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Thanks for listening to our 29 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 2: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 30 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 31 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 32 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 33 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 2: your life. God bless you always a joy to come 34 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 2: into your homes. We love you. If you're ever in 35 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 2: our area, I hope you'll stop by and be a 36 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 2: part of one of our services. I promise you we 37 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 2: will all make you feel right at home. But thank 38 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 2: you so much for tuning in today, and again thanks 39 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 2: for coming out. I'd like to start with something funny, 40 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 2: and this was sent to me from an attorney. I 41 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 2: heard about these two men, the Pope and a lawyer. 42 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 2: They were standing at the Pearly gates just got to 43 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 2: Heaven and Saint Peter came up and said, men, follow 44 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: me and I'll take you to your homes. Peter first 45 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: dropped the Pope Paul at this very small house had 46 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 2: one bed in one desk. Next, he took the lawyer 47 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 2: to this huge house, a beautiful swimming pool in the backyard, 48 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:14,519 Speaker 2: a magnificent view, and the lawyer was overwhelmed. He said, Peter, 49 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: how did I manage to have this magnificent place when 50 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,679 Speaker 2: the pope only has that small place. Peter said, we 51 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 2: have dozens of popes. You're the first lawyer. All right, 52 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 2: hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 53 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 54 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 55 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 56 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 57 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 58 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 59 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about the commanded blessing. There 60 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 2: is a blessing God has for every one of his 61 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 2: children that will cause us to out of lack into abundance, 62 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 2: out of barely getting by into the overflow level. This 63 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 2: commanded blessing will bring supernatural increase, and if we're going 64 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: to experience it, we have to have an abundant mentality. 65 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 2: We were never created to drag through life and constantly struggle. 66 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 2: When times get tough, It's easy to think I'll never 67 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 2: have enough. This is all my parents had. It's never 68 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 2: going to change. Now. Where you are is not where 69 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: God wants you to stay. He has a commanded blessing 70 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 2: in your future that can catapult you to a whole 71 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 2: new level. You may be in the land of barely 72 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 2: enough right now, but God wants to move you into 73 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 2: the land of more than enough. And this commanded blessing 74 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 2: is found in Deuteronomy twenty eight. It talks about how 75 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: if we will live a life that honors God and 76 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 2: obey his word, then all these blessings will chase us 77 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 2: down and overtake us. It lists blessing after blessing. It says, 78 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 2: you will be blessed in the city and blessed in 79 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 2: the country. God will open up to you his good 80 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 2: treasury and cause you to lend and not borrow. He 81 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 2: will make you plenteous in goods and give you a 82 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 2: surplus of increase. Notice the words God uses plenteous surplus, 83 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 2: his good treasury. Verse eight sums it up. The Lord 84 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 2: will command the blessing to be on you and your storehouses, 85 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 2: and all you put your hands to do. What is 86 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 2: your storehouses, that's your business, your career, your bank, accounts now. 87 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 2: I want you to get this down in your spirit. 88 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: The creator of the universe has put a commanded blessing 89 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 2: on you. When God commanded light to come, it came 90 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 2: at one hundred and eighty six thousand miles per second. Friends, 91 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 2: when God commands something, it's going to happen, and he 92 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 2: has commanded you to increase. He's commanded you to prosper. 93 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 2: He's commanded us to be above and not beneath. If 94 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 2: we will get in agreement with God and not let 95 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 2: other people talk you out of it or your own 96 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 2: thoughts talk you out of it, you will see this 97 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 2: commanded blessing take you further than you ever thought possible. 98 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 2: I know people in this congregation. Their tithe today ten 99 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 2: percent of their income is more than their entire income 100 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 2: was just five years ago. That's the commanded blessing. They 101 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 2: walked in obedience, they developed their gifts, they had a 102 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 2: big vision, and just like God promised, his blessings overtook them. 103 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 2: Some of you have been stuck at the same level 104 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 2: year after year. But God is saying, I'm about to 105 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 2: take you where you have not gone before. You are 106 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 2: going to see a flood of God's favor. Not a trickle, 107 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 2: not a stream, not a river, but a flood of increase, 108 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 2: a flood of God's gold goodness. That's the commanded blessing 109 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 