1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a friend. 5 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: you today, and if you're ever in our area, please 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 9 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: I'll promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 10 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 11 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: about this pastor. He was raising money for a new sanctuary. 12 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: He told his congregation, I've got good news and I've 13 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: got bad news. The good news is we have plenty 14 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: of money for our new sanctuary. The bad news is 15 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: it's still in your pockets. Say it like you mean it. 16 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 17 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 18 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 19 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 20 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 21 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 22 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about distinctive favor. There's something 23 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: God has put on you that causes you to be different. 24 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: It's a favor that makes a distinction between you and 25 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 1: those that don't honor God. The scripture talks about how 26 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: you've been called out, set apart. You are a peculiar people, 27 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: a better word, a different people. You're not ordinary, You're 28 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: not like everyone else. You've been marked with a distinction. 29 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: It says in numbers that God's face will shine down 30 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: on you and cause you to stand out. This distinctive 31 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: favor causes you to prosper when others are struggling. You 32 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: recover from a difficulty when others get stuck. You have 33 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: protection when others face calamity. There's a marked difference. You 34 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: have an advantage. You're not doing life just by yourself, 35 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: just your strength, your talent, your connections. There is a 36 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: force breathing behind you, guiding you, protecting you, favoring you. 37 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: The most high. God has set you apart. He could 38 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: have chosen anyone, but he hand picked you, called you out, 39 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: said that's one of mine. Right now. His face is 40 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: shining down on you. Don't go through life thinking that 41 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: your average. You could never accomplish your dreams. Put your 42 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: shoulders back, hold your head up high. You're a part 43 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 1: of the called out group. God has set you up 44 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: for a distinctively favored at life. That means for blessings 45 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: that you didn't work for, for promotion that you didn't deserve, 46 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 1: for houses that you didn't build. The scripture says for 47 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: vineyards that you didn't plan. It's not because of who 48 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: you are, it's because of whose you are. You've been 49 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: marked with favor. When you realize this, you'll pray bold prayers. 50 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: You'll dream be dreams. You'll expect things to happen for 51 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: you that may not happen for others. When others are 52 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: afraid and upset and worried. You'll be at peace knowing 53 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: that you've been set apart, that there's a hedge around 54 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: you that the enemy cannot cross distinctive favor. When the 55 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: Israelites were in slavery, God told Moses to go, tell 56 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: Pharaoh to let the people go. Pharaoh wouldn't listen, he 57 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: kept refusing. God sent plague after plague on Pharaoh and 58 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: his people. Their water supply was turned to blood. Millions 59 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: of flies, swarms of locusts ate up their crops, destroyed 60 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: their land, made their lives miserable. But what's interesting is 61 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: the Israelites, some two million people, live right next door, 62 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: but these plagus never affected them. At one point, there 63 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: were hordes of frogs everywhere. Pharaoh's people looked frogs in 64 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: their homes, frogs in their food, frogs in theirs. They 65 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: were so frustrated, But on the Israeli side there were 66 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: no frogs. Life went on as usual. Pharaoh still wouldn't 67 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: change his mind. God was about to send swarms of 68 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: flies into their houses, but in Exodus chapter eight, God 69 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: said to Pharaoh, I will deal differently with the land 70 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: where my people live. No swarms of flies will be there. 71 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: I will make a distinction between you and my people. 72 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: Millions and millions of flies came into Pharaoh's palace. In 73 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: all the houses, flies so dense you couldn't see, couldn't eat, 74 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: couldn't sleep. Their land was ruined by flies. But right 75 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: next door, the Israelites had no flies. I can hear 76 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: them saying, I'll let you borrow my flieswater we don't 77 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: need it over here. Didn't make sense in the natural. 78 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: It was the hand of God putting a distinction on 79 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: his people. God has put that same distinction you when 80 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,479 Speaker 1: he breathed life into you. He marked you for favor. 