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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 4: your life. Now, God bless you. It's a joy to 39 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,279 Speaker 4: come into your homes. We love you, and we're believing 40 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 4: that God has great things in store for each one 41 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 4: of you. If you're ever in our area, stop buying 42 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 4: see us. We'd love to have you be a part 43 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 4: of one of our services. But thanks for tuning in today. 44 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 4: I like to get started with something funny and I 45 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 4: heard about this group of small children. They were in 46 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 4: a cafeteria line at their Catholic elementary school, and at 47 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 4: the front of the line there was this large tray 48 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 4: of apples, and a nun had written a note that said, 49 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 4: take only one. God is watching. At the end of 50 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 4: the line there was this big batch of chocolate chip cookies. 51 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 4: One of the children had written a note that said, 52 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 4: take all you want. God's watching. The apples all right, 53 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 4: hold up your bibles. Say it like you mean it. 54 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 55 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 56 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 57 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 58 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 59 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,519 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want 60 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about how God has already 61 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 4: released good things into your future. When God laid out 62 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 4: the plan for your life, he lined up the right people, 63 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 4: the right circumstances, the right breaks, and in your future 64 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 4: He's already released favor, supernatural opportunities, divine connections. The breaks 65 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 4: you need have already been preordained to come across your path, 66 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 4: and if you will stay in faith and go out 67 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 4: each day and be a person of excellence, you'll have 68 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 4: times whereas as if you just stumbled into God's blessings. 69 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 4: You look back and you think, how did I get 70 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 4: to where I am? I'm not the most qualified, but 71 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 4: I got the promotion. I didn't deserve that break, but 72 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 4: they went out of their way to help me. Or 73 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 4: I missed my turn, and all of a sudden I 74 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 4: saw that for seal sign. Things fell into place, and 75 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 4: that's how I bought this. What happened? You stumbled into 76 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 4: God's blessings. They were already lined up. You just walked 77 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 4: into it. I talked to a young lady the other day. 78 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 4: She started out as a backup to a receptionist at 79 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:18,239 Speaker 4: this major film studio. She was part time. She only 80 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 4: worked when the other lady was busy. But she was 81 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 4: extremely faithful, and she got break after break. Somebody left 82 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 4: and she moved up. Somebody got promoted, she took their place, 83 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 4: somebody went on maternity leave, another promotion. One day, the 84 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 4: owner of that company said to his main manager, I 85 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 4: really like that young lady. I like her attitude, I 86 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 4: like her faithfulness. Make sure you take care of her. Today. 87 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 4: Six years later, she's a vice president in that company. 88 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,559 Speaker 4: She oversees all these major motion pictures. She said, Joel, 89 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 4: I can't believe it. I don't really know how I 90 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 4: got here. Just the other day, I was a receptionist, 91 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 4: and now I'm helping to run to company. What happened? 92 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 4: She stumbled into God's blessings? Friends, God has great things 93 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 4: already arranged for you. He's already released them into your future. 94 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 4: You may not be able to see it. You may 95 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 4: not be able to figure it out. That's okay. Just 96 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 4: stay in faith and keep being your best, and you'll 97 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 4: be amazed at what you stumble into. In my own life, 98 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 4: when I look back, I think, how did I end 99 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 4: up here? I wasn't even planning on being a minister. 100 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 4: When I'm at home flipping through the channels and I 101 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 4: see myself, I think, what in the world are you 102 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 4: doing on television? When I go to these events in 103 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 4: different cities and I see the building full, I think, 104 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 4: why did all these people come out? How did this happen? 