2: overtaking you. I have some friends in another city. They 110 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 2: needed to sell their home. The housing market in that 111 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 2: area was very depressed. A large company had gone out 112 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 2: of business, and now there were a lot of homes 113 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: for sale. In fact, on their street alone, there were 114 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 2: twelve homes on the market. In the natural It looked 115 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 2: like it could take a long long time, looked like 116 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 2: it could go down and down. But instead of expecting 117 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 2: the worst, thinking that it wouldn't sell, they believed they 118 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 2: had this commanded blessing. Every morning they would say, Father, 119 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 2: we want to thank you that you have put something 120 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 2: on our house that will cause it to stand out, 121 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 2: something that will attract people to it. About six weeks 122 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 2: after they put it on the market, they sold the home. 123 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 2: One day, they were talking to the new owners and 124 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 2: they told how they had looked at many other homes, 125 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 2: even homes that seemed to be a better value in 126 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 2: a better location, but they made the statement, when we 127 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 2: came into your home, there was something different about it. 128 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 2: We immediately felt to peace and knew that it was 129 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 2: supposed to be our home. That's the commanded blessing. I 130 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 2: want you to realize God has put something on you. 131 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 2: It talks about how all these blessings with an ass 132 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 2: plural will overtake us. But then in verse eight it 133 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 2: says God has commanded the blessing singular. That commanded blessing 134 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 2: is what will cause your house to sell when others 135 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 2: aren't selling. The commanded blessing is what will cause you 136 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 2: to rise higher and increase when others are decreasing and 137 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 2: having such a tough time. When we were in Kenya, 138 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 2: Africa last year, we visited an orphanage. The family that 139 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 2: ran this place are very great people. The father gave 140 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 2: up this prestigious job of teaching at a university to 141 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 2: come back and start the orphanage. He and his grown 142 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 2: children have about two hundred acres and they take care 143 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 2: of around five hundred children. Their place is beautiful, the 144 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 2: kids are happy. They've got a first class school. I 145 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 2: was talking to him about their funding and how they 146 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 2: raised support. He told how they were self sufficient. They 147 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 2: farmed the land and that provides the food and nutrition 148 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 2: for the children. In fact, they've been so successful. They 149 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 2: sell some of the produce to the local grocery store. 150 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,839 Speaker 2: They bought a nice tractor, and when they're not using it, 151 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 2: they rented out to help others. But he said, Joel, 152 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 2: the funny thing is, when we bought this property, we 153 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 2: were told that we couldn't produce any crops, that the 154 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,719 Speaker 2: soil was not good enough, there wasn't enough rain, and 155 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 2: we would never be able to sustain ourself off this land. 156 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 2: In fact, that's what's happening all around them. For miles 157 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 2: and miles. People can't grow any crops. Experts have come 158 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 2: over to their property to try to figure out what's 159 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 2: different about their land. The university came out and took 160 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 2: soil samples and ran test. They cannot understand how their 161 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 2: soil can be so rich and fertile, and right next 162 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,959 Speaker 2: door the soil is totally different. He smiled and said, 163 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 2: that's the blessing of God. He is exactly right. That's 164 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 2: Deuteronomy twenty eight, God commanding his property to be blessed, 165 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 2: God making them plenteous in goods. When you walk in obedience, 166 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,719 Speaker 2: wherever you go, the blessing goes. You can be in 167 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 2: a dry and a barren place. But when God commands 168 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 2: that blessing on your life, you will flourish, even if 169 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 2: you're out in the middle of a desert. That's what 170 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 2: happened with Abraham. One time, he and all of his 171 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 2: extended family and his flocks and herds, they moved to 172 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 2: another part of the country. They found this beautiful piece 173 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 2: of property with lush, green pastures and peaceful ponds. Looked 174 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 2: like a postcard. They were so happy that after a 175 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 2: few months, they realized that the land could not sustain 176 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 2: the flocks and the herds, and just too many of them. 177 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 2: So Abraham said to his nephew Lot, you choose where 178 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 2: you want to live, and I'll move somewhere else. And 179 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 2: Lot chose to stay right there. He chose the best 180 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 2: part of the land. Really, that wasn't right. Abraham was 181 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 2: the leader, He was the reason why they were there 182 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 2: in the first place. But Abraham took the high road 183 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,079 Speaker 2: and he moved to a different part of the country. 