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Thanks for listening to 38 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 39 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 40 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 41 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 42 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: your life. God bless you. It's a joy to come 43 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 2: into your homes and if you're ever in our area, 44 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 2: please stop buy and be a part of one of 45 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 2: our services. I promise you we will make you feel 46 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 2: right at home. I like to start with something funny, 47 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 2: and I heard about this man. He was on vacation 48 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,399 Speaker 2: in Jerusalem with his family when his mother in law 49 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 2: suddenly died. He went to make arrangements to get her 50 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 2: body back home. The consulate said it would cost five 51 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: thousand dollars to have her shipt, but he could have 52 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 2: her buried right there in Jerusalem for just one hundred 53 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 2: and fifty dollars. The men thought about it a moment, 54 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 2: said no, I'd like to have her shift. The consulate said, wow, 55 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 2: you must have really loved your mother in law. He said, no, 56 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 2: it's not so much that. I just remember a case 57 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: here years ago where they buried somebody and on the 58 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 2: third day they rose. I can't take that chance, all right, 59 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 2: I have a great mother in law. Come on, let's 60 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 2: say it together. This is my Bible. I am what 61 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 62 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today 63 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. 64 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is recepted. I will 65 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 66 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today. About more than enough. 67 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 2: We're not supposed to go through life constantly struggling, not 68 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 2: able to fulfill our dreams, or not able to be 69 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 2: a blessing to anyone else. Lack is not your destiny. 70 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 2: You were created to live an abundant life. But if 71 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 2: you've struggled for a long time, it's easy to develop 72 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 2: a scarcity mentality, thinking I'll never be able to afford 73 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 2: a nice house, I'll never have the funds to really 74 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 2: bless my family. But as long as you think not enough, 75 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 2: you'll never have more than enough. You have to get 76 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 2: rid of that scarcity mentality and start having an abundant mentality. 77 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 2: God has ways to increase you that you've never thought of. 78 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: He's not limited by your job, by your education, or 79 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 2: by the family you were raised in. If you'll take 80 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: the limits off of him, God will bless you beyond 81 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 2: your normal income, beyond your salary, beyond what anyone in 82 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 2: your family has seen. I talked to a gentleman the 83 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,799 Speaker 2: other day. He volunteers at Lakewood and he works in cells. 84 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 2: One of his clients called and said that their boss 85 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 2: wanted to speak with him. At first, he was kind 86 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,799 Speaker 2: of alarmed, thought something might be wrong. But this boss 87 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 2: was so impressed with his work he wanted to see 88 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 2: if he would come and run his whole sales department. 89 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 2: It was a huge promotion. The boss said, if you'll 90 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 2: take the position, then I'll give you ownership in this company. 91 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 2: He said, Joe, I didn't see this coming. I never 92 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 2: dreamed I would be this blessed. He went from working 93 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 2: at a company to owning part of a company. You 94 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 2: don't know what God has in store for you. You 95 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 2: don't know the promotions, the opportunities, the favor that He's 96 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 2: already ordained to come across your path. Psalm thirty five 97 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 2: says God takes pleasure in prospering you. It brings a 98 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 2: smile to God's face to make things happen that amaze you. 99 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 2: As a parent, when you do something special for your child, 100 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 2: something out of the ordinary that they weren't expecting, you 101 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 2: know how that brings you joy, makes you feel good. 102 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 2: It's the same way with our heavenly Father. It gives 103 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 2: him pleasure to see you blessed. You may not see 104 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 2: how this can happen, but the scripture says God will 105 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 2: supply all of our needs according to his riches. It 106 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 2: doesn't say, according to your job, according to your talent, 107 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 2: if the boss likes you, if the economy's up, if 108 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 2: you have the right friends. It's not according to what 109 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 2: you have, it's according to what He has. The good 110 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 2: news is God owns it all. He makes streets out 111 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 2: of God. If he doesn't have what you need, he 112 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 2: can create it. He speaks, and worlds come into existence. 