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And 43 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 5: if you're ever in our area, please stop by and 44 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 5: be a part of one of our services. 45 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 4: I promise you it will make you feel right at home. 46 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 5: But thank you again for tuning in, and thank you 47 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 5: so much for coming out. I like to start with 48 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 5: something funny, and I heard about this elderly couple. They 49 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 5: were having a terrible time with their memory, and they 50 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 5: went to the doctor and he instructed them to start 51 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 5: writing down everything they had been forgetting. The next night, 52 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 5: they were watching television. The wife said, I sure would 53 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 5: like a bowl of ice cream. The husband said, I'll 54 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 5: go get it for you. She said, honey, you know 55 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 5: what the doctor said, you better write it down. 56 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 4: He said, I'm just going into the kitchen. I'm not 57 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 4: going to forget it. 58 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 5: In a few minutes, he came back handed her a 59 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 5: plate of bacon and eggs. She shook her head and said, 60 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 5: I should have known it. You forgot my toast. Hold 61 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 5: up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This 62 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 5: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 63 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 66 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 67 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 68 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about choosing faith in spite 69 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 5: of the facts. There are times in life when the 70 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 5: facts are not our friend. The facts will say you 71 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 5: can't get well, you saw the medical report. 72 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 4: Or you can't accomplish your dreams. 73 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 5: You don't have the training, the education, you don't know 74 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 5: the right people. 75 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 4: You'll never break that addiction. You've had it too long. 76 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 5: If you just focus on the facts, they'll keep you 77 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 5: from your destiny. The facts can talk you out of 78 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 5: your dreams. The facts can convince you to settle for mediocrity. 79 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 5: But I've learned that God is bigger than the facts. 80 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 5: You may not see away in the natural, but he's 81 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 5: a supernatural god. He can do what medicine cannot do. 82 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 5: He can promote you without the training. He can make 83 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 5: rivers in a desert. He's not limited by the laws 84 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 5: of nature, science, finance. Don't let the facts fool you 85 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 5: when you believe. 86 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 4: All things are possible. 87 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 5: When I was in my late teens, I was driving 88 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 5: to lunch with some friends and we saw these two 89 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 5: men coming out of a house carrying a television and 90 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 5: a stereo. 91 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 4: They were stealing it, and we knew the people that 92 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 4: lived there. They were out of town. 93 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 5: And I pulled into a convenience store and called nine 94 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 5: to one one. 95 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 4: The operator said, what's your emergency. I was very young 96 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 4: and nervous, and. 97 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 5: I started telling him where we were coming from, and 98 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,799 Speaker 5: who was with me, and where we were going. He said, sir, 99 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 5: I don't need any of that. Just give me the facts. 100 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 5: He said it twice, very sternly. All I want are 101 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 5: the facts. In the same way, when you're believing for 102 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 5: a problem to turn around, believing for a child to 103 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 5: get on the right path, believing to get out of debt, 104 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 5: in your heart, you'll hear a voice. 105 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 4: Saying it's going to happen. 106 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 5: God can make a way, favor is coming, healing is coming. 107 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 5: You'll feel faith rising up. But in your mind you'll 108 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 5: hear another voice saying, just give me the facts. I 109 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 5: don't want to hear all that faith stuff. I don't 110 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 5: know when to know what you're believing for, what you're 111 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 5: hoping will happen. All I want are the facts. In 112 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 5: other words, what does the medical report saying. 