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It helps keep the 41 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 5: ministry going. 42 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 4: Enjoy the message. 43 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 6: Ho God bless you. It is always there's a joy 44 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 6: to come into your homes. We love you and we 45 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 6: are believing for God's very best in your life. I 46 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 6: know this. 47 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 5: God rewards people that seek after him. I believe that's you, 48 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 5: or you wouldn't be watching, or you wouldn't have come 49 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 5: out today. So thank you for coming. If you're ever 50 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 5: in our area, stop by and be a part of 51 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 5: one of our services. 52 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 6: We loved you and just appreciate you. 53 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 5: Tuning in, I like to get started each week with 54 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 5: something kind of funny, and I heard about these two 55 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 5: little boys. They were brothers, ages four and six. They 56 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 5: were spending the night at their grandmother's. Before they went 57 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 5: to bed, their grandmother told them to make sure that 58 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 5: they said their prayers. So they went to their room, 59 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 5: got down on their knees, and the youngest boy, he 60 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 5: began to pray at the top of his loans. God, 61 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 5: I pray for a new bicycle. I pray for a 62 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 5: new PlayStation. I pray for a new DVD. His brother 63 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 5: punched him and said, why are you screaming? God is 64 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 5: not death. The little boy said, I know that, but 65 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 5: grandmother is all right, hold up your Bible, say it 66 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 5: like you mean it. 67 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 6: This is my Bible. What it says I am. 68 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have, I can do 69 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 70 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 5: taught the word of God, I boldly confess. My mind 71 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 72 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 73 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about speaking faith filled words. 74 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 6: Our words have creative power. 75 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 5: If you want to know what you're going to be 76 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 5: like five years from now, just listen to what you're 77 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 5: saying about yourself. You are prophesying your future. Too many 78 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 5: people go around saying I'll never get well, I'll never 79 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 5: get out of debt, it's flu season, I'll probably get it. 80 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 5: This marriage is never going to last, and then they 81 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 5: wonder why they don't get any good breaks and why 82 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 5: they don't see situations turn around. It's because they're calling 83 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 5: in defeat. They're calling in mediocrity. With our words, we 84 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 5: can either bless our future or we can future. When 85 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 5: you get up in the morning, you may not feel 86 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 5: up to par. You may have some problems. It looks 87 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 5: like it's never going to change. But you need to 88 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 5: send your words out in the direction you would like 89 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 5: your life to go, instead of complaining and saying, oh, 90 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 5: this is going to be a lousy day. I can't 91 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 5: stand this job. My spouse never compliments me. No, don't 92 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 5: use your words to describe your situation, use your words 93 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 5: to change your situation. You may not feel up to 94 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 5: par but dare to make a declaration of faith and 95 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 5: just say, you know what, this is going to be 96 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 5: a great day. I have God's favor. He's directing my steps. 97 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 5: Whatever I touch is going to prosper and succeed. You 98 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 5: know what you just did. You blessed your future. You 99 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 5: called in favor, called in increase, called in good breaks. 100 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 5: Let me ask you what have you been calling in? 101 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 5: What are you speaking over your family, over your children, 102 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 5: over your health, over your finances. It's not enough to 103 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 5: just think it. It's not enough to just believe it. 104 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 5: We give life to our faith when we speak it out. 105 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 5: Now you say, Joel, my child is never going to 106 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 5: do what's right. He won't listen to me. I don't 107 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 5: think he's ever gonna get back on course. No, that's 108 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 5: just calling in more of the same. You need to 109 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 5: change what you're saying. Start saying, Father, I thank you 110 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 5: that my child is blessed. He will make good decisions. 111 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 5: He is free from every stronghold. He will fulfill his destiny. 112 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 5: The fact is he may be as rebellious as can be. 113 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 5: But when you're with your friends, don't talk about how 114 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 5: bad he is and how he's never going to change. 115 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 5: Speak victory over his life. When they ask how he's doing, 116 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 5: Just say you know what. 117 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 6: He's blessed. 