1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: for God's very fast in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for being with us today, and if 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 8 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. I promise you 9 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. But thank you 10 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: again for tuning in and thank you so much for 11 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: coming out. I like to start with something funny and 12 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: I heard about this elderly couple. They were having a 13 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: terrible time with their memory. They went to the doctor 14 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: and he instructed them to start writing down everything they 15 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: had been forgetting. The next night, they were watching television. 16 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: The wife said, I sure would like a bowl of 17 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: ice cream. The husband said, I'll go get it for you. 18 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: She said, honey, you know what the doctor said, you 19 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: better write it down. He said, I'm just going into 20 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: the kitchen. I'm not going to forget it. In a 21 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: few minutes, he came back handed her a plate of 22 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: bacon and eggs. She shook her head and said, I 23 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: should have known it. You forgot my toast. Hold up 24 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This is 25 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 26 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: have what it says I have. I can do what 27 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 28 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 29 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 30 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 31 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: to you today about choosing faith in spite of the facts. 32 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: There are times in life when the facts are not 33 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: our friend. The facts will say you can't get well, 34 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: you saw the medical report, or you can't accomplish your dreams. 35 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: You don't have the training, the education, you don't know 36 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: the right people. You'll never break that addiction. You've had 37 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: it too long. If you just focus on the facts, 38 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: they'll keep you from your destiny. The facts can talk 39 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: you out of your dreams. The fact can convince you 40 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: to settle for mediocrity. But I've learned that God is 41 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: bigger than the facts. You may not see away in 42 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: the natural, but he's a supernatural God. He can do 43 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: what medicine cannot do. He can promote you without the training. 44 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: He can make rivers in a desert. He's not limited 45 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: by the laws of nature, science, finance. Don't let the 46 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: facts fool you when you believe all things are possible. 47 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: When I was in my late teens, I was driving 48 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,839 Speaker 1: to lunch with some friends and we saw these two 49 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: men coming out of a house carrying a television and 50 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: a stereo. They were stealing it, and we knew the 51 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: people that lived there. They were out of town, and 52 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: I pulled into a convenience store and called nine to 53 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: one one. The operator said, what's your emergency. I was 54 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: very young and nervous, and I started telling him where 55 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: we were coming from, and who was with me, and 56 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: where we were going. He said, sir, I don't need 57 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,519 Speaker 1: any of that. Just give me the facts. He said 58 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: it twice, very sternly. All I want are the facts. 59 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: In the same way, when you're believing for a problem 60 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: to turn around, believing for a child to get on 61 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: the right path, believing to get out of debt, in 62 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: your heart, you'll hear a voice saying it's going to happen. 63 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: God can make a way. Favor is coming, healing is coming, 64 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: you'll feel faith rising up, but in your mind you'll 65 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: hear another voice saying, just give me the facts. I 66 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: don't want to hear all that faith stuff. I when 67 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: to know what you're believing for what you're hoping will happen. 68 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: All I want are the facts. In other words, what 69 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: does the medical report saying? How much do you have 70 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: in the account? Where is your child? Right now? The 71 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: real battle is taking place in our mind. The scripture says, 72 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: lean not to your own understanding. There are times take 73 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: this in the right sense. You have to turn your 74 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: mind off. Your mind will tell you all the reasons 75 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: why it's not going to happen. If you stay focused 76 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: on the facts, the details, what the experts have said. 77 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: Before long, you'll talk yourself out of it. Now. I'm 78 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: all for having common sense, being wise, but sometimes there 79 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: is no logical solution. There is no way in the natural. 80 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: This is when faith kicks in. God, I believe you're 81 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: bigger than these facts. I don't see a way, but 82 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: I know you can still make a way. But too 83 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: often we only look at things from a natural, logical 84 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: point of view. This is my financial statement. These are 85 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: the numbers. Joel. Nothing to debate about this. This is 86 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: what the medical report says. These are the grades my 87 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: child is making in school right now. That's all true. 88 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 1: In the natural. What I'm saying is we serve a 89 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: supernatural God. He is not limited by the facts. He 90 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: controls the whole universe, worlds into existence, He flung stars 91 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: into space. The facts may tell you you'll never get 92 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: out of debt, but one touch of God's favor can 93 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,599 Speaker 1: put you into overflow. The facts will say you can't 94 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: accomplish your dreams. It's been too long, you're too far behind. 