1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 7 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,159 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 8 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. I promise you 9 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. I'd like to 10 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: start with something funny, and I heard about this groom 11 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: at the wedding rehearsal. He said to the minister, I'll 12 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: make a deal with you. If during the vows you'll 13 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 1: leave out all that love, honor, and obey stuff, I'll 14 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 1: give you one hundred dollars. He slipped one hundred dollars 15 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: deal in the minister's hand walked away with a smile. 16 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: The next day, during the ceremony, the minister said to him, 17 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: do you promise to bow down before your wife to 18 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: take her breakfast in bed to fulfill her every desire? 19 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: He gulped in astonishment and said, in a weak voice, 20 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: I do, And then he whispered in the minister's ear. 21 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: I thought we had a deal. The minister handed him 22 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: his money back and said, your wife made me a 23 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: much better offer. Say it like you mean it. This 24 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 25 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 26 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 27 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 28 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 29 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 30 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about just obey. Many times 31 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: we don't realize that God is speaking to us. We 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: have an impression on the inside, a prompting to be 33 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:47,119 Speaker 1: good to someone. That's not random. That's God talking to us. 34 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: Or you're in a situation and you feel an unrest 35 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: and uneasiness. On the surface, it seems fine, looks like 36 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: a good opportunity. But down in here, an alarm is 37 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: going off. Something's saying it's not right, stay away. That's 38 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: not just your nerves. It's not just you being overly cautious. 39 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: That's God wanting to protect you. When you feel these impressions, 40 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: these promptings, don't ignore it. Don't talk yourself out of it. 41 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: Just obey. If you'll follow that still small voice. It 42 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: says in Psalms that God will lead you down the 43 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: best path for your life. And the scripture talks about 44 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: our inner ear, not a physical ear. You won't hear 45 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: an audible voice. But if you'll be sensitive to what 46 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 1: your inner ear is hearing the still small voice, the promptings, 47 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 1: the suggestions, the alarms, then God will keep you from 48 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: heartache and pain. He'll leads you into promotion in favor. 49 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: He'll use you to be a blessing to others. In 50 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: the Book of Deuteronomy, God gave Moses the ten commandments 51 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: and different instructions to follow. Then God said to the 52 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: Israe of lights, don't add or subtract to what I've 53 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: given you, Just obey. God was saying, don't debate it, 54 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: don't reason it out, don't overanalyze it. Just do what 55 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to do. And too often we feel 56 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: these impressions. We have a knowing on the inside, but 57 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: we dismiss it, think I'll do that later. We override it. 58 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 1: I feel an unrest but looks like a good opportunity, 59 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: or we overanalyze it. That couldn't be for me. That 60 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: doesn't make sense. Now, don't talk yourself out of it. 61 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: Don't come up with excuses. God is saying to us 62 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: what he said to the Israelites. Just obey. Years ago, 63 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: a friend of mine was in church one Sunday and 64 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: he was a young man, a new believer. He looked 65 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: across the way and saw this woman. Something said to 66 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: him so strongly on the inside, go give her a gift. 67 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: He felt an impression to be good to her, but 68 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: his mind said, you don't even know the lady. She 69 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: looks like she's doing fine. She doesn't need your money. 70 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: He came up with excuse after excuse, and he kept 71 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: putting it off, but he couldn't get away from it. 72 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: He looked in his wallet. All he had that day 73 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: was a five dollar bill. He thought, there is no 74 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 1: way I'm going to go give her five dollars. I'd 75 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: be embarrassed. The whole service, a debate was taking place 76 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: in his mind. The longer he waited, the more miserable 77 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: he was. He knew he was supposed to do it. Finally, 78 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 1: he got his nerve up, and after the service he 79 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: went over to her and said, ma'am, I know you 80 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: don't know me, and this may seem kind of strange, 81 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: but I feel like I'm supposed to give you this. 82 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: He placed the five dollar bill in her hand. She 83 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: looked at it and started weeping. She said, I only 84 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: had enough gas to get to church. I prayed God, 85 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: please give me the gas money to make it back home. 86 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 1: She hugged him and said, you're my miracle Prince. God 87 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: knows what he's doing. He can see things that we 88 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: can't see. Don't talk yourself out of it. When you 89 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: obey that still small voice, God will use you to 90 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: brighten people's day. And here's the key. Any time you obey, 91 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: a blessing will always follow. You'll never be good to 92 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: someone else without God being good back to you. Now, 93 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: I wonder how much higher we would go and how 94 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: much more of God's favor we would see if we 95 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: would just obey, not argue, not try to reason it out, 96 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: not come up with excuses. God wants to lead you 97 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: down the best path for your life. He knows where 98 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: the favor is, where the promotion is, where the right 99 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: people are. If you'll be sensitive to his voice, pay 100 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: attention to what your inner ear is hearing. There's no 101 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: limit to where God will take you today. My friend 102 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: that gave that five dollars extremely blessed, very successful. But 103 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: if he hadn't learned to be faithful with the small, 104 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: with the five, how could God trust him with more? 105 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: If you'll start being faithful in the small things you 106 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: know you need to do, you hear that voice, that 107 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: impression tells you you need to get to work on time. 108 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,679 Speaker 1: That's not just your conscience bothering you. That's God talking 109 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: to you. You feel that prompting. You need to quit 110 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: drinking so much coffee. You need to take that course 111 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: to improve your skills. You need to stop being sarcastic 112 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: to your spouse. God talks to us about practical things. 113 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: Sometimes we think he only talks to us about redemption, salvation, doctrine, righteousness. Yes, 114 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: but he also talks to us about keeping the house clean, 115 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: about not staying up all night watching television, about not 116 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 1: leaving the grocery cart in the parking lot, putting it 117 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: back where you found it, about everyday things. When I 118 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: was in my early twenties, I had a ball game 119 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 1: at nine thirty at night on the other side of town, 120 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: and I left with plenty of time to get there, 121 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: but there was construction on the freeway. I was delayed 122 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: about thirty minutes. I had to make up a lot 123 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: of ground to get to my game on timing. Once 124 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: I got through the construction, the freeway was wide open, 125 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: nobody was on it. I had a black sports car. 126 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: I was feeling good. I thought, I'm gonna open this 127 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: thing up and see what it'll do. I tell you 128 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: how fast I was going, But my mother's sitting on 129 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: the front road. I was flying the whole time. Down 130 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: in here. Something was saying slow down, slow down, slow down. 131 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: I answered back, no thanks, no thanks, no thanks. Nobody 132 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: was on the road. I didn't see any other cars. 133 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: Then out of nowhere, this car came up right next 134 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: to me started driving alongside. I thought, what do you know, 135 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: he wants to race? I had an old, beat up, 136 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: run down carthought what is he thinks? He didn't have 137 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: a chance. I took off and floored it. He caught 138 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: back up to me. This time. When I looked over, 139 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: he held up his badge in the window. He pointed 140 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: at me and said, very sternly, slow down. I drove 141 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: fifty five for the next seven years, but if we 142 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: will to obey these promptings, God will keep us out 143 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: of trouble. We'll avoid unnecessary heartache and pain. And we 144 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: know God says go into all the world and share 145 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: the good news. But God also says, slow down on 146 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: the freeway, quit eating so much junk, forgive your coworker, 147 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: be kind to your neighbor, pay attention to the practical things. 148 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: The more you pass these tests, the more God can 149 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: trust you, the more favor he'll release in your life. 150 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: But if God has to argue with you about everything, 151 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: you make excuses why you you shouldn't follow those promptings, 152 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: you'll get stuck. Isaiah said, if you're willing and obedient, 153 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,839 Speaker 1: you will eat the good of the land. When you 154 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:14,239 Speaker 1: learn this principle to just obey, you feel that impression 155 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: to call a friend and encourage them. I'm going to 156 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: call them. You hear that prompting, be more discipline in 157 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: your spending, your obedient. You have that knowing on the inside. 