184 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 2: But this time all he could find was a dry 185 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,679 Speaker 2: and bearing place instead of the lush, green pastures. It 186 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 2: was just like the desert in the natural Abraham should 187 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 2: have struggled and seen his crops and herds dwindle down 188 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 2: to nothing, his business dry up. But do you know 189 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,839 Speaker 2: it was just the opposite. It wasn't any time before 190 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 2: that dry bearing land was turned into a beautiful oasis. 191 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 2: In fact, his crops and herds multiplied so much the 192 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 2: scripture says that Abraham became the wealthiest man in all 193 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,199 Speaker 2: of the East. What am I saying? Even if you're 194 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 2: in the desert, when you have the commanded blessing of 195 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 2: God on your life, you are still going to flourish. 196 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 2: You can be in a down economy that doesn't affect 197 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 2: the commanded blessing. Psalm thirty seven says even in famine, 198 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 2: the righteous will have more than enough, notice not barely enough, 199 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 2: more than enough. Why is that? Because wherever you go, 200 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,439 Speaker 2: the blessing goes. Your company should be glad to have 201 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,599 Speaker 2: you at work tomorrow, because when you get there, the 202 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 2: blessing of God shows up. You may work around people 203 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 2: that are negative complainers. It feels kind of like the desert, 204 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 2: like it's never going to change. But let me incur 205 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 2: to just keep being your best. There is a commanded 206 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 2: blessing on your life that will cause you to prosper 207 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 2: in spite of the circumstances. I had a young lady 208 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 2: tell me last week how she was having her best 209 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 2: year that she's ever had in her career. She's in 210 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 2: some type of sels and she was so excited. Other 211 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 2: people in the office are down. The industry in general 212 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 2: is slow, but she said, Joel, it seems like every 213 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 2: time I turn around, a new client is coming my way. 214 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 2: She explained how on three or four occasions she was 215 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 2: at the right place at the right time, unexpectedly business 216 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 2: was dropped into her lap. She made the statement, I'm 217 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 2: supposed to go out and find customers, but it's just 218 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,599 Speaker 2: like customers are always trying to find me. That's the 219 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 2: commanded blessing. Even in famine, she has more than enough. 220 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 2: One thing I can tell you about this young lady 221 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 2: is she's a giver. She volunteers at the church. She 222 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 2: gives her time, gives her resources. She's honoring God. And 223 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 2: that's what the scripture says. When you obey God's word 224 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 2: because of the commanded blessing on your life, increase and 225 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 2: promotion is going to chase you down. Not just in 226 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 2: the good times when the economy's up and everybody's doing great, No, 227 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 2: even in the slow seasons, you can expect Jehovah Jirah 228 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 2: to show up and increase you in spite of the circumstances. 229 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 2: Now here's the key. Don't let the negative news talk 230 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:39,599 Speaker 2: you out of having a good year. Don't let the 231 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 2: critics and the naysayers convince you into having a survival mentality, thinking, Oh, man, 232 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 2: if I can just make it through, if I can 233 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 2: just survive this next two years. No. God never created 234 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 2: us to survive. He created us to thrive, to have 235 00:13:55,760 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 2: more than enough, even in famine. Every morning, before you 236 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 2: leave the house, you should say, Father, I want to 237 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 2: thank you that you are blessing the work of my hands. 238 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 2: Thank you that you are increasing my storehouses. Thank you 239 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 2: that you're making me plenteous in goods. Father, you said 240 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 2: you would open up your good treasury and rain down favor. 241 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 2: So Father, I'm expecting your goodness in my life today. 242 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 2: Get your mind going in the right direction. Live abundant minded, 243 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 2: not barely get by minded. Friends, God has put something 244 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 2: on you that the enemy can't stop. The economy can't stop, 245 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 2: bad soil can't stop. Negative people can't stop. When God commands, 246 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 2: it's going to happen. And God has commanded us to increase. 247 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 2: Here's why God wants you to be an example of 248 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 2: his goodness. He wants you to be so blessed, so talented, 249 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 2: so sharp that when other people see you, they want 250 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 2: what you have. The Old Testament, they would pray to 251 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 2: the God of Abraham. They thought, Abraham is so successful, 252 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 2: he has so much favor. If we can just get 253 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 2: to his God, then everything will be all right. That's 254 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 2: what I want people to say about us. If I 255 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 2: can just get to the God of those people at Lakewood, 256 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 2: they are so blessed, so prosperous, so generous, so kind, 257 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 2: so peaceful. That's the God I want to pray too. 258 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 2: That's what the scripture says. That God will increase us 259 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 2: in such incredible ways that the whole world will know 260 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 2: we serve the most high God. The Message translation puts 261 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 2: it this way. God will lavish you with good things. 