
success of a group
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and it determines the
success of an organization.
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I've come to understand that.
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It's become clear to me,
odds, and I got to say it again,
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odds don't determine
your destiny, vision does.
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Think about it.
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If it was left up to odds,
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some of you would have
never been where you are now.
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It was the vision that
brought you where you are,
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so odds don't determine
your destiny, vision does.
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Let me fire you up tonight.
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Sometimes I've found
people are not that fired up.
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I want to light a little fire
under so when you leave here,
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you'll be running
up and down the aisles
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with excitement like me
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because you've got to understand
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that your vision
cannot be destroyed.
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Oh, I need to say that again
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because that will
revolutionize the way you think.
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Your vision cannot be destroyed.
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You see, true
vision is indestructible.
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True vision is invincible.
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True vision is unconquerable.
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True vision is unassailable.
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True vision is undauntable.
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Yes! True vision! I got it.
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True vision is unstoppable!
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You see, true vision is tinka
or tonka rather, Tonka Tough.
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Now y'all may not
remember the Tonka toys,
00:17:43.37\00:17:48.22
but I sure do.
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I hope you
remember the Tonka toys.
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I got a Tonka
truck for Christmas.
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And it was the best toy
and the worst toy I ever got.
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It was a good toy,
a best toy because,
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I mean, it was fun to play
with and you could ride on it
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and you could do a
lot of things with it,
00:18:11.80\00:18:13.86
it was nice, it
was a real dump truck.
00:18:13.89\00:18:16.24
Remember? Yellow with
the black wheels on it?
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But it was the
worst Christmas gift
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because I couldn't tear it up.
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See all my
other Christmas gifts,
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within 30
minutes they were gone.
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But the Tonka toy lived on,
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the Tonka truck
lived on and on and on
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and on and on and on.
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In fact, I read an article
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a while back
about a Tonka truck,
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a little boy got
tired of his Tonka truck,
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listen to me, he got
tired of his Tonka truck
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and they had a little pond
out in the back of their house,
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he took it and
threw it in the pond.
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And his daddy
said, where's your truck?
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He said, it's gone, Daddy.
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And for years, no one
knew where the Tonka truck was
00:19:04.49\00:19:07.44
but the little boy.
00:19:07.47\00:19:08.57
And the weather got
hot and the pond dried up,
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and there was his Tonka truck.
00:19:14.33\00:19:17.78
His dad pulled it
out, washed it off
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and it was still rolling.
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And I want you to know
your vision is just as tough,
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in fact, tougher
than the Tonka truck.
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In fact, the
proof of its toughness,
00:19:35.11\00:19:39.37
that is your vision,
00:19:39.40\00:19:42.78
is where it has originated from.
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Where it has originated from.
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Turn with me to Joel Chapter 2.
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Powerful text, Joel 2:28.
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Powerful text...
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that will bless your socks off.
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Bible makes it clear
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in Joel 2:28
that in the last days,
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God will pour out His spirit
on all flesh, on men and women.
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He will give them visions.
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So the origin of
visions, listen carefully,
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the origin of
vision, listen carefully,
00:20:31.58\00:20:34.56
the origin of vision is God.
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Vision is God's importation
and God's implantation.
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Let me say that again,
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vision is God's importation
and God's implantation.
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It is the mental
image of God for your life,
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that's etched in your
brain, burned into your DNA,
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coded in your genes.
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It is God's high-definition plan
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and display for your life.
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I didn't know what
high definition was
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until my
mother-in-law came to visit
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my wife and I several years ago.
00:21:18.45\00:21:21.77
And she was really discouraged
when she walked in our house
00:21:21.80\00:21:24.57
because we had
the hi-tech computers
00:21:24.60\00:21:29.01
but a low-tech television.
00:21:29.04\00:21:32.32
I didn't see anything
wrong with our television.
00:21:32.35\00:21:34.01
We had a 19-inch Sony
Trinitron color-tube television,
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without a remote.
00:21:42.73\00:21:45.30
And I thought
we were doing well.
00:21:45.33\00:21:46.96
And my mother-in-law said
00:21:46.99\00:21:48.02
ya'll are not
watching television right.
00:21:48.05\00:21:50.81
Let me go out and
buy you a television.
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And she bought us a 52-inch
00:21:53.01\00:21:59.70
and that's when I
began to understand
00:21:59.73\00:22:01.29
what high
definition was all about.
00:22:01.32\00:22:05.27
Because now you could see
the pictures sharp and clear.
00:22:05.30\00:22:11.59
That anchorwoman
00:22:11.62\00:22:12.65
that looks so beautiful
on my Trinitron television
00:22:12.68\00:22:16.07
now didn't look so pretty
00:22:16.10\00:22:17.43
because the high-definition
showed up the zits on her face.
00:22:17.46\00:22:24.27
So when we talk about vision,
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we're talking about
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God's high-definition
plan for your life.
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That's why God said to Habakkuk,
00:22:31.63\00:22:33.94
write the vision, make it plain.
00:22:33.97\00:22:37.66
God said to him, I want
you to write what you see,
00:22:37.69\00:22:40.97
listen to me, my
brothers and my sisters.
00:22:41.00\00:22:43.98
God has a visible
display of your life
00:22:44.01\00:22:47.90
that he's
flashing on your brain.
00:22:47.93\00:22:53.34
But come closer now
because I'm gonna lay it in.
00:22:53.37\00:22:57.27
Vision is not your property,
00:22:57.30\00:23:03.29
but God's property.
00:23:03.32\00:23:08.34
Let me say it again, you see,
00:23:08.37\00:23:09.46
you've got to
understand that vision
00:23:09.49\00:23:12.56
is God's
property not our property,
00:23:12.59\00:23:16.22
praise the Lord.
00:23:16.25\00:23:19.48
Because it's God's property,
00:23:19.51\00:23:21.50
then anything that
belongs to God is eternal
00:23:21.53\00:23:25.88
and cannot be stopped.
