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It's time, your time, not just to 18 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: go back to school, but to come back and move 19 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: forward with Purdue Global, Purdue's online university for working adults. 20 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 21 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 3: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 22 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 4: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 23 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 4: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 24 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 4: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 25 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 4: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. Well, 26 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 4: God bless you. It's always a joy to come into 27 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,839 Speaker 4: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 28 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 4: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 29 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:37,479 Speaker 4: I promise you will make you feel right at home. 30 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 4: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 31 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 4: again for coming out today. And I'd like to start 32 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 4: with something funny. I heard about this eighty five year 33 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 4: old man. He was out fishing one morning and he 34 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 4: heard this voice saying. 35 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 3: Pick me up. 36 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 4: Looked around, didn't see anybody, thought he was dreaming. Heard 37 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 4: it again, pick me up. He looked down and saw 38 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 4: a frog. He said in amazement, are you talking to me? 39 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 4: The frog said yes, pick me up and kiss me 40 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 4: and I'll turn. 41 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 3: Into a beautiful bride. 42 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 4: The man quickly picked the frog up and put him 43 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 4: in his front pocket. The frog said, hey, what are 44 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 4: you doing. I said, kiss me and I'll turn into 45 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 4: a beautiful bride. The man said, no, thanks. At my age, 46 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 4: I'd rather have a talking frog and. 47 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 3: Hold your bibles up, say it like you mean it. 48 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 49 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 50 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 51 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 52 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 53 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 54 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about prepared blessings. When God 55 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 4: laid out the plan for your life, he lined up 56 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 4: the right people, the right breaks, the right opportunities. He 57 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 4: has blessings that have your name on them. There is promotion, contracts, 58 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 4: a business, a spouse. He's already destined them to be yours. 59 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 4: And if you will stay in faith and keep honoring God, 60 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 4: one day you will come in to what already belongs 61 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 4: to you. It's a prepared blessing. This is what happened 62 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 4: way back with Adam and Eve. In the Book of Genesis, 63 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 4: it talks about how the first five days God created 64 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 4: the heavens, the earth, the sky, the land, the water. 65 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 4: When he finished the big things, he didn't stop there. 66 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 4: He started on the small things, the details. And God 67 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 4: planted a garden. He put beautiful flowers in it, luscious fruit. 68 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 4: He designed these rivers to flow through it. He put 69 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 4: precious treasures in the ground, onyx gold, silver. He went 70 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 4: to great links to make sure it was exactly like 71 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 4: he wanted it, down to the smallest details. When he 72 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 4: got finished with it, he put the last touches on 73 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 4: this magnificent garden. The scripture says he took Adam, whom 74 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 4: he had just breathed life into, and put him in 75 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 4: the garden. Notice Adam came in to a prepared blessing, 76 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 4: something that God had already finished for him. He didn't 77 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 4: get there and have to work night and day and 78 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 4: constantly struggle and think how am I going to survive? 79 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 4: There were fruit trees all around, crystal clear streams flowing 80 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 4: right before him, provision everywhere he looked. He didn't have 81 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 4: to live worried, thinking, well, I got food and water, 82 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 4: but how am I going to provide for my family? 83 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 3: How am I going to make a living? 84 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 4: There were resources at his disposal, onyx, gold, silver. 85 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 3: Everything he needed. 