1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life, and God bless you. 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 7 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,319 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 8 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. I promise you 9 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks so 10 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: much for tuning in, and thank you again for coming out. 11 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 12 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 1: about these two men named Archie and Jack. They argued 13 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: their whole life as to whether Jesus was white or 14 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: whether he was black. Archie was certain he was white. 15 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: Jack was just as sure that he was black. As 16 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: fate would have it, they died on the same day. 17 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: Rushed to the pearly gates, said, Saint Peter, please tell 18 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: us we've been debating our whole life. Is Jesus white 19 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,319 Speaker 1: or is he black? About that time Jesus stepped up 20 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: and said, Buenos Diaz, hold up your Bible, say it 21 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 22 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:09,479 Speaker 1: what it says I am. I have what it says 23 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 24 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 25 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 26 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 27 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 28 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 1: being a rain maker. Rain in the scripture is symbolic 29 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: of blessings, favor increase. One place talks about how we 30 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: should be like a well watered garden, always in blossom. 31 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: That's the way God designed us to flourish even in 32 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: tough times. But too many people are in a dry season. 33 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: They haven't had a good break in years. They're stagnant 34 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: in their marriage, they're not moving toward their dreams. And 35 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: it's easy to settle there, think, well, this is as 36 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: good as it gets. I'll just learn to live with it. 37 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: But there is a way you can put an end 38 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: to that drought. There's something you can do to cause 39 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: it to rain. And it's interesting how a cloud forms. 40 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: The sun shines down on water and it produces an 41 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: invisible vapor. These vapors condense and eventually rise up into 42 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: the sky and form clouds. When enough vapors go up, 43 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: the water becomes too heavy for the cloud to hold 44 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: and it begins to drip out. That's when it sprinkles 45 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: and missed. If the cloud gets so full of condensation, 46 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: so full of these vapors, then it will open up 47 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: and begin to downpour rain. The point I want us 48 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: to see is the water didn't start in the sky, 49 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: It started on the ground. The amount of vapors that 50 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: went up determined how much rain came back down. The 51 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: way we can create rain in our own life, the 52 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: way we can put an end to a drought is 53 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: through our praise. When we go around thanking God for 54 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: his goodness, talking about what he's done. Our praise is 55 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: the invisible vapor that goes up into the heavens and 56 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: forms a cloud. When your cloud gets so full of praise, 57 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: so full of thanksgiving, so full of you bragging on 58 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 1: the greatness of God, it can't hold it anymore. That's 59 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 1: when it will rain down right back on you. Blessings, favor, increase, healing. 60 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: You can become a rain maker. You've heard the saying, 61 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: when the praises go up, the blessings come back. Down now. 62 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: If you're not seeing any good breaks, if you're in 63 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: a drought, my encouragement is check up on what you're 64 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: sending up. Here's the principle, no praise, no rain, limited praise, 65 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: limited rain. You might get a sprinkle, a little drizzle 66 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: every once in a while, good break here and there. 67 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: But if you want to see a down a Texas 68 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: size rain, the exceeding greatness of God's favor, you've got 69 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: to stay full of praise everywhere you go. Under your breath, 70 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: you're always thanking God for his goodness. When you wake 71 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: up in the morning, Lord, thank you for another beautiful day. 72 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: What's happening. Your cloud is getting a little bit fuller 73 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: when you see your children. Lord, thank you for these 74 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: gifts that you bless me with. Driving to work, not 75 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: complaining about the traffic. I can't stand my job. Gasoline 76 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: is so high. No, Lord, thank you that I have 77 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: a job. Thank you that I have a car to 78 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: sit in traffic. Thank you that I have money for gasoline. 