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See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 33 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 34 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 35 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 5: the ministry. 36 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 37 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend. 38 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 39 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 5: your life. 40 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 41 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 4: your homes. We love you, We know God has great 42 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 4: things in store. 43 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 5: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 44 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 5: and be a part of one of our services. 45 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 4: I promise you it will make you feel right at home. 46 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 4: Thanks so much. 47 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 5: Though for tuning in today, and thanks again for coming out. 48 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 5: And i'd like to start with something funny each week. 49 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 5: And I heard about this college professor. He was going 50 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,519 Speaker 5: to prove to his class that there is no God. 51 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 5: He said, God, if you're real, knock me off this platform, 52 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 5: and I'll give. 53 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 4: You fifteen minutes to do it. With every minute that. 54 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 5: Went by, he taunted God, God, I'm still here, God, 55 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 5: I'm still waiting the last minute. A three hundred pound 56 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 5: football player out in the hall overheard what he was saying. 57 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 5: He took off toward him, put his shoulders down full force, 58 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 5: and he hit that professor, sending him. 59 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 4: Flying off the platform. 60 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 5: The professor got up in a daze and said, what 61 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 5: in the world to do that for? Football player replied, 62 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 5: God said he was busy, so he sent me, all right, 63 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 5: hold up your Bible. 64 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 65 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 66 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 4: it says I have. 67 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 68 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 69 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 5: confess my mind is alert, my heart is recepted. I 70 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 5: will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. 71 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about receiving your inheritance. 72 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 5: I read where there are billions of dollars worth of 73 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 5: unclaimed inheritances in the United States alone. People have loved 74 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 5: ones that have died and left them houses, property, jewelry, stocks, bonds, cash, 75 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 5: all kinds of assets. The only problem is the relatives 76 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 5: didn't know anything about it. The authorities, the people in charge, 77 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 5: weren't able to track them down. Now, these billions and 78 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 5: billions of dollars that rightfully belong to these people, that 79 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 5: clearly have their name on it, because they don't know 80 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,839 Speaker 5: anything about it, it's not doing them any good. You've 81 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 5: heard the saying but you don't know won't hurt you. 82 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 5: That's not necessarily true. Sometimes what we don't know will 83 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 5: keep us from living an abundant life. 84 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 4: Here's the key. 85 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 5: It's not up to the authorities to make sure you 86 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 5: get what belongs to you. 87 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 4: It's up to you, even though it has. 88 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 5: Your name on it, if you don't rise up and 89 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 5: claim it, if you don't say yes, that's me, here's 90 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 5: my identification. If you don't take action, you'll miss out 91 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 5: on what belongs to you. The good news today is 92 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 5: you have been named in a will two thousand years ago, 93 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 5: your older brother died, and he's left a whole lot 94 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 5: that belongs to you. 95 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 4: This bible is the Will. 96 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 5: It's full of promises after promises that have your name 97 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 5: on it. They are rightfully yours. But unless you rise 98 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,559 Speaker 5: up and act, it's not going to do any good. 99 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 5: You have to receive your inheritance. It says in Ephesians 100 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 5: that God has blessed us past tense. He's already done it. 101 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 4: Now. You may not feel blessed, may not look blessed. 102 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 5: All the circumstances may tell you that you're not blessed, 103 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 5: But you've got to be bold enough to say no, 104 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 5: I see it right here in the Will. 105 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 4: This is a part of my inheritance. I am blessed. 106 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 5: It says in Colossians that God has made us worthy 107 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 5: again past tense. He's already done it. You may not 108 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 5: feel worthy. You may have made a lot of mistakes. 109 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 5: Guilt and condemnation is trying to weigh you down, telling 110 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,239 Speaker 5: you how bad you are, how you'll never be happy. 