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See terms and conditions at 34 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 3: UNEs dot co. 35 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 36 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 6: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 37 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 6: the ministry. 38 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 7: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 39 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 7: blessing and share it with a friend. 40 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 6: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 41 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 6: your life. 42 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 5: So God bless you. It's joy to come into your homes. 43 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 6: And if you're ever in our area, please stop buying. 44 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 6: Be a part of one of our services. I promise 45 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 6: you we'll make you feel right at home. I like 46 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 6: to get started each week with something kind of funny, 47 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 6: and I heard about this pastor and song leader that 48 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 6: we're not getting along and it started to spill over 49 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 6: into the services. One Sunday, the pastor spoke about being 50 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 6: willing to change. Afterwards, the song leader got up and 51 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 6: led the song I shall not be moved. The next 52 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 6: week he spoke on being a giver. The song leader 53 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 6: got up and led, Jesus paid it all. Next week 54 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 6: he talked about gossip and how you have to watch 55 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 6: your tongue, and the song leader led, I love to 56 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 6: tell the story. The pastor got so frustrated he finally resigned. 57 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 6: He said, Jesus brought me here, and Jesus has taken 58 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 6: me away. The song leader then led, what a friend 59 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 6: we have in Jesus. All right, hold up your bible. 60 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 6: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 61 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 6: I am what it says I am. I have what 62 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 6: it says I have. I can do what it says 63 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 6: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 64 00:02:55,720 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 6: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 65 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 6: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 66 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 6: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 67 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 6: about developing an overflow mentality. Our God is a running 68 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 6: over God, and we're not supposed to just have our 69 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 6: needs supplied. 70 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,519 Speaker 5: We're supposed to be so blessed when other. 71 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 6: People get around us, it overflows onto them. We should 72 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 6: be so blessed in our finances that we cannot only 73 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 6: pay our bills, not only accomplish our dreams, but we 74 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 6: can be a blessing to others. And if we're going 75 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 6: to live this abundant life, we have to have an 76 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 6: overflow mentality. 77 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 5: You've got to know it's God's dream that you prosper. 78 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 6: Just like as a parent, I love to see my 79 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 6: children doing well. I love to see them looking good 80 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 6: and see them excelling. It's the same way with God. 81 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 6: He takes pleasure in prospering you. We were never created 82 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 6: to barely get by, created to have to constantly struggle. 83 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 6: God made us to be the head and not the tail. 84 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 6: He said we would lend and not borrow. We may 85 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 6: not all be there just yet, but don't settle where 86 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 6: you are all through the day. Reminds yourself. God takes 87 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 6: pleasure in prospering me. His favor surrounds me. 88 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 5: Like a shield. 89 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 6: His blessings are chasing me down. Promotion and increase are 90 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 6: coming my way. And of course we all go through 91 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 6: times of testing. 92 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 5: There are seasons where we. 93 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 6: Don't see any increase, we're not getting any good breaks. 94 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 6: We have to dig our heels in and press through 95 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 6: the difficult times. But the way God designed it is 96 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 6: that seasons always change. That means we're not supposed to 97 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 6: constantly struggle. It is not your destiny to always be 98 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 6: in lack and never have enough. At some point, the 99 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 6: test will come to an end. At some point you 100 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 6: go from sowing into reaping. But if we're not careful, 101 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 6: because we've struggled so long and not seen the results 102 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 6: and the increase that we've hoped for, it's easy to 103 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 6: lose our fire, lose our passion, and think, all, man, 104 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 6: it's never going to happen to me. I'm never going 105 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 6: to rise any higher. No, don't settle where you are. 106 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 6: You've gone through sowing. Now you need to start believing 107 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 6: that harvest is coming your way. And some of you 108 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 6: have been so faithful. You've gotten up each day and 109 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 6: done your best. You've given even when you didn't have enough. 110 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 6: You've kept that attitude of faith. And God is saying 111 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 6: today it's your time to come into harvest. It's your 112 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 6: time to start reaping all those seeds that you've sown, 113 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 6: why don't you get a vision for it, not to 114 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 6: barely get by. Maybe one day I'll have enough. Maybe 115 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 6: one day I'll be able to send my children to college. 