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Hey, God, bless you. It's great to be 41 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 4: with you today, and I hope you stay connected with 42 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 4: us during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 43 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 4: social medium, and you can come visit us in person. 44 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 4: I'd love to have you be a part of one 45 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 4: of our services, but I like to start with something funny, 46 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 4: and I heard about this cat and mouse that died 47 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 4: on the same day and went to heaven. After a 48 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 4: few weeks, Peter saw the mouse and ask how he 49 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 4: liked it. He said, Oh, it's great, but it's so big. 50 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 4: I wish I could get a pair of roller skates. 51 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 4: Peter said, no problem, got him some skates. A few 52 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 4: weeks later, Peter saw the cat and ask him how 53 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 4: he liked it. He said, Oh, it's fantastic. And just 54 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 4: when I thought it couldn't get any better, I discovered 55 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 4: the meals on wheels. Say it like you mean it. 56 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 57 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 58 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 59 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 60 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 61 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 62 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about an atmosphere of praise. 63 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 4: We're all creating an atmosphere around us by what we're thinking, 64 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 4: what we're saying, our attitude. It's easy to go around negative. 65 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 4: Look at this doctor's report, This traffic is bad, and 66 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 4: these people did me wrong. Whatever you're sending out, you're 67 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 4: going to draw in If you're creating a negative atmosphere, 68 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 4: that's going to attract discouragement, defeat bad breaks. But when 69 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 4: you create an atmosphere of praise, when you're always thanking 70 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 4: God for what he's done. You get up in the morning, Lord, 71 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 4: thank you that I'm alive today. Thank you for my 72 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 4: beautiful children. Thank you that goodness and mercy are following me. 73 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 4: Thank you that I'm surrounded by your favor. Lord, thank 74 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 4: you that you've made me invisible to the enemy. That 75 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 4: faith filled atmosphere is going to draw in favor, good breaks, peace. 76 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 4: Pay attention to what kind of atmosphere you're creating. You 77 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 4: can't complain and see breakthroughs. You can't go around talking 78 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 4: about problems. House is not going to work. Cow, This 79 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 4: challenge is too big and reach your potential. That negative 80 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 4: atmosphere is stopping your victory. The scripture says that God 81 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 4: inhabits the praises of his people. He doesn't inhabit complaints, 82 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 4: He doesn't inhabit worry, frustration. Why has this taken so long? 83 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 4: These children are getting on my nerves. That doesn't get 84 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 4: God's attention. But when he hears you talking about his greatness, 85 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 4: praising when you could be complaining, declaring his promises, when 86 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 4: you're up against giants, thanking him that he's working when 87 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 4: nothing is changing. That's when God says, let me step in, 88 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 4: let me fight this battle, let me make a way, 89 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 4: bring promotion, healing, and favor. One version says God is 90 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 4: enthroned when we praise him. When you're full of praise, 91 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 4: you're building a throne for God to sit on. When 92 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 4: you go through the day, grateful, focused on what's right, 93 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 4: springing your staff, smile on your face, being good to people. 94 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:07,799 Speaker 4: That's not just having a positive attitude. You're inviting God 95 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 4: into your life, into your circumstances, into your emotions. When 96 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 4: you're up against challenges that seem too big, dreams that 97 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 4: look impossible, you'll be tempted to worry, live, stress, complain. 98 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 4: But the best thing you can do is give God praise. 99 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 4: It may be too much for you, but it's not 100 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 4: too much for him. David said, magnify the Lord with me. 101 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 4: Don't magnify your problem. Magnify your God. Thank him for 102 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 4: who he is. Lord. I thank you that you're the 103 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 4: all powerful creator of the universe. I think that you're 104 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 4: the great I am Lord. You're my provider, my healer, 105 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 4: my protector, my deliver my waymaker. That's what causes God 106 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 4: to show up. Not begging him, God, You've got to 107 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 4: do something. Not complaining God is not fair. Not worrying 108 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 4: what am I going to do? That's attracting the wrong things. 109 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 4: Switch over into praise. That's what attracts the most powerful 110 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 4: force in the universe. Victoria and I were at a 111 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 4: nursery recently. Was this huge place with several acres of 112 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 4: all kinds of plants and flowers and shrubs, And we've 113 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 4: been looking for a half hour or so and going 114 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 4: up and down the rows. We came to this one 115 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 4: particular type of flower. There were hundreds of bees around them. 116 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 4: Everywhere you looked, you could barely see the individual flower. 