1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Always great to have you with us on the podcast, 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,199 Speaker 1: and have a new book out called Speak the Blessing 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 1: talking about speaking words of faith and hope and victory 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: over your life. I know you'll enjoy it, But blessings 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: to you today and enjoy the podcast. Well, God bless 6 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: you always a joy to come into your homes. 7 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 2: We love you. 8 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: We know God has great things in story. If you're 9 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by and 10 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: see us. These are the finest people in all of Houston, 11 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: Texas right here, so come by and be a part 12 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: of one of our services. 13 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:32,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for tuning in. 14 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 1: I like to get started each week with something funny, 15 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: and I heard about these passengers on an airplane that 16 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: was about to take off. The announcement came over the 17 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 1: intercom saying, welcome to the very first totally automated commercial flight. 18 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: This airplane has no pilots. It is being completely controlled 19 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: by the most advanced computers available today. It has been 20 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: tested and retested. You have nothing to worry about out 21 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: Just sit back and enjoy the flight. Enjoy the flight. 22 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: Enjoy the flights. Man. All right, hold up your Bible, 23 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 24 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 25 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 26 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 27 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 28 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 29 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 30 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: about the. 31 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 2: Shout of praise. 32 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,759 Speaker 1: The scripture is full of stories where when God's people 33 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: lifted up a shout, supernatural things took place. 34 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 2: Prison doors were. 35 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 1: Opened, enemies got confused, even huge walls came tumbling down, 36 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: all because of a shout of praise. There's something about 37 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: being vocal, being expressive, demonstrating your faith. It releases God's 38 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: power in a greater way. And it's one thing to 39 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: be quiet and reverent unto the Lord. 40 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 2: That's important. 41 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: We should have a respect and a reverence. But there 42 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: are times when being quiet is not enough. It's not 43 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: even enough to just pray or sing or quote scriptures. 44 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: The shout is what pushes you over into victory. The 45 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: shout is what brings the walls down. When you lift 46 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: up your voice and say, God, I bless you today. 47 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,519 Speaker 1: I lift your name on high you are good. Your 48 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: mercy endures forever. When God hears those shouts of praise, 49 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: he says, to the angels, get busy. Send healing, Send favor, 50 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: send deliverance, send supernatural breakthroughs now. 51 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 2: I know some of you are like me. You're more 52 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 2: quiet and reserved. 53 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: It's not natural for you to be very expressive, very exuberant. 54 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 2: I know. 55 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: I stand by Victoria during the praise in worship. She 56 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: is always swaying to the music, tapping her feet, she's 57 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: got her hands up in I can hear her singing 58 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: with her whole heart, very expressive, so full of joy. 59 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: And here I'm there, quiet, calm, reserved. The other day 60 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: she looked at me, and I was in deep prayer, 61 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: deep meditation. She bumped me with her hips and said, 62 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 1: come on, stiffy, lighten up. 63 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 2: I said, you can't bump me. 64 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: I'm the pastor. I'm dignified. She bumped me even harder. 65 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 2: But I'm naturally more reserved. 66 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: But I've learned if you want to go somewhere you've 67 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: never been, you've got to be willing to do something 68 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: that you've never done. It says in Psalm forty seven 69 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: to one shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 70 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: Now I realize that God hears us even when we whisper. 71 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: But when you let out a shout, you're not only 72 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: announcing to God. I trust you, I believe you. I 73 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: know you have great things in store. But that shout 74 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: is announcing to the enemy. Favor is coming, breakthroughs are 75 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: on their way. Supernatural opportunities are in my future. I know. 76 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: I've been at a ballgame before, and in the middle 77 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: of the game, I'll go up to the concession stand 78 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: to get something to eat. While I'm standing in the line, 79 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 1: I can't see what's happening on the field. But all 80 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: of a sudden, I hear a loud cheer from the crowd, 81 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: a huge shout. The place erupts, and even though I 82 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: can't see it, I know something good just happened. We 83 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: either scored a touchdown, somebody hit a home run, But 84 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: the sounds of cheering, the sounds of celebration, are declaring something. 