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It's time, your time, not just to 18 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: go back to school, but to come back and move 19 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: forward with Purdue Global, Purdue's online university for working adults. 20 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 21 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 3: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 22 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 4: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 23 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 4: the ministry. 24 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 25 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 26 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 27 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 4: your life. 28 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 3: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 29 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 3: your homes. 30 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 4: And if you're ever in our area, please stop buy 31 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 4: and be a part of one of our services. I 32 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 4: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But 33 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 4: thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you again 34 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,479 Speaker 4: for coming out. I like to start with something funny, 35 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 4: and I heard about these two men named Archie and Jack. 36 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 3: They argued their whole life. 37 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 4: As to whether Jesus was white or whether he was black. 38 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 3: Archie was certain he was white. 39 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 4: Jack was just as sure that he was black. As 40 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 4: fate would have it, they died on the same day. 41 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 4: Rushed to the Pearly Gay, said, Saint Peter, please tell us. 42 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 4: We've been debating our whole life. Is Jesus white or 43 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 4: is he black? About that time, Jesus stepped up and said, 44 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,279 Speaker 4: Buenos Dias. 45 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 3: Hold up your bible. Say it like you mean it. 46 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 3: This is my Bible. 47 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 4: I am what it says, I am, I have what 48 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 49 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 4: I can do. Today, I will be taught the word 50 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 51 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. 52 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 3: I will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God 53 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 3: bless you. 54 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about being a 55 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 4: rain maker. Rain in the scripture is symbolic of blessings, 56 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 4: favor increase. One place talks about how we should be 57 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 4: like a well watered garden. 58 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 3: Always in blossom. 59 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 4: That's the way God designed us to flourish even in 60 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 4: tough times. But too many people are in a dry season. 61 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 4: They haven't had a good break in years. They're stagnant 62 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 4: in their marriage, they're not moving toward their dreams. And 63 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 4: it's easy to settle there think well, this is as 64 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 4: good as it gets. I'll just learn to live with it. 65 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 4: But there is a way you can put an end 66 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 4: to that drought. There's something you can do to cause 67 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 4: it to rain. And it's interesting how a cloud forms. 68 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 4: The sun shines down on water and it produces an 69 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 4: invisible vapor. These vapors condense and eventually rise up into 70 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 4: the sky and form clouds. When enough vapors go up, 71 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 4: the water becomes too heavy for the cloud to hold 72 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 4: and it begins to drip out. 73 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 3: That's when it sprinkles and missed. 74 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 4: If the cloud gets so full of condensation, so full 75 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 4: of these vapors, then it will open up and begin 76 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 4: to downpour rain. The point I want us to see 77 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 4: is the water didn't start in the sky. 78 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 3: It started on the ground. 79 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 4: The amount of vapors that went up determined how much 80 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 4: rain came back down. The way we can create rain 81 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 4: in our own life, the way we can put an 82 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 4: end to a drought is. 83 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 3: Through our praise. 84 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 4: When we go around thanking God for his goodness, talking 85 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 4: about what he's done. Our praise is the invisible vapor 86 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 4: that goes up into the heavens and forms a cloud. 87 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 4: When your cloud gets so full of praise, so full 88 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 4: of thanksgiving, so full of you bragging on the greatness 89 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 4: of God, it can't hold it anymore. That's when it 90 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 4: will rain down right back on you. Blessings, favor, increase, healing. 91 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 4: You can become a rain maker. You've heard the saying, 92 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 4: when the praises go up, the blessings come back down. Now, 93 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 4: if you're not seeing any good breaks, if you're in 94 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 4: a drought, my encouragement is check up on what you're 95 00:04:55,320 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 4: sending up. Here's the principle, no praise, no rain, limited praise, 96 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 4: limited rain. You might get a sprinkle, a little drizzle 97 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 4: every once in a while, good break. 