113 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 4: How much do you have in the account? Where is 114 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 4: your child? Right now? 115 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 5: The real battle is taking place in our mind, and 116 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 5: the scripture says lean not to your own understanding. There 117 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 5: are times take this in the right sense, you have 118 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 5: to turn your mind off. Your mind will tell you 119 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 5: all the reasons why it's not going to happen. If 120 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 5: you stay focused on the facts, the details, what the 121 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 5: experts have said. Before long, you'll talk yourself out of it. Now, 122 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 5: I'm all for having common sense wise, but sometimes there 123 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 5: is no logical solution. There is no way in the natural. 124 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 5: This is when faith kicks in. 125 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 4: God. I believe you're bigger than these facts. 126 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 5: I don't see away, but I know you can still 127 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 5: make a way. But too often we only look at 128 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 5: things from a natural, logical point of view. This is 129 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 5: my financial statement. These are the numbers, Joel. Nothing to 130 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,239 Speaker 5: debate about this. This is what the medical report says. 131 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 5: These are the grades my child is making in school 132 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 5: right now. That's all true in the natural. What I'm 133 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 5: saying is we serve a supernatural God. He is not 134 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 5: limited by the facts. He controls the whole universe. He 135 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 5: spoke worlds into existence, he flung stars into space. 136 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 4: The facts may tell you you'll. 137 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 5: Never get out of debt, but one touch of God's 138 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 5: favor can put you into overflow. The facts will say 139 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 5: you can't accomplish your dreams. It's been too long, You're 140 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 5: too far by. One touch of God's favor can put 141 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 5: you fifty years down the road. The facts may tell 142 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 5: you you'll never get well, You'll always have that addiction, always 143 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 5: have that depression. One touch of God's favor can set 144 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 5: you instantly free. I had a man tell me last 145 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 5: week how he had been filled with anger and hatred 146 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 5: his whole life. This is all he had ever known. 147 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 5: He was in his forties. He didn't like himself. He 148 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 5: wanted to do better, but the facts said, this is 149 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 5: who you are. 150 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 4: Just deal with it. 151 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 5: But about two months ago, he accidentally flipped on our broadcast. 152 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 5: Didn't have any kind of spiritual background, but as he listened, 153 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 5: something began to come alive on the inside. He said, Joel, 154 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 5: When I prayed that prayer at the end of the program, 155 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 5: it's like I became a totally different person. All the 156 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 5: anger and hatred instantly left me. One touch of God's 157 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 5: favor can override the fact. God can override what the 158 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 5: medical report says. He can override what people are telling 159 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 5: you you can't do. He can override what you think 160 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 5: you're lacking. Don't let the facts keep you from your destiny. 161 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 4: Choose faith. Dare to believe. 162 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 5: God did not put you here on planet Earth to 163 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 5: be average, to be addicted, to be overcome, to barely 164 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 5: get by. He put you here to be victorious, to 165 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 5: be free, to leave your mark on this generation. The 166 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 5: facts may say otherwise, but don't let that fool you. 167 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 5: God is not limited by the facts. When you believe, 168 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 5: you tap into the most powerful. 169 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 4: Force in the universe. 170 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 5: When Victoria and I were first married, one night we 171 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 5: were walking through this nice neighborhood and there was this 172 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 5: beautiful two story house almost finished being built, and we 173 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 5: walked up to. 174 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 4: Look in it. 175 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 5: It had big windows, high sea, spacious rooms, was so beautiful. 176 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 5: Victoria said, Joel, one day, we're going to live in 177 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 5: a house just like this. She might as well have said, Joel, 178 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 5: one day, we're going to go to the moon. 179 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 4: I no more believe. 180 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 5: That, I said, Victoria, I work for a church. I'm 181 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 5: never going to be able to afford a house like this, 182 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 5: And being the great man of faith that I am, 183 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 5: I went on and on trying to talk her out 184 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 5: of it, telling her all the reasons why it wasn't 185 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 5: going to happen. 186 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 4: She wouldn't hear it. It went in one ear and 187 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 4: out the other. She said, now, Joel, I feel it 188 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 4: down in my spirit. One day it's going to happen. 