1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: So great to have you with us today, and as 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: we enter into this spring season, just let it be 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,639 Speaker 1: a time of new beginnings, letting go of the old, 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: getting ready for the new things God's going to do, 5 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: and just really believe you're going to come into a 6 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: blooming and a blossoming season. 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 2: In Jesus' name. But God bless you and enjoy the podcast. 8 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. It's always a joy to come 9 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: please stop by and be a part of one of 11 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: our services. These are the finest people in all of Houston, 12 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: Texas right here at Lakewood. We'd love to have you. 13 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: But thanks for tuning in today and thank you again 14 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: for coming out. I like to start with something funny, 15 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 1: and I heard about this. 16 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 2: New police recruit. 17 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: He was taking his final exam. He was in front 18 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: of this large classroom. The sergeant asked him, what would 19 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 1: you do if you had to arrest your own mother 20 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: in law without missing a beat? He said, call for 21 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: back up. Say it like you mean it. This is 22 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: my Bible. I am what it says I am, I 23 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: have what it says I have. I can do what 24 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: it says I can do. Today, I will be taught 25 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 26 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 27 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 28 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: to you today about say so. 29 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 2: Words have creative power. 30 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: When you speak something out, you give life to what 31 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: you're saying. It's one thing to believe that you're blessed. 32 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: That's important, but when you say I am blessed, it 33 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: takes on a whole new meaning. That's when blessings come 34 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: looking for you. The scripture says, let the redeemed of 35 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: the Lord say so, doesn't say let the redeemed think so, 36 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: or believe so, or hope so. That's all good, but 37 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: you have to take it one step further and say so. 38 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: If you're going to go to the next level, you've 39 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: got to say so. If you're going to accomplish a dream, 40 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: overcome an obstacle, break an addiction, you've got. 41 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 2: To start declaring it. 42 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,119 Speaker 1: It has to come out of your mouth. That's how 43 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: you give life to your faith. When God created the worlds, 44 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: he didn't just think them into being. 45 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 2: He didn't just believe. 46 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: There would be light and land and oceans and animals. 47 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: He had it in his heart, but nothing happened until 48 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: he spoke. 49 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 2: He said, let there be light, and light came. 50 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: His thoughts didn't set it into motion, his words said 51 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: it into motion. 52 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 2: It's the same principle today. 53 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: You can believe all day long and not see anything happen. 54 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 1: You can have faith in your heart, big dreams, be 55 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: standing on God's promises and never see anything change. What's 56 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: the problem. Nothing happens until you. Instead of just believing 57 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: you're going to get out of debt, you've got to 58 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: say so, declare every day I'm coming out of debt. 59 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: I'm the head and not the tail. God's favor surrounds 60 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 1: me like a shield. When you speak, just like when 61 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: God spoke, things begin to happen. Opportunities will find you, 62 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: good breaks, promotion, ideas will track you down. Instead of 63 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: just thinking, I hope I get over this illness, Joel, 64 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: I'm praying I'll get better. That's good, but you've got 65 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: to take it one more step and start declaring it. 66 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: I'm strong, I'm healthy, I will live and not die 67 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: with long life. God is going to satisfy me. That's 68 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: what activates your faith. Instead of just hoping you have 69 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: a good year instead of just hoping that you accomplish 70 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: your dreams. Hope is good, but nothing happens until you speak. 71 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: Before you leave the house, declare it. Twenty thirteen is 72 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: my year. Things have shifted in my favor. God is 73 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: about to show me something that I've never seen. When 74 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: you talk like that, the angels go to work, opening 75 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: up new doors, lining up the right people, arranging things 76 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: in your favor. Now all of us are hoping, believing, 77 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: praying about something. My question today is are you giving 78 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: life to your faith by speaking it out. Psalm ninety 79 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 1: one says I will say of the Lord, he is 80 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 1: my refuge, my fortress, my shield. The next verse says 81 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: he will deliver me, protect me, cover me. Notice the 82 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: connection I will say and he will do doesn't say 83 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: I believe he's my refuge. I believe he'll be my strength. No, 84 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: the psalmness went around declaring it, speaking it out. The 85 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 1: Lord is my refuge, The Lord is my strength. 86 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 2: Notice what happened. 