117 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 4: It had so many bees on it. Asked the men 118 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 4: working there what was different about this flower than the 119 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 4: ones right next to it that had no bees. He 120 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 4: told how that flower puts off a sweet smell that 121 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 4: attracts the bees. There's something called nectar that the flower 122 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 4: produces that creates this aroma that draws the bees in. 123 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 4: We saw hundreds of different types of flowers that day 124 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 4: to row, but These were the only flowers that had 125 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 4: bees on them. There were other flowers. They looked just 126 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 4: the same. They were beautiful, they were colorful, they had smells, 127 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 4: but they didn't have any bees. The bees were looking 128 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 4: for this specific sweet smell of nectar, so they passed 129 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 4: over all the other flowers until they came to these flowers. Well, 130 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 4: the scripture says, our praise goes up as a sweet 131 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 4: smelling aroma before God. When you give God praise, you're 132 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 4: putting off that aroma that attracts God. God can smell praise. 133 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 4: He'll pass over person after person after person. Then he 134 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 4: comes to you. He smells that sweet smelling aroma. He 135 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 4: hears you thanking him, going around grateful, talking about how 136 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 4: blessed you are, declaring his promises. This is another day 137 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 4: the Lord has made. I'm going to live this day 138 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 4: happy Father. Thank you that. As for me and my house, 139 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 4: we're going to serve the Lord. Yes, I have some 140 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 4: problems for God. I thank you that You're bigger than 141 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 4: anything that I'm facing. I can imagine God's saying to 142 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 4: the angels, I smell something, Do you smell it. There's 143 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 4: a sweet smelling aroma coming up. I'm gonna go find 144 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 4: where it's coming from. Your praise will attract God. He'll 145 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 4: pass over all these other people and find the praiser. 146 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 4: He'll find the one that has a report of victory, 147 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 4: the one that's talking about how big their God is 148 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 4: and not how big their problem is. But I wonder 149 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 4: if what you're putting off is attracting God or causing 150 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 4: him to pass by. Well, Joel, this inflation is so bad, 151 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 4: and my back's been hurting. These people at work get 152 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 4: on my nerves, and I can't stand driving in that traffic. 153 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 4: Instead of a sweet smelling aroma, that's putting out an odor, 154 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 4: that attitude stinks. I can hear God saying, go get 155 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 4: me some air fresheners. Go pick up some odor eaters. 156 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 4: That stink pushes God away. We've all met people. We're 157 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 4: not around them fifteen minutes, and we can tell they're bitter. 158 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 4: They're a worrier. They're a complainer. They're angry. Instead of 159 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:15,439 Speaker 4: a sweet smelling aroma, grateful, joyful, good natured, they're putting 160 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 4: out an odor. Their attitude stinks. Their words are negative. 161 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 4: They're focused on what's wrong. They're expecting the worst. Don't 162 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 4: let what you're putting out keep you from your potential. 163 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 4: Other people can't stop you. The enemy can't stop you. 164 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 4: The only one that can stop you is you. If 165 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 4: you live negative, bitter, jealous, worried, angry, none of those 166 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 4: things attract God. You need God to reach the fullness 167 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 4: of your destiny. You can't do it on your own. 168 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,959 Speaker 4: When you create an atmosphere of praise, you're going to 169 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 4: attract favor the right people. Healing, freedom, abundance. It's interesting 170 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 4: how smells work. We had an animal that died behind 171 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 4: our fe in our backyard, raccoon or squirrel something. But 172 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 4: the smell was so bad, the stint so strong that 173 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 4: I didn't want to go out in the yard. Sometimes 174 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 4: we'll eat on the back porch, but it was so powerful, 175 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 4: so offensive, that it drove me away. Well, Victoria used 176 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 4: to make this chocolate cake. It was so good, homemade, 177 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 4: right out of the box. It was amazing. When I 178 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 4: walked in from the garage at the back door. The 179 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 4: kitchen is two rooms away, it's not even close, but 180 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 4: I could smell the aroma of that cake. She didn't 181 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 4: have to tell me she made one. She didn't have 182 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 4: to come announce Joel, I cooked something for you. My 183 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 4: nose knew exactly what she'd done. That smell drew me 184 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 4: to it. I couldn't help it. I was attracted to it. 185 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 4: That's how powerful smells are. I was pushed away from 186 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 4: the stinch in the backyard, and I was drawn to 187 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 4: this sweet smelling chocolate cake in the oven. What is 188 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 4: your life putting off? What is your attitude putting off? 189 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 4: What are your words putting you off? Sweet smelling aromas? 