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Thanks for being with us today. 44 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 4: You are ever in our area, please stop by and 45 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 4: be a part of one of our services. Neither are 46 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 4: the finest people in all of Houston, Texas. Right here 47 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 4: at Lakewood. But I promise you we will make you 48 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 4: feel right at home. I like to start with something funny, 49 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 4: and I heard about this older lady. She came to 50 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 4: church one Sunday morning, and a friendly usher met her 51 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 4: at the back door and asked her where she wanted 52 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 4: to sit. She said, I want to sit on the 53 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 4: very front row. He said, oh, no, ma'am, you don't 54 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 4: want to sit there. Our pastor is very boring. He'll 55 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 4: put you to sleep. Let me find you another seat. 56 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,399 Speaker 4: She looked appalled. She said, sir, do you know who 57 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 4: I am? He said no, ma'am. She said, I am 58 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 4: the pastor's mother. He hung his head in embarrassment. He 59 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,839 Speaker 4: finally looked up and said, ma'am, do you know who 60 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 4: I am? She said no. He said, Thank God, say 61 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 4: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 62 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 4: am what it says. I am. I have what it 63 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 4: says I have. I can do what it says I 64 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 4: can do. Today. Hey, I will be taught the word 65 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 66 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 67 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 68 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 4: about recognizing God's goodness. When you look back over your life, 69 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 4: you can see the faithfulness of God. Times were he 70 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 4: made away where you didn't see away. He opened a 71 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 4: door and a dream came to pass. You were at 72 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 4: the right place. You met that person and fell in love. 73 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 4: Even when you made mistakes, he showed you mercying, coveraging, 74 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 4: brought you out and here you are blessed and moving forward. 75 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 4: You didn't get to where you are by yourself. Wasn't 76 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 4: just your talent, wasn't just good breaks. It was the 77 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 4: hand of God. He's been working behind the scenes in 78 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 4: your life, pushing back forces of darkness, lining up the 79 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 4: breaks that you need. Before you were born in your 80 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 4: family line, God was orchestrating things in your favor. A 81 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 4: grandmother that always prayed for you. She spoke faith into 82 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 4: you and told you what you could become. That wasn't 83 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 4: a coincidence. That was the goodness of God putting the 84 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 4: right people in your life. Or maybe a great great 85 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,679 Speaker 4: grandfather that you never met. But he lived a life 86 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 4: of integrity, He gave, he served because he honored God. 87 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 4: He put you in a position to be blessed. God 88 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 4: has been working on your behalf for generations. Some of 89 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 4: the favor that you're seeing didn't have anything to do 90 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 4: with you. You stepped into opportunity, good breaks, promotion because 91 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 4: of those who went before you. Other people worked trder, 92 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 4: but they didn't get the position. They were more talented, 93 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 4: had more experience, but the door didn't open. Your reaping 94 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 4: from what your relatives sowed, seeds of favor that didn't 95 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 4: start with you. Palm one five says they harvested what 96 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 4: others planted. Someone in your family line made it easier 97 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 4: on you. They made sacrifices, They got up early, They 98 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 4: went the extra mile to do the right thing. They 99 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 4: may have never seen the fullness of what they were 100 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 4: believing for, but God never lets a seed be sown 101 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 4: without a harvest. They sowed it so you could benefit. 102 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 4: That's what the scripture says. You will live in houses 103 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 4: that you didn't build. You will reap from vineyards that 104 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 4: you didn't plan. It's talking about generational blessings. I know 105 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 4: I'm reaping from the seeds that my parents and grandparents 106 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 4: have sown. My grandmother on my father's side of the 107 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 4: family made ten cents an hour washing was closed during 108 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 4: the Great Depression. She worked twelve hours, made a dollar 109 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 4: twenty a day. She never really had much, but God 110 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 4: is faithful. Those seeds didn't go unharvested. And some of 111 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 4: the abundance that I'm seeing today is not so much 112 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 4: what I've done. It's simply where God put me in 113 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 4: my family line. I'm reaping what she sowed. It didn't 114 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 4: happen in her generation, but it happened in my generation. 