87 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 1: God became his refuge, his strength. God was saying, in effect, 88 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: if you're bold enough to speak it, then I'm bold 89 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: enough to do it. Have you ever declared that your 90 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: dreams are coming to pass. Have you ever said I 91 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: will pay off my house, I will start my own business, 92 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: I will get my degree, I will lose this weight, 93 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: I will see my family restored. Whatever God's put in 94 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: your heart, it needs to get in your conversation. Talk 95 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: like it's going to happen. Talk like it's already on 96 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 1: the way. When I get married, when I graduate from college. 97 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: When I see my family restored, not if it's going 98 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: to happen, but when it's going to happen, that's your 99 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: faith being released. One of our staff members had been 100 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: trying for a long, long time to have a baby, 101 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: over ten years no success. 102 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 2: One day we were in. 103 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: A staff meeting planning out the next year. She made 104 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: the statement, when I have my baby, I'm going to 105 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: be out for a couple of months. 106 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 2: We'll have to find somebody to fill in. 107 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 1: Well, I thought she was pregnant and nobody had told me, 108 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: so I didn't act surprised or say anything. After the meeting, 109 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: my sister Lisa was in there as well. I said, Lisa, 110 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: why didn't you tell me she was pregnant. She said, Joel, 111 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: she's not pregnant. She just talks like it's going to happen. 112 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: This went on for years, When I have my baby, 113 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 1: when I get pregnant, when my child shows up? What 114 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: was she doing saying? 115 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 2: So? 116 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: She didn't just believe it, She was declaring it in 117 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 1: the natural. She was getting too old to have a baby. 118 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: Her doctors told her it wasn't going to happen. Looked impossible. 119 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: Most people would have given up and accepted it, But 120 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: not this lady. She kept saying, so kept declaring it. 121 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: When my baby shows up. 122 00:06:59,000 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 2: Do you know? 123 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: Twenty years later she gave birth, not to one baby, 124 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: but to two. 125 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 2: She had twins. 126 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: She declared, of the Lord, and God did what he promised. 127 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: But think about the opposite of Psalm ninety one. I 128 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: will not say of the Lord and he will not 129 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: do That's the principle. Nothing happens until you speak. When 130 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: we were trying to acquire this facility, Victoria and I 131 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: would drive around it night after night and say, that's 132 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: our building. Father, thank you for fighting our battles. Lord, 133 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: thank you that you're making a way where we don't 134 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: see away. We didn't just think about it, pray about it, 135 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: believe that it would happen, and that's all important. But 136 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: we took one more step and declared that it was ours. 137 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: It became a part of our everyday conversation at the 138 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: dinner table. When we get the compact center, we could 139 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: do this when we renovated, when we moved in, when 140 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: we have the grand opening. Not I don't know, Victoria, 141 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: it's going to be very expensive. 142 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 2: Where are we going to get the funds? I don't know. 143 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: The opponents they're really really strong. No, we said of 144 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: the Lord, like the Psalmist, God, we know you're bigger 145 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: than any obstacle. We know you're supplying all of our needs. 146 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 2: Lord. 147 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: We know if you be for us, who dare be 148 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: against us? We declared it, and God did it. What 149 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: are you saying of the Lord, Joel, My problems are 150 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: really big today. My dreams look impossible. My marriage is 151 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: so messed up we'll never be restored. No, don't talk 152 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 1: about how big your problem is. Talk about how big 153 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: your God is. When you say of the Lord, you're 154 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: my healer, my waymaker, my dream giver, my restorer, my vindicator, 155 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: my health, my peace, my victory, that's when God will 156 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: show up and do more than you can ask or think. 157 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: I have some friends that were believing to have another child. 158 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: They have a daughter, but they really wanted to have 159 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: a son, and every time the wife got pregnant, she 160 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: had a miscarriage. This happened five times in nine years. 