113 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 2: In the scripture, a young lady named Ruth was barely 114 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 2: making it. Her husband had died and she was living 115 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 2: with her mother in law in a foreign country. She 116 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 2: had no income, nobody to help them. All the circumstances 117 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 2: said she was stuck. This was her destiny, a life 118 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 2: of struggle and lack. But just because you don't see 119 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:43,239 Speaker 2: away doesn't mean God doesn't have a way. Your circumstances 120 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 2: may look permanent, but you can't see what God is 121 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 2: doing behind the scenes. He's already spoken to the right 122 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,799 Speaker 2: people to help you. He's already lined up good breaks 123 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,119 Speaker 2: promotion that you don't see coming. It's going to happen 124 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 2: out of the ordinary. You're not going to have to 125 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 2: go after it. It's going to come after you. The 126 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 2: scripture says, when you keep God first place, his blessings 127 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 2: will chase you down. One translation says they will catch 128 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 2: you by surprise. God is going to surprise you. He's 129 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 2: going to open doors bigger than you've imagined. He's going 130 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 2: to bring people that will use their influence, their platform 131 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 2: to push you further along. It's going to be uncommon, unusual. 132 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 2: You're going to know it was the hand of God. 133 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 2: It's like this building, the former Compact Center. I never 134 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 2: dreamed one day we'd own it, never dreamed we'd be 135 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 2: having church here. This is one of those surprises that 136 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 2: chased us down. We couldn't have made this happen our strength, 137 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 2: our ability. It was the goodness of God. God's dream 138 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 2: for your life is much bigger than your own. What 139 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 2: God has in your future is going to boggle your mind. 140 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 2: The places he's going to take you, the people you're 141 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 2: going to meet, the levels you're going to reach. Paul 142 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 2: said in Corinthians, no person has seen, heard, or imagined 143 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 2: what God has in store for those that love the Lord. 144 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 2: You may think you've reached your limits. God is saying 145 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: you better think again. You haven't seen anything yet. I'm 146 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 2: about to bring you into overflow, into abundance, into more 147 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 2: than enough. Whatever level you're at, get ready. Another level 148 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 2: is coming. What you haven't seen or imagined is on 149 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 2: the way. Ruth would go out into the fields every 150 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 2: morning and pick up the leftover wheat that the workers 151 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 2: had missed. They were living off a leftover. She and 152 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 2: her mother in law were barely surviving. I'm sure they 153 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 2: weren't thinking about abundance. Nothing in their circumstances said they 154 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 2: would have more than enough. If Ruth heard this message, 155 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 2: she said, not me, Joel, It's impossible. All the odds 156 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 2: are against me. But Ruth didn't know what God was 157 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 2: up to. Your circumstances may be against you, but the 158 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 2: most high God is for you. He's called Jehovah Jawrah, 159 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 2: the Lord, our provider. He said you will lend and 160 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 2: not borrow. He says you are above and not beneath. 161 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 2: You may not be there yet, but God is not finished. 162 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 2: He's working behind the seams. Things are happening that you 163 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 2: cannot see. Keep being faithful, keep doing the right thing, 164 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 2: keep going to work with a good attitude. Joe, nobody 165 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 2: gives me credit at the office. I'll never be promoted. 166 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 2: You are not working under people, You are working under God. 167 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 2: Your job is not your source. God is your source. 168 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 2: I can assure you. God is keeping the rec Your 169 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 2: time is coming. Ruth was faithful. She'd been through loss 170 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 2: in a foreign country, no income. Yet you never read 171 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 2: where Ruth complained. She didn't get bitter. She didn't give 172 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 2: up on life. She kept doing the right thing, being 173 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 2: her best, taking care of her mother in law, going 174 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 2: out every day, gathering up the food. She could have thought, God, 175 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 2: I'm made for. 176 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 6: More than this. 177 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna go pick up leftover wheat that's beneath me. 178 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 2: Ruth passed the test in the small things. Before God 179 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,719 Speaker 2: can trust you with much, you have to prove to 180 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 2: him you'll be faithful with little. Don't discount where you are. 181 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 2: If you don't take care of that old car, why 182 