85 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 1: It's announcing to everyone around that a great victory has 86 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: just taken place. It's the same way in the unseen realm. 87 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: When we shout unto God, we are announcing to the 88 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: forces of darkness. That a great victory is about to 89 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: take place. They can't see what's happening. They don't know 90 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: why we're shouting. All they know is somewhere God's opening 91 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: up a new door. Somewhere a wall is coming down, 92 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: Finances are turning around, somebody's child is coming back home, 93 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: somebody's health is being restored. 94 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 2: Somebody is getting the break they need. 95 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: Those shouts of joy not only allow God to bring 96 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: the victory, but it's announcing to the enemy we're coming 97 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: up to a higher level. 98 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 2: There's declarative power in a shout. 99 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 1: Psal talks about when we have the high praises of 100 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: God coming out of our mouth, that is shouts of joy, 101 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: shouts of praise. It says that God promises he will 102 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: go to war against our enemies. You may be facing 103 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: an enemy of sickness today, but instead of being down discourage, 104 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: going around complaining, you're saying, God, I bless you, I 105 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 1: praise you. 106 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 2: I know you're still on the throne. 107 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: When you let out those shouts, God goes to war 108 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: against that sickness. Perhaps you're struggling with an addiction, but 109 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,559 Speaker 1: instead of thinking, oh, I'll never break this, Saint Joel, 110 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: I'm just not disciplined enough. No, you're shouting Lord, you 111 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 1: are good. Your mercy endures forever. Those high praises coming 112 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,359 Speaker 1: out of your mouth are what allow God to go 113 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: to war against that addiction. 114 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 2: I know. 115 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: One time, years ago, Victoria and I were involved in 116 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: this business deal where somebody had done us wrong. They 117 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: had pulled us into a big mess, and now we 118 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: were having to meet with the attorneys and go through 119 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: the legal process. It's a big waste of time and 120 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: energy and money. We came to the week where it 121 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: was all going to be resolved. We're going to have 122 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 1: this one final meeting and the outcome was going to 123 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: be determined. Early that morning, we were in a parking 124 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: garage downtown Houston waiting for the meeting. Victoria said something 125 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 1: that I'd never heard her say before. She said, Joel, 126 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: I think before we get out of the car, we 127 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 1: need to turn on some praise music and just shout 128 00:06:58,520 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 1: the victory. 129 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 2: It was like six o'clock in the morning. I didn't 130 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 2: feel like shouting. I was barely even awake. 131 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 1: But we turned on the Lakewood Praise CD and it 132 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: just so happened. It came on at the end of 133 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: the song. We have overcome. We heard about ten or 134 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: fifteen seconds, and then the worship leader came on saying, 135 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: it's already done. 136 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 2: We've already won the victory, just shouting to God. 137 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: So we just joined in the celebration and we said, God, 138 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: we agree, we praise you in advance for the victory. 139 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: We believe it's already done. 140 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 2: We shout unto you with a voice of triumph. 141 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: We had the high praises of God coming out of 142 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: our mouth early in the morning in that car, and 143 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: I know, in the natural it probably looked kind of foolish. 144 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: After all, we had not won the victory. We were 145 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: still right in the middle of the battle. But this 146 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: is what faith is all about. You can't wait to 147 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: shout after the victory. You've got to learn to shout 148 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: before the victory. The shout is what allows God to 149 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: fight your battles for you. We got out of the 150 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: car that morning feeling ten feet tall. We knew if 151 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: God before. 152 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 2: Us, who dare be against us. 153 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: We went into that meeting and the other side God 154 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: a odds with each other. They begin to argue among themselves. 155 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: Their head attorney got so upset he even left the building. 156 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: What had dragged on for over three years. That day 157 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: was totally resolved in our favor. Not only that everything 158 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: was restored back to us. Friends, when you have the 159 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: high praises of God coming out of your mouth, he 160 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: will go to war against your enemies. 