105 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,799 Speaker 4: I just stumbled into it. I just kept being my best, 106 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 4: kept being faithful day in and day out, and I 107 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 4: walk into my divine destiny. I walked into the favor 108 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 4: and the blessings that God had already released. Even when 109 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 4: I look at Victoria, she's so beautiful, I think, how 110 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 4: did I ever end up marrying her? I know I'm 111 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 4: good looking, but not that good looking. I just stumbled 112 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 4: into her mother's jewelry store. And I'm not talking about 113 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 4: being drunk. I'm talking about you just walk into God's favor, 114 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 4: you walk into his blessings, You get breaks that you 115 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 4: didn't deserve. You look back and you think, how did 116 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 4: I end up going from the background to the forefront. 117 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 4: How did I go from being an assistant to being 118 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 4: in management? Or like one lady? I know, how did 119 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,679 Speaker 4: I go from being on welfare to being fair and well? 120 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 4: I just stepped into the favor that God already had released. 121 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 4: A friend of mine comes from a large family. They 122 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 4: immigrated from another country. They were extremely poor. Nobody had 123 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 4: made much out of their lives. They just couldn't seem 124 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 4: to get out of that rut. But this man was 125 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 4: very determined. He loved God and had a heart to 126 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 4: help other people. And one day somebody told him about 127 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 4: a job opportunity in the medical center cleaning medical equipment. 128 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 4: He went and interviewed had favor and he got hired. 129 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 4: He was working the graveyardship and every once in a 130 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 4: while they would do these medical procedures in the evening. 131 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 4: He would watch very closely and study how the technicians 132 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 4: did it. At one point, one of the technicians took 133 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 4: another job, and his ball saw how dedicated he had been, 134 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 4: and he gave him that position. He became an assistant technician. 135 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 4: A couple of years later, the main technician left and 136 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 4: now they put him in charge. Few years went by, 137 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 4: he started thinking, if I could buy this equipment, I 138 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 4: could go from hospital to hospital and do this on 139 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 4: my own. Playing basketball, one afternoon he met a man 140 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 4: that was in the banking business. He shared his dream 141 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 4: with this friend and he said, I'll tell you what. 142 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 4: I'll have my bank loan you the money the right place, 143 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 4: the right time. God had had already arranged today. That 144 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 4: man has a very successful company. They're one of the 145 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 4: leaders in their field. What happened he just stumbled into 146 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 4: God's blessings. I want you to realize in your future, 147 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 4: God has already released favor. It's in front of you. 148 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 4: He's already released promotion, increase good breaks. You don't have 149 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,559 Speaker 4: to worry, you don't have to try to force things 150 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 4: to happen. All you have to do is stay faithful, 151 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 4: and you too will stumble into God's blessings. I think 152 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 4: about a lady in the Bible by the name of Ruth. 153 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 4: She had been through a lot of heartache and pain. 154 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 4: Her husband had been killed in a battle, and now 155 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 4: her mother in law, Naomi, was moving to a different city, 156 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 4: and she decided to go with her and help take 157 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 4: care of her. And there was a great famine in 158 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 4: the land. They hardly had anything to eat, and so 159 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 4: Ruth would go out every morning into the fields and 160 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 4: fallow behind the reapers that were gleaning the wheat, and 161 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,319 Speaker 4: she would pick the left over wheat. That's how they 162 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 4: were surviving. One day, the owner of that field, a 163 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 4: man by the name of bo As, traveled from a 164 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 4: different city to check on his field, and it just 165 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 4: so happened he saw Ruth out there. She got his attention. 166 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 4: He said to his workers, who is that new young girl. 167 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 4: They said, that's Ruth. She's a widow. She just moved here. 168 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 4: She goes behind us and picks up the left over wheat. 