81 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: March you for blessing. March you to stand out. What 82 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: will defeat others won't be able to defeat you. This 83 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: is why you don't have to live worried, worried about 84 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: your safety, worried about your future, worried about your children. 85 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 1: Where there's so many negative things in the world, so 86 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: much crime and violence. It may be happening all around you, 87 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: but you have an advantage. God has put a distinction 88 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: on you. The Psalm has said, a thousand may fall 89 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: at my side, ten thousand at my right hand, but 90 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: it will not come near me. God has a hedge 91 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: of protection around you and your family. For the enemy 92 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: to get to you, he has to ask God for permission. Now, 93 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: I'm not saying negative things will never happen. That's not reality. 94 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: I'm saying you are protected by the one who controls 95 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: it all. If God does allow it to happen, He's 96 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: promised that somehow he will turn it and use it 97 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: for your good. Pharro still wouldn't let the people go, 98 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: and Moses told him there's about to be a plague 99 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: on all your livestock, your horses, camels, goats, and sheeps. 100 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: But again, like the first time, the scripture says, God 101 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: put a distinction on the livestock of the Israelites and 102 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: the livestock of Pharaoh's people, so that not one animal 103 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: of the Israelites died. Notice a distinction even on your property, 104 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: your house, your car, your belongings. The next day, just 105 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: like God said, all of their oppressor's livestock died, but 106 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: not one animal belonging to the Israelites. And I'm sure 107 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 1: some of Pharaoh's people thought, that's it. I'm going to 108 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: the Israeli side. These frogs, flies, locus, they're making my 109 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 1: life miserable. They move over to their land, set up 110 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: a temporary home, but everywhere they go the plagues followed them. 111 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: It wasn't where the Israelites were that kept them from 112 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 1: the plagues, it was what was on them, the distinction, 113 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 1: the favor, the blessing that comes from being a child 114 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: of the Most High God. Friends, you and I have 115 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: that same blessing. We may have things around us that 116 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: could harm us, keep us from our dreams, bring us down, 117 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: stay in faith. There is a distinction on your life, 118 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: on your property, on your children, on your career, on 119 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: your health, put there by the creator of the universe. 120 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: Growing up, a friend of ours was a successful businessman. 121 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: He owned thousands of acres of orange groves. One winter, 122 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: it was predicted they were going to have a hard 123 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: freeze that was unusual in that part of the country. 124 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: Never froze there, and he knew that would destroy all 125 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: of his crops, cost him thousands of dollars. In the 126 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: natural there was nothing he could do, That's what all 127 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: the circumstances said. But he understood this principle that God 128 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: had put a distinction on his property, that God had 129 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: a hedge around his business. And instead of being defeated, 130 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: thinking oh, great, bad luck this year, he went out 131 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: and walked all around his orange groves and thanked God 132 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: that they would live, thanked him that they wouldn't freeze, 133 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: that he would have a harvest that year. When the 134 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: other farmers that lived around him heard what he did, 135 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: that he prayed for his trees, they thought he was 136 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: so strange, so far out, they made fun ridiculed him. 137 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: The next day, the big freeze came in lasted a 138 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: little over twenty four hours. The other farmers were very discouraged, 139 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 1: trying to figure out how they were going to make 140 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: a living not having a harvest that year. But a 141 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: couple of weeks later, it was the most unusual sight. 142 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: Our friend's property, hundreds and hundreds of acres had the 143 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: most beautiful, healthy orange trees, but the properties next to him, 144 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: on all four sides, their trees were totally dead. It 145 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 1: was like somebody put a blanket over his property. Even 146 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: the other farmers were so amazed. Instead of making fun 147 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: of him, they said, next time, will you pray for 148 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: our crops as well? And I know some people will think, joy, 149 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: it's just a lucky break. That's just the way the 150 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: clouds must have formed that day, just the way the 151 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 1: winds must have blown. No, that was a hand of 152 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: God putting a distinction on his property. That was God's 153 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: face shining down on him. God has put this same 154 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 1: distinction on you. Don't talk yourself out of it. Well, 155 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: business is kind of slow. A couple of my coworkers 156 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 1: got laid off. I don't see how I could get 157 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: out of debt. Your job is not your source. God 158 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: is your source. The economy doesn't determine whether or not 159 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 1: you're blessed God does. He has already marked you for favor. 