1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for. 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: Supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to have an. 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: Awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 2: God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, God 6 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 2: bless you. It's always a joy to come into your homes. 7 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 8 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: and be a part of one of our services. These 9 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right. 10 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 2: Here at Lake Floyd. 11 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: But thanks for tuning in. Thanks again for coming out. 12 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 13 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: about this five year old boy named Tommy. Was his 14 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: grandmother's birthday, and after wishing her a happy birthday. 15 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 2: He said, grandmother, how old are you? 16 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: She said, Tommy, I'm thirty nine and holding he thought 17 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: about it a moment, said grandmother, how old would you 18 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: be if you let go hold up your Bible say 19 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 20 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: am what it says I am. I have what it 21 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: says I have. I can do what it says I 22 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 23 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 24 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 25 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 26 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: It's a simple thing. We all face situations that look impossible. 27 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 1: It's easy to get discouraged and think about how it's 28 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: never going to work out, but we need to keep 29 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 1: the right perspective. God already has the solution. Nothing you're 30 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: facing is a surprise to God. It may look complicated 31 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: to you, but to him it's a simple thing. 32 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 2: It's no big deal. 33 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: He spoke worlds into existence, he flung stars into space. 34 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: He knows how to get you to your destiny. Think 35 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: about David when he faced Goliath, a huge giant nearly 36 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: twice his size, it looked impossible. 37 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: Goliath was the. 38 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: Navy seal of that day, the biggest, strongest, most experienced. 39 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: David was a teenage taking care of his father's sheep. 40 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: He didn't have any military training. But it's interesting God 41 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: didn't need the latest weapon for David. 42 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 2: He didn't need a full set. 43 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: Of armor, years of training, troops. 44 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 2: Backing him up. 45 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: All God needed was a slingshot, a simple thing. That 46 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: slingshot helped David to not only defeat Goliath, but it 47 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: eventually put him on the throne of Israel. When four 48 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: lepers were surrounded by an army locked outside their city's gates, 49 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: they didn't have a chance. 50 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 2: All the odds were against them. 51 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: They had nothing to lose, so they started walking toward 52 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: the enemy's camp. God caused the sound of their footsteps 53 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: to be multiplied to where it sounded like a huge 54 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: army was approaching. When the enemy heard it, they panicked 55 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: and took off running. Those lepers not only saved their lives, 56 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: they saved the entire city of Samaria. The sound of 57 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: their footsteps a simple thing. When thousands of people were 58 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: out on the beach late one evening, hungry, no food, 59 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: no grocery stores, Jesus took five loaves of bread, two fish, 60 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 1: a simple thing, a little boy's lunch. He prayed over it. 61 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: It multiplied and fed the thousands. When Peter needed money 62 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: for taxes, Jesus told him to go to the lake, 63 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: and the first fish you catch will have money for 64 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: both yours and my taxes. Catching a fish a simple thing. 65 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: We think, how am I ever going to get out 66 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: of debt? How will I send my kids to college? 67 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: It's so expensive. Let me tell you how A simple thing, 68 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: one good break, one idea, one phone call, one slingshot, 69 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: one little boy's lunch. 70 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 2: God has some simple things in your future. 71 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: You don't have to have the most talent, the most experienced, 72 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: the most qualifications. One touch of God's favor. One simple 73 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: thing can thrust you to a new level. One simple 74 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: thing and you'll defeat your giants. One simple thing and 75 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: your health will turn around, the problem will resolve, the 76 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: legal situation will solve. Now quit telling yourself it's too big, 77 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: it's too hard, it's never gonna work out. Our attitude 78 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: should be. This may look impossible to me, but God, 79 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: I know. 80 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 2: To you it's a simple thing. All power is in 81 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 2: your hands. You control the universe. 