161 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 2: Proverbs twenty nine six. 162 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:40,959 Speaker 1: Says evil people are trapped by their own wrongdoing, but 163 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:46,079 Speaker 1: the righteous escape by shouting for joy. When you find 164 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: yourself in a situation where you feel trapped, looks like 165 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: there's no way out, in your health, your finances, a 166 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:57,959 Speaker 1: legal circumstance, don't get down discouraged. Don't start complaining. No, 167 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 1: you have a secret weapon. Start shouting for joy. Driving 168 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: to work in the car by yourself. Lord, I bless 169 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: you today. I thank you God. I say Hozanna to 170 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,559 Speaker 1: you in the highest. Nowadays, most people just think you're 171 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: talking on your cell phone, just being animated. 172 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 2: What they don't realize. 173 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: Is you are shouting under God with the voice of triumph. 174 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:24,479 Speaker 1: When God hears those shouts, he goes to work arranging 175 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 1: your escape, moving the wrong people out of the way, 176 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: opening up the right doors, showering down his favor. And 177 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: I know some people think that we're kind of loud, 178 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: and they wonder why everybody's so excited at our services. 179 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: Why do you cheer at the end of a song, 180 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: Why does it seem like a celebration of ballgame. It's 181 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: because we understand this principle. We know when we have 182 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: the high praises of God coming out of our mouth, 183 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: supernatural things are happening. New doors are opening, favors being released, 184 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: breakthroughs are coming. 185 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 2: God is fighting our battles. 186 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 1: You say, Joel, I'm just real quiet, reserved, a little 187 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,319 Speaker 1: more dignified than that. That's a little far out, a 188 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: little overboard, a little radical for me. Listen, I've been 189 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 1: in this very auditorium when the Rockets were playing basketball. 190 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: I had season tickets right over there on the fourth row. 191 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 1: And when the Rockets were in the playoffs about to 192 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: win the championship, I saw the most quiet, reserved, dignified 193 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: people that normally just sit there and passively watch the game. 194 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: They were up on their feet, pumping their fist in 195 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: the air, yelling at the top of their lungs, acting crazy, 196 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: doing the macarena. I saw ladies dressed to a tea 197 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: so proper, normally just very quiet and reserved. 198 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 2: They were up waving their hankies. 199 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: Giving high fives to people they've never even met. What 200 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: am I saying? We're all a little radical about something 201 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: I've made up my mind. I'm gonna be radical about 202 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: my God. I'm going to let his high praise has 203 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: come out of my mouth. I know when I shout 204 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: to the Lord, new doors are opening, barriers are coming down, 205 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 1: healing is being released. 206 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 2: The shout is what's sealing the deal. 207 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: I know growing up, certain people referred to us as 208 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: holy rollers. 209 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 2: I like what somebody said. 210 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 1: They call us holy rollers, and yes, what they say 211 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: is true, But if they knew what we were shouting about, 212 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: they would be rolling too. I love the story of 213 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: joshua He and the people of Israel who are trying 214 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: to make it to their promised land. But right in 215 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 1: the middle of their path was a huge obstacle, the 216 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: city of Jericho. It had large walls all the way 217 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 1: around it. It stood between them and their promised land. 218 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: They couldn't go around it. They had to go through it. 219 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 2: Between you and your destiny. 220 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 1: There will always be a Jericho something that you cannot 221 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: go around. There's no other You either have to defeat 222 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: it or it's going to defeat you. God told Joshua 223 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: to have the people march around the city walls for 224 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: six days, one time a day, and on the seventh 225 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: day they were to march around seven times, and they 226 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: were instructed to march perfectly silent. They couldn't say a word, 227 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: no talking, no whispering, no complaining. Then on the seventh day, 228 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: on the seventh time around, God said, I want you 229 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: to do something different. On this seventh time, I want 230 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: you to let out a shout of praise. I can 231 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,359 Speaker 1: imagine on that seventh day the people were so excited. 