95 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: One touch of God's favor can put you fifty years 96 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: down the road. The facts may tell you you'll never get well, 97 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: You'll always have that addiction, always have that depression. One 98 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: touch of God's favor can set you instantly free. I 99 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: had a man tell me last week how he had 100 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: been filled with anger and hatred his whole life. This 101 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: is all he had ever known. He was in his forties. 102 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: He didn't like himself. He wanted to do better, but 103 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: the facts said, this is who you are, Just deal 104 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:52,239 Speaker 1: with it. But about two months ago, he accidentally flipped 105 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: on our broadcast. Didn't have any kind of spiritual background, 106 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: but as he listened, something began to come alive on 107 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: the inside. He said, Juel. When I prayed that prayer 108 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: at the end of the program, it's like I became 109 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: a totally different person. All the anger and hatred instantly 110 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:16,799 Speaker 1: left me. One touch of God's favor can override the facts. 111 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: God can override what the medical report says. He can 112 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: override what people are telling you you can't do. He 113 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: can override what you think you're lacking. Don't let the 114 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: facts keep you from your destiny. Choose faith. Dare to believe. 115 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: God did not put you here on planet Earth to 116 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: be average, to be addicted, to be overcome, to barely 117 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: get by. He puts you here to be victorious, to 118 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: be free, to leave your mark on this generation. The 119 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: facts may say otherwise, but don't let that fool you. 120 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: God is not limited by the facts. When you believe, 121 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: you tap into the most powerful in the universe. When 122 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: Victoria and I were first married, one night, we were 123 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 1: walking through this nice neighborhood and there was this beautiful 124 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: two story house almost finished being built, and we walked 125 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: up to look in it. It had big windows, high ceilings, 126 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: spacious rooms. Was so beautiful. Victoria said, Joel, one day, 127 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: we're going to live in a house just like this. 128 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: She might as well have said, Joel, one day we're 129 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: going to go to the moon. I no more believe that, 130 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: I said, Victoria, I work for a church. I'm never 131 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: going to be able to afford a house like this. 132 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: And being the great man of faith that I am, 133 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: I went on and on trying to talk her out 134 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: of it, telling her all the reasons why it wasn't 135 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: going to happen. She wouldn't hear it. It went in 136 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: one ear and out the other. She said, now, Joel, 137 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: I feel it down in my spirit. One day it's 138 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: going to happen. Two years later, we unexpectedly sold property. 139 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: God blessed us more than we could ever imagine, and 140 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: we were able to move into a house just like 141 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: the one that she saw. The difference was I was 142 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: focused on the facts. I knew what we made, what 143 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: we saved, and what it took to send kids to college, 144 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: the cost of living. I had the projections, the spreadsheets, 145 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: the financial data. All the facts said it would not 146 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: happen in my lifetime. Now Victoria had the same facts, 147 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 1: the same information, but instead of letting the facts talk 148 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: her out, of it. She chose to believe what God 149 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: put in her heart. She wasn't denying the facts. She 150 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: wasn't living in a fantasy land. She was simply saying, 151 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: it's not possible in the natural. But God, I know 152 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: You're a supernatural God. You're not limited by our income, 153 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: by our position, by our background, by our circumstances. You 154 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: have all power. You can get us to where you 155 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: want to stay. Be When you take the limits off 156 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: of God, He'll amaze you with his goodness. Don't do 157 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: like I did and let the facts talk you out 158 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: of God's best. You've thought long enough of all the 159 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,479 Speaker 1: reasons why you can't live in a nice house, or 160 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 1: why your children will never honor God, why you won't 161 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: break that addiction. No, the facts may be against you, 162 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: but can I tell you God is for you. His 163 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 1: power is greater than any force that's trying to hold 164 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: you back. His favor can thrust you to a new level. 165 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: His goodness can turn your children around. His mercy can 166 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: set you free from every addiction. His love can restore, rebuild, 167 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: set you on a new path, give you a new beginning. 