00:23:25.91\00:23:29.59
So since God's
vision is put in us,
00:23:29.62\00:23:33.96
it makes us, like the vision,
00:23:33.99\00:23:36.32
invincible,
indestructible, unstoppable.
00:23:36.35\00:23:41.10
Proverbs 29:18, the Bible says,
00:23:41.13\00:23:45.91
"Where there is no
vision, the people perish."
00:23:45.94\00:23:53.78
Now I want to flip
the script on that.
00:23:55.13\00:23:57.74
The Bible says, "Where there is
no vision, the people perish."
00:23:57.77\00:24:01.55
But I've come to
understand if I flip that,
00:24:01.58\00:24:03.69
where there is a vision,
where there is a vision...
00:24:03.72\00:24:08.14
the people become unstoppable.
00:24:08.17\00:24:12.83
In other words, give me a
vision and you can't stop me.
00:24:12.86\00:24:17.73
You see, our confusion
comes with understanding
00:24:17.76\00:24:21.44
the difference
between visions and dreams.
00:24:21.47\00:24:28.35
See, this confusion
over vision and dreams
00:24:28.38\00:24:31.37
keeps people
depressed and unproductive.
00:24:31.40\00:24:36.18
That's why in many
of our communities,
00:24:36.21\00:24:38.08
people don't
have a lot of energy
00:24:38.11\00:24:41.12
and don't have a
lot of excitement
00:24:41.15\00:24:42.57
and the reason why is they
have mistaken dreams and goals
00:24:42.60\00:24:47.26
with vision,
00:24:47.29\00:24:50.55
and it keeps them
un-energized and unproductive.
00:24:50.58\00:24:54.13
And I've come to
understand, when vision comes,
00:24:54.16\00:24:57.66
it changes the
way you live and act.
00:24:57.69\00:25:00.07
You see, dreams and goals
are simply human aspirations.
00:25:00.10\00:25:08.06
You need to get this.
00:25:08.09\00:25:10.27
Dreams and goals are
simply human aspirations.
00:25:10.30\00:25:16.96
They are human
calculations of future desires.
00:25:16.99\00:25:20.06
I'll say that again.
00:25:20.09\00:25:21.25
They are simply human
calculations of future desires.
00:25:21.28\00:25:25.55
That's why, when
we get into trouble
00:25:25.58\00:25:28.32
and that's why,
when trouble comes,
00:25:28.35\00:25:30.25
we become discouraged
because they're only things
00:25:30.28\00:25:33.05
that we know we
can do ourselves.
00:25:33.08\00:25:37.42
Vision on the other hand,
00:25:37.45\00:25:42.77
is God's property.
00:25:42.80\00:25:45.80
And vision is God's
prophetic plan for our lives.
00:25:45.83\00:25:51.91
Vision is God's
prophetic plan for our lives.
00:25:51.94\00:25:58.16
You see, vision is
destiny driven by divinity.
00:25:58.19\00:26:06.10
Oh, I'll say that again.
00:26:06.13\00:26:08.80
Vision is destiny
driven by divinity.
00:26:08.83\00:26:14.23
It's God's plan
propelled by God's power.
00:26:14.26\00:26:20.11
Oh, that's exciting.
00:26:20.14\00:26:22.78
You see, when I'm trying
to do it in my own power,
00:26:22.81\00:26:24.92
I run out of power.
00:26:24.95\00:26:27.20
But vision allows you to
work and operate in God's power
00:26:27.23\00:26:30.89
and God's power
is inexhaustible.
00:26:30.92\00:26:33.51
My brothers and my
sisters, get it, know it,
00:26:33.54\00:26:36.14
that when you
have the vision of God,
00:26:36.17\00:26:38.04
you never run out of energy.
00:26:38.07\00:26:41.55
See, Proverbs 29:18,
00:26:41.58\00:26:46.49
the word for vision
in the Hebrew is "hazon",
00:26:46.52\00:26:50.49
which means
prophetic revelation.
00:26:50.52\00:26:55.41
So the vision, since
it is God's revelation,
00:26:55.44\00:27:00.39
don't miss this, since
it is God's revelation,
00:27:00.42\00:27:04.33
then it's God's
reputation that's on the line.
00:27:04.36\00:27:07.94
Oh, I need to say that again.
00:27:07.97\00:27:09.18
Let me walk back on that one.
00:27:09.21\00:27:11.46
See, since it's
God's revelation,
00:27:11.49\00:27:14.15
then it's God's
reputation that's on the line,
00:27:14.18\00:27:16.96
and I've come to understand
00:27:16.99\00:27:18.88
that God is never
gonna allow His reputation
00:27:18.91\00:27:23.63
to come back bad.
00:27:23.66\00:27:26.30
So when we talk about
vision, that's why, get this,
00:27:26.33\00:27:29.49
that's why vision is
always bigger than our desires.
00:27:29.52\00:27:35.19
That's why vision is
always bigger than our hopes.
00:27:35.22\00:27:38.91
That's why vision is
always bigger than our wishes.
00:27:38.94\00:27:42.02
Listen now,
00:27:42.05\00:27:43.09
and that's why vision is always
bigger than our abilities.
00:27:43.12\00:27:50.65
You see, true vision
is fuelled and propelled
00:27:50.68\00:27:55.72
by an unstoppable God.
00:27:55.75\00:27:59.67
Man, that's the
kind of preaching
00:27:59.70\00:28:00.74
that should get
you up and running.
00:28:00.77\00:28:04.17
When you have true
vision nothing can stop you.
00:28:04.20\00:28:08.68
But now the test of
true vision is the reaction,
00:28:08.71\00:28:15.56
listen now, is the
reaction you receive
00:28:15.59\00:28:23.02
when you start
talking about your vision.
00:28:23.05\00:28:26.88
See what I've discovered is that
00:28:26.91\00:28:28.61
the reason why most people
never live out their vision
00:28:28.64\00:28:32.31
is because they
like to be liked.
00:28:32.34\00:28:36.62
See, most of us like to
have friends and colleagues and,
00:28:36.65\00:28:40.77
and vision brings a
reaction among friends.