232 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: They marched around once, and twice and three times. The 233 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: anticipation is growing. They can't wait. They know something big 234 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: is going to happen. On that seventh time, after the 235 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: priest blew the trumpets, the people let out this mighty 236 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 1: shout of praise at the top of their lungs, saying, Hallelujah, 237 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: Hosannah in the Highest Lord, bless you so loud, no doubt, 238 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: it sounded like a huge airplane passing by. 239 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 2: People could hear it from miles and miles. 240 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: Now, as they were shouting, the impossible began to happen. 241 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: Those huge fortified walls begin to shake and rattle, and 242 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,839 Speaker 1: before long roll they came tumbling down. The people were 243 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: able to go in, take the city and eventually make 244 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: it to their promised land. But here's the point I 245 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: want you to see. The shout is what sealed the deal. 246 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: The shout was the final straw. Marching around the city 247 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: seven times, that showed their faithfulness, that proved their obedience. 248 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 2: But that in itself was not enough. That was part 249 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 2: of it. 250 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 1: But the shout was what released God's favor in a 251 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: greater way. The truth is they could have marched around 252 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: the city silently, week after week, even year after year, 253 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 1: showing God how faithful they were, but nothing would have 254 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:02,319 Speaker 1: happened without the shout. 255 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 2: The walls would not have come down. 256 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: Could it be that there are walls still up in 257 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: your life because you've missed the shout. You prayed, you believed, 258 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 1: You've stood on God's word. But now it's time for 259 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: your shout. God is saying you are coming in to 260 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: your seventh day. You're about to enter into your seventh lap, 261 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: the victory lap. You've been faithful, you've developed your character. 262 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: Now it's time to come into your promised land. And 263 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: in the coming days. 264 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 2: As you have the high praises of. 265 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: God coming out of your mouth. You need to get ready. 266 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: You're going to start seeing walls come down, bondages are 267 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: going to be broken, Supernatural doors are going to open. 268 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 2: Enemies are going to be defeated. 269 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: Chains of addictions are going to be loosed, Limitations are 270 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: going to be canceled. Increase is going to come in 271 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: extraordinary ways. I want you to imagine you on the 272 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: seventh Day. You're about to come into that seventh lap 273 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: the victory laugh. God is saying, it's your time to 274 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: rise to a new level. It's your time to see 275 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: favor in a new way. It's your time to go 276 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: beyond barriers of the past. It's your time for divine connections. 277 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: It's your time for supernatural breakthroughs. Why don't we just 278 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: take ten seconds and seal the deal. Let's let up 279 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: a shout of praise just to see them. Okay, okay, okay, 280 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: all right. 281 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 2: I knew you couldn't keep it to ten seconds. 282 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: I know people are flipping through the channels right now 283 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: when they see you shouting, celebrating, they think, what am 284 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: I watching? Did Peyton Manning just throw another touchdown? Did 285 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: Tiger Woods just clench the Masters did Lebron James just 286 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: did another game winning shot. They look a little closer 287 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: and say, no, it's just those crazy people at Lakewood. 288 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: They're always shouting about something. Here's why we're shouting. We 289 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: know walls are coming down, somebody's child is coming back home. 290 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: Somebody's marriage is being restored. Somebody's about to see a 291 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: business take off. Somebody's about to meet the man or 292 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: woman of their dreams. Somebody's about to see their health restored. 293 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: Somebody's about to make it into their promised land. The 294 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,479 Speaker 1: shout is what releases God's. 295 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 2: Favor and the goat around. It doesn't take you must to 296 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 2: make y'all shout. 297 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: Now. Listen, some of you have marched around your city 298 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: walls four hundred and twenty two times. You're wondering when 299 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: God's ever going to do something. But God's waiting on 300 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: you for the shout. You don't need to march around 301 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: another time. You need to start declaring God's goodness in 302 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: a greater way when you get up every morning. Just 303 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,199 Speaker 1: imagine you're on the seventh day and you're about to 304 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: enter into your victory. 305 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 2: Laugh, dare to vocalize it. God, I bless you today. 