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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 3: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 3: put God's very best in your life. Will God bless 38 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 3: you always? Our joy to come into your home. We 39 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 3: love you, We know God has great things in store 40 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 3: for each one of you. And if you're ever in 41 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 3: our area, please stop by and be a part of 42 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 3: one of our services. We promise it. We'll make you 43 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 3: feel right at home. But thanks for tuning in, Thanks 44 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 3: again for coming out today. I like to start with 45 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 3: something funny, and I heard about this minister that died. 46 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 3: He was standing in line at the pearly gates, and 47 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 3: in front of him was a man dressed in a 48 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 3: loud shirt wearing blue jeans and sunglasses. Saint Peter asked, 49 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 3: what's your name, sir? He said, my name is Joe Cohen, 50 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 3: taxicab driver, New York City. Peter checked his list and 51 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 3: handed him a gold staff and a silk robe and said, 52 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 3: welcome to Heaven. The minister stepped up and said, I'm 53 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 3: Reverend Joseph Snow, pastor of Saint Mary's Cathedral. Peter checked 54 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 3: his list and handed him a cotton robe and a 55 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 3: wooden staff. He said, hey, wait a minute, it's not fair. 56 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 3: The taxicab driver got a gold staff and a silk robe. 57 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 3: How could that be? Peter said, sir, up here, we 58 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,679 Speaker 3: work by results. When you preached, people slept, but when 59 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 3: he drove, people prayed. All right, hold up your bible, 60 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 3: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 61 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 3: I am what it says I am. I have what 62 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 3: it says I have. I can do what it says 63 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 3: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 64 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 3: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 65 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 3: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 66 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 3: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 67 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 3: about expecting far and beyond favor. As we enter into 68 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 3: a new year, it's very important to set the tone 69 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 3: right at the very beginning. How we start so often 70 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 3: will determine how much of God's favor we're going to see. 71 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 3: We're not only beginning a new year, but we're beginning 72 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 3: a new decade. A major magazine named the last ten 73 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 3: years the decade from Hell. They cited all the terrible 74 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 3: things that had happened nine to eleven, the economy going down, 75 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:11,839 Speaker 3: investment fraud, wars. They summed it up by saying, it's 76 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 3: the decade we'd like to forget, and if we're not careful, 77 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 3: we'll go into this new year expecting more of the same. 78 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 3: But the scripture talks about how the darker it gets 79 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 3: in the world, the brighter it's going to be for 80 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 3: God's people. And things may get bad all around you, 81 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 3: people negative, complaining, discouraged. Don't let that spirit rub off 82 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 3: on you. The worse it gets, the brighter you're going 83 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 3: to shine. Now, I want to help set the tone 84 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 3: for the new decade. I'm going to speak words of 85 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 3: faith over you and your future, and if you'll let 86 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 3: them sink into your spirit, it's going to enlarge your 87 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 3: vision and allow God to do amazing things. I realize 88 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 3: some of you have had a rough year or even 89 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 3: a rough decade, but I want to announce the tide 90 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 3: of the battle is turning. A shift is taking place. 91 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 3: You are entering into a new season. Just like the 92 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 3: Whims can shift directions, in this new decade, things are 93 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 3: going to shift in your favor. Some of you have 94 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 3: been stuck at the same level year after year. You 95 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 3: think you've reached your limits, gone as far as you 96 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 3: can go, but you need to get ready. God is 97 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 3: about to do a new thing. You have not even 98 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 3: touched the surface of what He has in store. He 99 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 3: has explosive blessings that can catapult you to a new level. 