00:28:40.80\00:28:47.58
And I'm saddened
because I see so many people
00:28:47.61\00:28:50.53
that have aborted the vision
00:28:50.56\00:28:52.79
because they'd
rather have friends
00:28:52.82\00:28:55.75
than carry out
the vision of God.
00:28:55.78\00:28:59.36
Watch me now.
00:28:59.39\00:29:01.32
True vision evokes
negative responses.
00:29:01.35\00:29:06.75
True vision evokes
negative responses.
00:29:09.88\00:29:14.94
And again, that's why, folks
don't live out their vision
00:29:14.97\00:29:19.42
because they don't
like people to dislike them.
00:29:19.45\00:29:22.81
We like our friends to
always be wanting to caress us
00:29:22.84\00:29:26.46
and tell us all the good things.
00:29:26.49\00:29:29.27
But when you have a vision
it evokes negative responses.
00:29:29.30\00:29:33.14
Oh, watch me.
00:29:33.17\00:29:34.21
Go back to the
word, Genesis Chapter.
00:29:34.24\00:29:39.84
Genesis Chapter 37 and verse 5,
00:29:39.87\00:29:46.31
powerful passage.
00:29:46.34\00:29:49.57
And I hope you, my
viewers to get this text down
00:29:49.60\00:29:52.24
because this is powerful.
00:29:52.27\00:29:54.70
You're gonna see something here.
00:29:54.73\00:29:57.04
Genesis 37:5, I hope
you're following along
00:29:57.07\00:30:01.55
'cause you're gonna
need to read this one.
00:30:01.58\00:30:03.92
"Now Joshua had a dream..."
00:30:03.95\00:30:05.61
and it's really a vision,
00:30:05.64\00:30:06.67
because it was
given to him by God.
00:30:06.70\00:30:09.34
Joseph, rather, thank
you, I just wanted to test you.
00:30:09.37\00:30:15.61
"Now Joseph had a dream,
00:30:15.64\00:30:16.67
and he told it to his brothers
and they loved him the more."
00:30:16.70\00:30:22.86
"They hated him the more."
00:30:22.89\00:30:24.63
You see, when
Joseph told his vision,
00:30:24.66\00:30:30.80
it wasn't the
coat of many colors,
00:30:30.83\00:30:33.74
it wasn't because he
was the favorite son,
00:30:33.77\00:30:36.64
it wasn't because of his
good looks and his intelligence
00:30:36.67\00:30:39.59
and his winning personality.
00:30:39.62\00:30:40.99
Oh, yes, these may
have had some bearing on it
00:30:41.02\00:30:43.75
but ultimately
it was the vision,
00:30:43.78\00:30:47.70
please don't miss this.
00:30:47.73\00:30:52.59
Haters are the
result of your vision.
00:30:52.62\00:30:56.80
Listen to me.
00:30:56.83\00:30:59.27
You see, haters out there
00:30:59.30\00:31:01.71
who are drinking
gallons of haterade, haterade,
00:31:01.74\00:31:07.42
they dislike you not
because of your looks
00:31:07.45\00:31:10.62
but because of the vision.
00:31:10.65\00:31:12.88
You see, the vision
evokes negative responses.
00:31:12.91\00:31:19.27
Because...
00:31:19.30\00:31:20.43
they're wondering who
gives you the audacity
00:31:24.79\00:31:29.23
to believe you can
escape Mrs. Tweedy's farm.
00:31:29.26\00:31:35.26
Who gives you the right to think
00:31:35.29\00:31:36.84
that you can
escape your community.
00:31:36.87\00:31:40.72
Who gives you the right to think
00:31:40.75\00:31:42.11
that you don't have to be like
everybody in your community,
00:31:42.14\00:31:45.67
at the same level,
00:31:45.70\00:31:46.81
chickens on the chicken are--
00:31:46.84\00:31:48.90
Who gives you the right
to think that you can fly
00:31:48.93\00:31:51.32
and bean eagle.
00:31:51.35\00:31:54.36
So let me shoot straight.
00:31:54.39\00:31:56.22
The devil hates
visions and visionaries,
00:31:56.25\00:32:00.28
that's why
visionaries catch hell.
00:32:00.31\00:32:06.45
See, unlike us,
00:32:06.48\00:32:07.98
the devil knows the power
of people powered by a vision.
00:32:08.01\00:32:13.21
He knows that when
people have a vision, a "hazon",
00:32:13.24\00:32:19.91
a revelation of
God for their life,
00:32:19.94\00:32:22.40
they become invincible,
indestructible and unstoppable.
00:32:22.43\00:32:28.87
That's why the enemy
is working to destroy
00:32:28.90\00:32:32.28
the vision in the minds
of our brothers and sisters,
00:32:32.31\00:32:35.13
in our communities,
00:32:35.16\00:32:36.28
because he knows that
if you ever got a vision,
00:32:36.31\00:32:39.59
you cannot be stopped.
00:32:39.62\00:32:41.12
Your community will be changed.
00:32:41.15\00:32:44.59
See, he
understands, the devil, that is,
00:32:44.62\00:32:48.06
that your personal
vision for your life,
00:32:48.09\00:32:50.45
your personal
vision for your life
00:32:50.48\00:32:53.14
is simply a part of
the salvific jigsaw puzzle.
00:32:53.17\00:32:59.93
That God is using to
finish the work of saving man
00:32:59.96\00:33:05.39
and he knows that the vision
00:33:05.42\00:33:06.85
that God has
given you for your life
00:33:06.88\00:33:08.82
is part of saving man.
00:33:08.85\00:33:12.11
Or what God
will use to save man.
00:33:12.14\00:33:14.14
And so he works very hard
to try to stop the vision.
00:33:14.17\00:33:21.07
But he knows he
can't stop the vision.
00:33:21.10\00:33:25.84
And since he knows he
can't stop the vision,
00:33:25.87\00:33:29.17
he figures that, I
will delay the vision.
00:33:29.20\00:33:33.18
Our message tonight
00:33:33.21\00:33:34.27
is vision delayed
but not destroyed.