111 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 4: The choice is up to you. 112 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 5: Are you going to receive your inheritance, shake off the 113 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 5: guilt and condemnation, knowing that you're forgiven, redeemed, restored, knowing 114 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 5: that the past is the past. 115 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 4: Or are you going to let that. 116 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 5: Package that inheritance sit up on a shelf and go 117 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 5: around defeated, depressed, guilty, condemned. 118 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 4: No go get what belongs to you as your name 119 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 4: on it. 120 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 5: Two Timothy one point seven says God has not given 121 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 5: us a spirit of fear, but of power and of 122 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 5: love and of. 123 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 4: A sound mind. 124 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 5: Notice, God has already given us a sound mind. Every 125 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 5: day we should say, Father, thank you that I have 126 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 5: your wisdom to make good decisions. Thank you that I 127 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 5: have clear direction that you're opening the right doors. Lord, 128 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 5: Thank you for peace in my mind. You don't have 129 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 5: to live confused, frustrated, anxious, worried. The price has been 130 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 5: paid for you to have a sound mind. That means 131 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 5: for you to live in peace. When those negative thoughts 132 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 5: come negative forces, right then you need to say, Father, 133 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 5: I want to thank you that I am free from 134 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 5: a spirit of fear, a spirit of depression, a spirit 135 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 5: of confusion. You promise me a sound mind, and I 136 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 5: believe I have it right now. By faith, that's how 137 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 5: you receive what already belongs to you. This will says 138 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 5: that God has crowned you with favor. Favor is a 139 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 5: part of our inheritance. It's a part of what God 140 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 5: has left us. The problem is some people. 141 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 4: Never go pick up their crown. 142 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 5: They go through life thinking nothing good ever happens to me. 143 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 5: I'll never get promoted, I'll never get well, I'll never 144 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 5: get married. No, you need to go pick up what 145 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 5: already belongs to you. You need to start declaring I 146 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 5: have the favor of God. Blessings are chasing me down, 147 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 5: Goodness and mercy are following me. Twenty eleven is going 148 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 5: to be my year. No I has seen, heard or 149 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 5: imagine blessings are come in my way. When you do that, 150 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 5: you are putting on your crown of favor. You're receiving 151 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 5: your inheritance. I was headed to the airport last week. 152 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 5: We were in New York coming home, and we were 153 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 5: in a big hurry, running very late. There was a 154 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 5: snowstorm coming in that night, trying to catch the last 155 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 5: flight out, and if we missed that when we would 156 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 5: have gotten stuck there for a day or two, and 157 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 5: I really needed to get back now. I've taken this 158 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 5: flight many times before. The line for security usually takes 159 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 5: at least thirty minutes to get through it can easily 160 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 5: have a couple hundred. 161 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 4: People in it. 162 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 5: We weren't even at the airport yet. Our plane was 163 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 5: about to start boarding. 164 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,239 Speaker 4: In the car. Under my breath, I started saying, Father, 165 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 4: thank you for your favor. 166 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 5: Thank you that you're going before me making crooked places straight. Father, 167 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 5: thank you that you'll have. 168 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 4: The right people to help us. 169 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 5: When we pulled up at the curve of the airport, 170 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 5: it just so happened the man that always helps with 171 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 5: our baggage was standing right there like he was waiting 172 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 5: for us. He said, let me take the bags, go on, 173 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 5: and we took off toward the gate. When I got 174 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 5: around the corner, the line for security that normally has 175 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 5: a couple hundred people, there weren't ten people in it. 176 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 5: I've never seen it that short in five years. We 177 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 5: went straight through, got on the plane right before they 178 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 5: closed the door. That was the favor of God clearing 179 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 5: a path. That was God making a way when it 180 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 5: looked like there was no way. I sat on on 181 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 5: the plane next to Victoria said, hey, let me straighten 182 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 5: my crown of favor. Friend's favor is a part of 183 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 5: your inheritance. You don't have to beg God for it. 184 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 5: He's already put it on you. The way you activate 185 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 5: it is by saying, Father, thank you for your favor today. 