189 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 5: Two years later, we unexpectedly sold property. God blessed us 190 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 5: more than we could ever imagine, and we were able 191 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 5: to move into a house just like the one that 192 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:54,199 Speaker 5: she saw. The difference was I was focused on the facts. 193 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 5: I knew what we made, what we saved, and what 194 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 5: it took kids to send kids to call it the 195 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 5: cost of living. I had the projections, the spreadsheets, the 196 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 5: financial data. All the facts said it would not happen 197 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 5: in my lifetime. Now Victoria had the same facts, the 198 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 5: same information, but instead of letting the facts talk her 199 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 5: out of it, she chose to believe what God put 200 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 5: in her heart. She wasn't denying the facts. She wasn't 201 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 5: living in a fantasy land. She was simply saying, it's 202 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 5: not possible in the natural. But God, I know you're 203 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 5: a supernatural God. You're not limited by our income, by 204 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 5: our position, by our background, by our circumstances. 205 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 4: You have all power. You can get us to where 206 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 4: you want us to be. 207 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 5: When you take the limits off of God, He'll amaze 208 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 5: you with this goodness. Don't do like I did and 209 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 5: let the facts talk you out of God's best. You've 210 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,199 Speaker 5: thought long enough of all the reasons why you can't 211 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 5: live in a nice house, why your children will never 212 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 5: honor God, why you won't break that addiction. 213 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 4: No, the facts may be against you, but can I 214 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 4: tell you God is for you. 215 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 5: His power is greater than any force that's trying to 216 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 5: hold you back. His favor can thrust you to a 217 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 5: new level. His goodness can turn your children around. His 218 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 5: mercy can. 219 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 4: Set you free from every addiction. 220 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 5: His love can restore, rebuild, set you on a new path, 221 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:33,319 Speaker 5: give you a new beginning. Shake off the doubt, shake 222 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 5: off the negative voices. 223 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 4: If God be for you, who dare be against you? 224 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 5: He wouldn't have put that dream in your heart, if 225 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 5: he wasn't already planning on bringing it to pass. You 226 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 5: don't have to figure out how it's going to happen. 227 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 5: It may not work on paper. The odds may be 228 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 5: against you. That's okay, That's. 229 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 4: Not your job. Your job is to believe God. 230 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 5: The medical report says I'm not going to get well, 231 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 5: but you said with long life you would satisfy me. God, 232 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 5: my children aren't doing right, but you said, as for 233 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 5: me and my house, we will serve the Lord. The 234 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 5: facts say I'll never get out of debt, but God, 235 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 5: you said, I will lend to not borrow. 236 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 4: I am the head and not the tail. 237 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 5: If you're going to see God's best, you've got to 238 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 5: choose faith in spite of the facts. The facts told 239 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 5: my mother that she had a few weeks to live 240 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 5: with terminal cancer in nineteen eighty one, but my mother 241 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:34,319 Speaker 5: chose faith, and she's still alive and healthy today, eighty 242 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 5: one years old. The facts said I couldn't pass through 243 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 5: the church after my father went to be with the Lord. 244 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 5: I had never ministered. I didn't have the training, the experience. 245 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 5: But I chose faith in spite of the facts, and 246 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 5: everything's worked out pretty good so far. The facts said 247 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 5: we would never get this facility, the former Compact Center, a. 248 00:12:58,600 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 4: City owned building. 249 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,719 Speaker 5: The fact said, the city is not going to let 250 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 5: a church have it. The odds were against us. But 251 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 5: I've learned when God laid out the plan for your life, 252 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 5: he didn't go check to make sure all the facts 253 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 5: would line up so it would happen. 