262 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 2: He will throw open the doors of his sky vaults 263 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 2: and pour down rain on your land, and bless the 264 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 2: work of your hands. You will always be the top 265 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 2: dog and never the bottom dog. I bet you didn't 266 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 2: think that was in the scripture. I know today I 267 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 2: am looking at a bunch of top dogs now some 268 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 2: of you. If you would just start seeing yourself as 269 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 2: the top dog, you would experience a new wave of 270 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 2: God's favor. You are not average, you are not mediocre. 271 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 2: Almighty God has put something on you that makes you extraordinary. 272 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 2: It's his commanded blessing. Now you've got to put your 273 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 2: shoulders back and start expecting not a trickle, not a stream, 274 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 2: not a river, but a flood of God's favor. He 275 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 2: wants to increase you in such a way that everybody 276 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 2: around you knows you serve the most high God. That's 277 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 2: what he did to the people of Israel. They'd been 278 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 2: in slavery for a long long time. Finally Phro decided 279 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 2: to let them go. As they were leaving, God instructed 280 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 2: them to ask the enemy for their gold, their silver, 281 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 2: or their treasure. That didn't seem to make sense, what 282 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 2: would make them think their captors would want to give 283 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 2: them something. But the scripture says God put favor on 284 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 2: the Israelites, and their enemy gave them everything that they 285 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 2: asked for. What happened. God puts something on them. And 286 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 2: in the same way God puts something on you. Not defeat, 287 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 2: not lack, not barely get by. God has put a 288 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 2: commanded blessing, a blessing that will cause people, even for 289 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 2: no apparent reason, to want to be good to you. 290 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 2: I remember a few years back, our little daughter Alexandra 291 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 2: wanted a cell phone. I promised her i'd get her one, 292 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 2: and after school one day she asked if we could 293 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 2: go to the store. And I didn't really feel like going, 294 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 2: but since I told her I would, I said, okay, 295 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 2: let's go. Our son, Jonathan, he was about eight years 296 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:52,680 Speaker 2: old at the time, he said, Daddy, I want to 297 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 2: go too. I said, that's great, Jonathan, but you've already 298 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 2: got a phone. We're not going to get you one. 299 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 2: We're getting one for little Alexandra. He says, I know, Daddy, 300 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 2: I just want to look. Of course, I know what 301 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 2: that means. Look, Daddy, here's the phone I want. As 302 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 2: we were getting ready, Victoria heard the commotion in there 303 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 2: and asked where we were going. Told her we were 304 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,719 Speaker 2: going up to the cell phone's store, and she said, well, 305 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 2: I don't want to stay here by myself. I'm going 306 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:18,959 Speaker 2: to come too, And turned out to be a family affair. 307 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 2: And we got to the store and the man that 308 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 2: waited on us was very kind and very helpful. He 309 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 2: had the exact phone that Alexander wanted, the exact color, 310 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 2: and she was so happy. Then Jonathan came up and said, Daddy, 311 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 2: this is the phone I really want to get, and 312 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 2: I've got enough money saved up i can buy it myself. 313 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 2: I said, no, Jonathan, your phone is not even a 314 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 2: year old. That would be a waste. The salesman overheard 315 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 2: us talking and he asked to see Jonathan's phone. He 316 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 2: took it and plugged something into the computer and told 317 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:51,880 Speaker 2: us that for one hundred and fifty dollars we could 318 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 2: upgrade his phone to a new one. I said, no, 319 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 2: we don't want to do that. That just wouldn't be right. 320 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 2: Then he asked to see my phone, so I gave 321 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 2: him my phone and he ran those numbers. He said, 322 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 2: in six months you'll be due for a free phone, 323 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 2: but if you'd like to have it right now, i'll 324 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 2: give it to you today. Well, I couldn't pass up 325 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 2: that offer, and so I gave Jonathan the new phone, 326 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 2: and I took Jonathan's phone. Like I said, it was 327 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 2: barely even a year old. And as we were about 328 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 2: to leave, he looked at Victoria and said, young lady, 329 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 2: what kind of phone do you have. We had already 330 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 2: checked it would be a couple hundred dollars to upgrade hers, 331 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,880 Speaker 2: and hers was only about eight months old. And I said, 332 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,919 Speaker 2: thank you, You've been so kind to us, But no thanks. 333 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 2: He looked at me and said, very sternly, she is 334 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 2: not leaving here without a new phone. I thought to myself, 335 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 2: you cannot make me buy a phone. I wanted to say, 336 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 2: you're not the boss of me. He looked at his assistant. 