118 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 5: He makes good decisions, he's kind and respectful. 119 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 6: He just doesn't know it yet. Those words are like seeds. 120 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 6: That is your faith being released. 121 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 5: When God hears that, he says to the angels, do 122 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 5: you hear what she's saying. She's speaking faith, angels, I 123 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 5: have an assignment for you. Go down there and begin 124 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 5: to turn the situation around. 125 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 6: That's what it says in Romans four seventeen. 126 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 5: We have to call the things that are not as 127 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 5: if they already are. That means you may not feel well, 128 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 5: but you should not go around saying all my back's 129 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 5: been hurting me for years. 130 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 6: I'm getting so old. 131 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:28,559 Speaker 5: I don't think I'm ever gonna get better. 132 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 6: Now. 133 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,679 Speaker 5: You just spoke defeat into your future. Turn it around, 134 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 5: have a report of victory. I may not feel up 135 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 5: to par, but I know it's only temporary. God is 136 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 5: restoring health. Unto me, I'm getting stronger, healthier, younger. My 137 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 5: best days are still up ahead. You're gonna get what 138 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 5: you call in. I have a friend. We used to 139 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 5: play basketball a lot together, and he was always kind 140 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 5: of negative. He just saw the worst in every situation. 141 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 5: And when I'd see him and ask what's been going on, 142 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 5: he said, all, not much. I'm just getting old and 143 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 5: fat and bald. I've probably heard him say that five 144 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 5: hundred times. Here he was in great shape, he was 145 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 5: the star of the football. 146 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 6: Team, had this thick, curly hair. 147 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 5: And I know he was kind of just kidding. And 148 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 5: I like to kid a lot, but I don't kid 149 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 5: about that. I want to keep my hair. 150 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 6: I probably hadn't seen him in fifteen twenty years, and 151 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 6: I saw him one day. I nearly passed out. 152 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 5: He had prophesied his future. He was old and fat 153 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 5: and bald. I don't know about you, but I'm not 154 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 5: gonna speak defeat over my life. My declaration is I'm 155 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 5: getting younger. God is renewing my youth like the eagle. 156 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 5: I am getting stronger. Health and healing is flowing through me. 157 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 5: I'm getting better looking. I'm gonna keep my hair. We 158 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 5: need to pay attention to what we're saying. I know 159 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 5: people that are always tired and run down. You know 160 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 5: what They're constantly saying, I'm so tired, I don't have 161 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 5: any energy. They have said it so much it's become 162 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 5: a reality. The more we talk about it, the more 163 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 5: we're gonna call it in. If you wake up in 164 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 5: the morning and feel tired and feel lethargic, instead of complaining, 165 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 5: you need to start declaring. I'm strong. I'm full of energy. 166 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 5: God is renewing my strength. I can do what I 167 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 5: need to do today. 168 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 6: I know. 169 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 5: Sometimes when we've been traveling a lot, been very busy, 170 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 5: we'll come to church and Victoria will say, Joel, I 171 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 5: am so tired. Look at my eyes. Can you see 172 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 5: how red they are? I always say, no, Victoria, you 173 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:38,959 Speaker 5: look great. You look just as beautiful as ever. 174 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 6: She said, no, I don't I know you. You just 175 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 6: won't say it. She's right. 176 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 5: I want to agree with that. I don't want to 177 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,559 Speaker 5: speak defeat. I want to speak victory. I often wonder 178 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 5: what she would think if I ever said, oh, yeah, Victoria, 179 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 5: you don't look good at all. 180 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 6: You look so tired and you're gonna really wear that. 181 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 6: I'd have to find me a ride home. 182 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 5: The more we talk about being tired, the more tired 183 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 5: we're gonna become. The more we talk about being depressed, 184 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 5: the more depressed will be. The more you talk about 185 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,199 Speaker 5: being overweight, the more out of shape you're gonna get. 186 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 5: Switch over into victory. Don't talk about the way you are, 187 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 5: talk about the way you want to be. There's a 188 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 5: young lady that works here on staff, and she told 189 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 5: our women's group one day how every morning before she 190 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 5: leaves the house, she looks in the mirror and says, girl, 191 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 5: you are looking good today. 