306 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: I thank you today, I honor you today. Those shouts 307 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: not only allow God to bring the victory, but you're 308 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: announcing to the enemy this is my time. Sickness cannot stay. 309 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: I will not live a depressed, defeated life. I will 310 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:27,360 Speaker 1: not go around unfulfilled. I will not be bound by 311 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: these addictions. I Am coming in to my promised land. 312 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: We have a cleaning product here in the States called 313 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: a Shout. 314 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 2: It's a stain remover. 315 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: Do you get something on your shirt or something on 316 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: the carpet, you can spray that Shout on it and 317 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 1: it'll help remove it. I remember the commercial they had 318 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: for Shout when I was growing up. It showed this 319 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: little boy playing in the backyard and he falls in 320 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: the mud and gets his jeans all dirty. The mom 321 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: is looking out the kitchen window and she shakes her head. 322 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 1: The announcer says to the mother, what are you going 323 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: to do now that little Johnny God his gene stained. 324 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 1: The mom smiles and says, I'm gonna shout it out. 325 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: It shows the father working on his car and he 326 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: gets some grease on his T shirt, and the announcer 327 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: asks the mom the same thing, what are you gonna do? 328 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 1: This time she gets the bottle of shouting. She looks 329 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: in the camera and says, I'm not worried. I'm gonna 330 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: shout it out. Really, there's some truth to that statement. 331 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: When we face barriers in life, when the financial situation 332 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 1: looks impossible, when the medical report says no way, when 333 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:35,639 Speaker 1: you encounter a jericho on your way to your promised land. 334 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: Instead of getting discouraged thinking, oh, these walls are too big, 335 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: they're too strong, they're never gonna come down. Now, let's 336 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 1: learn to do like the lady in the TV commercial 337 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: and say, you know what, I know a secret. 338 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 2: I can shout it out. I'm gonna kick my praise 339 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 2: into a new gear. 340 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 1: What are you gonna do if you get a bad 341 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: medical report? Shout it out, declare God's goodness in a 342 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: greater way. What are you gonna do if somebody cuts 343 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 1: you off in traffic? Don't cuss them out, Shout it 344 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: out God, I bless you anyway. What are you gonna 345 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:13,360 Speaker 1: do if you get overlooked for a promotion that you deserve, 346 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 1: Shout it out God, I'm not working under man, I'm 347 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: working under you. 348 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 2: I bless you anyway. 349 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 1: That's what it says In Psalm fifty nine, the Psawmist said, 350 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: my enemies come against me like vicious dogs, trying to 351 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: destroy me. But as for me, I will shout for 352 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 1: joy for you or my refuge, my place of safety. Notice, 353 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:38,640 Speaker 1: in our times of difficulty, we're not supposed to get discouraged. 354 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:42,439 Speaker 1: Don't go around complaining talking about your problems. If you 355 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: want to activate God's power in a greater way, you've 356 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: got to do like the Psawmist and learn to shout 357 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 1: for joy even. 358 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 2: When it looks bad all around you. 359 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,680 Speaker 1: Just lift your head toward the heavens and say, God, 360 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: I bless you today. I know you're still on the throne. 361 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: I say Hosanna to you in the highest. If you 362 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: are to suffer some kind of setback in the natural, 363 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: you're gonna want to get discouraged. 364 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 2: Self pity will try to set in. 365 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:08,879 Speaker 1: That's when you have to dig your heels in and say, no, 366 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna offer to God the sacrifice of praise. And 367 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that this is some magic formula. If 368 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: you shout one time, everything's gonna go away. But no, 369 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: I am saying. If you'll learn to magnify God and 370 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: not your problems, you'll not only enjoy life more, but 371 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: that's what allows God to turn negative situations around and 372 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: at the right time on your seventh day, on that 373 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: seventh trip around, the shout is what helps to bring 374 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 1: the walls down. I think about Jehosiphat in Second Chronicles, 375 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: chapter twenty. He received word that three major armies were 376 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: surrounding him and the people of Judah. They were quickly 377 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: closing in and about to attack. The people of Judah 378 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: were greatly outnumbered. King Jehosaphat didn't know what to do, 379 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,479 Speaker 1: so he called them altogether. They got on their knees 380 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 1: and begin to pray. Soon the word of the Lord 381 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 1: came to them, saying, don't worry. This battle is not yours. 382 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: The battle is the Lord's. When the people of Judah 383 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: heard the good news, they did something very important. I 384 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: believe it was one of the keys to see in 385 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,479 Speaker 1: the promise come to fulfillment. Right in the middle of 386 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 1: that trouble, surrounded by enemies, looked like there was no 387 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: way out in the natural. 