98 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 3: Here and there. But if you want to see a downpour, a. 99 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 4: Texas sized rain, the exceeding greatness of God's favor, You've got. 100 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 3: To stay full of praise everywhere you go. 101 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 4: Under your breath, you're always thanking God for his goodness. 102 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 4: When you wake up in the morning, Lord, thank you 103 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 4: for another beautiful day. 104 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 3: What's happening. 105 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,039 Speaker 4: Your cloud is getting a little bit fuller when you 106 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 4: see your children. Lord, thank you for these gifts that 107 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 4: you bless me with. Driving to work, not complaining about 108 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 4: the traffic. I can't stand my job. Gasoline is so high. No, Lord, 109 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 4: thank you that I have a job. Thank you that 110 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 4: I have a car to sit in traffic. Thank you 111 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 4: that I have money for gasoline. Thank you that I'm 112 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:52,799 Speaker 4: healthy enough to go to work. 113 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 3: Lord, thank you for my gifts and talents. God, I'm 114 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 3: just grateful to be alive. 115 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 4: When you live like that, better get your umbrella out. 116 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 4: It's just a matter of time before your cloud will 117 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 4: open up and unload A downpour of God's favor. Abundant 118 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 4: praise will produce abundant rain. The amount you send up 119 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 4: is the amount that's going to come back down. Now, 120 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 4: some people only give God praise on Sunday. 121 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 3: Joel I went to church. 122 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 4: I sang three songs, stood the whole time, sat through 123 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 4: the whole message, missed the first half of the football game. 124 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 4: It was a big sacrifice. 125 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 3: That's great. God sees your efforts. 126 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 4: But here's the problem with only having Sunday praise on 127 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 4: Monday when you need a good break. 128 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 3: On Tuesday, when you need wisdom. 129 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 4: God says to the Angel he needs some rain. Help 130 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 4: him out, give him some favor, increase promotion. The angel says, 131 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 4: we tried, but there's nothing in his cloud. He got 132 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 4: a little drizzler on Sunday, a little sprinkle. Now it's 133 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 4: completely empty. Friends, you got to do your part and 134 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 4: keep your cloud filled up. 135 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 3: All through the day. Instead of thinking about what's. 136 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 4: Wrong, Thank God for what's right when you're in a 137 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 4: tough time, instead of being discouraged, instead of complaining. 138 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 3: No, Lord, thank you that you're turning it around. Thank 139 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 3: you that you're bigger than this problem. Thank you that 140 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 3: you've given me grace for every season, even in small things. 141 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 4: You get a good parking spot, Lord, thank you for 142 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 4: your favor. Vapors went up at the mall. You find 143 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 4: what you are looking for. Lord, Thank you for directing 144 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 4: my steps. More vapors are rising. You see a friend 145 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 4: that's not feeling well after you pray for them. Under 146 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 4: your breath, Lord, thank you that I'm healthy. Thank you 147 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 4: that I can breathe without pain. You walk outside in 148 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 4: the morning, Lord, thank you for the sunrise. 149 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 3: Thank you for the beauty of your creation. 150 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 4: Eating dinner with friends, Lord, thank you for the people 151 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 4: you put in my life. 152 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 3: Thank you for my friends. 153 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 4: Going to reach your highest potential, you've got to become 154 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 4: a rain maker. You've got to develop this habit of 155 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 4: constantly sending up these vapors a praise. Every time I 156 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 4: drive up to this building, I say, under my breath. 157 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 3: Lord, thank you for our beautiful building. 158 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 4: I've said it probably ten thousand times. What am I 159 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 4: doing sending up more vapors. Don't let what once was 160 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 4: a miracle become ordinary. Don't get so used to it, 161 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 4: but you're not excited about it anymore. One time I 162 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 4: was driving by the building on the freeway, we were 163 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 4: headed to the airport and I was on the telephone. 164 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,959 Speaker 4: Our son, Jonathan was about ten years old. He said 165 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 4: to everyone in the car, since dad's on the phone. 166 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 3: Let me say it for him. 167 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 4: Thank you Lord for our beautiful building. He had heard 168 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 4: it so many times it had become. 