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We love 33 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 2: you and we know God has great things in store. 34 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 2: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 35 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 2: and be a part of one of our services. I 36 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 2: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But 37 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 2: thanks so much for tuning in today, and thank you 38 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,559 Speaker 2: again for coming out. I like to start with something 39 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 2: funny each week, and I heard about this old country farmer. 40 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 2: He was taking his nephew camping for the first time. 41 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: His nephew had five degrees and was one of the 42 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 2: smartest men alive. They set up their tent and quickly 43 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 2: fell asleep. In the middle of the ninth The farmer 44 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 2: woke up his nephew and said, look up, what do 45 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 2: you see. The nephew said, I see millions of stars. 46 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: He said I know that, But what does it tell you? 47 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: He said. Astronomically, it tells me there are billions of galaxies. Meteorologically, 48 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 2: it tells me it's going to be a beautiful day. 49 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 2: Theologically it tells me God is a great creator. What 50 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 2: does it tell you? The old farmer shook his head, said, 51 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 2: it tells me somebody stole our tent. All right, hold 52 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 2: up your bible and say it like you mean it. 53 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 54 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 55 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 56 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 57 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 58 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 59 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about signs of God's favor. 60 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 2: When God puts a promise in our heart, he will 61 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 2: always give us some kind of sign that the promise 62 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 2: is going to come to pass, something to boost our faith, 63 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 2: to encourage us. It may be something small. A friend 64 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 2: makes one comment. They don't even realize it, but it's 65 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 2: exactly what you needed to hear. Something lights up on 66 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 2: the inside. That's a sign from God. I've had people 67 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 2: tell me after the service, Joel, when you mentioned this 68 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 2: in your message, it's just what I needed. I think 69 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,679 Speaker 2: to myself, I didn't even talk about that. You know 70 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 2: what that is God causing them to hear what they 71 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 2: needed to hear. Or maybe you're reading the scripture and 72 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 2: all of a sudden a verse jumps out at you. 73 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 2: You feel ten feet tall. You know God's in control, 74 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 2: you know he's fighting your battles. That's a sign from God. 75 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 2: A couple of months after my father went to be 76 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 2: with the Lord and I stepped up to pastor the church. 77 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 2: There were so many changes taking place, things that were 78 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 2: going on. At times, I was tempted to feel overwhelmed, 79 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 2: like I wasn't able to do it. One day, when 80 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 2: it seemed like it was the worst ever and it 81 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 2: wasn't going to work out, I went to bed so concerned. 82 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 2: But when I woke up the next morning, I could 83 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 2: hear myself singing a song of praise, not out loud, 84 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 2: but on the inside. I was singing it over and over. 85 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 2: That song we used to sing you, O Lord are 86 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 2: a shield under me, the glory and the lifter of 87 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 2: my head. I woke up refreshed, re energized, knowing that 88 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 2: I was well able. That was a sign from Almighty God. 89 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 2: The scripture talks about how God will confirm his word 90 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: with signs following. We often think that just means when 91 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 2: someone ministers that there'll be salvation, healing and miracles, and yes, 92 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 2: that's true, but it also means when God puts a 93 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 2: promise in your heart, he will confirm that promise by 94 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: showing you some kind of sign. It may be through 95 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,679 Speaker 2: a dream, through another person, through nature, through his word, 96 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 2: or through something that seems like a coincidence. It looks 97 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 2: insignificant to others, but to you, you know, it's God 98 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 2: saying I'm in control, I'm directing your steps, and it's 99 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 2: important that we recognize these signs. That's what's going to 100 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 2: help keep us encouraged while we're waiting for the promises 101 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 2: to come to pass. When we're at tempted to get down, 102 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 2: we can go back and say, no, I've got this sign. 103 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 2: God confirmed it through a phrase that was spoken to me, 104 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 2: through a dream that I had, through the time I 105 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 2: woke up singing. If you can remember not just the promise, 106 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 2: but the time God confirmed it with a sign that's 107 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 2: going to give you the faith to stand strong and 108 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 2: see the promise come to fulfillment. At the house where 109 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 2: my parents used to live, they had large windows in 110 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 2: the den that looked