00:33:34.30\00:33:39.35
See, the devil
has a delay strategy.
00:33:39.38\00:33:43.64
And it goes like this,
the devil can't stop it,
00:33:43.67\00:33:48.36
but he can stall it.
00:33:48.39\00:33:50.88
The devil can, he can
hinder but he can't halt it.
00:33:50.91\00:33:55.45
He can delay it but
he can't destroy it.
00:33:55.48\00:33:59.43
And the devil says like
Mr. Tweedy, in our movie,
00:33:59.46\00:34:04.17
"No one will escape
Tweedy's chicken farm."
00:34:04.20\00:34:12.17
Maybe there are
those of you who feel like
00:34:12.23\00:34:13.77
you can't escape your
community and your situation.
00:34:13.80\00:34:18.66
And he's using
strategic plans to delay it.
00:34:18.69\00:34:22.85
And there are three
things that he uses,
00:34:22.88\00:34:24.41
number one, he
uses discouragement.
00:34:24.44\00:34:28.98
And that's effective.
00:34:29.01\00:34:30.81
And what he does, he
discourages by things like,
00:34:30.84\00:34:34.57
look how long it's taking.
00:34:34.60\00:34:37.12
He discourages you by
saying, you're not good enough.
00:34:37.15\00:34:40.59
He discourages you by saying,
00:34:40.62\00:34:43.28
no one in your family
has ever done anything,
00:34:43.31\00:34:46.85
everybody in your
neighborhood is on the bottom
00:34:46.88\00:34:49.83
and he discourages you.
00:34:49.86\00:34:51.04
And in fact,
00:34:51.07\00:34:52.10
that discouragement
leads to depression.
00:34:52.13\00:34:54.46
And one of the greatest causes
of problems in our community
00:34:54.49\00:34:57.16
is depression
00:34:57.19\00:34:58.23
and depression becomes because
00:34:58.26\00:34:59.95
there are delays
and discouragement.
00:34:59.98\00:35:06.04
But I got news, it may
be discouraged, your vision
00:35:06.07\00:35:10.87
but it is not
destroyed, hallelujah.
00:35:10.90\00:35:14.91
And then he uses detour.
00:35:14.94\00:35:16.94
The devil brings
things to knock us off course.
00:35:16.97\00:35:22.99
Sickness, detour.
00:35:23.02\00:35:26.59
Financial reversal, detour.
00:35:26.62\00:35:29.65
Listen to this one,
unplanned pregnancy,
00:35:29.68\00:35:36.67
detour.
00:35:36.70\00:35:38.08
And you think you will
never accomplish your vision.
00:35:38.11\00:35:42.35
But I got news for you.
00:35:42.38\00:35:44.23
It maybe detoured
but it is not destroyed.
00:35:44.26\00:35:49.02
And then finally
he uses derailment.
00:35:49.05\00:35:52.81
You know, I
don't know about you,
00:35:52.84\00:35:55.66
but I've done some
stupid things in my life,
00:35:55.69\00:35:57.52
hallelujah.
00:35:57.55\00:36:01.15
And the devil has
us do stupid things
00:36:01.18\00:36:04.06
and knocks us off
of the rail of life.
00:36:04.09\00:36:07.17
Stupid stuff like an
extra-marital affair,
00:36:07.20\00:36:11.56
derailment.
00:36:11.59\00:36:13.27
Pornography, derailment.
00:36:13.30\00:36:17.64
Giving up on God
and church, derailment.
00:36:17.67\00:36:22.06
And the stupid
stuff that we do in life,
00:36:22.09\00:36:24.43
gets us off the track
00:36:24.46\00:36:26.13
and we're burning up on the side
00:36:26.16\00:36:28.26
and people think we will never,
ever get back on the track
00:36:28.29\00:36:31.90
and we'll never
accomplish the vision.
00:36:31.93\00:36:34.11
But I got news for you!
00:36:34.14\00:36:36.49
That God keeps our
vision in His black box.
00:36:36.52\00:36:42.39
And even in the crashes of life,
00:36:42.42\00:36:44.73
the vision he has for
us is still preserved.
00:36:44.76\00:36:48.38
So I got news for you.
00:36:48.41\00:36:50.79
If right now,
you've been discouraged,
00:36:50.82\00:36:54.66
detoured or derailed,
it's just the delay, say delay.
00:36:54.69\00:37:01.07
Just a delay.
00:37:01.10\00:37:03.61
See, the problem with
vision, it's a slow process.
00:37:03.64\00:37:08.17
It's a what, church?
00:37:08.20\00:37:09.95
It's a slow process.
00:37:09.98\00:37:11.04
See, we like
stuff happening quickly.
00:37:11.07\00:37:13.78
Okay?
00:37:13.81\00:37:14.89
Habakkuk 2:2, "The
Lord answered me and said,
00:37:14.92\00:37:20.71
'Write the vision and
make it plain on tablets,
00:37:20.74\00:37:22.68
that he may run who reads it.'"
00:37:22.71\00:37:24.79
Then he says,
00:37:24.82\00:37:25.85
"'For the vision is
yet for an appointed time,
00:37:25.88\00:37:27.95
but at the end it will
speak and it will not lie.
00:37:27.98\00:37:32.17
Though it tarries'"
00:37:32.20\00:37:34.32
In other words,
though it's delayed,
00:37:34.35\00:37:36.66
he said, wait for it.
00:37:36.69\00:37:40.88
Let me be straight with you.
00:37:40.91\00:37:42.95
Delay is discouraging
but it is necessary.
00:37:42.98\00:37:48.81
There are things God
would never be able to teach us,
00:37:48.84\00:37:51.78
if it were not for delay.
00:37:51.81\00:37:53.82
Only in delay, we
learn the lesson's important
00:37:53.85\00:37:57.39
so that we can
live out our destiny.
00:37:57.42\00:37:59.87
It's in the crucible of delay
that patience is perfected.