116 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,479 Speaker 5: Maybe one day I'll be able to afford that house 117 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 5: that I really want. 118 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 6: No start thinking overflow. You're a child of the most 119 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 6: high God. He wants to do more than you can 120 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,559 Speaker 6: even ask or think. And I know I've had people say, well, Joel, 121 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 6: my family's always struggled. My parents never had enough. My 122 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 6: grandparents were always in lack and defeat. That may be true, 123 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 6: but this is a new day. You can set a 124 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 6: new standard. God wants you to be the one to 125 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 6: break the curse of lack in your family line. You 126 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,799 Speaker 6: have seeds of greatness on the inside of you right now. 127 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 6: God has equipped you with everything you need to succeed. 128 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 6: And the fact is your parents, grandparents, ancestors, they may 129 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 6: have been good people, but maybe they didn't understand this 130 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 6: truth that God takes pleasure in prospering you. Or maybe 131 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 6: they sowed the seeds, they made the sacrifices so that 132 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 6: you could live a better life. In either case, God 133 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 6: wants you to go further than your parents. He wants 134 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 6: every generation to increase, and if you'll rise up in faith, 135 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 6: you can affect your family line for generations to come. 136 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 5: This is what my father did. 137 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 6: His family was one of the poorest families around. 138 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 5: They had nothing. 139 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 6: But at the age of seventeen, when my dad gave 140 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 6: his life to the Lord, he made a decision that 141 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 6: his children would never be raised in the lack and 142 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 6: poverty that he was raised in. He drew the line 143 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 6: in the sand and said, this is where we are, 144 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 6: but this is not where we're staying. 145 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 5: We are coming up higher. What happened he developed a 146 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 5: new mindset. Up to that. 147 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 6: Point, he had had a poverty mentality. That's all he 148 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 6: had ever known, Barely able to get by, barely have 149 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 6: enough to pay the bills. He could have easily settled 150 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 6: there and just thought, this is who I am, this 151 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 6: is my lot in life. If he had had done that, 152 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 6: I wouldn't be where I am today. The decision he 153 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 6: made way back in the nineteen thirties is still affecting me, 154 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 6: my children, even future generations. But my father knew deep 155 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 6: down he was supposed to live this abundant life, developed 156 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 6: this overflow mentality, and it didn't happen overnight. 157 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 5: But he and my mother stayed faithful. 158 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 6: They kept giving, serving, believing, and over time God did 159 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 6: more than they could even ask or think. 160 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 5: They came in to overflow. 161 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 6: You may be in poverty today, but don't ever let 162 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 6: poverty get in you. Hold your head up high, know 163 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 6: that you're a child of the most High God. That 164 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 6: may be the way it's been, but that's not the 165 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 6: way it's gonna stay. You are coming up higher. You're 166 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 6: gonna see God's favor in a greater way. You're gonna 167 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 6: see your gifts and talents come out like they've never 168 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 6: come out before. I believe you're gonna be given supernatural 169 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 6: opportunities that, just like a rocket, can launch you into 170 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 6: a new dimension. If you'll stay in faith, it's just 171 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 6: a matter of time before it comes to pass. That's 172 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 6: what the scripture says in Psalm sixty five, verse eleven. 173 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 6: God will crown the year with a bountiful harvest. Your 174 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 6: carts will overflow with abundance. That's my prayer for each 175 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 6: one of you, that you will see God's blessings like 176 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 6: you've never seen them before. That you will come into promotion, 177 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 6: increase bonuses, raises, even inheritances. God likes to do unusual things. 178 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 6: It talks about in the Bulk of Malachi. If you'll 179 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 6: be a giver and keep God first place, he will 180 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 6: open up the windows of heaven and pour out blessings 181 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 6: that you cannot contain. That sounds to me like it's 182 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 6: supposed to be running over. After all, he's called El Shadai, 183 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 6: the God who is more than enough, not el Chipo, 184 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 6: the god of barely enough. Don't ever go around talking 185 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 6: about how high prices are and how you're never gonna 186 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 6: make it. If you have a poor mouth, you're gonna 187 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 6: live a poor life. And you may be so broke 188 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 6: that you can't even pay attention. You may have so 189 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 6: many things coming against you. But if somebody asks you 190 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 6: how you're doing, don't give a twenty minute explain nation 191 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 6: of how bad things are and gases so high, and 192 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 6: my business is slow, my dishwasher. 