190 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 4: Are you creating odors? Stinky attitudes, negative talk, worried all 191 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 4: the time. That's pushing God away. If you want to 192 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 4: attract favor, joy, peace, creativity, start sending up some praise. 193 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 4: Start thanking God for what he's done. Start bragging on 194 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 4: his goodness, Start declaring his victory over your life. See, 195 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 4: you can't be neutral all the time. I'm not gonna 196 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 4: say anything negative. I'm not gonna complain. That's good. You're 197 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 4: not putting out any odors. But you need to send 198 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 4: up some aromas. Lord, thank you for waking me up 199 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 4: this morning. Thank you for giving me breath to breathe. 200 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 4: Thank you that I'm healthy. Thank it for my family, 201 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 4: for opportunity, for protection, for your favor, that's creating an 202 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 4: atmosphere of praise. That's what attracts the most high God. 203 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,839 Speaker 4: And the scripture talks about making melody in your heart. 204 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 4: We're all making something. Some people are making sadness, thinking 205 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 4: about what they've been through, what wasn't fair, what they lost. 206 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 4: That's drawing in more sadness, more discouragement. Other people are 207 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 4: making worry, playing the negative thoughts over and over. What 208 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 4: if it doesn't work out? What if I don't get well? 209 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 4: What if I don't get past this problem? That's drawing 210 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 4: in more stress, more heaviness. Why don't you start making melody, 211 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 4: start having a song of praise in your heart instead 212 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 4: of these children are so much trouble. Lord, thank you 213 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 4: for blessing me with children Today. It's a pain to 214 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:36,839 Speaker 4: go to work. Lord, Thank you that I have a job. 215 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 4: Business is slow, I'll never get ahead. Lord, thank you 216 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,319 Speaker 4: that you're my provider. You make streams in the desert. 217 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 4: But this medical report's so bad, I don't think i'll 218 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 4: get well. Lord, thank you that you're restoring health back 219 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:53,839 Speaker 4: into me. What are you sending up odors or aromas? 220 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 4: What are you creating an atmosphere of doubt? Worry? Mediocrity, 221 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 4: or an atmosphere of praise, an atmosphere of victory, and 222 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 4: atmosphere of abundance. I was watching something funny on YouTube 223 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 4: the other day. This man dresses up like a bush. 224 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 4: He's covered with green leaves all over his face, his 225 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 4: whole body. He crouches on a busy sidewalk. When people 226 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 4: walk by, they think it's just a bush. He stands 227 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 4: up and scares them. It's all just for fun. But 228 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 4: about half of the people when he stands up, the 229 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 4: first thing they do is let out a curse word. 230 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 4: Oh blak. It just comes out without them even thinking 231 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 4: about it. The scripture says, out of the heart, the 232 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 4: mouth speaks. Whatever is in you is going to eventually 233 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 4: come out of your mouth, especially when you're under pressure. 234 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 4: About ten percent of the people, when they were scared, 235 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 4: instead of cursing, the first thing they screamed was Jesus. 236 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 4: Same situation, but one's cursing, one's praising. What's the difference 237 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 4: on what you're full of? You won't be full of 238 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 4: something either worry, thou, bitterness, complaints, or you can be 239 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 4: full of praise, full of thanksgiving, full of faith, hope 240 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 4: and victory. I want us to be so filled with 241 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 4: praise that even in unexpected difficulties, the first thing we 242 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 4: do is calling the name of the Lord. We declare 243 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 4: his goodness, We talk about how great he is. In 244 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 4: my early twenties, I was driving home from work on 245 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 4: the freeway and it had been raining really hard, and 246 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 4: I went to change lanes and I hit this big 247 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 4: puddle of water and lost control of my car. I 248 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 4: started spinning around across three lanes of traffic. I hit 249 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 4: the inside barrier and that catapulted me, and I started 250 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 4: spinning back across those lanes. I looked up at one 251 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 4: point and this eighteen wheeler was right in front of me. 252 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 4: I was facing the wrong direction. Looked like I could 253 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 4: reach out and touch the front of his grill. Have 254 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 4: time to pray. I didn't have dathe to think about it, 255 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 4: but I heard myself say Jesus, Jesus. Jesus came out 256 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 4: of my mouth three times. Next thing I knew, I 257 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 4: was over on the shoulder. Somehow that truck had missed me. 258 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 4: The driver pulled over and he came up to my window. 