1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. God bless you. 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 8 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. I'll promise you 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. I like to 10 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: start with something funny, and I heard about this family 11 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: that lived way back in the woods. They never left 12 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: their little town, never watched television. One day they took 13 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: a vacation to New York City. The father was showing 14 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: his son a famous skyscraper and they were so impressed. 15 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: They were especially intrigued by the elevator. They didn't know 16 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: what it was. This elderly woman walked up and pushed 17 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: a button. The walls opened up. She stepped into a 18 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: little room, the walls closed back up. They sat there 19 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: contemplating what they had just seen. In a few seconds, 20 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: it's the same walls open back up and a beautiful 21 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: twenty four year old girl stepped out, almost in disbelieve. 22 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: The son said, Dad, what just happened? He said, I 23 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: don't know, son, but go get your mother. Say it 24 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 25 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: what it says. I am. I have what it says 26 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 27 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 28 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,839 Speaker 1: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 29 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 30 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 31 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: the open windows of heaven. We all come to places 32 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: in life where we reach our limits. We've gone as 33 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: far as our education allows. The medical report says we're 34 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: not going to get well. We've tried to break the 35 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: addiction but haven't been able to do it. It's easy 36 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: to settle where we are and think that it's never 37 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: going to change. But the scripture says in Malay, when 38 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: you honor God with your giving, he will open the 39 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: windows of heaven and pour out blessings that you cannot contain. 40 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: You may have reached your limits on your own. There 41 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: are obstacles you can't seem to overcome. The good news 42 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: is you're not on your own because you're a giver, 43 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: because you're honoring God. You are under the open windows 44 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: of heaven. If you'll get your passion back, start believing again, 45 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: start expecting again. God is going to rain down favor, 46 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: rain down good breaks, rain down abundance. The medical report 47 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: may not look good, but under the open windows of heaven, 48 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: healing is raining down. God can do what medicine cannot do. 49 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 1: He has the final say. You may have gone as 50 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: far as you can in your career, but under the 51 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 1: open windows of heaven increases, raining down, divine connections, opportunities. 52 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: You haven't been able to write that addiction. Don't accept 53 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: it as the way it's always going to be. You 54 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,119 Speaker 1: have an advantage. You're under the open windows of heaven. 55 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: It's just a matter of time before freedom rains down. 56 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: But sometimes we think we're at a disadvantage. We don't 57 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: have the talent we need, we don't have the connections 58 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: the experience, Joel. If I was taller, if I had 59 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: a better personality, if I knew the right people, then 60 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: I could be successful. If you think you're at a disadvantage, 61 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,799 Speaker 1: you will live at a disadvantage. If you think lack, 62 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: you're going to have lack. Instead of thinking I'm at 63 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: a deficit, I'm lacking. Turn it around. I'm under the 64 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: open windows of heaven. I have everything I need and 65 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: abundance of talent, and abundance of ideas, abundance of strength, 66 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: abundance of health. Get rid of a lack mentality and 67 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: have an abundant mentality. You may not have seen it yet, 68 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: but don't worry. Your time is coming. God is about 69 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: to do something unusual, something extraordinary, something that you haven't seen. 70 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: He said, he would pour out blessings that you don't 71 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: have room enough to contain. That means, if you have room, 72 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: you haven't seen the fullness of what God is going 73 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 1: to do. He's going to give you so many opportunities 74 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: you can't take them all. You have to pick and choose. 75 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: So many clients, so much business you have to send 76 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: some to your coworkers, so many resources, so many savings 77 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: you have to pass them to your children, your grandchildren. 78 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: And not just material things, but so much joy that 79 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: you can share joy wherever you go, so much peace, strength, stability, 80 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 1: that instead of needing to be encouraged, you're the encourager. 81 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: You're the lifter. You're the one that brings a smile 82 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: to people's face. This phrase open windows of heaven is 83 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: found another place in the scripture. It's when the flood 84 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: came in Noah's day. God said he opened the windows 85 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: of heaven. What happened, water covered the whole earth. Wasn't 86 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: a little sprinkle, a minor event. It was a major flood, 87 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: a huge downpour. When God says he's going to open 88 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: the windows of heaven in your life, that doesn't mean 89 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: he's going to help you through the day or give 90 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: you strength to get past a problem. That's good, we're 91 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: grateful for everything, but that's not what this is talking about. 92 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: God is going to send a flood of his goodness. 