82 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: So I'm not gonna go around worried, upset, wondering if 83 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 1: it's gonna work out. 84 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 2: I'm gonna stay in. 85 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: Faith, knowing that you have some simple things come in 86 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 1: my way. See, too many people go through life thinking 87 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: of all the reasons why they can't be successful, why 88 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,799 Speaker 1: they can't overcome the challenge, why they'll never get well. Joel, 89 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: I've had this sickness so long, or everybody in my 90 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: family struggles with these same addictions. I don't have the talent, 91 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: the personality. It's not gonna work out. No, get rid 92 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: of that defeated mindset. Let these words sink down into 93 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: your spirit. It's a simple thing for God to bring 94 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 1: your dreams to pass. It's a simple thing for you 95 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 1: to live healthy in home. It's a simple thing for 96 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: you to meet the right person for. 97 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 2: You to live debt free. 98 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: God is not up in the heaven scratching his head, thinking, man, 99 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: this is so complicated. 100 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 2: They got me stumped. God already has the solution. 101 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: He's already lined up the right people, the right breaks, 102 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: the right opportunities. They are already in your future, just 103 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: waiting for you to walk into them. If you'll keep 104 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 1: moving forward in faith, honoring God being your best, you 105 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: will come in to some of these simple things that 106 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: God has already lined up for you. I talked to 107 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: a young lady that wanted to attend a certain college, 108 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: and she applied for a scholarship, and they called her. 109 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 2: In for an interview. 110 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: But the man she was talking with was very unfriendly, 111 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: just matter of fact. 112 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 2: She could tell he wasn't for her. 113 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: Few days she received an email saying there were no 114 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: scholarships available, but she could kept back in a month 115 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: or so. She went back and met with the man. 116 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: Same thing, Very curt I told you there are no 117 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: scholarships available. It's almost like she was bothering the man. 118 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: She decided to go back and check one last time. 119 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: She made an appointment, but this time the man had 120 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: to unexpectedly be out of town. His supervisor was filling 121 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 1: in for him that day. This lady was totally different. 122 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,679 Speaker 1: She was kind, friendly, very helpful. Now she was looking 123 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 1: over her records and personal information. She noticed that the 124 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: young lady attends Lakewood. She smiled real big and said, 125 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: you got the right person today. I've been attending Lakewood 126 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: for over twenty years. This supervisor went to her office, 127 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 1: came back in a half hour, not only awarded her 128 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: a full four year scholarship, but he included all of 129 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: her books everything she needed to get started. 130 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 2: What was that? A simple thing? 131 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: God moved the wrong person out and put the right 132 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: person in. She may have never been able to win 133 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: over that other man, but that didn't matter. God said, 134 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: in a fact, don't worry about it. He doesn't have 135 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: to help you. 136 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 2: I control the universe. 137 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: I have the final say I can either change his 138 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: mind and cause him to want to help you, or 139 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: I can move him out. 140 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 2: And put somebody in there that will help you. 141 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: And we all face times where somebody is not for 142 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: us at the office, playing politics, trying to push you down, 143 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: at school, leaving you out, trying to make you look bad. 144 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 2: It's easy to. 145 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: Get frustrated and think, man, I'm never going to get ahead. 146 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 2: These people don't like me. No, don't worry. God has 147 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 2: some simple things. God can cause them to be on 148 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 2: vacation when you need a good break. 149 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: He can cause them to get transferred to a different department. 150 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: Or if God doesn't move them out of the way, 151 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: God can cause. 152 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 2: You to go over them. 153 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: The scripture says you can run through a troop or 154 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: leap over a wall. Bottom line is God will get 155 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: you to where you're supposed to be. A man told 156 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: how his neighbor lived next door was. 157 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 2: Very hard to get along with. 158 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: They were always having these loud parties way into the night, 159 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: and all the neighbors complained, but these people didn't care. 160 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: They were very disrespectful and continued to cause trouble. This 161 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: had gone on year after year, didn't look like it 162 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 1: would ever change. One day, this man came home from 163 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 1: work and noticed a big moving truck in front of 164 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: his next door neighbor's house loading up all their furniture. 