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Well, God bless you. It is always a 42 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 5: joy to come into your homes. We love you and 43 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 5: believing you're going to have a blessed year. If you're 44 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 5: ever in this area, I hope you'll come out. These 45 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 5: are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas right here. 46 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,399 Speaker 5: Come out and be a part of one of our services. 47 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 5: We'll make you feel right at home. Thanks for tuning in, 48 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 5: Thanks for coming out. I like to start with something 49 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 5: funny each week. And I heard about these three sons. 50 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 5: They left home, went out and prospered. And they got 51 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 5: back together to discuss the gifts that they gave their 52 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 5: elderly mother. The first said, I built mother a big house. 53 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 5: The second said, I got her a fancy car. The 54 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 5: third said, since I know mother loves to read the Bible, 55 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 5: but she can barely see now, I got her a 56 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 5: specially trained parrot that can quote the entire Bible. 57 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 4: A few days they got. 58 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 5: A letter from their mom said, Milton, the house you 59 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 5: built me was way too big. Gerald, the car you 60 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,679 Speaker 5: bought me was way too small. But my dearest Donald, 61 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 5: your simple gift was my favorite. 62 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 4: The chicken was delicious. 63 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 7: All right, hold up your vibeh, say it like you 64 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 7: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 65 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 7: says I am. I have what it says I have. 66 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 7: I can do what it says I can do. Today 67 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:11,959 Speaker 7: I will be taught the word of God. 68 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 5: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 69 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 70 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 71 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 5: believing for a supernatural year. So often we get limited 72 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 5: in our thinking and we don't think we'll ever accomplish 73 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 5: our dreams. We don't have the talent, the connections, the funds. 74 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 5: We don't think a marriage could ever be restored. There's 75 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 5: too much water under the bridge. Or maybe we don't 76 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 5: think we'll ever get out of death. We're so far 77 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 5: down in the hole. But the problem is we're just 78 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 5: looking at it in the natural. We're looking at it 79 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 5: from a limited perspective. We have to realize God is 80 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 5: a supernatural god, and just because we don't say doesn't 81 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 5: mean that God doesn't have a way. Well, you say, Joel, 82 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 5: if I make this same income the rest of my life, 83 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 5: I won't get out of debt until I'm one hundred 84 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 5: and twenty two years old. Yes, but you're ruling out 85 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 5: supernatural increase. God can bring one opportunity across your path 86 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 5: that will thrust you to a new level. He has 87 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 5: explosive blessings that can blast you out of debt and 88 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 5: into abundance. Well, I don't think I'll ever get well. 89 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 5: You should see what the medical report says about me. No, 90 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 5: that may be true according to medical science. But we 91 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 5: have another report and it says you will live. 92 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 4: And not die. 93 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 5: God is restoring health unto you. The question is whose 94 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 5: report will you believe? With men, it may be impossible, 95 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 5: but with God all things are possible. Some of you today, 96 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 5: you're planning on having an average year, but God's already 97 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 5: lined up an extraordinary year. You're planning on getting by. 98 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 5: God's planning on abundance. He's planning on overflowing. You're thinking 99 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 5: if I can just survive, but God is saying it's 100 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 5: time to thrive. You've got to get in agreement with God. 101 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 5: God has supernatural favor in store for every one of you. 102 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 5: He has supernatural opportunities, supernatural healing, supernatural restoration. God wants 103 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 5: to do unusual things in your life. You need to 104 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,239 Speaker 5: have an expectancy down in here and excitement in your spirit. 105 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 5: This is not going to be an average year. It's 106 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 5: not going to be a mediocre year. It's going to 107 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 5: be a supernatural year, a year where you see dreams 108 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 5: come to pass a year where you discover talent that 109 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 5: you didn't even know you had, a year where you 110 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 5: get stronger and healthier. It's going to be a year 111 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 5: where we look back and say, Wow, God outdid himself 112 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 5: this year. When you hear this truth, when God tries 113 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:58,799 Speaker 5: to plant a new seed a promise in your heart, 114 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 5: you need to respond with, don't complicate it. Don't try 115 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 5: to figure out all the reasons why it's not gonna 116 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 5: happen for you. 117 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 4: No, just three simple words. Lord. 118 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 5: I believe you may be sick, but God says you're 119 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 5: gonna be well. 120 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 4: Lord. I believe you may be in debt, but God says. 121 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 5: You're coming out. You're coming into overflow. You're gonna lend 122 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 5: and not borrow. 