100 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 3: Some of you, it's going to be like you shifted 101 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 3: from first gear into second year. You're going to pick 102 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 3: up speed. You're going to make more progress. Things are 103 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 3: going to be accelerated. Some of you, it's going to 104 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 3: be like you shifted from fourth gear into overdrive. Things 105 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 3: are going to get easier. Things are going to start 106 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 3: falling into place, the right people, the right breaks. But 107 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 3: for some of you, it's going to be like your 108 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 3: turbo boosters kicked in. God is going to thrust you 109 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 3: further than you imagine. He is going to open doors 110 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 3: that you never even dreamed possible. You're going to look 111 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 3: back at the end of the decade and say, Wow, God, 112 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 3: you have done amazing things. That's what I feel so 113 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 3: strongly in my spirit. It's going to be an Ephesians 114 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 3: three twenty decade. It says God is able to do 115 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 3: exceedingly abundantly above and beyond all we can imagine. Let 116 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 3: that take root on the inside. It's going to be 117 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 3: a far and beyond decade. Here's what that means. You're 118 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 3: going to come into opportunity that will boggle your mind. 119 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 3: You're going to see your career take off like a rocket. 120 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 3: You're going to meet the right people that will help 121 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 3: further your dreams. You're going to accomplish goals much quicker 122 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 3: than you imagined. You're going to come out of debt 123 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 3: and pay that house off even though it looked impossible. 124 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 3: You're going to get well even though the medical report 125 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 3: says there's no way, and things may be dark and 126 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 3: gloomy around you, but keep your head held high. You 127 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 3: have an advantage. You are a child of the most 128 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 3: High God. His face is shining down on you. God 129 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 3: is saying it's not going to be an average decade. 130 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 3: It's not going to be a barely get by decade. No, 131 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 3: you need to get ready. It's going to be a 132 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 3: decade of favor, a decade of increase, a decade where 133 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 3: you accomplish your God given dreams every day. You need 134 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 3: to declare this over you and your family. Father, thank 135 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 3: you for an exceedingly abundantly above and beyond decade. I 136 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 3: know some of you can look back and think, while 137 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 3: two thousand and nine was kind of rough, business was slow. 138 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 3: I had some disappointments. Things didn't go my way. But 139 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 3: here's the key. Don't allow what you've been through or 140 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 3: what didn't work out, to set the tone for the 141 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 3: new year. God promised in Psalms he would make our 142 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 3: enemies our footstools. You may have had some enemies come 143 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 3: against you in two thousand and nine. Bad breaks, financial difficulties, sickness, 144 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 3: even people. Those challenges were meant to stop you. They 145 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 3: were meant to discourage you and steal your vision. But 146 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 3: if you stay in faith, instead of being a stumbling 147 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 3: block to stop you, God will turn them into a 148 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 3: stepping stone to take you to a higher level. Just 149 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 3: like if someone were to put out their foot to 150 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 3: try to trip you, but you stepped on top of 151 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 3: it and instead of going down, you went up. It 152 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 3: was meant to decrease you, but God caused it to 153 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 3: backfire and instead you increased. Everything you've been through up 154 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 3: to now is to get you prepared for what God 155 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 3: is about to do. Nothing in your life has been wasted. 156 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 3: Every disappointment, every setback, every person that did you wrong, 157 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 3: every lonely night that deposited something on the inside. God 158 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 3: didn't send it, but he used it to get you prepared. 159 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 3: It's helped make you and mold you into who you 160 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 3: are today. We grow in the difficult times. That's when 161 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 3: our faith is stretched and our character is developed. Without 162 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 3: those adversities, you wouldn't be prepared for the great things 163 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 3: that God has in store. Now, don't go into a 164 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 3: new year discouraged, offended, bitter, mad at a neighbor, mad 165 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 3: at yourself, in self pity, Let it all go start 166 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 3: afresh and anew. You cannot drag around the baggage from 167 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 3: the past and expect to have God's goodness in your future. 