115 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 4: That's why I take time every day to say, God, 116 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 4: I recognize your goodness. I know I didn't get here 117 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 4: by myself. You chose to bless me, you chose to 118 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 4: show me mercy. See it's easy to think, well, Joel, 119 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 4: I'm successful because I'm talented. I'm blessed because I'm wise, 120 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 4: I'm smart, I'm a hard worker. Let me ask you 121 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 4: where did you get that talent? It came from your 122 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 4: father in heaven. Where did you get the wisdom? Where 123 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 4: did you get the funds to go to school? How 124 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 4: could your parents afford it? Why did the scholarship go through? 125 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 4: Why did the loan go through? Because God favored you, 126 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 4: He chose you to succeed, He chose you to go 127 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 4: further than those before you. You could have been born 128 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 4: generations back, perhaps when your family struggled and made sacrifices, 129 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 4: didn't see the increase that you're seeing. You were living 130 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 4: in the day they dreamed about. In one sense, it 131 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 4: didn't have anything to do with you. It's just the 132 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 4: hand of God putting you here at this time where 133 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 4: you can reap what others have sown. My father was 134 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 4: raised in a family that didn't know anything about God. 135 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 4: They were good people, but they just didn't have any 136 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 4: kind of faith. For several generations back, as far as 137 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 4: we can see, it was the same thing. This could 138 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 4: have continued on been passed down to me and my children. 139 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 4: But God, God, in his mercy, put a man by 140 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 4: the name of Sam Martin in my father's life. They 141 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 4: were friends growing up. In high school. Sam would get 142 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 4: there early and write scripture verses on the chalkboard. My 143 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 4: dad was so embarrassed he tried to distance himself. Sam 144 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 4: was determined. He kept talking to my father about the Lord. 145 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 4: Didn't seem like he is doing any good because my 146 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 4: dad wouldn't listen. But you never know when a seed 147 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 4: is going to take root. You don't have to convict people. 148 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 4: The Holy Spirit is the one that convicts you. Just 149 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 4: keep sowing the seed, and at the right time, when 150 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 4: the soil of their heart is softened, the seed will 151 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 4: take root. A seed can live for years. You may 152 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 4: not see anything happening your loved ones, with your friends, 153 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 4: no sign of them changing. Don't worry. The seed is 154 00:08:55,480 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 4: still alive. When my father was seventeen years old, one night, 155 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 4: at two o'clock in the morning, he was walking home 156 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 4: from a nightclub. He looked up at the stars and 157 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 4: began to think about his destiny, what he would do 158 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 4: with his life. He didn't know anything about religion, but 159 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 4: he could feel God was drawing him that night. The 160 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 4: next morning he called his friend Sam said he wanted 161 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 4: to go to church with him. They sat on the 162 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 4: very back road. The end of the service, the pastor 163 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 4: invited people to the front to receive Christ. My father 164 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 4: wouldn't go, he was too afraid. Sam leaned over and said, John, 165 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 4: if you'll go, I'll go with you. My father stood 166 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 4: up and walked down the aisle with his friend Sam Martin. 167 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 4: His life was never the same. I often think about 168 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:51,839 Speaker 4: where would I be without Sam Martin. What if God 169 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:55,079 Speaker 4: had not put him in my father's path. I wouldn't 170 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 4: be up here I wouldn't be married to Victoria, wouldn't 171 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 4: have my children. Many times when I'm praying, I say Lord, 172 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 4: thank you for Sam Martin, thank you for putting him 173 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 4: in our life. I recognize that your goodness. If you 174 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 4: knew all the things God has been orchestrating behind the 175 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 4: scenes to get you where you are, people, promotion, protection, opportunities, 176 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 4: you would be amazed. If this one person had not 177 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 4: been at the right place and interacted with someone in 178 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 4: your family, you wouldn't be here today. God's been thinking 179 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 4: about you long before you got here. The scripture says, 180 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 4: God chose you before you could choose him. You didn't 181 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,679 Speaker 4: get here on your own. The creator of the universe 182 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,439 Speaker 4: chose you. When I think about all that God has done, 183 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 4: the things I know about and the things I don't 184 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 4: know about, I can't keep it to myself. I have 185 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 4: to say, Lord, thank you for your goodness. I recognize 186 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 4: your favor in my life. As you've heard today, my 187 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 4: parents founded Lakewood on Mother's Day in nineteen fifty nine, 188 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 4: sixty years ago with ninety people in an old Rundown 189 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 4: feed store. They cleaned out the building and borrowed some 190 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 4: old wood pews didn't look like much. But the scripture says, 191 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 4: don't despise the day of small beginnings. Don't get discouraged 192 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 4: because where you are is much smaller than what's in 193 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 4: your heart. As a young man, my father knew one 194 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 4: day he would pastor a church with thousands. But you 195 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 4: have to be faithful with the small before God will 196 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 4: trust you with much. That's a time of testing, a 197 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 4: time of proving. It's easy to think, well, Joel, when 198 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 4: I see some growth, when I get some good breaks, 199 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 4: then I'll give it my all. No, you have to 200 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 4: give it your all. Right where you are, God is watching. 201 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 4: He sees what's not growing. He sees when you're in 202 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 4: a feed store and others are in a nice building. 203 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 4: Stay faithful, your time is coming. Sometimes now, when I 204 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 4: pull up to the Compact Center and I see this 205 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 4: huge building on the freeway with all the people, I 206 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 4: feel a tear running down my cheek. It's because I 207 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 4: remember where I came from. My mind flashes back to 208 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 4: the feed store as a little boy, sitting on the 209 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 4: front row with the ninety people watching my father minister. 210 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 4: I think about my grandmother that made ten cents an hour, 211 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 4: my grandfather that worked at the factory all those years. 212 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 4: When I realized how far God has brought us, how 213 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 4: He's opened doors I never dreamed would open, How He's 214 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 4: taken us further than we ever imagine. I can't help 215 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,839 Speaker 4: but say, Lord, thank you for what You've done in 216 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 4: my life. Thank you for taking me further then I 217 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 4: could go on my own. When you look back over 218 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 4: your life and see the faithfulness of God, the times 219 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 4: he protected you, promoted you, healed you, favored, you don't 220 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 4: take it for granted. It wasn't a lucky break, It 221 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 4: wasn't an accident. That was the goodness of God. In 222 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 4: Deuteronomy chapter eight, God told the Israelites he was bringing 223 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 4: them into the Promised Land. It described it as a 224 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 4: land of abundance, flowing with streams and rivers. The clusters 225 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 4: of grapes were so large it took two people to carry. 226 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 4: There was so much iron and copper in the ground 227 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 4: it was as common as stone. After promising all this 228 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 4: increase and favor, God gave them a warning. He said 229 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 4: in verse eleven, beware that in your plenty you do 230 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 4: not forget the Lord your God. For when you have 231 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 4: become full and prosperous, when you have built nice houses. 232 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 4: When your gold, gold and silver has multiplied. Do not 233 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 4: forget the Lord, your God, rescued you out of slavery. 234 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 4: Do not forget he led you through the wilderness with 235 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 4: poisonous snakes. Do not forget he gave your water out 236 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 4: of the rock. He fed you with manna, which your 237 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 4: fathers knew not. God was saying in today's language, when 238 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 4: your business takes off, when your health turns around, when 239 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 4: you have that baby I promised, when you get the 240 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 4: compact center, don't let it become so common that you 241 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 4: don't recognize it was my goodness that you don't take 242 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 4: time to thank me for what I've done in one 243 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 4: area of our lives. We're all in the Promised Land. 244 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 4: We've seen God do amazing things. Free you from an addiction, 245 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 4: Give your healthy children. Bless you in your career. You 246 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 4: know it was God's favor at the time. You were 247 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 4: so grateful. My challenge, don't lose that sense of awe. 248 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 4: Live with that amazement at what God has done. Go 249 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 4: back over the times where He made a way protected you, 250 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 4: opened that door that shouldn't have opened. If you don't 251 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 4: remember what God has done, then it's easy to start 252 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 4: taking the credit and think we got here by ourselves. 