93 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: He's going to do something major where you step back 94 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: and say, wow, I didn't see that coming. There will 95 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 1: be blessings you cannot contain and you cannot explain. All 96 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: you can say was that was the goodness of God. 97 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: I know a lady that was diagnosed with a tumor 98 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: under her arm, and she'd gone through all the tests 99 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: and X rays and they discovered it was cancerous. She 100 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: had been scheduled to have surgery to have it removed, 101 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: and she went in that morning. The doctors wanted to 102 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 1: take more X rays just to verify before the operation. 103 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 1: She had already been prepped, had the iv N about 104 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: to go into the operating room. The doctor came out 105 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: scratching his head. He said, in twenty six years of practicing, 106 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: I've never seen this, but the tumor is no longer there. 107 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: You could see it on one X ray, but not 108 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: the next. How could this be? She lives under the 109 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 1: open windows of heaven. When God rains down healing cancer 110 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: can't stay. When he rains down, joy, depression has to go. 111 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: When he rains down favor good breaks. It's going to 112 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: thrust you to the next level. You're not going to 113 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 1: be able to explain it. You weren't the most qualified, 114 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: you weren't next in line, You shouldn't have been chosen 115 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: to look up, and you're further than you ever dreamed. 116 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: What happened? The heavens opened up, God rained down, increase 117 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: took you where you could not go on your own. 118 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: In this year of year, you're going to see things 119 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: that you cannot explain, Like with this lady. The medical 120 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: report suddenly turns around, your business suddenly takes off. You 121 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: suddenly break the addiction. You've been faithful, you've given, you've served. 122 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,559 Speaker 1: Get ready. The heavens are about to open up. God 123 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: is going to do something that you've never seen. It's 124 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: going to be a bountiful year, an abundant year, a 125 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: prosperous year. Problems that looked permanent are suddenly going to 126 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: turn around. Doors that have been closed for years are 127 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: suddenly going to open. You're not going to have to 128 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: go after opportunity. Opportunity is going to come after you. 129 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: Now do your part all through the day. Father, Thank 130 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: you that I'm under the open windows of heaven. Thank 131 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: you that you're pouring out blessings that I cannot contain. 132 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: Your mind may tell you this is not going to 133 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: happen for you. Nothing's going to change. Don't believe that 134 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: those lies. Keep thanking God for what He's about to do. 135 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: Praise causes the heavens to open. Living worried, discourage complaining 136 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: that keeps the rain from coming down. You may not 137 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: see how it can happen, but this is what faith 138 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: is all about. God. I don't see a way, but 139 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: I know you have a way. My circumstances say that 140 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,119 Speaker 1: I'm stuck, but I'm not moved by what I see. 141 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: I'm moved by what I know, and I know I'm 142 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: under the open windows of heaven. When you get this 143 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: down in your spirit, you won't be intimidated by the 144 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 1: size of your dreams. You won't be discouraged by problems. 145 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: You won't live thinking you're at a disadvantage. You'll have 146 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: a confidence and expectancy of knowing that at any moment, 147 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: the heavens are going to open up. I talk to 148 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: a young man this battling cancer. He lives in another state, 149 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,599 Speaker 1: and he would fly into Houston for treatment at M. 150 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: D Anderson. It got to the place where it was 151 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: so expensive he couldn't keep flying back and forth, so 152 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: he started driving. He would take the treatment and then 153 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: drive home by himself. Nine hours. He heard a message 154 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: on becoming a giver and tithing your income. He had 155 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: all these medical bills and travel expenses. It didn't make 156 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: sense to his mind, but something in his heart told 157 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: him he needed to take a step of faith and 158 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: become a giver. Nobody pressured him, but he started tithing. 159 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: A month later, his boss called and asked about his 160 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: travel arrangements. He explained how he used to fly, but 161 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: now it was too expensive. He was driving. His boss said, 162 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: I don't want you to drive anymore. I want you 163 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: to start flying and put all of your flights, all 164 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: of your travel on our company credit card. This young 165 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: man was so amazed. He said, my boss knew about 166 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: my situation for over a year, but as soon as 167 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: I started tithing, this happened. What was that He stepped 168 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: under the open windows of heaven. When you do your part, 169 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: God will do his part. He'll cause people to be 170 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: good to you. He'll open doors that you can't open. 171 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: The same God that sent provision can send healing. He 172 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: can send the person of your dreams. He can send 173 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: the breakthrough Like this young man, You're about to see 174 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: the heavens open up. God is going to surprise you. 175 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: People are going to go out of their way to 176 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: be good to you. Contracts, scholarships, opportunities are going to 177 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: come looking for you. You're not going to have to 178 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: force it to happen, try to persuade people to be 179 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: for you. God is going to cause it to fall 180 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: into place. Quit worrying about the legal situation, Quit losing 181 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: sleep over that problem at work. The battle is not yours. 