186 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 5: Thank you that your favor is. 187 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 4: Causing me to be at the right place the right time. 188 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 5: Thank you that your favor is causing people to want 189 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 5: to be good to me. 190 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 4: See, you don't have. 191 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 5: To pray about something that you already have. You just 192 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 5: thank God for it. Before I come up here each week, 193 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 5: I never say God, please give me your annoying God, 194 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 5: please give me something to say. Now I simply say God, 195 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 5: thank you that I am anointed. Thank you that You've 196 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 5: already equipped me empowered me. See I know it's a 197 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 5: part of my inheritance, so I just act like it's true. 198 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 4: Now, you may not feel. 199 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 5: Blessed or confident or health are favored. But don't you 200 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 5: dare drag around with that weak, defeated mentality, Joel, I 201 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 5: just don't have what it takes. No, this will says 202 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 5: you are blessed, you are favored, you are forgiven, you 203 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 5: are redeemed. Not going to be someday in the sweet 204 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 5: by and bye. No, God has already blessed you. He's 205 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 5: already made you worthy, He's already given you that crown 206 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 5: of favor. Now start acting like it, talking like it, 207 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:26,439 Speaker 5: thinking like it. 208 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 4: This is what. 209 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 5: Abraham did twenty years before he ever had a child. 210 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 5: God said to him Romans four seventeen, Abraham, I have 211 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 5: made you a father of many nations. Notice again, God 212 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 5: said it in the past, tense, like it had already happened. 213 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 5: I'm sure Abraham thought, God, you must have made a mistake. 214 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 5: I'm not a father. I don't even have one child. 215 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 5: In other words, Joel, I'm not blessed, I'm not confident, 216 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 5: I'm not healthy, I'm not favored. Abraham could have talked 217 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:00,679 Speaker 5: to him so out. 218 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 4: Of it, but instead he chose to believe. When God 219 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 4: says you're blessed, don't try to figure it out. Just 220 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 4: agree with God. I am blessed. God calls you prosperous. 221 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 4: Don't go check your bank account, don't go look at 222 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 4: the stock report. Just agree with God. I am prosperous. 223 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 5: Some of you don't feel well today, but God says 224 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 5: he's restoring health. 225 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 4: Unto you, you will live and. 226 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 5: Not die with long life. God's going to satisfy you. 227 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,479 Speaker 4: That's a part of your inheritance. 228 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 5: And don't try to figure it all out and talk 229 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 5: yourself out of it. Well, the medical report may not 230 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 5: look like it. It may say impossible, No way, that's 231 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 5: all right. That's the way Abraham felt. Just say God, 232 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 5: I agree with you. I'm healthy, I'm strong, I'm getting better. 233 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 5: When you agree with God, you're receiving your inheritance. The 234 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 5: scripture says that God calls the things that are not 235 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 5: as if they already were. I've learned God doesn't call 236 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 5: you what you are. He calls you the way he 237 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 5: sees you. When I stepped up to pastor the church 238 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 5: eleven years ago, after my father went to be with 239 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 5: the Lord and never ministered before, I was afraid. I 240 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 5: felt unqualified, inexperienced, intimidated. But the whole time, on the inside, 241 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 5: I could hear that still small voice saying. 242 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 4: Joel, you are well able. You can do all things. 243 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 4: You have what it takes. 244 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 5: You are strong in the Lord. God was calling me 245 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 5: something that I was not. I was not strong and 246 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 5: bold and confident. I was weak, insecure, intimidated. Somehow I 247 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 5: had the faith to believe what God said about me. 248 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 5: It didn't happen overnight, but little by little I became 249 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 5: what God called me In the scripture, God called Gideon 250 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 5: a mighty man of fearless courage. Get in, looked around, 251 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 5: said God couldn't be talking about me. I come from 252 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 5: the poorest family. I'm the least one in my father's house. 253 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 5: Gideon saw himself as weak, defeated, not able to but 254 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 5: God saw him as strong, confident, being more than a conqueror. 255 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 5: The question is are we going to believe what God 256 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 5: says about us? Or are we going to believe what 257 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 5: we feel, what we think, what the circumstances look like. 258 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 5: You may feel weak, but let me tell you, God 259 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 5: calls you strong. You may feel like a victim, but 260 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:35,239 Speaker 5: God's calling you a victory. You may be childless like Abraham, 261 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 5: but God calls you a parent. You may be afraid 262 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 5: like I was, but God calls you confident. 263 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 4: You may be in debt. God calls you prosperous. You 264 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 4: may be sick. God calls you well. You may be addicted. 