161 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: They were very discouraged, tempted to give up. The man's 162 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: name is Joe. He'd gone by Joe his whole life, 163 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 1: but one day he read where his full name Joseph, 164 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: means God will add. When he saw that something came 165 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: alive on the inside, he knew God was saying, I'm 166 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: going to add to you a son. He remembered the 167 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: story in the scripture where God changed Abram's name to Abraham, 168 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: which means father of many nations. God gave Abraham a child, 169 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: a son, at. 170 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 2: A very old age. 171 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: When it looked impossible, Joe decided to go back to 172 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: using his original name. He told his family, his friends, coworkers, 173 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: don't call me Joe anymore, call me Joseph. They thought 174 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: he was having a midlife crisis. But every time someone 175 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: said hello, Joseph, they were saying God, what had they 176 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: were speaking victory over his life? He kept saying so, 177 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: declaring it. About six months later, his wife became pregnant 178 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 1: with the baby boy. For the first time in ten years, 179 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: she carried him full term. The baby was born healthy 180 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: and whole, and as a testimony to God's goodness, they 181 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: named that little boy Joseph. 182 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 2: God will add, well. 183 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: Let me ask you, are you declaring victory over your life, 184 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: over your family, over your career. Nothing happens until you speak. 185 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: When you get up in the morning. You need to 186 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: make some declarations of faith. Whatever God's put in your heart, 187 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 1: declare that it will. 188 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 2: Come to pass. 189 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: I say every day I am increasing in the anointing, 190 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: in wisdom, in favor, and in influence. Every message is 191 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: getting better. God is taking our ministry where no ministry's 192 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: ever gone. You've got to speak favor into your future. 193 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: I declare every day my children will fulfill their destinies. 194 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: Their gifts and talents will come. 195 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 2: Out to the full. 196 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: They will supersede anything that we've done. Ever since I 197 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: took over from my father, I've said, when people turn 198 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: me on on television, they cannot turn me off. 199 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 2: Do you know how many letters I. 200 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: Get from people that say, Joel, I was flipping through 201 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: the channels. 202 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 2: I don't like TV preachers. 203 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: I never watched TV preachers, But when I turned you on, 204 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: I couldn't turn you off. 205 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 2: I think to myself. 206 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: I called you in, I said so. One man wrote 207 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,959 Speaker 1: and told how his wife tried to get him to 208 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,319 Speaker 1: watch the program for many, many years, but he wouldn't 209 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: do it. One day, he was flipping through the channels, 210 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: he came across our program, and normally he would flip 211 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: by it very quickly, but for some reason, this day 212 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 1: his remote control stopped working and he got stuck on 213 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: our program. He was so frustrated he fenagled with it, 214 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,079 Speaker 1: ended up changing the batteries. 215 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 2: It still wouldn't work, he said, Joe. 216 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: Even though I tried to act like I wasn't listening, 217 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: you were speaking directly to me. The funny thing is 218 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 1: when our program was over, the remote control went back 219 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: to work and just find it, he said. Now I 220 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: never missed one of your programs. When you declare favor 221 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,559 Speaker 1: over your life, over your future, God will make things 222 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: happen that should have never happened. Our attitude should be 223 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: I'm coming out of debt, and I'm saying so, twenty 224 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: thirteen is my year, and I'm saying so, I will 225 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: overcome every obstacle, and I'm saying so. When I first 226 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: started ministering. I was very nervous and very intimidated. I 227 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: knew I was supposed to step up and pasture the church, 228 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: but I'm naturally more quiet and reserved. I didn't know 229 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: if I could get up here really and speak and 230 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: minister in front of people. During the week, negative thoughts 231 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: would bombard my mind. 232 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 2: I would go and stand in front of a mirror 233 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:31,359 Speaker 2: and talk to myself. 234 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: I would say, Joel, you are strong, you are well able, 235 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: you have what it takes. You are anointed, you are talented. 236 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 2: You can do this. 237 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: At that time, nothing that I was saying was true. 238 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,839 Speaker 2: I was not strong or confident. 239 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: I did not feel talented, anointed, well able. But as 240 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: I kept saying it, day after day, month after month, 241 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: things started to change, begin to become what I was saying. 242 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: Over time it became a reality. 243 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 2: Here's the key. What you keep saying you are moving toward. 244 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: You may be struggling in your finances, but when you 245 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: keep declaring I'm blessed, I'm prosperous, I have the favor 246 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: of God. Every time you say it, you're moving toward increase. 247 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: You're getting closer to seeing that come to pass. 248 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 2: You may be facing a sickness. It doesn't look good. 249 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: But every time you declare I'm healthy, I'm strong, I'm 250 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: getting better. You're moving toward health, wholeness, victory. Or perhaps 251 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: you're struggling with an addiction. Every time you declare I 252 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: am free, this addiction does not control me. 253 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 2: You're moving toward freedom. You're moving toward breakthroughs now Here's 254 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 2: the catch. 