86 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 4: To live a victorious, abundant life was right there in 87 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 4: the garden. God had put it there, specifically prepared for him. 88 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 4: In the same way God has some prepared blessings in 89 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:57,119 Speaker 4: store for you. He's working behind the scenes, arranging things 90 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 4: in your favor, getting it all perfectly in place, and 91 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 4: at the right time. He's going to bring you into 92 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 4: your garden, into what he's already finished. You couldn't make 93 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 4: it happen on your own. You didn't deserve it, you 94 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 4: didn't earn it. It's just the goodness of God bringing 95 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 4: you into a prepared blessing. When I was twenty two 96 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 4: years old, I walked into a jewelry store and met 97 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 4: Victoria for the first time. You know what, she was 98 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 4: a prepared blessing. I looked up and said, God, you 99 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:33,359 Speaker 4: did good. There are hundreds of jewelry stores in a 100 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 4: big city like Houston that I could have gone into. 101 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 4: But God controls the universe. 102 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 3: He knows how to bring you into your garden. God said, 103 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 3: in effect, Joel, I've got something finished for you. You've 104 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 3: been faithful, you've honored me. 105 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 4: Now I've got a prepared blessing that I'm ready to 106 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 4: bring you into. 107 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 3: God directed my steps. 108 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 4: I met Victoria that day, and my life and my 109 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 4: checkbook have never been the same. Well, Joel, I've been 110 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 4: single so long, I don't think I'll ever meet the 111 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 4: right person. No, God has a husband a wife that 112 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 4: has your name on it. God's getting it all prepared, 113 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 4: and at the right time, God will say, Okay, I'm done. 114 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 4: Here's what I've been working on. You'll meet the person 115 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 4: of your dreams. You'll say, like I did, God, this 116 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 4: was worth waiting for it. You outdid yourself. Don't get discouraged. 117 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,359 Speaker 4: You may not see anything happening, but God is working 118 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 4: getting your garden prepared. 119 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 3: When it's finished, He's going to bring you into it. 120 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 4: You know what this building is, the former Compact Center, 121 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,559 Speaker 4: a prepared blessing. We couldn't make this happen on our own. 122 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 4: God had been working on it for over thirty years. 123 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 4: When we needed it, God said, all right, Lakewood, I'm 124 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 4: going to bring you into what I've already finished for you. 125 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 4: We came into this beautiful garden, the premier facility in 126 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 4: the fourth largest city in America, on the main flay, 127 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 4: nine thousand covered parking spaces. We showed up and said, Wow, God, 128 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 4: You've done more than we can ask or think. What 129 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 4: God has in store for you will boggle your mind. 130 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 4: Right now, God's getting your garden prepared, putting in the 131 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 4: right provision, lining up the right people, and when it's 132 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 4: fully in bloom, when God gets it exactly like he 133 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 4: wants it, He's going to bring you into it. Suddenly 134 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 4: you'll be promoted, Suddenly you get the contract, Suddenly your 135 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 4: health improves, Suddenly the problem turns around. 136 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 3: When you come. 137 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 4: Into your garden, it's going to be bigger, better, more 138 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 4: rewarding than you ever imagine. This is what God said 139 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 4: in Deuteronomy chapter eight. I am bringing you into a 140 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 4: good land, a land where you will eat bread without scarceness, 141 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 4: a land with no shortage, where you will not lack 142 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 4: any good thing. Notice, in the garden God has prepared 143 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 4: for you, there is no shortage, no shortage of resources, 144 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 4: no shortage of opportunities, no shortage of creativity, of friendships, 145 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 4: of joy and peace. In your garden. You will not 146 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 4: lack any good thing. When you're attempted to get down 147 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 4: or look at what you don't have, no turn it around. 148 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 3: Lord. I want to thank you that you're bringing me into. 149 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 4: My garden, a land of no shortage, a land where 150 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 4: my gifts and talents will come out to the full, 151 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 4: A good land where I will fulfill my destiny, A 152 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 4: good land where I'll live healthy, happy in home, A 153 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 4: good land where my whole house will honor you. A 154 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,839 Speaker 4: friend of mine comes from a large family and they 155 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 4: immigrated here from another country. They were very poor people 156 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 4: and had not made much out of their lives. They 157 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 4: had a defeated mindset. He started coming out to Lakewood 158 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 4: and hearing about how we are victors and not victims. 