169 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 3: Ingrained in him. 170 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 4: What has God done in your life that you could 171 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 4: be sending up vapors of praise? You thanked him for 172 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 4: a week when he gave you that job. Why don't 173 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 4: you continue to thank him? You were thrilled when you 174 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 4: moved into that house five years ago. Have you thanked 175 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 4: him lately? When your baby was born, you were on 176 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 4: cloud nine. You thank God every day for a month. 177 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 4: Now he's sixteen, you're saying, God, what. 178 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 3: Did you do to me? No? Thank him again and again? 179 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 4: Or how about this when God turned that problem around, 180 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 4: when he made a way, when you didn't see away, 181 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 4: you were so overwhelmed, so relieved. Don't lose the awe, 182 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 4: don't lose the amazement. Those are opportunities to fill your 183 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 4: cloud back up. 184 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 3: The scripture talks about how if. 185 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 4: You will sow to the heavens, the heavens will sew 186 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 4: back to you. Could it be that you're not seeing 187 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,719 Speaker 4: God's best. You're stuck in a drought because you're not. 188 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 3: So into the heavens. 189 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 4: If you would begin to thank God more often, remember 190 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 4: what he's done, look for these opportunities to send up 191 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 4: vapors of praise, then your dreams would come to pass. 192 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 4: Then maybe those problems would turn around. Well, Joel, I'm 193 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 4: living in this small house and I don't really like 194 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 4: my job, and my kids won't do what's right. 195 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 3: My car's a piece of trash. 196 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 4: When things change, then I'll have a better attitude. Then 197 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 4: I'll give God praise. Now that's backwards. Praise is what 198 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 4: causes the rain. Praise is what allows God to turn 199 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 4: it around. In Matthew fourteen, Jesus had been teaching the people. 200 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 3: Now it was late in the day. Everyone was hungry. 201 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 4: Jesus told his disciples to feed them. There were five 202 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 4: thousand men there, probably fifteen thousand people in total, no 203 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 4: city nearby, no grocery stores. It seemed impossible, and Jesus said, well, 204 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 4: just give me what you have. They went through the 205 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 4: crowd and found a little boy's lunch, five loaves of 206 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 4: bread and two fish. What good would that do with 207 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 4: fifteen thousand people. But what Jesus did next was extremely significant. 208 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 4: Verse nineteen says he took the five loaves and the 209 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 4: two fish, held them up to heavens, and he gave 210 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 4: thanks and blessed them. Notice he gave thanks for what 211 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 4: was not enough. He blessed what seemed to be too little. 212 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 4: Here's the principle. Until you're grateful for what's not enough, 213 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 4: you won't see the multiplication. When Joel, I can't thank 214 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 4: God for my job. 215 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 3: I don't like it. 216 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:34,199 Speaker 4: The people don't like me, they don't treat me right, 217 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 4: they don't pay me enough, You're right where Jesus was. 218 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 3: You have five loaves and two fish. It's not enough. 219 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 3: What are you going to do? 220 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 4: Complain God, I've been begging you for three years to 221 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 4: get me out of this place. The problem with that 222 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 4: approach is in three more years, you're still going to 223 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 4: have five loaves and two fish. 224 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 3: It's still not going to be enough. 225 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 4: But if you will try a different approach and learn 226 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 4: to be grateful for what's not enough, then one day 227 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 4: God will multiply it and you will have more than enough. 228 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 4: If you will thank God for what you do have, 229 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 4: he will give you what you don't have. 230 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 3: Hell, Joel, I don't like my house. It's too small. 231 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 3: My neighbors get on my nerves. 232 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 4: Now, why don't you try sending up some different vapors. Lord, 233 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 4: I want to thank you for this place you've given me. God, 234 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 4: I'm grateful that I have a roof over my head. 235 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 4: I'm grateful that I'm not out on the streets. It 236 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 4: may not be enough, it may be small, but I 237 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 4: know you're the God of more than enough. So God, 238 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 4: I continue to give you praise. That's what brings the multiplication. 239 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 4: Not complaining, not thinking about what's wrong, but thanking God 240 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 4: for what's right, being grateful even when it's not enough. 