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>> VICTORIA: THANK YOU,

JESUS.

THANK YOU, FATHER.

WE’RE HANGING ON TO YOU.

AMEN.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUCH A

PRIVILEGE IN PRAYER.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE TAKE

PRAYER FOR GRANTED, BUT

PRAYER IS A PRIVILEGE.

IT’S TALKING TO GOD,

COMMUNICATING WITH GOD.

YOU SEE, THE BIBLE SAYS,

“THAT WHEN OUR SPIRIT

CONNECTS WITH GOD’S SPIRIT,

SOMETHING INCREDIBLE HAPPENS.

WE ARE IGNITED WITH THE POWER

OF ALMIGHTY GOD.”

SEE THE STRONGEST PART OF YOU

IS NOT YOUR PHYSICAL BODY.

IT’S NOT YOUR EMOTIONAL OR

YOUR SOULISH REALM.

THE STRONGEST PART OF YOU,

THE ETERNAL PART OF YOU IS

YOUR SPIRIT MAN.

AND WHEN YOU CONNECT THE

STRONGEST PART OF YOU WITH

THE STRONGEST FORCE IN THE

UNIVERSE, THERE’S AN EXCHANGE

THAT TAKES PLACE.

THERE’S A POWERFUL

TRANSFORMATION THAT TAKES

PLACE.

SEE, GOD IS A BIG GOD.

HE FLUNG THE STARS INTO

SPACE.

HE’S IN FULL CONTROL.

JUST LIKE WE SANG ABOUT, GOD

IS UNSHAKEABLE.

HE’S HUGE, AND WE HAVE THE

PRIVILEGE TO COMMUNE WITH

THIS HUGE GOD.

WE CANNOT TAKE FOR GRANTED

THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO GOD, AND

THAT GOD HEARS US.

IT SAYS IN ROMANS 8, “GOD’S

SPIRIT TESTIFIES WITH OUR

SPIRIT.”

YOU SEE, GOD’S SPIRIT IS

CONSTANTLY TELLING OUR SPIRIT

WHEN WE GET INTO COMMUNION

WITH HIM, WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE

CAN DO.

OUR SPIRIT IS PICKING UP THE

SIGNALS OF GOD.

IT’S CHANGING.

IT’S GROWING.

IT’S TAKING ON A NEW

DIMENSION, A HEAVENLY

DIMENSION, A DIMENSION THAT

YOU CAN’T GET ON THIS EARTH.

YOU CAN ONLY GET IT WHEN YOU

IGNITE AND CONNECT YOUR

SPIRIT WITH GOD’S SPIRIT.

NOW, THAT SOUNDS FAR OUT,

DOESN’T IT?

BUT IT’S THE TRUTH.

IT’S THE TRUTH.

YOU ARE A SPIRITUAL BEING,

AND YOU WERE DESIGNED TO

CONNECT WITH YOUR SPIRITUAL

FATHER.

IN FACT, WHEN JESUS LEFT THIS

EARTH, YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID?

HE SAID, “I’M LEAVING THE

HOLY SPIRIT HERE WITH YOU.”

THE PERSON OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT, THAT’S WHO WE GET TO

TALK TO EVERY SINGLE DAY.

PAUL TOLD US, AND ENCOURAGES

US ALL THROUGH THE NEW

TESTAMENT, TO PRAY

CONTINUOUSLY, TO PRAY WITHOUT

CEASING, TO PRAY ALL KINDS OF

PRAYERS, ALL KINDS OF

REQUESTS, ALL KINDS OF

PETITIONS TO GOD.

HE WAS SAYING, “GO FOR IT.

TALK TO GOD.

TALK TO GOD.”

WOW, ISN’T THAT INCREDIBLE?

THAT GOD DOESN’T JUDGE US

WHEN WE TALK TO HIM.

HE COMMUNES WITH US.

THINK ABOUT WHEN YOUR CHILD

COMES UP TO YOU, YOU DON’T

JUDGE THEM.

YOUR HEART GOES OUT TO THEM.

YOU WANT TO HELP THEM.

THE FIRST THING THAT YOU WANT

TO DO IS FIX THEM, ENCOURAGE

THEM, STRENGTHEN THEM.