254 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 4: The facts don't limit him. 255 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 5: He's not up in the heavens scratching his head thinking, Oh, 256 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 5: I wanted Jee's mom to live a long life. I 257 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 5: didn't know she'd have cancer at forty eight years old. 258 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 5: Or I wanted Lakewood to have the Compact Center. I 259 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 5: didn't know that company would file a lawsuit to try 260 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 5: to keep. 261 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 4: Them from moving in. 262 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 5: No. God is not moved by the facts. He has 263 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 5: ways to get you to your destiny that you've never 264 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 5: thought of. One good break, one phone call, one idea, 265 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 5: one divine connection can catapult. 266 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 4: You into a new level of your destiny. 267 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 5: I know a young man that applied for a scholarship 268 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 5: at this major university. 269 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 4: There were only twenty scholarships. 270 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 5: Available in the field he wanted to study. Over three 271 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 5: people applied. The odds were not in his favor. He 272 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 5: could have thought, there's no use even believing for this. 273 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,959 Speaker 5: His chances were less than one half of one percent, 274 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 5: not good at all. But instead of letting those facts 275 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 5: talk him out of it, his attitude was God, the 276 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 5: odds are against me, but I know you are for me, 277 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 5: and if you want me in this university, I believe 278 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 5: you can open the door and make it happen a 279 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 5: few months later, he received an email saying, congratulations, out 280 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 5: of the three thousand, you were one of the twenty chosen. 281 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 5: When you believe, it activates God's power. And if he 282 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 5: had just sat around thinking, oh, it's not going to happen. 283 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 5: I never get any good breaks, I'm not that smart, 284 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 5: I come from the wrong family, then it wouldn't have happened. 285 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 5: You have to take the limits off of God. Dare 286 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 5: to believe. Sometimes the facts will say it's been too long, 287 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 5: the dream is never going to come to pass, the 288 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 5: problem's not going to turn around. It's too late. This 289 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 5: is what happened with Jesus. One time he was walking 290 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 5: through this town. Men came up to him. A leader 291 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 5: in the synagogue fell at his feet and said, Jesus, 292 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 5: my little girl is so sick. Would you please come 293 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 5: to my house and pray for her? And Jesus told 294 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 5: him that he would come, but he kept getting delayed 295 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 5: along the way again and again. Finally, one of the 296 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 5: men's assistants came up to the disciples that were standing 297 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 5: behind Jesus and said, no use bothering Jesus anymore. 298 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 4: It's too late. The little girl has died. 299 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 5: The scripture says Jesus overhearing but ignoring. He heard the facts, 300 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 5: he got the official report, she's dead. Jesus could have 301 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 5: gotten discouraged and thought, oh man, I blew it. I 302 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 5: should have gotten there sooner. No, he simply ignored the 303 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 5: negative report. And if you're going to stay in faith, 304 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 5: you can't go through the day thinking about all all 305 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 5: the odds that are against you, how you'll never get well, 306 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 5: how big your obstacles are. No, the facts may not 307 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 5: look good, but you've got to do like Jesus and 308 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 5: choose to ignore them, choose to not dwell on them, 309 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 5: choose to stay in faith. Jesus went to the house, 310 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 5: prayed for the little girl. She came back to life. 311 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 5: His attitude was, the facts don't stop me. I'm bigger 312 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 5: than the facts. When I speak, waves obey me. When 313 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 5: I speak, blind eyes, open, read, seize part the dead 314 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 5: come back to life. I wonder how many situations we'd 315 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 5: see turn around, how many dreams we'd see come to pass, 316 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 5: if we would simply start ignoring the negative reports. The 317 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 5: facts may be against you, that's one report, but God 318 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 5: always has another report. The medical situation may say you'll 319 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 5: never get well, but God says, I'm restoring health back 320 00:16:58,240 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 5: into you. 321 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 4: I will heal you of your wounds. Now here's the 322 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 4: big question. Whose report are you going to believe? Faith 323 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 4: or fact. 324 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 5: Sometimes fact is easier because you can see it. 325 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 4: It makes sense, it's right before you. 326 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 5: But the scripture says we walk by faith and not 327 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 5: by sight. 