79 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 1: Thank you that I'm healthy enough to go to work. Lord, 80 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: Thank you for my gifts and talents. God, I'm just 81 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: grateful to be alive. When you live like that, you 82 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: better get your umbrella out. It's just a matter of 83 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: time before your cloud will open up and unload a 84 00:04:56,160 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: downpour of God's favor. Abundant praise will produce abundant rain. 85 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: The amount you send up is the amount that's going 86 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: to come back down. Now, some people only give God 87 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:13,119 Speaker 1: praise on Sunday. Joel I went to church. I sang 88 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: three songs, stood the whole time, sat through the whole message, 89 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: missed the first half of the football game. It was 90 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: a big sacrifice. That's great. God sees your efforts. But 91 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: here's the problem with only having Sunday praise on Monday 92 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: when you need a good break. On Tuesday, when you 93 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 1: need wisdom. God says to the angel he needs some rain. 94 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: Help him out, give him some favor, increase promotion. The 95 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 1: angel says, we tried, but there's nothing in his cloud. 96 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: He got a little drizzler on Sunday, a little sprinkle. 97 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: Now it's completely empty. Friends, you got to do your 98 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: part and keep your cloud filled up all through the day. 99 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: Instead of thinking about what's wrong, thank God for what's 100 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: right when you're in a tough time, Instead of being discouraged, 101 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: instead of complaining, no, Lord, thank you that you're turning 102 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 1: it around. Thank you that you're bigger than this problem. 103 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: Thank you that you've given me grace for every season, 104 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: even in small things. You get a good parking spot, Lord, 105 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: thank you for your favor. Vapors went up at the mall. 106 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: You find what you are looking for. Lord, Thank you 107 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: for directing my steps. More vapors are rising. You see 108 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: a friend that's not feeling well after you pray for 109 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 1: them under your breath, Lord, thank you that I'm healthy. 110 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: Thank you that I can breathe without pain. You walk 111 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: outside in the morning, Lord, thank you for the sunrise. 112 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 1: Thank you for the beauty of your creation. Eating dinner 113 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 1: with friends, Lord, thank you for the people you put 114 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 1: in my life. Thank you for my friends. If you're 115 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: going to reach your highest potential, you've got to become 116 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: a rain maker. You've got to develop this habit of 117 00:06:55,960 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: constantly sending up these vapors of praise. Every time I 118 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: drive up to this building, I say, under my breath, Lord, 119 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,799 Speaker 1: thank you for our beautiful building. I've said it probably 120 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: ten thousand times. What am I doing sending up more vapors? 121 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:17,679 Speaker 1: Don't let what once was a miracle become ordinary. Don't 122 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: get so used to it, but you're not excited about 123 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: it anymore. One time I was driving by the building 124 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: on the freeway. We were headed to the airport, and 125 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: I was on the telephone. Our son, Jonathan was about 126 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: ten years old. He said to everyone in the car, 127 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: since dad's on the phone, let me say it for him, 128 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: thank you Lord for our beautiful buildings. He had heard 129 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: it so many times it is become ingrained in him. 130 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: What has God done in your life that you could 131 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: be sending up vapors of praise? You thanked him for 132 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: a week when he gave you that job. Why don't 133 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: you continue to thank him? You were thrilled when you 134 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: moved into that house five years ago. Have you thanked 135 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: him lately? When your baby was born, you were on 136 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: cloud nine. You thank God every day for a month. 137 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: Now he's sixteen, you're saying, God, what did you do 138 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: to me? No? Thank him again and again? Or how 139 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: about this when God turned that problem around, when he 140 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: made a way when you didn't see away, you were 141 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: so overwhelmed, so relieved. Don't lose the awe, don't lose 142 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: the amazement. Those are opportunities to fill your cloud back up. 143 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: The scripture talks about how if you will sew to 144 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: the heavens, the heavens will sew back to you. Could 145 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: it be that you're not seeing God's best, You're stuck 146 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: in a drought because you're not so into the heavens. 