123 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 4: Lord. 124 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 5: I believe the economy may be down, but God says 125 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 5: you're gonna see supernatural increase, supernatural promotion, explosive blessings. Well, Joel, 126 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 5: I think you've got the wrong message. I don't see 127 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 5: how it could be blessed this year. No, zip that up. 128 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 5: Get in agreement with God. Let the seed take root. 129 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 5: God is saying this is your year for far and 130 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 5: beyond favor. This is your year to see the fulfillment 131 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 5: of your dreams. It's your year for supernatural opportunities. You 132 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 5: may not see how it could happen, but that's okay. 133 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 5: God has a thousand different ways to bring your dreams 134 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 5: to pass. We think natural, God thinks supernatural. The medical 135 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 5: report may not look good, but understand God is not 136 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 5: limited by the laws of medicine. His power supersedes natural laws. 137 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 5: In fact, one time in the Old Testament, God simply 138 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 5: multiplied the sound of four men's footsteps and caused them 139 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 5: to sound like a mighty army. When their enemies heard it, 140 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 5: they took off running. Thousands of people, thousands of troops 141 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 5: running for their lives, scared to death, thinking they were 142 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 5: being attacked by a massive army, when in fact it 143 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 5: was just four people. Friends, God can make you seem 144 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 5: bigger than you really are. He can make you look 145 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 5: more powerful. He knows how to multiply your influence, multiply 146 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 5: your strength, multiply your talent, multiply your income. 147 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 4: You don't have to figure all this out. All you 148 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 4: have to do is believe. 149 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 5: If you will release your faith for a supernatural year, 150 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 5: that means you get up each day expecting God's far 151 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 5: and beyond favor. Then you're going to see God show 152 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 5: up and do amazing things in your life. I heard 153 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 5: about this lady. Her church was in a building program. 154 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 5: One Sunday, the pastor announced how it was going to 155 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 5: cost two million dollars to finish the project. He was 156 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 5: encouraging the congregation, just challenging them to do their best, 157 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 5: and in passing, he said, if God were to give 158 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 5: you the funds to pay off this project, how many 159 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 5: of you would do it? In other words, there's no pressure. 160 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,719 Speaker 5: You can't give if you don't have it. But if 161 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 5: God were to supernaturally provide, would you make a commitment 162 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 5: to give? This lady raised her hand well. Several days later, 163 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 5: she got a call from a friend. This friend had 164 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 5: just won a major settlement in a legal matter. The 165 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 5: friend said, I just feel like I'm supposed to give 166 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 5: you two million dollars. The lady was so excited, she 167 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 5: was overjoyed. She said, you are an answer to prayer. 168 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 5: I know exactly what I'm gonna do with those funds. 169 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,559 Speaker 5: I'm gonna give it to my church to help finish 170 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 5: that project. A few days later, the same friend called back. 171 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 5: She said, you know, I really feel like I'm supposed 172 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 5: to give you two million dollars, So if you're gonna 173 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,079 Speaker 5: give those funds away, then I'm gonna give you an 174 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 5: additional two million for yourself. A few weeks later, the 175 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 5: attorneys of this lady that won the huge settlement they 176 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 5: called her, said, we got good news. The judge just 177 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 5: ruled again in our favor. The other side has to 178 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 5: pay penalties and interest. That means you're going to receive 179 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 5: an additional four million dollars. Then we originally told you 180 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 5: that's far and beyond favor. That's God out doing himself. 181 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 5: When it was all said and done, the friend got blessed, 182 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 5: the church got paid off, and the lady was not 183 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:01,839 Speaker 5: out one single penny. But notice it all started when 184 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 5: this lady dared to believe for supernatural increase. When the 185 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 5: pastor said, if God gave it to you, will you 186 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 5: give it? She could have thought, oh, I don't need 187 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 5: to raise my hand. I never get any good breaks. 