253 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 4: We did it in our own power. The problem with 254 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 4: forgetting is that God won't share his glory. He'll take 255 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 4: you incredible places, he'll open amazing doors, but if you 256 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 4: don't recognize it's his goodness, the same God that opened 257 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 4: the door can close the door. That's why God gave 258 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 4: them such a strong warning. He said, I am taking 259 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 4: you into a land where you will lack nothing. You 260 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 4: will have beautiful houses, businesses that are blessed, resources more 261 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 4: than you can imagine. My only requirement is that you 262 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 4: don't forget. It was my favor that brought you here. 263 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 4: It was my angels protecting you in the desert. It 264 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 4: was my power keeping enemies from defeating you. I was 265 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 4: the one that pushed back the red sea. I was 266 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 4: the one that gave your water out of the rock. 267 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 4: I was the one that brought you in to this 268 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 4: land of abundance. That's why I never get tired of 269 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 4: thanking God for what He's done in my life. You 270 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 4: hear it all the time. Lord, thank you for giving 271 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 4: us the compact center. I realize we didn't get this 272 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 4: in our own strength. This is the hand of God Lord, 273 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 4: thank you for healing my mother from terminal cancer back 274 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 4: in nineteen eighty one. Well, Joel, that was almost forty 275 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 4: years ago. Yeah, but I'm not gonna forget. I'm gonna 276 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 4: keep thanking God Lord. Thank you for leading me into 277 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 4: that jewelry store where I met Victoria for the first time. 278 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 4: Thank you that she couldn't keep hands off of me. 279 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,479 Speaker 4: That was a lie, but that wasn't a coincidence. That 280 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 4: was God directed my steps, the same God that led 281 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 4: the Israelites through the desert and didn't let poisonous snakes 282 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 4: harm them. Think about all the times God has protected you. 283 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 4: On the freeway that car swerved at the last moment 284 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 4: barely missed you. That wasn't a lucky break. That was 285 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 4: His angels protecting you. You weren't next in line, but 286 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 4: somehow you got the promotion. Then another good break, and another, 287 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 4: and now you're living at a level you never dreamed. 288 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 4: Like me, you've seen God show out in your life. 289 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 4: You have some compact centers, family members that God's healed, 290 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 4: a person you met that changed your life for the better. 291 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 4: Have you forgotten what God has done? Have you convinced 292 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,479 Speaker 4: yourself it was just fate, it would have happened no 293 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 4: matter what. That's what causes blessings not to last. It's 294 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:05,919 Speaker 4: like this man I heard about. He pulled into a 295 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 4: crowded parking lot and he couldn't find a parking space anywhere. 296 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 4: He prayed, God, please help me to find a place 297 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 4: to park. He pulled around the next aisle right on queue. 298 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 4: This car upfront backed out. He said, never mind, God, 299 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 4: I found one. Sometimes we have short memories. We forget 300 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 4: God is the one that opened the door. He's the 301 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,239 Speaker 4: one that caused that college to accept you. He's the 302 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,919 Speaker 4: reason your company chose you over somebody else. Here's the 303 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 4: reason your health turned around. Sure, the medicine help, but 304 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 4: God is the healer. Don't forget about all the prayers 305 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 4: he's answered for you. Take time to acknowledge his goodness. 306 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 4: Not only are you thanking him, but you're reminding yourself. 307 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 4: I didn't get here by myself. You're keeping the right perspective, 308 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 4: giving God the craft. This is where King nebuka Nezzar 309 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 4: in the scripture got off course. He said in Daniel 310 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 4: chapter four, how great is our God? How mighty are 311 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 4: his wonders? His kingdom is everlasting? He started off good, 312 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 4: giving God the credit, talking about his power, and God 313 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 4: continued to increase him. But somewhere along the way he 314 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 4: started taking the credit. He forgot it was God who 315 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 4: was giving him the power to succeed. And in verse 316 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,120 Speaker 4: twenty nine, he looked out over the city and said, 317 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 4: is this not the great Babylon that I have built 318 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 4: by my might and by my power for the honor 319 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 4: of my glory and my majesty. Listen to all the 320 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 4: mins my might, my power, my glory, my majesty. His 321 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 4: attitude was, I'm something great. The problem is we weren't 322 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 4: created to contain glory. We were created to give God glory. 