193 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 5: Broke, my dog died. He knows if all that up. 194 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 6: Don't speak defeat over your life, no matter how it 195 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 6: looks in the natural. You need to start saying it 196 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 6: by faith. I am blessed. I have the favor of God. 197 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 6: Everything I touched prosper Yes, prices may be high, but 198 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 6: God always supplies my needs. Yes, the economy may be 199 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 6: a little slow, but I'm not going under. 200 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 5: I'm going over. 201 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 6: God always causes me to tryumph. A while back, this 202 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 6: young couple ask me to pray and agree that this 203 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 6: furniture they wanted to buy would go on sell. They 204 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 6: had been watching it a long time and they knew 205 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 6: if it went on sale they'd be able to buy it. 206 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 6: And I had to think about that a minute, and 207 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 6: I finally said, instead of praying that it'll go on sell, 208 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 6: I would rather pray that God would bless you in 209 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 6: such a way that, even if it doesn't, you would 210 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 6: still be able. 211 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 5: To purchase it. 212 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 6: It's not about trying to make things come to so 213 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 6: we can afford it. It's about us believing to come 214 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 6: up higher where we're. 215 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 5: Supposed to be. 216 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 6: After all, the same God that can cause it to 217 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 6: go and sale can cause you to be blessed in 218 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 6: such a way that you're not sitting around waiting for 219 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 6: a discount. And I'm all for getting good deals. I'm 220 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 6: for being frugal and not wasting. In fact, when I 221 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 6: order a pizza over the phone, I still use the 222 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 6: coupon out of the paper. I'm not against any of that, 223 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 6: but some people, and I say this respectfully, they've got 224 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 6: a cheap spirit. They won't buy anything unless they can 225 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 6: find it on sale. 226 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 5: I've known people that. 227 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 6: Will drive across town and spend ten dollars on gas 228 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,559 Speaker 6: to save three dollars on a box of detertion. They 229 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 6: don't realize their time is valuable. Years ago, a friend 230 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 6: of mine went to a family reunion in another state 231 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 6: and the next day a cousin of his was flying in. 232 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 6: But this cousin flew to a city that was two 233 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 6: hundred miles away so he could save sixty dollars on 234 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 6: his airplane ticket. My friend drove five hours to get him, 235 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 6: waited two hours at the airport, five hours to get. 236 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 5: Back to the family reunion. 237 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 6: When he got back, the cousin offered him one hundred 238 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 6: dollars for coming to pick him up, and my friend, 239 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 6: of course he wouldn't take it, but he thought to himself, 240 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 6: I wish you would have just spent the sixty dollars 241 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 6: on your ticket, so you would have saved us both 242 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 6: a whole day and a lot of other headaches. What's 243 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,839 Speaker 6: my point this cousin? It wasn't that he couldn't afford it. 244 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 6: He had just programmed himself to think cheaply. I don't 245 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 6: have enough. I got to get the bargain basement flight, 246 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 6: even if I've got to go through Tokyo first. No, 247 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,959 Speaker 6: you need to be set free from that cheap spirit. 248 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 6: You are a child of the most high God. Your 249 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 6: time is valuable. You are a person of excellence. If 250 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 6: you don't realize who you are and get rid of 251 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 6: that barely get by mentality, it'll keep you from coming 252 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 6: into overflow. I remember when I was growing up, just 253 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 6: a little boy. I was with my father and he 254 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 6: was buying a suit, and the man selling it to 255 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 6: him found out that he was a minister and kind 256 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 6: of demeaning, almost like we were second class. 257 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 5: He said, well, you know, we can give. 258 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 6: You a minister's discount if you need it. I could 259 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 6: tell my father did not like that. That rubbed him 260 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 6: the wrong way. He thought to himself, I am not 261 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 6: a beggar. I'm not looking for a handout. I'm a 262 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:30,479 Speaker 6: child of Almighty God. I don't need a minister's discount. 263 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 6: And understand, my father loved to get good deals. He 264 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 6: came out of the depression. He was very conservative. I'm 265 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 6: not talking about being arrogant or being wasteful. It wasn't 266 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 6: out of pride, but rather out of a boldness of 267 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 6: who he was and what he represented. He put his 268 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 6: shoulders back and said, no, sir, I don't take a 269 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 6: minister's discount. 