337 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 2: I found out he was the manager. He looked at 338 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 2: his assistant and said, just give her a phone. That 339 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,080 Speaker 2: assistant looked at him strange. He said, you mean and 340 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 2: give like free? Said yes, give her a free phone. 341 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 2: We walked out that day with three brand new phones, 342 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 2: and I'd only paid for one phone, and it was 343 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 2: all legal. 344 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 4: I was. 345 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,919 Speaker 2: I was scratching my head, thinking, what in the world happened? 346 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 2: Just like the Israelites, God put favor on us and 347 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 2: cause somebody we didn't even know to want to be 348 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 2: good to us. That's a part of that commanded blessings, 349 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 2: blessings that just chase you down and overtake you. Now, 350 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 2: I don't say this, I don't say this arrogantly. But 351 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 2: I go out each day expecting God's favor. I'm expecting 352 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 2: people to want to be good to me. I'm expecting 353 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 2: extraordinary opportunities, not because of who I am, but because 354 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 2: of whose I am, a child of the Most High God. 355 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 2: And I realized God has commanded us to be blessed. 356 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 2: There is something on you right now that attracts good 357 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 2: breaks just like a magnet. It attracts increase and promotion. 358 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 2: It's the commanded blessing. But too many people go around 359 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 2: just hoping to survive and hoping to make it through. 360 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 2: Now you've got to change what you're expecting. Having a 361 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:24,640 Speaker 2: barely get by mentality will stop the commanded blessing. God 362 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 2: is moved by our faith. When you go out each 363 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 2: day knowing that you have an advantage, that the creator 364 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:33,639 Speaker 2: of the universe has put something on you, and you 365 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 2: live abundant minded, plenteous minded, more than enough minded, you're 366 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 2: going to see God show up and do amazing things. 367 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,199 Speaker 2: One Kings, chapter seventeen, there's the story of a widow. 368 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 2: She's a single parent mother. All of her funds have 369 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 2: run out. She doesn't have any income. Now she goes 370 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,640 Speaker 2: out to get some firewood, and she's going to cook 371 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 2: the last little bit of food that she has. It 372 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 2: looks like she and her son will have their final meal. 373 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 2: But while she's out there, she runs into an old friend. 374 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 2: It's the prophet Elijah of all things. He says, I 375 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,920 Speaker 2: am so hungry. Would you do me a favor and 376 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 2: make me something to eat? She said, sure, I will, Elijah. 377 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 2: But the truth is, this is the last food that 378 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,719 Speaker 2: we have. I was going to cook it for my family, 379 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 2: but we'll share it with you. Notice her attitude despite 380 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 2: the desperate circumstances. She wasn't selfish, She wasn't despondent. Deep down, 381 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 2: she knew that God was in complete control. She went 382 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 2: to the container and poured out her last bit of 383 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 2: flour and her last bit of oil and made Elijah 384 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 2: something to eat. She and her son ate something as well. 385 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 2: The next day, out of curiosity, she went back and 386 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,919 Speaker 2: opened to the container, and much to her surprise, there 387 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 2: was some flour in there. There was some oil in 388 00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 2: the other container. Day after day, month after month, that 389 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 2: flower and that oil never ran out. God multiplied what 390 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,959 Speaker 2: she had. When you look at your situation, you may 391 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 2: think I don't see how I'm going to make it. 392 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 2: You've run the numbers. You know what's coming in, you 393 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 2: know what's going out. It looks like you're going to 394 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 2: go under. But just like this lady, because you're honoring God, 395 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 2: because you're a giver, there is a commanded blessing on 396 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 2: your life. God is going to multiply your resources. He's 397 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,160 Speaker 2: going to cause what you have to go further. He's 398 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 2: going to help you find the best deals. He's going 399 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,439 Speaker 2: to give you unexpected increase to where you look up 400 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 2: and say, like her, I don't know how this happened. 401 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 2: It doesn't make sense on paper, but look at me today. 402 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 2: I'm blessed. I'm prosperous with more than enough for in. 403 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 2: Supernatural provision is a part of this commanded blessing. David 404 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 2: said it like this. I was young, but now I'm old, 405 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 2: and I've never once seen God's children begging for bread. 406 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 2: But some of you have been stuck at the same 407 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 2: level for a long time. You've struggled with lack and 408 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 2: barely getting by, and it's been in your family for generations. 