323 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 4: God will show you his favor as long as you 324 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 4: let that glory flow through you and back up to Him. 325 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,160 Speaker 4: But the moment you start keeping the glory, that's when 326 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,880 Speaker 4: the favor's going to stop. As Nebukanezzar was up there 327 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 4: bragging to everybody about how great he was, Firse thirty 328 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 4: one says, while he was still speaking, a voice came 329 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 4: down from heaven and said, Neba Canezzar, this day you 330 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 4: have lost the kingdom. Why is that God won't share 331 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 4: the glory If you're going to keep it, he'll step away. 332 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 4: But when you're constantly bragging on God's goodness, thanking him 333 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 4: for what he's done, giving him the honor, you're going 334 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 4: to continue to rise higher. The scripture says, God opposes 335 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 4: the proud, but gives favor to the humble. When you 336 00:20:56,160 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 4: humble yourself and say, God, I know it was your 337 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 4: goodness that got to me to where I am. It 338 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 4: was your mercy that brought me out of these mistakes. 339 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 4: It was your power that kept these enemies from defeating me. 340 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 4: It was your favor that opened these doors. God, I 341 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 4: recognize your goodness. When you give God the credit, he'll 342 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 4: take your places that you've never dreamed. When I have 343 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 4: friends come to see this building, first thing I always 344 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 4: tell them is, look what the Lord has done. When 345 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 4: I see my mom healthy in whole still after all 346 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 4: these years, Look what the Lord has done. When I 347 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 4: see our son Jonathan up here ministry. Now I didn't 348 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 4: even think I would be a minister. Now my son 349 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 4: is a minister. It's three generations. Look what the Lord 350 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 4: has done. That's the goodness of God. What has he 351 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 4: done in your life? Are you recognizing it? Are you 352 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 4: living amazed? Filled with gratitude, or have you let it 353 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 4: become common. Don't forget how he freed you from that addiction, 354 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 4: how he brought the right person across your path, how 355 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 4: he led you through the desert. Times you were discouraged, 356 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 4: he made away, He brought you out. He gave your 357 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 4: water out of the rock he provided when you didn't 358 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:19,120 Speaker 4: see how. Remember how he delivered you from a few pharaohs, 359 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 4: people and circumstances that had you in bondage. If you're 360 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 4: going to continue to go further, you have to remember 361 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 4: it is the Lord your God that got you to 362 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 4: where you are, and it is the Lord your God 363 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 4: that's going to keep you going. Thank him for the 364 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 4: doors he opened, and thank him for the doors he closed. 365 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,199 Speaker 4: Thank him for the people that stood with you, and 366 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 4: thank him for those that walked away. You may not 367 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 4: have liked it, but they weren't a part of your destiny. 368 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 4: You didn't need them to become who you were created 369 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 4: to be. Verse sixteen says he fed you with manna, 370 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,679 Speaker 4: which your fathers knew, not God. God is going to 371 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 4: do things for you that your parents never saw. My 372 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 4: father dreamed of building a twenty thousand seat auditorium. He said, 373 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 4: even one time that we were going to purchase the 374 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 4: Compact Center. He had this in his spirit, but it 375 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,239 Speaker 4: never came to pass in his lifetime. God put it 376 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 4: in his spirit for his children. God has things in 377 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 4: your future that your parents and those that went before 378 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:34,199 Speaker 4: you couldn't even fathom. Favor that your fathers knew. Not 379 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 4: I say this in humility, but if my father were 380 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 4: here now, he would be amazed, not just at me 381 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 4: being up here, but at the growth the influence. God 382 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 4: has done things for me that he never experienced. My 383 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 4: father used to call me sometimes so excited. He would 384 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 4: tell me the income for the ministry that week. The 385 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 4: giving was a certain amount. Father came out of poverty, 386 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 4: never was raised with machin. He was so in awe 387 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 4: and so filled with gratitude he'd have to share it 388 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 4: with someone else. As amazing as that was, what we 389 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 4: see now is more than ten times what my father 390 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 4: would call me about. He couldn't even fathom this. That's 391 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 4: the way God is. He's going to increase you in 392 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 4: ways that your parents never saw. Influence, income, creativity, opportunities, resources. 