169 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 4: And the scripture talks about how God calls Ruth to 170 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 4: have favor with Boas when you walk into one of 171 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 4: your favor moments, people will go out of their way 172 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 4: to be good to you. Many times they don't realize 173 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 4: why they're doing it. It's simply because you stepped into 174 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 4: a time of favor that God had already released in 175 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 4: your future. Boaz said to his workers, here's what I 176 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 4: want you to do. Drop handfuls of wheat on purpose 177 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:55,079 Speaker 4: for Ruth. That's my message to you today. God has 178 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 4: dropped handfuls on purpose for each one of you in 179 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 4: your future. God has already dropped favor. He's already dropped promotion, 180 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 4: he's dropped health, he's dropped wisdom, he's dropped good breaks, 181 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,679 Speaker 4: he's dropped divine connections. They're out in front of you, 182 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 4: just waiting for you to come along. They're called handfuls 183 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 4: on purpose. And I love the fact that Ruth was 184 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 4: just minding her own business, being her best, being faithful, 185 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 4: and all of a sudden she starts seeing all this 186 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 4: week laying in front of her. Think about it. She 187 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 4: doesn't have to struggle anymore, she doesn't have to search 188 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 4: the field trying to find a little here and a 189 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 4: little over there. All she's got to do is pick 190 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 4: up the weak. She goes home and she's collected four 191 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 4: or five times what she normally does. And Naomi said, Ruth, 192 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 4: how in the world did you get all that week? Today? 193 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 4: I can see Ruth scratching her head. She said, I 194 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 4: don't know. I just stumbled into it. Normally I get 195 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 4: the leftovers, Normally I get the scraps. But for some reason, 196 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 4: these workers started leaving all this wheat right in my path. Friends, 197 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 4: you have no idea the great things God has already 198 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 4: dropped in your future. You don't know what all God 199 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 4: has orchestrated for you. Don't believe those lies telling you 200 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 4: nothing goods in store, and you'll never accomplish your dreams. Now, 201 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 4: if God were to pull back the curtain and allow 202 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 4: you to see what He's already lined up, the breaks, 203 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 4: the people, the favor the things He's already released into 204 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 4: your future, you wouldn't worry again. You wouldn't be discouraged. 205 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 4: You would be excited about your future. You would live 206 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 4: with expectancy, knowing that any moment you could come across 207 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 4: one of those handfuls on purpose. What's interesting is Ruth 208 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,719 Speaker 4: god for free what other people had to work for. 209 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 4: There were others out in that field, just working away. 210 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 4: They couldn't take the wheat, they couldn't take the prophets. 211 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 4: Not only could Ruth do this, but those others had 212 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 4: to glean the wheat for her and leave it in 213 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 4: her path. In other words, Ruth started getting unnatural blessings. 214 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 4: Extraordinary things begin to happen. That's the way our God is. 215 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 4: All of a sudden, you get breaks that you didn't deserve. 216 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 4: You got promoted over somebody that had more seniority, You 217 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 4: got thrust from the back to the front. What happened 218 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 4: you came across another handful on purpose. The house Victoria 219 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 4: and I live in, it's on a lot a little 220 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 4: over a quarter of an acre. As our children were 221 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 4: getting older, I really wanted more room so we could 222 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 4: go out and run and play ball. I grew up 223 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 4: on an acre lot and I like being outdoors. And 224 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 4: one day, just in passing, just kind of dreaming, I 225 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 4: said to Victoria, it sure would be nice to have 226 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 4: that lot next door, so we could open it up 227 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 4: and make it a part of our yard. It was 228 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 4: a corner lot, quite a bit bigger than ours, and 229 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 4: I really didn't think much more about it. The neighbors 230 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 4: had been there long before us, and we didn't know 231 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 4: them well. They were gone a lot. But one day 232 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 4: Victoria was backing out of the driveway to take our 233 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 4: children to school, and the man came walking over to 234 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 4: the car. He handed her a sheet of paper and said, 235 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 4: we're selling our property, just in case you know anybody 236 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 4: that would like to buy it. I knew that wasn't 237 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 4: a coincidence, that wasn't a lucky break. That was another 238 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 4: handful on purpose. Things fell into place and we were 239 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 4: able to purchase it. Well, Joel, I wish I had 240 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,319 Speaker 4: two lots. I'm in a little apartment. No, don't get discouraged, 241 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 4: don't get negative, and don't be jealous. If God did 242 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 4: it for us, he can do it for you. Just 243 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,680 Speaker 4: keep being faithful, keep being your best, and you too 244 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 