192 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 6: I saw her a while back and ask if she 193 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 6: was still doing it. She says, yeah. 194 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 5: In fact, this morning, Joe, when I looked in that mirror, 195 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 5: I said, girl, some days you. 196 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 6: Look good, but today you're looking really good. 197 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 5: But I wonder how many of us would be bold 198 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 5: enough to look in the mirror and say something that 199 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 5: complimentary toward ourselves. Most people go around saying I don't 200 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 5: look good today, I'm overweighed. I'm gonna try if I 201 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 5: can't do anything right now, don't speak that defeat over 202 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 5: your life. You are prophesying what you're going to become. 203 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 5: Let's be bold like her and dare to say I 204 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 5: look great today. I made in the image of Almighty God. 205 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 5: I am strong talented. I'm blessed, I am creative. I 206 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 5: am going to have a productive day. When our little 207 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 5: daughter Alexandra was about four years old, she overheard Victoria 208 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,959 Speaker 5: and I talking about this little boy that was having 209 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 5: terrible headaches. It was causing him to miss a lot 210 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 5: of school and just giving him. 211 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 6: A lot of difficulties. 212 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 5: And little Alexandra spoke up and said, Daddy, I don't 213 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 5: have headaches and I never will have headaches. And I thought, 214 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 5: you are exactly right. You are prophesying the right thing. 215 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,680 Speaker 5: And if we ever got off track back then with 216 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 5: our words, little Alexandra would straighten us out. One time, 217 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 5: I was working on the garage door to come off track, 218 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 5: and I was trying to get it to go up, 219 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,199 Speaker 5: and it was stuck, and I was kind of frustrated. 220 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 6: I didn't even know she was there, but I. 221 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 5: Said under my breath, this thing is never gonna work. 222 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 5: I heard this little voice speak up, Daddy, You're gonna 223 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 5: have what you say. Man is terrible when your own 224 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 5: children believe your messages. But the scripture says, let the 225 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 5: redeemed of the Lord say so. If you're gonna go 226 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:25,079 Speaker 5: to the next level, you need to say so. If 227 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 5: you're gonna overcome that addiction, you have to say so. 228 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 5: If you're gonna have a blessed yeer, if you're gonna 229 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 5: get out of debt, if you're gonna accomplish your dreams, 230 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 5: start saying so. 231 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 6: Nothing happens until we speak it out. 232 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 5: Notice it doesn't say, let the redeemed of the Lord 233 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 5: think so, let the redeemed believe so. Of course it's 234 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 5: important to think right, it's important to believe right. But 235 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 5: something supernatural happens when we speak it out. You don't 236 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 5: have to say it to anybody else. Just say it 237 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,959 Speaker 5: to yourself driving to work in the shower. The economy 238 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 5: may be low, but I am blessed. I am prosperous. 239 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 6: I will lend and not borrow. The hurricane may have hit. 240 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 5: I had some setbacks, but I know it was a 241 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,199 Speaker 5: setup for a comeback. 242 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 6: This is still going to be my best year so far. 243 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 6: The favor of God is turning it around. 244 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 5: Or I may be a little lonely right now, but 245 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 5: I know this is just a season. God is bringing 246 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 5: somebody great into my life. I will get married. I 247 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 5: haven't met him yet, but he's on his way. And 248 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 5: let me tell you he's tall, dark, handsome, plus he's rich. 249 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 5: I know you were thinking it, I might as well 250 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 5: say it. Put your faith out there. You are prophesying 251 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 5: your future. I hope you take this in the right way. 252 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:48,119 Speaker 5: But ever since I've been on television, I've said privately, 253 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 5: people like me, and when they turn me on, they 254 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 5: can't turn me off. You don't know how many letters 255 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:57,559 Speaker 5: I get from people this. 256 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 6: Hey, Joel, I don't watch television and ministers. I am 257 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 6: not a religious person. But when I was flipping through 258 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 6: the channels and came across your program, once I turned 259 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 6: you on, I couldn't turn you off. I think to myself, 260 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:12,959 Speaker 6: I know why I called you in. 261 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 5: There is a correlation between what we say and what 262 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 5: God does. You cannot be passing and say, all right, Joel, 263 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 5: I'm not speak anything negative. I'll make sure I don't 264 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 5: say the wrong kind of words. That's good, but that's 265 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 5: not good enough. If you're going to see God's best, 266 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 