160 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:49,199 Speaker 1: He's already put this distinction on your life. Dare to 161 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: pray bold prayers, believe for unusual favor. Take the limits 162 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:58,319 Speaker 1: off of God. You've been set apart. A lady told 163 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: me how she was having her best in her career. 164 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: She works in some kind of cells and her whole 165 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: industry in general was down. They were going through a transition. 166 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: Her coworkers were struggling, her competitors were way down. But 167 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: she said, it seems like every time I turn around, 168 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 1: a new account is finding me. She told how three 169 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: or four times she was at the right place at 170 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: the right time, unexpectedly business dropped into her lap. She 171 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: made the statement, Joel, I'm supposed to go out and 172 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: find new customers, but it's like new customers are always 173 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: finding me. Psalm thirty seven says even in famine, the 174 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: righteous will have more than enough, even in a downtime, 175 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 1: because she's the righteous, because she has this distinction, she 176 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: see an increase in favor. Here's the key. As long 177 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: as you stay close to God, as long as you 178 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: keep him first place, you are connected to a supply 179 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: line that will never and dry. Even in a slow economy, 180 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: God will cause clients to find you, even when the 181 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: medical report says no way. You are connected to a 182 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 1: supply line filled with health, wholeness, restoration. When you don't 183 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: see how you could accomplish your dreams, don't get discouraged. 184 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: You have a supply line connected with good breaks, the 185 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,719 Speaker 1: right people ideas creativity. I have friends that live in 186 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: another state and they were trying to sell their home. 187 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 1: But the housing market in their area was very depressed. 188 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: A large company had gone out of business and that's 189 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: where many of the people worked and lived. Now there 190 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: was a surplus of homes on the market. On their 191 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: street a loan, there were twelve houses for sale. The 192 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: average time for a house to sell back then was 193 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: a year and a half. Their realtor had already told them, 194 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: don't be in a hurry. This is going to be 195 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: a long drawn out process and the value could go 196 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: down and down in the natural. It didn't look good. 197 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: But instead of expecting the worst, thinking it would never sell, 198 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: this young couple was bold enough to believe, like the Israelites, 199 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: that God had put a distinction on their property. Every 200 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 1: morning they said, Father, thank you that you're causing our 201 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: house to stand out. Thank you that people are being 202 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: drawn to it. Six weeks after they put it on 203 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: the market, they received a contract and sold it. At 204 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: closing they were talking to the new owners. They told 205 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 1: how they had looked at many different properties, even houses 206 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: that were of better value in a better location, But 207 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: they said, when we came to your house, there was 208 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: just something different about it. We felt a peace. We 209 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: knew it was supposed to be ours. What is that 210 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 1: distinctive favor God causing it to stand out? I wonder 211 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: what would happen if you would get up every morning 212 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: and say, Father, thank you that your face is shining 213 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: down on me, thank you that you put a distinction 214 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: on my life. All the circumstances may say otherwise, you'll 215 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: never get well, you'll never meet the right person in 216 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: Your house is never going to sell. Don't believe those lives. 