out to a courtyard was actually 111 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 2: a town home. Every day, for months, this little red bird, 112 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 2: a cardinal would come into the courtyard sit on a 113 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 2: branch right by the window in the den. My mother 114 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 2: loves birds. She would sit there and watch that little 115 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: bird and enjoy it so much she got to where 116 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 2: she looked forward to that bird coming by each day. 117 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 2: This went on for five or six months, just like clockwork, 118 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 2: every afternoon, the little cardinal would show up and spend 119 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 2: three or four hours in the courtyard. Well eventually he 120 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 2: quit coming there. About a year later, my father went 121 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 2: to be with the Lord, and now my mom was 122 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 2: living at home by herself, and after being married for 123 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 2: nearly fifty years, she was having to make some adjustments. 124 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 2: I'm sure there were times that she was tempted to 125 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 2: feel lonely, to get down and discourage. Do you know 126 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 2: what happened? That little cardinal started coming back to the 127 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 2: courtyard once again every day, singing, chirping, having a good time. 128 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 2: That wasn't a coincidence. That wasn't a lucky break. That 129 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 2: was a sign from the creator of the universe. That 130 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 2: was Almighty God saying to my mother, I'm still in control. 131 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 2: I still have a plan. Everything's going to work out. See. 132 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 2: God controls the whole universe, He controls nature, he controls animals. 133 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 2: If you will be sensitive, you will see the hand 134 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 2: of God at work, even in small things. That's God 135 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 2: talking to you, showing you a sign, letting you know 136 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 2: he's going to bring those promises to pass. David understood 137 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 2: this principle. He said in Psalm eighty six seventeen, God, 138 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 2: send me a sign of your favor. Notice David was 139 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 2: on the offensive. He wasn't waiting around to see if 140 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 2: there was going to be a sign. His attitude was, God, 141 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 2: I know you promised you would give me a sign, 142 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 2: So I'm asking you to confirm what you put in 143 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 2: my heart. I wonder what would happen if we would 144 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 2: be as bold as David and say, God, give me 145 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 2: a sign that this property is going to sell, Give 146 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 2: me a sign that my child's going to come back home. 147 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 2: Give me a sign that I'm going to meet the 148 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 2: right person. If you'll be bold enough to ask. God 149 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 2: promises he will confirm that word by showing you some 150 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 2: kind of sign that means he'll do something out of 151 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 2: the ordinary, something unusual to where you know, beyond a 152 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 2: shadow of a doubt. It was the hand of God 153 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 2: confirming what He's already put in your heart. This is 154 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 2: what King Hezekiah did. He was very sick and close 155 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 2: to death, and the prophet Isaiah showed up at the 156 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 2: palace and said, Hezekiah, sorry, but God says you're about 157 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 2: to die. Your time here on earth is done. Of course, 158 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 2: that wasn't the news Hezekiah was hoping for it. He 159 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 2: began to pray and plead with God. Before Isaiah could 160 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 2: leave the palace grounds, God spoke to him and said, Isaiah, 161 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 2: go back and tell Hezekiah I'm going to extend his 162 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 2: life by fifteen more years. When Hezekiah got the news, 163 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 2: of course, he was thrilled, but he wanted confirmation. I 164 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 2: can hear him saying Isaiah, I'm very grateful, very happy, 165 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 2: but I need a sign. God promised he would confirm 166 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 2: this word. I need something to encourage my faith. Isaiah 167 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 2: didn't say, Hezekiah, would you leave God alone? He gave 168 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 2: you a promise, man, just stand on it. No, he 169 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 2: said in Second Kings twenty verse nine. This is the 170 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 2: sign from the Lord to prove he will do what 171 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 2: he promised. The son will go backwards ten degrees. They 172 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 2: went outside and looked at the shadows on the sundial, 173 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 2: and sure enough, instead of going forward, those shadows begin 174 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 2: to go backwards. Now, time Hezekiah was tempted to get 175 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 2: discouraged and think that he wouldn't get well, he would 176 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 2: not only thank God for the promise, but he would 177 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 2: remember the time God confirmed it by showing him a sign. 178 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 2: He would think, if God can cause the son to 179 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 2: go backwards, then he can heal my body. If God 180 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 2: can cause me to wake up singing, he can cause 181 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 2: me to stand up here in minister. If God can 182 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 2: cause a little cardinal to come into my mom's courtyard 183 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 2: to cheer her up, surely God can take care of 184 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 2: my mother and give her a new beginning. God gave 185 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 