4: are going to stumble into your place of blessing. It's 245 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 4: already out there. God's placed it in your future. You 246 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 4: just have to do your part and walk into it. Now. 247 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 4: Plenty of mornings I look out at that empty lot 248 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 4: and I think to myself, I don't know how we 249 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 4: got here. God, You've been so good to us. I 250 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 4: recognize it's just handfuls on purpose. I didn't deserve it necessarily, 251 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 4: I didn't earn it. It was just the favor of God. 252 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 4: And sometimes you could almost be tempted to feel guilty 253 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 4: for God's blessings. I know, when I wrote my first book, 254 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 4: I had no idea it would sell so many copies. 255 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 4: When I went to do my next one, the offers 256 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,959 Speaker 4: that came in were more than I could even ask 257 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 4: or think. And I thought about how my grandmother made 258 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 4: ten cents an hour, my father was raised in extreme 259 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 4: poverty during the Great Depression, and hear God bless my 260 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 4: family beyond our wildest dreams. I was tempted to think, 261 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 4: you know, is this right, tempted to feel a little guilty. 262 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 4: But one thing I've learned is don't ever apologize for 263 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 4: God's goodness. Don't ever apologize for God's blessings and favor. 264 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 4: People are going to criticize, people will judge you, people 265 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 4: will be jealous, But you know what, that's their problem. 266 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 4: Don't apologize when we make excuses for God's goodness, when 267 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 4: we downplay his blessings in favor. Really, that's an insult 268 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 4: to our God. The scripture said, it is the Lord 269 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 4: that gives you the power to get wealth. That means 270 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 4: God's the one that's given you the ideas. He's the 271 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 4: one that's given you the creativity. He's given you the strength, 272 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 4: he gave you the favor, he gave you the good breaks. 273 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 4: As long as you stay humble and give him all 274 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 4: the credit, you have nothing to apologize for. And what 275 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 4: I find interesting is Ruth was satisfied with going out 276 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 4: each day and picking up her food behind the workers. 277 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 4: She was content. Life was good. God was supplying her needs. 278 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 4: But do you want to see the heart of God. 279 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 4: God did not want Ruth to go out every day 280 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 4: and just pick up left over wheat. He didn't want 281 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 4: Ruth to spend her life working in that field. God 282 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 4: wanted Ruth to own that field. He wanted to do 283 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 4: more than just meet her needs. The scripture goes on 284 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 4: to tell how she and Boaz fell in love, they 285 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 4: got married. Bo As was one of the wealthiest men 286 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 4: in that area. Ruth was no longer worth working in 287 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 4: the field. That was fine for a time, That's where 288 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 4: her handfuls on purpose were for a while. But now 289 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 4: this next handful was the owner of the field. God 290 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 4: brought Boaz across her path. She just stumbled into it. 291 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 4: In some of you, God does not want you to 292 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 4: spend your whole life working at that company. God wants 293 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 4: you to own your own company. He doesn't want you 294 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 4: to spend your life cleaning that office. God wants you 295 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 4: to be running that office. He doesn't want you to 296 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 4: live in a small apartment the rest of your life. 297 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 4: God wants you to have a nice home. He has 298 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 4: made you to be the head and not the tail. 299 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 4: He said you will lend and not borrow. And it's good, 300 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 4: like Ruth to be content where we are. It's good 301 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 4: to appreciate what God has already done. But God is 302 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 4: a progressive God. He wants to take you places that 303 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 4: you've never dreamed of. Have a big vision for your life. 304 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 4: Don't be complacent, and don't be too easily satisfied. I 305 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 4: know I used to come into this building and watch 306 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 4: the Rockets play basketball. I had seasoned tickets right back 307 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 4: over there in section one, O four. But God didn't 308 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 4: build this building just for the Rockets to play. He 309 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 4: didn't want me to just come in here and watch 310 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 4: sports and be entertained. God wanted us to own this building. 