159 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 4: One day, a friend told him about a job opportunity 160 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 4: at the medical center cleaning equipment. He went interviewed and 161 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 4: got the position. He was working the graveyard shift overnight, 162 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 4: making minimum wage, barely getting by, but every once in 163 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,679 Speaker 4: a while they would have procedures there at the hospital 164 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 4: using that equipment that he cleaned. He would watch very 165 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 4: closely and study how the technicians did it. At one point, 166 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 4: one of the technicians took another job. His supervisor had 167 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,839 Speaker 4: seen how dedicated and committed he was, and even though 168 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 4: he didn't have the formal training, they promoted him and 169 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 4: gave him that position. He kept being faithful year after year. 170 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 4: A couple of years later the main technician left, they 171 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 4: put him in charge of the whole department. A few 172 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 4: years after that, he started thinking if I could purchase 173 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 4: this piece of equipment. I could travel from hospital to 174 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 4: hospital and do this on my own. One afternoon, playing 175 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 4: basketball with some friends, he met this man that was 176 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 4: a banker. He shared his story how he wanted to 177 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 4: start his own business out of nowhere. The banker said, Hey, 178 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 4: I really like you. Come by my bank tomorrow and 179 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 4: we will loan you the money. Things kept falling into place. Today, 180 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 4: my friend has an extremely successful, large company. They are 181 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 4: one of the leaders in that field. What was that 182 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 4: he came into a prepared blessing. God had been getting 183 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 4: his garden ready, working at it, lining up the right people, 184 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,439 Speaker 4: putting him at the right place, causing him to get 185 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 4: good breaks. After years of being faithful, God said, all right, 186 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 4: your garden is done. I'm going to bring you into 187 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 4: what I've already prepared, into a good land. Not where 188 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 4: you're cleaning the equipment, but where you own the equipment. 189 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 4: Not where you're working for the company, but where you. 190 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 3: Run the company. 191 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,839 Speaker 4: That's God's dream for your life, to bring you into 192 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 4: a garden of abundance, a garden filled with favor, with opportunity, 193 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 4: with good health, with great relationships. May not be there yet, 194 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 4: but don't worry. Your garden is on the way, David 195 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 4: said in Psalm thirty one. God has blessings stored up 196 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 4: for those that love the Lord. There are businesses stored 197 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 4: up for you that God's about to release. There is 198 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 4: promotion stored up that has your name on it, good 199 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 4: health stored up, a new house stored up, a spouse 200 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 4: stored up. 201 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:25,719 Speaker 3: Because you love the. 202 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 4: Lord, God is going to bring you into what he's 203 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 4: already prepared. Like my friend, you've honored God, you've been faithful. 204 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 4: Now you're not going to have to go find the blessings. 205 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 4: The blessings are going to find you. Something is looking 206 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 4: for you right now. Not defeat, not like not bad breaks, 207 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 4: favors looking for you. Contracts are looking for you. Good 208 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 4: health is looking for you. You're going to come into your 209 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 4: garden a prepared blessing, something like you've never seen. Pastor 210 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 4: I know was about to build a new sanctuary. They 211 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 4: were starting to draw the plans and raise the funds. 212 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 4: One day out of the blue, the mayor of his 213 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 4: city called and told how there was a group that 214 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 4: built a large building for a casino, but before they 215 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 4: could move in, it went bankrupt. They had forty acres 216 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 4: of parking. The building you could put four football fields inside. 217 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 3: It was just a few miles from his church. 218 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,719 Speaker 4: The mayor asked if he would be interested in purchasing 219 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 4: the facility. The pastor thought it would cost forty fifty 220 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 4: million dollars. It was brand new, state of the art. 221 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 4: The mayor said, no, you can purchase it for under 222 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 4: two million dollars. A man that owned a production company 223 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 4: heard that the pastor was interested. He called and said, 224 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 4: I've got a big video screen one hundred and fifty 225 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 4: feet wide used for sports and concerts. I paid three 226 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 4: million dollars for it new, but I'll sell it to 227 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 4: you for fifty thousand dollars. Things kept falling into place. 