1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: Hope you're having a great summer. 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 2: Know that we're praying for you, and we know God 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 2: has awesome things in store. 4 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: So great having you with us. Enjoy the message today. 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 2: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 6 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 2: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 2: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 8 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 9 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 10 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 2: about this man that was out walking on the beach 11 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 2: and God said, son, you've been so faithful, I'm going 12 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: to grant you one special wish. 13 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: The man was so excited. 14 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 2: He said, God, I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, 15 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: but I'm afraid to fly. So my wish is that 16 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 2: you would build me a bridge across the ocean. God said, son, 17 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,319 Speaker 2: that's impossible. Think of the logistics of that. Now take 18 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 2: a moment and wish again. He said, Okay, God, I've 19 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 2: been married four times. All my ex wives say I 20 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 2: am so insensitive. So my wish is that I would 21 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 2: be able to understand a one. I want to know 22 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 2: why they think like they think, why they feel like 23 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 2: they feel. 24 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: There was a long pause. 25 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 2: God said, do you want two lanes or four lanes 26 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 2: on that bridge. 27 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: All the men said, Amen, say it like you mean it. 28 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 29 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 30 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 31 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind 32 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 33 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 34 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about favor in the storm. 35 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 2: When we think of favor, we think of something good happening. 36 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 2: We received a promotion, we met someone special, the medical 37 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 2: report turned around. 38 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: We know that's the favor of God. 39 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 2: But when we face difficulties and things aren't going our way, 40 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 2: we're still taking the medical treatment, our finances haven't turned around, 41 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 2: the promotion didn't go through. Doesn't seem like we have favor. 42 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 2: We have all these obstacles. But having favor doesn't mean 43 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 2: you won't have challenges. Favor is what's keeping those challenges 44 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 2: from defeating you. When you're in a difficult time. You 45 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 2: may not see it, but favor is what's pushing back 46 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: forces of darkness. Favor is what's keeping that sickness from 47 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: taking your life. Favor is what protected you in that accident. 48 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,359 Speaker 2: If you didn't have favor, you wouldn't still be here. 49 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 2: The enemy would have taken you out. You may not 50 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 2: recognize it, but you have favor in the storm, Favor 51 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 2: taking the treatment, Favor dealing with an addiction. The scripture says, 52 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:50,679 Speaker 2: God's favor surrounds you. It doesn't come and go. It's 53 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 2: with you in the good times and. 54 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: In the tough times. 55 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: When the Israelites were headed to the Promised Land, they 56 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:00,839 Speaker 2: came to the Red Sea. Pharaoh had just let them go, 57 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 2: but he changed his mind, and he and his army 58 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 2: came chasing them. The Israelites were at a dead end. 59 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 2: They had nowhere to go, and Moses held up his 60 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 2: staff and the water's parted. Those two million people begin 61 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 2: to walk through on dry ground. We look at it today, 62 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: and in hindsight it's easy to see they had favor. 63 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: The water's parted. 64 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 2: But imagine being there, having to walk between walls of water, 65 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 2: not knowing if at any moment they were going to collapse, 66 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 2: holding your children tightly, the enemy chasing you, closing in. 67 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: It was loud. 68 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 2: People were panicking all kinds of commotion. I don't think 69 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 2: they walked through calm and collected. They were nervous, afraid, 70 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: thinking of everything. 71 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: That could go wrong. 72 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 2: What if these walls of water don't hold up and 73 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 2: we all drown. What if we won't make it through 74 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 2: in time, What if the Pharaoah catches us. There were 75 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 2: a thousand things they could have worried about. It wasn't 76 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 2: until they got to the other side, until they were 77 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 2: back on land, that they begin to rejoice. 78 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: Then they knew they had favor. 79 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 2: The truth is they had favor the whole time, They 80 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 2: just couldn't see it. Favor is what was holding back 81 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 2: the walls of water. Favor is what. 82 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: Kept the enemy from catching them. 83 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 2: When we're in the middle of a difficulty, sometimes we 84 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 2: don't recognize that we have favor. It's easy to focus 85 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 2: on all the things that could happen. What if I 86 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 2: don't get well, What if I can't find another job, 87 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 2: what if my child doesn't get back On course? 