1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victorium. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: If you're ever in our area, please stop buying. Be 7 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. I promise you 8 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. I like to 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: start with something funny, and I heard about this husband. 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: He was quietly reading the newspaper when his wife snuck 11 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: up behind him and hit him on the head with 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: a frying pan. He said, what was that for? She said, 13 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: that was for the piece of paper I found in 14 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: your pocket with the name Mary Lou on it. He said, oh, honey, 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: that was just one of the horses that I bet 16 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: on at the racetrack last week. She apologized, went about 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: her business. Two days later hit him on the head 18 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: with a bigger frying When he came to he said, 19 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: what in the world was that for? She said, your 20 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: horse just called. No spiritual value there. But here we go. 21 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 22 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 23 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 24 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,479 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 25 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 26 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 27 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about hearing in your spirit. 28 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: Just as we have physical ears, we have spiritual ears. 29 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: And God doesn't speak to us out loud normally like 30 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: we see in the movies. He speaks to us in 31 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: our spirit. Many times he will speak things that contradict 32 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: what we see with our eyes. Maybe you're facing an illness, 33 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: doesn't seem like you'll ever get well. You'll hear a 34 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: voice saying you're healthy, your whole, you're strong, or you're 35 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: struggling in your finances you can't seem to get ahead. 36 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: You'll hear that voice saying you're blessed, you're prosperous, you 37 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: have more than enough. It's just the opposite of what 38 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,399 Speaker 1: it looks like. But God calls you what you are 39 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: before it happens. When you're sick. God calls you well 40 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: when you're addicted. God calls you free when you're bearing 41 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: you can't conceive, God calls you a mother. In the scripture, 42 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: Abraham didn't have any children, yet God called him the 43 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: father of many nations. Gideon was insecure, afraid. He said, God, 44 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: I can't lead the Israelites. I come from the poorest family. 45 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:50,119 Speaker 1: He saw himself as weak, unqualified, yet God called him 46 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: a mighty hero. You will hear things in your spirit 47 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: that don't make sense to your mind. You'll think I'm 48 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: not free. I still have this. I'm not blessed Joel, 49 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: I have all these problems. Gideon said, I'm not a 50 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: mighty hero. I'm the least one in my father's house. 51 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: Abraham said, in effect, I'm not a father of many nations. 52 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: I don't have one child. But if you're going to 53 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: see it come to pass, you have to believe what 54 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,399 Speaker 1: you hear in your spirit and not what you see 55 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: with your eyes. You have to walk by fee and 56 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: not by sight. Your circumstances may look like you'll never 57 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 1: get well, never get out of debt, never meet the 58 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: right person. But if you'll listen down in your spirit, 59 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: you'll hear a voice saying healing is coming. You will 60 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: lend and not borrow. New doors are about to open. 61 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: Fever is in your future. Don't let what you see 62 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: with your eyes talk you out of what you've heard 63 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: in your spirit. God is saying to you what he 64 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: said to Gideon. You are a mighty hero. You're going 65 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: to accomplish big things. You're going to go further than 66 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: you've imagined. He's saying to you what he said to Abraham. 67 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: You're going to have those children. You're going to conceive. 68 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: Your baby is on the way. He's saying to you 69 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: what he said to David. You're going to defeat that giant. Yes, 70 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: that obstacle is big, but you have greatness in you. 71 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 1: You are anointed, equipped, empowered. He's saying to you what 72 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 1: he said to my mother. That cancer is not the end, 73 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: that sickness is not your final story. Restoration is coming. 74 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 1: Things are about to turn in your favor. Now, quit 75 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: being discouraged by what you see, and start being encouraged 76 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: by what you hear. The scripture says the things we 77 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: see are only temporary, but what we hear, what God 78 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 1: speaks to us, that's permanent. One translation says the things 79 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: we see are subject to change. That sickness may look permanent. 80 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: The truth is it's subject to change. One touch of 81 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: God's favor, suddenly you'll be well. That addiction you've struggled 82 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: with for years looks like that's your destiny. Don't believe 83 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: that lie. It's subject to change. You may feel like 84 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 1: you're stuck, not getting good breaks, not seeing any growth. 85 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: Stay in faith. It's subject to change. God has the 86 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: final say. He said, the path of the righteous, Your 87 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: path gets brighter and brighter. If you'll listen, you'll hear 88 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: that voice saying new levels are coming, new opportunities, new relationships. 