188 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 5: That'll never happen for me. No, she was bold as 189 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 5: an act of faith. She said, Lord, I believe. She 190 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 5: was saying, in effect, I believe in supernatural increase. I 191 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 5: know my job is not my source. God is my source. 192 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 5: He is Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord, my provider. He owns 193 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 5: it all. When you put your faith out there like that, 194 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 5: that's what allows God to show up and do amazing 195 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 5: things in your lives. I remember growing up, my mother 196 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 5: always wanted a swimming pool. She was constantly talking to 197 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 5: my father about it, but my dad was totally against 198 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 5: having a pool. 199 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 4: He said, Dody, they're too expensive and. 200 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 5: Too much upkeep, and we don't have the time nor 201 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 5: the money. 202 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 4: I'll get you something else, but not a swimming pool. 203 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 5: He might as well been talking to a tree that 204 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 5: no more phased my mother. 205 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 4: She would go around the house and one day, we're 206 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 4: gonna have a pool. 207 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 5: It is going to be so fun. I can't wait 208 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 5: to get out there in the water. My dad would 209 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 5: look at her, like, woman, what are you talking about. 210 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 5: We are not going to get a swimming pool. But 211 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 5: month after month, even year after year, my mother would 212 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 5: go around just thanking God for his goodness, thanking God 213 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 5: that he was lining up the right people, the right opportunities. 214 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 5: She was believing for it. My dad was believing against it. 215 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 5: But down in her heart she had a confidence, a 216 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 5: knowing that one day she would have that pool, and 217 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,319 Speaker 5: every several weeks she would ask my father about it. John, 218 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 5: have you thought any more about our swimming pool? He 219 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 5: would say, Dody, I don't have to think anymore. I've 220 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 5: told you a thousand times we are not getting a 221 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 5: swimming pool in one ear and out the other. 222 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,199 Speaker 4: One day, my father saw my mother out in. 223 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 5: The backyard with a tape measure marking things off. 224 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 4: Went out and said, Dodie, what are you doing. 225 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 5: She said, I'm just getting an idea where we're going 226 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 5: to put our new swimming pool. He thought, this woman 227 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 5: will not give up. About six months later, a couple 228 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 5: showed up at church. They were from another state. After 229 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 5: the service, they asked to speak to my parents. The 230 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 5: men said, we build swimming pools. 231 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 4: We own a. 232 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 5: Large company, and we flew all this way just to 233 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 5: see if we could give you a swimming pool. 234 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 4: My dad nearly passed out. 235 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 5: My mother took him by the arm and said we 236 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 5: need to talk. Needless to say, several months later, we 237 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,319 Speaker 5: had a beautiful swimming pool in the ground. 238 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 4: Right where my mother had laid it out. 239 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 5: I'll never forget the first time that we ever swam 240 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 5: in it. Us kids, we were so excited, we ran 241 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 5: and jumped in. 242 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 4: My mother got in. 243 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 5: A few minutes here came my father in his swim trunks. 244 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 5: His legs were so white they looked like the glory 245 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 5: of God. He couldn't wait to jump in so excited. 246 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 5: My mother looked at him, said, John, don't even think 247 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 5: about getting him my swiming Ho what was that supernatural favor? 248 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 5: God said, If you will delight yourself in him, he 249 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 5: will give you the desires of your heart. That means, 250 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 5: if you'll keep God first place, if you'll honor him 251 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 5: with your life, He'll cause people to want to be 252 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 5: good to you. He'll cause you to be at the 253 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 5: right place at the right time. His blessings will chase 254 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 5: you down and overtake you. Why don't you take the 255 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 5: limits off of God. Why don't you get out of 256 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 5: your box and say, God, I'm ready for some of 257 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:51,319 Speaker 5: these explosive blessings. I'm ready for your far and beyond favor. 258 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 5: David said, I have pitched my tent in the land 259 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 5: of Hope. Let me ask you where have you pitched 260 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 5: your tent? What are you expecting this year? What are 261 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 5: you believing for? Well, Joel, that would never happen for me. 262 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 5: I never get any good breaks. I'll never get promoted. 