168 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 3: You may have had a tough two thousand and nine, 169 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 3: but your attitude should be this is a new day. 170 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 3: Things are shifting in my favor. This difficulty is not 171 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 3: gonna stop me. It's gonna promote me. It was meant 172 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,839 Speaker 3: to bring me down, but I know the truth. God's 173 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 3: go to use it to lift me up. This is 174 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 3: what David said. I am confident of this. I will 175 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 3: see the goodness of God in the land of the living. 176 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 3: David was in tough times. Things weren't going his way, 177 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 3: but he said, in effect, I'm not worried, I'm not upset. 178 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 3: I am confident I will see God's goodness. In other words, 179 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 3: two thousand and nine may have been rough, but that's 180 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 3: not going to steal my vision. That's not going to 181 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 3: cause me to give up on my dreams. I am 182 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 3: confident in twenty ten, I will see God's favor in 183 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 3: a new way. Well, hell, Joe, you just don't know 184 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,079 Speaker 3: what the medical report says. No, but I do know 185 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 3: what our God says. Well, you don't know what my 186 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 3: finances look like. No, but I do know what our 187 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 3: God looks like. He's all powerful, He controls the universe. Well, 188 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 3: you don't know how big my obstacles are, No, but 189 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 3: I do know how big our God is. He's the 190 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 3: most high God. There's nothing too difficult for him. But 191 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 3: too often we allow our circumstances to set the tone, 192 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 3: and all that does is create more of the same. 193 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 3: In the Old Testament, there was a woman about to 194 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 3: give birth. She was an Israelite, and she just got 195 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 3: word that the Ark of the Covenant had been stolen. 196 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 3: That was where God lived, and she was so upset 197 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,959 Speaker 3: and so distraught. When she gave birth to her baby boy, 198 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 3: she named him Ichabod. Ichabod means the Glory has departed. 199 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 3: Notice what she did. She named her future by what 200 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 3: was happening in the present. She could have just as 201 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 3: easily named him the Glory will return instead of the 202 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 3: Glory has departed. But she was so focused on the negative, 203 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 3: so caught up in where she was right then and there, 204 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 3: that she tainted her whole future. What's my point. Don't 205 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 3: ever name your future by your present day circumstances. Two 206 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 3: thousand and nine may have been rough. But don't you 207 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 3: dare go into twenty ten thinking, oh man, it's gonna 208 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 3: be another hard year. I'm sure I'm not gonna get 209 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 3: any breaks again. No, get that Ichabod spirit off of you. 210 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 3: Let me tell you what to name your future. Blessed, prosperous, successful, victorious, healthy, whole, strong, talented, creative. Wise, 211 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 3: it may look like you're stuck in a rut. You 212 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 3: don't really see how you can ever rise any higher. 213 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 3: Don't speak defeat over your life. Don't go around saying, well, 214 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 3: I've reached my limits. I just don't have the education, 215 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 3: I don't have the connections. No, name your future by 216 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 3: saying God's face is shining down on me. God is 217 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 3: opening up doors that no man can shut. My greatest 218 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 3: victories are not behind me, They're still out in front 219 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 3: of me. When you do that, you're calling in increase 220 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 3: blessing favor. When we think about our future, there should 221 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 3: be an enthusiasm on the inside. It should be so 222 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 3: ingrained in us. It's like a fountain that's just trying 223 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 3: to bubble up over. We're constantly looking for God's goodness. 