00:37:59.90\00:38:03.35
In the crucible of delay,
00:38:03.38\00:38:04.95
dependence on
God is demonstrated.
00:38:04.98\00:38:07.77
In the crucible of delay,
total trust in God is tried.
00:38:07.80\00:38:11.75
In the crucible of delay,
00:38:11.78\00:38:13.44
the sovereignty of God surfaces.
00:38:13.47\00:38:17.70
You know for yourself,
if God hadn't delayed you,
00:38:17.73\00:38:21.25
and he blessed
you with something
00:38:21.28\00:38:22.66
you wouldn't
have known how to act.
00:38:22.69\00:38:23.92
Can I get a shout out?
00:38:23.95\00:38:26.78
Get this, vision
is like salvation.
00:38:26.81\00:38:33.67
You see,
salvation goes like this,
00:38:33.70\00:38:39.83
we are saved instantaneously
called justification.
00:38:39.86\00:38:46.21
The moment we accept
Jesus as our personal savior,
00:38:46.24\00:38:49.09
we are saved then justified.
00:38:49.12\00:38:53.97
And then for the rest of
our lives we are being saved,
00:38:54.00\00:38:58.95
called sanctification.
00:38:58.98\00:39:01.28
Oh, I can, we can shout on that.
00:39:01.31\00:39:04.52
Let me give you
some hope again tonight.
00:39:04.55\00:39:07.09
Your salvation when you accept
Christ as your personal savior,
00:39:07.12\00:39:11.01
your salvation
begins right then,
00:39:11.04\00:39:13.57
that's justification.
00:39:13.60\00:39:15.67
But for the rest of your
life, God is changing you,
00:39:15.70\00:39:18.70
He's growing you.
00:39:18.73\00:39:19.76
And vision is like that.
00:39:19.79\00:39:21.32
Vision is given to you
at the moment of your birth.
00:39:21.35\00:39:25.49
John 1:9,
00:39:25.52\00:39:27.34
it said the light that
lighteth every man in the world,
00:39:27.37\00:39:30.12
God makes it clear that
He brought you in the world
00:39:30.15\00:39:33.05
and he gave you a vision.
00:39:33.08\00:39:34.42
He gave you a
vision, believe it.
00:39:34.45\00:39:38.91
And that vision was given to you
00:39:38.94\00:39:41.53
to work out over a lifetime.
00:39:41.56\00:39:45.88
See, one of the
struggles in our society,
00:39:45.91\00:39:47.97
people are content with goals.
00:39:48.00\00:39:50.83
But can I tell you
about goals and dreams?
00:39:50.86\00:39:53.52
Goals and dreams
carry you to retirement.
00:39:53.55\00:39:57.23
But visions
carry you to eternity.
00:40:01.03\00:40:05.53
See, vision is ageless.
00:40:05.56\00:40:07.88
It doesn't matter
how young or how old.
00:40:07.91\00:40:10.09
When I have the
vision of God in me,
00:40:10.12\00:40:12.03
I am driven by
it, I am pulled by it.
00:40:12.06\00:40:16.07
At the end of the movie,
00:40:20.84\00:40:22.25
"Chicken Run" y'all
remember my movie, right?
00:40:22.28\00:40:27.57
The chickens,
00:40:27.60\00:40:29.13
because they become depressed
on Mrs. Tweedy's chicken farm,
00:40:29.16\00:40:33.14
they're fighting each other.
00:40:33.17\00:40:36.27
There's no
vision on the barnyard.
00:40:36.30\00:40:39.43
And maybe that's what's
happening in our communities.
00:40:39.46\00:40:41.72
In fact, that is what's
happening in our communities.
00:40:41.75\00:40:44.49
That's why
there's so much strife
00:40:44.52\00:40:45.82
and that's why there's so
much trauma in our communities,
00:40:45.85\00:40:48.61
because there is no vision.
00:40:48.64\00:40:53.08
So they're fighting and
if you remember the movie,
00:40:53.11\00:40:55.36
the chickens are
biting each other's legs,
00:40:55.39\00:40:58.09
they're knocking
each other in the eye
00:40:58.12\00:41:00.09
and giving each
other black eyes.
00:41:00.12\00:41:01.98
In fact, there's only
one rooster on the yard.
00:41:04.80\00:41:07.89
And he's trying to
stop them from fighting
00:41:07.92\00:41:09.80
and they punch him out.
00:41:09.83\00:41:11.13
And finally Max,
the smart chicken,
00:41:14.75\00:41:18.82
in an epiphany, says,
"Ginger, Ginger, I found out."
00:41:18.85\00:41:26.27
And she goes to Ginger
with her pen and she says,
00:41:26.30\00:41:29.60
"Ginger, I've
done some calculations
00:41:29.63\00:41:32.43
and our problem is thrust."
00:41:32.46\00:41:35.40
And our problem, my
brothers and sisters,
00:41:38.28\00:41:40.56
is that we don't have thrust
00:41:40.59\00:41:42.38
and the reason why
we don't have thrust
00:41:42.41\00:41:44.31
is that we don't have vision.
00:41:44.34\00:41:49.54
Vision becomes the thrust.
00:41:49.57\00:41:51.37
See the problem is not money,
00:41:51.40\00:41:54.88
the problem is
not political rights,
00:41:54.91\00:41:57.98
the problem is not connections,
00:41:58.01\00:42:00.75
the problem is vision.
00:42:00.78\00:42:02.83
And the thrust in your life,
00:42:05.09\00:42:07.44
and the thrust in
your community is visions.
00:42:07.47\00:42:11.70
You see, visions will lift you
beyond the fences of your life.
00:42:11.73\00:42:17.11
And maybe
you're caught right now
00:42:17.14\00:42:18.82
behind some fences in your life.
00:42:18.85\00:42:21.07
Maybe you're caught
behind some fences of color,
00:42:21.10\00:42:23.92
maybe you're caught
behind the fence of culture,
00:42:23.95\00:42:26.27
maybe you're caught
behind the fence of crime,
00:42:26.30\00:42:30.71
maybe you're caught
behind the fence of cronies,
00:42:30.74\00:42:34.50
maybe you're caught
behind the fence of corruption,
00:42:34.53\00:42:37.73
I got news for you,
00:42:37.76\00:42:40.26
that the fences
are in your mind.