263 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 5: I've reached my limits. I'll never sell my house. You 264 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 5: know what the market is like, Joel, I'll probably never 265 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 5: get well. No, the problem is you've got your tent 266 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 5: in the wrong neighborhood. You need to pull up your stakes, 267 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 5: pack up your belongings, and come over to the land 268 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 5: of more than enough, the land of explosive blessings, the 269 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 5: land of supernatural health. God is longing to be good 270 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 5: to you, but you've got to get your thoughts going 271 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 5: in the right direction. None of this will happen if 272 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 5: we don't believe. This is exactly what Sarah did. God 273 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 5: promised her that she was going to have a child. 274 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 5: At first, she didn't believe it. She thought she was 275 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 5: too old. I love what God said to her. They're 276 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 5: in Genesis eighteen fourteen. He said, Sarah, is there anything 277 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 5: too hard for the Lord? God is saying that to 278 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 5: each one of us. Is there anything hard for me? 279 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 5: Do you think your dreams are too big for God 280 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 5: to bring to pass? Do you think that relationship is 281 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 5: too far gone for God to restore? Do you think 282 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 5: you just have to live with that sickness the rest. 283 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 4: Of your life. 284 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 5: No, get a new vision today, put on a new attitude. 285 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 5: God is saying, I am all powerful. I can turn 286 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 5: any situation around. It doesn't matter what it looks like 287 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 5: in the natural. He is a supernatural God. The amplified 288 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 5: version puts it this way, Is there anything too wonderful 289 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 5: for the Lord? Sometimes when we hear stories like these, 290 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 5: we think that's just too good to be true. A 291 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 5: friend gave you funds to pay off a building project, 292 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 5: or somebody you didn't even know gave you a swimming pool. 293 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 5: Our mind says, no way, that's impossible. But notice what 294 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 5: kind of God we serve? He said, Is there anything 295 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 5: too wonderful for me? He's saying, if you'll take the 296 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 5: limits off of me, I'll amaze you with my goodness. 297 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 5: I'll not only meet your needs, I'll take it one 298 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 5: step further. 299 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 4: I'll give you the desires of your heart. 300 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 5: One translation says the secret petitions of your heart. That is, 301 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 5: those hidden dreams, those secret desires, those promises that you 302 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 5: haven't told anybody about. It's just between you and God. 303 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 5: Know this Today, God wants to bring your secret petitions 304 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 5: to pass. Will you get a vision? 305 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 4: For it. 306 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 5: Will you put your faith out there? Sometimes we think, well, 307 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 5: I couldn't believe. 308 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 4: For a swimming pool. 309 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 5: That wouldn't be right, Or Joel, God's got bigger things 310 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 5: to deal with than me getting this business off the 311 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 5: ground or taking this trip overseas to see my relatives. 312 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 5: I can't bother God with that. That's not important enough. 313 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 5: It's just the opposite. God is the one that put 314 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 5: the dream in your heart. I know as a parent 315 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 5: I love to do good things for my children. I 316 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 5: loved to make their day. Now I want you to 317 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 5: get a revelation of how much your heavenly father is 318 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 5: longing to be good to you. He wants to amaze 319 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 5: you with his goodness. This is what my mother did. 320 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 5: She could have easily let my father talk her out 321 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 5: of it. She could have thought of all the reasons 322 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 5: why it wasn't gonna work and why she probably didn't 323 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 5: deserve it. But she simply made a decision to stay 324 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 5: in faith. She didn't try to figure it all out. 325 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 5: She's had the attitude Lord, I believe she was saying, God, 326 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 5: I know you wanna be good to me. When you believe, 327 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 5: it sets a series of events into motion. God gave 328 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 5: that couple a desire to wanna be good to my parents. 329 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,880 Speaker 5: Here they were in another state, minding their own business. 330 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 5: All of a sudden, they feel an impression to come 331 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 5: to Houston. They have the idea of all things, to 332 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 5: give them a swimming pool. Why not just make a donation, 333 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 5: give them money, give them stock. No, God wants to 334 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 5: give you the desires of your heart. I believe even 335 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 5: right now, because you're in faith, because you're saying Lord, 336 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 5: I believe God is arranging things in your favor. He 337 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:14,399 Speaker 5: is lining up the right people, the right opportunities. In 338 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 5: the coming days, You're gonna see supernatural increase, explosive blessings. 339 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 5: God's gonna give you the desires of your heart. That's 340 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 5: just what happened to Sarah. She eventually conceived, even though 341 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 5: she was way beyond the child bearing years, she had 342 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 5: that son, Isaac. 