393 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 4: It says he fed you with mana. The word mana 394 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 4: means what is it? They had never seen it before. 395 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 4: It was bread that formed on the ground out there 396 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 4: in the desert. God has some manna for you. He 397 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 4: has some of these what is it things where you 398 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 4: think I didn't see this coming. I never dreamed I'd 399 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:57,399 Speaker 4: be running this business, handling these resources, living in this house. 400 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,719 Speaker 4: You may not see how it can happen. Don't worry. 401 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 4: God has the manner. He has things that you've never seen, 402 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 4: doors that have never opened, someone you've never met, influence 403 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,879 Speaker 4: at new levels. Get ready. Things are about to shift 404 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 4: in your favor. Unexpected opportunity, unexpected promotion, unexpected breakthroughs. God 405 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 4: is preparing the manner right now. He's getting things ready 406 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 4: to show out in your life. What he's done in 407 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 4: your past is going to pel in comparison to what 408 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 4: He's about to do. Now here's the key. When you 409 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,880 Speaker 4: see the manna favor that you've never seen, always remember 410 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 4: it is the Lord, your God that's causing you to increase. 411 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:49,199 Speaker 4: He's the one that's giving you the power to live 412 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:54,479 Speaker 4: an abundant, victorious life. Now, as we celebrate sixty years 413 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 4: here at Lakewood, I can sum up how I feel 414 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 4: with one phrase, to God be the glory. Let him 415 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 4: increase and let us decrease. God, May we make your 416 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 4: name famous. Let us shine brighter, let us take new ground. 417 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 4: Let us affect the culture in a greater way. God, 418 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,719 Speaker 4: we commit we will always remember where you brought us from. 419 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 4: We remember how you've defeated giants that were much bigger, 420 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 4: how you didn't stop all the opposition, but you blessed 421 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 4: us because of it. God, we remember how you sustained 422 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 4: us for sixty years. May generations to come be still 423 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 4: be telling of your goodness from this very building. May 424 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 4: it be a continuous lighthouse of hope. What's interesting is 425 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 4: after King nebucha Nezar lost the kingdom because he thought 426 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 4: he had done it all in his own strength, he 427 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 4: changed his mind. He realized God had given him the 428 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 4: favor that God was promoting him. He humbled himself. Here's 429 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 4: how amazing God is. He's so merciful. He put Nebukanezzar 430 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 4: back in power. Verse thirty seven says, now, I Nebicaneszar, 431 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 4: give praise and honor to the King of Heaven. A 432 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 4: few verses earlier he was saying, my glory, my honor. 433 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 4: Now he was saying, I praise the King of Heaven. 434 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 4: Instead of taking the glory, he started giving God the glory. 435 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 4: When he did, God gave him another chance. I wonder 436 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 4: if there are areas in your life like him. You 437 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 4: think you've done it in your own strength, and it's 438 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 4: limiting how high you can go. If you will start 439 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 4: recognizing God's favor, thanking him for what he's done, giving 440 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 4: him the honor, then God will open new doors and 441 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 4: take you further. He won't share the glory, but when 442 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 4: you're quick to give him the glory, there's no limit 443 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 4: to how high you will go. I'm asking you to 444 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 4: recognize God's goodness in your life. Remember how He led 445 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 4: you through the desert, brought you through those difficulties. How 446 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 4: you met the right person wasn't a lucky break. That 447 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 4: was the Lord, your God. He's been working in your 448 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 4: life even generations back. Why don't you get up every 449 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 4: morning and say, Lord, thank you for your goodness. If 450 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 4: you'll do this, I believe and declare, you're about to 451 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 4: see some manna, influence, opportunities, creativity, income that you've never seen. 452 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 4: Like Neb Canezzar. God is going to give you back 453 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 4: what you lost. Your latter days will be better than 454 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 4: your former days in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, 455 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 4: can you say him in Today I'd like to give 456 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 4: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 457 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 458 00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 459 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 460 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 461 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 4: Bible based church, keep God first place. 462 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Joelus Deine podcast. 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