168 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: Shake off the doubt, shake off the negative voices. If 169 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: God be for you, who dare be against you. He 170 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: wouldn't have put that dream in your heart if he 171 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: wasn't already planning on bringing it to pass. You don't 172 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: have to figure out how it's going to happen. It 173 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: may not work on paper. The odds may be against you. 174 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: That's okay. That's not your job. Your job is to 175 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: believe God. The medical report says I'm not going to 176 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: get well, but you said, with long life you would 177 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: satisfy me. God. My children aren't doing right, but you said, 178 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 179 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: The facts say I'll never get out of debt, but God, 180 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 1: you said I will lend to not borrow. I am 181 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: the head and not the tail. If you're going to 182 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: see God's best, you've got to choose faith in spite 183 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: of the facts. The facts told my mother that she 184 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: had a few weeks to live with terminal cancer in 185 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty one, but my mother chose faith, and she's 186 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: still alive and healthy today, eighty one years old. The 187 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: facts said I couldn't pass through the church after my 188 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: father went to be with the Lord. I had never ministered. 189 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: I didn't have the training. The experience. But I chose 190 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 1: faith in spite of the facts, and everything's worked out 191 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: pretty good so far. The facts said we would never 192 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 1: get this facility, the former Compact Center, a city owned building. 193 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: The fact said the city is not going to let 194 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: a church have it. The odds were against us. But 195 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 1: I've learned when God laid out the plan for your life, 196 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: he didn't go check to make sure all the facts 197 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: would line up so it would happen. The facts don't 198 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: limit him. He's not up in the heavens scratching his 199 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: head thinking, Oh, I wanted Jeg's mom to live a 200 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: long life, I didn't know she'd have cancer at forty 201 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: eight years old. Or I wanted Lakewood to have the 202 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: Compact Center, I didn't know that company would file a 203 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: lawsuit to try to keep them from moving in. No, 204 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,679 Speaker 1: God is not moved by the facts. He has ways 205 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: to get you to your destiny that you've never thought of. 206 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: One good break, one phone call, one idea, one divine 207 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: connection can catapult you into a new level of your destiny. 208 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 1: I know a young man that applied for a scholarship 209 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: at this major university. There were only twenty scholarships available 210 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 1: in the field he wanted to study. Over three thousand 211 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: people applied. The odds were not in his favor. He 212 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: could have thought, there's no use even believing for this. 213 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,559 Speaker 1: His chances were less than one half of one percent, 214 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: not good at all. But instead of letting those facts 215 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: talk him out of it, his attitude was God, the 216 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: odds are against me, but I know you are for me, 217 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: and if you want me in this university, I believe 218 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: you can open the door and make it happen. A 219 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: few months later, he received an email saying, congratulations. Out 220 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: of the three thousand, you were one of the twenty chosen. 221 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: When you believe, it activates God's power. But if he 222 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 1: had just sat around thinking, oh, it's not going to happen. 223 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: I never get any good breaks. I'm not that smart, 224 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,679 Speaker 1: I come from the wrong family, then it wouldn't have happened. 225 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: You have to take the limits off of God. Dare 226 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: to believe. Sometimes the facts will say it's been too long, 227 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 1: the dream is never going to come to pass, the 228 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: problem's not going to turn around. It's too late. This 229 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: is what happened with Jesus. One time he was walking 230 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: through this town, men came up to him. A leader 231 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 1: in the synagogue, fell at his feet and said, Jesus, 232 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: my little girl is so sick. Would you please come 233 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 1: to my house and pray for her. Jesus told him 234 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: that he would come, but he kept getting delayed along 235 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: the way again and again. Finally, one of the men's 236 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: assistants came up to the disciples that were standing behind 237 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 1: Jesus and said, no use bothering Jesus anymore. It's too late. 238 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: The little girl has died. The scripture says Jesus overhearing 239 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 1: but ignoring he heard the facts, he got the official 240 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: report she's dead. Jesus could have gotten discouraged and thought, 241 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: oh man, I blew it. I should have gotten there sooner. No, 242 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: he simply ignored the negative report. And if you're going 243 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: to stay in faith, you can't go through the day 244 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: thinking about all the odds that are against you, how 245 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: you'll never get well, how big your