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 2: should God bless you with the new one? If you 183 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 2: complain about that apartment, why should God bless you with 184 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 2: the house? If you're not faithful at the job where 185 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 2: you are now, why should God bless you with your 186 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 2: own business? Pass the small test. One day, while Ruth 187 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 2: was out working in the fields, God spoke to Boaz, 188 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 2: the owner of those fields, and told him to be 189 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 2: good to Ruth. He had his workers leave wheat on 190 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 2: the ground on purpose for Ruth. Now when she went 191 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,839 Speaker 2: out she had more than enough. She gathered it in 192 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 2: a fraction of the time. When she went home. I 193 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 2: can imagine her mother in law said, Ruth, what in 194 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 2: the world happened? Did you win the lottery? How did 195 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 2: you get so much wheat in so little time. Ruth 196 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 2: had no explanation, She said, I don't know how it happened. 197 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,959 Speaker 2: For some reason, these workers left all this extra wheat. 198 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 2: That was God saying, surprise, here's a blessing. You're not 199 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 2: going to have to work for. It's going to come 200 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 2: to you. You just show up and it'll be waiting 201 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 2: for you. God has some of these blessings in store 202 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 2: for you. You're not going to have to make it happen. 203 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 2: You just keep being faithful, keep doing the right thing, 204 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 2: and suddenly there's more than enough. Suddenly the compact center, suddenly, 205 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 2: ownership in a company, Suddenly the house falls into your hands. 206 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 2: You can't explain it. You didn't see it coming. What happened. 207 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 2: God surprised you. One of his blessings chased you down. 208 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 2: What's interesting is God spoke to Boaz to be good 209 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 2: to Ruth, but Ruth didn't know about it. God didn't 210 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 2: tell her I'm gonna speak to this man and he's 211 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 2: going to bless you. All Ruth knew was suddenly her 212 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 2: life became much easier. Suddenly there was an abundance of 213 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 2: wheat on the ground. You don't know who God has 214 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 2: already spoken to about you. There are people God has 215 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 2: already lined up to leave wheat on the ground for you, 216 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 2: people that will cause things to happen that you had 217 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 2: nothing to do with. But suddenly you'll go to a 218 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 2: new level. Suddenly you'll come into more than enough. You 219 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 2: can't explain it, you can't take credit for it. There 220 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 2: was nothing in your circumstances that said it was going 221 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 2: to happen. That was God simply taking pleasure in prospering you, 222 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 2: God showing his favor on you, causing you to stand out. 223 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,199 Speaker 2: The story could end here, and it would be a 224 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 2: happy ending. Ruth and her mother in law had plenty, 225 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 2: but God likes to exceed our expectations. Boaz fell in 226 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 2: love with Ruth. They ended up getting married. Now, instead 227 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 2: of working in those fields, Ruth owned the fields. She 228 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 2: never had to go out and pick up wheat like 229 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 2: that again. She came into a new level abundance, overflowed 230 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 2: those workers she used to fall behind. Now they all 231 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 2: worked for her. She went from the tail to the head, 232 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 2: from borrowing to lending, from being in like to heaven 233 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,839 Speaker 2: more than an ee. If Ruth were here today, she 234 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 2: would tell you it may look impossible, the odds may 235 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 2: be again you, but stay in faith. You don't know 236 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 2: who God is whispering to right now about you. You 237 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 2: don't know who's going to open a door for you 238 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 2: for no reason. You don't know who's about to show 239 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 2: you favor that you didn't see coming. But sometimes religion 240 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 2: tries to make us feel like we're not supposed to 241 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 2: be blessed, we're not supposed to have resources. But the 242 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 2: scripture says that Job was the wealthiest man in the east. 243 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 2: He was very blessed with resources, livestock, a successful business. 244 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 2: God said about Job, there was no better man than him. 245 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 2: David left an inheritance to his son Solomon to build 246 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 2: the temple that some scholars say would be over a 247 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 2: billion dollars today. David's called a man after God's own heart. 248 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 2: Abraham is the father of our faith. He's the one 249 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 2: God chose to start the New Covenant, He too was 250 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 2: very wealthy in cas sheep, gold silver. What am I saying? 