88 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 1: You could live. 89 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 2: Worried, losing sleep, panic, or stay in peace. 90 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: You have favor In the storm. 91 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 2: God is pushing back forces of darkness for you. He's 92 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:59,119 Speaker 2: not allowing the sickness, the addiction, the trouble at work 93 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 2: to keep you from your purpose. There is a force 94 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 2: working for you in the middle of the storm that 95 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 2: is greater than any force that's trying to stop you. 96 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 2: When you look around, you may see walls of water. 97 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: You see opposition, trouble, sickness. 98 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 2: It looks frightening, but keep the right perspective. It cannot 99 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 2: defeat you. Like the Israelites. The favor God put on 100 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 2: your life. 101 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: Is going to bring you safely through. 102 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 2: The enemy doesn't have the final say. God does what 103 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 2: he has purposed for, your life. 104 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: Will come to pass. 105 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 2: No bad break can stop you, no sickness. 106 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 1: No addiction, no person. God is in control. 107 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 2: Instead of being frustrated by the problem, worried about your health, 108 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 2: upset over the bad break, turn it around. Father, Thank 109 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 2: you that I have favor in the storm. Think you 110 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 2: that favor is keeping my enemies from defeating me. It's 111 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: easy to believe we have favor when good things are happening. 112 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 2: What I want us to see is we have favor 113 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 2: when we're in between walls of water. We have favor 114 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 2: when enemies are chasing us. And sometimes we're so focused 115 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 2: on the threat and what's coming against us. We don't 116 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 2: recognize that without the goodness of God, we wouldn't still 117 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 2: be standing. The Psalmist said, God has anointed you. He 118 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 2: is steadying you, making you strong, and your enemies will 119 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 2: not get the best of you. In the middle of 120 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 2: that difficulty, you need to remind yourself who you are. 121 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 2: You are anointed, You've been handpicked by God. He's crowned 122 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 2: you with favor. He said, He always causes you to triumph. 123 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 2: Right now, he's steadying you. He's making you stronger. If 124 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 2: you could see behind the scenes, you would see him. 125 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: Pushing back the opposition. 126 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 2: You would see him making your crooked places straight. 127 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: Lining up the right people. 128 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 2: Instead of complaining about the storm, you need to let 129 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 2: the enemy know you are not going to get the 130 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 2: best of me. You are messing with the wrong person. 131 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 2: You may knock me down, but you can't knock me out. 132 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 2: When you come against me. One way, God said he 133 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 2: will defeat you and cause you to flee seven ways. 134 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 2: You don't have to live worried, focused on the problems, 135 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 2: wondering why it happened. 136 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: You know a secret. You have fever in the storm. 137 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: You know God is fighting your battles. You know what 138 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: was meant for harm. He's turning to your advantage. Here's 139 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: the key. 140 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 2: The enemy wouldn't be fighting you if you weren't a threat. 141 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 2: He wouldn't be trying to stop you if you weren't 142 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 2: on the verge of something amazing. He knows you're about 143 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 2: to step into a new level. He knows you're about 144 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 2: to take new ground for your family. You're about to 145 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 2: come into your promised land. You're about to see something 146 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 2: you've never seen. He can sense God's about to exceed 147 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 2: your expectations, so he's working overtime to try to get 148 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 2: you worried, frustrated, overwhelmed by problems, not expecting anything good, 149 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 2: or get ready. Favor is about to turn things around. 150 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 2: Favor is about to catapult you to a new level. 151 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 2: Favor is going to help you break that addiction. Well, Joel, 152 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 2: if I had favor, why did I have these problems 153 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 2: in the first place. Favor is not going to keep 154 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 2: you from the storm, but favor will bring you out 155 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 2: of the storm. God wouldn't have allowed it if he 156 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 2: didn't have a purpose. We don't understand everything that happens. 157 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 2: Sometimes life is not fair, but you have to trust 158 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 2: that God knows what he's doing at the Red Sea. 159 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 2: Before it parted, the Israelites could have thought, God, you 160 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 2: said we were going to the Promised Land. You brought 161 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 2: us out of slavery. Why did you change your mind? 162 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 2: Why are you going to let Faedroh and his men 163 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 2: recapture us? Didn't make sense to them. But God's ways 164 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 2: are not our ways. When that water parted, the Israelites 165 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 2: went through on dry ground, Pharah in his army. The 166 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 2: waters closed back up when they came chasing them, and 167 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 2: they all drowned. 