158 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: I know I need to eat healthier. I know I 159 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,559 Speaker 1: need to visit my parents. I know I need to 160 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,199 Speaker 1: take that class. Here's the key. The I knows are 161 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 1: God talking to you. You didn't just come up with that. 162 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: God is asking you to do it. Don't dismiss it, 163 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: don't put it off. The I knows will lead you 164 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: down that best path for your life. And one way 165 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: we know it's God. It doesn't go away. It keeps 166 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: coming up again and again in the middle of the night. 167 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: You're not even thinking about it, and there it is. 168 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: That's God wanting to get your attend. And the scripture 169 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: says God leads us by promptings. One version says by suggestions. 170 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,839 Speaker 1: God won't force you to do something. He won't override 171 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: your will. He'll suggest it. Hey, give the five bucks. 172 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: It's up to us to do it. I've learned the 173 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 1: more you obey, the easier it is to obey. The 174 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: more sensitive you are to his voice, the more you respond, 175 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: the easier it is to respond. You'll get to the 176 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:33,479 Speaker 1: place where you're guided by these promptings. You take the suggestions, 177 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 1: you pull back when you feel in an arm. That's 178 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: how the Holy Spirit leads us. And Paul talked about 179 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: being a vessel used for God's highest purposes. God is 180 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: looking for people that he can count on, people that 181 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: at the slightest impression, the smallest suggestion, they move. God says, 182 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: go here, they go, bless this person, They bless them 183 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 1: change in this area. They change. They don't argue, they 184 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: don't make excuses, they're not too busy. They just obey. 185 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: Psalm twenty five says the secret of the Lord is 186 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: with them that fear him. When you honor God, he 187 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: will tell you secrets. He will whisper things in your 188 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: inner ear, give you insight that you otherwise wouldn't have known. 189 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: You don't know how you know it. You can't explain it, 190 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 1: you just know it. Sometimes we hear about people getting 191 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: into trouble for insider trading. That means somebody on the 192 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: inside of the company is giving information to somebody on 193 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: the outside that's going to affect the price of the stock. 194 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 1: That way they can sell off or buy more. They 195 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: have an advantage because they have inside information. That's what 196 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: God does for us. He knows where the good breaks are. 197 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 1: He knows how to propel you years ahead. If you'll 198 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: be sensitive to that voice, God will give the inside information. 199 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: You'll know things that you shouldn't have known that will 200 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: propel you towards your destiny. A couple of years after 201 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: Victoria and I were married, we sold our town home 202 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: and were looking to buy a house. We found several 203 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: nice houses. We really liked them, but it didn't work out. 204 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: We came to this one, very rundown old house. Windows 205 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 1: were broken out, water dripping from the ceiling, foundation was 206 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,439 Speaker 1: all messed up. The house was in very bad shape, 207 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 1: but it was in a nice neighborhood on a large 208 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,079 Speaker 1: piece of property. Victoria and I looked at each other 209 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: and said, this is it. This is the house for us. 210 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: We had just moved out of a beautiful town home 211 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: in the natural. It didn't make sense. Everything logically speaking 212 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 1: said this is going in the wrong direction. You're making 213 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: a big mistake. But in our inner ear, down in here, 214 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: something was whispering, this is for you. We purchased the property. 215 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: What no one knew was the neighborhood was about to 216 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: change the deed restrictions where you could subdivide the lot. 217 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 1: Two years later we sold half of the property for 218 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: more than we paid for the whole property. That was 219 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: God whispering secrets in our ear. Don't ignore what you're 220 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: hearing on the inside. May not seem logical, but God 221 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 1: can see things that you cannot see. He knows where 222 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:30,559 Speaker 1: the advantages are, he knows how to accelerate your dreams, 223 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: how to make things happen quicker than you thought. I 224 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: talked to a gentleman recently, and he had applied for 225 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: a job at this large company, and the interview went well. 226 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: They really liked the man, but they told him the 227 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: position wasn't going to be available for at least six months. 