224 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 3: We don't drag around thinking, oh man, it's so hard. 225 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 3: I never get any breaks. No, we go around thinking 226 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 3: something good is gonna happen to me. God's far and 227 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 3: beyond favors on my life. It's gonna be in Ephesians three, 228 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 3: twenty decade, I am confident, just like David, I'm gonna 229 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 3: see the goodness of God in amazing ways. This is 230 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 3: what it says in the Book of Deuteronomy. When you 231 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 3: live a life that honors God, when you obey his 232 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:36,319 Speaker 3: word and you're a person of excellence and integrity, then 233 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 3: the scripture says that God's blessings will chase you down 234 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 3: and overtake you. You won't be able to outrun the 235 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,319 Speaker 3: good things of God. Really, we don't have to chase 236 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 3: the blessings. Just chase after God and the blessings will 237 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 3: automatically follow. Make pleasing the Lord your highest priority. Let 238 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 3: go of any weights or sins that you know or 239 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 3: hold you back. Be willing to deal with the issues 240 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 3: that God is bringing to light. Don't give in to 241 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 3: compromise and temptation. All that's doing is keeping you from 242 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 3: God's best. If you'll make a decision that you're going 243 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 3: to keep your heart pure before God and you're going 244 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 3: to do your best to honor him. Then God promises 245 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 3: that his far and beyond favor is going to chase 246 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 3: you down. A friend of ours was at home the 247 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 3: other day refinishing a piece of furniture. She was using 248 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 3: this electric sander to sand off the old stain. It 249 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 3: was a piece of equipment she had had for some time. 250 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 3: It wasn't in that great shape now she was working. 251 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 3: One of the main parts broke off and it would 252 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 3: work anymore. So she put the sander and the broken 253 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 3: part into a lakewood church bag that she just happened 254 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 3: to have at home. She went up to the hardware 255 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 3: store and this gentleman came over to help her, and 256 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 3: she showed him the broken part and ask if he 257 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 3: had it. He looked at her in the just way, 258 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 3: almost like this glaze came over him, and he said, no, 259 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 3: we don't have that part. We don't even carry that model. 260 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 3: But he reached up on the shelf and got a 261 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 3: brand new top of the line sander and said, here, 262 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 3: I want you to have this. It's our gift to you. 263 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 3: Irene had never even met the man, never seen him before. 264 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 3: She was totally taken back. She said, are you sure 265 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 3: you want to give this to me. He said, yes, 266 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 3: I'm positive, just go up to the counter and give 267 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 3: them my number, five five five. So she went up 268 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 3: to the counter, almost in disbelief, and there were three 269 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 3: registers open. They had five or six people in each line. 270 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 3: She stood at the back of the line, and all 271 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 3: of a sudden, the lady working the register looked over 272 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 3: and said, hey, lady, come up here, I want to 273 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 3: check you out right now. Irene pointed at herself and said, 274 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 3: do you mean me? She said, yes, I mean you, 275 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 3: the highly favored woman. Irene was kind of embarrassed. She 276 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 3: didn't want to cut, but the lady insisted, so she 277 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 3: went up there and showed her the sandron said. This 278 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 3: man said he wanted to give this to me. She said, well, 279 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 3: I don't know if he can do that. Who was it? 280 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 3: Irene said, I don't know, but he said his number 281 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 3: was five five five. She said, well, he can do 282 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 3: whatever he wants. He's the regional manager. Just as Irene 283 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 3: was about to leave, she said to the lady, by 284 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 3: the way, why did you call me up in front 285 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 3: of all these people. The lady said, I saw your 286 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 3: Lakewood Church bag, and I watch every Sunday and I 287 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 3: know anybody that goes to Lakewood has to be highly favored. 288 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 3: That's what I believe I am looking at today, people 289 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 3: that are highly favored by the most High God. You 290 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 3: need to get ready to have an exceedingly abundantly above 291 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 3: and beyond decade. A decade where people go out of 292 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 3: their way for no reason to be good to you. 293 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 3: A decade where you get promoted even though you weren't 294 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 3: the most qualified. A decade where you find yourself at 295 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 3: the right place the right time. What is that the 296 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 3: favor of God? It's his blessings chasing you down and 297 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 3: overtaking you. Well, you say, Joel, that never happened for me. 298 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 3: I never get any good breaks. I always get the 299 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,120 Speaker 3: short end of the stick. No, you are naming your 300 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 3: baby Ikabod. You are speaking defeat and mediocrity over your future. 