obstacles are. No, 246 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: the facts may not look good, but you've got to 247 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: do like Jesus and choose to ignore them, choose to 248 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: not dwell on them, choose to stay in faith. Jesus 249 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 1: went to the house, prayed for the little girl. She 250 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: came back to life. His attitude was the facts don't 251 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: stop me. I'm bigger than the facts. When I speak, 252 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: waves obey me. When I speak blind eyes open, read, 253 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: seize part the dead, come back to life. I wonder 254 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: how many situations we'd see turn around, how many dreams 255 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: we'd see come to pass, if we would simply start 256 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: ignoring the negative reports. The facts may be against you. 257 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: That's one report, but God always has another report. The 258 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: medical situation may say you'll never get well, but God says, 259 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: I'm restoring health back into you. I will heal you 260 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: of your wounds. Now here's the big question. Whose report 261 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: are you going to believe? Faith or fact? Sometimes fact 262 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: is easier because you can see it. It makes sense, 263 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: it's right before you. But the scripture says we walk 264 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: by faith and not by sight. The facts may say 265 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: you're hurt, you're lonely, you've been through a breakup, nothing 266 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 1: good is in your future. You've heard that long enough. 267 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: But there's another report that says God has beauty for 268 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: your ashes, joy for your mourning. What was meant for 269 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: your harm? He's going to use to your advantage. Why 270 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: don't you choose to believe that report? The facts can 271 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: tell you you're not going to get out of debt 272 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: until you're one hundred and sixty seven years old. You've 273 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: calculated it, you've run all the numbers, you've got the facts. 274 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: But faith says God's blessings are chasing you down. Your 275 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: cup will run over. Whatever you touch will prosper and 276 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: succeed like Jesus. I'm sure you've heard plenty of these 277 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: negative reports. It may not have been from other people, 278 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: but even your own thinking saying things like you've reached 279 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: your limits. You're not that talented, you're not attractive, you're 280 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: not smart enough. Start ignoring those lies. Don't give them 281 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: the time of day. You wouldn't be alive unless God 282 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: had something amazing in your future. He has equipped you, 283 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: empowered you, and anointed you. You have everything you need 284 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: to fulfill your destiny now. Sometimes the facts say otherwise, 285 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: But Paul said in Corinthians, the things we see are temporary. 286 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: One version says they are subject to change. Your finances 287 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: may be low today, the good news is they are 288 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: subject to change. You may be lonely, but that's subject 289 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: to change. God has a divine connection. The right person 290 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: come in your way, or you may have had that 291 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: addiction for twenty years. But don't believe that lie that 292 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 1: that's the way it's always going to be. That may 293 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 1: be the way that it's been, but that's not the 294 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 1: end of your story. It's subject to change. In a 295 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: split second. God can set you free. The key is 296 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: don't let it become permanent in your thinking. Don't let 297 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 1: the facts convince you that's the way it's always going 298 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:42,439 Speaker 1: to be. Now, today is a new day. God is 299 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: saying the things you've been praying about, the things you've 300 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: been believing for, are about to come to pass. You're 301 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 1: about to see the breakthroughs, the healing, the favor, the promotion, 302 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: the victory is headed your way. One Kings, chapter seventeen. 303 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:00,879 Speaker 1: There was a widow living during a great fan She 304 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 1: was a single parent mother. All of her funds had 305 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: run out. She had no food, no way to survive. 306 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: She went outside to gather up some firewood. She was 307 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 1: going to cook the last little bit of flour and 308 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 1: oil that she had. She and her son were going 309 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: to eat what they thought would be their last meal. 310 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 1: The fact said she was done in a great famine. 311 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: No food, no income. All the odds were against her. 312 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: There was a knock on the door. It was the 313 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 1: prophet Elijah. He was a friend of the family. After 314 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,879 Speaker 1: he greeted them, he said, would you do me a 315 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: big favor? I'm so hungry. Would you please make me 316 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: something to eat? She said, Elijah, I would love to, 317 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: but all I have is this little bit of flour, 318 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 1: little bit of oil. It was going to be our 319 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,159 Speaker 1: last meal. He said, I understand that. Just make me 320 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: something first, and you guys can eat what's left over. 321 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure, she thought, Reverend Elijah, I really loved you, 322 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: but I'm not about to give you my last meal. 323 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:06,120 