168 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: Sometimes God will. 169 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 2: Take you through a difficulty to get rid of what's 170 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 2: chasing you. You'll make it through the storm. But what 171 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 2: you didn't need, what was going to hinder you for 172 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 2: years to come, the addiction, the dysfunction, the toxic relationship. 173 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,079 Speaker 1: It won't make it through. 174 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 2: If those enemies had not drowned, the Israelites would have 175 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 2: lived with the constant threat that any moment Pharah and 176 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 2: his men could show up and. 177 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: Try to recapture them. 178 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 2: And yes, it was nerve racking having to go through 179 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 2: walls of water. I'm sure they didn't like it. But 180 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 2: God had a purpose. And you may not like the difficulty. 181 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 2: It may not seem fair, But you're going to come 182 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 2: out of that storm free from things that would have. 183 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: Held you back your whole life. 184 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 2: God told the Israelites the enemies you see today. 185 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: You will see no more. God is saying that to you. 186 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 2: That addiction that's held you back for years is not permanent. 187 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 2: When you come through the storm, you will see it 188 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 2: no more. That sickness, that trouble at work, the loneliness 189 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 2: is not your destiny. Breakthroughs are coming, freedom is coming, 190 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 2: healing is coming, Abundance is coming. What's trying to stop 191 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 2: you is only temporary. Don't be discouraged by the storm. 192 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 2: God has you in the palm of his hand. He 193 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 2: didn't send you into the storm by yourself. He's right 194 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 2: there with you. 195 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: The enemy cannot take you out. 196 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 2: God has a hedge of protection around you. He controls 197 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 2: the walls of water. It may seem frightening, but he's 198 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 2: pushing back the opposition. Like the three Hebrew teenagers that 199 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 2: were thrown into the fiery furnace, He's the fourth man 200 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 2: in the fire. 201 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: You're not in there alone. Fev is in the fire 202 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: with you. 203 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 2: When those teenagers came out of the furnace unharmed, without 204 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,959 Speaker 2: the smell of smoke. All their enemies had a new perspective. 205 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 2: They knew there was something special about them. They knew 206 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 2: they were anointed. The king even said, from now on, 207 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 2: we're going to worship their God. They didn't like going 208 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 2: through the furnace, but God used that difficulty to get 209 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 2: rid of what would have hindered them their whole life. 210 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 2: God changed their enemies mind and gave them a new respect. 211 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 2: What you're going through may not be all about you. 212 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 2: It's about God getting rid of what's hindering you. He's 213 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 2: putting you in position to reach the fullness of your destiny. 214 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 2: And the scripture says, do not be intimidated by your enemies. 215 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 2: Don't be intimidated by that cancer. It's no match for 216 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 2: our God he created your body. Don't be intimidated by 217 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 2: the financial setback, not having enough, lack struggling is not 218 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 2: your destiny. You keep honoring God being your best. You 219 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 2: will come to a point where you see that no more. 220 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 2: There is favor on your life that will cause you 221 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 2: to prosper. 222 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:38,719 Speaker 1: Even in a desert, you. 223 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 2: Will flourish, even in a famine. You don't have to 224 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 2: get out of the difficulty to succeed, change jobs, change neighborhoods, 225 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 2: change positions. You have favor in the famine, God will 226 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 2: cause you to succeed in the middle of the trouble. 227 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 2: This is what happened with Isaac in Genesis twenty six. 228 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: There was a great famine in the land. 229 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 2: Isaac was going to move away to a different country, 230 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 2: try to get out of the famine, find someplace where 231 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 2: he could plant his crops, have good soil and plenty 232 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 2: of water. But God told him to stay where he was, 233 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 2: to not leave that place, and God would bless him 234 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 2: and his descendants. God was saying, Isaac, you don't have 235 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 2: to go somewhere to try to find favor. You have 236 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 2: favor in the famine. I'm going to bless you. I'm 237 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 2: going to prosper you in spite of what the conditions 238 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 2: look like. Logically speaking, it didn't make sense. The ground 239 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 2: was hard and dry, not enough water to irrigate his crops. 240 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 2: Isaac could have talked himself out of it, but he 241 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 2: understood this principle that he had favor in the famine. 