343 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 4: It was far and beyond favor. 344 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 8: Now. 345 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 4: I love what she said. 346 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 5: She said, who would have ever thought I could have 347 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 5: a child at such an old age. In other words, 348 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 5: she was so amazed. All she could say was, who 349 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 5: would believe this would ever happen? That's what God wants 350 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 5: to do for every one of us. He wants us 351 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 5: to go around saying, who would have ever thought somebody 352 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 5: would give me a swimming pool? Or who would have 353 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 5: ever thought we would be worshiping here today in the 354 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 5: formal compact center. Who would have ever thought a friend 355 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 5: would give me the funds to pay off a project 356 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 5: and then have some leftover friends. God wants to give 357 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 5: you some of these who would have thought blessings, They're 358 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 5: not average blessings. Not I made it through. God took 359 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 5: me through another year. No, God's dream is for you 360 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 5: to say, who would have thought two thousand and nine. 361 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 4: Would be my best year? He was supposed to be 362 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 4: a down year. 363 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 5: Who would have thought I'd ever be so well and 364 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 5: feel so healthy when the medical report says I'm not 365 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 5: even supposed to be here? 366 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:37,959 Speaker 4: How about this? 367 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 5: Who would have thought God would bless me in such 368 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 5: abundance that I can give away more than I used 369 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 5: to make. 370 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 4: You might as well. 371 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 5: Get ready, God's got some of these who would have 372 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 5: thought blessings come in your way. You are headed for 373 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 5: supernatural increase, supernatural healing, supernatural restoration. 374 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 4: God wants to amaze you with his goodnes You. 375 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 5: Say, Joel, I don't see how that could happen for me. 376 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:05,439 Speaker 5: I don't see how I could ever get out of 377 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 5: these problems, don't see how I could. 378 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 4: Ever be Well, here's the key. You don't have to 379 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 4: see how. That's not your job. Your job is to believe. 380 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 5: God has all kinds of ways to bring your dreams 381 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 5: to pass that you've never even thought of. That's why 382 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 5: it says in Proverbs lean not to your own understanding. 383 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,880 Speaker 5: Sometimes there is no logical solution. Sometimes there's no way 384 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 5: out in the natural. If we're constantly trying to figure 385 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 5: it out, it's just going to cause us to get frustrated. 386 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 5: Eventually we'll get discouraged and just. 387 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 4: Settle where we are. 388 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,959 Speaker 5: Again, understand, just because we don't see a way doesn't 389 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 5: mean that God doesn't have a way. I heard about 390 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 5: this little girl. She wanted a kitten so bad. She 391 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 5: kept asking her mother week after week for this kitten. 392 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 5: But her mother she didn't want any more pets around 393 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 5: the house, and she kept telling her no again and again. 394 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 5: But this little girl was so determined, kind of like 395 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 5: my mother. Month after months, she just kept asking for 396 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 5: that kitten. 397 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 4: Finally, the mother. 398 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 5: Basically out of frustration, said, listen, honey, if God gives 399 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 5: you a kitten, I'll let you keep it, but we're 400 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 5: not gonna get one otherwise. 401 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 4: Well, that little girl didn't know any better. 402 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 5: She went out in the backyard, got down on her knees, 403 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 5: and said, God, I'm asking you to please give me 404 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 5: a kitten. When she got through praying with the mother 405 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 5: watching all the sudden, out of nowhere, a kitten comes 406 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 5: flying out of the sky and lands a few feet away. 407 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 5: The mother could not believe her eyes. She thought she 408 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,399 Speaker 5: was seeing things. She went outside. 409 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 4: There was no tree overhead. 410 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 5: It looked like the kitten had fallen from the heavens. 411 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 5: The little girl just picked it up and said, look, mommy, 412 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 5: God gave me my kitten. The mother was still there, 413 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 5: dumbfounded in dispelief. Several months later she learned what happened. 