259 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 4: The first thing he said was, boy, you must be 260 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 4: living right, because right when I braced to hit you. 261 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 4: This big gust of wind blew my truck into another lane. 262 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 4: I'm so glad, I said Jesus, and not blinking, he blink. 263 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 4: If I had said something else, I don't know if 264 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 4: i'd be here today. But when you stay full of praise, 265 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 4: it will come out when you need it. In the scripture, 266 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 4: God told Jonah to go to the city of nineve 267 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 4: of it. Jonah didn't want to go there. He got 268 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 4: on a boat headed the other direction. They encountered a 269 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 4: huge storm and thought they were all going to dine. 270 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 4: Jonah finally admitted that he was the problem. The crew 271 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 4: said thank you so much for telling us, and they 272 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 4: threw overboard. It should have been the end, but God, 273 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 4: in his mercy, had a big fish waiting for Jonah. 274 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 4: It swallowed him. Jonah was sitting in the belly of 275 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 4: this well. You can imagine how it smelled inside a 276 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 4: well's digestive system gases, fluids, foods. It would have reaked 277 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 4: so stinky, almost unbearable. And in Jonah Chapter two, for 278 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 4: eight verses, Jonah talked about how bad his life was, 279 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 4: how he was in the depths of despair, and how 280 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 4: he was surrounded by vast waters and how he didn't 281 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 4: see a way out. All of that was true, but 282 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 4: complaining doesn't get God's attention, sending up odors, God, this 283 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 4: isn't fair. Why did these people do me wrong? Why 284 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 4: did this happen? That doesn't cause God to respond. What 285 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 4: attracts him our sweet smelling aromas. You may be in 286 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 4: a stinky situation today, and like Jonah, you could describe 287 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 4: everything wrong, how you weren't treated right, how you're never 288 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 4: going to get well. That's creating an atmosphere of doubt, defee, negativity. 289 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 4: That's going to keep you where you are. After complaining 290 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 4: for eight verses, Jonah had to change your heart. He 291 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 4: must have tuned in Lakewood. He said in verse nine, God, 292 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 4: in spite of my difficulties, I'm going to offer up 293 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 4: the sacrifice of praise with the voice of thanksgiving. In 294 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 4: the middle of the well. He started saying, Lord, thank 295 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 4: you that you're still in control. Thank you that your 296 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 4: mercy is bigger than my mistakes. Thank you that you 297 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 4: didn't bring me this far to leave me. That what 298 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 4: just started in my life you will finish. I can 299 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 4: hear God saying I smell in aroma coming from inside 300 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 4: a well. It should be stinky, should smell offensive and older. 301 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 4: But it's a sweet smelling aroma. It's a song of praise. 302 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 4: It's a song of victory. The next verse says, God 303 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 4: commanded the well, and it's spit Jonah up on dry land. 304 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 4: When you praise in the midst of trouble, when you 305 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 4: talk about God's goodness, when you don't see how it 306 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 4: can work out, when you send up sweet smelling aromas, 307 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 4: when you're surrounded by things that stink, that's when the 308 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 4: Most High God will go to work. If God will 309 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 4: cause a well to take Jonah to the shore so 310 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 4: he can fulfill his destiny even after he made mistakes. 311 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 4: God will cause your child to get back on course. 312 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 4: God will cause that medical report to turn around. God 313 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 4: will cause you to break that addiction to meet the 314 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,679 Speaker 4: right person to have that baby. The question is what 315 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 4: are you sending up complaints, doubts, worry. No, be a 316 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 4: Jonah in the middle of the stink, in the middle 317 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 4: of the challenge. Send up an aroma of praise, Send 318 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 4: up faith, send up hope. Lord, Thank you that there's 319 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 4: nothing too hard for you. Thank you that what you 320 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 4: have purposed for life will come to pass. That there's 321 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 4: no person, no bad break, no sickness, no addiction, no 322 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 4: force of darkness can stop your plan, the Psalmist said, 323 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 4: Praise him for his unequal greatness. Praise him for his 324 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 4: mighty works. Praise him for his majestic power. You may 325 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 4: be limited, but he's unlimited. We're natural, but he's supernatural. 