270 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,839 Speaker 5: Do you know who my father is? That salesman stepped. 271 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 6: Back, looked at him kind of differently. He thought that 272 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 6: he came from a well to do, in fluid family. 273 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 5: He didn't know. 274 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 6: He wasn't talking about his earthly father. He was talking 275 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 6: about his heavenly father. That day, something just rose up 276 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 6: in my dad. He was saying, in effect, this is 277 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 6: a new day. We've stepped out of poverty, in lack. 278 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 6: We've gotten the Christmas basket long enough. Because we were 279 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 6: the poorest family, I went to high school with holes. 280 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 5: In my pants. 281 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 6: All I could ever afford going up was half a 282 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 6: glass of milk. But Daddy was saying, this is a 283 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 6: new day. Don't tell me the God I serve has 284 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 6: to have a discount. He's well able to take care 285 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 6: of me. He's Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord, my provider. If 286 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 6: there's anything that must make God sad is for his 287 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 6: sons and daughters to go around with a barely get by, 288 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 6: defeated mentality. 289 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 5: I gotta have a discount. All I can. 290 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 6: Afford is the day old bread. All I can afford 291 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 6: is the leftovers. Now, you need to get a bigger 292 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 6: vision of who you are. You need to start reminding yourself. 293 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 5: I am blessed, I am prosperous. 294 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 6: I may not be able to afford it right now, 295 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 6: but my time is coming. I may be on welfare today, 296 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 6: but this is not where I'm staying. I don't need 297 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 6: a handout, even if you have to stand against. 298 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 5: That your whole life. 299 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 6: You should never give into the fact that you're supposed 300 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 6: to live in lack and always be at the mercy 301 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 6: of other people. 302 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 5: You need to make up your mind. 303 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 6: You may be taking a handout now, but one day 304 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 6: you're gonna be given the handout. One day you're gonna 305 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 6: lend and not borrow. You're coming in to overflow. That's 306 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 6: God's dream for each one of you, and you may 307 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 6: not see how it can happen. 308 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 5: But that's okay. That's not your job. 309 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 6: Your job is to believe God can give you one 310 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 6: idea that can totally change your life. He can cause 311 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 6: you to bump into one person that will offer you 312 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 6: a position that'll take you to a new level. He 313 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 6: can give you an inheritance from a long lost relative 314 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 6: you didn't even know you had. 315 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 5: He's God, He's got it all figured out. 316 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 6: The other day, he told me how he had reached 317 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 6: his limits in his career. 318 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 5: He didn't think he can go any higher. 319 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 6: The man in front of him, his supervisor, had just 320 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 6: gotten the big promotion that he was hoping to get. 321 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 6: And this supervisor was a young man, looked like he'd 322 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 6: be there for twenty or thirty years. This other man 323 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 6: was so discouraged, and I told him, just stay in faith. 324 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 6: God's still in control. You never know what could happen. 325 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 6: About six months later, that man all of a sudden 326 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 6: decided to move to another city, this supervisor, to be 327 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 6: with his family. And now they offered this man the 328 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 6: same position. He was on cloud nine. 329 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 5: It put him into overflow. 330 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 6: If you'll stay in faith, God will move people around 331 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 6: to get you to where he wants you to be. 332 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 5: I know this couple. 333 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 6: They bought a home in another state, and a couple 334 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 6: of months after they purchased it, they got a certified 335 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 6: letter notifying them that a company had discovered oil underneath 336 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 6: the whole neighborhood. They offered them an incredible amount of money, 337 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 6: not to purchase the property, not to disrupt their living, 338 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 6: but simply to be able to go underground and. 339 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 5: Drill for that oil. He was so happy. 340 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 6: I mean, you would have thought he was Jed Clampett 341 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 6: the Beverly Hillbillies. But you think about it a couple 342 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 6: of months later, and those owners would have never sold 343 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 6: him the property. God had it all arranged, moving one 344 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 6: out to move another end the right place the right time, 345 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 6: that comple stepped into their season of harvest. You don't 346 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 6: have to figure it all out. Just stay in faith, 347 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 6: believing that God takes pleasure in prospering you. He wants 348 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 6: you to come in to overflow, not just so you 349 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 6: can be blessed. There's a purpose for our prosperity, and 350 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 6: that is to be a blessing to others. If all 351 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 6: you have on your mind is yourself, that's going to 352 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:53,360 Speaker 6: limit what God can do. 353 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,360 Speaker 5: We need to have the attitude. 