265 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 4: God calls you free. 266 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 5: You may feel inadequate, but God calls you well able. 267 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:55,199 Speaker 4: Now get in agreement with God. 268 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 5: The circumstances may not look like it may tell you 269 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 5: it's never gonna work out, it's never. 270 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 4: Going to get better. Now let God be true in 271 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 4: every circumstance. Be Alie. 272 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 5: You got to dig your heels in and say God, 273 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,239 Speaker 5: if you say it, I agree. I'm blessed, I'm prosperous, 274 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 5: I'm redeemed, I'm forgiven, I'm talented, I'm creative. 275 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 4: I've got that crown of favor on my head. 276 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 5: When you agree with God, you will see what God 277 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 5: says about you become a reality. Twenty years later, when 278 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 5: Abraham was around one hundred years old, that's when they 279 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 5: had the baby. But it didn't happen just because God 280 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 5: said it. It happened because Abraham came into agreement. He believed, 281 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 5: he acted like it was true. That's what allows God 282 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 5: to release the blessings that already have your name on it. 283 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 5: The scripture talks about how God has blessings stored up 284 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 5: that he keeps ready for those that love him. For 285 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 5: some of you, God has a business stored up with 286 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 5: your name on it. That's a part of your inheritance. 287 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 5: For some of you, there's a spouse that has your 288 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 5: name on them. Some of you, there's healing with your 289 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 5: name on it. There's a new home with your name 290 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 5: on it. There's promotion with your name on it. There's 291 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 5: a ministry with your name on it. There's vindication with your. 292 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 4: Name on it. 293 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 5: You have no idea the amazing things God has already. 294 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 4: Stored up for you in your future. I can imagine. 295 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 5: When we get to heaven, there are these huge warehouses. 296 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 5: You walk in and see acres and acres of boxes 297 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 5: up on shelves. 298 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 4: Everywhere you look. 299 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 5: As far as you can see, there are rows and 300 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 5: rows of boxes. You walk over closer and notice that 301 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 5: each box has an individual name on it. Out of curiosity, 302 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 5: you say to Saint Peter, what are all these boxes? 303 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 4: What does this mean? 304 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 5: Peter says, these are all the unclaimed blessings that. 305 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 4: God's people never came and picked up. There's a box 306 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 4: favor has Bill's name on it. 307 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 5: It belonged to him, part of his inheritance, but he 308 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 5: never believed, never came by and got it. Here's a 309 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 5: box of forgiveness that has Sharon's name on it, but 310 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 5: she never received it. 311 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 4: She went through life guilty, condemned, feeling unworthy. And see 312 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 4: that box. 313 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 5: That's the business Carlos dreamed about, but he never thought 314 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 5: he had what it took. And that box is the 315 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 5: promotion that Julie wanted, but she let her friends talk 316 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 5: her out of it. That box represents the husband that 317 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 5: Deborah was praying about, but she gave up friends. 318 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 4: There are boxes right now that. 319 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 5: Have your name on it. The good news is it's 320 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 5: not too late to claim what belongs to you. I 321 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 5: was talking to a young couple after the service last week, 322 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 5: and they've been trying to have a baby for a 323 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 5: long time. They're very discouraged. I told them what I'm 324 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 5: telling you. There's a baby that has your name on it. 325 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 5: That's a part of your inheritance. Here's the key. Instead 326 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 5: of complaining, instead of getting discouraged, Remind God what he said. 327 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 5: Remind God of what's in the will. God, you said 328 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,439 Speaker 5: in Psalms you would give the bearing woman a child 329 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:13,160 Speaker 5: and make her the happy. 330 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 4: Mother of children. 331 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 5: God that you said, the fruit of my womb is 332 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 5: blessed Father. You said children are a gift from the Lord. 333 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 5: So I want to thank you that that baby that 334 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 5: already has my name on it is coming in some 335 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 5: of you. There's vindication in your warehouse. That legal trouble 336 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,400 Speaker 5: you're in looks like it's never going to work out, 337 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 5: looks like it's going to bury you now, don't quit believing. Father, 338 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 5: you said, the strength of the wicked is being cut off, 339 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 5: and the power of the godly is being increased. Lord 340 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 5: you said, when the enemy comes against me one way, 341 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 5: you would defeat them and cause them to flee seven ways. 342 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 5: So Father, I want to thank you that the vindication 343 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 5: that already has my name on it is coming in. 344 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 5: How about this for some of you in that warehouse 345 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 5: is the hustle the wife you've been dreaming to me, 346 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 5: don't give up, don't quit believing. Father, you said, he 347 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 5: that finds a wife finds a good thing and finds. 