89 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: First Kings, Chapter eighteen. There was a great drought. It 90 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: hadn't rained in over three and a half years. The 91 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: crops had dried up. The food supply was limited. People 92 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: were worried. They didn't know what they were going to do. 93 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 1: The prophet Elijah came along and told the King, I 94 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 1: hear the sound of an abundance of There wasn't a 95 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: cloud in the sky. Everywhere he looked. It was dry, bearing, 96 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: no trees, no vegetation. It had been that way for years. 97 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: I'm sure the King thought, Elijah, this heat is getting 98 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: to you. You're hearing things. There's no thunder, there's no 99 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: sound of an abundance of rain. It's just the way 100 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: it's always been. But that's the way God is. In 101 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: a drought, God will talk to you about rain in lack, 102 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: He'll talk to you about abundance. When you feel insignificant, 103 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 1: like you could never make much out of your life, 104 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 1: he'll talk to you about greatness. He'll put things in 105 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: your spirit that seem impossible to accomplish. Or when you're 106 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,239 Speaker 1: lonely you don't think you'll ever meet the right person, 107 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: he'll talk to you about a divine connection. He speaks 108 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: to your spirit about what's coming. But very often it's 109 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: just the opposite of what our circumstances look like. You 110 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 1: heard abundance, but all you can see is lack. You 111 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: heard healing, all you can see is sickness. Or you 112 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: heard new levels. All you can see is more of 113 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: the same. The question is whose report? Are you going 114 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: to believe? What you saw with your eyes or the 115 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: report of the Lord, what you heard in your spirit? 116 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: Like Elijah, I hear the sound of breakthroughs, the sound 117 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: of freedom, the sound of healing. I hear the sound 118 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,119 Speaker 1: of new levels, the sound of abundance. God is about 119 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: to do a new thing. He's going to exceed your expectations. 120 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: You may not see any sign of it. Everything looks 121 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: the same. Or get ready, the rain is coming. What 122 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: you heard is on the way. Well, I heard in 123 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: my spirit not start my own business, and all I 124 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: see is this job I'm working at. I must have 125 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: heard wrong. Stay encouraged. Is coming. Your circumstances may say 126 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: you've reached your limits. You've gone as far as you can. 127 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: Just settle there. That's one report. If you believe that, 128 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: you'll get stuck. But if you'll tune that out and 129 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: believe the report of the Lord, believe what you hear 130 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: down in your spirit, that will override what you hear 131 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: in the natural. When you get in agreement with God, 132 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: you will become what he says about you. Maybe you're 133 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 1: facing an illness. God says by his stripes you are healed. 134 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: Believe the report of the Lord, and healing is coming. 135 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: You're struggling with an addiction. God says, whom the Son 136 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: sets free is free. Indeed, believe his report, and freedom 137 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: is coming. What you hear will override what you see. 138 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: When Elijah heard the sound of an abundance of rain, 139 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: that drought had been going on over three years no 140 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: sign of rain. Have thought, I'm keeping this to myself. 141 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: I'm not going to tell anyone. They'll think I'm crazy. 142 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: But Elijha had the boldness to announce what he heard. 143 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: He went right to the kings, and I hear the 144 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: sound of an abundance of rain. Here's the principle. It's 145 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: not enough to just believe what you've heard. You need 146 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: to announce it. If you're sick, tell someone I'm healthy, 147 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: I'm whole. I will live and not die. They may 148 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: look at you and think, what do you mean. You 149 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: saw the medical report. There's no sign of you getting better. 150 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: When you announce it, it sets the miracle into motion. Your 151 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: words have creative power. You give life to your faith 152 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:47,119 Speaker 1: by speaking it out. The scripture says, let the redeemed 153 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: of the Lord say so. If you want to get well, 154 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: say so. If you want to break that addiction, say so. 155 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: If you want to accomplish your dreams, say so. There 156 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: may not be any sign of it. Like Elijah, you 157 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: need to announce to people. I'm blessed, I'm free. We're 158 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: going to have this baby, We're going to move into 159 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: that new house. Our son is going to do great things. 160 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: Are you sure, I thought your son was off course, 161 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: I thought he was running with the wrong crowd, getting 162 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 1: into trouble. Yes, but that's temporary, that's subject to change. 163 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: That's what you see with your eyes. But what I 164 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: heard in my spirit is as for me and my house, 165 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 1: we will serve the Lord if you'll start announcing what 166 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: you heard, not arrogantly, not like I know it all, 167 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: but in humility, with the quiet confidence. That's your faith 168 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: being released. That's what allows God to do great things. 169 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: I know this couple that tried for years to have 170 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 1: a baby with no success. She went through all the 171 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: fertility treatments, They did their best. The doctor finally told 172 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: her there was no chance that she could conceive, and 173 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 1: she was getting up there in age, and I thought 174 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: they had accepted that it wasn't going to work out 175 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: that way, maybe they would adopt or try another option. 