388 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 2: What did they do? 389 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: Get depressed, complained, run and hide? Know the scripture says, 390 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: they begin to shout praises to God at the top 391 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: of their lungs. Don't you know that looked kind of foolish. 392 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: Here they were celebrating like they had already won the victory. 393 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: But the fact is they were still surrounded by powerful enemies. 394 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 2: Nothing had changed, nothing was different. 395 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: I'm sure some people looked from the outside and thought, 396 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: those people are crazy. Why are they shouting? Why are 397 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 1: they celebrating? Don't they know they're about to be wiped out? 398 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 1: Don't they know their days are numbered? You know what 399 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: those people didn't realize was the shout activates God's power. 400 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: The shout brings confusion to the enemy. The shout releases 401 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: God's favor. The shout is what helps. 402 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,719 Speaker 2: Bring the deliverance. Really, it's the same way today. 403 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: When people see us shouting, seeing celebrating God's goodness, they think, 404 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 1: what's wrong with those people at Lakewood? Haven't they read 405 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 1: the news lately? Didn't they see the medical report. Haven't 406 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 1: they seen what their child's been doing. They're acting like 407 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: they're gonna prosper in spite of the economy. They're acting 408 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 1: like they're gonna get well in spite. 409 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 2: Of the medical report. They're acting like they've already won 410 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 2: the battle. 411 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: See, most people only shout after the victory. We've better 412 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,880 Speaker 1: learn to shout before the victory. The scripture says, as 413 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 1: soon as they started shouting, something great happened. Notice it 414 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 1: didn't say as soon as they prayed, as soon as 415 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: they believed, as soon as they started fighting. No, the 416 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 1: shout was the catalyst. The shout was what lift the fire. 417 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:11,439 Speaker 1: As soon as they started shouting, God sent confusion to 418 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:15,919 Speaker 1: the three enemy armies. They begin to fight among themselves, 419 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 1: and when it was all said and done, they had 420 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: destroyed each other. The people of Judah didn't have to 421 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: lift up a sword. They just went in and gathered 422 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: up the spoils. And I realized that when we pray, 423 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: things happen. When we stay faithful, things happen. When we 424 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: are a blessing to others. 425 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 2: Things happen. 426 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: But when we lift up a shout of praise, when 427 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: we vocalize our thanksgiving, when we. 428 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 2: Bless the Lord with our whole hearts. 429 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 1: Those shouts caused God to release his power in a 430 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: supersized way. It's like God shifts everything into a higher gear. 431 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: The turbo boosters kick in. I don't know about you, 432 00:23:55,920 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: but I need God's favor in supersized ways. Need God's blessings, 433 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 1: his wisdom in extraordinary ways. Now I've learned shouts of praise, 434 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: shouts of joy. They're the power boosters that can thrust 435 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: you to a new level. 436 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 2: It's interesting. 437 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: In the Old Testament God used the phrase many times, 438 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: be of good courage, but in the New Testament, in 439 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 1: most translations you never read be of good courage. God 440 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: changed the phrasing. He now says be of good cheer. 441 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: Cheer is an action word, something that we have to do. 442 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: When I go to a ballgame and see a cheerleader, 443 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 1: one thing I know is a cheerleader is not quiet. 444 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:44,439 Speaker 1: They are very vocal, very loud. They're always shouting, cheering 445 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 1: their team on. It's funny their team can be behind 446 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: forty to nothing, only a minute left in the game, 447 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: no possible way for them to win, yet they're still 448 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 1: on the sideline shouting to the top of their LANs 449 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 1: the aye see ta. 450 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 2: Oh, or why we have the victory. 451 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: I have never once heard a cheerleader saying l oh 452 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: s e r s we are losers. No matter how 453 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: bad it gets, no matter how far behind the team falls, 454 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:17,679 Speaker 1: they just keep shouting the victory. 455 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 2: That's what it means. 456 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: To be of good cheer, just like that cheerleader. It 457 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 1: doesn't matter if the medical report says you only have 458 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: six weeks to live, like it did for my mother 459 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty one. It doesn't matter if it looks 460 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: impossible for you to ever get out of death. Doesn't 461 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,360 Speaker 1: matter if all the odds are against you, every door 462 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: has closed. That's when you have to dig your heels 463 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 1: in and declare it by faith. The I C t 464 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 1: R Y Father, thank you that I have the victory. 