YOU’RE LOOKING AT WHAT

THEY’RE DOING RIGHT, NOT WHAT

THEY’RE DOING WRONG.

BUT WHEN YOU COME TO GOD, HE

IS LOOKING AT WHAT YOU’RE

DOING RIGHT.

HE SEES THAT RECREATED SPIRIT

WITHIN YOU, AND HE IS

CONNECTING HIS SPIRIT.

THE VERY LIFELINE OF HEAVEN

IS BEING CONNECTED TO YOU.

YOU KNOW, JESUS GAVE US AN

EXAMPLE OF A HABIT THAT HE

HAD.

AND IT SAYS, “THAT JESUS

WOULD OFTEN WITHDRAW TO

LONELY PLACES, LEAVING THE

CROWD TO CONNECT WITH HIS

FATHER IN HEAVEN.”

HE ALSO TOLD US THIS IN

MATTHEW 6, “BUT WHEN YOU

PRAY, GO INTO YOUR ROOM AND

SHUT THE DOOR.”

HE SAYS, “WHEN YOU PRAY TO

YOUR FATHER, WHO IS UNSEEN,

IN SECRET, HE WILL REWARD YOU

OPENLY.”

YOU SEE, JESUS WAS SAYING,

“NOT ONLY DO I NEED TO GET

AWAY FROM THE CROWDS, MY

CROWDED LIFE, THE NEEDS OF

THE WORLD TO GET WITH MY

FATHER, BUT YOU SHOULD TOO.”

WE MUST WITHDRAW FROM THIS

BUSY SCHEDULE, FROM THIS

CRAZY, HECTIC WORLD, AND GET

ALONE WITH GOD.

WE NEED TO MEET WITH GOD

EVERY SINGLE DAY, ALONE.

IN FACT, JESUS SAID IN

MATTHEW 6, HE SAYS, “WHEN YOU

GO INTO YOUR ROOM AND YOU

SHUT THE DOOR, YOU PRAY IN

SECRET AND GOD WILL REWARD

YOU IN SECRET.”

GOD WILL COMMUNICATE AND BEAR

WITNESS WITH YOUR SPIRIT,

THAT YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE

MOST HIGH GOD.

YOU ARE CONNECTING THE

STRONGEST PART OF YOURSELF

WITH THE STRONGEST FORCE OF

THE UNIVERSE.

YOU ARE TRANSFORMING YOUR

INTER LIFE, YOUR INNER LIFE.

THAT’S WHERE THE SPIRIT

DWELLS.

THE BIBLE SAYS, “IT’S THE

SPIRIT OF THE MAN THAT

SUSTAINS THE MAN.”

WE WANT OUR SPIRITS TO BE

STRONG, AND THE ONLY WAY WE

CAN DO THAT IS WHEN WE COME

INTO THIS PERSONAL

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

YOU KNOW, IT’S INTERESTING

BECAUSE WHEN JOEL AND I WERE

DATING, WE WOULD JUST GET

ALONE, LOOK INTO EACH OTHER’S

EYES, SIT OVER DINNER.

WE RARELY WOULDN’T EVEN HAVE

TO SAY MUCH.

SOMEHOW, WHEN WE WERE

TOGETHER, WE JUST HAD THIS

CONNECTION.

WE FELL IN LOVE THAT WAY.

CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE DATED

AND WE NEVER GOT ALONE, ALL

WE DID WAS HANG OUT WITH ALL

OUR FRIENDS?

HE WAS ALWAYS WITH HIS

BUDDIES.

HIS BUDDIES WERE ALWAYS

AROUND.

MY GIRLFRIENDS WERE ALWAYS

THERE, ALWAYS DOING

SOMETHING, ALWAYS DISTRACTED.

WOULD WE HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE

THE WAY WE FELL IN LOVE, WHEN

WE JUST SAT WITH EACH OTHER,

LOOKED AT EACH OTHER, GOT TO

KNOW ONE ANOTHER?

IT’S INTERESTING, I KNOW HIM

QUITE WELL.

IN FACT, WE WERE MARRIED

8 YEARS BEFORE WE HAD OR

SON, JONATHAN.

SO WE SPENT A LOT OF ALONE

TIME TOGETHER.