228 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 4: Instead of having to build a new sanctuary, God dropped 229 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 4: a much bigger, better proper into their hands. That was 230 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 4: a blessing stored up God had already prepared, and at 231 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 4: the right time, God released it. 232 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 3: If you could see what God has stored. 233 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 4: Up for you, the people you're going to meet, the 234 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 4: places you're going to go, the good breaks that are 235 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 4: going to find you, you'd be amazed. It's going to 236 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 4: be the surpassing greatness of God's favor. But too often 237 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 4: we make excuses, and we come up with reasons why 238 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 4: this is not going to happen for us. Well, Joel, 239 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 4: it sounds good today, but I don't have the training, 240 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 4: the talent, the connections. Or I come from the wrong family, 241 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 4: I'm the wrong nationality, I'm too short. I'll never come 242 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 4: into my garden. No, God is not limited by your circumstances, 243 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 4: by your family, by who's against you. When God breathed 244 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 4: his life into you, he put a blessing on you 245 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 4: that overrides anything that comes against you. The blessings God 246 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 4: has stored up for you. You cannot be stopped by people, 247 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 4: by bad breaks, by injustice. God has the final say, 248 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 4: the garden he has prepared for you. He has every 249 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 4: intention of bringing you into it. We see David in 250 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 4: the scripture as a powerful king, a great leader, one 251 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 4: of the heroes of faith. But David wasn't raised in 252 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 4: a wealthy family, an influential family. He wasn't trained to 253 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 4: take the throne, just the opposite. He came from a 254 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 4: very poor family. He was the eighth son of a 255 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 4: man named Jesse. His brothers were involved in the military. 256 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 4: They had somewhat significant positions. David's job was to take 257 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 4: care of his father's sheep. He was looked down on 258 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 4: seeing his secondary. His family thought, Oh, that's just David. 259 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 4: Let's stick him out in the shepherd's fields. He's never 260 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 4: going to amount to much in the natural. It didn't 261 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 4: look like David had much of a future. Came from 262 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 4: a low income family, no education, his own father didn't 263 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 4: believe in him. But just because people write you off 264 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 4: doesn't mean God writes you off. Circumstances may look like 265 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 4: your stuff too bad, you'll never rise higher, but that 266 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:18,479 Speaker 4: doesn't change what God has prepared for you. The blessing 267 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 4: God put on you will override any curse. The blessing 268 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 4: will make up for what you didn't get for who 269 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 4: was against you, for any disadvantage. What God has prepared 270 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 4: is not affected by people or circumstances. His blessing will 271 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 4: cause you to step into the fullness of your destiny. 272 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 4: One day, the prophet Samuel came to Jesse's house to 273 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 4: anoint one of his sons as the next king of Israel. 274 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 4: Seven of these sons were lined up in the house. 275 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 4: Samuel had his bottle of oil. He went down the 276 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 4: road one by one got to the first son. Samuel 277 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 4: turned the oil over, but the oil would not flow. 278 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 3: He knew that was not the right one. 279 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 4: He went to the next son, turned the bottle over, 280 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 4: but again the oil would not come out. He went 281 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 4: down the road again and again and again, same thing 282 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 4: through all seven sons. 283 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 3: Samuel was kind of confused. 284 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 4: He thought, I know, God said it's one of Jesse's sons, 285 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 4: but the oil. 286 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 3: Just will not come out. 287 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 4: He said, Jesse, I don't know, maybe I missed it, 288 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 4: but I know it's not any of these sons. Jesse said, well, Samuel, 289 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 4: I do have one other son. 290 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 3: His name is David. He's out in the shepherd's fields. 