228 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: They weren't going to make a decision on who to 229 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: hire for some time, and when they did, they'd let 230 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: him know About a month later. He woke up one 231 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: morning and something said to him so strongly, you need 232 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: to call the company and check on the position. They 233 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: had just told him that it would be six months. 234 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: He didn't want to seem overly anxious or do anything 235 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: that might put them off, but he couldn't get away 236 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: from it. That afternoon. Finally he picked up the phone 237 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: and called the men. Said, I can't believe you're calling. 238 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: The position is not supposed to open up till next year, 239 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: but earlier this morning we had a meeting and decided 240 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: to fill it right now. He asked the man, can 241 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: you start next week? Friends, God knows it all, we 242 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:40,239 Speaker 1: have inside information. Don't ignore those promptings. That's God whispering 243 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: secrets in your ear. If you'll just obey, God will 244 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: give you an advantage. He'll make things happen that you 245 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: could never make happen. In the Scripture, there was a 246 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: man named Naeman. He was a captain in the Syrian army, 247 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: a very well respected and influential man, but he had 248 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: leprosy and incurable disease. A young maid that worked for 249 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: him told him that if you'll go see the prophet 250 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: Elisha in Israel, Elisha will pray for you and you'll 251 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: be healed. Naeman took the young lady's advice, traveled a 252 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 1: great distance, showed up at Elisha's house, but Elisha didn't 253 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: go out to meet him at the door. He didn't 254 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: go pray over him. Elisha told his assistant to go 255 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: tell Naeman, if he will wash in the Jordan river 256 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: seven times, he'll be healed. Well. Naemun was offended. He thought, 257 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: does he know who I am? Does he know how 258 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: far I've traveled? And if I need to wash in 259 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: a river, it's not going to be the Jordan River. 260 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: That's dirty. We have much cleaner rivers back at home. 261 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: He came up with all these excuses that doesn't make sense. 262 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: That's not logical. God is not going to explain everything 263 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: that he asked us to do. This is what fate 264 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: is all about. You just have to trust him. Naeman 265 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: almost missed his miracle. He turned around and was about 266 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: to go back home until his assistant said, Naemen, if 267 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: he would have asked you to do something hard, you 268 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: would have done it. Why don't you do this small thing? 269 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: Naeman said, Well, I thought Elisha would come out and 270 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: wave his hand over me and like magic, make me whole. 271 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: He had a preconceived idea of how God was going 272 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: to do it. You can't put God in a box. 273 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: He may not bring your dream to pass the way 274 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: you're thinking. He may not turn the problem around in 275 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: a traditional manner. God's ways are not our ways. They 276 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: are better than our ways. Stay open and let God 277 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: do it his way. Naeman didn't want to do a 278 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: small thing, but I've learned small acts of obedience lead 279 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: to big blessings. It's not necessarily what you're doing, it's 280 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 1: the obedience that activates God power. When you obey in 281 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: small things, when it doesn't seem like it matters, when 282 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 1: nobody's watching, when you don't feel like it, but you 283 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 1: keep doing the right thing. You're faithful, you're a person 284 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: of excellence. Obedience in the small leads to God's blessings 285 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: in great ways. This assistant talk naming in to going 286 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: down and washing in the Jordan river, and I can 287 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: imagine when Naim and God in he thought, this is dirty, 288 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 1: it stinks. I don't like it. Everything in his mind 289 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: was saying, you're wasting your time. This is not making 290 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: any difference. If you allow it, your mind can talk 291 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,239 Speaker 1: you out of your miracle. Negative thoughts can keep us 292 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 1: from God's best. Naim and dip down in the water. 293 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: The first time he came up, he checked his skin. 294 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: Nothing had changed. Dip down the second time, nothing, third 295 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: time nothing, fourth time nothing. I'm sure, he thought, if 296 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: this was going to work, I'd begetting better by now. 297 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 1: I've done the right thing four times in a row. 298 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: I've done exactly what that prophet said, and I'm not 299 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 1: any better. He was discouraged, felt like going back home again. 