414 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 5: Some neighbors that lived behind her and a few houses 415 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 5: down were trying to get this little kitten out of 416 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 5: a tree, but it was too tall for the man 417 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 5: to reach with his ladder. So this man tied a 418 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,439 Speaker 5: rope to the tree, and he hooked the rope to 419 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 5: his back bumper of the car, and he started slowly 420 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 5: pulling forward so the tree would bend over and just 421 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 5: when he got it bent over to where he thought 422 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 5: he could get the kitten, the rope slept and the 423 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 5: tree acted like a slingshot. It slung that kitten nearly 424 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 5: two hundred yards away, three houses down, and it fell 425 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 5: right at that little girl's feat. That man felt terrible. 426 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 5: They thought the kitten was dead. They couldn't find it. 427 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 5: He didn't know he was an answer to prayer. God 428 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 5: works in mysterious ways. Now that little girl can say, 429 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 5: who would have ever thought God would have rained down 430 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 5: a kitten from the heavens? Is there any thing too 431 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 5: hard for the Lord? Is there anything too wonderful. 432 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 4: For our God? 433 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 5: He knows how to have you at the right place 434 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 5: at the right time. Some of you single people, you're 435 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 5: believing to get married. You need to get ready for 436 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 5: some of these supernatural connections. 437 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 4: Explosive blessings. 438 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 5: God is going to bring the right person into your life. No, 439 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 5: they may not drop down out of the sky. 440 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 4: If they do, call the police first. 441 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 5: But God is going to bring somebody great across your path. 442 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,199 Speaker 5: First thing that'll come to your mind, Oh that's not 443 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 5: going to happen for me. I've been single so long, 444 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 5: I'll never meet anybody don't dwell on those lies. Remember 445 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 5: how you're supposed to respond three simple words. 446 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 4: Lord, I believe. 447 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 5: In other words, God, I know this is my year 448 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 5: for supernatural connections. I know you're directing my steps, and God, 449 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 5: I believe you can even sling somebody across my path. 450 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 5: That's what happened to Victoria. I got slung into her 451 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 5: jewelry store. At least that's my side of the story. 452 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 5: I met a couple at a bookstore not long ago 453 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 5: in Manhattan. 454 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 4: We were doing a book signing. They came up to 455 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 4: the table and said this was. 456 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 5: Their one year wedding anniversary, and of course I congratulated them. 457 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 5: They were just beaming from ear to ear, so happy, 458 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 5: And they went on to tell how they had met 459 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 5: at my book signing one year earlier in that. 460 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:30,439 Speaker 4: Exact same bookstore. 461 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 5: They had never seen each other before, just so happened 462 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 5: they were standing in line next to each other. They 463 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,479 Speaker 5: visited for an hour or so, they ended up dating, 464 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 5: and eventually they got married. 465 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 4: Listen, good things. 466 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 5: Happen when you come to my book signings. I told 467 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,159 Speaker 5: that man, you owe me a finder's fee. She was 468 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 5: a beautiful young lady. But they were back just to say, 469 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 5: would you believe we met here a year ago and 470 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 5: now we're married. That young man can say, like Sarah, 471 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 5: who would I ever thought I would go to a 472 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 5: book sword just to get my books signed, and I'd 473 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 5: come away with a beautiful wife. 474 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:11,119 Speaker 4: Boy, the bookstore is going to be filled up today. Friends. 475 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 4: God is in control of the whole universe. 476 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 5: He is directing your steps, causing you to be at 477 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 5: the right place at the right time. He knows what 478 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 5: you need, and he knows how to get it to you. 479 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 5: I read about this salesman. He was going door to 480 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 5: door selling vacuum cleaners. That's what he did for a living. 481 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 5: He got to this one house and this young man 482 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 5: came to the door. He could tell he wasn't feeling 483 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 5: enough to part, but he gave him his sales pitch, 484 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 5: and finally the young man said, listen, I don't need 485 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:41,160 Speaker 5: a vacuum cleaner. 486 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 4: I need a kidney. I'm waiting for a transplant. 487 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 5: There were five hundred people on the transplant list in 488 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 5: front of him. The salesman said I understand, and started 489 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 5: on his way. But before he drove off, something down 490 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 5: in here said to this salesman, you were sent here 491 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 5: for a reason, not to sell a vacum cleaner, but 492 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 5: to give this young man a kidney. He immediately called 493 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 5: his wife, called his father. 494 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 4: They both agreed. 