326 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 4: When you don't see a way, you'll be tempted to complain. No, 327 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 4: turn it around and praise him for who he is. Lord. 328 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 4: I praise you that you're bigger than this sickness. I 329 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 4: praise you that you're stronger than this addiction. I praise 330 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 4: you that you're greater than this trouble. I praise you 331 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 4: that you're more powerful than these people. You could be 332 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 4: sending up doubt, defeat complaints. Instead you're sending up sweet 333 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 4: smelling aromas, bragging on the goodness of God. Those aromas 334 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 4: set miracles into motion. That's when God will show up 335 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 4: and do what you cannot do. But sometimes we're waiting 336 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,919 Speaker 4: for the circumstances to change and then we'll give God praise. 337 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 4: But that's backwards. We have to give God praise first. 338 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,640 Speaker 4: You have to have that song in your heart when 339 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 4: nothing is changing. It looks like it's never going to 340 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,919 Speaker 4: work out, but you're still thanking God that he's making 341 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 4: ways where you don't see away. See, the Israelites were 342 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 4: in slavery for four hundred and thirty years. Was very unfair. 343 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 4: Psalm one thirty seven says they wept at the thought 344 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 4: of Jerusalem. They were so discouraged, so disheartened. They used 345 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 4: to be joyful. They used to talk about the greatness 346 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 4: of Jehovah, how he'd done amazing things. They were filled 347 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 4: with praise. But now they were in captivity and things 348 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 4: hadn't worked out. They didn't just lose their freedom, but 349 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 4: they lost their praise. They made the mistake in captivity 350 00:20:56,240 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 4: to quit sending up the sweet smelling aromas. It's easy 351 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,119 Speaker 4: to do, and we're in difficult times and life throws 352 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 4: us a curve. We can look back and think how 353 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 4: it used to be so great and how far we 354 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 4: are from that. Now it's tempting to be negative, discouraged 355 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,400 Speaker 4: and talk about how it used to be. They sat 356 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,400 Speaker 4: by the rivers of Babylon when they could have been 357 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 4: thanking God that he was going to bring them out. Instead, 358 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 4: they spent that time weeping, discouraged, over what they had lost. 359 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 4: Verse two says they put away their harps and hung 360 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 4: them on willow trees. Well, their captors asked them to 361 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 4: sing the songs of Israel. They had heard about the joy, 362 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 4: the dancing, all these happy, uplifting songs. But the Israelites 363 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 4: entered back. How can we sing the songs of the 364 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 4: Lord while we're in a foreign land. Their attitude was, 365 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 4: once God delivers us, then we'll sing. Once I get well, Joel, 366 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,919 Speaker 4: once my child gets back on course, once she goes down, 367 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 4: then I'll get my joy back. Then, don't go get 368 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 4: my heart. No praise is what's going to cause it 369 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,679 Speaker 4: to turn around. While you're waiting for things to change 370 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 4: and believing for breakthroughs, the enemy would love for you 371 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 4: to hang up your heart, to get discouraged, start complaining, 372 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 4: sit around, talk about your problems. Now that's when, more 373 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:27,159 Speaker 4: than ever, you need to give God praise. Praise activates 374 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 4: his power. Praise causes angels to go to work. Praise 375 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 4: opens prison doors, Praise will break chains, Praise will defeat giants. 376 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 4: Don't hang up your heart. You can praise your way 377 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 4: out of it if you'll start sending up sweet smelling aromas. 378 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 4: You'll be amazed at what God will do. When my 379 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 4: mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given a few 380 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 4: weeks to live, she was tempted to hang up her heart. 381 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 4: She'd been so healthy, so energetic. Now she weighed eighty 382 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 4: nine pounds like the Israel. She didn't see a way out. 383 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 4: That sickness had her in captivity. Looked like that would 384 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 4: be the end. But she didn't make the mistake that 385 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 4: they made. She kept her heart in the middle of 386 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 4: that challenge. When every voice said she would never make it. 387 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 4: Medically speaking, it wasn't possible. She kept sending up praises Father, 388 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,679 Speaker 4: thank you that you can do the impossible. Thank you 389 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 4: that the number of my days you will fulfill. That 390 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 4: I will live and not die and declare the works 391 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 4: of the Lord. The more defeat that came against her mind, 392 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 4: the more praises she sent up. You have to be 393 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 4: more determined than the enemy. When the going gets tough, 394 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 4: the tough have to get going. Maybe you need to 395 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 4: get your heart back. You let that set back, that 396 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,479 Speaker 4: break up, that loss. Not just steal your joy, but 397 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 4: take your praise. You're wondering when God is going to 398 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 4: do something. God is waiting for you to send up 399 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 4: some aromas. If you'll start putting out the right things, 400 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,360 Speaker 4: like those bees are drawn to the nectar in the flower, 401 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 4: your praise will draw in the most high God. He 402 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 4: doesn't inhabit our fears, our doubts, our complaints, our worries. 