300 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: He thought, you know, come this far, might as well 301 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 1: finish it out. Dip down the fifth time, nothing, sixth 302 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: time nothing. What's interesting is Naeman didn't have the faith 303 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: that it was going to happen. He didn't believe he 304 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 1: was going to get well. He wasn't singing praises, thanking 305 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: God that the answer was coming. He was complaining negative sour, 306 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 1: going to tell his maid, you're not getting raised this time. 307 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: Some prophets you sent me to He dipped down that 308 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: seventh time. When he came up, his skin was perfectly normal, 309 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: looked like a baby's skin. Here's my point. The healing 310 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: wasn't in the water, or he would have been healed 311 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: the first time. The healing was in the obedience. Could 312 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: it be that your healing will come you obey your promotion, 313 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: your breakthrough, the restoration will come if you'll just keep 314 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 1: doing the right thing. Well, Joel, I'm being my best. 315 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 1: I'm honoring God. I don't see anything happening. Don't worry. 316 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: Your time is coming. You may be on number four, 317 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: number five, the good news number seven is on the way. 318 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: God rewards obedience. Your healing is coming. The right people 319 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: are coming, new opportunities are coming, Freedom is coming. Keep 320 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: being obedient, stay on that high road. It may be uncomfortable, 321 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 1: it may not be fair, but God is in complete control. 322 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: He's a rewarder of those that honor him. Now, I 323 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:48,719 Speaker 1: love the fact that Nyelman's obedience overrode the fact that 324 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: he didn't have the faith. This is how powerful obedience is. 325 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 1: There are times in our life that we don't feel 326 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: like we have the faith we need. We want to believe, 327 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,640 Speaker 1: but we don't see how we could get well, how 328 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 1: we could accomplish a dream, how our future is going 329 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 1: to be bright. Here's the key. Until your faith grows, 330 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: just keep being obedient, doing what you know to do, 331 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 1: following that still small voice, Your obedience will override the 332 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: fact that you don't have enough faith. I can't prove it, 333 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 1: but I believe that Naeman got healed. While he was complaining, 334 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: I don't like this water. It's dirty, it smells bad. 335 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 1: He came up the seventh time. I told you it 336 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,360 Speaker 1: wasn't going to work. Looked at his arms, couldn't believe it. 337 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: He went from complaining to giving praise. He said, now 338 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 1: I know the God of Israel is the true and 339 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: the living God, and I'm not for complaining talking defeat, 340 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: being negative. There are examples where that keeps people out 341 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:55,679 Speaker 1: of their promised land, but in this case, obedience overrode 342 00:20:55,720 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: all that. Like Na'aeman, when you face situations you like 343 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 1: and you don't understand it. The odds are against you. 344 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: If you'll just keep doing the right thing, your breakthrough 345 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:12,159 Speaker 1: is on the way. When you obey, miracles happen, healing 346 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: is released, new doors will open. See every time you obey, 347 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: you're sowing a seed when it's difficult, you're uncomfortable, you 348 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: don't feel like it, but you do it anyway. You 349 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 1: are sowing an extraordinary seed. That means you're going to 350 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:33,199 Speaker 1: reap an extraordinary harvest. God will never ask you to 351 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: do something and then not give you the power to 352 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: do it. When he asks you to walk away from 353 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: a friend that's pulling you down, or to get rid 354 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:44,919 Speaker 1: of a habit that you know is ruining your health, 355 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: he's not trying to take something from you. He's trying 356 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 1: to get something better to you. If you will just obey, 357 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: you'll come up to a new level of your destiny. 358 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: Growing up, we knew this man that loved to play 359 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: the piano. He was very talented, but he had rheumatoid arthritis. 