165 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: He went over to see what was going on. Come 166 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: to find out the house was filled with termites. The 167 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: people moved out, they never moved back in. He said, Joel, 168 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: I had never thanked God for termites until that day. 169 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: A simple thing, termites. Well, he said, Joe, you really 170 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: think God used those little bugs. God used locusts to 171 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: change Pharaoh's mind. God used frogs and lizards in the Bible. 172 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: I'm not saying to pray termites on your neighbors, but 173 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: the point is sometimes we think God's never going to change. 174 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to put up with it the rest 175 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: of my life. No, stay in faith. God has some 176 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: simple things come in your way. This is what happened 177 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: in the Scripture to Mordecai. Mordecai was a good man, 178 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: loved God, lived with excellence and integrity. But there was 179 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: a man named Hayman that worked for the King Haman 180 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: didn't like Mordecai. He had this prestigious position, influential at 181 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: the palace, and he was always trying to push Mordecai down, 182 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: trying to make him look bad, and in the natural 183 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: it seemed like Hayman had an advantage. He had the 184 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: king's ear. What could Mordecai do? But one night the 185 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: king couldn't sleep, and he asked his assistant to bring 186 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: one of the books that had the city's history recorded 187 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: in it. The assistant randomly grabbed. 188 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 2: A book and gave it to the king. 189 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: The king opened it to a page that talked about 190 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: a good deed that Mordecai had done for the city. 191 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 2: Out of all the books the assistant could. 192 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: Have chosen, just so happened, he chose this particular book. 193 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: Out of all the pages the king could have turned to, 194 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: just so happened he turned to this particular page. 195 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 2: The next day he called Hayman in, said, Hayman, what 196 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 2: do you think. 197 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: We should do to honor a person that has done 198 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: a great deed for the city and served the king 199 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: with excellence. Well, Hayman was so caught up in himself 200 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: he thought the king was talking about him, so he 201 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: played it up real big. He said, King, I think 202 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: we should put a royal robe on that person, have 203 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: a big parade, march him up and down the city streets, 204 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: announcing what a great person he is. The King said, 205 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,559 Speaker 1: I like that. Good idea. Now go find. 206 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 2: Mordecai and do just what you said. 207 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: Hey man, you put the royal rogue on him. You 208 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: go up and down the streets announcing to everyone how 209 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: honored he is by the king. A simple thing, the 210 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 1: king reading the right thing about Mordecai. One person putting 211 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: in a good word for you can take you where 212 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: you could never go on your own. One comment, one 213 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: phone called, one email, Hey, I really like them. 214 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 2: They're talented. You're blessed to have them. 215 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 1: A simple thing can cause your boss, your clients, your 216 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: coworkers to see you in a whole new light. Quit 217 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: worrying about who's trying to hold you back the credit 218 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: you're not getting that person trying to make you look bad. 219 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 2: You don't have to. 220 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: Fight those battles. God is your vindicator. God will cause 221 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: them to see you the way he wants you to 222 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: be seen. He'll cause them to hear what they need 223 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: to hear. God's already lined up the right people to 224 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: put in a good word for you. Second, King's three 225 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: Jehosaphat and his army met up with two other friendly armies. 226 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: They had been traveling through the desert for seven days 227 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,559 Speaker 1: on their way to fight another enemy. When they ran 228 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 1: out of water, they didn't realize all the streams and 229 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: wells had dried up. Now they had no water for 230 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 1: their men for their animals. It looked like they would 231 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 1: be an easy target for the enemy that was approaching. 232 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: King Jehashaphat told his men to go check with the 233 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: prophet Elisha to see what was going to happen. And 234 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:34,079 Speaker 1: Elisha said in verse seventeen, you will see neither wind 235 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: nor rain, but these valleys will be filled with water. 236 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,239 Speaker 1: You will have plenty for yourselves and for your animals. 