403 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 4: Praise is what causes God to go to work. I 404 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,919 Speaker 4: would hear my mother going through the house thanking God 405 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 4: for his goodness, talking about how he was turning things 406 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 4: around in the midst of the difficulty. She was making 407 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 4: melody in her heart. She could have been making worry, 408 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 4: making discouragement, making fear, but she chose to create an 409 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 4: atmosphere of praise. She knew that God can smell praise, 410 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 4: that he's drawn to praise, so she kept her harp 411 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 4: out and she kept sending up praises. Didn't happen overnight, 412 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 4: but she started getting better and better. That was December 413 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 4: of nineteen eighty one. Here we are forty one years later, 414 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 4: she's still going strong, eighty nine years young, still healthy 415 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 4: and home. What kind of atmosphere are you creating? What 416 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 4: are you sending up all through the day. I'll never 417 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 4: get well, I'll never meet the right person. I can't 418 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:12,120 Speaker 4: accomplish my dreams. I don't have the connections. Do yourself 419 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 4: a favor. Go get your heart, get your song back, 420 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 4: get your praise back, get your vision back, get your 421 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 4: dream back. God is still on the throne. He still 422 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 4: has a destiny for you to fulfill. What's in your 423 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 4: future is greater than anything you've seen in the past. 424 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 4: You and God are a majority. It's not an obstacle 425 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 4: you're facing that he can't turn around, not a dream 426 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 4: he's placed in your heart that he can't bring to past. 427 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 4: Tewod King's chapter three, the Israelites and two other armies 428 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 4: had been traveling through the desert for seven days. They 429 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 4: were going to sneak up and attack the Moabides. They 430 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 4: thought there would be streams or wells along the way, 431 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,959 Speaker 4: but they couldn't find any water. They didn't know if 432 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 4: they should continue on. King Jehasaphat asked the other two 433 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 4: kings if there was any prophet so they could ask 434 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 4: God what they should do. They said, Elisha is nearby. Well, 435 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 4: Elisha didn't want to have anything to do with those 436 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 4: two other kings. They didn't honor God. He was annoyed 437 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 4: by it all, But because of his friend, King Jehasipad. 438 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 4: He agreed to do it. He said in verse fifteen, 439 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 4: bring me someone that can play the heart. Elisha knew 440 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 4: he couldn't hear from God in that setting. He was irritated, upset. 441 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 4: He had to change the atmosphere. The scripture says, while 442 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 4: the harp was being played, the power of the Lord 443 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 4: came on Elisha and he began to prophesy. It's amazing 444 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 4: what God will do if you'll create the right atmosphere 445 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 4: when there's worry, doubt, frustration that's keeping us from seeing 446 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 4: the goodness of God. Like Elijah did, bring in the harp, 447 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 4: turn up the praise, create an atmosphere of faith, hope, 448 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 4: and expectancy. That's what causes God to show up. And 449 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 4: this shouldn't be something we do ever once in a while. 450 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 4: It should be a lifestyle. David said, his praise should 451 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 4: continually be in our mouth all through the day, under 452 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 4: our breath. We're making melody in our heart, thanking God 453 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 4: for his goodness, grateful for what he's done, talking about 454 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 4: his greatness. Just like that bee is attracted to the 455 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 4: smell of flower, God is attracted to the smell of praise. 456 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 4: My question, what kind of atmosphere. Are you creating worried doubt? 457 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:43,640 Speaker 4: Complaining that's sending out an odor that's pushing away good things. 458 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 4: God is looking for a sweet smelling aroma. You may 459 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 4: be in a difficult situation, things coming against you. Don't 460 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 4: hang up your heart. The enemy would love for you 461 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 4: to start complaining. Live bitter. No, keep the praise is 462 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 4: going up. Keep thinking God that he's working. Keep declaring 463 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,239 Speaker 4: that you're coming out. One thing I've learned is you 464 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 4: can't keep a praiser down if you'll stay full of praise. 465 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 4: I believe and declare, like Jonah, negative situations are about 466 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 4: to turn around. You are about to see favor that 467 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 4: you've never seen. 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