465 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 2: I praise you. I shout unto you with a voice 466 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 2: of trial. 467 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 1: As soon as you start shouting, just like God did 468 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 1: for the people of Judah in the unseen, realms begin 469 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: to change in your favor. I know right now some 470 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: of you are in the midst of difficulty. You feel 471 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,679 Speaker 1: like Jehasafat, You're surrounded by troubles, looks like there's no 472 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: way out, or like Joshua, you've got a big barrier. 473 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 2: In your path. 474 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: But God is saying to you what he said to them. 475 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: The battle is not yours. The battle is the Lord's. 476 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 1: But you've got to do your part and activate. 477 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 2: God's power through your shouts of praise. 478 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: And it's one thing to shout by yourself in your car, 479 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: in the shower. 480 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 2: That's good, that's important. 481 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: But when thousands of us come together and let out 482 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: a corporate shout of praise, I believe that not only 483 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 1: intensifies God's power, but the forces of darkness have. 484 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:44,160 Speaker 2: To run and hide. 485 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: And in just a moment, I want us to let 486 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: out another shout that's going to reverberate down through the 487 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: unseen realm. Here's what's gonna happen when we shout. Get 488 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 1: this down in your spirit, see it through your eyes 489 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 1: of faith. Walls are gonna come down, bondages are going 490 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: to be broken, Depression cannot stay. Healing is gonna be released, 491 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: Relationships will be restored, Chains will be broken. Negative situations 492 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 1: are going to turn around. Favor is going to be 493 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,719 Speaker 1: poured out. Something is about to break loose in the 494 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 1: unseen realm when we let out this shout of praise. 495 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: Are you ready? We're gonna do it. 496 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 2: On three. 497 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna shout unto God with a voice of triumph. One, two, three, 498 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,920 Speaker 1: Come on, let out a shout of praise. Today. 499 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 3: When God created the world, he did it specifically with 500 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 3: you in mind. He used his words, he spoke everything 501 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 3: into existence, light, oceans and dry land, plants, sun and stars, animals, 502 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 3: man and woman. Your words have that same creative power. 503 00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,119 Speaker 1: If you want to know what you're going to be 504 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 1: like five years from now, listen to what you're saying 505 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: about yourself. You are prophesying your future, and too often 506 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 1: we don't realize we're defeating ourselves with our words. I'll 507 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: never get healthy, I'm not attractive, this dreams impossible. Instead 508 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 1: of limiting your future, why don't you start blessing your future. 509 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 2: If you'll change your words, you can change your world. 510 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: Now. I have a new book called Speak the Blessing. 511 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: You want to help you to speak positive, faith filled words. 512 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 1: There are declarations in it that you can make over 513 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 1: your family, your health, your finances, and your future. When 514 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 1: you get your words aligned with what God says, you'll 515 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: see his favor in greater ways. 516 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 3: As our thank you for your gift of any amount 517 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 3: to the Ministry this month, we want to send you 518 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 3: Speak the Blessing. Send your words in the direction you 519 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 3: want your life to go. You can begin to enjoy 520 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 3: a life filled with freedom, joy, health, success, and creativity 521 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 3: as you discover the authority and power of speaking God's word. Yes, 522 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 3: Speak the Blessing will unlock life changing possibilities that are. 523 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 1: Unlimited when you declare what God says about you. I'm strong, 524 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: I'm healthy, I'm favored. You are blessing your life. I 525 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: hope you'll request your copy today. Remember you can watch 526 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: the services live online every Sunday, download our daily podcast, 527 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,280 Speaker 1: watch on YouTube, listen on serious exem We'll keep you 528 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: encouraged and inspired. 529 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Speak the Blessing today. 530 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 3: Visit Joelosene dot com or call eighty eight five six 531 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 3: seven Joel. 532 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:42,800 Speaker 1: Our homecoming weekend is this Saturday and Sunday. Some of 533 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,960 Speaker 1: you have never been to Lakewood. This is a perfect time. 534 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: We'd love to meet you. We'd be honored to have 535 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 1: you and your family