217 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: You have to have a boldness like this young couple, 218 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: to believe that there's something different about you. That you 219 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: have a right to be blessed. You have a right 220 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: to see favor, not arrogantly, but in humility, knowing that 221 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: because of who you are, a child of the most High, 222 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: He has set you apart. He's put favor on you 223 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: that causes you to stand out like the Israelites. God 224 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: has put a distinction on your life, on your property, 225 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: on your career. You have an advantage. If you'll get 226 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: this down in your spirit, you'll start praying these bold 227 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 1: prayers and believing for things that seem impossible. This is 228 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 1: what my father did. He tried for many years to 229 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: build a new sanctuary, but every time he tried to 230 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: move forward, he felt an unrest. Knew it wasn't the 231 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: right time. Nineteen eighty six, Houston was in one of 232 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: the greatest recessions our city had ever seen. Businesses were 233 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: going bankrupt, people were struggling. My father had just been 234 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: released from the hospital after having open heart surgery. It's 235 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: a few weeks before Christmas. It looked like the worst 236 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: time to start any project, especially the worst time to 237 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: try to raise funds. But deep down he could hear 238 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: God telling him to do it right. Then, God, that 239 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: doesn't make sense. This is a down time. People aren't 240 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: going to have extra income. How can we possibly raise 241 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: these funds? He heard God whisper, Son, I want you 242 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: to do it now, so people will know it's me 243 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: and not anybody else. God likes to do. Unuse your 244 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: things in your life so that he will get the credit. 245 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: A year and a half later, they dedicated that new 246 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: six million dollar auditorium totally debt free, even in a 247 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: down economy. Even when critics said, no way, the circumstances said, 248 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: it's not going to happen. God said, don't worry. It 249 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: may be that way in the natural, but I'm a 250 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: supernatural God. I've put a distinction on you that will 251 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: cause you to defy the odds to have more than enough, 252 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: even in famine. In the scripture, Joseph went through a 253 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: lot of bad breaks. He was betrayed by his brother, 254 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: sold into slavery, put in prison for something that he 255 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: didn't do for thirteen years. You could say he was 256 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: in a famine. He could have been better. Negative God, 257 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: why did you let this happen to me? But Joseph 258 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: understood this principle. Despite the opposition, he kept being his best. 259 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: No matter how much people tried to push him down, 260 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: he kept rising to the top. He worked for a 261 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: man by the name of potterphar Joseph was so excellent 262 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 1: in what he did. He had such a good attitude 263 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: Potterphar put him in charge of his household. The scripture 264 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: says Potterphar noticed the Lord was with Joseph, giving him 265 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: success in everything that he did. Potiphard saw the distinction. 266 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: God wants to bless you in such a way where 267 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: people notice. He wants to show out in your life, 268 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: where people say, you mean you sold your house in 269 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: six weeks when it should have taken a year and 270 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: a half. You mean all the orange groves froze, but 271 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: yours didn't. You mean you built the sanctuary in the 272 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: middle of a recession, Joel, You mean your mother had 273 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: terminal cancer in nineteen eighty one, but she's still alive today. 274 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: You mean you're having church in the former compact center. 275 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: That's what distinctive favor does. Causes you to stand down. 276 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: You may have seen some of this in the past, 277 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: but you need to get ready. You haven't seen anything yet. 278 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: God is about to do some things in your life 279 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: that are going to make you notice. People are going 280 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: to see. It wasn't just your talent, your ability, your connections. 281 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: It was the hand of God opening doors that no 282 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: man can open, taking you where you could not go 283 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: on your own. The scripture says, God began to bless 284 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 1: Potiphar for Joseph's sake. Because of the distinction on Joseph's life, 285 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: people around him begin to get blessed. Your company should 286 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: be glad to have you at work. When you get there. 287 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,880 Speaker 1: The blessing gets there when you show up. Favor shows up. 288 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,120 Speaker 1: Some of your friends, relatives, co workers, they don't even 289 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: know they're being blessed because of you. But what's interesting 290 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 1: is Joseph was a slave. He didn't have a prestigious position. 291 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: He's taking care of the house, doing repairs, mowing, cleaning. 