237 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 2: But this is only a simple thing for the Lord. 238 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: He will cause you to be victorious over all of 239 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 1: the enemies. He goes on to tell how the next 240 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: day it didn't rain, there wasn't a. 241 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 2: Storm, but water filled the valley. 242 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: King Jehoasaphat and he as men ended up defeating the 243 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: enemy went on to conquer those cities. But what's interesting 244 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: is this valley suddenly filled up with water, came out 245 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: of nowhere middle of the desert, and water starts flowing. 246 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 2: To me, that seems like a big deal a great miracle. 247 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: Yet Elisha said, this is a simple thing for our God. 248 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 1: I've learned what's simple to me and what's simple to 249 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: God are two different things. What God called simple we 250 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: would call supernatural, extraordinary, far and beyond. Your situation may 251 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: look impossible. You don't see how you could accomplish a dream, 252 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: or how you could get well, how your marriage could 253 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: be restored. 254 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 2: There's no water in your valley. 255 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: But God is saying it's not going to happen in 256 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: a normal way. You're not going to see clouds, you're 257 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: not going to have any rain, but that valley is 258 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: going to suddenly. 259 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:58,839 Speaker 2: Fill up with water. 260 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: In other words, out of nowhere, you get a good break, 261 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: your health improves, the business takes off, you meet the 262 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: right person, the situation turns around. That's God giving you 263 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 1: water without rain. You weren't the most qualified, didn't have 264 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 1: the most experienced, but suddenly you were promoted. Suddenly you 265 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: find yourself where you could not go on your own. 266 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: We're thrilled, we're on cloud nine. But God says, hey, 267 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: it's no big deal. 268 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 2: It's just a simple thing for me. 269 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: Maybe in your health, the medical report said you'd never 270 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: get well. 271 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 2: The odds were against you, but you look up like 272 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 2: my mother. 273 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: Thirty years later, you're still healthy, Oh, still going strong. 274 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: That's what God calls a simple thing. In your finances, 275 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: you didn't see how you could get. 276 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 2: Out of debt. 277 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: Didn't look good on paper, But that valley began to 278 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: fill up with water. Not a normal way, not rain, 279 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: not something you could take credit for. This was the 280 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: hand of God promoting you, giving you wisdom, putting you 281 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: at the right place, opening doors that no man can shut. 282 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: And if we're going to become everything we were created 283 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: to be, if we're going to reach our highest potential, 284 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: we can't go around thinking this is too big. It's 285 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: never going to work out. I never get any good breaks. No, 286 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: have a new perspective. It's a simple. 287 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 2: Thing for our God. He's saying to you what. 288 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: He said, did ya husaphat, don't worry, don't panic, don't 289 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: turn around, go back home. I'm going to fill those 290 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: dry places with water. It's going to happen suddenly. It's 291 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: going to be unusual, not what you were expecting. Water 292 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: without rain. That means God can heal you without the treatment. 293 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,359 Speaker 1: God can promote you, even though you weren't the most qualified. 294 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: God can increase you beyond your salary, bring you out 295 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: of debt, put you into overflow without the company, without 296 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: normal means, God has explosive blessings. When you say, Joel, 297 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm in a drought today, I hadn't 298 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: had any good breaks in a long time. That's just 299 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: where Jehosaphat was. Don't complain. Get ready for a simple thing, 300 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: something out of the ordinary, not what you were expecting, 301 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: something that you could not make happen on your own. 302 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: I read about a twenty nine year old young man. 303 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: He was a minor league baseball player and a few 304 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: years back he bought a fifty acre plot of land 305 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: from his great aunt so she. 306 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 2: Could afford to move into a senior's home. 307 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: He paid a thousand dollars an acre, fifty thousand dollars 308 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: for the property, and it really wasn't valued that high. 309 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: It was way out in the country, the middle of nowhere. 