311 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 4: God wants to amaze you with his goodness. And I've 312 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 4: learned we don't have to seek blessings. We don't have 313 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 4: to seek the right people or seek material things. If 314 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 4: you will seek God, if you will put him first 315 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 4: and honor him with your life, the blessings will seek you. 316 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 4: When you live a life of integrity. When you have 317 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 4: a spirit of excellence, giving, serving, treating people right, God's 318 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:51,120 Speaker 4: blessings will chase you down and overtake you. You cannot 319 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 4: outrun the good things of God when you do your 320 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 4: best to please him. The Scripture says in Psalms, when 321 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 4: you delight yourself and the Lord, he will give you 322 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 4: the desires of your heart. The fact is, Victoria and 323 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 4: I didn't need that extra lot. We didn't need more room. 324 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:12,159 Speaker 4: That was simply a desire just to thought, Hey, this 325 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 4: would be nice to have. But isn't it interesting? God 326 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 4: already had it lined up. He had already put the 327 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 4: thought in that man. He caused Victoria to be backing 328 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 4: out at the right time. He brought it all together. 329 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 4: All I had to do was stay in faith, and 330 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 4: I stumbled into that blessing another handful on purpose. A 331 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 4: few years ago, right after my first book had come out, 332 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 4: we were doing an event in Madison Square Garden there 333 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 4: in New York City, and this executive at a major 334 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 4: publishing company was leaving his office that night to go 335 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 4: catch the train and go home, just his normal routine. 336 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 4: But when he got around the garden area where the 337 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:53,479 Speaker 4: train station is, the sidewalks were so packed with people 338 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 4: waiting to get into our event was much more crowded 339 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 4: than normal. He knew there wasn't a ball game going on, 340 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 4: there wasn't a con Sir. In his curiosity, he went 341 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 4: over to ask people what's going on tonight, and they 342 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 4: told him how our meeting was coming, and they were 343 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 4: so excited and so fired up they couldn't wait for 344 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 4: it to start. He said, I've been in New York 345 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 4: my whole life, and New Yorkers don't get excited about anything, 346 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 4: especially about a minister from Texas. He left there a 347 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 4: few minutes later, saying to himself, we are going to 348 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 4: publish this man's next book. I'd never met him, he 349 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 4: didn't know much about us. My first book had barely 350 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 4: even come out, But God caused him to be at 351 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 4: the right place, at the right time. The next morning, 352 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 4: he called a friend of his that's a major publishing agent. 353 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,879 Speaker 4: He said, do you know, Joel, I want his next book. 354 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 4: She said, I don't, but I will another handful on purpose. Now. 355 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 4: I don't say this bragging in any way, but my 356 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 4: next book that's just coming out, that company is going 357 00:19:56,600 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 4: to preprint more copies than they've ever pre printed in 358 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,479 Speaker 4: their history. I could have never made all that happen. 359 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 4: I could have never caused that man to be at 360 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 4: the right place and hear all those great comments. That 361 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 4: was a moment of favor that God had already released 362 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 4: into my future. You people in New York that were 363 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 4: there that first night on the sidewalk making all those 364 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 4: great comments, I owe you. You helped me get a 365 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 4: great book deal. But I think about how Ruth started 366 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:31,719 Speaker 4: off working in the field. That was her place of 367 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 4: blessing for a while. But God wants you to go further. 368 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 4: Don't get stagnant. Don't have the attitude. This is all 369 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 4: my parents had. I've gone as far as my grandparents. 370 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 4: I guess I've reached my limits. No, God wants to 371 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 4: take you to a new level. He wants you to 372 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 4: be the one to set a new standard. This is 373 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 4: what Ruth did after she married bo Az. The people 374 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 4: she used to follow behind in the fields, the people 375 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 4: she used to take instruction from, now all the sudden 376 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 4: they were her employees. Now she was telling them what 377 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 4: to do. She got thrust from the back to the front. 