255 00:14:55,200 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: This works in the positive and in the negative. We're 256 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: always saying I am so unlucky. I never get any 257 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: good breaks. You're moving toward bad breaks, more disappointment. Joel, 258 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: my back's been hurting for three years. I don't think 259 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: I'll ever get well. You're moving toward more sickness, more pain, 260 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: or I've been through so much, I don't think I'll 261 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 1: ever be happy again, moving toward more discouragement, more sadness. 262 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: If you will change what you're saying, you will change 263 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: what you're seeing. The scripture says, call the things that 264 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: are not as if they already were, a lot of 265 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: times we do just the opposite. We call the things 266 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: that are as if they will always be that way. 267 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: In other words, we just describe the situation. Man, gas 268 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: is so high. I don't see how I'm going to 269 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: make it. You're calling in more struggle, more lack. I 270 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: can't stand my job, my boss gets on my nerves. 271 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: You're calling in frustration, more defeat. Don't use your words 272 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: to describe the situation. Use your words to change the situation. 273 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: If I would have just complained about how nervous and 274 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 1: intimidated I was, if I would have gone around saying, 275 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: you know, I can't do this, I'm afraid I don't 276 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: have what it takes. If I would have described the situation, 277 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be standing here today. If you want to 278 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: know what you're going to be like five years from now, 279 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: listen to what you're saying about yourself. You are prophesying 280 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: your future five years from now. My message is are 281 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: going to be better than they are right now. 282 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 2: Don't you say, thank God? 283 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: Five years from now, I'm going to be stronger, healthier, wiser, 284 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: better looking. Our daughter Alexandra had a copy of my 285 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: first book from ta years ago the other day and 286 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: a copy of my newest book. She was comparing the 287 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,640 Speaker 1: pictures on the cover. She said, wow, Daddy, you look 288 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: better today. 289 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 2: Than you did ten years ago. 290 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: I said, what would you like me to buy you 291 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 1: But do you know how many times I have said 292 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: I'm getting stronger, healthier, wiser. My youth is being renewed 293 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: like the eagles. Every time you say it, you're moving 294 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: toward it. But if you're always saying, man, I'm so 295 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 1: out of shape, I'll never lose this weight, you're moving 296 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: toward the wrong thing. A gentleman told me last week. 297 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: He looked to be about seventy. Joel, when you get old, 298 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: it's all downhill. 299 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 2: That was his say. 300 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 1: So he was declaring, I'm going down he was calling 301 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 1: in poor health, lack of vision, hard of hearing. He 302 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: keeps that up, He'll keep moving toward it. 303 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 2: By the way he looked, he'd already been saying it 304 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 2: for a long time. 305 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: And I realized, we're all going to get old, We're 306 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 1: all eventually going to die. But don't make plans to 307 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:12,199 Speaker 1: go downhill. Don't start speaking defeat over your life. Moses 308 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,640 Speaker 1: was one hundred and twenty years old, and the scripture 309 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: says his eye was not them, his natural strength not abated, 310 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty healthy, strong, twenty twenty vision, didn't 311 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: have glasses, wasn't awaring help. I fallen and I can't 312 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 1: get up button around his chest. He had a clear memory, 313 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:39,159 Speaker 1: a strong, sharp mind. 314 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 2: I know I'm gonna get a letter on that one, 315 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,919 Speaker 2: but here's what I'm saying. 316 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: In spite of how you feel, in spite. 317 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 2: Of what's been passed down in your family. 318 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: Line, every day you need to declare everything about me 319 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: is getting better and better. My bones, my joints, my ligaments, 320 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 1: my blood, blood, my organs, my memory, my vision, my hearing, 321 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: my talent, my skill, my looks, my skin, my. 322 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 2: Youth is being renewed. Like Moses, I will finish. 323 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: My course with my eye not dim my natural strength 324 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: not abated. You talk like that, you're moving toward renewed youth, health, energy, vitality. 325 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: That's a lot better than getting up in the morning, 326 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: looking in the mirror and saying, oh man, I'm getting 327 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: so old. Look at these wrinkles. Look how bad I 328 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: look this gray hair. I'm so out of shape. You 329 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 1: keep moving toward that. In five years, it's gonna be scary. 330 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 2: You need to have a better say so. 331 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: Don't talk about the way you are, talk about the 332 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: way you want to be. 333 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 2: You are prophesying your future. 