2: Hezekiah this sign to encourage his faith. God wants to 186 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 2: do the same thing for us. God knows that when 187 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 2: we're standing on his promises, believing to accomplish a dream, 188 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 2: to overcome an illness, to get out of debt. At times, 189 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 2: it can seem impossible. Every voice tells us it's not 190 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 2: going to happen. You're too old, it's been too long, 191 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 2: you may too many mistakes. It's easy to get discouraged 192 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 2: and give up on these promises. But if we can 193 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 2: just learn to do like David and say, God, give 194 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 2: me a sign of your favor. Give me a sign 195 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 2: that my health is going to improve, give me a 196 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 2: sign that this relationship has your blessing. It's scriptural to 197 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 2: ask for a sign of God's favor. That's your faith 198 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 2: being released, and faith is what allows God to do 199 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 2: amazing things. I received a letter from a young lady. 200 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 2: She lost her husband at twenty nine years old. He 201 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 2: was killed in a motorcycle accident. They had two beautiful daughters. 202 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 2: Of course, her world was turned upside down. It was difficult, 203 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 2: but she stood on the promise that God would give 204 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 2: her beauty for ashes, joy for mourning. Several years later, 205 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 2: she met a young man and fell in love, and 206 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 2: they decided to get married. And although she was happy, 207 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 2: down deep she felt a little bit guilty. She believed 208 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 2: that her first husband would want her to go on 209 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 2: with her life and remarry, but she was constantly dealing 210 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 2: with these lingering thoughts of doubt. A week before she 211 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 2: left for Hawaii to get remarried, she got down on 212 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 2: her knees and said, God, I'm asking you to give 213 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 2: me a sign so i'll know that I have your 214 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:27,199 Speaker 2: blessing and my first husband's blessing. She said, Joel, I'm 215 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 2: not too good at seeing signs, so I asked for 216 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 2: something obvious. They were going to get married outdoors on 217 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 2: the beach there in Hawaii. She asked God to give 218 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 2: her a rainbow in the sky. After she thought about it, 219 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,839 Speaker 2: she felt like that was too far out, too extreme. 220 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 2: Those thoughts came saying, who do you think you are? 221 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 2: God's not going to give you a rainbow talked her 222 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 2: out of it. She finally thought, well, maybe I'll just 223 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 2: see a butterfly at the ceremony, or maybe a beautiful sunset, 224 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 2: and that'll let me know that I'm making the right decision. 225 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 2: Think anything more about it. The day of the wedding, 226 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 2: just as the ceremony started, out of nowhere, there appeared 227 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 2: not only one beautiful rainbow, but there were two beautiful 228 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 2: rainbows lighting up the sky. The lady that was coordinating 229 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,199 Speaker 2: the wedding, said she had done weddings there for over 230 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 2: twenty years and never seen that happen once before. As 231 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 2: soon as they got through taking their wedding pictures, the 232 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 2: rainbows quietly disappeared. She said, Joel, I know one rainbow 233 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 2: was God saying you have my approval, and the second 234 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 2: rainbow was God saying you have your first husband's blessing 235 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 2: as well. She closed the letter by saying, who would 236 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 2: have ever thought you could ask God to give you 237 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 2: a rainbow and he'd not only give you one, but 238 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 2: he'd give you two. Friends, that's the kind of God 239 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 2: we serve. He likes to outdo himself. But here's my point. 240 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 2: I don't believe she would have seen those rainbows if 241 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 2: she had not been bold enough to ask. Some of 242 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 2: you never see any signs, but it's because you're not asking. 243 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 2: God wants to do something amazing in your life. He 244 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 2: wants to do things to strengthen your faith, to uplift 245 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 2: your spirits. But he's waiting for us to take the 246 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 2: first step. We have not because we ask not. Those 247 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 2: promises that you're standing on today, the dreams in your heart, 248 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 2: the situations you'll believing to turn around, dare to say, God, 249 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 2: give me a sign of your favor, give me a 250 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 2: sign that I'm going the right direction. If you'll release 251 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 2: your faith by asking, then be on the lookout expecting 252 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 2: God's goodness. He promises he will confirm that word by 253 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 2: showing you some kind of sign. I'm not saying that 254 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 2: God's going to give us everything we ask for, and 255 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 2: if we say we need a rainbow, there'll be a rainbow. No, 256 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 2: we don't tell God what to do. We simply need 257 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 2: to ask in faith and then trust God to do 258 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 2: it his way. He's God. He knows how to confirm 259 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 