147 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: If you would begin to thank God more often, remember 148 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: what he's done, look for these opportunities to send up 149 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: vapors of praise, then your dreams would come to pass. 150 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:56,719 Speaker 1: Then maybe those problems would turn around. Well, Joel, I'm 151 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: living in this small house and I don't really like 152 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: my job, and my kids won't do what's right. My 153 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: car's a piece of trash. When things change, then I'll 154 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: have a better attitude. Then I'll give God praise. Now 155 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: that's backwards. Praise is what causes the rain. Praise is 156 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: what allows God to turn it around. In Matthew fourteen, 157 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: Jesus had been teaching the people. Now it was late 158 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: in the day. Everyone was hungry. Jesus told his disciples 159 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: to feed them. There were five thousand men there probably 160 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: fifteen thousand people in total, no city nearby, no grocery stores. 161 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: It seemed impossible, and Jesus said, well, just give me 162 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: what you have. They went through the crowd and found 163 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: a little boy's lunch, five loaves of bread and two fish. 164 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: What good would that do with fifteen thousand people? But 165 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: what Jesus did next was extremely significant. Verse nineteen says 166 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 1: he took the five loaves and the two fish, held 167 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: them up to heavens, and he gave thanks and bless them. 168 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: Notice he gave thanks for what was not enough. He 169 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: blessed what seemed to be too little. Here's the principle. 170 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 1: Until you're grateful for what's not enough, you won't see 171 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: the multiplication. When Joel, I can't thank God for my job. 172 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: I don't like it. The people don't like me, they 173 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: don't treat me right, they don't pay me enough, You're 174 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: right where Jesus was. You have five loaves and two fish. 175 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: It's not enough. What are you gonna do? Complain God, 176 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: I've been begging you for three years to get me 177 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: out of this place. The problem with that approach is 178 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: in three more years, you're still going to have five 179 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: loaves and two fish. It's still not going to be enough. 180 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: But if you will try a different approach and learn 181 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: to be grateful for what's not enough, then one day 182 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: God will multiply it, and you will have more than enough. 183 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: If you will thank God for what you do have, 184 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: he will give you what you don't have. Hell, Joel, 185 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: I don't like my house. It's too small. My neighbors 186 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: get on my nerves. Now, why don't you try sending 187 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 1: up some different vapors. Lord, I want to thank you 188 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: for this place you've given me. God, I'm grateful that 189 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: I have a roof over my head. I'm grateful that 190 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: I'm not out on the streets. It may not be enough, 191 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: it may be small, but I know you're the God 192 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: of more than enough. So God, I continue to give 193 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: you praise. That's what brings the multiplication. Not complaining, not 194 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: thinking about what's wrong, but thanking God for what's right, 195 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: being grateful even when it's not enough. This is what 196 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: Elijah did in the scripture. There had been a drought 197 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: in the land for three and a half years, no rain. 198 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: The people were barely making it. There wasn't any sign 199 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: of it changing. Elijah could have become sour. God, I 200 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: don't understand it. You said we'd always be in blossomed, 201 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: but it's just the opposite. We're drying up, we're struggling 202 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: to survive. No. Elijah understood this principle. In the middle 203 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 1: of the drought, he went on top of the mountain 204 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,319 Speaker 1: and began to thank God for his goodness, thank him 205 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: for what he has done, Thank him that rain was 206 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 1: on the way, Thank him that he was in control. 207 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: Six times his assistant went out to check. Each time 208 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: he came back with the same report. There's nothing, not 209 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: a cloud in the sky. It's not going to rain. 210 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: If you're going to see a drought come to an end, 211 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: you have to pass the test of not getting discouraged 212 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: when circumstances tell you nothing is happening. The medical report 213 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: says you're not getting better. You prayed, but your child's 214 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: not improving. The financial situation isn't changing. Every voice will 215 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: tell you it's not going to work out. Elijah heard 216 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 1: this same negative report six times. He didn't get discouraged. 