241 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 4: This is what Elijah did in the scripture. There had 242 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 4: been a drought in the land for three and a 243 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 4: half years, no rain. The people were barely making it. 244 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 4: There wasn't any sign of it changing. Elijah could have 245 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 4: become sour. God, I don't understand it. You said we'd 246 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 4: always be in blossom, but it's just the opposite. We're 247 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 4: drying up. We're struggling to survive. No, Elijah understood this principle. 248 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 4: In the middle of the drought, he went on top 249 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 4: of the mountain and began to thank God for his goodness, 250 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 4: thank him for what he has done, thank him that 251 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 4: rain was on the way, thank him that he was 252 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 4: in control. Six times his assistant went out to check. 253 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 4: Each time he came back with the same report. There's nothing, 254 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 4: not a cloud in the sky. 255 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 3: It's not going to rain. 256 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 4: If you're going to see a drought come to an end, 257 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 4: you have to pass the test of not getting discouraged 258 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 4: when circumstances tell you nothing is happening. The medical report 259 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 4: says you're not getting better. You prayed, but your child's 260 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 4: not improving. The financial situation isn't changing. Every voice will 261 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 4: tell you it's not going to work out. Elijah heard 262 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 4: this same negative report six times. He didn't get discouraged. 263 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 4: He knew as long as he kept sending up those 264 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 4: vapors of praise, eventually the cloud would. 265 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 3: Form and things would change. 266 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 4: The seventh time, the assistant came back and said, this time, 267 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 4: I saw a small cloud. 268 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 3: Up in the sky. 269 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 4: Elijah said, you better take off running because I can. 270 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 3: Hear the sound of the abundance of rain. It wasn't 271 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 3: long after that. 272 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 4: Before the clouds formed, the heavens opened up. There was 273 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 4: a downpour the three and a half year draft came 274 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 4: to an end. If you'll learn to be thankful for 275 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 4: what's not enough, there will be a day when you 276 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 4: have more. 277 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 3: Than enough the abundance of rain. 278 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 4: But too often, when we're in difficult times, it's easy 279 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 4: to complain and talk about what's not working out. But 280 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 4: I've learned that God does not answer complaints. Don't go 281 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 4: to God and just tell him all of your problems. God, 282 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 4: I don't like my job. I don't like my car. God, 283 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 4: my children aren't doing right. God, you know I need 284 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 4: to lose twenty pounds. 285 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 3: God, I've had it up to here. 286 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 4: That's not prayer, that's complaining. Complaining doesn't get God's attention. 287 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 4: Psalm twenty two says God inhabits the praises of his people. 288 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 3: When you start praising, God shows up. 289 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 4: When you have a thankful heart and you start talking 290 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 4: about God's goodness, you start thanking him for his promises. 291 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 3: That's what gets God's attention. 292 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 4: When Paul and Silas were in prison at midnight, they 293 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 4: started singing praises and giving God thanks. Suddenly God showed 294 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 4: up in the prison. Why did that happen? God inhabits 295 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 4: the praises. They were in chains in the deepest part 296 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 4: of the prison. But at midnight there was a great earthquake. 297 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 4: The chains fell off of them, the prison doors flung open. 298 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 4: They walked out as free men. Think about this. 299 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 3: Those same chains had held the. 300 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 4: Roughest prisoners for years, the strongest, most powerful criminals. Yet 301 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 4: when two ordinary men showed up and started praising, those 302 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 4: chains could not hold them. Friends, Praise is powerful. Praise 303 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 4: will break addictions. Praise can stop a sickness. Praise can 304 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 4: turn a problem around. Praise is what will give us 305 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 4: the victory. In Psalm thirty one, David starts off talking 306 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 4: about how bad his life is. 307 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 3: He said, I'm dying from grief. 308 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 4: My vision is blurred because I've cried so many tears. 