409 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 2: You don't realize it, but that's been programmed into your 410 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 2: thinking to where you think that that's normal. It's all 411 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 2: you've ever seen, and if you don't rise up and 412 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 2: break that stronghold, it'll continue to get passed from generation 413 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 2: to generation. Now I've learned you have to have abundance 414 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 2: on the inside before you'll ever have abundance on the outside. 415 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 2: If you think lack and barely get by, and I'll 416 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 2: never be successful. And Joel, I like what you're saying, 417 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 2: but you don't know my family, you don't know what 418 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 2: I'm up against. That kind of thinking will set the 419 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 2: limits for your life. I heard somebody say lack is 420 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 2: going to leave God's people like leprosy left the lepers 421 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 2: of old. And if you study the scripture, you'll find 422 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 2: that lepress he was always in a person. We think 423 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 2: of leprosy as being on a person, an outside skin disease, 424 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 2: but when Jesus healed the lepers on several different occasions, 425 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 2: it says that leprosy departed out of the person. It 426 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 2: was on the inside. That's the way it is with 427 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 2: lack and not having enough. It manifests on the outside, 428 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 2: but the root cause is on the inside. And if 429 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:29,640 Speaker 2: you will break these strongholds that are telling you you've 430 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 2: gone as far as you can go, this is all 431 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 2: your parents had. You'll never get any good breaks, You'll 432 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 2: never get any better. No, those are all lies from 433 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 2: the enemy. Some of you have had lack ingrained in 434 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 2: your thinking. It's been programmed into the inside year after year. 435 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 2: But I believe and declare today, just like leprosy left 436 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 2: the lepers of old, right now, in the name of Jesus, 437 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,719 Speaker 2: that spirit of lack is leaving you as you hear 438 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 2: the truth. The truth is making you free. Strongholds are 439 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 2: being broken. You may have struggled for a long time, 440 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 2: but this is a new day. God is moving you 441 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 2: out of the land of barely enough. He's bringing you 442 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 2: into the land of more than enough. Now you need 443 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 2: to get ready for increase, get ready for new opportunities, 444 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 2: get ready for supernatural breaks. God is saying to us 445 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 2: what he said to his people in Deuteronomy eight. I 446 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 2: am bringing you into a land where you will eat 447 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 2: bread without scarceness, a land where you will not lack anything, 448 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 2: the amplified says, a land with no shortage. God is 449 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 2: bringing us into the land of no lack, the land 450 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 2: of no shortage, not the land of barely get by. 451 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 2: Now we're coming into the land of more than enough. 452 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 2: Now let me challenge you to do your part and 453 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,119 Speaker 2: get lack out of your spirit. Don't go around I'm 454 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 2: thinking I'll never have enough, I'll never rise any higher. 455 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,120 Speaker 2: Business is just too bad. Don't ever say I can't 456 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 2: afford it. It's just too much. I'll never make it. Now, 457 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,680 Speaker 2: if you have a poor mouth, you're going to have 458 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:17,159 Speaker 2: a poor life. Our attitude should be I am a 459 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 2: no lack person. I'm not lacking when I need to 460 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,159 Speaker 2: pay my bills. I'm not lacking when I want to 461 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 2: bless others. I'm not lacking when I want to send 462 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 2: my children to college. I'm not lacking when I want 463 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 2: to build a nicer home. I'm not lacking when I 464 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 2: want to support those missionaries. I am a no lack person. Friends, 465 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 2: I'm asking you today to have an abundant mentality. God 466 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 2: has amazing things in your future. He's already put a 467 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 2: commanded blessing on your life. And if you will do 468 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 2: your best to honor him and get in agreement with God, 469 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 2: then let me just declare what's going to happen. God 470 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 2: is going to open up to you his good treasury 471 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 2: and reiin down favor like you've never seen before. God 472 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 2: is going to make you plenteous in goods and give 473 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 2: you a surplus of increase. He's going to bless the 474 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:14,959 Speaker 2: work of your hands. You're going to see supernatural provision 475 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,439 Speaker 2: where your resources are going to go further than they 476 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,119 Speaker 2: should have on their own. Even in famine, even in 477 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 2: a slow season, you're going to have more than enough. 478 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:29,399 Speaker 2: God is going to cause your storehouses to overflow in 479 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 2: such amazing ways. Everybody around you will know you serve 480 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 2: the most high God. I believe it and declare it 481 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 2: over each one of you in Jesus' name. Come on, 482 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 2: give the Lord of shatter phrase today. 483 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Joel los Deine podcast. 484 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 6: Help us continue to share the message of hope with 485 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 6: those all over the world. 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