2: what he's saying to you. But what I love about 260 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 2: this young lady is her boldness. That took a lot 261 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 2: of nerve to say, God, give me a rainbow. She 262 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 2: could have thought God's not that concerned about me. He's 263 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 2: got bigger things to deal with. I can't bother God. No, understand, 264 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 2: you are God's biggest deal. You are the apple of 265 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 2: God's eye. You are his most prized possession. God knows 266 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 2: when you get up and when you sit down. He 267 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 2: knows when you feel lonely, discouraged, when you're overwhelmed. If 268 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 2: you're going to see these signs of God's favor to 269 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 2: build your faith, to help you overcome obstacles. And you've 270 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 2: got to do like this, young lady, rise up with 271 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 2: a boldness, understanding who you are, a child of the 272 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 2: Most High God, valuable, chosen, set apart, crowned with favor. 273 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 2: Now you've got to put your shoulders back, hold your 274 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 2: head up high, and dare to say, like David, God, 275 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 2: give me a sign that promotion is coming. Give me 276 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 2: a sign that this depression is leaving. Give me a 277 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 2: sign that my child is going to break this addiction. 278 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 2: When you ask, you're releasing your faith. You're saying God, 279 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 2: I believe you can do what you promised. 280 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 1: God. 281 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 2: I believe you're bigger than what the medical report says. 282 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 2: I believe you're greater than what my bank account looks like. 283 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 2: I believe you're stronger than what the critics are telling me. 284 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 2: I may not see away, but God, I know you 285 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 2: have a way and you will bring these promises to pass. 286 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 2: I remember when my mother was so sick in nineteen 287 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 2: eighty one with terminal cancer. Didn't look like she was 288 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 2: going to make it. We'd been praying and believing week 289 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 2: after week, but she wasn't getting any better. My father 290 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 2: had this attitude we're talking about, saying, God, send me 291 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 2: a sign of your favor. One night we got home 292 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 2: from church and my father went to his bedroom to 293 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 2: change clothes, and he put his Bible on the bed, 294 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 2: and it just so happened to fall open in the middle. 295 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 2: He didn't think anything about it, but as he was 296 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 2: hanging his coat up on the hangar, for some reason, 297 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 2: he felt drawn to the Bible. As he was watching it, 298 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 2: the pages begin to flip and flip and flip, just 299 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 2: like someone was intentionally turning them. He thought, that's odd. 300 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 2: The air conditioner wasn't on, there wasn't a fan, and 301 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 2: he went over there and one of the pages is 302 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 2: sort of halfway flipped up on the other. The first 303 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 2: verse that he saw, the one that totally stuck out, 304 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 2: was Psalm one five thirty seven. It says God brought 305 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 2: them out with silver and gold, and there was not 306 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 2: one sickly person among them. When he read that, it 307 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 2: was like electricity shot through his whole body. He knew 308 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 2: God was saying, my mother was going to come out 309 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 2: healthy and hope. Month after month went by, we didn't 310 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 2: see any signs of improvement. But instead of getting discouraged, 311 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 2: we would always go back and remember that night that 312 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 2: God turned the pages in the Bible. That was a 313 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 2: sign from God to my father, confirming those promises that 314 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 2: we were standing on. And I don't know if it 315 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 2: was their conditioner, maybe just a natural gust of air, 316 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 2: but whatever caused it, ultimately we knew it was the 317 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 2: hand of God speaking faith to our heart. We chose 318 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 2: to believe that it was God confirming his word. That 319 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,159 Speaker 2: was nearly thirty years ago, and today my mother is 320 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 2: still healthy and strong, going ninety miles an hour every 321 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 2: single day. But I wonder how many times we miss 322 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 2: the signs God is giving us. Think, oh wow, the 323 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 2: pages on the Bible flip, that's a good scripture. Oh wow, 324 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 2: there was a rainbow in the sky. No, be sensitive 325 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 2: to what God is doing. There's no such thing as 326 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 2: a coincidence, no such thing as a lucky break. That's 327 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 2: the hand of God at work in your life. He 328 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 2: could very well be God confirming a promise that He's 329 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 2: placed in your heart. A few years ago, I was 330 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 2: out running and I'd had a long day, and there 331 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 2: were some situations I was hoping would turn around and 332 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 2: I was wondering why it was taking so long and 333 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 2: when it was ever going to get any better, just 334 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 2: kind of frustrated and stressed out trying to make things happen. 