182 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: The battle is the Lord's he's your vindicator. He's protecting 183 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 1: your reputation. Stand still and you will see the deliverance 184 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: of the Lord. It's going to happen sooner than you think. 185 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: It's going to turn out better than you thought. Now 186 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: you have to let the seed take root. Thoughts wild 187 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 1: say all this is not for you today. Don't let 188 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 1: your mind talk you out of it. You're a giver. 189 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: You're planet in the house of the Lord. God has 190 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: promised he will open the windows of heaven. He will 191 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: pour out blessings you cannot contain. It goes on to say, 192 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: he will rebuke the devourer for your sake. That means 193 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: what would have devoured opportunity, devoured finances, caused you to 194 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: lose income, harm your children, spend on things that keep 195 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: breaking down. Because you're a giver, God is going to 196 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: rebuke the devour for your sake. It's one thing when 197 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:53,079 Speaker 1: we pray, it's good when we stand against the forces 198 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 1: of darkness. But when you're under the open windows of heaven, 199 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: the creator of the universe says, I'm going to rise 200 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: up and rebuke the devour for you. You don't have to 201 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:10,719 Speaker 1: live worried uptight in fear on edge. You have a protector, 202 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,559 Speaker 1: you have a defender. The Most High God is standing 203 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: guard over your life. There have been many times God 204 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,599 Speaker 1: has rebuked the devourer and we knew nothing about it. 205 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 1: He kept you from that sickness. He protected you from 206 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: that accident. He kept that tree from falling on your house, 207 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: causing you so much in repairs. He kept that supervisor 208 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: from holding you back. It's good to thank God for 209 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: the blessing, the promotion, the favor, but sometimes you need 210 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: to thank God for what didn't happen. Thank him that 211 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: you didn't get sick. Thank you that you didn't get 212 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: laid off. Thank him that your child didn't get in trouble. 213 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: That was God behind the scenes, rebuking the devour for 214 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: your sake. Genesis, chapter one, the earth was dark and 215 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 1: without form. God said, let there be light, and light came. 216 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: He called the light day and the darkness night. This 217 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 1: was on the first day of creation. What's interesting is 218 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: God didn't create the sun or the moon until the 219 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: fourth day, yet he had light from day one. That 220 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: doesn't make sense. How could that be. The sun is 221 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,559 Speaker 1: our source for light. God was showing us he can 222 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: bless you without a source. He can promote you without 223 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: people being for you. He can heal you without the treatment. 224 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: When the angel came to marry, he said, you're going 225 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: to have a baby without a man. In the Old Testament, 226 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: God brought water out of a rock. No late, no stream, 227 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: no source. When you look at your situation, you may 228 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: see all the reasons why you can't get well, why 229 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: you can't accomplish a dream, why you can't break the addiction. 230 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: You don't have what you need. But God is not 231 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: limited by what you don't have. He doesn't have to 232 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 1: have a traditional source. He's God. He controls the universe. 233 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,079 Speaker 1: When he needs light, he doesn't wait for the sun. 234 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: He speaks, and he has light without the sun. What 235 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: God has destined for you he can do without a bank, 236 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: without the treatment, without the experience, without the support. He 237 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: may not do it a traditional way. I know a 238 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: man that had ninety percent of his vocal cords removed. 239 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: He had some kind of infection, kept getting worse. Finally 240 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: the doctors had to remove them. He was told he 241 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: would never speak again. He might be able to make 242 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: some sounds, but never speak. But he talked to me 243 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: like we're talking now. I couldn't tell anything was wrong. 244 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: The doctor said he was a medical marvel an anomaly. 245 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: They couldn't explain it. But when God wants you to speak, 246 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: he doesn't check with your vocal cords what God has 247 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: planned for you. He doesn't check with your bank account. 248 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: He doesn't check with your friends to see if they approve. 249 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: He doesn't check to see if you have the talent. 250 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: He speaks, and it becomes He's going to bless you 251 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: without a source. You're going to see things happen and think, 252 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: how did I get here? How did I know how 253 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: to do this? How did we see this growth? How 254 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: did we get the compact center? That was God blessing 255 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: us without a source. This is what happened to Ruth 256 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: in the scripture. She was out in the fields picking 257 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: up leftover wheat, trying to survive. God spoke to the 258 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: owner of the field, told him to leave wheat on 259 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: the ground on purpose for Ruth. Now she had more 260 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: than enough. She could finish in half the time. It 261 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: was like the windows of heaven opened up. She came 262 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: into an abundance, but she didn't see a source. She 263 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: didn't know that the owner was doing that. God is 264 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: going to make things happen where you don't see a source. 