292 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,159 Speaker 1: On the other hand, Potiphar, he was one of the 293 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 1: highest ranking military officials of that day. People looked up 294 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: to him, saluted him, did whatever he asked. You would 295 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 1: think that Joseph would be blessed because of Potiphar's sake. 296 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:58,159 Speaker 1: It's just the opposite what am I saying. The distinction 297 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 1: God put on you is more powerful than positions, than titles, 298 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: than education. When God's face is shining down on you, you'll 299 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:11,199 Speaker 1: not only rise higher, but it's so powerful that people 300 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,679 Speaker 1: even around you will begin to get blessed. I know 301 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,359 Speaker 1: a man that used to do some consulting work with 302 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 1: us years ago, and we were a small client compared 303 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 1: to who he worked for. He consulted for these big 304 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: fortune five hundred companies and really impressive resume. We got 305 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: to know each other and went out to lunch a 306 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 1: couple of times. About a year in he said, Joel, 307 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: ever since I started working for your ministry, my business 308 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: has gone to a new level. He named client after 309 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: client that he had picked up, big impressive names. He 310 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: turned to the associates standing next to us and he said, 311 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 1: I like working for Joel. He brings me good luck. 312 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 1: He called it luck, but I know it's the distinction 313 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:55,959 Speaker 1: God put on our life. It's the favor He's placed 314 00:18:55,960 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 1: on you and me. One time, Abraham moved to a 315 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: new country with his family, his relatives, all his flocks 316 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 1: and herds, and he found this beautiful piece of land, 317 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 1: luscious green pastures, peaceful ponds. It looked like a postcard. 318 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: But in a few months he realized the land couldn't 319 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 1: sustain all the flocks and herds. He told his nephew 320 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: Lot to choose where he wanted to live, and Abraham 321 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: would go somewhere else. Lots said he wanted to stay there. 322 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 1: He chose the best part of the land. Abraham, instead 323 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: of arguing, he took the high road. He moved to 324 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 1: a different part of the country. But this time all 325 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: he could find was a place that was dry and 326 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 1: barren instead of lush, beautiful green pastures. Now it was 327 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: like the desert, rocks sand, very little water in the 328 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: natural Abraham should have struggled, seen his crops dry up, 329 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: his business go down to nothing, But it was just 330 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: the opposite. It wasn't any time before his flocks and 331 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: herds multiplied so much that that dry bear in land 332 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: was turned to a beautiful oasis. In fact, the scripture 333 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: talks about he had so much that he became one 334 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: of the wealthiest men of that time. Like Abraham, even 335 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: if you're in the desert, because of the distinction God 336 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 1: put on you, you're still going to flourish. Your location doesn't 337 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: determine the blessing. What God put on you determines the blessing. 338 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: When He called you out, he marks you for favor. 339 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: Wherever you go, the blessing goes. Now, you may not 340 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: have the perfect job. People aren't treating you right. You're 341 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 1: not getting the credit you deserve. That's okay, you're not 342 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: working under people you're working unto God. People don't determine 343 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 1: your destiny. God does keep being your best. Honoring God, 344 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,360 Speaker 1: and like Joseph, God will cause you to be noticed. 345 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: He'll cause you to stand out. Potiphar will come looking 346 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: for you. At the right time. God will either turn 347 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 1: that around by promoting you, or he'll move you somewhere else. 348 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: But the key is don't wait till you're out of 349 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: the desert. Then you're going to have a good attitude. 350 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 1: Then you're going to start being your best. There's something 351 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,400 Speaker 1: on you right now that will cause you to prosper 352 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: in the middle of the desert. See, Lot wasn't making 353 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: good decisions, he wasn't honoring God. He was blessed as 354 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: long as Abraham was there. But when Abraham left, the 355 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: blessing left. Lot's fields dried up, his flocks went down 356 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: to nothing. He ended up leaving that place. Abraham had 357 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: to go and rescue him. Like Lot, there are people 358 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: God put in your life right now that are being 359 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,880 Speaker 1: blessed because of you. They may never realize it, they 360 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: may never tell you thank you. Don't worry. God is 361 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 1: keeping the records. Those are seeds that you're sowing. He'll 362 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: make sure you are blessed in a greater way. Back then, 363 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 1: they would even pray to the God of Abraham. When 364 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 1: they saw how blessed Abraham was, how he flourished even 365 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: in the desert, they thought, if we can get to 366 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 1: his God, maybe will be blessed. God wants to put 367 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: such a distinction on you. He wants you to stand 368 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,679 Speaker 1: out in such a way that people want what you have. 369 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: They say, I'm gonna pray to the God of those 370 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: people at Lakewood. I'm gonna pray to the God of Robert, 371 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: to the God of Susan, to the God of Maria. 