309 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 3: My strength is gone. 310 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 4: I'm scorned by my neighbors, hated by my enemies. My 311 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 4: friends are spreading rumors. My enemies are plotting to take 312 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 4: my life. He went on and on, telling in great 313 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 4: detail all of his woes. When I was reading it 314 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 4: at getting depressed, I can imagine God up in the heavens, 315 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 4: just sitting back, not paying any attention, going in one 316 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 4: ear and out the other, not even phasing him. At 317 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 4: one point, David realizes, I'm sending up the wrong vapors. 318 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:22,399 Speaker 4: God doesn't answer complaints. If you're just sending up discouragement, defeat, self, pity, 319 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 4: that's what's going to come back to you. 320 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 3: I like this phrase. 321 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:31,360 Speaker 4: Complain and you'll remain, But praise and you'll be raised. 322 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:36,199 Speaker 4: In a few verses, David changed his whole tune. He 323 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 4: realized that wasn't getting him anywhere. He said, Yes, I've 324 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 4: got a lot of things coming against me. But God, 325 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:47,479 Speaker 4: I know your goodness is great. You have blessings stored 326 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 4: up for me. You protect me, you vindicate me, you 327 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 4: answer me when I call. So I will take courage. 328 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 4: I will be strong knowing that you will give me 329 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 4: the victory. As begin to brag on God's goodness. As 330 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 4: he began to send up these vapors of praise, I 331 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 4: can see God come to attention. He says to the angels. 332 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 4: I've got to go someplace. I hear somebody talking about 333 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:14,400 Speaker 4: my goodness. 334 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 3: I hear somebody bragging on what I can do. 335 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 4: I've got to inhabit those praises. When you praise, God 336 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 4: shows up some battles. The only way you'll get. 337 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 3: Out is to praise your way out. God. I want 338 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:29,880 Speaker 3: to thank you that you're turning this around. 339 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 4: You said your whole victory in store for the upright. 340 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 4: I don't see away, but God, I know you have 341 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 4: a way. As you brag on God's goodness, your cloud 342 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 4: is filling up and at the right time, it's going 343 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 4: to rain down breakthroughs, rain down, healing, rain down, vindication. 344 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 3: Pay attention to what you're sending up. It may look 345 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 3: like that you could never get out of debt. 346 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 4: It would be easy to get discouraged and complain, talk 347 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 4: about how big the obstacles are. 348 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 3: No, don't send that up. Turn it around. Lord. 349 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 4: I want to thank you that I'm blessed. I will 350 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 4: lend and not borrow. Whatever I touch will prosper and succeed. 351 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,360 Speaker 4: When you do that, your cloud is. 352 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:13,880 Speaker 3: Filling up with the right things. 353 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 4: If you're struggling in your health, Lord, I want to 354 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,880 Speaker 4: thank you that you're Jehovah Rapphah, the Lord, my healer. 355 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 3: That the number of my days you will fulfill. That 356 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 3: you're restoring. 357 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 4: Health back unto me. Maybe you're believing for a spouse. Lord, 358 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 4: you said, if I would delight myself in you, you 359 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 4: would give me. 360 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 3: The desires of my heart. 361 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 4: So Lord, I want to thank you that you're directing 362 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 4: my steps, bringing the right person into my life. If 363 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 4: you will keep sending up the right vapors, if you'll 364 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 4: keep thanking God for his promises, just like Elijah, your 365 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 4: praise will cause the downpour. It was God's goodness, but 366 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,959 Speaker 4: you were the rain maker. It was your praise that 367 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 4: filled up the cloud. And some of you have been 368 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 4: thanking God for a long time and faithful. When you 369 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 4: felt like complaining, you praised anyway, like Paul and Silas. 370 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 4: You praised in pain, You praised when it was unfair. 371 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 4: You praised when you were lonely. You need to get ready. 372 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 4: Your cloud is about to open up. You're about to 373 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 4: see God amaze you with his goodness. It's going to 374 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 4: happen suddenly. The favor of God is going to overtake 375 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 4: you and amaze you with his goodness. This is not 376 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 4: the time to get discouraged. This is the time to 377 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 4: turn up your praise. I read about this American Indian 378 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 4: tribe that was known for their rain dances. 379 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 3: They had a reputation that anytime they did. 380 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 4: A rain dance, it would always rain. When the neighboring 381 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 4: communities needed water. They always called on this particular tribe 382 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 4: without fail, it would rain. The leader of the community 383 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 4: asked the Indian chief, how is it every time you 384 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 4: guys do a rain dance it always rains. He said, 385 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 4: It's very simple. We dance until it rains. 