Speaker 1: It seemed like he was being selfish, but Elijah knew 324 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: what he was doing. It's the principle when you put 325 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: God first, he'll take care of you. All of her logic, 326 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: all of her reasoning, said don't make him something when 327 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: you're starving to death. But in spite of what her 328 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: mind told her, she chose to do it. She cooked 329 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: the last bit of flour, the last little bit of oil, 330 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: made him some bread. She and her son ate what 331 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 1: was left over. The Next day, she went to those containers, 332 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: expecting them to be empty, but much to her surprise, 333 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: there was still some flower left. Still some oil. This 334 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: happened day after day, month after month. The supply never 335 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: ran out. God supernaturally multiplied it. What's interesting is God 336 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,719 Speaker 1: didn't stop the famine. The conditions around her were just 337 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 1: the same. God simply blessed her in the midst of 338 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 1: the famine. Sometimes we think that the economy has to 339 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 1: improve for us to do better. Joe, my job has 340 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: to increase my company, and then I can rise higher. No, 341 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: God can bless you right in the middle of the family. 342 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 1: He can bless you in spite of what's going on 343 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 1: around you. Let me make it more practical. You can 344 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: be in a dysfunctional situation at work, people that don't 345 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: like you trying to hold you down. The facts say, 346 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: too bad, Just learn to live with it. No, that 347 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: doesn't stop God when it's his time to promote you. 348 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: All the forces of darkness cannot hold you down. Or 349 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: how about at home a situation parents that don't support you, 350 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,640 Speaker 1: or a child that's not doing right in a bad neighborhood. 351 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,479 Speaker 1: The facts say you're stuck, good luck, Just endure it. 352 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: No God can reach down in the middle of that dysfunction, 353 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: in the middle of the chaos and say I'm gonna 354 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: promote you. I'm gonna increase you. I'm gonna take you 355 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: where you've never dreamed. When God blesses you in the 356 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: midst of the famine, then everyone around you will know 357 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 1: his favor is on your life. See, the conditions don't 358 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: have to be just right, You just have to be right. 359 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: If you'll honor God take the limits off of him, 360 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: he'll prosper you even in a desert. He'll make you 361 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 1: an example of his goodness. The facts may say you'll 362 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: never get out of that environment, you'll never rise out 363 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: of that rut, that struggle, that lack. It's all around you. 364 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: You're surrounded by mediocrity. Know the odds may be against you, 365 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: but the most high God is for you. He doesn't 366 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: have to change the whole environment. You need to get ready. 367 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: God's going to bless you in spite of your circumstances. 368 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: He's going to promote your right in the middle of 369 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: a famine. I was in Kenya, Africa several years ago. 370 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: We were visiting this orphanage. The family that run it 371 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: are great people. The father left a prestigious job teaching 372 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 1: at the university to come back and start the orphanage. 373 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,359 Speaker 1: Now He and his grown sons and daughters have two 374 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: hundred acres where they take care of five hundred children. 375 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,120 Speaker 1: We ask about their support and how they raised funds. 376 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: The father told how they were self sufficient. They farmed 377 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 1: the land and that's how they provide the food and 378 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 1: nutrition for the children. They've developed their own unique irrigation system. 379 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 1: They're so successful they sell their produce to the local 380 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: grocery stores. What's interesting is when they purchased the property, 381 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: they were told that they wouldn't be able to grow 382 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: crops there because the soil was too unhealthy and there 383 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: wasn't enough rain. The experts told them they would never 384 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,120 Speaker 1: be able to sustain themselves off the land, and that's 385 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: what's happening all around for miles and miles. Nobody else 386 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: can grow crops. It's dry and barren, But when you 387 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: get to their property, it's like an ote is out 388 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 1: in the desert. The university sent people out to take 389 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: soil samples to do studies try to figure out what's 390 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: different about their property. They can't understand how their soil 391 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: can be so rich and fertile and right next door 392 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: it's totally different. When this father told me, he smiled 393 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: and said Joel, it's the blessing of God on our life. Friends. 394 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:29,440 Speaker 1: God controls the environment. He's not limited by what somebody 395 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: has told you. He's not limited by what the experts 396 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 1: have said. With all due respect, God has the final say. 397 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: The facts don't have to line up for Him to 398 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: bless you. You don't have to be the smartest, the 399 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: most talented, the strongest. What's more important than all of 400 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,399 Speaker 1: that is God's blessing on your life. Why don't you 401 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: take the limits off of him. Don't let the facts 402 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: talk you out of what God put in your heart. 