176 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: But this lady never changed her mind. She worked in 177 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: our children's department. She was constantly telling us when I 178 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: have my baby, not if, but when she acted like 179 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: it was for sure, like it was already on the calendar. 180 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: I like to think of myself as a person of faith, 181 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: somebody that will believe with you. But even I thought 182 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,079 Speaker 1: you're getting too old. It is not going to be possible. 183 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: But just because people don't believe, or even your pastor 184 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: doesn't believe, that doesn't mean it's not going to happen. 185 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: The experts may say there's no way, banks say you're 186 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 1: not qualified, friends say you'll never move into that house. 187 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: Like Elijah, there may not be a cloud in the sky, 188 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: and yet you have the bold to tell people that 189 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: it's not only going to rain, but it's going to 190 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: be an abundance of rain. Don't be surprised if you 191 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: have some naysayers. But you're not announcing it to get 192 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: people to agree with you so they'll encourage in. Hey, 193 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: let me believe with you as well. That's great when 194 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: it happens, but that's not the primary reason. You're announcing 195 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: it to show God that you believe what you've heard, 196 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: and you're announcing it to show the enemy that all 197 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: the forces of darkness are not going to talk you 198 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: out of what God put in your heart. The enemy 199 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: doesn't know your thoughts. He's not like God. God knows 200 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: our thoughts before we think them, our words before we 201 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: speak them. God is all knowing. The enemy only knows 202 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: what he hears you saying, be careful what you let 203 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: come out of your mouth. Well, I'll never get well. 204 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: I've had this sickness forever. I can't accomplish my dreams. 205 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: I'll never break this addiction. You're giving him way too 206 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: much information. You're showing him your doubts, your fears, your weaknesses. 207 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: But when he hears you saying I am blessed, I 208 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: am healthy, I am strong, I hear the sound of abundance, 209 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: the sound of favor, the sound of promotion, all he 210 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 1: knows is you're on your way up. He cannot keep 211 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 1: you from what God has in store. Twenty years later, 212 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: the doctor's told this lady, we've never seen this before, 213 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: but you are pregnant. Not with one baby, You're pregnant 214 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: with twins. Today she has two healthy children. But I 215 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: wonder what would have happened if she would have never 216 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 1: announced it. She'd have gone around negative. I'm too old, 217 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: never get any good breaks. I missed my opportunity. She 218 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: probably wouldn't have seen those twins. When you hear yourself 219 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 1: saying I'm going to conceive my children, I am free 220 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: from this addiction. My family is being restored, those words 221 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: go right back down into your own spirit and help 222 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: you to stay encouraged. But if all you hear is 223 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: how bad the drought is and how it's never going 224 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: to rain, that negative report is going to keep you 225 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: from the abundance that belongs to you. You need to 226 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: start not only announcing what God put in your spirit, 227 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: but start thanking God for what you've heard. Father, thank 228 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 1: you that my baby is on the way. Thank you 229 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: that I'm coming out of death. Thank you that I'm 230 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: free from this addiction. Think you that new doors are 231 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: opening in my career. Elijah was on top of Mount Carmel. 232 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: He told his assistant to go look on the other 233 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: side of the mountain to see if there was any 234 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: sign of rain. The young man came back and said, no, Elijah, 235 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: there's not a cloud in the sky. It's perfectly clear 236 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: it's not going to rain. Elijah didn't get discovered. He 237 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: didn't think God, I must have heard you wrong. His 238 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: attitude was, I'm not moved by what you see. I 239 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: know what i've heard. When you know what you've heard, 240 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: you won't be upset when circumstances don't line up. You 241 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: won't get discourage over a negative medical report. You won't 242 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: give up on a dream because you've had some setbacks. 243 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: Like Elijah, you're not moved by what you see. You 244 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: know what God has spoken to you. You've heard God 245 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: is restoring health back into you. You've heard whatever you 246 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: touch will prosper and succeed. You've heard the spouse is coming, 247 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: the favor is coming, the rain is coming. But maybe 248 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: today you're in a drought. It's bearing. Things haven't worked out. Yes, 249 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: you can hear rain in your spirit, but it's been 250 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 1: a long time. There's no sign of it happening. That's 251 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: the real battle. Are you going to let what you 252 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: see talk you out of what you've heard? Are you 253 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: going to let circumstances, what people say, what hasn't worked 254 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: out convince you to settle where you are, give up 255 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: on what you're believing for now, get your passion back, 256 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: stir your faith up. God did not create you to 257 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: live in a drought, constantly struggling, stuck in one level. 258 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: That is not your destiny. The rain is coming, promotion 259 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: is coming, health is coming, The right people are coming. 