386 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 3: That's the way it is. With praise. 387 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 4: You have to keep praising until you see the victory. 388 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 3: Praise until you. 389 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 4: Get out of debt, Praise until your health turns around. 390 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 4: Praise until you meet the right person. You don't ever 391 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 4: stop praising. Then when the answer comes, when you get 392 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 4: the breakthrough, the healing, the promotion, then you start thanking. 393 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 3: God for what he's done. 394 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 4: You spend your whole life thanking God for your compact centers, 395 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 4: thanking him for healing your mother of cancer, thanking him 396 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 4: for healthy children, thanking him for taking you where you've 397 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 4: never dreamed. You develop this lifestyle, this habit, where you're 398 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 4: always sending up these vapors a praise. One thing I've 399 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 4: learned is God will not disappoint a praiser. 400 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 3: Just ask Jonah. 401 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 4: Sitting in the belly of the well. It looked impassed, 402 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 4: but he offered up a sacrifice of praise, that well 403 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 4: spit him out on dry ground. Just ask Shad rak Me, 404 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 4: Jack Abed Meg. They were thrown into the fiery furnace 405 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 4: full of praise, and God showed up the fourth man 406 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 4: in the fire. They came out without the smell of spolk. 407 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 4: Just ask Job when he lost everything, when the bottom 408 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 4: fell out, He said, I know my redeemer lives. 409 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 3: Job came out with twice what he had before. 410 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 4: You may have gone through some bad breaks, some disappointments. 411 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 4: Our attitude should be I may have lost a few things, 412 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 4: but one thing I'll never lose is my praise. I'm 413 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 4: gonna keep thanking God for his goodness. 414 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 3: I'm gonna keep sending up the right vapors. 415 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 4: I'm going to live my life as a rain maker. 416 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 4: The scripture says, out of your belly will flow rivers 417 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 4: of living water. 418 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 3: Notice the water, the rain, the favor. 419 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 4: Is on the inside of each one of us. How 420 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 4: do we get it out through our praise? Some people 421 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 4: get a sprinkle every once in a while, a little 422 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 4: missed here and there. But God has some downpours, some 423 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 4: gully washers in store for you. Like Elijah described an 424 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 4: abundance of rain. If you will turn up your praise, 425 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:23,479 Speaker 4: lose the complaining, zip up the negative, defeated talk. Our 426 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 4: attitude should be the only thing I'm going to let 427 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 4: come out of my mouth are words of faith, victory, health, abundance. 428 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 4: I'm not going to magnify my problems. I'm going to 429 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 4: magnify my God. If you're always sending up praise, then 430 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 4: it's always going to be raining back on you, driving 431 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 4: to work, minding your own business out of nowhere. You 432 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 4: have a good idea, what happened, you got rained on. 433 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 4: That's God raining down creativity, raining down wisdom. At the mall, 434 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 4: you find what you wanted to purchase, and it just 435 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 4: went on seal. 436 00:23:57,920 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 3: You got rained on it. 437 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 4: In lunch with some friends, they introduce you to one 438 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 4: of their contacts. You pick up a new client, and 439 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 4: yourselves take off more rain. When you have this attitude 440 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 4: of praise, you won't be able to outrun the good 441 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 4: things of God. God said in psawmighty one, Open your 442 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 4: mouth wide and I will feel it. The reason some 443 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 4: people never see God's best is their mouth is barely open. 444 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 4: But Joe, this sounds good today, but you don't know 445 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 4: my story. I've had a lot of bad breaks, and 446 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 4: I'm dealing with this illness. My mother's depressed. I don't 447 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 4: see how I could ever get out of debt. Now, 448 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 4: if you have a poor mouth, you're going to have 449 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 4: a poor life. Why don't you open your mouth a 450 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,199 Speaker 4: little bit wider. You may have had that sickness for 451 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 4: many years. Dare to say, Lord, I believe today is 452 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 4: a new day. The tide of the battle is turning. 