5: you have to stay on the offensive and speak victory 267 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 5: over your life. If you're not putting your vision out 268 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 5: there with your faith filled words, it's limiting what God 269 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 5: can do. Every day, before we leave the house, we 270 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 5: should say, Father, I want to thank you that I 271 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 5: have your favor on my life today. Father, Thank you 272 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 5: that you are directing my steps, causing me to be 273 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 5: at the right place at the right time. Thank you 274 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 5: that your favor is bringing opera, tunity, bring an increase 275 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 5: and promotion, blessing me so I can be a blessing 276 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 5: to somebody else. You have to declare favor. Says in 277 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 5: Psalm ninety one, I will say of the Lord, he 278 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 5: is my refuge, my fortress. The next verse says, and 279 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 5: he will cover me, deliver me, protect me. Notice the 280 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 5: connection I will say, and he will do. This tells 281 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 5: me if we're not saying of the Lord, he's not 282 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 5: going to do what we're asking him to do. If 283 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 5: you will find the promises in the scripture and say 284 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 5: of the Lord. For instance, it says in third John 285 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 5: two that God wishes above all things that you prosper 286 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 5: and be in health, you can take that promise and say, God, 287 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 5: you said you wanted me to be healthy. 288 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 6: You said you wanted me to be prosperous. 289 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 5: So I say, of the Lord, you are my healer, 290 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 5: you are my provider, you are my waymaker, you are 291 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 5: my vis indicator. 292 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 6: You are my. 293 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 5: Victory when you start saying, of the Lord, he shall do. 294 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 5: On the other hand, if we're not saying anything, we're 295 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 5: not releasing our faith. You could read the passage in 296 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 5: the reverse. I will not say of the Lord and 297 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 5: he will not do. Some of you today you are 298 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 5: not speaking enough victory over your life. You wonder why 299 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 5: you're not getting good breaks, why the situation is not 300 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 5: turning around. 301 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 6: Are you declaring favor every day? 302 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 5: Do you get up every morning and say, I am blessed, 303 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 5: I walk in divine health. The favor of God is 304 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 5: opening up new doors. I will fulfill my destiny. Well, Joel, 305 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 5: I'd love to do that, but I've got this sickness. 306 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 6: I hadn't been feeling well. 307 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 5: I just believe in telling it like it is now. 308 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 5: I'm not saying to deny the facts. I'm simply saying, 309 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 5: get in agreement with God. God said let the weak 310 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 5: say I'm strong. He didn't say, let the week talk 311 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 5: about the weakness. We're not supposed to talk about the 312 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 5: way we are. We're supposed to talk about the way 313 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 5: we want to be. Get in agreement with God. If 314 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 5: God says I'm more than a conquer I may not 315 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 5: feel like it. It may not look like it, but 316 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 5: if God says it, I'm gonna agree with him. I'm 317 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 5: gonna say it too. I am more than a conqueror. 318 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 5: You may be struggling in your finances. God says you 319 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 5: will lend and not borrow. He said you will run 320 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 5: over with his favor. Your report needs to be I 321 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 5: am blessed. God is supplying all of my needs. I 322 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 5: have more than enough, and the scripture says we will 323 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 5: eat the fruit of our words. You may not be 324 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 5: where you want to be today, but could it be 325 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 5: because of the words we've spoken in the past. We've 326 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 5: said things like I'll never rise any higher. I've gone 327 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 5: as far as I can go, and sure enough, we've 328 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 5: been stuck at the same place year after year. Or 329 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 5: maybe we've said I'll never break this addiction. I've had 330 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 5: it too long, it's too hard, and just like we 331 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 5: said it, it still controls us today. 332 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 6: We need to change what we're saying. Our attitude should be. 333 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 5: This may be the way it's been in the past, 334 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 5: but this is not the way it's staying. 335 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 6: I'm coming up higher. I may feel weak, but my 336 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 6: declaration is I am strong. 