1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. Reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. Now, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: It is always a joy to come into your homes. 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 1: We love you, and if you're ever in our area, 8 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:21,959 Speaker 1: I hope you'll stop by and be a part of 9 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: one of our services. I promise you we'll have a 10 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: lot of fun. Plus we'll make you feel right at home. 11 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: But thanks for tuning in. Thanks again for coming out. 12 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 13 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: about this airplane that was about to crash and there 14 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: were four passengers but only three parachutes. The first passenger said, 15 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 1: I'm a leading heart surgeon. My patients need me. He 16 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: took the first parachute and jumped. The second passenger said, 17 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,599 Speaker 1: I'm a rocket scientist in one of the smartest men alive. 18 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: My country needs me. He took the second parachute and jumped. 19 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: The third passenger was Pope John Paul. He said to 20 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: the fourth passenger, a ten year old boy scout son, 21 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: I'm old and frail. I don't have much time left. 22 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,759 Speaker 1: You take the last parachute. The boy scout said, don't 23 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: worry about it, sir, there are still two parachutes left. 24 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: The smartest man alive. He just jumped out with my backpack. 25 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: All right, hold up your Bible. Say it like you 26 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 2: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 27 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 2: says I am. I have what it says I have. 28 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today 29 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 30 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 31 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 32 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about increasing your 33 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: capacity to receive. God has all kinds of great things 34 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: in store for you. He has favor in your future 35 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: like you've never imagined. He's got good breaks, new opportunities, 36 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: the right people. God wants to take your places you've 37 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: never even dreamed of. But here's the key. God is 38 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: limited by our capacity to receive. For instance, if you 39 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,959 Speaker 1: have a one gallon bucket, yet I have fifty gallons 40 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: to give you. The problem is not with the supply. 41 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: The problem is you don't have the capacity to receive. 42 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: If you'd get rid of that small container and get 43 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: something larger than I could give you more. It's the 44 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: same principle with God. If we think we've reached our limits, 45 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: we think the economy is too bad, we're going to 46 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: have a down year, we think we'll never get well, 47 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: that's what the medical report says, never afford the house 48 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: that we really want. It's not that God doesn't have 49 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: the resources, it's not that he doesn't have the ability. 50 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: The fact is our container is too small, our thinking 51 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: is limited. We have to enlarge our vision and make 52 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: room for the new things God wants to do, and 53 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: our attitude should be Yes, the economy is down, but 54 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: I know God is still on the throne. I know 55 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: he still has promotion and increase already lined up for me. 56 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: I know his favor surrounds me like a shield. I 57 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: know wherever I go, goodness and mercy follow me. So 58 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: I'm believing to have an extraordinary year. When you have 59 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: that kind of attitude, what are you doing. You're increasing 60 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,399 Speaker 1: your capacity to receive. That's when you're going to see 61 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: God show up and show out in unusual ways. But 62 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: some people they go around with a small cup, so 63 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: to speak. They're not expecting much. They've always struggled. Others 64 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: have traded in their cup and they've got a bucket. 65 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: They're doing okay, they're surviving, but not planning on going 66 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: much further. Still, others they've traded in the bucket. They've 67 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: stretched their faith, they've got a barrel. They're believing to 68 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: rise higher. Yet there's one other group. This group is 69 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: very unusual. These people believe for far and beyond favor. 70 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: They believe God is going to prosper them even in 71 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: a recession. They believe they're children will be mighty in 72 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: the land. They're expecting explosive blessings. They know down deep 73 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: supernatural increase is coming. So they don't have a cup, 74 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: they don't have a bucket, they don't have a barrel. 