310 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: He just did it as a favor to his loved 311 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: One one day, he was out with some equipment digging 312 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: around on the property, clearing a couple of acres. He 313 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: kept hitting this flat stone everywhere he went. Right under 314 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: the surface, there was this certain kind of rock. He 315 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 1: called an expert out and they discovered that his property 316 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: is filled with something called goshen stone. It's some of 317 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: the most beautiful and sought after landscaping stone around. Geologists 318 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: estimate there are twenty four million tons of gosh and 319 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: stone on his property. It sells for a little over 320 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: one hundred dollars a ton. That calculates out to be 321 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: a little over. 322 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 2: Two billion dollars worth of stone. You know what that is? 323 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 2: Water without rain. 324 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: God increasing you in unusual ways, beyond your salary, beyond. 325 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 2: What was expected. 326 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: Why don't you take the limits off of God. You 327 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,919 Speaker 1: may not see how this can happen, but that's not 328 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: our job. 329 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 2: Our job is to believe. Our job is. 330 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: To say, God, I know you have some simple things 331 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,439 Speaker 1: in my future. God, I know you can fill my 332 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: valleys in ways that I've never imagined. So Lord, I 333 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: want to thank you for the surpassing greatness of your favor. 334 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 1: Your faith is what activates God's power. When you're in 335 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: a drought, when you're in a valley, that's when you'll 336 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: be the most tempted to get discouraged to complain. If 337 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: you're not careful, you'll settle there. Thank God, this is 338 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: my lot in life. It's never going to change. Joel, 339 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 1: I don't see any clouds in the sky. Neither did Jehashaphat. 340 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: Yet God said the valley was going to be filled 341 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 1: with water. 342 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 2: It would have been hard enough. 343 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: To believe if God would have said it was going 344 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 1: to rain. They were out in the desert. It never 345 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: rains out there. 346 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,159 Speaker 2: Yet Elisha took it a step further and said, it's 347 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 2: not going to rain. 348 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: You're not going to see any clouds, any normal sign 349 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: of this happening, But these valleys are going to fill 350 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: up with water. 351 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 2: Jehosaphat stood at a crossroads. Was he going to believe. 352 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:58,360 Speaker 1: That God could do something unusual, unprecedented, out of the ordinary, 353 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: or was he just going to look at it in 354 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: the natural, reason it out and think, Ah, it's not. 355 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:04,679 Speaker 2: Gonna happen for me. 356 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: I never get any good breaks, I'll never get well, 357 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: I'll never meet the right person. 358 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 2: I'm in a desert. 359 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: No, you've got to do what Jehashaphat did and say, 360 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: even though I don't see any sign of this happening, 361 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 1: even though it doesn't make sense in the natural, even 362 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: though every voice is telling me it's impossible. I'm going 363 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: to choose to believe what God said, that he can 364 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 1: bring me water without rain, that he can turn this 365 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: desert into a stream, that he can make a way. 366 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 2: Where there is no way. When you believe all things 367 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 2: are possible. 368 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: Quit telling yourself it's too big, it's too hard, it's 369 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,239 Speaker 1: not gonna work out. You can talk yourself out of 370 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:49,199 Speaker 1: God's goodness. It may look impossible in the natural, but 371 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: remember we serve a supernatural God. 372 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 2: All it takes is one touch of his favor. 373 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: This is what happened with the Israelites. They were in 374 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:02,439 Speaker 1: the desert, headed to the Promised Land. They got tired 375 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: of eating mana every day. Mana was something like bread. 376 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 1: They complained to Moses that they didn't have any meat 377 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 1: to eat. God heard the complaining and told Moses that 378 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,119 Speaker 1: he was going to give them meat, not for one day, 379 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,119 Speaker 1: not for five days, not for twenty days, but for 380 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 1: a whole month. Moses said, God, that's impossible. We're in 381 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 1: the desert. There are two million people out here. Even 382 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 1: if we butchered all of our flocks and all of 383 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: our herds, we wouldn't have that much meat. God said Moses, 384 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: is there any limit to my power? 385 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:37,919 Speaker 2: Moses? 386 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 1: Did you forget that I parted the Red Sea. I 387 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: stopped the sun for Joshua. I protected three Hebrew teenagers 388 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: from a fiery furnace. Moses, don't you realize I can 389 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: bring water without rain. I can bring meat without a 390 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,919 Speaker 1: grocery store. I can guide you through the desert without 391 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 1: a GPS system, using a cloud by day a pillar 392 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: of fire by night. There's no limit to my power. 