328 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 4: The facts may say. 329 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 5: You're hurt, you're lonely, you've been through a breakup, nothing 330 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 5: good is in your future. You've heard that long enough. 331 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 5: But there's another report that says God has beauty for 332 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 5: your ashes, joy for your mourning. What was meant for 333 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,479 Speaker 5: your harm He's going to use to your advantage. Why 334 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 5: don't you choose to believe that report. The facts can 335 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 5: tell you you're not going to get out of debt until 336 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,959 Speaker 5: you're one hundred and sixty seven years old. You've calculated it, 337 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 5: you've run all the numbers. 338 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 4: You've got the facts. 339 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,640 Speaker 5: But faith says God's blessings are chasing you down. 340 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 4: Your cup will run over. 341 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 5: Whatever you touch will prosper and succeed like Jesus. I'm 342 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 5: sure sure you've heard plenty of these negative reports. 343 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 4: It may not have been from. 344 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 5: Other people, but even your own thinking. Saying things like 345 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 5: you've reached your limits. You're not that talented, you're not attractive, 346 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 5: you're not smart enough. Start ignoring those lies, don't give 347 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 5: them the time of day. You wouldn't be alive unless 348 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 5: God had something amazing in your future. He has equipped you, 349 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 5: empowered you, and anointed you. 350 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 4: You have everything you need to fulfill your destiny. Now. 351 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 5: Sometimes the facts say otherwise, But Paul said in Corinthians, 352 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 5: the things we see are temporary. One version says they 353 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 5: are subject to change. Your finances may be low today, 354 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 5: the good news is they are subject to change. You 355 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 5: may be lonely, but that's subject to change. God has 356 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 5: a divine connection. The right person come in your way. 357 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 5: Or you may have had that addiction for twenty years, 358 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 5: but don't believe that lie that that's the way it's 359 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 5: always going to be. That may be the way that 360 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 5: it's been, but that's not the end of your story. 361 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 4: It's subject to change. 362 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 5: In a split second, God can set you free. The 363 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 5: key is don't let it become permanent in your thinking. 364 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 5: Don't let the facts convince you that's the way it's 365 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 5: always going to be. 366 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 4: No, today is a new day. 367 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 5: God is saying the things you've been praying about, the 368 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 5: things you've been believing for, are about to come to pass. 369 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,919 Speaker 4: You're about to see the breakthroughs, the healing, the favor, 370 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 4: the promotion, the victory. 371 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 5: Is headed your way. One Kings, chapter seventeen. There was 372 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 5: a widow living during a great famine. She was a 373 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 5: single parent mother. All of her funds had run out. 374 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 5: She had no food, no way to survive. She went 375 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 5: outside to gather up some firewood. She was going to 376 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 5: cook the. 377 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 4: Last little bit of flour and oil that she had. 378 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 5: She and her so we're going to eat what they 379 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 5: thought would be their last meal. The fact said she 380 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 5: was done in a great famine, no food, no income, 381 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 5: All the odds were against her. There was a knock 382 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 5: on the door. It was the prophet Elijah. He was 383 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 5: a friend of the family. After he greeted them, he said, 384 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 5: would you do me a big favor? 385 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 4: I'm so hungry. Would you please make me something to eat? 386 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 5: She said, Elijah, I would love to, but all I 387 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 5: have is this little bit of flour, little bit of oil. 388 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 4: It was going to be our last meal. He said, 389 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,479 Speaker 4: I understand that. Just make me something first, and you 390 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 4: guys can eat What's left over. 391 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 5: I'm sure, she thought, Reverend Elijah, I really love you, 392 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 5: but I'm not about to give you my last meal. 393 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 5: It seemed like he was being selfish, but Elijah knew 394 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 5: what he was doing. It's the principle when you put 395 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 5: God first, he'll take care of you. 396 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 4: All of her logic, all of. 397 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 5: Her reasoning, said don't make him something when you're starving 398 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 5: to death. But in spite of what her mind told her, 399 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 5: she chose to do it. She cooked the last bit 400 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 5: of flour, the last little bit of oil, made him 401 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 5: some bread. She and her son ate what was left over. 402 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 5: The Next day, she went to those containers, expecting them 403 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,719 Speaker 5: to be empty, but much to her surprise, there was 404 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 5: still some flour left, still some oil. This happened day 405 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 5: after day, month after month. The supply never ran out. 406 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 5: God supernaturally multiplied it. What's interesting is God didn't stop 407 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 5: the famine. The conditions around her were just the same. 408 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 5: God simply blessed her in the midst of the famine. 