75 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: They've been coming to Lakewood too long. They've got a barn, 76 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: they've got a whole warehouse. They're expecting God to open 77 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: the windows of heaven and pour out unprecedented favor, supernatural opportunities, 78 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: exponential increase. Says in psalms, open your mouth wide and 79 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: I will fill it. My question is do you have 80 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: your mouth open wide? What are you expecting well, Joel, 81 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: I don't think i'll ever meet my sales goals this year. 82 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: With the economy like it is, I don't think i'll 83 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: ever get promoted. I'm not that qualified. Don't think i'll 84 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: ever get well. The problem is your mouth is barely open. 85 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: You're not expecting good breaks, you're not expecting increase, You're 86 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: not expecting God to show up and turn it around. 87 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: And unfortunately, you won't be disappoint The scripture says Jesus 88 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: said it according to your faith, it will be done 89 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: unto you. He might as well have said, if you've 90 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 1: got a cup, I'll fill you with a cup level 91 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 1: of blessing. If you got a bucket, I'll fill you 92 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: with the bucket level of blessing. But he's saying, if 93 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: you've got a barn. In other words, if you'll take 94 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 1: the limits off of God, if you'll believe for supernatural opportunities, 95 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: if you'll go out each day expecting far and beyond favor, 96 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 1: you won't be disappointed. Psalm thirty seven nineteen says, even 97 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: in famine, the righteous will have more than enough. When 98 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: you've got your mouth open wide, you're not complaining about 99 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: the economy. You're expecting to have a supernatural year. You're 100 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: expecting increase even in the middle of a recession. Your 101 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: child may be off course, but you're not praying, Oh, God, 102 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 1: just keep him from driving me crazy. Now you're saying, God, 103 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: you said my children will be mighty in the land. 104 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: So I want to thank you. You're not only going 105 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: to turn him around, but you're going to use him 106 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: to do something great for you. When you have your 107 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: mouth open wide, you're not just hoping to make your 108 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: monthly mortgage payments. You're believing to totally pay your house off, 109 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 1: to live totally debt free. That's barn level living. Let 110 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: me ask you, do you go out each day knowing 111 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: that favor is already in your future? Or have you 112 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: gotten stuck in a rug? This is what happened to 113 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: the people of Israel. They were headed toward the Promised Land. 114 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: They had big goals, big dreams. But along the way 115 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: they hit some setbacks, had some disappointments. They got so 116 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: discouraged they gave up on their dreams and just settled 117 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: where they were. One day, God said to them, you 118 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: have dwelt long enough on this mountain. I believe God 119 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: is saying that to each one of us, you've been 120 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: where you are long enough. Some of you have held 121 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: that cup year after year. It's how you were raised, 122 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: it's all you've ever known. Some of you, at one 123 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: time you had your sight set on the barn, but 124 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: you had some setbacks, and now you've just settled for 125 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: that bucket. God is saying, this is a new day. 126 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: Get your fire back. Where you are is not where 127 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: you're supposed to stay. Now. I'm asking you to increase 128 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: your capacity to receive. That means you're gonna stretch your faith. 129 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: You're gonna start thinking bigger, believing bigger. You're gonna go 130 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: beyond barriers that have held you back, and you're gonna 131 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: make room for God to do something new. I've learned. 132 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: You've got to give God permission to increase you. You've 133 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: got to give God permission to prosper you. God has 134 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: brought opportunities across my path in years past that I 135 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: turned down. I thought they were too big. I didn't 136 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: think I was qualified. It was so far beyond what 137 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: I thought I could handle. I didn't even get in 138 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: agreement with God and at least release my faith for it. 139 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: Now I realize I wasn't giving God permission to prosper me. 140 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: I miss those opportunities to go further. Jesus put it 141 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: like this, you can't put new wine in old wine skins. 142 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: He was saying, you can't go to a new level 143 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: with an old way of thinking. Many of you are 144 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: ready for God to do something new. When you hear 145 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: this truth that it's gonna be a great year, that 146 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: God has more in store, something resonates on the inside. 