Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. And if you're ever in our area,

please stop by. Be a part of one of our services. I promise you, we'll make you feel right

at home. I like to start with something funny, and I heard about this mother in one Sunday

morning. She went in her son's room and said, son, wake up. It's time to go to church. He said,

no, mom, I'm not going to go to church today. She said, why not? He said, I'll give you two good

reasons. Number one, I don't like the people, and number two, they don't like me. She said, all right,

I'll give you two better reasons why you should go. Number one, you're 49 years old, and number two,

you're the pastor. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it

says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly

confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus name, God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about high time. When we've been believing for our dreams to come to

pass for a long time, or problems to turn around, and we don't see anything happening, we're not

making progress, we're not getting good breaks, it's easy to lose our passion and not expect

things to change. It's been that way so long we start accepting it. I'll never get well. I'll

never break this addiction. I'll never accomplish my goals. I tried. I prayed. I believe, but it

didn't work out. That may have been true in the past, but I believe you are entering into a new season.

The scripture says, now is the high time to wake up out of your sleep. For you are near to your

salvation, then when you first believed. When God first put the promises in your heart, you were

excited. You told people what you were going to do, but now it's been months, maybe years.

It hasn't turned out the way you had planned. You don't think it's ever going to happen.

God is saying, you are closer now to seeing it come to pass than you've ever been. You're coming

in to a high time. High time is when things suddenly change in your favor. High time is when

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