291 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 3: But I know it's not him. 292 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 4: He's the youngest, he's small, he's never gonna mount to much. 293 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 3: Samuel said, bring him in. David stood before him. 294 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 4: Samuel turned the bottle over, and the oil began to 295 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 4: flow and. 296 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 3: Flow and flow. He knew right then David was the 297 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 3: next king. Here's my point. 298 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 4: You don't have to worry about somebody else getting your blessing. 299 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 4: The oil that's been prepared for you will not flow 300 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 4: to anyone else. When Samuel tried to annoint those other sons, the. 301 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 3: Oil defied gravity. 302 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 4: I can see Samuel turning the bottle over, even hitting 303 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 4: the end, trying to make it come out. It would 304 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 4: not flow until it recognized the person that was supposed 305 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 4: to be blessed. When it's your time to be blessed, 306 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 4: don't worry. Nobody can take your blessing. Well, Joe, my 307 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 4: coworker got the promotion I deserved. I worked harder, but 308 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 4: my supervisor overlooked me. No, if you didn't get it, 309 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 4: it wasn't supposed to be yours. Your oil will not 310 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 4: flow for anyone else. The blessing that belongs to you 311 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 4: will be your blessing. 312 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 3: Nobody can take it. 313 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 4: Three years before this facility became available, the Houston Rockets 314 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 4: basketball team tried to move out. There was a vote 315 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 4: for the whole city to approve building a new basketball arena. 316 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 3: It seemed like a sure thing. 317 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 4: The Rockets had won championships, there was a new site 318 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,719 Speaker 4: for a downtown location. Most people thought it would pass, 319 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 4: But when the citizens voted, much to everyone's surprised, they 320 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 4: voted no. The Rockets couldn't move out. Looking back now, 321 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 4: I believe it's because God knew this building was supposed 322 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 4: to be for Lakewood and we weren't ready at that time. 323 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 4: If that vote would have passed, the Rockets would have 324 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 4: moved out. They would have sold it to someone else, 325 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,160 Speaker 4: and we wouldn't be here today. We needed a few 326 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 4: more years, so God made sure the oil did not 327 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 4: flow what's destined to be yours. Nobody else can have 328 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 4: that house that has your name on it. You're supposed 329 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 4: to have. The oil is not going to flow to 330 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 4: someone else. That promotion, that contract, that husband, they have 331 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 4: your name on them exclusively. That's why you don't have 332 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 4: to worry. You don't have to get all upset. God's 333 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 4: got you covered. Nobody's going to get what belongs to you. 334 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,199 Speaker 4: When you see somebody being black lest they get a 335 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 4: big contract, they have a baby, they move into a 336 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 4: new house, don't get jealous like, oh man, I wish 337 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,719 Speaker 4: that happened for me. I go to church more than 338 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 4: they did. No, that doesn't have your name on it. 339 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 4: If it was supposed to be yours, the oil would 340 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 4: not have flowed. You can be happy for them, knowing 341 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 4: that what God has for you will be better because 342 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:27,880 Speaker 4: it's prepared specifically for you. If God were to give 343 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 4: you what shouldn't have been yours, it wouldn't be a blessing. 344 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 4: It would be a burden. You're not annoyed for it. 345 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 4: It's not right for you. Well, joel I wish I 346 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 4: was married to Victoria. She's so beautiful. She's a blessing 347 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 4: to me. She'd be a burden to you. You're not 348 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 4: annoying it for her. She takes a mega anointing. Well, 349 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 4: joel I wish I was the pastor of that big church. 350 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 4: It's a blessing to me. It'd be a burden for you. 351 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 4: God has the right people lined up for you, the 352 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:10,360 Speaker 4: right promotion, the right husband, the right gifts, the right breaks. 