334 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: Maybe you're in a difficult time today instead of complaining. 335 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: That's just gonna draw in more defeat. Your declaration should be, 336 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: I have grace for this season. 337 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 2: I am strong in the Lord. 338 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: Those that are for me are greater than those that 339 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: are against me. 340 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 2: When you say that, strength. 341 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: Comes, courage comes, confidence comes, endurance comes. You go through 342 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 1: a disappointment, a bad break, a loss. 343 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 2: I don't know how. 344 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: This has happened to me, Joel, It's so unfair. Now 345 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 1: that's just going to draw in more self pity. Your 346 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 1: declaration should be God promised me beauty for ashes, joy 347 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: for morning. I'm not staying here. I'm moving forward. New 348 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: beginnings are in my future. The rest of my life 349 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,199 Speaker 1: will be the best of my life. You talk like that, 350 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: and you're moving toward double for your trouble. You're moving 351 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,439 Speaker 1: away from self pity and toward God's goodness in a 352 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: new way. One of the best things we can do 353 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: is take a few minutes every morning and make these 354 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 1: positive declarations over our lives. 355 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 2: Write down not only. 356 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:08,640 Speaker 1: Your dreams, your goals, your vision, but make a list 357 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 1: of any area you want to improve in anything you 358 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: want to see change. Put that list on your bathroom 359 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: mirror somewhere private. Before you leave the house, take a 360 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 1: couple of minutes and declare that over your life. In 361 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 1: other words, if you struggle with your self esteem, feeling 362 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: less than, you need to declare every day I am confident, 363 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,719 Speaker 1: I am valuable, I am one of a kind. I 364 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 1: have royal blood flowing through my veins. I am wearing 365 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 1: a crown of favor. I am a child of the 366 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: most tied God. You declare that, and you'll go out 367 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: with your shoulders back, with your head held high. You 368 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: struggle with your way, declare I am in shape, I'm healthy, 369 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:56,479 Speaker 1: I'm full of energy. 370 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 2: I weigh what I should weigh. 371 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: May not be true right now, but you keep saying it, 372 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: and you're gonna move toward it Instead of living guilty, condemned, 373 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: focused on past mistakes. No, declare I am forgiven, I 374 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: am redeemed. I'm wearing a robe of righteousness. God is 375 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: pleased with me. See the scripture says let the weak 376 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: say I'm strong. It doesn't say let the weak talk 377 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: about the weakness. Discuss the weakness. Call five friends and 378 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 1: explain the weakness. Now you cannot talk defeat and expect 379 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 1: to have victory. You can't talk sickness and expect to 380 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: have health. You can't talk lack and struggle and expect 381 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 1: to have abundance. 382 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 2: You've got to send your words. 383 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: Out in the direction you want your life to go. 384 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: When you're in a tough time somebody asks you how 385 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 1: you're doing, don't go through a sad song of everything 386 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,239 Speaker 1: that's wrong in your life. Oh man, my back's been 387 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 1: hurting and traffic so bad. Out today, boss it and 388 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: treat me. Why dishwasher broke, goldfish dyed, dog doesn't like me. 389 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: All that's gonna do is roy in more defeat, turn 390 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: it around, have a report of victory. 391 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 2: How are you doing. 392 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 1: I'm blessed, I'm healthy, I'm prosperous, I have the favor 393 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: of God. What you consistently talk about, you're moving toward. 394 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 1: Proverb six says we are snared by the words. 395 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 2: Of our mouth. 396 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:30,479 Speaker 1: Could it be if you would simply change what you're saying, 397 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,400 Speaker 1: you would see a dream come to pass, a breakthrough, 398 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 1: a healing restoration. 399 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 2: That's what happened to a friend of mine. 400 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,640 Speaker 1: She had smoked cigarettes from an early age, and she'd 401 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: tried again and again, but she. 402 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 2: Just could not stop. 403 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 1: She was constantly saying, I'll never break this addiction. 404 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 2: It's too hard, and even if I do, I know 405 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 2: I will gain so much weight. This went on for years. 406 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: One day someone told her what I'm telling you, to 407 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,920 Speaker 1: change what she was saying, to call things that are 408 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: not as if they were. She started saying, I don't 409 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,919 Speaker 1: like to smoke. I can't stand the taste of nicotine. 410 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 2: I'm going to quit and not gain any extra weight. 