354 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 6: God give me ways that not only my family can 355 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 6: be blessed, but help me to make a bigger difference. 356 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 5: Help me to impact more people. 357 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 6: God has blessed Victorian I beyond our wildest dreams, and 358 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 6: I say this humbly. 359 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:09,880 Speaker 5: I think you know my heart. 360 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 6: But we've always had a desire to help others. We've 361 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,439 Speaker 6: talked about for years being able to build hospitals in 362 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 6: needy countries, having orphanages to support less fortunate children. Right 363 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 6: now we're in the planning stages of helping to underwrite 364 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 6: a home for troubled teens here in the Houston area. 365 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:29,120 Speaker 5: We're not supposed to be. 366 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 6: We're not supposed to be a reservoir to hoard everything up. 367 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 6: We're supposed to be a channel where God's blessings can 368 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,679 Speaker 6: flow through us. And if you will keep God first 369 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 6: place and have a desire to help others, there's no 370 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 6: limit to what God can do in your life. He 371 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 6: can give you one good break that will put you 372 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 6: into overflow. 373 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,400 Speaker 5: He can give you one dream at night that. 374 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 6: Can revolutionize your life. Growing up, my parents knew a 375 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 6: man by the name of Henry Kraus House was a 376 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 6: farmer in the natural, just an average ordinary person. He 377 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 6: didn't have a college degree, he didn't seem to be 378 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 6: super talented, looked like he would just live a normal 379 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 6: life and make a modest living. 380 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 5: But God is not limited by our. 381 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 6: Education, He's not limited by our profession. He likes to 382 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 6: do unusual things. And one night God gave mister Kraus 383 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 6: a dream. 384 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 5: And in this dream he. 385 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 6: Saw a certain kind of plow, a plow like he 386 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 6: had never seen before. He got up the next morning 387 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 6: and wrote it all down. Over time, he engineered it, 388 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,160 Speaker 6: He designed it, later had it patented. It became known 389 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,360 Speaker 6: as the famous Krause plow. It went on to help 390 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 6: revolutionize the farming industry. Mister Kraus was one of my 391 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:50,439 Speaker 6: father's biggest supporters. Just one idea, just one dream. The 392 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,719 Speaker 6: good news is God hasn't run out of ideas. He 393 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 6: hasn't run out of ways to put you into overflow. 394 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 6: One scripture talks about how God can give us witty inventions. 395 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:04,120 Speaker 5: Stay open, don't settle where you are. 396 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 6: You're not supposed to live in the land of barely enough. 397 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 6: That's where you're always struggling, always trying to make ends meet. 398 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 6: You're not supposed to live in the land of good enough. 399 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 6: That's where you can pay your bills. But there's no abundance, 400 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 6: there's no overflow. God wants you to come in to 401 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,160 Speaker 6: the land of more than enough. That's where you can 402 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 6: not only pay your bills, but you have plenty left 403 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:27,959 Speaker 6: over to be a blessing to others. 404 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 5: That's the abundant life. A lady was telling me the other. 405 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 6: Day how she brought a friend to the service and 406 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 6: at the end, that friend stood up to make a 407 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 6: decision for Christ. She was so happy for And afterwards 408 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 6: they got to talking and she found that this friend 409 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 6: didn't have a Bible. In fact, her friend had never 410 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 6: owned a Bible of her own. And this lady knew 411 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,479 Speaker 6: she was supposed to go up to the bookstore and 412 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 6: buy her a Bible, but her funds were very tight. 413 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:56,880 Speaker 5: If she did that, she wasn't sure she. 414 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 6: Was going to make ends meet for that month, but 415 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 6: she went up there anyway. They picked out a nice 416 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,199 Speaker 6: leather Bible. In fact, it was an expensive Bible, and 417 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 6: while she was in line waiting to pay for it, 418 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,640 Speaker 6: a man walked up to her out of the blue, said, 419 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 6: I don't know you, but I just feel like I'm 420 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 6: supposed to give you this. 421 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 5: He handed her one hundred dollar bill. That's the way 422 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 5: God works. 423 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 6: If you'll be obedient, God will always meet your knee. 424 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 6: When you walk in overflow, you can be a blessing 425 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 6: wherever you go. You won't be looking for a miracle. 426 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 6: You can become someone's miracle. And really, that's what life 427 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 6: is all about. Buying someone's dinner, helping a single parent mom, 428 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 6: supporting a less fortunate child, making a difference. 