372 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 1: Look at her. She's so blessed, she's so faithful, she's 373 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: so generous, she's so talented. If I can get to 374 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 1: her God, I believe I can be blessed. I received 375 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: an email from a lady named Ruby. One night after dinner, 376 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: she and her husband George took out the leftovers and 377 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: they were playing with different recipes to make gumbo, trying 378 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: different combinations, different spices, just having fun seeing what they 379 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: could create. They came up with a recipe they liked 380 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: so much they started selling it door to door. Was 381 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 1: a big hit. Everyone loved it. One night, they saw 382 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 1: on television a commercial where this large grocery store chain 383 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: was looking for contestants for a cooking competition. Whoever won 384 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 1: would get to put their product up on the shelf. 385 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 1: They sent their gumbo in and out of six hundred applications, 386 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: they were notified that they made it to the top 387 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: twenty five. They were so excited they kept praying and believing. 388 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: A few months later they announced the grand prize winner. 389 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: Unfortunately it wasn't them. It was like the wind had 390 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 1: been taken out of their cells. They attend Lakewood and 391 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: I had just spoken about how God strategically orchestrates our steps, 392 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 1: how he doesn't always take us in sequence from A 393 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: to B to C. Sometimes he'll take you two steps ahead, 394 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: one steps back, and then five steps forward. The key 395 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: is you have to trust Him in those times where 396 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: it feels like you're going the wrong direction. Several months later, 397 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 1: Ruby was in our Wednesday night service when she received 398 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: a phone call from her contact at that grocery store chain. 399 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: She went out and answered it. They said, even though 400 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: you didn't win, we like your gumbo so much we 401 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 1: still want to put it on our shelves. They were 402 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 1: thrilled they couldn't believe it. But part of this distinction 403 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:21,119 Speaker 1: is God wants to accelerate your dreams coming to pass. 404 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 1: He's going to speed things up, make it happen faster 405 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: than you thought. Two weeks ago, the store called back 406 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: and said, your gumbo is so great, we would like 407 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: for you to create for us a whole food line 408 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: and we'll help you get it started. They went from 409 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 1: one night playing in their kitchen with leftovers to less 410 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,679 Speaker 1: than a year later having the availability to have a 411 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 1: food line in one of the largest grocery store chains around. Friends, 412 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,439 Speaker 1: God knows how to get you noticed. His face is 413 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: shining down on you right now. He's put a distinction 414 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 1: on your life, your property, your career, your children. It's 415 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: going to cause you to stand out. It's going to 416 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:06,959 Speaker 1: open doors that you could never open. It's going to 417 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 1: bring opportunity the right people, good breaks. You're not doing 418 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: life alone. You have the most powerful force in the 419 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: universe breathing in your direction right now. You've been called out, 420 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 1: set apart, chosen to live a distinctively favored life. Now 421 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,679 Speaker 1: do your part. Pray bold prayers, take the limits off 422 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 1: of God. Believe for your dreams. If you'll do this. 423 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: I believe and declare. God is going to show out 424 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: in your life in amazing ways. Like Abraham, you will 425 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: prosper in a desert, like Joseph. He's going to cause 426 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 1: you to be noticed, and like this last couple, it's 427 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 1: going to happen faster than you think. In Jesus' name, 428 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 1: if you receive it, can you say him in today? 429 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 430 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 431 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll 432 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 433 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. Amen. Well, we believe if 434 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: you prayed that simple prayer, you got born again, Get 435 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: in a good Bible based church, keep God first place. 436 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed. 437 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 3: What if every plan you set, every habit you formed, 438 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 3: and every decision you made became a pathway to see 439 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,679 Speaker 3: God move in your life. 440 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: We all have hopes and dreams things were believing for. 441 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 1: When you start the year in faith expecting God's goodness, 442 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: you are setting the tone for a blessed new year. 443 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: And we'd love to send you our twenty twenty six 444 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: Faith for the Day planner. 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