335 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 2: While I was running, it was very winding. The leaves 336 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,919 Speaker 2: were blowing off the trees, and one thing I've always 337 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 2: liked to do is to try to catch leaves. So 338 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 2: while I was running, I was grabbing here and grabbing there, 339 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 2: but I couldn't catch these leaves that were very small. 340 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 2: They were darting all around, but at one point there 341 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 2: was this huge, dude burst of air. There must have 342 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 2: been a thousand leaves falling all around me, and I thought, wow, 343 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 2: this is my chance, and I started grabbing and grabbing 344 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 2: and grabbing, grabbing, but I could not catch one single leaf. 345 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 2: I couldn't believe it. Here I was out running to 346 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 2: try to relieve stress, and I was getting more stressed 347 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 2: out because I couldn't catch a leaf, and finally I 348 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 2: just said forget about it, kept on running. About fifteen 349 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 2: minutes later, while I was still running, as this arm 350 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 2: went up into the air just a natural motion, I 351 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 2: felt something hit the palm of my hand. I opened 352 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 2: it up and it was this leaf I couldn't believe it. 353 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 2: I've been running practically my whole life and never had 354 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 2: a leaf fall into my hand. That was God saying 355 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 2: to me, Joel, you don't have to grab, you don't 356 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 2: have to try to make things happen. You don't have 357 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 2: to live frustrated. He was saying, just trust me, and 358 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 2: I'll give you that as I of your heart. Now, 359 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 2: every time something is not happening as fast as I 360 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,479 Speaker 2: would like, or I'm tempted to worry, if it's going 361 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 2: to work out, I'll go back and get my leaf 362 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 2: out and look at it. This leaf reminds me that 363 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 2: the creator of the universe is in control of my life. 364 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 2: It reminds me. It reminds me that the Most High 365 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 2: God is directing my steps, making my crooked places straight, 366 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 2: surrounding me with his favor. If God can cause a 367 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 2: leaf to blow out of a tree at the exact 368 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 2: right time to hit the palm of my hand while 369 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,919 Speaker 2: I'm running in motion, then surely God can get us 370 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,719 Speaker 2: to where we're supposed to be. And no person can 371 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 2: stop us, no economy can stop us, no sickness can 372 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 2: stop you, no bad break can stop you. If God 373 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 2: be for you, to dare be against you. You need 374 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 2: to go back and remember the great things as God 375 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 2: has done. Go back and get your leef. I'm convinced 376 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 2: every one of us has things we know had to 377 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 2: be the hand of God. Somebody you bumped into introduced 378 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:17,959 Speaker 2: you to your spouse, a coworker unexpectedly resigned, and all 379 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 2: of a sudden you were promoted. A stranger came by 380 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 2: to help. They spoke one phrase that spoke volumes to 381 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 2: your heart. Those are signs of God's favor, just like 382 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 2: my leaf. When you're at tempted to get down, think 383 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 2: it's not going to work out, go get your leaf 384 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 2: out and say no. I remember when God opened up 385 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 2: that door. I remember when God made away. I remember 386 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 2: when God spared my life. I remember when God healed 387 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 2: my child. Remembering the great things God has done is 388 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 2: going to give you the strength to keep fighting that 389 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 2: good fight of faith, because you'll know if God did 390 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 2: it for you once, he'll do it for you again. 391 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 2: It's good to keep something in front of you you 392 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 2: that reminds you of God's goodness. That's why I keep 393 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 2: this leaf in my desk. Every time I see it, 394 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 2: it reminds me that God is in complete control. I 395 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 2: remember when we were trying to acquire this new facility, 396 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 2: there was a council member that I could not get 397 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 2: in touch with. I'd called and called, but he was 398 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 2: either always too busy or out of the office. There 399 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 2: was some excuse, and he would never call me back. 400 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 2: After doing this for several months, I finally decided to 401 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 2: quit trying. I knew that he was avoiding us. I'd 402 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 2: already been told by his staff very clearly that he 403 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 2: was not for us. I thought, well, I'll just write 404 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 2: him off. No use wasting our time and energy. And 405 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,159 Speaker 2: during the process of trying to get this facility, there 406 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 2: were plenty of opportunities like that to where we could 407 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 2: have gotten discouraged. But I did just what I'm asking 408 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 2: you to do. Every morning I got up and said, God, 409 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:58,640 Speaker 2: give me a sign of your favor, something to encourage 410 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 2: my heart. One evening, I was in a sporting goods 411 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 2: store trying on some tennis shoes. It was very late, 412 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 2: the store was just about to close. It was cold 413 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 2: and rainy outside. It was hardly anybody else in the store. 