242 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 2: He went out in the middle of the drought and 243 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 2: planted his whole field. I can hear his neighbors, the 244 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 2: Philistines saying, what is this guy thinking? He is wasting 245 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 2: his time? Doesn't he know nothing can grow in a famine. 246 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 2: Verse twelve says that year Isaac's crops were tremendous. He 247 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 2: harvested one hundred times more than he planted for the 248 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 2: Lord blessed him and he became very wealthy. Notice he 249 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 2: didn't have to leave try to get out of the famine, 250 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 2: go somewhere to be blessed. 251 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: He had favor in the famine. 252 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 2: God can increase you in spite of what's going on 253 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 2: around you. Don't complain because you don't have the job 254 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 2: you want, Joel, if my supervisor would give me credit, 255 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 2: if I could move out of this neighborhood, if business 256 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 2: wasn't so slow. 257 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: There is favor on your life right now to cause 258 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: you to prosper. 259 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 2: But as long as you think you have too many disadvantages, 260 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 2: you're waiting to get out of the famine, then you'll 261 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 2: start believing, then you'll start. 262 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: Being your best. That will limit you. Do like Isaac, father, 263 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: thank you that I have fevor in the famine. 264 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 2: Thank you that you're opening doors no man can shut, 265 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 2: causing me to stand out bringing opportunity. Thank you that 266 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 2: whatever I touch will prosper and succeed. Your job is 267 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 2: not your source. God is your source. He can bless 268 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 2: you in unusual ways. He's not limited by your salary, 269 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 2: by your training, by your experience. He has ways to 270 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 2: increase you that you've never thought of. He can cause 271 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 2: people to be good to you. He can bring opportunity. 272 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 2: He can give you ideas in creativity. A man told 273 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 2: me recently how he received an inheritance from a family 274 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 2: member he had never met. He didn't even though they 275 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 2: were related, they didn't have the same last names. At first, 276 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 2: he thought it was a mistake, but that one good break. 277 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: Put him into overflow. He didn't see it coming. 278 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 2: God has some unexpected blessings, things you don't see coming. Well, Joel, 279 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 2: I don't know any relatives like that needed it he 280 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 2: but they found him. The scripture talks about how when 281 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 2: you honor God, when you keep him first place, his 282 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 2: blessings will chase you down. 283 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: You don't have to go after them. They will come 284 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 1: after you. 285 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 2: But too often we're focused on the conditions. I can't 286 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 2: expect anything good. I'm in a famine. God is not 287 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 2: limited by the conditions, by the economy, by your job, 288 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 2: by your family, by your training. He owns it all. 289 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 2: Like with Isaac, one touch of his favor will take 290 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 2: you and your family to a new level. The scripture says, 291 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 2: Isaac's wealth continued to increase. He acquired large flocks of 292 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 2: sheep and goats and great herds of cattle, and had 293 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 2: many many employees. 294 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: This all started. 295 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 2: From him believing that he had favor in the famine. 296 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: He could have focused on. 297 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 2: The conditions, lived with a limited mindset. I can't plant here, 298 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 2: I can't expect anything good. 299 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: I'm in a drought. 300 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 2: Instead, he dared to believe, are you letting the conditions 301 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 2: talk you out of what God put in your heart? 302 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 2: Thinking one day, when you get favor, when you're out 303 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 2: of the famine, when the company promotes you, when you 304 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 2: get the training. 305 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 1: No, you have favor right now. Favor is what gives 306 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 1: you the advantage. 307 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 2: Favor is what's going to catapult you to a new level. 308 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 2: Favor is going to make things happen that you didn't 309 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,479 Speaker 2: see coming. A few years ago, my sister Lisa and 310 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 2: her husband Kevin were going to sell their house. 311 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: Typical houses in. 312 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 2: Their neighborhood were taking anywhere from six months to two 313 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 2: years to sell, couldn't purchase their new house until they 314 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 2: sold the old one. They could have thought, too bad, 315 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 2: it's going to be a long wait. 316 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: We picked the wrong time to sell. 317 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 2: Instead, like Isaac, they believed they had favor in the famine, 318 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 2: and they prayed asked God that their house would not 319 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 2: only sell quickly, but that they would get close to 320 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 2: their asking price. The first day it was on the market, 321 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 2: a lady came in and said, I'll buy it, and 322 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 2: if you'll take it off the market, I'll pay you 323 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 2: more than you're asking for it. God is not limited 324 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 2: by the conditions. He's limited by our thinking. 