251 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 2: God has no problem with you having money as long 252 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 2: as money doesn't have you. Money should not be our goal. 253 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 2: Fulfilling our destiny should be our goal. Money is simply 254 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 2: a tool. Money can send your children to college. Money 255 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 2: can help you accomplish your dreams. Money can renovate a 256 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 2: compact center. Money can build an orphanage. Money is not 257 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 2: a problem. It's the love of money that's the problem. 258 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 2: If you make money your gold and you only focus 259 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 2: on yourself and live to show off what you have, 260 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 2: life is not going to be very fulfilling. There are 261 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 2: some things that money can't buy. Money can't buy peace, 262 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 2: money can't buy good relationships. Money can't buy health. I 263 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 2: know some very wealthy people that are not well. Money 264 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 2: shouldn't be our focus. But the fact is it takes 265 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 2: money to fulfill dreams. Now, don't let religious spirit convince 266 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:06,239 Speaker 2: you that you're not supposed to have anything. Constantly struggling, 267 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 2: being overwhelmed by debt, not able to pay your bills 268 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 2: is not God's best. Jesus did not come and give 269 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 2: his life so that we could barely get by and 270 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 2: live off of leftovers. He came that we might live 271 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 2: an abundant life. 272 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 7: Abundant means plenty, plenty of joy, plenty of good health, 273 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 7: plenty of strength, plenty of opportunities, plenty of creativity, plenty 274 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 7: of courage. 275 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 2: God wants you to be so blessed that you have 276 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 2: to choose which opportunities you take. You have to choose 277 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 2: which contracts you accept. David said, my cup runs over. 278 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 2: Running over means you have so much you can't contain 279 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 2: it all. I would love to take that contract, but 280 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 2: I'm so full, I'm so blessed. I'll have to pass 281 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 2: so I can take this better opportunity. Joel, this sounds good, 282 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 2: but I don't see how it can happen for me. 283 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 2: It seems far out. Can I tell you? We serve 284 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 2: a far out God and exceeding abundantly above and beyond God. 285 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 2: That's why he has you hearing this. He wants you 286 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 2: to get rid of that scarcity mentality and start having 287 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 2: an abundant mentality. A couple of years after Victoria and 288 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 2: I were married, one evening we were walking through a 289 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 2: nice neighborhood not too far from our townhouse. There was 290 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 2: a big two story house being built. It was almost finished. 291 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 2: Nobody was there, so we went in to look around. 292 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:44,400 Speaker 2: It had big windows, a spacious entryway with a curved staircase, 293 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 2: vaulted ceilings, great backyard. It was so beautiful. As we 294 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 2: were walking out, Victoria said, Joel, one day we're going 295 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 2: to live in a house just like this one. She 296 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 2: might as well have said, one day we're going to 297 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 2: go to the moon. That was so far beyond anything 298 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 2: I could imagine. Being the great man of faith that 299 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 2: I am. I went on to tell her all the 300 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 2: reasons why it wasn't going to happen. I said, Victoria, 301 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,360 Speaker 2: are you kidding? I work for a ministry. We'll never 302 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 2: have that kind of income. We could save up for 303 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 2: thirty years and we still won't have enough. I did 304 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 2: my best to talk her out of it, but she 305 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 2: acted like she didn't even hear me. She said, no, Joel, 306 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 2: I'm telling you, one day it's going to happen. A 307 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 2: few months later, we sold our townhouse and bought this 308 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 2: old Rundown house, very dilapidated, but it was on a 309 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 2: big lot close end to the city. The day we 310 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 2: closed on the property, a realtor pulled up while we 311 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 2: were standing in the front yard. We didn't know the lady. 312 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 2: She said, would you like to sell the house? I 313 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 2: said no, we just purchased it. She said, congratulations, you 314 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:58,399 Speaker 2: just bought your dream house. What she talking about? She 315 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 2: explained how the neighborhood Good was in the process of 316 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 2: changing the deed restrictions to where you could subdivide the lots. 317 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 2: A year later, we sold half of the property for 318 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,160 Speaker 2: more than we paid for the whole thing. Two years 319 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 2: after that, we were living in one of those houses, 320 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 2: just like we had seen that night. Like with Ruth, 321 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 2: it was as if God had somebody leave wheat on 322 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 2: the ground on purpose for us. We didn't know they 323 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 2: were going to change the deed restrictions. But God has 324 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:34,640 Speaker 2: an advantage. He can see what's happening behind the scenes. 