337 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 5: I may have had this addiction for years, But I'm 338 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 5: declaring I am free. When you start saying of the Lord, 339 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 5: you are healthy, you are whole, you are free, you 340 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,479 Speaker 5: are blessed, you are prosperous. When you say it, God's 341 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:33,360 Speaker 5: promised he will do it. Well, you say, jeel, I've 342 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:35,880 Speaker 5: been saying it for a long time. But I don't 343 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 5: see anything happening. Doesn't look like anything's changing. But the 344 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 5: scripture says, hold fast the profession of your faith, for 345 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 5: he is faithful that promised. This is saying, if you 346 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 5: will keep saying the right thing, if you will keep 347 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 5: speaking victory, speaking favor, speaking health and wholeness, God is faithful, 348 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 5: And those seeds that you're sowing you will reap in 349 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 5: due season. 350 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 6: You will eat the fruit of your words. 351 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,239 Speaker 5: You remember when Jesus was walking through a town. He 352 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 5: got hungry. He went over to the fig tree to 353 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 5: get something to eat. But the tree was bare, didn't 354 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 5: have any fruit on it, and Jesus spoke to the 355 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 5: tree and said, you will not produce fruit anymore. Other 356 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 5: people heard what he said, no doubt, they thought, that's strange, 357 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 5: that man's talking to a tree. They went over and 358 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 5: examined it. It didn't look any different. Jesus said it 359 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 5: would wither and die. They must have thought he's lost 360 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 5: his touch. Didn't work this time. It looks just the 361 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 5: same as before he said anything. But what they didn't 362 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 5: realize was in the unseen realm, the moment Jesus cursed 363 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 5: the tree, something happened in the root system. 364 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 6: The life was cut off. 365 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 5: It was just a matter of time before what happened 366 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 5: on the inside showed up on the outside. Sure enough, 367 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,199 Speaker 5: they came back a little later, and they saw Jesus was 368 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 5: exactly right. The tree was totally dead. It's the same 369 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 5: principle with us. When we speak God's word, the moment 370 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 5: his promises come out of your mouth, in the unseen realm, 371 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 5: something happens. You may not see it for a week, 372 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 5: or for a year, or even ten years, but that 373 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 5: doesn't mean it's not going to happen. But too often 374 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 5: we cancel out our promises by speaking these negative words. 375 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 5: We start off right, but over time we don't see 376 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 5: anything happening, and we get discouraged. But we cannot speak 377 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 5: defeat and expect to have victory. You can't talk sickness 378 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 5: and expect to have health. You can't talk lack and 379 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 5: poverty and expect to live an abundant life. That's why 380 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 5: it says hold fast the profession of your faith. You've 381 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 5: got to be determined that you're going to put a 382 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 5: watch over your mouth, and no matter how long it's taken, 383 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 5: no matter how bad it looks, you are not going 384 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 5: to give in and start speaking doubt and unbelieve. Keep 385 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 5: declaring favor over your finances, keep speaking victory over that sickness, 386 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 5: freedom over that addiction. Some of you, you need to 387 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 5: shift into a new gear. You're not speaking enough faith 388 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 5: over your life. You've got big dreams. You've got to 389 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 5: declare favor in a big, big way. It's not enough 390 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 5: to say once a week, Oh God, I hope you'll 391 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 5: bless me this week. 392 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:27,880 Speaker 6: No every day, all day. 393 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 5: Underneath your breath, you should be saying, Father, I want 394 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 5: to thank you that your favor is surrounding me like 395 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 5: a shield. Thank you that your favor is opening up 396 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 5: doors that no man can shut. Your favor is bringing 397 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 5: supernatural opportunities, divine connections, causing me to be at the 398 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 5: right place at the right time, says in Zachariah chapter ten, 399 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 5: ask for rain in the time of rain, rain in 400 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 5: the scripture represents God's favor. This says, ask for rain 401 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 5: even though raining. What does that mean? It's raining, doesn't 402 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 5: seem like you need to ask for it. But God 403 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 5: is saying, just because my favor is available, you're not 404 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 5: gonna receive it unless you ask. Right now, God is 405 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 5: showering down blessings, healing, promotion, good ideas. 406 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,880 Speaker 6: It's raining favor. Here's the key. 407 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 5: If you don't get your words going in the right 408 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 5: direction and start calling favor in, you're not going to 409 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 5: experience it. Nothing happens unless we speak. You've got to 410 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 5: release your faith with your words. This is a great 411 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 5: day to be alive. God is pouring out his favor 412 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 5: like no other time in history. Right now, it is raining, increase, 413 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 5: it's raining good ideas, it's raining promotion. 