429 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 5: Friends. 430 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 6: It's okay to have money as long as money doesn't 431 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,679 Speaker 6: have you if you have a desire to help others 432 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 6: and a desire to leave your children's children and inheritance 433 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 6: like the scripture talks about, and you're living a life 434 00:21:56,320 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 6: of excellence and integrity with a big vision, and you're 435 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 6: in prime position to come into overflow. It may not 436 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 6: have happened yet, but don't settle where you are. 437 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 5: It's never too late. 438 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 6: Have the attitude this is where I am, but this 439 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 6: is not where I'm staying. My God is a running 440 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 6: over god. I know he takes pleasure in prospering me. 441 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 6: So I'm gonna keep giving, serving, believing knowing that I'm 442 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 6: headed for overflow. I'm coming into that land of more 443 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 6: than an hour. And I say this respectfully, but sometimes 444 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 6: a religious attitude tries to make us think we're supposed 445 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 6: to be poor and broke and depressed, so we can 446 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 6: prove to people that we're humble. 447 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 5: But when we're poor and broke and. 448 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,959 Speaker 6: Depressed, all that proves is that we're poor and broke 449 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 6: and depressed. 450 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 5: That doesn't prove anything. Nobody's gonna want what we have. 451 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 6: We're supposed to be examples. 452 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 5: Of what it means to live for our God. We 453 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 5: represent Christ here on this earth. 454 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 6: I called my children up today, and their clothes were 455 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 6: torn and wrinkled, and they had holes in their shoes. 456 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 6: Their hair was all messed up. You would look at 457 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 6: me and think, man alive, What kind of father is he? 458 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 6: It would be a poor representation on me. It's the 459 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 6: same way with our God. When we drag around with 460 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 6: a defeated, barely get by mentality, having that false sense 461 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 6: of humility, that's not bringing any honor to God. You 462 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 6: want to honor God, have an abundant life mentality. You 463 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 6: want to put a smile on God's face. Don't settle 464 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 6: until you come into the land of more than enough. 465 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,439 Speaker 6: One time, Victoria and I found these two acres that 466 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 6: we really wanted to buy. It was close into the 467 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 6: city and a very valuable piece of property. 468 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,120 Speaker 5: And God's blessed us through our. 469 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 6: Books and other things, and we not only give, but 470 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 6: we try to invest our funds. 471 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,959 Speaker 5: We're not supposed to give everything away. 472 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 6: We're blessed so we can accomplish our dreams, so we 473 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 6: can leave an inheritance to our children, and so we 474 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 6: can be a blessing to others. And I was debating 475 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 6: whether or not we should invest in this real estate, 476 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 6: and I thought to myself, we don't really need two 477 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 6: acres to live on. 478 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 5: We're happy where we are. 479 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 6: And I was kind of feeling guilty, like I'm supposed 480 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 6: to be poor to show people that I'm humble, but 481 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 6: that's far from the truth. And one day I was 482 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 6: on an airplane thirty five thousand feet in the air. 483 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 6: I was looking out the windows, a clear, beautiful day, 484 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 6: and I just kind of thinking about that property, and 485 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 6: I felt God say something to me. I don't mean 486 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 6: out loud, but write down in here more of an impression. 487 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,239 Speaker 6: He said, Joel, you're wondering if you should buy that 488 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 6: property or not. Well, what do you think those two 489 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 6: acres look like? 490 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 5: To me? 491 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 6: What do you think they look like from my perspective 492 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 6: way up where I am well, just where I was, 493 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 6: thirty five thousand feet two acres looked like a little dot. 494 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 6: I mean, just like you took a pen and dotted 495 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 6: a piece of paper. It was nothing, and I felt 496 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 6: God say, Joel, I give you permission. It's okay to 497 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 6: have enough land the size of a penhad to me. See, 498 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,200 Speaker 6: we think so small, we think limited. God owns it all. 499 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 6: The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof He 500 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 6: made it for his children. You need to expand your horizon. 501 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 6: Don't get stuck in a rut thinking that you've reached 502 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 6: your limits. God has so many great things in your future. 503 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 6: If he showed you right now, your jaw would drop. 504 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 6: You would be amazed. But sometimes we think, is it 505 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 6: wrong for me to want to have a nice house? 