353 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 3: Nobody can take what's yours. Your oil is not going 354 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:15,400 Speaker 3: to flow to someone else. 355 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 4: And sometimes when we see a person blessed and they 356 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 4: get a big promotion, we think, for some reason, them 357 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 4: being blessed is going to stop God from doing something 358 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 4: good to us, kind of like they're using up all 359 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 4: of God's favor. No, he has an unlimited supply. He 360 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 4: did it for them, he can do. 361 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 3: It for you. 362 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 4: Maybe you're single and you've been believing to meet the 363 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 4: right person for a long time, and one of your 364 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 4: good friends just got married. It'd be easy to be 365 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 4: jealous envious and think, oh man, that's not fair. No, 366 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 4: turn it around. God, you did it for them. I 367 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 4: know you can do it for me. That person that 368 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 4: has my name on it, they're coming in. You don't 369 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 4: have to covet what somebody else has. Don't covet their spouse, 370 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 4: or covet their gifts, covered their promotion, anything they have. 371 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 4: God has blessings specifically prepared for you. Now our prayer 372 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 4: should be, God, give me the blessings you have prepared. 373 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 4: Not for my neighbor, not for my cousin, not for 374 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 4: my coworker. But God, bring me what you have prepared 375 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 4: for me. In the Scripture, the prophet Elijah was living 376 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 4: in a certain city in God said to him, leave 377 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 4: this place and go down to the brook Cherith, for 378 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 4: I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. When 379 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 4: he got to the brook, every morning, just like clockwork, 380 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 4: the ravens brought him food. He had his provision, a 381 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 4: prepared blessing. Here's the key. Elijah didn't have to try 382 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 4: to find the ravens. He just had to get to 383 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 4: where God wanted him to be, and the ravens found 384 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 4: him in the same way. There is a place where 385 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 4: God has commanded you to be blessed. The ravens are 386 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 4: already there, your provision favor abundance. The real question today 387 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 4: is will you do what's required to get to your 388 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 4: place of blessing. 389 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 3: Elijah could have said, God, I don't want to leave. 390 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 3: I'm comfortable. I like it here. My friends are here. 391 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 4: But if he would have stayed, he would have missed 392 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 4: where he was commanded to be blessed. 393 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 3: And sure he could have survived, he could have endured. 394 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 4: But if you want to see God's best, you got 395 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 4: to be willing to do what God's asking you to do. Maybe, 396 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 4: down deep, you know you're supposed to get a waste 397 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 4: from some friends that are dragging you down a bad influence, 398 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 4: causing you to compromise. As long as you stay there, 399 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 4: you're going to miss your prepared blessing. Well, Joel, if 400 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 4: I make these changes, I won't have any friends. 401 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 3: I'll be lonely. 402 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 4: You may be lonely for a season, but God will 403 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 4: always bring you new friends. 404 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 3: Plus he will bring you better friends. 405 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 4: It may be difficult for a period of time, but 406 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 4: before long you will come in to that commanded blessing 407 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 4: where the ravens are greater opportunities, greater fulfillment, greater relationships. 408 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 4: And it may not be leaving a friend or moving physically. 409 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 3: It may just be in your mind. 410 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 4: You need to leave the negative thoughts, leave the worry, 411 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 4: leave the fear, leave the doubt, leave the anger, the resentment. 412 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 4: God has a place of abundance, but you've got to 413 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 4: be willing to leave what he's asking you to leave, 414 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 4: or perhaps it. 415 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 3: Could be for you. 416 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 4: You need to leave your comfort zone and take a 417 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 4: step of faith. You can't play it safe your whole 418 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 4: life and expect to reach your highest potential. Is there 419 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,880 Speaker 4: something God's asking you to leave? When my father went 420 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,439 Speaker 4: to be with the Lord back in nineteen ninety nine, 421 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 4: I knew I was supposed to step up and pasture 422 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 4: the church, but I was comfortable behind the scenes. I 423 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 4: didn't want to get out in front of people. I 424 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 4: didn't think I knew how to minister. It was much 425 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 4: easier to just stay where I was. And the truth 426 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 4: is that was my place of blessing for seventeen years. 427 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 3: But I've learned God likes to do new things. 428 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 4: And at one point the ravens quit coming to the brook. 