403 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: One time in the Old Testament, the Israelites were surrounded 404 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: by major art army. This army had cut off their 405 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: food supply. They were waiting for them to starve to death, 406 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: and then they were going to go take the land. 407 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: The prophet Elisha showed up and said to the Israelites, 408 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: by this time tomorrow there will be so much food 409 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: you'll be able to buy a loaf of bread for 410 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 1: only one penny. The king's assistant said, Elisha, what are 411 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:27,199 Speaker 1: you talking about. That's totally impossible. The problem with this 412 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: assistant is he was only looking at it in the natural. 413 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: He started checking all the facts. We're surrounded, we're outnumbered, 414 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,959 Speaker 1: we have no food, we're starving, we're weak. In other words, 415 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: he checked the stock report, he looked at this financial statement, 416 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: he watched the nightly news, came to the conclusion there's 417 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: no way it's never going to happen. When he told 418 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: Elisha that he thought it was impossible, Elisha did something significant. 419 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: He didn't just blow him off and say, well, we'll see. 420 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: He looked at this assistant and said, it will come 421 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: to pass. But because you doubted, because you didn't believe, 422 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 1: it will not happen for you, you won't see any 423 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: part of it. Later that day, four lepers were sitting 424 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: outside the city gates. They started walking toward the enemy's camp. 425 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 1: God caused it to sound like a huge army was approaching. 426 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 1: The enemy panicked and took off, running for their lives, 427 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: left all of their food and supplies. The lepers went 428 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 1: back and told the Israelites that the enemy was gone 429 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: and there was an abundance of food. This assistant, who 430 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 1: didn't believe, was in charge of the city gates. When 431 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 1: he opened them up to let the people out, they 432 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 1: were so excited. He got knocked down and was trampled 433 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 1: to death. Everyone else could buy bread for one penny 434 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: a loaf, but not him. It happened just like Elisha said. Now, 435 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 1: my encouragement is, when God puts a promise in your heart, 436 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 1: see how it can happen. All the facts may say 437 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: it's impossible, but do yourself a favor. Don't tell God 438 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 1: all the reasons why you don't believe, why you can't 439 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:14,400 Speaker 1: get well. That will keep it from happening for you. 440 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 1: You have to turn your mind off. He's a supernatural God. 441 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: He's not limited by your circumstances. He's limited by what 442 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,439 Speaker 1: you believe. The odds may be against you today, but 443 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: don't ever forget the most high God is for you. 444 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: The facts don't stop him. The economy doesn't stop him. 445 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 1: A medical report doesn't stop him. He has all power. 446 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,680 Speaker 1: And if you'll start choosing faith in spite of the facts, 447 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,879 Speaker 1: I believe and declare new doors are going to open, 448 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 1: Dreams are going to come to pass, Problems are going 449 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: to turn around, favor, healing, breakthroughs, abundance, victory is coming 450 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: your way in Jesus's name. If you receive it today, 451 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: can you say amen? We never like to close our 452 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 453 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:09,160 Speaker 1: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 454 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 455 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 456 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 457 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: in a good Bible based church, keep God first place 458 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 1: he's gonna take you. Or you've never dreamed. 459 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 2: We all carry a mental picture of what our life 460 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 2: can be. Is yours limited? Do you picture yourself stuck, inadequate, defeated? 461 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,719 Speaker 2: Are you willing to change your mindset in order to 462 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 2: experience a life of blessing and abundance. 463 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: We all have a picture in our mind of ourself, 464 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: our family, our future. And if that picture is negative, 465 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: you see yourself at a disadvantage. Your problem's too big, 466 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:59,439 Speaker 1: it's gonna limit your life. 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These tools will help you 473 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: get your inner vision in the right place so you 474 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: can move into the favor and blessing that God has 475 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: for you. 476 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 477 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 2: of any amount this month, we would like to send 478 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 2: you a copy of Joel's book The Abundance Mindset and 479 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 2: this inspiring Mindset Journal. Joel shares powerful scriptures and encouraging 480 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 2: thoughts about how to move from fairly enough to more 481 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 2: than enough, how to be someone else's miracle and experience 482 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 2: miracles in your own life. 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