409 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 5: Sometimes we think that the economy has to improve for 410 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 5: us to do better. Joel, my job has to increase 411 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:52,880 Speaker 5: my company, and then I. 412 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:53,719 Speaker 4: Can rise higher. 413 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 5: No God can bless you, right in the middle of 414 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 5: the famine. 415 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 4: He can bless you in spite of what's going on 416 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 4: around you. Let me make it more practical. 417 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 5: You can be in a dysfunctional situation at work, people 418 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 5: that don't like you trying to hold you down. The 419 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 5: facts say, too bad, Just learn to live with it. No, 420 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,439 Speaker 5: that doesn't stop God when it's his time to promote you. 421 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 5: All the forces of darkness cannot. 422 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 4: Hold you down. 423 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 5: Or how about at home a situation parents that don't 424 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 5: support you, or child that's not doing right in a 425 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 5: bad neighborhood. The facts say you're stuck. Good luck, Just 426 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 5: endure it. No, God can reach down in the middle 427 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,719 Speaker 5: of that dysfunction, in the middle of the chaos, and 428 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 5: say I'm gonna promote you. I'm gonna increase you, I'm 429 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 5: gonna take you where you've never dreamed. When God blesses 430 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 5: you in the midst of the famine, then everyone around 431 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 5: you will know his favor is on your life. See, 432 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 5: the conditions don't have to be just right. 433 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 4: You just have to be right. 434 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 5: If you'll honor God take the limits off of him, 435 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,679 Speaker 5: he'll prosper you even in a desert. He'll make you 436 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 5: an example of his goodness. The facts may say you'll 437 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 5: never get out of that environment. You'll never rise out 438 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 5: of that rut, that struggle, that lack. It's all around you. 439 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 5: You're surrounded by mediocrity. Know the odds may be against you, 440 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 5: but the most High God is for you. He doesn't 441 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 5: have to change the whole environment. You need to get ready. 442 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 5: God's going to bless you in spite of your circumstances. 443 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,239 Speaker 4: He's going to promote your right in the middle of 444 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 4: a famine. 445 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 5: I was in Kenya, Africa several years ago. We were 446 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:42,199 Speaker 5: visiting this orphanage. The family that run it are great people. 447 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 5: The father left a prestigious job teaching at the university 448 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 5: to come back and start the orphanage. Now he and 449 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 5: his grown sons and daughters have two hundred acres where 450 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 5: they take care of five hundred children. We ask about 451 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 5: their support and how they raised funds. 452 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 4: The father told how they were self sufficient. 453 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 5: They farmed the land and that's how they provide the 454 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 5: food and nutrition for the children. They developed their own 455 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 5: unique irrigation system. They're so successful they sell their produce 456 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 5: to the local grocery stores. What's interesting is when they 457 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 5: purchased the property, they were told that they wouldn't be 458 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 5: able to grow crops there because the soil was too 459 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 5: unhealthy and there wasn't enough rain. The experts told them 460 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 5: they would never be able to sustain themselves off the land. 461 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:37,360 Speaker 5: That's what's happening all around for miles and miles. Nobody 462 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 5: else can grow crops. It's dry and barren. But when 463 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 5: you get to their property, it's like an oasis out 464 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 5: in the desert. The university sent people out to take 465 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,160 Speaker 5: soil samples to do studies, try to figure out what's 466 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 5: different about their property. They can't understand how their soil 467 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 5: can be so rich and fertile, and right next. 468 00:24:58,240 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 4: Door it's totally different. 