506 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 6: Is it selfish for me to want to leave my 507 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 6: children and inheritance? Is it okay for me to believe 508 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 6: for the funds that my God given dreams would come 509 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 6: to pass. God's saying to you what he said to me, 510 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 6: It's okay. He takes pleasure in prospering you. 511 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 5: He wants to give you the. 512 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 6: Desires of your heart, as long as you will keep 513 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 6: God first place and not let those things become idols. 514 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 5: God will do the extraordinary. He's a running over god. 515 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 6: I remember, back in early two thousand and four, I 516 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 6: had a desire to take our services on the road 517 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 6: and events in other cities, and I was discussing it 518 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,439 Speaker 6: with our team members and one of them asked what 519 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 6: size auditorium was I thinking about? And I had no 520 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 6: idea if a thousand people would come or ten thousand. 521 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 6: We'd been on television a few years, but I'd never 522 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 6: been on the road. 523 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,360 Speaker 5: I had nothing to judge it by. 524 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 6: And my mind was telling me you better get a 525 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:24,400 Speaker 6: little amphitheater that holds about five hundred people, because nobody's 526 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,439 Speaker 6: gonna show up, and you're gonna be embarrassed and it's. 527 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 5: Gonna look bad. And I had to fight that for 528 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 5: several days. 529 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 6: I finally decided I wasn't gonna act in fear. I 530 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 6: wasn't gonna act in doubt and unbelieve. 531 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 5: I know. 532 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 6: God is a running over God, and so I told 533 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 6: our team members, we need to just go ahead and 534 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 6: rent the basketball arenas in those cities, and it usually 535 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 6: holds fifteen or twenty thousand people. I figured if nobody 536 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 6: showed up, we'd turn all the lights off and just 537 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 6: do it right down in front. 538 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 5: Make it look the best we could. Well. 539 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 6: That day came for our very first event summer of 540 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 6: two thousand and four in Atlanta, Georgia, a Friday night. 541 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 5: That day, I was so us hoping somebody would show up. 542 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,360 Speaker 6: About two in the afternoon, I got a call from 543 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 6: one of our team members saying the line to get 544 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 6: in was already wrapped around the building. When they opened 545 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 6: the doors at six o'clock, the building immediately filled up 546 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 6: some twenty thousand people. 547 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 5: We had to turn thousands and thousands away. Friends. God 548 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 5: is a running over God. He wants to do more 549 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:25,400 Speaker 5: than you can even ask or think. But here's the key. 550 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 6: I had to make room for it in my thinking. 551 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 6: I had to rent the building first, and then. 552 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 5: God filled it up. 553 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 6: Some of you, if you could just make room in 554 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 6: your own thinking, God would do extraordinary things. If you 555 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 6: don't have a savings account, you need to open one up. 556 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 5: Well, he you said, Joel, I wouldn't have anything to 557 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 5: put in it. Do it as an act of faith. 558 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,120 Speaker 5: If you open it, God will fill it. 559 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 6: God doesn't want any of us to stay in barely 560 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,360 Speaker 6: enough or in good enough. God wants us to come 561 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 6: into a land of more than enough. Put your shoulders back. 562 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 6: Don't have a cheap mentality afford it. No, your father 563 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 6: owns it all. He takes pleasure in prospering you. You 564 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 6: may not have seen it happen in the past, but 565 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 6: it can still happen. Let me speak it by faith 566 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,880 Speaker 6: over you. You're gonna see God's favor in a greater way. 567 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:14,160 Speaker 5: You're gonna come. 568 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,160 Speaker 6: Across supernatural opportunities. 569 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 5: You're gonna be at. 570 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,680 Speaker 6: The right place at the right time, and get the 571 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:20,440 Speaker 6: right breaks. 572 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 5: You may not know how, but you are gonna lend 573 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 5: and not borrow. 574 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 6: You're gonna leave an inheritance to your children's children because 575 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,439 Speaker 6: you walk in obedience. God's blessings are gonna chase you 576 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:32,680 Speaker 6: down and overtake you. 577 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 5: Get ready for promotion, increases, bonuses, raises. 578 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 6: It's headed your way. Amen, Do you receive that today? 579 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 6: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 580 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 6: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 581 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 6: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, come 582 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 6: into my heart. I repent of my sins. I make 583 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 6: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 584 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 6: simple prayer. We believe you got bored again. Get in 585 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 6: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 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