495 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 5: He went back to the door ten minutes later and said, 496 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 5: let's go see your doctor. I want to donate a 497 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,239 Speaker 5: kidney to you. Wouldn't you know it? They were a 498 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 5: perfect match. Several weeks later they had the transplant. Today 499 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 5: both of the men are as strong and healthy as 500 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 5: can be. God knows what you need and he knows 501 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 5: how to get it to you. 502 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 4: You don't know. 503 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 5: God may send a salesman across your path. You don't 504 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 5: even know what they're there for, but they'll end up 505 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,640 Speaker 5: being an answer to prayer. Now this young man can say, 506 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 5: who would have ever thought somebody came to sell me 507 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 5: a vacuum and ended up giving me a kidney? Is 508 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 5: there anything too hard for the Lord? God has you 509 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 5: in the palm of his hand. He knows every need, 510 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 5: He knows every struggle, he knows every dream, every desire. 511 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 5: The good news is God has it all figured out. 512 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:58,440 Speaker 5: He's a supernatural God. 513 00:26:59,400 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 4: Most of you. 514 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 5: All the news reports about the airplane that landed in 515 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 5: the Hudson River there in New York. That wasn't a 516 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,959 Speaker 5: lucky break, That wasn't just good fortune. That was God's 517 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 5: supernatural power. That was God having everything lined up just right. 518 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 5: Think about how the captain. Captain Sully had forty years 519 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 5: of experience. He was trained in the Air Force, the 520 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 5: best training in the world. On top of that, he 521 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 5: was an expert in gliding. As a hobby, he. 522 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 4: Flew planes with no engines. 523 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 5: Nobody would know more about landing a plane with no 524 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 5: power than him. And on top of that, think about 525 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 5: all the thousands of flights that take off every single day. 526 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 5: It just so happened he got the one plane that 527 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 5: was going to lose the engines. 528 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 4: What am I saying? 529 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 5: God was orchestrating at all, having the right people at 530 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 5: the right place at the right time. Even when he 531 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 5: landed the plane, they're in the Hudson River. It was 532 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 5: just as big a miracle that the plane didn't sink. 533 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 5: If he'd got had a little cock eye, or if 534 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,440 Speaker 5: they'd opened up the wrong doors, the cabin could have 535 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 5: filled up with water. 536 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 4: They could have still all drowned. 537 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,359 Speaker 5: That was just a small glimpse of God's supernatural power. 538 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:14,920 Speaker 4: That was God. 539 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 5: That was God's saying to the world, I'm in complete control. 540 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 5: When you trust me, I can turn a river into 541 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 5: a runway. I can cause a salesman to knock at 542 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 5: your door and give you a kidney. I can cause 543 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 5: a friend to call you and pay off a mortgage. 544 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:36,439 Speaker 5: I can even rain down a kitten from the skies. Now, 545 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,719 Speaker 5: I'm asking you today to release your faith for a 546 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,479 Speaker 5: supernatural year. You may have seen victories in your past, 547 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 5: but what God wants to do in your future is 548 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 5: going to supersede anything you've ever seen before. This is 549 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 5: your year for far and beyond favor. This is your 550 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 5: year for supernatural opportunities, supernatural connections. You may not see 551 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 5: how it can happen, but remember God has a way. 552 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 5: He not only wants to meet your needs, he wants 553 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 5: to give you the desires of your heart. And it's 554 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 5: my prayer that you'll get a revelation of how much 555 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 5: your heavenly Father is longing to be good to you. 556 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 5: He even wants to give you the secret dreams of 557 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,719 Speaker 5: your heart. And if you'll go out each day expecting 558 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 5: to have a supernatural year, believing for supernatural favor, then 559 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 5: you're gonna see God show up and show out in 560 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 5: amazing ways. Like Sarah, You're gonna have some of these 561 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 5: who would have thought blessings, some explosive blessings that will. 562 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 4: Blast you to a whole new level. 563 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,440 Speaker 5: When you look back, we're gonna be able to say 564 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 5: two thousand and nine was not an average year, not 565 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 5: a mediocre year. 566 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 4: It was a supernatural year. Amen. Do you receive that today? 567 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 4: I know you do. 568 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,239 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Joelustine podcast. Help us 569 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 6: continue to share the message of hope with those all 570 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 6: over the world. 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