147 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: That's your spirit person coming into agreement with God. But 148 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 1: very often our natural mind will try to talk us 149 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: out of it. Your mind will tell you it's not 150 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: gonna happen for you. You're not gonna have a great year. 151 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: You know what the economy is like. Or you're never 152 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 1: gonna get well. You saw what the medical report says. 153 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: You're never gonna get married. You've been single so long. 154 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: Just accept it. No, get rid of that old wine skin. 155 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: Trade in that small container for something larger. This is 156 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 1: a new season. What's happened in the past is over 157 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: and done. You may have been through some disappointments, tried failed, 158 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: it didn't work out. That's okay. God is still in control. 159 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: Get a new vision. For your life. Have the attitude. 160 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 1: This is my year to go to a new level. 161 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: This is my year to be totally healthy. This is 162 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: my year to meet the person of my dreams. If 163 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: you open your mouth wide, God said he will fill it. 164 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: But it starts right here with us. With our capacity 165 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: to receive. We cannot go around thinking thoughts of mediocrity 166 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: and expect to excel. We can't think thoughts of defeat 167 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,839 Speaker 1: and barely get by. Help me to survive and at 168 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: the same time expect God to fill us with abundance. 169 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: The two don't go together. Get rid of that cup, 170 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: trade in that bucket, throw away that barrel, and come 171 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: over to the barn level. God is a god of abundance, 172 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: and it says in some one fifth the Lord, your God, 173 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: will increase you and your family more and more. Increase 174 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 1: has always been on God's mind. His dream is that 175 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 1: we'd never get stuck at one level. In fact, Jesus 176 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: said he came that we might have life to the full, 177 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: in abundance till it overflows. You need to get that 178 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: on the inside. Here's why I'm headed three places to 179 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: a full life and abundant life and overflowing life and 180 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: if you'll stay in faith, no matter what container you 181 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 1: put out there, God will cause it to overflow. I 182 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: remember when I wrote my first book, Your Best Life Now, 183 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: before it came out, I would pray, God, if you'll 184 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: just let this sell fifty thousand copies. That was so 185 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 1: big in my mind. I was stretching my faith at 186 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: that time. We had about twenty thousand people coming each weekend, 187 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: and I thought, if each one of you would buy 188 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: one copy, that would be about half of the fifty 189 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: Then I'll get my family and friends and neighbors. But 190 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: God likes to do eatingly, abundantly, above and beyond. He 191 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: is a god of overflow. That book went on to 192 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: sell more than one hundred times that fifty thousand. I've 193 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: learned now if you'll start higher, God will still cause 194 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: it to overflow. It's great to overflow with a cup, 195 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: it's exciting to overflow with a bucket or a barrel. 196 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: But when you put that barn level of faith out there, 197 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: that's when you'll see God do more than you can 198 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 1: ask or think. That's when you'll see God open up 199 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: doors that you thought were impossible. What happened you stretched 200 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: your faith and that allowed God to pour out his 201 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: far and beyond favor. Now I want you to get 202 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: a bigger vision for your life, it says in Proverbs 203 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: twenty nine, verse eighteen. If people can't see what God 204 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:50,839 Speaker 1: is doing, they stumble. In other words, if you don't 205 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 1: have this vision for increase, if you're not expecting favor, 206 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: you've just kind of gotten satisfied with where you are, 207 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: then you will live below you. But if you will 208 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: get a vision not of only who you are a 209 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 1: child of the Most High, but a vision of what 210 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 1: you're entitled to, and you go out expecting supernatural opportunities 211 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 1: in favor. It goes on to say, if you can 212 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 1: see what God has revealed, you will be the most blessed. 