325 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: Why don't you take the limits off of him? 326 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 2: Quit thinking of all the reasons why you can't be blessed, 327 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 2: can't accomplish your dreams, why you won't get well, not 328 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 2: meet the right person, you may not see away. But 329 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 2: God has a way when you believe all things are possible. 330 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 1: Isaac was so blessed, the scripture. 331 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 2: Says the Philistines became jealous of him, the same people 332 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 2: that were making fun of him for planning in the famine, 333 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 2: the same ones that were telling him he was wasting 334 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 2: his time. Now they were upset that he was being blessed. 335 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 2: It's funny how people that won't do what you're willing 336 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:24,359 Speaker 2: to do will become jealous when you're blessed and they're not. 337 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 2: You dared to take the step of faith, You dared 338 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 2: to pray. 339 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: To stretch, to plant, to believe. 340 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 2: Now you're seeing increase in favor. Don't be surprised when 341 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 2: the philistines show up. The naysayers are not happy when 342 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 2: they see you rising higher. They'll find fault, criticize, try 343 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 2: to bait you into conflict. 344 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: Just run your race. It's not about you, It's about. 345 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 2: The favor on your life. Don't let the chatter distract you, 346 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 2: the negative comments, the jealousy, the envy. You don't have 347 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:03,199 Speaker 2: to end to people. You don't have to prove yourself. 348 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 2: Stay focused on your goals, and God will take care 349 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 2: of the philistines. God will take care of the opposition. 350 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 2: In the Scripture, a man named Zeruba Bell was rebuilding 351 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 2: the temple in Jerusalem. It had been destroyed years earlier, 352 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 2: and a king had issued a decree to have it rebuilt. 353 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 2: Everything was going great, laid the foundation, built the altar. 354 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 2: Then the opposition came people that didn't want it rebuilt. 355 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 2: They started bribing the workers, paying people to cause trouble, 356 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 2: stirring up all kinds of turmoil. 357 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 1: So rube Bell could have thought, God, I'm doing what 358 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: you asked me to. 359 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 2: Do, but I have all this opposition. These powerful people 360 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 2: are coming against me. It didn't look like he had favor. 361 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 2: It looked like his. 362 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 1: Enemies were getting the best of him. 363 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 2: But you can't see what God is doing behind the scenes. 364 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 2: It may look like it's going to stop you, but 365 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,959 Speaker 2: if you'll stay in faith, God will use it to 366 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:09,360 Speaker 2: promote you. The people opposing sent a letter to their 367 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 2: king lying about Zerubebel, saying, these people that are rebuilding 368 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 2: the temple are evil people. They're going to try to 369 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 2: overthrow you. They're not going to pay taxes. It's going 370 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 2: to be a big mistake. The king asked Zerubabel who 371 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 2: gave him permission to rebuild it. He told the king, 372 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 2: we are servants of the Most High God. There was 373 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 2: a temple here built by an Israeli king years earlier, 374 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 2: and he issued a decree to have it rebuilt. The 375 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,360 Speaker 2: king had his men searched the royal archives and they 376 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 2: found the decree. He called the opposition in and said, 377 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 2: do not hinder these people. Let them rebuild the temple. 378 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 2: Not only that, I decree that you are to help them. 379 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 2: You are to use my funds to pay the full 380 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 2: construction costs, and you are to take them food and supplies. 381 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 1: Every day. They meant it for harm. God turned it 382 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: for good. You may have. 383 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 2: People and circumstances coming against you. God knows how to 384 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 2: cause it to backfire. They were trying to stop him. 385 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 2: They ended up having to help him. Without their opposition, 386 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 2: he wouldn't have had. 387 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: The temple totally paid for. 388 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 2: Not only that they had to bring them food every day. 389 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:35,479 Speaker 2: God said, He'll prepare a table before you in the 390 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 2: presence of your enemies. Sometimes he'll even have your enemies 391 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 2: serve you dinner. I can here's the Ruba bel saying, 392 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 2: can I get some ketchup with. 393 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 1: My French fries. 394 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 2: God knows how to vindicate you. Those people that are 395 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 2: trying to hold you down. Stir up trouble, stay in peace. 396 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: It's going to backfire. 