414 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:14,640 Speaker 2: But at one point, when I looked up from trying 415 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 2: on those shoes, that council member was standing just a 416 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,880 Speaker 2: few feet in front of me. Now, I thought, God, 417 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 2: you are so good because he is caught and he 418 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 2: has nowhere to run. Friends, God has a way of 419 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 2: having you at the right place at the right time. 420 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 2: He came right up to me, very friendly and said, 421 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 2: old Pastor Osteen, I've been meaning to get back to you. 422 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 2: I've just been so busy, and I stepped back in 423 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 2: case the lightning struck. He went on to say, I 424 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 2: want you to know I'm one hundred percent for you. 425 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 2: You can definitely count on my vote. I was amazed. 426 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 2: I had been told very clearly that he was told 427 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 2: against us and he would never vote for us. It 428 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 2: says in Proverbs God can turn the heart of a king. 429 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 2: That means the people that are so against you, God 430 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 2: can suddenly cause them to be totally for you. See, 431 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 2: God is not just in control of your life. He's 432 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,919 Speaker 2: even in control of your enemies. Those people that are 433 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 2: so against you right now trying to hold you back 434 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 2: and keep you from your dreams. Don't waste your time 435 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 2: worrying about it. They can't stop your destiny. God controls 436 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 2: your destiny if you need them to be for you, 437 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 2: So you can get to where you're supposed to be. 438 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 2: Then God will either change their heart or he'll simply 439 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 2: move them out of the way. But no person can 440 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:51,440 Speaker 2: keep you from your God given destiny. That one encounter 441 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 2: of unexpectedly meeting the council member finding out he was 442 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 2: for us, that was a sign of God's favor more 443 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 2: than the one that was God's saying to me, Joel, 444 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 2: I've got you back. Don't worry if somebody's not for you. 445 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 2: I'll turn the hearts that need to be turned. I'll 446 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 2: fight your battles, I'll direct your steps. My favor will 447 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 2: get you to where you're supposed to be. And that's 448 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 2: exactly what happened. Here we are today enjoying God's blessings. 449 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 2: We saw the promises come to pass. Many of you 450 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,680 Speaker 2: have been standing on promises for a long time, believing 451 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 2: for something to change, but you don't see anything happening. 452 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 2: You could easily get discouraged, but understand, just like in 453 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 2: my situation, God is in complete control of your life. 454 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 2: People may have tried to stop you. Circumstances may have 455 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 2: tried to talk you out of it. Your own thoughts 456 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 2: may be telling you that it's all over. But the 457 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 2: good news is God has the final say, and he 458 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 2: has every intention of getting you to where you're supposed 459 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 2: to be. Now you've got to dare say, like David, God, 460 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 2: give me a sign of your favor. Give me a 461 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 2: sign that that promotion is coming. Give me a sign 462 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 2: that this situation is going to turn around. Then when 463 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 2: you're tempted to get discouraged, you can go back and 464 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 2: say no. I remember the rainbow in the sky. I 465 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 2: remember the pages the Bible flipping on their own. I 466 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 2: remember catching the leaf. I remember bumping into the council member. 467 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 2: I remember when I woke up singing. If you can 468 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 2: remember the signs God gave you, it'll breathe new life 469 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 2: into your dreams, and it won't matter if the promise 470 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 2: takes a week, a year, or twenty years. Deep down, 471 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 2: you'll know that you know God is still going to 472 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 2: bring that promise to pass. I believe that many of 473 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 2: you this week you're going to see a sign of 474 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 2: God's favor. Something is going to happen to where you say, 475 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 2: I know that was the hand of God showing me 476 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 2: that He's in control of my life. Be expecting God's goodness, 477 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 2: keep looking for God's favor. If you do that, God 478 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 2: will not only confirm the word with some kind of sign, 479 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 2: but you're going to see Ephesians three twenty at work, 480 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,479 Speaker 2: God is going to do exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. 481 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 2: I believe it. I declare it over each one of 482 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 2: you in the name of Jesus. And if you receive it, 483 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 2: can you say amen? And amen amen. 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