00:42:40.29\00:42:47.27
You see, the enemy knows
that vision gives you power.
00:42:47.30\00:42:53.62
Gives you power.
00:42:53.65\00:42:55.73
See, vision
provides three things,
00:42:55.76\00:42:59.14
number one, vision
provides fuel, say fuel.
00:42:59.17\00:43:03.59
And it's not
the low octane fuel.
00:43:05.45\00:43:09.65
See, it's not 87
octane, it's not even 91 octane,
00:43:09.68\00:43:15.67
it's not even jet fuel.
00:43:15.70\00:43:18.13
Vision gives you Holy
Ghost fuel, hallelujah.
00:43:18.16\00:43:24.58
Which means you are
powered by a divine force.
00:43:24.61\00:43:30.02
And then freedom
provides focus, say focus.
00:43:30.05\00:43:35.36
You see the
reason why many people
00:43:35.39\00:43:37.48
don't make it in life is
because they get off focus.
00:43:37.51\00:43:42.64
And I tell you, you understand
how powerful focus is.
00:43:42.67\00:43:45.96
Because when you decide
00:43:45.99\00:43:47.65
that you want
something for Christmas,
00:43:47.68\00:43:49.96
even though you may not
have the money now, you decide
00:43:49.99\00:43:53.03
and all of a sudden
everything you do now
00:43:53.06\00:43:54.98
is focused
toward your Christmas.
00:43:55.01\00:43:59.11
Nothing stops you.
00:43:59.14\00:44:01.13
And when vision
gets in your mind,
00:44:01.16\00:44:03.11
all of a sudden
you begin to focus
00:44:03.14\00:44:04.85
and you start cutting off people
00:44:04.88\00:44:06.67
that are deterring
you from your vision.
00:44:06.70\00:44:09.12
You start focusing on
things that you need to do.
00:44:09.15\00:44:11.90
You start focusing
your money and your energy
00:44:11.93\00:44:14.50
toward accomplishing the vision
00:44:14.53\00:44:16.26
that God has
placed in your life.
00:44:16.29\00:44:19.10
And then finally,
vision, here it is,
00:44:19.13\00:44:25.03
provides the freedom.
00:44:25.06\00:44:28.87
As I said, the
fences are in our minds.
00:44:28.90\00:44:35.82
Ginger sitting up on the top
of the little house with Rocky
00:44:35.85\00:44:40.69
and she's dreaming about freedom
00:44:40.72\00:44:43.81
and she reaches over
to Rocky and she says,
00:44:43.84\00:44:47.95
"The fences are
just in our minds."
00:44:47.98\00:44:52.29
Now I say to my
brothers and my sisters,
00:44:52.32\00:44:54.71
the fences that
you are locked behind,
00:44:54.74\00:45:00.19
yes, they are real,
00:45:00.22\00:45:02.75
but they're
really mental fences,
00:45:02.78\00:45:06.16
that God, now through vision,
00:45:06.19\00:45:08.11
can propel you over and beyond.
00:45:08.14\00:45:13.19
See, I'm a visionary
00:45:13.22\00:45:17.86
and I've had these
great visions for many years.
00:45:17.89\00:45:22.66
And I used to tell
people about my visions.
00:45:22.69\00:45:26.50
And then finally,
00:45:26.53\00:45:28.47
I guess I should have
read the story of Joseph more,
00:45:28.50\00:45:32.59
'cause the Joseph story tells us
00:45:32.62\00:45:34.65
you can't tell
everybody your vision.
00:45:34.68\00:45:36.75
Can I get a shout amen?
00:45:36.78\00:45:40.48
I used to try to
explain my vision to people
00:45:40.51\00:45:43.76
and I finally got it.
00:45:43.79\00:45:46.55
It hit me square
between the eyes.
00:45:46.58\00:45:49.31
Haters don't
want an explanation.
00:45:49.34\00:45:52.36
All they want is an execution.
00:45:52.39\00:45:57.07
They don't want me
to accomplish my vision,
00:45:57.10\00:46:00.39
they don't want
me to do anything.
00:46:00.42\00:46:03.92
So I stopped explaining.
00:46:03.95\00:46:05.69
Let me tell you something,
my brothers and my sisters,
00:46:05.72\00:46:07.81
stop trying to explain
what God has told you to do,
00:46:07.84\00:46:14.10
for your life and
for the cause of Christ.
00:46:14.13\00:46:17.13
Stop.
00:46:17.16\00:46:18.44
Your haters
don't want to hear it.
00:46:18.47\00:46:21.18
They want you to fail,
they want you to be executed,
00:46:21.21\00:46:24.54
they don't want an explanation.
00:46:24.57\00:46:27.27
So now, I don't even
try to accomplish my vision.
00:46:27.30\00:46:35.16
Yeah, you heard me right.
00:46:35.19\00:46:36.51
I'm not trying to
accomplish my vision anymore.
00:46:36.54\00:46:40.46
And here's why,
00:46:40.49\00:46:42.61
39 years ago I took a
trip from Nashville, Tennessee
00:46:42.64\00:46:48.43
to San Diego, California
00:46:48.46\00:46:50.69
to marry the woman of my dreams.
00:46:50.72\00:46:54.59
And on our way
back, after the wedding,
00:46:54.62\00:46:57.25
we were driving
a Plymouth Duster.
00:46:57.28\00:47:02.67
Some of y'all may know
00:47:02.70\00:47:03.73
that Plymouth Duster wasn't
the fanciest car in the world,
00:47:03.76\00:47:06.39
but it was transportation.
00:47:06.42\00:47:08.82
And as we're
driving on Interstate 10,
00:47:08.85\00:47:11.53
and if y'all know
anything about Interstate 10,
00:47:11.56\00:47:13.47
Interstate 10 is a
straight, flat highway.