265 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: It's not going to be traditional. Quit worrying because you 266 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: don't see how your situation can work out. God's ways 267 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: are not our ways. They are higher and better than 268 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: our ways. Sometimes we're waiting for the sun for light. 269 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: God says, I don't need the sun. I just speak 270 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: and it happens. In Act chapter eight, an Ethiopian man 271 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: had traveled a great distance to Jerusalem to worship in 272 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: the temple. He was the treasurer for the Queen of Sheba, 273 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: an influential man. On his way back home, he was 274 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: writing in his chariot, reading from the Book of Isaiah. 275 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: Philip had been in Samaria with Peter and John leading 276 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: the church, having great success. An angel appeared to Philip 277 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: and told him to go down to the desert road 278 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza. I'm sure this didn't 279 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: make much sense to Philip. Things were going great in Samaria. 280 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: Now he's supposed to go to the desert. While he 281 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: was there, he saw this chariot passing by. With this 282 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: Ethiopian man. God told him to go catch the chariot. 283 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: He took off run in full speed, and he caught 284 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 1: up with it. He could hear the man reading from 285 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: the Book of Isaiah. He asked him if he understood 286 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: what he was reading. The man said that he didn't. 287 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: So Philip got up in the chariot with him and 288 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: begin to explain how Isaiah was talking about how Jesus 289 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 1: came as the Savior and he shared the good news. 290 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: This man was so excited he saw some water told 291 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: his driver to stop the chariot. He said to Philip, 292 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 1: I want you to baptize me in water right here. 293 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: His whole life was changed from that one encounter. What's 294 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: interesting is this man looking for Philip. He didn't even 295 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: know Philip. Philip chased him down an unexpected blessing. This 296 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 1: man was minding his own business, riding in his chariot. 297 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: Out of nowhere, Philip showed up and gave him insight 298 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 1: that took him to the next level. Like this man, 299 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: because you're a giver, because you're honoring God, God is 300 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 1: going to have the right people search you out. He's 301 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 1: going to cause good breaks to find you. You may 302 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: not realize it, but right now there's a Philip chasing 303 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: your chariot. There are blessings God has ordained to track 304 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 1: you down, people that will use their influence, their experience 305 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: to push you forward, to help you go where you 306 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 1: could not go on your own. Some Phillips are coming 307 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 1: your way. This man was leaving the temple when Philip 308 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: found him. When you take time to go to the 309 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: House of the Lord, don't be a prize. If when 310 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: you get home, if sometime this week, sometime this month, 311 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: Philip shows up something unusual, an unexpected blessing. It is 312 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 1: because you're under the open windows of heaven. When I 313 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: look back over my life, I can see the Phillips. 314 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: In my early twenties, I walked into a jewelry store 315 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: to buy a battery for my watch. There was Philip, 316 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: so to speak. I met Victoria unexpectedly for the first time. 317 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 1: She kept chasing me down, finally caught me. That's my 318 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 1: side of the story. In two thousand and five, a 319 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: book publisher called me out of the blue asked if 320 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: he could publish my next book. I wasn't looking for him, 321 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: we already had a publisher, But when he made the offer, 322 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 1: I said, hello, Philip. A few years ago, an executive 323 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: from Serious XM satellite radio called and asked if I 324 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,120 Speaker 1: would do an hour program on one of their channels 325 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: each week. Told him I wasn't interested in that. He said, 326 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: how about we give you your own channel. I said, hello, Philip, 327 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 1: I didn't go after it. It came after me. When 328 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: you keep God first place, when you're a giver, because 329 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: you're under the open windows of heaven, blessings will overtake you. 330 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: They'll catch you by surprise. You need to get ready. 331 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 1: Some Phillips are about to show up. Good breaks that 332 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: you didn't see coming, people that go out of their 333 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 1: way to be good to you, Opportunities that will thrust 334 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 1: you to the next level. You couldn't have made it happen, 335 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: like the Ethiopian man. You didn't have the connections. You 336 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 1: didn't even know them. It was the hand of God. 337 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: Maybe you're single, believing to meet the right person. You 338 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: don't have to force things to happen, try to convince 339 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: people to like you, compromise your values. Just stay on 340 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: the high road, keep honoring God. He'll have the right 341 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 1: people find you. Philip is on the way. Somebody better 342 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 1: than you can imagine for you. Men. Phyllis is on 343 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:14,160 Speaker 1: the way. That's Philip's sister, and she's good looking. That's 344 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: not in the scripture, but it should be. But here's 345 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 1: what I've learned. You don't have to seek after people. 