213 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: Notice not average blessed, not good enough blessed. As a 214 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: child of the most High, you are entitled to be 215 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: the most blessed. Well, you say, Joel, I never get 216 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: any good breaks. I don't think I'll ever be able 217 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 1: to pay my house off, never get out of debt, 218 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: never get well. No, your vision is limited. I'm trying 219 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: to help you today understand the great things God has 220 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 1: in store, the amazing places He's going to take you, 221 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: the incredible opportunities he has in your future, because I 222 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: know if your vision increases, then your capacity to receive 223 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 1: will increase, and that's when the most high will pour 224 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: out blessings to where you say, I am not a 225 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,319 Speaker 1: little blessed, I'm not average blessed. I have to say 226 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: I am most blessed. Well, you say, Joel, are you 227 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: one of those prosperity ministers. No, I'm not a prosperity minister, 228 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: but I can tell you this, I am not a 229 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: poverty minister. I cannot. I cannot find one place in 230 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 1: the scripture where we're supposed to drag around defeated, depressed, 231 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: barely making it always just scraping by. It is just 232 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: the opposite. You remember those three things, an abundant life 233 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: and overflowing life, a full life. You and I are 234 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: supposed to be examples of what it means to live 235 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: for the true and the Living God. Everywhere we go, 236 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 1: we should be so blessed. We should look so good, 237 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: so sharp, we should be so kind, so friendly, so generous. 238 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 1: People think, man, what is it with them? They always 239 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: look good, They're always friendly, They're always in a good mood. 240 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: People should want what we have. If I brought our 241 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: two children up here today. Their clothes were all raggedy, 242 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 1: holds in their pants, nothing's iron, hair's messed up, long 243 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: drab faces. First thing you'd think is man, what kind 244 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: of father is he? Why would he let his kids 245 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: go around looking like that. It's a poor reflection on me. 246 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: It's the same thing with our God. It doesn't bring 247 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: him any honor when we think we're supposed to go 248 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: around defeated, depressed, barely getting by. No matter where you are, 249 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: no matter what level you're at, you need to put 250 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: your shoulders back, hold your head up high, put a 251 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: smile on your face, carry yourself with confidence. You a 252 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: child of the most high God. You may only have 253 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: one suit, one dress, one outfit. You need to clean it, 254 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: iron it, and wear it like you're on top of 255 00:14:55,120 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: the world. And it says here in Romans, I'm seventeen. 256 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: We are to reign in life as kings. When God 257 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: looks at us, he doesn't see us defeated, barely getting by, 258 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 1: just take the leftover positions. Not at all. God sees 259 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: you as a king, he sees you as a queen. 260 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: You have his royal blood flowing through your veins. You 261 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: and I are supposed to reign in life. You know 262 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: what that word reign means. It means your time in power. 263 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: God said we're to reign how long in life? That 264 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: means as long as you're alive. That is your time 265 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: in power. You don't have a two year term like 266 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: a mayor a four year term like a president. Your 267 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: term is to reign every single day, to be victorious, 268 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: to rise to new levels, to accomplish great things. And 269 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 1: on those days where you don't feel like a king, 270 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: you don't feel like a queen. If you can, just 271 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: remember to reach down and check your pulse, and as 272 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: long as you feel something beating, you can say, what 273 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: do you know, it's still my time to reign. Let 274 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: that be a reminder to put on a new attitude. 275 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: And sometimes you have to do this by faith. You 276 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: may not feel victorious, it may not look like you're blessed, 277 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: but I like what somebody says, you gotta fake it 278 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: until you make it. By faith. You need to walk 279 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: like a king, talk like a king, think like a king, 280 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: dressed like a king, Smile like a king. Don't go 281 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: by what you see, go by what you know. There 282 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: is royalty in your DNA You have the blood of 283 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: a winner. You were created to reign in life. Too 284 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: many people are living below their privileges. It's because their 285 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: vision has been clouded by past mistakes, disappointments how they 286 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: were raised. They don't feel like royalty. They don't think 287 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: they could be successful, really accomplish what God's put in 288 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: their heart. Today, as I'm speaking faith into you, something's 289 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: happening on the inside. New seeds are taken root. Strong 290 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: holds that may have kept you back for years, even 291 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: right now, are being broken. You need to rise up 292 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 1: and say that's it. I'm not settling where I am. 293 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,719 Speaker 1: I know it's still my time of power. Yes, i 294 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: may have taken a break for a little while, but 295 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: I've got an announcement. I'm coming back. I'm gonna start 296 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 1: stepping up to who God created me to be. When 297 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: you really understand your God given possession, the fact that 298 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: you were created to raign and it's still your time 299 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: of power, those negative mindsets cannot stay. As you renew 300 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: your mind, a transformation is taking place. Your vision is 301 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: increasing today. I believe even right now, you are making 302 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: room for God to do more. The good news is 303 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: God is ready to pour out more. Doesn't matter what's 304 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 1: happened in the past. What matters is your future. Don't 305 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: live below your privileges. You were not created to be averaged. 306 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: God put a crown of favor on your head. He 307 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: has destined you to do great things. You may not 308 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 1: have seen it yet, but if you'll stay in faith 309 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: and make room for it, the most High says you're 310 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,439 Speaker 1: going to be the most blessed. You're going to have 311 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: the most peace, the most friends, the most fulfillment, the 312 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 1: most resources, the most wisdom, the most opportunity. Most blessed 313 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: means you will not lack in any good area. And 314 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 1: some of you today you just need to give God 315 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 1: permission to increase you. You have given, you have served, 316 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: You've honored him. The only thing that's holding you back 317 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 1: is a limited mindset. Maybe you've tried and struggled and 318 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: it didn't work out, or I don't know. I talk 319 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: to people that they don't feel like they deserve to 320 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: be blessed because of past mistake. But you've got to 321 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: shake all of that off. Dare to believe. Get rid 322 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: of that cup, get rid of the bucket, get rid 323 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 1: of the barrel. God has a barn load full of 324 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,919 Speaker 1: blessings in such for each one of you. This is 325 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: what my father had to do. Daddy was raised in 326 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 1: an extremely poor environment. That's all he had ever known. 327 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 1: He developed this limited mindset. Really, it was a poverty mentality. 328 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 1: It had been ingrained in him. He loved God and 329 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 1: he was a good person, but early on he didn't 330 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: have any vision for increase. He thought barely getting by 331 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: and struggling was just his lot in life. He didn't 332 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 1: want to complain about it, so he just accepted it. 333 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: When he first started pastoring, this was more than sixty 334 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: years ago. One week, he and my mother kept a 335 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 1: guest minister in their home, and Sunday, after the service, 336 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 1: a business person came up and said, pastor, I know 337 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 1: you've had a lot of extra expenses this week keeping 338 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: our special guests, so I would like you to have 339 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: this thousand dollars check. That would be like somebody giving 340 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: you twenty thousand dollars to day. My father nearly passed out. 341 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: He had never had anybody give him anything like that. 342 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: In fact, his first offering was only twenty five cents. 343 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: He and my mother they were making one hundred and 344 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: seventeen dollars a week barely scraping by trying to raise 345 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: their children. You would have thought my father would have 346 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: been thrilled, so happy, just thanking God, But it was 347 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 1: just the opposite. His capacity to receive was limited. He 348 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: had embraced that little cup for so long he could 349 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: not fathom having a bucket or a barrel, much less 350 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 1: a barn. Here God was trying to do something new. 351 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 1: God was trying to expand him. But he had that 352 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 1: old wine skin. That gentleman handed him the check. Daddy 353 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: took it by the corner, the very tip, like there 354 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: was something wrong with it, like it was poisoned. He said, 355 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: oh no, brother, I could never receive this for myself. 356 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 1: I must put it in the church treasury. He walked over, 357 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: and he said, when he dropped it in the offering 358 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: play right, when he let it go, he felt sick 359 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: to his stomach. Why was that God has put something 360 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 1: on the inside of every one of us that says 361 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: we're supposed to be blessed, We're supposed to rise higher, 362 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 1: We're supposed to leave an inheritance to our children's children. 