00:47:13.50\00:47:16.59
You can test the limits
of your car on highway 10
00:47:16.62\00:47:21.03
and as we were
driving down highway 10,
00:47:21.06\00:47:23.76
caravans of trucks were passing
us by, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom.
00:47:23.79\00:47:31.38
I said to my wife,
we're going too slow.
00:47:31.41\00:47:35.45
So I put the pedal to the metal,
00:47:35.48\00:47:38.85
and the old Duster shook
and got up to 80 miles an hour.
00:47:38.88\00:47:42.92
And I got behind
the truck caravan
00:47:42.95\00:47:44.70
but I noticed
that as I got behind,
00:47:44.73\00:47:47.91
as I got behind the truck,
00:47:47.94\00:47:51.52
I didn't have to
push the pedal as much.
00:47:51.55\00:47:54.02
Why, because, I was
caught in the draft.
00:47:54.05\00:47:58.15
So now, I'm not trying
to accomplish the vision,
00:48:01.38\00:48:04.38
I'm being pulled by the vision.
00:48:04.41\00:48:07.87
I'm being pulled by the vision.
00:48:07.90\00:48:10.00
So when I get tired,
00:48:10.03\00:48:12.62
I don't have to worry
about whether I'm gonna falter
00:48:12.65\00:48:14.67
because the
vision is pulling me.
00:48:14.70\00:48:18.12
When I get tempted,
00:48:18.15\00:48:19.54
I don't fall for the temptation,
00:48:19.57\00:48:20.80
why, because the
vision is pulling me.
00:48:20.83\00:48:23.82
When I begin to teeter,
00:48:23.85\00:48:25.90
and it looks
like I'm gonna fall,
00:48:25.93\00:48:27.67
I don't fall, why, because
the vision is pulling me.
00:48:27.70\00:48:31.03
You got it.
00:48:34.38\00:48:36.24
Your vision,
it's what's crucial.
00:48:36.27\00:48:40.87
Let me make it plain.
00:48:40.90\00:48:42.86
The vision is
00:48:42.89\00:48:44.68
God's high-definition
display for your life.
00:48:44.71\00:48:51.60
And God writes it into you.
00:48:51.63\00:48:53.36
He writes it into you,
00:48:53.39\00:48:54.90
He shows you 'cause you
know we think in pictures.
00:48:54.93\00:48:58.29
You see, when I say the
word "watermelon" you don't see,
00:48:58.32\00:49:03.73
you don't see
the word watermelon,
00:49:03.76\00:49:07.26
what you see is that big, long,
striped alligator watermelon.
00:49:07.29\00:49:13.55
That when you slice it open
00:49:13.58\00:49:15.02
you see the red meat
with the black seeds in it.
00:49:15.05\00:49:19.42
And that's what
God says about vision.
00:49:19.45\00:49:22.83
He says, I'm
writing it in your mind.
00:49:22.86\00:49:26.02
I'm putting it in your DNA.
00:49:26.05\00:49:28.00
And I got news for
you, you become unstoppable.
00:49:28.03\00:49:32.52
There's no one that has a vision
00:49:35.27\00:49:39.31
that ultimately
will be defeated.
00:49:39.34\00:49:43.93
Because vision
is God's property.
00:49:43.96\00:49:51.19
I encourage you tonight,
00:49:51.22\00:49:53.28
because some of you
00:49:53.31\00:49:57.02
don't feel like
you have a vision.
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My brothers and my sisters,
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systems around you tell you,
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because of where you live,
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and your background tells you
that you couldn't have a vision
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because nobody in your community
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has ever done anything.
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But I got news for you,
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your vision is not
determined by where you live,
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it's determined by who you know,
00:50:21.60\00:50:23.43
and since you know God,
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he's given you that
vision and, remember,
00:50:24.84\00:50:27.17
he gave it to you at birth.
00:50:27.20\00:50:29.09
So the encouragement
for you tonight is,
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pray and ask God.
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God, I know you
have a vision for me
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and I don't see it right now,
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and so, God, will you
please reveal it to me?
00:50:42.61\00:50:45.81
And I promise you,
that when you ask God,
00:50:45.84\00:50:50.30
when you ask God,
00:50:50.33\00:50:52.10
He will give you a prophetic
revelation for your life.
00:50:52.13\00:50:56.37
I know I'm a visionary.
00:50:59.26\00:51:00.47
I've stepped out to do
some impossible things.
00:51:04.08\00:51:07.57
And it's interesting,
when you have a vision,
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as I said, you
can't tell it to everybody
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because people don't
want to see you succeed.
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As one man said,
00:51:16.06\00:51:18.30
people will forgive you
of everything but success.
00:51:18.33\00:51:23.73
And as I stepped out in life,
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I've had people laugh at me,
00:51:26.06\00:51:27.76
I've had people
say, you're crazy.
00:51:27.79\00:51:29.97
In fact, visionaries
have often been called crazy.
00:51:30.00\00:51:35.30
But what they are,
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they're living out
the vision that they see
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and they can't rest
because they're looking at it,
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they're seeing,
it's not just words,
00:51:42.65\00:51:44.43
it's the picture that they see,
00:51:44.46\00:51:46.15
for them, it is a reality.
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As I said in the last message,
when it's a word from God,
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the word of God is a reality
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and the vision is a
reality in their mind.
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They don't know how
they're gonna get to it,
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they just know, and I
see it and I will get there.
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And there have been
many times in my ministry,
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that I saw it, nobody else did.
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I saw it, stepped out
on the promises of God.
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And as I told you
in the last message,
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when you step out on God's word,
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it becomes a solid platform.
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And God will always give you,
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when He gives you this vision,
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He will give you
enough evidence, listen now,
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He will give you enough evidence
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to build your confidence
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so that you can step
out on faith in the vision
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for your life.
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I speak this
life into you tonight.
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Because many of you have
been living dreams and goals,
00:52:39.84\00:52:42.11
well, I want to
be a millionaire,
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that's not a
vision, that's a goal.