217 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: He knew as long as he kept sending up those 218 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 1: vapors of praise, eventually the cloud would form and things 219 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 1: would change. The seventh time, the assistant came back and said, 220 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: this time I saw a small cloud up in the sky. 221 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,839 Speaker 1: Elijah said, you better take off running because I can 222 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:18,199 Speaker 1: hear the sound of the abundance of rain. It wasn't 223 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 1: long after that before the clouds formed, the heavens opened up, 224 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: there was a downpour. The three and a half year 225 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: draft came to an end. If you'll learn to be 226 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: thankful for what's not enough, there will be a day 227 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 1: when you have more than enough the abundance of rain. 228 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: But too often, when we're in difficult times, it's easy 229 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: to complain and talk about what's not working out. But 230 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: I've learned that God does not answer complaints. Don't go 231 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: to God and just tell him all of your problems. God, 232 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: I don't like my job. I don't like my car. God, 233 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: my children aren't doing right. God, you know I need 234 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: to lose twenty pounds. God, I've had it up to here. 235 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: That's not prayer, that's complaining. Complaining doesn't get God's attention. 236 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 1: Psalm twenty two says God inhabits the praises of his people. 237 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: When you start praising, God shows up. When you have 238 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: a thankful heart and you start talking about God's goodness, 239 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: you start thanking him for his promises. That's what gets 240 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:26,479 Speaker 1: God's attention. When Paul and Silas were in prison at midnight, 241 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: they started singing praises and giving God thanks. Suddenly God 242 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: showed up in the prison. Why did that happen? God 243 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: inhabits the praises. They were in chains in the deepest 244 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: part of the prison. But at midnight there was a 245 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: great earthquake. The chains fell off of them, the prison 246 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: doors flung open. They walked out as free men. Think 247 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: about this. Those same chains had held the roughest prisoners 248 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: for years, the strongest, most powerful crimin. Yet when two 249 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 1: ordinary men showed up and started praising, those chains could 250 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: not hold them. Friends, Praise is powerful. Praise will break addictions. 251 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: Praise can stop a sickness. Praise can turn a problem around. 252 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: Praise is what will give us the victory. In Psalm 253 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: thirty one, David starts off talking about how bad his 254 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: life is. He said, I'm dying from grief. My vision 255 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: is blurred because I've cried so many tears. My strength 256 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: is gone. I'm scorned by my neighbors, hated by my enemies. 257 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: My friends are spreading rumors, my enemies are plotting to 258 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: take my life. He went on and on, telling in 259 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: great detail all of his woes. When I was reading it, 260 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: I started getting depressed. I can imagine God up in 261 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: the heavens, just sitting back, not paying any attention, going 262 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: in one ear and out the other, not even phasing him. 263 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: At one point, David realizes, I'm sending up the wrong vapors. 264 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: God doesn't answer complaints. If you're just sending up discouragement, defeat, 265 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: self pity, that's what's going to come back to you. 266 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: I like this phrase. Complain and you'll remain, but praise 267 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: and you'll be raised. In a few verses, David changed 268 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: his whole tune. He realized that wasn't getting him anywhere. 269 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: He said, yes, I've got a lot of things coming 270 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 1: against me. But God, I know your goodness is great. 271 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: You have blessings stored up for me. You protect me, 272 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: you vindicate me, you answer me when I call. So 273 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: I will take courage. I will be strong knowing that 274 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: you will give me the victory. As David begin to 275 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: brag on God's goodness, as he began to send up 276 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: these vapors of praise, I can see God come to attention, 277 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: he says to the angels. I've got to go some place. 278 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: I hear somebody talking about my goodness. I hear somebody 279 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: bragging on what I can do. I've got to inhabit 280 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: those praises. When you praise, God shows up in some battles. 