325 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 2: He knows things that you could never know. The scripture 326 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 2: says God knows where the hidden riches are. He has 327 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 2: inside information. When you honor him, he will lead you 328 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 2: into blessings that you didn't see coming. Favor, promotion opportunities 329 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 2: that surprises you. It takes you to a level that 330 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,640 Speaker 2: you didn't think you could reach. When we moved into 331 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,880 Speaker 2: that new house, married Victoria over the threshold said, welcome 332 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 2: to this house. I always believe for she barely even 333 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 2: let me live there. Are you doing like I did, 334 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 2: talking yourself out of what God put in your heart, 335 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 2: thinking it's too big, too much. You don't have the funds, 336 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 2: you don't have the experience. You may not, but God does. 337 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 2: He wouldn't have given you the dream if he didn't 338 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 2: have a way. Why don't you get in agreement with God. 339 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 2: He takes pleasure in prospering you. He wants to take 340 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:38,400 Speaker 2: you further than you've imagined. When we needed a larger auditorium, 341 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 2: the Compact Center came across our path, those same thoughts 342 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,880 Speaker 2: came to my mind. Just like with the house, Joe, 343 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 2: you'll never get that building. You're wasting your time. You 344 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 2: don't have a chance. This time something was different. I 345 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 2: had learned my lesson. I said, no, thanks, I'm in 346 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 2: agreement with God. It's bigger than I've imagined. It looks 347 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 2: imp possible, but I know God can do the impossible. 348 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 2: All along the way we saw the hand of God. 349 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 2: He brought the right people to help us. He changed 350 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,360 Speaker 2: city council members' minds. We sold a piece of property 351 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 2: at just the right time to make a critical payment. 352 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 2: I thought we'd have to build an auditorium, but God said, surprise, 353 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 2: I have an auditorium already built, right on the main freeway. 354 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 2: When you look around, you are looking at the goodness 355 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 2: of God. You are looking at abundance. You are looking 356 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 2: at more than enough. In the scripture, there was a 357 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 2: king of Judah named Ahaz. He had no regard for God. 358 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 2: He closed down the temple and sold the sacred treasures. 359 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 2: He set up idols for the people to worship. Five 360 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 2: armies came against him every time he lost. The nation 361 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 2: was decimated. The people were very poor and struggling to survive. 362 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 2: King a Has died at the age of thirty six 363 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 2: and was so disliked he wasn't buried with the other kings. 364 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 2: His son Hezekiah took over. He had been raised in dysfunction. 365 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 2: He'd seen his father compromise and take the easy way out. 366 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 2: But Hezekiah didn't follow in his father's shoes. He was 367 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 2: just the opposite. The first thing he did was to 368 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 2: reopen the temple. He tore down the idols. He brought 369 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 2: the people back to worshiping God. The whole nation began 370 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 2: to flourish. They saw God's blessings in favor. The scripture 371 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 2: says Hezekiah was very wealthy and held in high esteem. 372 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 2: He had to build special treasury buildings to hold his gold, silver, 373 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 2: and special treasures. He constructed many storehouses for his grain, 374 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 2: for the Lord had given him great wealth. Notice where 375 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 2: the wealth came from the Lord God increased him. Here's 376 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 2: my question. Why was Hezekiah so blessed yet his father 377 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 2: died in disgrace poor defeated His father didn't honor God. 378 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 2: When you put God first place, there is a blessing 379 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 2: on your life that causes you to prosper, a favor 380 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 2: that causes you to rise higher, to accomplish things beyond 381 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 2: your own ability. Proverb says, when you fear the Lord, 382 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 2: that doesn't mean be afraid. That means you reverence him. 383 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 2: You ask him for guidance, You trust him with your dreams. 