00:52:43.63\00:52:46.35
Well, I want to be a pop star.
00:52:46.38\00:52:48.08
That's not a
vision, that's a goal.
00:52:48.11\00:52:52.29
And you got to
understand dreams and goals,
00:52:52.32\00:52:54.41
ah. they'll get you only so far.
00:52:54.44\00:52:57.12
But when the storms
of life begin to blow,
00:52:57.15\00:53:00.23
when the trials begin to come,
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it's only a vision
that can keep you going.
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And I can tell
you from experience,
00:53:06.05\00:53:07.73
many, many times I've
fought through some dark days,
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some hard nights,
00:53:10.38\00:53:11.41
why, because, the enemy hates
a vision and hates visionaries.
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So he brings along,
I'll go back through it,
00:53:17.60\00:53:20.07
he brings along discouragement.
00:53:20.10\00:53:24.58
He says, it's taking so long,
00:53:24.61\00:53:28.08
look at you,
you're a senior citizen
00:53:28.11\00:53:30.21
and the vision hasn't occurred.
00:53:30.24\00:53:32.46
Let me tell you something,
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it may be delayed,
but it is not destroyed.
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Yeah, yeah, there
are detours in life
00:53:39.71\00:53:45.03
and you've faced some detours.
00:53:45.06\00:53:48.38
Yeah, some
unplanned pregnancies...
00:53:48.41\00:53:54.31
but let me tell you something,
00:53:54.34\00:53:55.37
I could tell you
of many great people
00:53:55.40\00:53:58.51
who surfaced and
made great contributions
00:53:58.54\00:54:01.75
in spite of a detour
called an unplanned pregnancies.
00:54:01.78\00:54:05.52
I've seen people come back
from financial reverses, why?
00:54:05.55\00:54:10.38
Because the vision told them.
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It maybe delayed
but it is not destroyed.
00:54:12.13\00:54:15.88
And I've seen people come
back from total derailment,
00:54:15.91\00:54:19.19
making stupid mistakes.
00:54:19.22\00:54:21.79
In fact, to be honest,
00:54:21.82\00:54:23.88
you've come back
from some stupid stuff,
00:54:23.91\00:54:27.01
can I get a shout, glory.
00:54:27.04\00:54:29.90
Think about it, if it
had not been for the vision,
00:54:29.93\00:54:32.09
you'd still be on
the side of the road,
00:54:32.12\00:54:33.86
burning up in the
heat of your passion.
00:54:33.89\00:54:36.54
But God in His great mercy,
00:54:36.57\00:54:39.74
kept your
vision in His black box
00:54:39.77\00:54:42.72
and he would not
allow it to burn up.
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So right now if you're
on the side of the rail,
00:54:48.08\00:54:50.21
burning and people
are looking at you,
00:54:50.24\00:54:51.96
don't get discouraged.
00:54:51.99\00:54:54.56
Look at your haters and say,
00:54:54.59\00:54:56.48
right now it's in the black box.
00:54:56.51\00:54:59.36
God's gonna put out the fire
00:54:59.39\00:55:01.18
and he's gonna put
me back on the rail.
00:55:01.21\00:55:04.74
I believe it, folks.
I believe it, church.
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And I believe
00:55:09.35\00:55:11.66
that the greatest
visionary ever was,
00:55:11.69\00:55:13.69
was Jesus Christ.
00:55:13.72\00:55:15.07
The writer of
Hebrews said in Hebrews 12:1,
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He endureth the cross, why?
00:55:22.17\00:55:24.18
Because He had a vision
of the victory of salvation
00:55:24.21\00:55:28.25
for men and women.
00:55:28.28\00:55:30.89
And He was a
human being, Jesus was.
00:55:30.92\00:55:33.13
He didn't have divine
powers at that moment,
00:55:33.16\00:55:35.49
He had 'em but
He had them veiled
00:55:35.52\00:55:37.12
and He said, I see something.
00:55:37.15\00:55:39.79
And that vision has
pulled me to the cross
00:55:39.82\00:55:42.67
and keeps me
hanging on the cross.
00:55:42.70\00:55:44.95
And it was vision,
00:55:47.68\00:55:49.68
the vision of the
salvation of souls
00:55:49.71\00:55:52.71
that kept Him on the
cross for our salvation.
00:55:52.74\00:55:58.88
Father God, thank You
for speaking to us tonight.
00:55:58.91\00:56:04.11
To be honest, God,
00:56:07.25\00:56:08.51
we've based our
lives on dreams and goals.
00:56:11.30\00:56:15.36
Things that
everybody else in the world
00:56:15.39\00:56:17.36
wants to do or want to have,
00:56:17.39\00:56:19.17
and that's what
we've based our life on.
00:56:19.20\00:56:21.75
But tonight, as we
listen to Your word
00:56:21.78\00:56:23.37
we discover what true vision is.
00:56:23.40\00:56:26.53
Vision is the prophetic
revelation for our life,
00:56:26.56\00:56:30.66
it is your
high-definition display
00:56:30.69\00:56:33.32
of the plan for our life.
00:56:33.35\00:56:35.43
Tonight, God, there
are those who don't see it,
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and I pray, God, that
You will open up their eyes,
00:56:37.45\00:56:40.80
that they might
see it for themselves.
00:56:40.83\00:56:43.62
That they might
leave this message excited,
00:56:43.65\00:56:48.43
as You reveal and
open to them the vision.
00:56:48.46\00:56:52.51
May it fuel them,
may it give them power,
00:56:52.54\00:56:55.28
so that they will climb
the fences of their lives.
00:56:55.31\00:56:59.02
That they might
experience the freedom
00:56:59.05\00:57:00.91
that You called them to,
00:57:00.94\00:57:02.35
both now and for eternity.
00:57:02.38\00:57:06.38
This is our
prayer, in the precious
00:57:06.41\00:57:10.19
and wonderful name of Jesus,
00:57:10.22\00:57:13.07
the one who lived out
the vision for our salvation,
00:57:13.10\00:57:17.69
amen, amen and amen.
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