393 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: The scripture says God shifted the direction of the wind 394 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 1: and brought in quall from the sea and caused it 395 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: to fall into the camp. God simply breathed in their direction, 396 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: and suddenly millions of quall were. 397 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:21,160 Speaker 2: At their front door. 398 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: They didn't have to go looking for it. Honey fishing, 399 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: the quail came to them. God thought of home delivery 400 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: way before Domino's. But sometimes we think, Joel, this situation 401 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: is never going to change. God is asking you what 402 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 1: he asked, Moses. Is there any limit to my power? 403 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: I make streets out of gold. I can bring your 404 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: dreams to pass. I breathe life into your body. I 405 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,719 Speaker 1: can correct what's wrong. I control the whole universe. I 406 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 1: can cause things to suddenly fall into place. 407 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 2: Imagine that scene. 408 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: Every night for thirty days, two million people sitting down 409 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: in the desert having a state dinner. You know what, 410 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: that was a simple thing. God just breathed on them. 411 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 1: No big deal. Now, you may not need stake in 412 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,719 Speaker 1: the desert, but you need healing from an illness, You 413 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 1: need freedom from an addiction. You need a child to 414 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: come back home. You need a good break to accomplish 415 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: your dream. Why don't you say, God, you did it 416 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: for them, do it for me. God, breathe in my direction. 417 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: Show me one of those simple things. God, let me 418 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: have water without rain. This is what happened to a 419 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: man in the scripture. He was a captain in the army. 420 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,919 Speaker 1: He had a young man that lived with him that 421 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,919 Speaker 1: was just like his son, that had become very sick 422 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: and was close to death. The whole family was distraught 423 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: and upset. They didn't know what to do. And this 424 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 1: captain heard that Jesus was in town, and he went 425 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 1: to him and said, Jesus, my loved one is so sick. 426 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 1: Would you please help me. Jesus said yes, I'll come 427 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,439 Speaker 1: to your house right right now, and heal him. The 428 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 1: man said, Jesus I'm a captain in the army. I 429 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: have a lot of authority when I speak. People obey me. 430 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 1: You're busy. You don't need to come to my house. 431 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: Just speak the word, and I know my loved one 432 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: will be made whole. 433 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 2: Jesus was amazed. 434 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 1: Everyone else would have loved for Jesus to come to 435 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: their house. 436 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:25,120 Speaker 2: They were all pulling on. 437 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 1: Him, begging him, but not this man. His attitude was, 438 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: it's a simple thing for you. It's a big deal 439 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: to me, but it's nothing for you. You spoke worlds 440 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: into existence. Jesus said, I haven't seen this great of faith. 441 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 2: In all of Israel. You can go home. Your loved 442 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 2: one has been healed. Here's my point. 443 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: When you face a situation that looks impossible, you don't 444 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: see how it could work out, But deep down you know, 445 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: for our God, it's a simple thing. God calls that 446 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,360 Speaker 1: great faith. It may seem like you could never get 447 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: out of debt, never pay your house off, never build 448 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: that orphanage you're dreaming about. But deep down you know 449 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: God takes pleasure in prospering you. 450 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 2: You know he's supplying all of your needs. You know 451 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 2: you will lend and not borrow. That's great faith. 452 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 1: The medical report may say nothing more we can do. 453 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 1: The odds are against you, but deep down you know 454 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 1: Jehovah Rapha, the Lord, our healer, is restoring health back 455 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 1: into you. God calls that great faith. The child that's 456 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 1: off course. The legal trouble, the problem at work looks 457 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: like it may never turn around. You could easily live depressed, discourage, 458 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:42,680 Speaker 1: stressed out. 459 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 2: But instead you have the attitude. God I know for you. 460 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 2: It's a simple thing. All power is in your hands. God. 461 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: You did it for Moses, you did it for Jehosaphat, 462 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: you did it for the army. 463 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 2: Captain. God, I know you can do it for me. 464 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: That's what allows the que creator of the universe to 465 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,880 Speaker 1: show up and do amazing things. Whatever you're up against, 466 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:09,360 Speaker 1: whatever you're dreaming about, keep the right perspective. 