384 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 2: You do your best to walk in his ways. When 385 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 2: you do this, it says you will have honor, wealth 386 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 2: and a long life. I believe one reason God has 387 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 2: blessed me more than I can imagine. It's not because 388 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 2: I'm perfect, not because I don't have weaknesses, but I've 389 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 2: done my best to honor God. I learned from the 390 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 2: time I was a little boy to keep God first place, 391 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 2: to make pleasing Him my aim in life, to always 392 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 2: hunger and thirst after righteousness, to strive to do the 393 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 2: right thing, To treat people with respect, to be a 394 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 2: person of excellence and integrity. When you reverence the Lord, 395 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 2: God promises you honor, wealth, and a long life. One 396 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 2: way we reverence God is by bringing the tithe, the 397 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 2: first ten percent of our income, to the House of 398 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 2: the Lord. When we do that, it says in Malachi, 399 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 2: God will open the windows of heaven and pour out 400 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 2: a blessing too great to contain. This is what happened 401 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:37,199 Speaker 2: with Hezekiah. He had to build buildings to hold all 402 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 2: the blessings that God gave him. Make sure you're doing 403 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 2: your part, and God has promised he will pour out 404 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 2: blessings you cannot contain, blessings that will take you into overflow. 405 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 2: We see this in Luke chapter five. Jesus was teaching 406 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 2: on the shore of Galilee, and it was so crowded. 407 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 2: He asked Peter if he could borrow his boat. They 408 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 2: I never met before, but Peter agreed. When Jesus finished teaching. 409 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 2: He told Peter to launch out into the deep and 410 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 2: he would catch a great amount of fish. There were 411 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,120 Speaker 2: no fish there a little earlier, but Peter went back 412 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 2: out and caught so many fish that his net began 413 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 2: to break overflow abundance. He had to call other boats 414 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 2: to help him get the fish back to the shore. 415 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 2: Here's the principle. A few hours earlier, Peter had fished 416 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 2: all night and caught nothing. But when he honored Jesus 417 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,880 Speaker 2: by letting him use his boat, when he put God 418 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:40,400 Speaker 2: first place. Now, instead of dealing with no fish, instead 419 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:44,360 Speaker 2: of being in lack struggling, his focus has gone from 420 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 2: not having enough to how is he going to get 421 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 2: all the fish back to the shore? How is he 422 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 2: going to manage all the prophets? That's God's dream to 423 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 2: pour out blessings you cannot contain. So instead of living worried, 424 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 2: wondering if you're gonna make, wonder if there's going to 425 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 2: be enough, you spend that same energy trying to figure 426 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 2: out how you're going to invest the increase, how you're 427 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:10,919 Speaker 2: going to be a good steward with what God has 428 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 2: blessed you with. It all starts by keeping God first place. 429 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 2: The Israelites had been in slavery four hundred years, struggle, lack, mistreated. 430 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 2: They had no resources, no money, just the opposite of abundance. 431 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 2: And yes, we all go through seasons of struggle, seasons 432 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 2: when we're not seeing increase. You may be there now, 433 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,880 Speaker 2: but that is not how your story ends. Don't give 434 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 2: up in the middle. Something is coming. God is a 435 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 2: god of justice. He's not only going to bring you out, 436 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 2: He's going to make up for what you've been through. 437 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 2: Psalm one five says God brought the Israelites safely out 438 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:56,959 Speaker 2: of Egypt loaded with silver and gold. They didn't come 439 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 2: out of that injustice empty handed. They came out loaded. 440 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 2: That's what God wants for you, not to be loaded 441 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:10,199 Speaker 2: with burdens, debt, depression, sicknesses, but loaded with blessings, loaded 442 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 2: with resources, loaded with joy. When we were little children, 443 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 2: we would see someone we thought was well off, we'd say, man, 444 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 2: look at them, they're loaded. When I look at you today, 445 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 2: I see loaded people, loaded with favor, loaded with good breaks, 446 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:32,399 Speaker 2: loaded with creativity. Now do your part. Keep God first place, 447 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,640 Speaker 2: take the limits off of him, and have this abundant mentality. 448 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 2: If you'll do this, I believe and declare. Increase is 449 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 2: coming in ways bigger than you've ever imagined. God is 450 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 2: going to open doors you never dreamed would open because 451 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 2: you reverence Him. You're going to have honor, wealth and 452 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 2: a long, blessed, abundant, favor filled life in Jesus' name. 453 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 2: And if you receive it, can you say amen? 454 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 3: Today? 455 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 456 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 2: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 457 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins, Come 458 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:20,440 Speaker 2: into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. 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