260 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: What you heard is on the way. I can imagine 261 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: this assistant thought, Elijah must have missed it this time. 262 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: He's performed some great miracles, but there is no rain 263 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: in sight. It is perfectly clear. I love what Elijah 264 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: did when the young man told him that it wasn't 265 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: going to happen, instead of accepting it, he told him 266 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: go back and look again. Every time he came and said, 267 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: still nothing, no rain, Elijah had him go go back 268 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: and look again, and again and again. On the seventh time, 269 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: the young men came and said, this time I saw 270 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: a small cloud starting to form. Here's my point. Elijah 271 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: was so convinced it was going to happen. Instead of 272 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: changing his mind, instead of being talked out of it, 273 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: he sent the young man back until he changed his mind. 274 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 1: God will speak things to your spirit that contradict what 275 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: you see with your eyes. Don't let people talk to 276 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 1: you out of it. Instead of you changing your mind, 277 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: tell them go back and look again. At some point 278 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 1: they're going to see what God has spoken to you. 279 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 1: But the people close to you, those you allow in 280 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: your inner circle, they need to be for you. You 281 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 1: can't afford to have doubters naysayers telling you that you 282 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: can't get well. The problem's too big. You can't accomplish 283 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 1: your dreams. Your destiny is too important to try to 284 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: convince people what you've heard. Elijah didn't debate with the 285 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: young man, He didn't try to persuade him. He kept 286 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: sending him away until he finally believed, if you're going 287 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: to stay in faith, you may have to send some 288 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: people away for a little while. You may have to 289 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: distance yourself from that relative, that coworker that's always telling 290 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 1: you what you can't become. This is what my father did. 291 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: He grew up very poor. His parents were cotton farmers, 292 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: and they lost everything during the Great Depression, barely had 293 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: enough food to eat. He dropped out of high school, 294 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 1: didn't have any future to speak of, no sense of purpose. 295 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: But at the age of seventeen, he gave his life 296 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: to Christ, the first one in his family. God put 297 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: a dream in his heart to become a pastor. He 298 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: believed one day, somehow he could touch the world. He 299 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: told his parents that he was leaving the farm to 300 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,360 Speaker 1: go out and minister. And his parents were good people, 301 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: but their vision was limited. They said, John, you better 302 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: stay here on the farm with us. All you know 303 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 1: how to do is pick cotton. You're going to get 304 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: out there and fail. If he would have taken their advice, 305 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 1: he would have missed his destiny. He knew what he heard. 306 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: The problem was the people closest to him couldn't see it. 307 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 1: He loved his parents, he always treated them with respect, 308 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: but he didn't let them talk him out of what 309 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: he had heard. God will put things in your spirit 310 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: that seemed too big to accomplish. Seems impossible. You don't 311 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: have the resources, the connections, the influence. How could my 312 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: father think he could touch the world from that limited environment. 313 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: There was no sign of it, not a cloud in 314 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: the sky, no people supporting him. But when you know 315 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: what you've heard and you don't let people talk to 316 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: you out of it, God will open doors that no 317 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 1: person can shut. God will make things happen that you 318 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: could not make happen. The real question is will you 319 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: have the boldness to believe what you've heard even though 320 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: the circumstances say it's not possible. You heard you're going 321 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,400 Speaker 1: to have a baby, but the medical report says no way. 322 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,199 Speaker 1: You heard you're going to get your master's degree, but 323 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: no one in your family has attended college. You heard 324 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: your business was going to take off. Right now you 325 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,120 Speaker 1: can barely pay your bills. God puts things in our 326 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: spirit as a seed. If we dismiss it, think no way, 327 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,959 Speaker 1: that'll never happen, then it won't take root. But if 328 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 1: you'll do like my father, like the lady with twins, 329 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: like Elijah, and say, God, I don't see a way, 330 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: but I know you wouldn't have put this in me 331 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: if you didn't have a way. So Lord, I want 332 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,360 Speaker 1: to thank you that the rain is coming, the favor 333 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: is coming, the healing is coming, that you're bringing the 334 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: right people causing things to fall into place. Lord, thank 335 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: you that you're taking me where I could not go 336 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: on my own. You don't have to figure out how 337 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: it's going to happen. All you have to do is 338 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: believe this assistant said, I see a little cloud starting 339 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: to form. That little cloud turned into a big cloud, 340 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: and before long there was an abundance of rain. Elijah 341 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:40,439 Speaker 1: saw what he heard in his spirit. You may not 342 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 1: see how you can accomplish your dream, how you can 343 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 