467 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,120 Speaker 2: It's a simple thing. For our God. 468 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: He can bring water without rain. You may be in 469 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: a desert, in a dry place. My encouragement is get ready, 470 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: those valleys are about to be filled. It's going to 471 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:27,719 Speaker 1: happen suddenly, not a normal way, not something you were expecting, 472 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 1: something out of the ordinary. Suddenly the wind shifts in 473 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: your direction like the Israelites. 474 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 2: Your camp is filled with quail. 475 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: In other words, you meet the right person, like the 476 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: young lady with the scholarship, or somebody puts in a 477 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: good word for you, like Mordecai. Suddenly you're vindicated, you're promoted. 478 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: The problem turns around. God's done it in the past, 479 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: He's going to do it again in the future. Now, 480 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: I believe and declare simple things are coming your way. 481 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:05,880 Speaker 1: Supernatural breaks, opportunity, provision, healing, restoration. The winds of God's 482 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 1: favor have shifted in your direction. Like Johasaphat, You're going 483 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: to see water without rain. Your valleys are going to 484 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: be filled to overflowing, plenty for yourself, plenty left over 485 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: to be a blessing to others. 486 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, I declare it, if you receive it. 487 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 2: Can you say it? Men? Today? 488 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,640 Speaker 1: But we never like to close our broadcast without giving 489 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 490 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? 491 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 492 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 2: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. 493 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 1: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 494 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: got born again. Get into good Bible based church. Keep 495 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: God first place. He's going to take your places that 496 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: you've never dreamed of. 497 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 3: It's a new year, an opportunity for a fresh start. 498 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 3: It's a new year, time to forget the struggles of 499 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 3: the past and make room for new blessings. 500 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 2: It's a new year. 501 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,879 Speaker 3: The perfect time to build expectation and faith for an 502 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:12,159 Speaker 3: amazing new season. 503 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,199 Speaker 1: The beginning of the year is a great time to 504 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 1: start afresh and a new to let go of negative 505 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,439 Speaker 1: things of the past and to get ready for the 506 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:24,439 Speaker 1: new things God has in store. Every January we create 507 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 1: a new devotional calendar. When you start off each day 508 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 1: in faith, grateful for what God has done, making positive 509 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: declarations over your future, you're setting the tone for a 510 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: blessed day and a victorious year. This devotional calendar will 511 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: help you get your mind going in the right direction 512 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 1: so you can live in faith expecting the goodness of God. 513 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank You for your gift 514 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 3: of any amount this first month of the year, we 515 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 3: would like to send you a copy of our brand 516 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 3: new twenty twenty five three hundred and sixty five day 517 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 3: devotional calendar. Using this devotion calendar, is as easy as one, two, three. 518 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 3: One wake up with an expectancy in your heart. Two 519 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 3: reflect on the daily scripture, verse and devotional from Joel. 520 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 3: Three capture the Lord's promises to you on journaling lines 521 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 3: for writing and reflection. 522 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 2: This is going to be one of your best years. 523 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: Our twenty twenty five devotional calendar is going to help 524 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 1: you stay in faith and see the goodness. 525 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 2: Of God in ways you've never seen. 526 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,400 Speaker 1: Victoria and I pray for you and your family every day, 527 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: and thank you so much for your prayer and support. 528 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: Your generosity is impacting lives around the world. And a 529 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: special thank you to our Champion of Hope partners. 530 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 2: For your monthly gifts. 531 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: If you're not a partner, I hope you'll consider becoming one. 532 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services online live every Sunday morning, 533 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: download our daily podcast, watch on YouTube now the new 534 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: Jewelosting Network twenty four hours a day, and of course 535 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 1: listen live on Serious XM as well. But until we 536 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 1: meet again, MEDD, the Lord bless you and keep you, 537 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 1: may show you His favor and watch over you. 538 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of the twenty twenty 539 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 3: five devotional Calendar today. Visit Joelostein dot com or call 540 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 3: us toll free