378 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 4: God can do the same thing for every one of you. 379 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 4: All it takes is one touch of God's favor, one 380 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 4: bow as in your life, and you'll go from working 381 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 4: in the field to owning the field. You'll go from 382 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 4: being a receptionist to being a vice president. You'll go 383 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 4: from cleaning the equipment to owning the equipment. Somebody ask you, 384 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 4: how'd that happen? How did you get here? I don't know. 385 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 4: I just stumbled into it. It's just God's favor, another 386 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 4: handful on purpose. Why don't you get a bigger vision 387 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,439 Speaker 4: for your life. Don't go around thinking about all the 388 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 4: reasons why this is not gonna happen. No, stay in faith, 389 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 4: live with expectancy, knowing that any moment you could come 390 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 4: across another handful of favor. You meet somebody that leads 391 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 4: to an opportunity. You get an inheritance from a long 392 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 4: lost relative, God gives you an idea that leads to 393 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 4: a promotion. There are handfuls on part God is lined 394 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 4: up for every one of you, some of you. If 395 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 4: you'll stay faithful like Ruth, the next handful on purpose 396 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 4: will be the husband the wife you've been dreaming about. 397 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 4: God's already got them picked out, just like bo Az. 398 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 4: He strategically placed them in your future. If you'll just 399 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 4: keep being faithful, you will come across their path. It 400 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 4: won't be an accident, it won't be a coincidence. It 401 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 4: will be a divine connection. God put them there on purpose. Now, 402 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 4: I love the scripture in Deuteronomy one verse eleven. May 403 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:39,360 Speaker 4: the Lord, God of your fathers increase you a thousand 404 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 4: times more than you are. That's God's dream for every 405 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 4: one of you, to increase you, to promote you, to 406 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,880 Speaker 4: favor you. But sometimes this is so hard for us 407 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 4: to imagine. We think a thousand times more and our 408 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 4: mind goes telt no way, impossible, never gonna happen. That's 409 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 4: what happened when they offered me that book deal. At first, 410 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 4: I didn't know if I could believe it. At first, 411 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 4: I didn't know if I deserved it. But after about 412 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 4: fifteen seconds. I got over it. You laugh, It only 413 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 4: taken you ten seconds. And I'm not talking about just 414 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 4: material things. How about a thousand times more joy, a 415 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 4: thousand times more peace, a thousand times more wisdom, it 416 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 4: says the Lord God of your fathers. That's talking about 417 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 4: when we have a godly heritage. If you had parents, grandparents, 418 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 4: people somewhere in your family line that honored God, you 419 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 4: are entitled to ancestral blessings. That means you're gonna come 420 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 4: into favor. You're gonna come into good breaks that you're 421 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 4: not directly responsible for. You're gonna have opportunities that you 422 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 4: don't necessarily deserve. It's because your parents, your grandparents, somebody 423 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 4: in your family honored God. The scripture talk about how 424 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 4: you'll live in houses that you didn't build, you'll reap 425 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 4: from vineyards that you didn't plan. Now, I know many 426 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 4: of you, like me, you had people that have gone 427 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 4: before you, that prayed and believed. They sowed so many 428 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 4: good seeds. But the fact is they didn't see the 429 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 4: increase and the favor that you're seeing today. What happened. 430 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 4: They paid the price, they stayed faithful. Now, the Lord 431 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 4: God of your Fathers is increasing you. The Lord, God 432 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 4: of your fathers is showing you that unusual, extraordinary favor. 433 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 4: You should always be grateful for the parents or grandparents 434 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 4: that brought you to church. You may not have wanted 435 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 4: to go back then, but they made your life a 436 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 4: lot easier. They sowed seeds so God could bring you 437 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,680 Speaker 4: more of those handfuls on purpose. Now I know, right 438 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 4: now I'm reaping many of the seeds that my parents 439 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 4: have sown. My father wrote many books, but he didn't 440 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 4: have any of them published by a major publisher. He 441 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 4: didn't see the increase in the favor that I'm seeing today. 442 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 4: And that's the way it works. When you honor God 443 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 4: with your life, it not only affects you, but it'll 444 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:18,879 Speaker 4: benefit your children, your grandchildren, even future generations. Well, you say, Joel, 445 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 4: that's great, But when I look back in my family line, 446 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 4: I don't see anyone parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, Nobody honored God. 447 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,679 Speaker 4: I don't have this godly heritage that you're talking about. 