301 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 3: You need to change your baby's name. Ichabod is hard 302 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 3: to spell anyway, it's not in style. His nickname's gonna 303 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 3: be icky. You need to get in agreement with God 304 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 3: and start declaring this is my decade of favor. This 305 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 3: is my decade to accomplish my dreams. This is my 306 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 3: decade to go above and beyond her Psalm thirty one 307 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 3: nineteen says God has blessings stored up for those that 308 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,719 Speaker 3: honor him. One thing I can tell you about Irene 309 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 3: and her family is they honor God. They are givers. 310 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 3: They're always volunteering and here at the ministry, always looking 311 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 3: for somebody to help. Her husband's been out of work 312 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:07,719 Speaker 3: for some time, but you would never know it. They 313 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 3: don't go around complaining discourage. They've always got a report 314 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 3: of victory. They're always declaring the favor of God. Just 315 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 3: like the scripture says, God's blessings are chasing them down 316 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 3: and overtaken them. And in the coming decade, God wants 317 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 3: to exceed your expectations. You have no idea the amazing 318 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:32,400 Speaker 3: things God has already stored up for you, the places 319 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 3: he's going to take you, the people you're going to meet, 320 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 3: the breaks you're going to get. For some of you, 321 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 3: that blessing that's stored up is the husband or the 322 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:43,959 Speaker 3: wife that you've been dreaming about. For some of you, 323 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 3: it's a child coming back home, a relationship being restored. 324 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 3: For some it's going to be a new opportunity. Things 325 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 3: are going to fall into place to where you can 326 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 3: accomplish what God's put in your heart, even the hidden 327 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 3: dreams that you've given up on. God is not giving up. 328 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,199 Speaker 3: He's gonna bring the right people, the right breaks, the 329 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 3: right ideas. They're going to come chasing you down to 330 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 3: where you look back and say that was far and 331 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 3: beyond favor. That was Ephesians three twenty God doing exceedingly 332 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 3: abundantly above and beyond. Now, listen, your mind is going 333 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 3: to try to talk you out of it. It'll tell 334 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 3: you this is never gonna happen for you. But if 335 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 3: you'll listen down in here on the inside, something, they'll say, no, No, 336 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:35,479 Speaker 3: this is for you. That's God speaking to your spirit person. 337 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,879 Speaker 3: It'll resonate on the inside. It's because this is God's 338 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 3: dream for your life. He wants to amaze you with 339 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 3: his goodness. It's very easy to get discouraged and think, well, 340 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,439 Speaker 3: it's been too long, and I've been at this level 341 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 3: just so many years. I don't think I'm ever gonna 342 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 3: meet anybody to get married. No, you got to shake 343 00:19:55,160 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 3: that off, it says in Isaiah. A rise, shine, for 344 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 3: the glory of the Lord is on you. Friends. It's 345 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 3: time to arise. This is a new day put on 346 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:11,119 Speaker 3: a new attitude. Don't go into a new decade down 347 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 3: in the dumps, discouraged. No dreams, no goals, no enthusiasm, 348 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 3: no make up your mind. I'm gonna arise, I'm gonna 349 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 3: shine this year. I'm going to be my very very best. 350 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,719 Speaker 3: Here's why we can do it. The glory of the 351 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 3: Lord is on you. It doesn't say that the glory 352 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 3: is going to come one day, maybe next year, if 353 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 3: the economy gets better, maybe in the future, if you 354 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 3: get the break you need. No, it says the glory 355 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 3: of the Lord is already on you, whether you realize 356 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 3: it or not. You are covered with God's glory. That 357 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 3: word glory in the original translation implies God's favor, God's honor, 358 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 3: and God's splendor are heavy upon you. Remember in the 359 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 3: old days, hippies used to say, heavy, man, heavy, Let 360 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 3: me tell you you are heavy with God's favor. You 361 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 3: are dripping with God's goodness. No wonder that man wanted 362 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 3: to be good to Irene. She was heavy with the 363 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,439 Speaker 3: glory of God. Friends, we're not supposed to be heavy 364 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 3: with burdens, heavy with trials, heavy with worry, just so 365 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 3: concerned about our family, our fine. You know the only 366 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 3: thing we're supposed to be heavy with is the favor 367 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 3: of God. Now, I don't know about you, but I'm 368 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 3: gonna go into this new decade with the right perspective. 