I KNOW WHAT HE LIKES TO EAT,

I CAN PRETTY MUCH TELL YOU

WHAT HE LIKES AND DOESN’T

LIKE.

IN FACT, IF WE’RE NOT

TOGETHER, SOMEHOW, EVEN IF

I’M BY MYSELF AND A SITUATION

ARISES, I JUST KNOW WHAT HE

WOULD TELL ME TO DO.

NOW, IF I DO IT OR NOT,

THAT’S ANOTHER STORY, BUT

JUST SOMEHOW FROM BEING IN

HIM AND BUILDING THIS

RELATIONSHIP, I KNOW WHAT HE

WOULD WANT ME TO DO.

AND YOU KNOW THAT’S HOW IT IS

WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH

GOD.

WE LEARN ABOUT GOD, WE

DEVELOP THIS RELATIONSHIP,

THIS INTIMACY WITH HIM WHEN

WE’RE TOGETHER, WHEN WE’RE

AWAY FROM THE DISTRACTIONS,

JUST WHEN WE’RE GAZING INTO

HIS EYES, SIMPLY SITTING AT

HIS FEET.

YOU SEE, WHEN WE SET OUR SELF

APART, GOD SETS US UP TO WIN,

WHEN WE’RE WILLING TO LET GO

OF THE DISTRACTIONS, TO PUSH

THROUGH GETTING ALONE WITH

HIM.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE

IS A PUSH THROUGH THAT YOU

HAVE TO DO, BECAUSE SOMETIMES

YOU CAN SIT THERE AND YOU

DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

MAYBE YOU TAKE A SCRIPTURE

AND YOU JUST PONDER IT OVER

AND OVER.

MAYBE YOU SIT THERE AND YOU

JUST SAY, “GOD, I THANK YOU.

I LOVE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BREATH TO

BREATHE.

THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.

THANK YOU FOR MOLDING ME AND

MAKING ME WHO I AM.

FATHER, I WANT TO KNOW YOU

MORE.

REVEAL YOURSELF TO ME, GOD.”

I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT

INTIMACY LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU,

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THAT

YOU HAVE A NEED.

THE ONLY THING THAT’S GOING

TO SATISFY YOUR SOUL, THE

ONLY THING THAT’S GOING TO

GIVE YOU VISION FOR YOUR

LIFE, IS TO SIT AT THE FEET

OF JESUS, TO SET YOURSELF

APART, TO SAY IT’S WORTH IT.

IT’S WORTH BUILDING A

RELATIONSHIP.

SEE, JESUS IS WAITING FOR

YOU.

HE’S WAITING TO FILL YOU WITH

VICTORY.

HE’S WAITING TO FILL YOU WITH

JOY.

HE’S WAITING TO FILL YOU WITH

A NEW DIMENSION IN YOUR

THOUGHT LIFE.

HE’S WAITING FOR YOU.

SOMETIMES, WE THINK WE’RE

WAITING FOR HIM, BUT YOU KNOW

WHAT?

HE’S WAITING FOR US, TO

SEPARATE OUR SELF OUT, TO

GIVE HIM THE TIME HE

DESERVES, TO SET OUR SELF

APART, SO THAT WE CAN BE HOLY

AND BE SANCTIONED BY HIM, TO

DO EVERYTHING THAT HE’S

CALLED US TO DO.

I BELIEVE THIS YEAR, THAT

WE’RE GOING TO DEVELOP THIS

HABIT.

WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT A

PRIORITY.

IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A SECOND

THOUGHT.

WE’RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO

MAKE TIME.

WE ARE GOING TO MAKE TIME.

SEE, TIME IS SO VALUABLE, AND

WHEN WE REALIZE TIME IS

VALUABLE, YOU CAN MAKE MONEY.

YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE MORE

MONEY.

YOU CAN GET ANOTHER JOB, BUT

YOU CAN’T MAKE TIME.

TIME IS PRECIOUS, AND IF WE

DON’T CARVE IT OUT, IT WILL

GET AWAY FROM US.

WE NEED TO SPEND OUR TIME

WISELY.

WE NEED TO SPEND IT WITH GOD.

AMEN?

AMEN.

> JOEL: THANKS FOR

WATCHING THIS

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WE’RE PRAYING FOR

YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

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