448 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 4: But that's okay. Number one, you can be the one 449 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 4: to start it. And number two, God still has great 450 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 4: things in story. Do you know Ruth came from a 451 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 4: long line of idle worshipers. As far back in her 452 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 4: family as she could see, generation after generation, no one 453 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 4: cared anything about the things of God. But because Ruth 454 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 4: had a pure heart, because she had a desire to 455 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 4: do what's right, God did incredible things in her life. 456 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 4: God can do the same thing for each one of you. Now, 457 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:02,959 Speaker 4: I want you to get this down in your spirit, 458 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 4: a thousand times more than you are. That's talking about 459 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 4: new levels of increase, new levels of promotion, new levels 460 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 4: of victory. A new level to a homeless person is 461 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 4: getting shelter to a person in a shelter. A new 462 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 4: level is getting an apartment to a person in an apartment. 463 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 4: A new level is getting a nice home to a 464 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 4: person in a nice home. A new level is helping 465 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 4: someone else get a nice home. We are blessed to 466 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 4: be a blessing, and no matter what level we're at, 467 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 4: we should overflow with the goodness of God. And when 468 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 4: you have a thousand times more joy, you're gonna have 469 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,199 Speaker 4: plenty of joy to give away. When you have a 470 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 4: thousand times more peace, when people get around you that 471 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,120 Speaker 4: are upset and stressed, they're gonna calm down. They're gonna 472 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 4: feel that rest the Scripture talks about when we give, 473 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 4: it will be given back to us. Pressed down, shaken together, 474 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 4: and running over. Now I can since some of you 475 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 4: are about to come into that running over annoying. That's 476 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 4: what Ruth did. She went from having her needs barely 477 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 4: supplied to heaven more than enough. She stepped into the 478 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 4: overflow annoying. Many of you have been faithful, you've served others. 479 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 4: You've been your best day in and day out. You 480 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 4: were about to see a major shift. You're about to 481 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 4: come across a handful on purpose that's gonna propel you 482 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 4: to a new level. You're gonna step into a new dimension. 483 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 4: The overflow anoying. That's what the Thousand Times does. But 484 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,679 Speaker 4: some of you, you've lost your excitement about the future. 485 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 4: You don't think anything good is in store. Let me 486 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 4: assure you. If God had not already released good things 487 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 4: into your future, you wouldn't be here. He would have 488 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 4: taken you on home. As long as you're breathing, there's 489 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 4: another handful on purpose in front of you. Somewhere in 490 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:03,120 Speaker 4: your path. There's promotion, increase, good breaks, divine connections. When 491 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 4: you really understand this principle, it puts a spring in 492 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 4: your step. You'll go out each day excited thinking, I 493 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 4: wonder when that next handful's coming. Could be today, could 494 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 4: be tomorrow, could be next week. Friends, when you stay 495 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 4: in faith, you will stumble into God's blessings and understand 496 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 4: He's already released in your future everything you need to 497 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 4: fulfill your destiny. My prayer for each one of you 498 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,160 Speaker 4: is that the Lord God of your fathers will make 499 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 4: you a thousand times more than you are. I speak 500 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 4: it over you right now, new seasons of increase. I 501 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 4: declare favor over your life. I speak strength into you. 502 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 4: I speak health, I speak wisdom, I speak creativity, I 503 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 4: speak divine connections, I speak supernatural opportunities. They are coming 504 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 4: your way. I declare it in the name of Jesus. 505 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 4: And if you receive it, can you say amen. We've 506 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 4: never liked to close our broad without giving you an 507 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 4: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 508 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 4: you pray with me? Say Lord Jesus, I'll repent of 509 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 4: my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my 510 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 4: lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 511 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 512 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 4: Bible based church, keep God first place. He's going to 513 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 4: take you places that you've never dreamed of. 514 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the joelous Deine podcast. 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