369 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 3: I know I am extremely heavy. Not because I ain't 370 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 3: too much at Christmas, not because of that New Year's dinner. No, 371 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 3: I am heavy with the favor of God. This is 372 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 3: the one time I can encourage you to be overweight. 373 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 3: But for some of you, when it comes to favor, 374 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,959 Speaker 3: it looks like you hadn't eaten in five or six years. 375 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 3: You're so skinny you got to jump around in the 376 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:02,120 Speaker 3: shower to get wet. It's time to put on some weight. 377 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 3: Change your perspective. You are a child of the Most 378 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 3: High God. His favor is heavy on you. Our attitude 379 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 3: should be. There's no telling what's gonna happen in this 380 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 3: new decade. I am dripping with God's goodness. I am 381 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 3: heavy with his favor. Heard a story about a couple 382 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 3: that attends our church. They were believing to have children. 383 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 3: One day, the lady found out that she was pregnant 384 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 3: with triplets. They were so excited about it. During the pregnancy, 385 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,679 Speaker 3: there were complications and she had to be hospitalized for 386 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,479 Speaker 3: nearly three months. When the babies were finally born, they 387 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 3: were extremely premature. The doctors weren't sure that they were 388 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 3: even going to make it. The parents they put scripture 389 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 3: verses up over each of their incubators. I will live 390 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 3: and not die. God is restoring healthon to me. With 391 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 3: long life, God will satisfy me. They kept praying and believing. 392 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 3: After six months of being in the hospital, the little 393 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 3: babies were able to come home, and today everybody is happy, 394 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 3: healthy and whole. But a few months later, this couple 395 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 3: got a bill from the hospital. They had insurance to 396 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 3: cover part of it, but not all of it. After 397 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 3: the mother being in the hospital for nearly three months 398 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 3: and then three babies being in the hospital for six 399 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 3: months each, their part of the hospital bill was two 400 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 3: million dollars. I'm sure that's what they thought too in 401 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 3: the natural. They didn't know how they would ever pay 402 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 3: that off. Looked like they'd be paying their whole lifetime. 403 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 3: But they didn't get discouraged. They didn't get negative and 404 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 3: start complaining. Their attitude was God, it's in your hands. 405 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,239 Speaker 3: You've taken care of us in the past, and we 406 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 3: know you'll take care of us in the future. One day, 407 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 3: they received a call from the hospital administrator. He said, 408 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 3: we've never done this before, but we have just made 409 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 3: the decision. We are going to totally cancel your two 410 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 3: million dollar death. That's far and beyond favor. That's God 411 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 3: doing exceedingly abundantly, above and beyond. They were happy just 412 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 3: to have healthy children, but God likes to exceed our expectations. 413 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 3: Let me tell you a key. These people like Irene, 414 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 3: they are faithful people. They honor God. They would send 415 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 3: their tithes and offerings into the church from the hospital 416 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 3: even though they couldn't come. They didn't want to miss 417 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 3: an opportunity to obey God. When you honor God with 418 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 3: your life like that, he says, his blessings are gonna 419 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,880 Speaker 3: chase you down and overtake you. That two million dollar 420 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,199 Speaker 3: debt being forgiven, you know what that was, That was 421 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 3: heavy favor. I want you to see yourself the same way. 422 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 3: You are not a lightweight. You've been crowned with God's favor. 