281 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: The only way you'll get out is to praise your 282 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: way out. God. I want to thank you that you're 283 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: turning this around. You said your whole victory in store 284 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: for the upright. I don't see away, but God, I 285 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: know you have a way. As you brag on God's goodness, 286 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 1: your cloud is filling up and at the right time, 287 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,640 Speaker 1: it's going to rain down breakthroughs, rain down, healing, rain 288 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: down vindication. Pay attention to what you're sending up. It 289 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 1: may look like that you could never get out of debt. 290 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: It would be easy to get discouraged and complain, talk 291 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: about how big the obstacles are. No, don't send that up. 292 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: Turn it around. Lord. I want to thank you that 293 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:56,679 Speaker 1: I'm blessed. I will lend and not borrow. Whatever I 294 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: touch will prosper and succeed. When you do that, your 295 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: cloud is filling up with the right things. If you're 296 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 1: struggling in your health, Lord, I want to thank you 297 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 1: that you're Jehovah Rappha, the Lord, my healer. That the 298 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: number of my days you will fulfill that you're restoring 299 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: health back unto me. Maybe you're believing for a spouse. Lord, 300 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: you said, if I would delight myself in you, you 301 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: would give me the desires of my heart. So, Lord, 302 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 1: I want to thank you that you're directing my steps, 303 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 1: bringing the right person into my life. If you will 304 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: keep sending up the right vapors, if you'll keep thanking 305 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: God for his promises, just like Elijah, your praise will 306 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:41,239 Speaker 1: cause the downpour. It was God's goodness, but you were 307 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: the rainmaker. It was your praise that filled up the cloud. 308 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,919 Speaker 1: And some of you have been thanking God for a 309 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 1: long time. You've been faithful. When you felt like complaining, 310 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 1: you praised anyway, like Paul and Silas. You praised in pain, 311 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 1: You praised when it was unfair. You praised when you 312 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 1: were alone. You need to get ready. Your cloud is 313 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: about to open up. You're about to see God amaze 314 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: you with his goodness. It's going to happen suddenly. The 315 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: favor of God is going to overtake you and amaze 316 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 1: you with his goodness. This is not the time to 317 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: get discouraged. This is the time to turn up your praise. 318 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: I read about this American Indian tribe that was known 319 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 1: for their rain dances. They had a reputation that anytime 320 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 1: they did a rain dance, it would always rain. When 321 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: the neighboring communities needed water, they always called on this 322 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: particular tribe, without fail, it would rain. The leader of 323 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 1: the community asked the Indian chief, how is it every 324 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 1: time you guys do a rain dance it always rains. 325 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: He said, It's very simple. We dance until it rains. 326 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: That's the way it is. With praise. You have to 327 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 1: keep praising until you see the victory. Praise until you 328 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: get out of debt, Praise until your health turns around. 329 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 1: Praise until you meet the right person. You don't ever 330 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: stop praising. Then when the answer comes, when you get 331 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: the breakthrough, the healing, the promotion, then you start thanking 332 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 1: God for what he's done. You spend your whole life 333 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: thanking God for your compact centers, thanking him for healing 334 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: your mother of cancer, thanking him for healthy children, thanking 335 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: him for taking you where you've never dreamed. You develop 336 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:38,360 Speaker 1: this lifestyle, this habit where you're always sending up these 337 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: vapors a praise. One thing I've learned is God will 338 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 1: not disappoint a praiser. Just ask Jonah sitting in the 339 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: belly of the well. It looked impossible, but he offered 340 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: up a sacrifice of praise. That well spit him out 341 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 1: on dry ground. Just ask shad rak Me Jack abed Nego. 342 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: They were thrown into the fiery furnace full of praise, 343 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 1: and God showed up the fourth man in the fire. 344 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 1: They came out without the smell of spoke. Just ask 345 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 1: Job when he lost everything, when the bottom fell out, 346 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: He said, I know my redeemer lives. Job came out 347 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: with twice what he had before. You may have gone 348 