453 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 4: I thank you Lord that I will live out my 454 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 4: days in good health. Maybe that addiction has been with 455 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 4: you since high school. Dare to say, Lord, I want 456 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 4: to thank you that no weapon formed against me will prosper. 457 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 3: This is a new day of victory. I am free. 458 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 4: Maybe somebody did you wrong, walked out of a relationship. 459 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 4: Don't sit around in self pity. Don't send those vapors up. 460 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 4: Dare to say, God's. 461 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 3: You said you'd give me beauty for ashes, joy for morning. 462 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 4: I want to thank you Lord, my best days are 463 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 4: still out in front of me. You have to open 464 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 4: your mouth wide. That's what allows God to do great things. 465 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 3: Don't limit him. 466 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 4: With little praise, little prayer, little dreams. Thank him for 467 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 4: the greatness of his power. Thank him for the fullness 468 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 4: of your destiny. Thank him for new levels. When you 469 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 4: brag on the goodness of God, he'll do amazing things 470 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 4: in your life. We've all heard little children before bragging 471 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:53,239 Speaker 4: on their fathers, saying things like, my dad's stronger than 472 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 4: your dad. My dad can run faster than your dad. Well, 473 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 4: my dad's tougher than your dad. A few years ago, 474 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,719 Speaker 4: my nephew Chris was over at our house and he 475 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,360 Speaker 4: was five years old at the time, and Christopher's as 476 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 4: tough as can be, solid as a rocking. 477 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 3: We were in my garage and. 478 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 4: I was lifting weights and Christopher was there with me, 479 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:12,919 Speaker 4: and I just kind of play and teasing him, and 480 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 4: I pointed at my muscle and said, Christopher, you do realize. 481 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 3: That I can whoop your dad. 482 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 4: He looked at me as stern as can be and said, 483 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 4: Uncle Joel, my dad could squash you. He said, it's 484 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:31,120 Speaker 4: so dramatic, so mean. I thought he's gonna come over 485 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 4: there and whoop me. But that's the way we need 486 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 4: to be with our heavenly father. Look at that obstacle, 487 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 4: that addiction, that sickness announced to it. My father can 488 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:46,120 Speaker 4: squash you. What are you doing sending up the right vapors, 489 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 4: bragging on the greatness of God. This is what David 490 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 4: did when he faced Goliath. He said, Goliath, you come 491 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 4: against me with a sword and a shield, but I 492 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 4: come against you in the name of the Lord, God 493 00:26:59,000 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 4: of Israel. 494 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 3: When your mouth is open. 495 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 4: Wide, not talking about how big the problem is, but 496 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 4: talking about how big your God is, you better get 497 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 4: your umbrella. That's when God will unload a downpour of 498 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 4: his favor. You will defeat giants that are much bigger. 499 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 4: You will overcome obstacles that look insurmountable. What kind of 500 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 4: vapors are you sending up? What kind of clouds are 501 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,640 Speaker 4: you allowing to form? Man, Joel, I don't think I'll 502 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 4: ever get well. 503 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 3: I'll never break this addiction. 504 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 4: No, start sending up these vapors of praise. Start thanking 505 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 4: God for his goodness. Don't wait for everything to change. 506 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 4: Learn to thank Him for what's not enough. All through 507 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,120 Speaker 4: the day. Under your breath this attitude of praise. If 508 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 4: you will do this, you will become a rain maker. 509 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 4: And like Elijah, I believe and declare every drought is 510 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 4: coming to an end in your life. God is about 511 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 4: to reign down favor, promotion healing, restoration. As you thank 512 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 4: Him for what's not enough, you're about to come into 513 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 4: more than enough, the abundance of rain in Jesus' name. 514 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 4: If you receive it, can you say him in today? 515 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 4: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 516 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,360 Speaker 4: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 517 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? 518 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 519 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 3: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 520 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 4: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 521 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,400 Speaker 4: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 522 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 4: keep God first place. 523 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 3: He's gonna take you where you've never dreamed. 524 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Joelus Deine podcast. Help 525 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 5: us continue to share the message of hope with those 526 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 5: all over the world. 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