348 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 4: Favor from the Lord. 349 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 5: So Lord, I want to thank you that my good thing, 350 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 5: that husband, that wife, the right person is coming into 351 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 5: my life. He said, Joel, I don't know if this works. 352 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 5: I've been believing a long time. When you're tempted to 353 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 5: get discouraged and give up, close your eyes and in 354 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 5: your imagination, see that warehouse with those boxes that. 355 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 4: Have your name on them. 356 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 5: Your dreams, your goals, your victories, your health, your husband, 357 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 5: your wife, your children. They've been stored up for you. 358 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,199 Speaker 5: Don't believe those lies that are telling you it's not 359 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 5: going to happen. You stay in faith, and just like 360 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 5: with Abraham, God will release. 361 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 4: What He's already stored up for you. 362 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 5: A couple of years ago, I was talking along these 363 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 5: same lines about the Year of jubileeing how everything that 364 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 5: has your name on it is coming in. I mentioned property, 365 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 5: the real estate, the health, and I specifically said the 366 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,120 Speaker 5: baby that has your name on it is coming in. 367 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 5: There was a couple here that attend all the time 368 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 5: and they'd been trying to have a child for six years, 369 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 5: no success, gone through all the treatments and nothing had helped. 370 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 5: They were just about to give up and accept the 371 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 5: fact that it wasn't meant to be. But when I 372 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,959 Speaker 5: said there's a baby that has your name on it, 373 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 5: something leaped on the inside. 374 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 4: Instead of saying. 375 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 5: This is not for us, We've been through too much, 376 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 5: it's never going to work out. 377 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 4: They let the seed take root. 378 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 5: They left that day with a new fire birthed in 379 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 5: their spirit. 380 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 4: They knew this was a part of their inheritance. 381 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 5: Four hours later, they got a call from their business 382 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 5: manager asking if they would be interested in adopting a 383 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:55,360 Speaker 5: baby that was about to be born. Years earlier, they 384 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 5: had a dream that they had this blonde haired. 385 00:19:58,400 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 4: Blue eyed baby boy. 386 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 5: Eight weeks later, they were in the delivery room when 387 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 5: their little baby was born. 388 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 4: It just so happened. 389 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 5: He was blonde haired, blue eyed, just like they had 390 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,439 Speaker 5: seen in the dream. That baby had their name on it. 391 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,959 Speaker 5: It was a part of their inheritance. I don't know 392 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 5: about you, but I'm going to make sure I don't 393 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 5: leave anything up in that warehouse. I'm not selfish, I'm 394 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 5: not greedy. I simply want everything that has my name 395 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,199 Speaker 5: on it. I know the price has already been paid. 396 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 5: I'm going to receive my inheritance. I'm encouraging you to 397 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 5: do the same thing. I read a story about this 398 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 5: man over in Europe. He'd saved all of his money 399 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 5: to come to America. This was years ago, before they 400 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 5: had airplanes, and he saved and saved month after month. 401 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 5: He finally had just enough to purchase the ticket. It 402 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 5: was going to take two or three weeks to cross 403 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 5: the ocean. So he got this big suitcase and he 404 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 5: filled it full of cheese and crackers. 405 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 4: That's all he could afford. 406 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 5: And when the other people went into the big banquet 407 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 5: hall to enjoy their fancy meals, he would go over 408 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 5: in the corner and eat his cheese and crackers. 409 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:11,919 Speaker 4: He could smell that other food. 410 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,719 Speaker 5: He wanted to join them so badly, but he just 411 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 5: didn't have any extra money. Toward the very end of 412 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 5: the trip, a gentleman came over and said, I can't help, 413 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 5: but notice you're always over here eating cheese and crackers. 414 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 5: Why don't you come into the banquet haul and enjoy 415 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 5: meals with all of us. 416 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 4: Then was kind of embarrassed. 