429 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 4: God told Elijah leave the brook and go to the 430 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 4: city of Zeapath. I have a widow that's going to 431 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 4: take care of you. His place of blessing changed. He 432 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 4: could have thought, I know God sent me to this brook. 433 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 4: These ravens have fed me for years. I am not leaving. 434 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 4: He would have missed the new thing God wanted to do. 435 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 4: Your place of blessing can change. And for those seventeen 436 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:39,959 Speaker 4: years behind the scenes, I was happy, fulfilled seeing God's favor. 437 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 4: But when Daddy died, I could hear God whispering in 438 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 4: my spirit, saying, Joel, I'm moving you from behind the. 439 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 3: Scenes to out in front of the people. It was uncomfortable. 440 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 3: I didn't like it. I had to stretch myself, but 441 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 3: I stepped. 442 00:24:55,080 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 4: In to a prepared blessing, abundance, favor, influence greater than 443 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 4: I ever imagine. 444 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 3: Don't hold on to the old when. 445 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:09,199 Speaker 4: You know God is leading you somewhere new. Be willing 446 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 4: to take a step of faith. Get out of that 447 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,679 Speaker 4: comfort zone. Don't stay stuck at a position where you 448 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 4: haven't grown in years and years. God has some greater 449 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 4: things in front of you, prepared blessings, but you gotta 450 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 4: be willing to step into it. This is what a 451 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 4: lady did in the scripture by the name of Ruth. 452 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 4: After her husband and his brother were killed, her mother 453 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 4: in law, Naomi, decided to move back to her original hometown. 454 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 4: She didn't have any connections now that both of her 455 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 4: sons had died, and she told Ruth and the other 456 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 4: daughter in law, don't worry about me. Do your own thing, 457 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 4: but I'm going to go back to my original hometown. 458 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 4: The other daughter in law left, but Ruth knew deep 459 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 4: down she was supposed to go with Naomi and help 460 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 4: take care of her. Naomi was an older woman move 461 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 4: to Naomi's hometown. 462 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 3: They lived together. 463 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,479 Speaker 4: Every morning, Ruth would go out into the fields and 464 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 4: pick up the leftover wheat that the workers had missed. 465 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 4: That's how they survived. One day, the owner of the 466 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 4: field saw Ruth. He didn't know who she was, but 467 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 4: he told his workers to leave wheat on the ground on. 468 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 3: Purpose for Ruth. 469 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 4: Now, when she went out, the wheat was already there 470 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 4: waiting for her a prepared blessing. Later, that owner ended 471 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 4: up marrying Ruth. Now Ruth didn't have to work in 472 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 4: the field anymore. 473 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 3: She owned the field. 474 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,440 Speaker 4: Here's what I'm saying, when you do what God asked 475 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 4: you to do. You move When He asked you to move, 476 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,400 Speaker 4: You're willing to get out of your comfort zone. When 477 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 4: you get to your place of blessing, God will speak 478 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,360 Speaker 4: to people to be good to you that have never 479 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 4: even met you. He will command his ravens to feed you. 480 00:26:56,280 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 4: In other words, good breaks will find you, vision, divine connections. 481 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 3: Supply. 482 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 4: When you're in that place where you're commanded to be blessed, 483 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 4: you won't be able to outrun the good things of God. Friends, 484 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 4: there is a garden God has prepared specifically for you, 485 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 4: just like with Adam. He's put resources in it, provision, opportunity, 486 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 4: the right friends. 487 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 3: You need to get ready. 488 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 4: God's about to bring you into what He's already finished 489 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,360 Speaker 4: for you. It has your name on it. It's going 490 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 4: to be bigger, better, more rewarding than you ever imagine. 491 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,160 Speaker 3: Stay in faith, keep. 492 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 4: Doing what God's asking you to do. Be willing to 493 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 4: leave when he asks you to leave. If you'll do this, 494 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 4: I believe and declare you're coming into your garden favor 495 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:52,400 Speaker 4: that you didn't deserve, good breaks, that you didn't earn, provision, abundance, healing, restoration, 496 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 4: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name. If you 497 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:01,639 Speaker 4: receive it, can you say amen today? 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