Victoria Osteen

But let me tell you what I believe God is showing us.

One thing He is showing us.

When He puts a seed of promise in you,

You need to protect that seed of promise.

You need to get it into an environment that it can grow.

You need to get into a good church where the people know what God does and they can speak encouragement to your heart because that's exactly where God had Mary go.

He had her in an environment where that environment knew the power of God.

You know, it's interesting.

This is just a side note, but I don't know if y'all find this as interesting as I did.

But the Bible says that Mary was at Elizabeth's house for three months.

You know, it's interesting because when a woman gets pregnant, that 12-week period is very crucial.

Many times you can miscarry before that 12 weeks.

In fact, you know, some people don't even like to announce that they're pregnant until after the 12 weeks because that kind of is a safe zone.

And you know, okay, it's probably going to be okay.

And I get to thinking, isn't that interesting that God had her there for 12 weeks?

See, he didn't want her to miscarry the seed.

See, he wanted to keep that seed in an environment that it could grow in a strong foundation.

So think about what God said to you.

Think about the dreams he's put in your heart.

Think about him being on the inside of you.