1: get well, how you can break that addiction. You know 344 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: what you've heard, but there's no sign of it. All 345 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: it takes is a little cloud, a little favor, one 346 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: good break, one right person, one healing, and like Elijah, 347 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: suddenly you will see what you've heard. My father saw 348 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 1: God open door after door. He and my mother founded Lakewood, 349 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: and Daddy was in the ministry for over fifty years, 350 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,879 Speaker 1: touching the world. When he would go back home, his 351 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,479 Speaker 1: parents were amazed. They couldn't believe the favor and the 352 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: influence that he had. They couldn't see it at the time. 353 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: They didn't think it was in him. But when people 354 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: are not for you, don't get discouraged. They may not 355 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 1: celebrate you until after the abundance of rain. That's okay. 356 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: The main thing is, don't let their doubt keep you 357 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 1: from what you've heard. Some of the things God puts 358 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 1: in your spirit are not going to make sense to 359 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:48,360 Speaker 1: other people. You have to be willing to be misunderstood, 360 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: to be talked about, even to be criticized. God told 361 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: Noah to build a huge boat because there was going 362 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 1: to be a great flood. What's interesting is as it 363 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: had never rained up to that point, the earth was 364 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: watered from the dew on the ground. People had never 365 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: seen rain coming down from the sky. Here Noah was 366 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: building this boat, not by the ocean, not close to 367 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,919 Speaker 1: the shores where he could easily push it in. He 368 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: built it out on dry ground. It wasn't a little 369 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: fishing boat. God had him built it four hundred and 370 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 1: fifty feet long, a football field and a half. I 371 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 1: can imagine people walking by shaking their head. Noah, you 372 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: must have lost your mind building a boat out here 373 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 1: in the middle of nowhere. Have you been smoking some 374 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,919 Speaker 1: of these herbs out in the desert. This is far out. 375 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: He was made fun of, ridicule, talked about. It's not 376 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 1: that different today. You're telling me you're going to have 377 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: a baby, and it's been twenty years and the medical 378 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,439 Speaker 1: report says no way. You're telling me you're going to 379 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: touch the world, and you're a teenager on a farm 380 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: with no money, no education, no support. You're telling me 381 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,120 Speaker 1: your child's going to do great things and he spends 382 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: half the school year in detention. Joe, you're telling me 383 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: the city is going to sell you the compact center 384 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 1: so you can have church in it. People may not understand, 385 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: they may think you're far out, you're not accepting reality. 386 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: In one sense, it's not their fault. They didn't hear 387 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: what you've heard. Don't expect them to cheer you on. 388 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: If you had to have them to fulfill your purpose, 389 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 1: then they would agree with you. If they don't, then 390 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 1: you don't need their support. You don't need their encouragement. 391 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 1: Don't let them talk you out of what you've heard. 392 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 1: The enemy will use people, and sometimes people you love 393 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 1: and respect to plant doubt and negativity. Are you sure 394 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 1: you're going to get that promotion? There are three more 395 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,679 Speaker 1: qualified people in front of you. I just don't see it. 396 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: Maybe in five years, Noah, are you sure it's going 397 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: to rain? And by the way, what's rain? And Noah, 398 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 1: you're that's good in it? And Noah, you're telling me, Noah, 399 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: water is going to fall from the sky and flood 400 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: the earth. Noah, you need to come back to reality 401 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:22,439 Speaker 1: that's never happened before. God is going to put things 402 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 1: in your spirit that have never happened, things that your 403 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:31,640 Speaker 1: family have never seen, new levels promotion influence. You are 404 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 1: coming into a time where you're going to see unprecedented favor, 405 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 1: things bigger than you've imagined. But while you're believing for it, 406 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:44,640 Speaker 1: don't be surprised if you're misunderstood. Noah was the talk 407 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: of the town. Let's go see this crazy guy out 408 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 1: building a boat in the middle of nowhere. Noah didn't 409 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: get offended. He knew they didn't hear what he heard. 410 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: Don't be upset by the naysayers. People that are not 411 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 1: for you. They can't stop your destiny. Just keep announcing 412 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: what you've heard and keep thanking God that it's on 413 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 1: the way. You do this. I believe and declare what 414 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: you've heard in your spirit is going to override what 415 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: you see with your eyes. Like Noah, God's about to 416 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: do something that you've never seen. You'll coming in to 417 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: an abundance of favor, an abundance of promotion, and abundance 418 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: of creativity, and abundance of hell, a new level of 419 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 1: your destiny in Jesus' name. And if you receive it, 420 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 1: can you say amen? Today I'd like to give you 421 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 422 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 423 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:49,400 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 424 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 425 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,439 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 426 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: a good Bible based church, Keep God first place.