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: through some bad breaks, some disappointments. Our attitude should be 349 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,400 Speaker 1: I may have lost a few things, but one thing 350 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: I'll never lose is my praise. I'm gonna keep thanking 351 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 1: God for his goodness. I'm gonna keep sending up the 352 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,439 Speaker 1: right vapors. I'm going to live my life as a 353 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: rain maker. The scripture says, out of your belly will 354 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: flow rivers of living water. Notice the water, the rain. 355 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,360 Speaker 1: The favor is on the inside of each one of us. 356 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: How do we get it out through our praise? Some 357 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: people get a sprinkle every once in a while, a 358 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 1: little missed here and there. But God has some downpours, 359 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: some gully washers in store for you, Like Elijah described, 360 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: an abundance of rain. If you will turn up your praise, 361 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: lose the complaining, zip up the negative, defeated talk, our 362 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 1: attitude should be the only thing I'm going to let 363 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: come out of my mouth are words of faith, victory, health, abundance. 364 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: I'm not going to magnify my problems. I'm going to 365 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: magnify my God. If you're always sending up praise, then 366 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: it's always going to be raining back on you, driving 367 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: to work, minding your own business out of nowhere. You 368 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: have a good idea, what happened, you got rained on. 369 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 1: That's God raining down creativity, raining down wisdom. At the mall, 370 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 1: you find what you wanted to purchase and it just 371 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: went on sale. You got rained on it. Out to 372 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: lunch with some friends. They introduced you to one of 373 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 1: their contacts. You pick up a new client, and your 374 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 1: selves take off more rain. When you have this attitude 375 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 1: of praise, you won't be able to outrun the good 376 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: things of God. God said in psawmighty one, open your 377 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: mouth wide and I will feel it. The reason some 378 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: people never see God's best is their mouth is barely open. 379 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 1: But Joe, this sounds good today, But you don't know 380 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: my story. I've had a lot of bad breaks and 381 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: I'm dealing with this illness. My mother is depressed. I 382 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: don't see how I could ever get out of debt. Now, 383 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: if you have a poor mouth, you're going to have 384 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: a poor life. Why don't you open your mouth a 385 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: little bit wider. You may have had that sickness for 386 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: many years. Dare to say, Lord, I believe today is 387 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: a new day. The tide of the battle is turning. 388 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: I thank you Lord that I will live out my 389 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,679 Speaker 1: days in good health. Maybe that addiction has been with 390 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: you since high school. Dare to say, Lord, I want 391 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,360 Speaker 1: to thank you that no weapon formed against me will prosper. 392 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: This is a new day of victory. I am free. 393 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: Maybe somebody did you wrong, walked out of a relationship. 394 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: Don't sit around in self pity. Don't send those vapors up. 395 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 1: Dare to say, God, as you said you'd give me 396 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 1: beauty for ashes, joy for morning. I want to thank 397 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 1: you Lord, my best days are still out in front 398 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: of me. You have to open your mouth wide. That's 399 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: what allows God to do great things. Don't limit him 400 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: with little praise, little prayer, little dreams. Thank him for 401 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: the greatness of his power. Thank him for the fullness 402 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 1: of your destiny. Thank him for new levels. When you 403 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 1: brag on the goodness of God, He'll do amazing things 404 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: in your life. We've all heard little children before bragging 405 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: on their fathers, saying things like, my dad stronger than 406 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 1: your dad, my dad can run faster than your dad. Well, 407 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: my dad's tougher than your dad. A few years ago, 408 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: my nephew Christopher was over at our house and he 409 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,400 Speaker 1: was five years old at the time, and Christopher's as 410 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: tough as can be, solid as a rocket. We were 411 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: in my garage and I was lifting weights and Christopher 412 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 1: was there with me. I just kind of play and 413 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,159 Speaker 1: teasing him, and I pointed at my muscle and said, Christopher, 414 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: you do realize that I can whoop your dad. He 415 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: looked at me as stern as can be and said, 416 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: Uncle Joel, my dad could squash you. He said, it's 417 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:20,160 Speaker 1: so dramatic, so mean. I thought he's gonna come over 418 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 1: there and whoop me. But that's the way we need 419 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: to be with our heavenly Father. Look at that obstacle, 420 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: that addiction, that sickness. Announce to it. My Father can 421 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: squash you. What are you doing sending up the right 422 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 1: vapors bragging on the greatness of God. This is what 423 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: David did when he faced Goliath. He said, Goliath, you 424 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: come against me with a sword and a shield, but 425 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 1: I come against you in the name of the Lord, 426 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 1: God of Israel. When your mouth is open wide, not 427 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: talking about how big the problem is, but talking about 428 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 1: how big your God is, you better get your umbrella. 429 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,479 Speaker 1: That's when God will unload ad downpour of his favor. 430 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: You will defeat giants that are much bigger. You will 431 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 1: overcome obstacles that look insurmountable. What kind of vapors are 432 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 1: you sending up? What kind of clouds are you allowing 433 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: to form? Man, Joel, I don't think I'll ever get well. 434 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: I'll never break this addiction. No, start sending up these 435 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 1: vapors of praise. Start thanking God for his goodness. Don't 436 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: wait for everything to change, Learn to thank Him for 437 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: what's not enough all through the day. Under your breath 438 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 1: this attitude of praise. If you will do this, you 439 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: will become a rain maker and like Elijah. I believe 440 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: and declare every drought is coming to an end in 441 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: your life. God is about to rain down favor, promotion, healing, restoration. 442 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 1: As you thank Him for what's not enough, You're about 443 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 1: to come into more than enough, the abundance of rain. 444 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name. If you receive it, Can you say 445 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 1: him in today? We never like to close our broadcast 446 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,640 Speaker 1: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 447 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 448 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 449 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:16,120 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 450 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 451 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,879 Speaker 1: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 452 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: He's going to take you where you've never dreamed. When 453 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: was the last time you asked God to do something 454 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:32,159 Speaker 1: that seemed impossible. If you only pray small, ordinary prayers, 455 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: you live a small, ordinary lie. I have a new 456 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 1: book called Pray Bold. I'll challenge you to stretch your 457 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: faith and believe for the big things God puts in 458 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,360 Speaker 1: your heart. Victoria and I used to have seasoned tickets 459 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 1: to watch the Rockets play basketball. Here we never dreamed 460 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: it could be ours. When they moved out, somehow we 461 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: had the faith to pray a bold prayer. God made 462 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: things happen that we could never make happen. It's the 463 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,479 Speaker 1: same for you, who knows what God will do in 464 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 1: your life. If you'll dare to pray bold, ask him 465 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 1: for your dreams, ask for your healing, ask for your freedom. 466 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 1: That's when God will show up and do more than 467 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 1: you could ever imagine. 468 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 469 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,680 Speaker 2: of any amount this month, we would like to send 470 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,199 Speaker 2: you a copy of Joel's brand new book, Pray Bold, 471 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 2: Dare to Ask and Believe Big. Joel shares that when 472 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,959 Speaker 2: we pray, we can tap into God's creative, awesome power, 473 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 2: something bigger than we have ever imagined. God doesn't want 474 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 2: us to just pray in our comfort zones. No, God 475 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 2: loves when we pray big, believe big, expect him to 476 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 2: do the unexpected. There are inspiring stories from the Bible, 477 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 2: from history, and personal testimonies of people who dared to 478 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 2: believe God in extraordinary ways. You'll learn how to practically 479 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 2: expand your prayers and watch your life move from the 480 00:28:55,760 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 2: common to the extraordinary. From less than to Overflow. Be 481 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 2: sure to request your copy of Praybold Today, visit Joelostein 482 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 2: dot com or call us toll free. 483 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: God has put dreams in your heart, things He's whispered 484 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: in the night that seem impossible. 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