417 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 5: He said, well, I saved up all the money that 418 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 5: I possibly could, but I only had enough for the ticket, 419 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 5: didn't have anything left over for the meals. 420 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 4: This other man shook his head and. 421 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 5: Said, didn't you realize the meals are included in the 422 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 5: price of the ticket. Your meals have already been paid for. 423 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 5: How many people today like that man? They are missing 424 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 5: out on God's best because they don't know what's. 425 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:58,479 Speaker 4: Already been paid for. 426 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 5: They don't know what's been included in the price of 427 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:02,199 Speaker 5: their ticket. 428 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 4: Some of you today, you've made mistakes. 429 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 5: You've asked God to forgive you a thousand times, but 430 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 5: you're still going around guilty, condemned, feeling unworthy. You know 431 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 5: what you're doing eating more cheese and crackers the price 432 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 5: has already been paid. The first time you ask God 433 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 5: to forgive you, he forgave you. Now step up to 434 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 5: the dinner table, start acting like you're forgiven. No mistake 435 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 5: is too much for the mercy of our God. Sometimes 436 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 5: we think that it pleases God to go around depressed, defeated, 437 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 5: no joy, to show God that we're really sorry for 438 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 5: what we've done. But know what really pleases God is 439 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 5: when you step up to the table and say, God, 440 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 5: I receive your forgiveness. I receive your mercy. I know 441 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 5: the price was paid two thousand years ago. After all, 442 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,640 Speaker 5: how would I feel as a parent if we had 443 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 5: this big family dinner planned? Victoria worked hard, went to 444 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 5: the grocery store and bought all these TV dinners and 445 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 5: came home and microwaved them, and we had all this 446 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 5: food on the table. But then one of our children 447 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 5: comes up and says, Daddy, I don't deserve to sit 448 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 5: at the table tonight. Let me just sit over here 449 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 5: and eat some crackers. I've made mistakes. I'm so unworthy. 450 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 5: I would say, what are you talking about? Put that down, 451 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 5: come up here to the table. 452 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 4: You're our child. That's how God. 453 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 5: Feels when we go around thinking that we don't measure up, 454 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 5: We're not good enough, made too many mistakes, We're just 455 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 5: a weak worm of the dust. No, put down the crackers. 456 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 5: Christ has already made you worthy. The price has already 457 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 5: been paid. Heart of our inheritance is to rise up 458 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:54,360 Speaker 5: and say, I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. 459 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 5: I may have made mistakes, I may have blown it 460 00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 5: more than a few times, but I am not a 461 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 5: worm of the dust. 462 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 4: I am a. 463 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 5: Child of the most High God, forgiven, redeemed, restored. I 464 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 5: was asked to pray at a big event several years ago, 465 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 5: and there were several other ministers there to pray as well. 466 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,120 Speaker 5: The gentleman that prayed before me, it's a very fine man, 467 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,880 Speaker 5: respected leader in the community. But he prayed the most 468 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 5: depressing prayer I think. 469 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 4: I've ever heard. 470 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 5: He said, God, I am so unworthy to even stand 471 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 5: before you. God, I don't know how you could even 472 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 5: listen to somebody like me. 473 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 4: There's nothing good in me. 474 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 5: I'm just a poor, wicked, undeserving sinner. 475 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 4: On and on. 476 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 5: By the time he got finished, I felt like I 477 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 5: needed to repent. 478 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 4: I felt about that big. You know, he meant well. 479 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 5: But you know what he was doing, eating more cheese 480 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 5: and crackers. I wanted to ask him afterwards, do you 481 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 5: really believe what you said about yourself? You said you 482 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 5: were weak, defeated, depressed. 483 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 4: Unworthy, loser, a sinner. Listen, I'm not going to declare 484 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 4: that over my life. I'm gonna step up to the table. 485 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 5: I may not always feel worthy, but I know God 486 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 5: has made me worthy. I'm going to put on my 487 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 5: robe of righteousness. One translation says, put on the robe 488 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 5: of God's approval. No, I'm not perfect, but I know this. 489 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 5: God approves me. God accepts me, God is pleased with me. Now, 490 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 5: you say, Joel, we're just all sinners saved by grace. Now, 491 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 5: the truth is, we used to be sinners, but once 492 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 5: we came to know Christ, we're not sinners anymore. We 493 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 5: are sons and daughters of the Most High God. And 494 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 5: sure we may sin every once in a while, but 495 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 5: we've been born into a new family. We've been changed. 