397 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 2: The psalmist said, the trap the enemy set for you, 398 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 2: they will fall in themselves. God is working in ways 399 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 2: that you cannot see. It may look like opposition. The 400 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 2: truth is it's the hand of God. 401 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: Setting you up for promotion. We see this with Joseph. 402 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 2: He was betrayed by his family, falsely accused, put in prison, didn't. 403 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 1: Look like he had favor. 404 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 2: But all of that opposition, the bad breaks, the unfair situations, 405 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 2: that was God directing his steps. One day he saw 406 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 2: what had been happening behind the scenes, how the people 407 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 2: that had tried to stop him, how all that opposition 408 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 2: had moved him into his destiny. 409 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: It was all divinely orchestrated. 410 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 2: When you face things that you don't understand, difficult challenges, 411 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 2: that doesn't mean that somehow you've stepped out of favor. 412 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 1: God's forgotten about you. It's a setup. 413 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 2: It's all a part of God's plan to take you 414 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 2: to the next life. 415 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: Some of the things that are frustrating. 416 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 2: You, the people coming against you, the closed doors, the disappointments. 417 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 2: You may not like it, but without it you couldn't 418 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:15,120 Speaker 2: reach the fullness of your destiny. Job would have never 419 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 2: received double if God had not allowed him to be tested, 420 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:23,919 Speaker 2: go through it, versity and unfair situations. But he said 421 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 2: in Job chapter ten, I know God has granted me favor. 422 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 2: What's interesting is he didn't see things restored until chapter 423 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 2: forty two, right in the middle of the difficulty, when 424 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 2: it looked like everything had gone wrong. Instead of complaining, 425 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 2: he was saying, Father, thank you that I have your favor. 426 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:50,640 Speaker 2: He understood this principle that he had favor in the difficulty, 427 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 2: favor when it didn't look like it. Sometimes favor is hidden. 428 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 2: You can't see it in the storm, in the betrayal, 429 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 2: in the loss. 430 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 1: People could look at you and think you don't have favor. 431 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 2: You're struggling, You're still dealing with that illness. Those people 432 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 2: at work are holding you back. It may look like 433 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 2: you're stuck, but you can't see what's happening behind the scenes. 434 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: You don't know what God is up to. 435 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 2: Nine months later, Job not only came out, but he 436 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 2: came out with twice what he had before. What looks 437 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 2: like it's going to keep you from your destiny instead 438 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,439 Speaker 2: is going to launch you into a new level of 439 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 2: your destiny. Those obstacles are not going to stop you. 440 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: They're going to promote you. Now, keep the right perspective. 441 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 2: You don't have to live worried panic because you're in 442 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 2: between walls of water. You have favor in the storm, 443 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 2: favor in the famine. Right now, God is pushing back 444 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,880 Speaker 2: forces of darkness. Favor is keeping your enemies from defeating you. 445 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: It may have been meant. 446 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 2: For your harm, but get ready leave and declare. 447 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:02,679 Speaker 1: It's about to backfire. 448 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 2: Like Zaruba Beil, You're about to see what God's been 449 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 2: doing behind the scenes. People that were against you are 450 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 2: suddenly going to be for you. Problems are about to 451 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 2: turn around. Unexpected blessings are coming your way, breakthroughs, vindication, promotion, healing, 452 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:25,160 Speaker 2: the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus' name, and if 453 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 2: you receive it, can you say him in Today? I'd 454 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 2: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 455 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 2: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 456 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:42,919 Speaker 2: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 457 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 2: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 458 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 2: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 459 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 2: in a good Bible based church, and keep God first place. 460 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 3: Our negative thinking can short circuit God's power and blessing 461 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 3: in our lives lives. When you say I always seem 462 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 3: to worry, I can't forgive what was done to me. 463 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 3: I pray, but it feels like God doesn't hear. I 464 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 3: won't have enough to provide for me and my family. 465 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 3: How do you overcome this type of negative thinking that 466 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 3: limits you from God's best. 467 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 1: Our thinking sets the limits for our life. 468 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 2: Every morning, you have to power up your mind, get 469 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,239 Speaker 2: it going in the right direction, but dwelling on what 470 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:30,159 Speaker 2: God says about you. When you think thoughts of faith, hope, 471 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 2: and victory, you'll tap into blessing and favor that belongs 472 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 2: to you. 473 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: Now, I'd love to send you my newest book. 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