363 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 1: My father eventually learned this truth. He shook off that 364 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 1: poverty mindset, and he began to increase his capacity to receive. 365 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: He inherited a cup, but he got rid of it 366 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: and put a bucket out there. God filled it up, 367 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 1: He put a barrel out God increased him. He developed 368 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 1: this more than enough, this barn level mentality. We wouldn't 369 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: be here today if he hadn't been willing to break 370 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: out of that rut. Your relatives may have handed you 371 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: a cup, maybe your parents, the people you grew up with, 372 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: they just handed you that cup. But that does not 373 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: have to set the limits for your life. You need 374 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,400 Speaker 1: to draw the line in the sand and say where 375 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: I am is not where I'm staying. I may have 376 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: been handed this cup, but I'm trading it in, not 377 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 1: for a bucket, not for a barrel. I'm going for 378 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: the gold. I've got my sight set on that barn. Now, 379 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:12,120 Speaker 1: as you increase your capacity to receive, just like with 380 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: my father, God is going to open up supernatural doors. 381 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: He's going to give you new ideas. He's going to 382 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: bring talent out of you that you didn't even know 383 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 1: you had. Don't live with a narrow vision. Don't think 384 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: that you've reached your limits. You would not be alive 385 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: if God didn't have increase in your future. Get rid 386 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 1: of that old wine skin. You may have had victories 387 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: in your past, but you haven't seen anything yet. You 388 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: haven't touched the surface of what God has in store. 389 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: He has levels of blessings in your future that are 390 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: going to amaze you. It's like this little frog I 391 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: heard about. He was born at the bottom of a well. 392 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 1: It was just a small, circular well, like you'd see 393 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,199 Speaker 1: at a typical rural area farm, and just he and 394 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 1: his family lived there. He was so content to splash 395 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,719 Speaker 1: around and to play in the well. He thought, life 396 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,199 Speaker 1: is good. We've got all the water in the world 397 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,120 Speaker 1: to ourselves. It just doesn't get any better than this. 398 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 1: But as he got a little older, he noticed the 399 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: light at the top of the well. He wondered what 400 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,439 Speaker 1: was up there. One day he got his confidence up 401 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: and he climbed the side of the well very cautiously. 402 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: When he got to the top, he peered over the 403 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:29,159 Speaker 1: edge lo and behold, the first thing he saw was 404 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: a pond. He couldn't believe it. It was thousands of 405 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 1: times bigger than what he had. He hopped a little 406 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: further and he came to a lake. He stood there 407 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: in amazement hopped a little bit further. Eventually he came 408 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: to the ocean. He looked left and right as far 409 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: as he could see, for miles and miles there was water. 410 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: He began to realize how limited his thinking was. He 411 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: thought he had it all, but all he really had 412 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 1: was a drop in the bucket compared to what God 413 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: wanted him to enjoy. And in the same way, God's 414 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 1: dream for your life is so much bigger, so much 415 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,239 Speaker 1: better than you can even imagine. If God showed you 416 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: what he had in store, it would boggle your mind. 417 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,880 Speaker 1: But so many times we're like this little frog. Our 418 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: thinking is limited. We've been enclosed in our environment. All 419 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 1: we've known is a certain level of living, a certain 420 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: way of thinking. Too often we get satisfied, think well, 421 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,919 Speaker 1: this is just my lot in life. But could it 422 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: be that God has oceans for you to enjoy, but 423 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,679 Speaker 1: you're staying in a little pond thinking that you have 424 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: it all. Could it be that you've got a cup mentality, 425 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 1: and yet God is standing over by a big barn 426 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 1: that has your name on it. I'm asking you to 427 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 1: go a little further than you're used to going. Dare 428 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: to do like that little frog and look out over 429 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 1: the edge, get a bigger vision for your life. Believe 430 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 