411 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 1: She said that day after day, even when she was 412 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 1: smoking and enjoying it, she would say, I can't stand 413 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,479 Speaker 1: to smoke. She wasn't talking about the way she was. 414 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: She was talking about the way she wanted to be. 415 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: About three months later, one morning she noticed the cigarette 416 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: tasted funny, almost bitter. She thought she got a bad 417 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,679 Speaker 1: pack got worse and worse. Several months later, it had 418 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:46,160 Speaker 1: gotten so bad she couldn't stand it anymore. She stopped smoking, 419 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: and do you know she never gained one extra pound. 420 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 1: Today she's totally free. She broke that addiction in part 421 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: by the power of her words. 422 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 2: She prophesied her future. 423 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 1: Some of you like have spent years saying negative things 424 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 1: over your life. I can't break this addiction, Joel. My 425 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,400 Speaker 1: marriage is never gonna make it. I'll never get out 426 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 1: of debt. No, you've got to send your words out 427 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: in a new direction. You are prophesying the wrong thing. 428 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: Get in a habit of making these positive declarations over 429 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: your life every day. Declare that your dreams are coming 430 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 1: to pass. It's not enough to just believe it. Nothing 431 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: happens until you speak like the Psalmist, when you say, 432 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 1: of the Lord, God will. 433 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 2: Do what he promised. 434 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 1: Let me lead you in a few of these declarations today. 435 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:43,479 Speaker 2: Say it like you mean it. 436 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: I am blessed, I am prosperous, I am strong, I 437 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: am healthy, I am talented, I am creative. I am confident. 438 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:05,719 Speaker 1: I am secure, I am disciplined. I am focused. I 439 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: am attractive, I am well liked. I have a good personality. 440 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 2: The right people. 441 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: Are in my future, the right opportunities are headed my way. 442 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:27,880 Speaker 1: I will accomplish my dreams. I will overcome every obstacle. 443 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 1: Twenty thirteen is my year. Things have shifted in my favor. 444 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: God is about to show me something that I've never seen. 445 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: It's going to be bigger, better, greater than I ever imagined. 446 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: I am the redeemed of the Lord, and I say 447 00:26:54,880 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: so today in Jesus' name. Amen and Amen, We never 448 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to. 449 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 2: Make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 450 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 2: with me? 451 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 452 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:22,199 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 453 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 1: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 454 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 455 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 1: God first place. 456 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 2: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 457 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,719 Speaker 3: When God created the world, he did it specifically with 458 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 3: you and mind. He used his words. He spoke everything 459 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 3: into existence, light, oceans and dry land, plans, sun and stars, animals, 460 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 3: man and woman. Your words have that same creative power. 461 00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: If you want to know what you're going to be 462 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: like five years from now, listen to what you're saying 463 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:06,919 Speaker 1: about yourself. You are prophesying your future, and too often 464 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:11,120 Speaker 1: we don't realize we're defeating ourselves with our words. I'll 465 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: never get healthy, I'm not attractive, this dreams impossible. Instead 466 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,880 Speaker 1: of limiting your future, why don't you start blessing your future. 467 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: If you'll change your words, you can change your world. 468 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: I have a new book called Speak the Blessing. You 469 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 1: want to help you to speak positive, faith filled words. 470 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: There are declarations in it that you can make over 471 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,879 Speaker 1: your family, your health, your finances. 472 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 2: And your future. 473 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: When you get your words aligned with what God says, 474 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: you'll see his favor in greater ways. 475 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 3: As our thank you for your gift of any amount 476 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 3: to the ministry this month, we want to send you 477 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 3: Speak the Blessing. Send your words in the direction you 478 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 3: want your life to go. You can begin to enjoy 479 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 3: a life filled with freedom, joy, health, success, and creativity 480 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 3: as you discover theory and power of speaking God's word. Yes, 481 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 3: Speak the Blessing will unlock life changing possibilities that are unlimited. 482 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: When you declare what God says about you. I'm strong, 483 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: I'm healthy, I'm favored. You are blessing your life. I 484 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: hope you'll request your copy to day. Remember you can 485 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: watch the services live online every Sunday, download our daily podcast, 486 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: watch on YouTube, listen on serious exem We'll keep you 487 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: encouraged and inspired. 488 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Speak the Blessing today. 489 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 3: Visit Joelousen dot com or call eighty eight five six 490 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 3: seven Joel. 491 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 1: Our homecoming weekend is this Saturday and Sunday. Some of 492 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: you have never been to Lakewood. This is a perfect time. 493 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 1: We'd love to meet you. We'd be honored to have 494 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 1: you and your family