414 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 6: My encouragement to you is, don't let it pass you by. 415 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 5: Instead of saying, ah, everybody gets blessed except me. I 416 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 5: don't know why they get good breaks and I never do. No, 417 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 5: start declaring it for yourself. I am blessed, I am prosperous, 418 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 5: I am favored, I am healthy, I am free. 419 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 6: You've got to ask for rain in this time of rain. 420 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 6: Sometimes we are our own worst enemies. I heard somebody 421 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 6: say the devil doesn't have to defeat us, We defeat ourselves. 422 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 6: Don't let that be you. 423 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 5: When you speak faith, you're in agreement with God. When 424 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 5: you speak defeat, you're in agreement with the enemy. Understand, 425 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 5: God talk brings God on the sin. Enemy talk brings 426 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 5: the enemy on the sin. All through the day, there 427 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 5: are two voices that compete for our attention, the voice 428 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 5: of faith and the voice of defeat. You'll hear a 429 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 5: voice saying you'll never rise any higher. You don't have 430 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 5: what it takes. You've reached your limits. 431 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 6: If you listen carefully, you'll hear another voice saying you 432 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 6: are well able, you can do all. 433 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,679 Speaker 5: Things through Christ. Your best days are still up ahead. 434 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 5: Now you get to choose which voice comes to life. 435 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 5: The way you do it is by what you speak out. 436 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 5: The moment you verbalize that thought, you give it the 437 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 5: right to come to pass. If you're going around saying 438 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 5: nothing good ever happens to me, I'm not that talented, Joel, 439 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 5: I'll probably never get out of this problem. No, you 440 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 5: are choosing the wrong voice. You've got to get in 441 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 5: agreement with God. That other voice may be louder, but 442 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 5: you can override it. You can take away all of 443 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 5: its power by simply choosing the voice of faith. For instance, 444 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 5: maybe you're going to a job interview. One voice will 445 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 5: tell you you're not gonna get it, you're not qualified. 446 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 5: They're not gonna like you. You're just wasting your time. 447 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 5: If you'll listen, you'll hear another voice saying, you have 448 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 5: the favor of God. You are talented, you are creative, 449 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,160 Speaker 5: you have what it takes. You are what they're looking for. 450 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 5: If you get up in the morning and you tell 451 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 5: your spouse, I don't really think ought to go on 452 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 5: this interview, They're not gonna like me. I don't think 453 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 5: I'm qualified. I don't think they're gonna choose me. No, 454 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 5: with your own words, you are sealing your fate. The 455 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 5: scripture says, whose report are you gonna believe? The report 456 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 5: of victory or the report of defeat. There's a battle 457 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 5: taking place in our minds now all through the day, 458 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 5: we're gonna be tempted to talk about how bad it is, 459 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:19,919 Speaker 5: talk about how we're not going to get out of debt, 460 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 5: talk about what the medical report says. You've got to 461 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 5: dig your heels in and say, no, I am not 462 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 5: giving life to that defeat. I am not speaking sickness. 463 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 5: I'm not speaking lack. I'm not speaking fear. I'm choosing 464 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 5: a different report. I believe the report of the Lord, 465 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 5: and it says I am blessed, I am favored, I 466 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,360 Speaker 5: am prosperous, I am healthy, I am whole. I'm a victor, 467 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 5: never a victima. Well, you say, Joel, I've got some 468 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,640 Speaker 5: major obstacles. I've got some big problems. I don't see 469 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 5: how it could ever work out. Let me give you 470 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 5: a key. Don't talk about your problems. Talk to your problems. 471 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 5: You've got to speak to those mountains, declare faith over 472 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 5: those situations. Too often we talk to God about how 473 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 5: big our problems are. We should be talking to our 474 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 5: problems about how big our God is. In the scripture, 475 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 5: there's a man by the name of Zeruba Bell. He 476 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 5: had a major challenge. He was in charge of rebuilding 477 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 5: the temple. It looked impossible. Everything was coming against him. 478 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 5: He said in Zachariah four to seven, who are you, 479 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,679 Speaker 5: o great mountain that stands against me? You shall become 480 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 5: a plain, a mere mole hill, and I will finish 481 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 5: the temple by shouting grace, grace to it. Notice this 482 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 5: is saying a mountain will be turned into a mold hill. 483 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 5: How by speaking grace to it. Another word for grace 484 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 5: is favor. In other words, he went around talking to 485 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 5: his mountains, saying, I've got the favor of God. I 486 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 5: can do all things through Christ. I will fulfill my destiny. 