360 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: Over the years, it kept getting worse and worse, and 361 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 1: he came to the point where his fingers were all 362 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: bent over like a fist. He couldn't open them up. 363 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:17,679 Speaker 1: His joints were swollen, very painful, and obviously he couldn't 364 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 1: play the piano anymore. One day he heard my father 365 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: talking about the importance of forgiveness, how we should let 366 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 1: things go, and how when we carry bitterness and hold 367 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: a grudge, it poisons our life. He felt convicted. He 368 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: had held something against his parents for many years. He 369 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: felt like they had done him wrong, and he'd carried 370 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: around this bitterness year after year. He knew to let 371 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: it go. He'd heard the still small voice saying, hey, 372 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,360 Speaker 1: move on with your life, but he wouldn't do it. 373 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 1: But that day, when he heard my father, he made 374 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 1: a decision that he was going to forgive his parents. 375 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: He didn't feel like doing it, he didn't think they 376 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: deserved it, but out of an act of obedience, he 377 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:06,719 Speaker 1: let it go. Over the next few months, little by little, 378 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 1: his fingers started opening up, the swellings started going down, 379 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: the pain started subsiding. A year later, he could sit 380 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: down and play the piano like you had never missed 381 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 1: a beat. The healing was in the obedience. He sold 382 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: an extraordinary seed. Forgiven somebody that hurt him, he reaped 383 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: an extraordinary harvest, his health was restored. Is there something 384 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 1: you've been putting off you know you should do? Maybe 385 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: like him, you feel like you have a great right 386 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: to hold a grudge, to be angry they did you wrong. 387 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 1: All that's going to do is poison your own life, 388 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 1: affect your dreams, affect your health. You have to forgive 389 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: so you can be free. Forgive so your healing will 390 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: be released. Not just physically, but when you let it go, 391 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,120 Speaker 1: God can make you in emotionally houl. That's when he'll 392 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 1: give you beauty for ashes. You'll start loving again, start 393 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: laughing again, start dreaming again. I know faith gets God's attention, 394 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: but obedience activates God's power. You can have great faith, 395 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 1: but if you're ignoring the still small voice, if you're 396 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: overriding what you know God wants you to deal with, 397 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: it can keep you from your miracle. And sometimes God 398 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: asked us to do a hard thing. God told Abraham 399 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 1: to take his son Isaac. This was the son that 400 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: Abraham and Sarah had waited twenty years to have. They 401 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: had prayed and believed. Now finally little Isaac is here. 402 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: Abraham was to take Isaac up on a mountain and 403 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: sacrifice him they took a three day journey, went way 404 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: up on this mountain. But just when Abraham was about 405 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 1: to follow through, God said, Abraham, don't do it. I 406 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: just wanted to see if you would be obedient. When 407 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: it was extremely difficult, Abraham looked over and saw a 408 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: ram caught in the bush, and he knew that was 409 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:09,719 Speaker 1: the sacrifice. What's interesting is rams don't normally go that 410 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: high up in the mountain. That's not natural to them. 411 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 1: But when you do what God's asking you to do, 412 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: every step you take in obedience, the ram is taking 413 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 1: a step towards you. You may not be able to 414 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 1: see it. Joel, I'm doing the right thing. Doesn't look 415 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: like anything's changing. What you can't see is on the 416 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 1: other side of the mountain. You're healing, your provision, your abundance, 417 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 1: your breakthrough is making its way towards you. Like with Abraham, 418 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 1: we're not gonna understand. Everything God asked us to do. 419 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: May be difficult. It's hard to forgive someone that hurts you. 420 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: It's hard to keep a good attitude when the medical 421 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 1: report is negative. But if you'll sow this extraordinary seed 422 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: and be obedient, then get ready. You're going to see 423 00:25:56,359 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 1: God's favor in extraordinary ways. I'm asking you today to 424 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 1: just obey. Don't try to figure it out, don't overanalyze it. 425 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: Just do what you know God's asking you to do. 426 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: Pay attention to the still small voice. Start listening with 427 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: your inner ear. God wants to whisper secrets, give you 428 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: inside information that will propel you towards your destiny. If 429 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 1: you'll do this, I believe and declare God is going 430 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: to lead you down the best path for your life. 431 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: You're going to see favor, increase, promotion, healing, vindication, the 432 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name. If you receive it, 433 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,919 Speaker 1: can you say him in today? We never like to 434 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 435 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 436 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: Just say Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 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