496 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 5: You are a new creation. You have royal blood flowing 497 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 5: through your veins. Put down the crackers and come into 498 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 5: the banquet hall. Get rid of that we defeated unworthy 499 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:05,439 Speaker 5: mentality and start acting like the royalty. God created you 500 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 5: to be in our bedroom at home. We have these 501 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 5: two big lazy boy chairs that are very comfortable. Sometimes 502 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 5: when I want to watch a ball game, I'll go 503 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,199 Speaker 5: in there and shut the door and just relax and 504 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 5: be by myself. It's a great place that I can 505 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 5: be alone, just kind of get refreshed. Years ago, when 506 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 5: our son Jonathan was just a little boy, probably four 507 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 5: years old or so. He's fifteen now, one day I 508 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 5: came home and I couldn't find Jonathan anywhere. And I 509 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 5: knew he was at home, but I looked in his bedroom, 510 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 5: he wasn't there. And I checked the playroom and the kitchen, 511 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 5: even went outside and looked in the backyard, looked in 512 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 5: the garage. 513 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 4: Still couldn't find him. 514 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 5: Finally, I went toward the back of the house and 515 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 5: I noticed that the bedroom door was closed, and that 516 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 5: was funny because it's never closed during the day. I 517 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 5: opened it up and there was Jonathan laying back in 518 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,719 Speaker 5: my big lazy boy He had his feet propped up, 519 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 5: the remote control in one hand, popcorn in the other hand. 520 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 4: He looked at me and said, Daddy, this is the life. 521 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 5: Do you know? 522 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,400 Speaker 4: As a father? That made me feel good. 523 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 5: I was glad he felt confident to go right into 524 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 5: our room. 525 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 4: I was glad that he knows he's a part of. 526 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 5: The family and everything we have belongs to him. You 527 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 5: know what he was doing, receiving his inheritance. He's good 528 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:30,360 Speaker 5: at that. You want to make your heavenly father happy. 529 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 5: Start stepping up to the table, Start enjoying his blessings. 530 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,120 Speaker 5: Put out the crackers, and come on into the banquet hall. 531 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 5: The price has already been paid. It's included in your ticket. 532 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 5: Now start receiving your inheritance. Friends, this will says that 533 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 5: you are blessed, you are prosperous, you are redeemed, you 534 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,120 Speaker 5: are forgiven. You have a sound mind, You're more than 535 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 5: a conquer You've got a crown of favor. All these 536 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:02,199 Speaker 5: blessings already belonged to you. My challenge to us today is, 537 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 5: don't leave them sitting up on a shelf. 538 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 4: Don't let your inheritance go unclaimed. 539 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 5: Dare to be bold and say God, if you say it, 540 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 5: then I agree with you. 541 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 4: God. 542 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 5: You say I'm blessed, I believe I'm blessed. God you 543 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,679 Speaker 5: say I'm forgiven. I may not feel like it, but 544 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 5: I believe I'm forgiven God. You say I've got a 545 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 5: crown of favor, then I believe I'm highly favored. If 546 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 5: you do this, then all these blessings that already have 547 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,919 Speaker 5: your name on it, the promotion, the increase, the healing, 548 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 5: the good breaks, the spouse, the baby, they won't stay 549 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 5: up on the shelf. Just like with Abraham. God will 550 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 5: release them to you. I believe and declare you will 551 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 5: become everything God's created you to be, and you will 552 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 5: have everything God's created you to have. 553 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 4: Do you receive it today? 554 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 555 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 556 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 557 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. 558 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 559 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 560 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 5: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 561 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 5: keep God first place. 562 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 4: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 563 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 4: Thank you for listening to the joel Oustine podcast. Help 564 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 4: us continue to share. 565 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 3: The message of hope with those all over the world. 566 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 3: Visit joeloustein dot com slash give Hope to give a 567 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 3: gift today. 568 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 569 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 5: I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast. 570 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 4: To keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying 571 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 4: for you. 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