487 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 5: I love the way it starts. You Are you, o 488 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 5: great mountain? He was saying, you can't defeat me. Don't 489 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 5: you know who I am? I have an advantage. I 490 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 5: have the favor of God. When he looked at his mountain, 491 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 5: he didn't get discouraged. He knew it wasn't permanent. He 492 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 5: understood this principle. He could speak favor to his mountain, 493 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:23,159 Speaker 5: and God promised they would become mere mole hills. In 494 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 5: the same way, when you face challenges, don't start talking defeat, 495 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,239 Speaker 5: don't start complaining. Dare to do like he did and 496 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 5: start declaring favor. You may be struggling in your finances, 497 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 5: get that check book out and speak favor over it. 498 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 5: You may have a child that's not doing right, Speak 499 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,879 Speaker 5: favor over him. Perhaps a situation at work is very difficult. 500 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 5: Start speaking to that mountain. If you will declare God's favor, 501 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 5: He's promised your mountains will turn into mole hills. 502 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 6: It's interesting. 503 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 5: When Moses was leading the people of Israel there through 504 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 5: the wilderness and they needed water, God told him to 505 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 5: strike the rock, and when he struck this rock, water 506 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 5: began to flow out of that. Some time later they 507 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,880 Speaker 5: needed water again. This time God told him to speak. 508 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,479 Speaker 6: To the rock. So you know what Moses did. He 509 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 6: went back to doing it the old way, and he 510 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 6: struck the rock again and again. Eventually water did come out, 511 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 6: but it took a lot more effort than was needed. 512 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 6: We do the same thing today. 513 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 5: We try to solve our problems all in our own 514 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 5: strength and make things work out. We're trying to fix 515 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 5: a child and correct something at work. 516 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 6: So stressed, so frustrated. 517 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 5: But God is saying, you don't have to strike the 518 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 5: rock anymore. My son came so you could live an 519 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 5: abundant life. 520 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 6: Just speak to the rock. 521 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:51,359 Speaker 5: Just a clear favor over that situation. Get up every 522 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 5: day and say I am blessed. No weapon formed against 523 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 5: me is ever going to prosper. What is meant for 524 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 5: my harm? God's using to my advantage. This problem will 525 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 5: not defeat me. Friends, we don't have to live life frustrated. 526 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 5: God wants you to enter into an anointing of ease. 527 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 5: If you'll get your words going in the right direction, 528 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 5: you're going to see obstacles that have held you back 529 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 5: for years begin to clear out. 530 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 6: Of your path. 531 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 5: You're going to see family difficulties that look permanent begin 532 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 5: to turn around. That situation at work where you've been 533 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 5: constantly struggling, God's going to smooth it out, giving you wisdom, favor, 534 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 5: taking away the wrong people, bringing in the right people, 535 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 5: making your crooked places straight. Some of you today you've 536 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 5: been striking the rock, but it's time to speak to 537 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 5: the rock. Don't talk about your problem. Talk to your 538 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,479 Speaker 5: problem every morning when you wake up. To clear God's favor. 539 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 5: Learn to call things that are not as if they 540 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 5: already are. Get in agreement with God. Say what he 541 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 5: says about you. His words coming out of your mouth 542 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 5: is one of the most powerful things you can ever do. 543 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 6: And remember, it's not enough to think it, it's not 544 00:28:58,840 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 6: enough to believe it. 545 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 5: You gotta give life to your faith by speaking it out. 546 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 5: If you'll get in a habit of declaring favor and 547 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 5: speaking these faith filled words. You're gonna see negative situations 548 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 5: turn around. Your mountains are gonna turn into mold hills. 549 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 5: God's gonna fight your battles for you. You're gonna overcome obstacles, 550 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 5: defeat every enemy and every dream, every promise God put 551 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 5: in your heart. 552 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 6: I believe and declare it will come to pass. Amen. 553 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 6: Do you receive that today? 554 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 7: Thank you for listening to the Joelustine podcast. Help us 555 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 7: continue to share the message of hope with those all 556 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 7: over the world. 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