1: for things. Your best days are not in your past, 431 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,159 Speaker 1: they are still in your future. And it says in 432 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 1: Psalm thirty five twenty seven, let them say continually, let 433 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: the Lord be magnified, who takes pleasure in the prosperity 434 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,879 Speaker 1: of his children. Notice they were supposed to go around 435 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,959 Speaker 1: saying this, Let God be magnified, He takes pleasure in 436 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 1: prospering me. I believe one reason they were supposed to 437 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: say it all the time was because God knows when 438 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,479 Speaker 1: we hear something long enough, it gets down on the 439 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: inside we start to believe it. It starts to affect 440 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: our vision. All through the day they heard themselves declaring 441 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 1: favor over their lives, saying God takes pleasure in prospering me. 442 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: They were saying, in effect, I'm coming up higher, I'm 443 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: coming out of debt. New doors are opening. God is 444 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: restoring my marriage, my health is improving. What were they 445 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 1: doing They were increasing their capacity to receive. We got 446 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 1: to do the same thing. Speak that fathabor over your life. 447 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: Somebody asks you how you're doing, no matter how you feel, 448 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,440 Speaker 1: you need to tell them I am blessed and highly favored, 449 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 1: and you muy as well. Add and I'm going to 450 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: have a supernatural year. Friends. God takes pleasure in prospering you. 451 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: Will you get this down in your spirit? God wants 452 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 1: you to rise higher. Some of you are stuck in 453 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 1: a rut. Maybe like my father, you come from generations 454 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 1: of lack and constantly struggling. You're just about to accept 455 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: that's the way it's always going to be. Now, you've 456 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: got to get rid of that old mindset. Make a 457 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: decision today. You're coming out of the well, coming out 458 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 1: of the pond, coming out of the lake, and you're 459 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,679 Speaker 1: headed straight toward the ocean. You're going to enjoy the 460 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 1: fullness of what God has in store. Remember, you've been 461 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: created to rain. You are a king, you are a queen, 462 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: and your time of power is still in session. If 463 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 1: you open your mouth wide, God is going to feel it. 464 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: You may not see how it can happen, but that's okay. 465 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 1: God has a way. He has explosive blessings that can 466 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,919 Speaker 1: thrust you to a new level. One touch of God's 467 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: favor can take you from the well right over to 468 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: the ocean. If you will take the limits off of 469 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: God and make room for him to do something new. 470 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: Then you're not gonna have an average year. You're not 471 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,640 Speaker 1: gonna have a mediocre year. You're gonna have a supernatural year. 472 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 1: You're gonna see supernatural breaks, supernatural healing, supernatural deliverance, supernatural restoration, 473 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: supernatural opportunities, supernatural connections. God is going to unleash supernatural 474 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: increase in your life. When you look back, you're gonna 475 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,199 Speaker 1: be able to say, two thousand and nine was my 476 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: year to shine. It was a supernatural year. Can you 477 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 1: say him in today? We never like to close our 478 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 1: broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 479 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:51,200 Speaker 1: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 480 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 481 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: make you my Lord in savior. Friends, if you prayed 482 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 483 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 484 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 1: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 485 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:16,679 Speaker 3: Every day we can live discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated. Is 486 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 3: it possible to turn these negatives into an outlook filled 487 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 3: with purpose, happiness and joy? 488 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 1: Every day we make choices, how we see ourselves, how 489 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: we respond to challenges, how we approach what's in front 490 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: of us. I've readden a devotional called Today, I Choose 491 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,679 Speaker 1: Devotions for a Better Line. It's designed to help you 492 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: make those choices on purpose, to choose faith over fear, 493 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: peace over frustration, and kindness over offense. Each day is 494 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:48,479 Speaker 1: filled with scripture and practical encouragement to help you live 495 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: with confidence and victory. You can't wait to see what 496 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: kind of day it's going to be. You have to 497 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 1: decide ahead of time. When you do, you can step 498 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: into a more blessed, fulfilled life. 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