423 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 3: You are weighted down right now, not with burdens, worries, 424 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 3: fear get rid of that. You are weighted down with 425 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,360 Speaker 3: the goodness of God. As you go out each day, 426 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 3: doing your best to honor him than God's promises. Everywhere 427 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 3: you go, his face is shining down on you. I 428 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 3: love the promise that God gave to Joshua, he said, Joshua, 429 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 3: today I will begin to make you great in the 430 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 3: eyes of all the Israelites. He was saying, today, I'm 431 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 3: going to start releasing more of my favor, my blessings, 432 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 3: my increase. Notice, there was a set time God began 433 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 3: to release favor in a new way. Not long after that, 434 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 3: Joshua led the children of Israel into the Promised Land. 435 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 3: The scripture says, this day God made Joshua great in 436 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 3: the eyes of all the people. Friends, That's God's dream 437 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 3: for you. He wants to release his blessings, his favor 438 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 3: in such a way that it makes you a great parent, 439 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 3: a great spouse, a great leader, a great employee, a 440 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,439 Speaker 3: great friend, a great business person. God wants you to 441 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 3: be respected, to be admired, to be looked up to, 442 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:10,640 Speaker 3: to have incredible influence. He's going to cause your good 443 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 3: reputation to both precede you and to follow you. Just 444 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,640 Speaker 3: like with Joshua, there was a set time that favor 445 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 3: began to be released in a new way. I believe 446 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 3: you and I have entered into that moment, a set 447 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 3: time where God is saying, twenty ten is your year. 448 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 3: You've been faithful, you've honored me, you've given, you've served. 449 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 3: Now I'm about to make your name great. Can you 450 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 3: get a vision for it? Can you make room in 451 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,439 Speaker 3: your thinking? Well, hey, you say, Joel, I'm just a 452 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 3: business person. I'm just an accountant. I'm just a stay 453 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,159 Speaker 3: at home mom. I'm just an architect. I'm just a 454 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 3: school teacher. No, you're not just anything. You're a child 455 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 3: of the Most High God, and at some point in 456 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 3: your life, God is going to help you accomplish something 457 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 3: significant that will give you a new level of influence, 458 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 3: a new level of respect, to where you can say, 459 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,479 Speaker 3: like Joshua, this day God has honored me more than 460 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 3: I can imagine. This day God has made my name great. 461 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 3: One of our longtime members is named Helen Major. For 462 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 3: nearly forty years, she was an educator. She's a person 463 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 3: of excellence, integrity, so faithful. Year after year she taught 464 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 3: elementary school, doing more than she had to pouring into 465 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 3: those children. She continued to get promoted assistant principle, even 466 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 3: principal after a very distinguished career. She retired. Not long ago, 467 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 3: they were opening up a new school in the district. 468 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 3: The board voted unanimously to name it the Helen Major 469 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 3: Elementary School. You know what that was? That day God 470 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,439 Speaker 3: made her name great in the eyes of all the people. 471 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 3: Just a quote ordinary person that God God promoted in 472 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 3: an extraordinary way. Friends, God wants to do the same 473 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 3: thing for you. He's saying to us what he said 474 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,920 Speaker 3: to Joshua. This day, I'm going to begin to make 475 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:15,199 Speaker 3: your name great. This day, I'm going to begin to 476 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 3: release my favor in a new way. This day, I'm 477 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 3: going to open doors that no man can shut. Receive 478 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 3: that by faith, things are shifting in your favor. God 479 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,919 Speaker 3: is about to shift you to a whole new level. 480 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 3: Get ready to have a far and beyond decade. Make 481 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 3: room for what God wants to do in your thinking. 482 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 3: Remember you are heavy with God's favor. Declare it every day. 483 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 3: Twenty ten is my year. I'm going to have an 484 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 3: Ephesians three, twenty decade and exceedingly abundantly above and beyond decade. 485 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 3: If you do this, God will amaze you with his goodness. 486 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 3: He'll make your name great. Take in your places you've 487 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 3: never dreamed of, and you'll live that life of victory 488 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 3: he has in story. Amen, do you receive that today? 489 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 3: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 490 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 3: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 491 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 492 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 3: repent on my sins. 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