346 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 1: Seek after God. He'll bring divine connections the right people 347 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: that will move you further into your destiny. In one 348 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: Kings eighteen, there had been a drought in Samaria for 349 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: three and a half years, no water, no rain. Crops 350 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: had dried up, people had little food, struggling to survive. 351 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 1: The prophet Elijah could have said, God, it's not fair. 352 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: I'm a giver. I'm serving you, but I'm not under 353 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 1: the open windows of heaven. I'm in a drought. Instead 354 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:56,679 Speaker 1: of complaining, Elijah went on top of Mount Carmel and 355 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: begin to thank God that the rain was coming. I 356 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 1: can hear him saying, Lord, thank you that rain is 357 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: on the way. Thank you that you're changing things in 358 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 1: my favor. He sent his assistant out to see if 359 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: there were any clouds in the sky. The men came 360 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 1: back and said, in effect, no, sorry, Elijah, your praise 361 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: isn't doing any good. There aren't any clouds. It's perfectly clear. 362 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: This is when many people give up and get discouraged. Gord, 363 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: I've been given, I've been coming I've been helping others, 364 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 1: but nothing has changed. I'm still in a drought. When 365 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: Elijah heard the news that there were no clouds, instead 366 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: of being discouraged, I can imagine that he turned up 367 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: his praise Lord, thank you that you're opening the windows 368 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 1: of heaven. Thank you that rain is on the way. 369 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,440 Speaker 1: He sent the man back again and again and again. 370 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: Sam answer, no clouds. But on the seventh time, the 371 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: men came back and said, this time I saw something different. 372 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 1: Wasn't much. Don't get your hopes up, but I saw 373 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: a little cloud up in the sky. Elijah sent word 374 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 1: to King Ahab, saying, I hear the sound of the 375 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:13,199 Speaker 1: abundance of rain. Here's the key. Elijah heard rain in 376 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 1: his spirit before he saw rain on the outside. God 377 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: always puts things in your spirit before they come to pass. 378 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: That's why you have to latch on the promises in 379 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 1: the middle of struggle and lack. You have to hear 380 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: abundance in loneliness. You have to hear friendships in sickness. 381 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: You have to hear health in trouble and opposition. You 382 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: need to hear victory. Elijah told King Ahab, you better 383 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 1: get in your chariot and take all. There's about to 384 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: be a huge downpour. Ahab God in that chariot. He 385 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 1: headed out as fast as he could, God his horses 386 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 1: going full speed ahead. The scripture says that God gave 387 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 1: Elijah special strength. He tucked in his cloak and ran 388 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,160 Speaker 1: ahead of Ahab's chariot all the way to the next city. 389 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 1: He out ran a chariot. When you're under the open 390 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: windows of heaven, God will help you accomplish things that 391 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: you could not accomplish on your own. Philip caught up 392 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: to a chariot, helped the Ethiopian man. Elijah out ran 393 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 1: a chariot. Goes on to tell how the heavens opened up. 394 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: The three and a half year drought came to an end. 395 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: There was a huge downpour. What Elijah heard in his 396 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 1: spirit suddenly came to pass. The things you've been hearing 397 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: in your spirit, the abundance, the dreams, the healing, the 398 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: child coming back home, meeting the right person. You've heard 399 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 1: it on the inside. It's taken root. Like Elijah, it's 400 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 1: about to suddenly happen. You've been praying, thanking God, doing 401 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 1: the right thing. Get ready, the heavens are about to 402 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: open up. You're going to see an abundance of favor, 403 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:05,160 Speaker 1: an abundance of joy, and abundance of healing. That drought 404 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: is not just going to come to an end. You're 405 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:11,479 Speaker 1: going to outrun the chariot. You're going to go further 406 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,400 Speaker 1: than you ever imagine. You're going to discover ability that 407 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 1: you didn't know was in you. God is going to 408 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: bless you without a source. Quit focusing on what you 409 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: don't have. All Elijah had was a little cloud, no 410 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: chance for rain in the natural. But we serve a 411 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: supernatural God. He can give water without rain, light without 412 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: the sun, healing without the treatment, promotion without people being 413 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 1: for you. Now all through the day, Father, thank you 414 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: that I'm under the open windows of heaven, have an 415 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 1: abundant mentality. If you'll do this, I believe and declare. 416 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 1: God is about to pour out blessings that you cannot contain. 417 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 1: The phillips are about to catch up to your chariot, 418 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:05,199 Speaker 1: unexpected faith, evil, divine connections, healing, breakthroughs, the fullness of 419 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: your destiny. I declare it in the name of Jesus, 420 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,719 Speaker 1: if you receive it, Can you say it? Men? Today, 421 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 422 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 1: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me, 423 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 424 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: into my heart. 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