469 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 5: When this father told me, he smiled and said, Joel, 470 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 5: it's the blessing of God on our life. 471 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 4: Friends. 472 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 5: God controls the environment. He's not limited by what somebody 473 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 5: has told you. He's not limited by what the experts 474 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,640 Speaker 5: have said. With all due respect, God has the final say. 475 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 5: The facts don't have to line up for him to 476 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 5: bless you. You don't have to be the smartest, the 477 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,159 Speaker 5: most talented, the strongest. What's more important than all of 478 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 5: that is God's blessing on your life. Why don't you 479 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 5: take the limits off of him. Don't let the facts talk. 480 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 4: You out of what God put in your heart. 481 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 5: One time in the Old Testament, the Israelites were surrounded 482 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 5: by a major army. This army had cut off their 483 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 5: food supply. They were waiting for them to starve to death, 484 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 5: and then they were going to go take the land. 485 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 5: The prophet Elisha showed up and said to the Israelites, 486 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 5: by this time tomorrow there will be so much food 487 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 5: you'll be to buy a loaf of bread for only 488 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 5: one penny. The king's assistant said, Elisha, what are you 489 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 5: talking about. 490 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 4: That's totally impossible. 491 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 5: The problem with this assistant is he was only looking 492 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 5: at it in the natural. 493 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 4: He started checking all the facts. 494 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 5: We're surrounded, we're outnumbered, we have no food, we're starving, 495 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 5: we're weak. In other words, he checked the stock report, 496 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 5: he looked at this financial statement, he watched the nightly news. 497 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 5: Came to the conclusion there's no way it's never going 498 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 5: to happen. When he told Elisha that he thought it 499 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 5: was impossible, Elisha did something significant. 500 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 4: He didn't just blow him off and say, well, we'll see. 501 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 5: He looked at this assistant and said it will come 502 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 5: to pass. But because you doubted, because you didn't believe, 503 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 5: it will not happen. 504 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 4: For you, you won't see any part of it. 505 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 5: Later that day, four lepers were sitting outside the city gates. 506 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 5: They started walking toward the n enemy's camp. God caused 507 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 5: it to sound like a. 508 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 4: Huge army was approaching. 509 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 5: The enemy panicked and took off, running for their lives, 510 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,360 Speaker 5: left all of their food and supplies. The lepers went 511 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 5: back and told the Israelites that the enemy was gone 512 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 5: and there. 513 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 4: Was an abundance of food. 514 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 5: This assistant, who didn't believe, was in charge of the 515 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 5: city gates. When he opened them up to let the 516 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 5: people out, they were so excited he got knocked down 517 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:32,959 Speaker 5: and was trampled to death. Everyone else could buy bread 518 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 5: for one penny a loaf, but not him. 519 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 4: It happened just like Elisha said. 520 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 5: Now, my encouragement is when God puts a promise in 521 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 5: your heart, you may not see how it can happen. 522 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 5: All the facts may say it's impossible, but do yourself 523 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 5: a favor. 524 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 4: Don't tell God. 525 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 5: All the reasons why you don't believe, why you can't 526 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:54,399 Speaker 5: get well. 527 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 4: That will keep it from happening for you. 528 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 5: You have to turn your mind off. He's a supernatural God. 529 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 5: He's not limited by your circumstances. He's limited by what 530 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 5: you believe. The odds may be against you today, but 531 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,120 Speaker 5: don't ever forget the most High God is for you. 532 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 5: The facts don't stop him. The economy doesn't stop him, 533 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 5: a medical report. 534 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 4: Doesn't stop him. He has all power. 535 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 5: And if you'll start choosing faith in spite of the facts, 536 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 5: I believe and declare new doors are going to open. 537 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 5: Dreams are going to come to pass, Problems are going 538 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 5: to turn around, favor, healing, breakthroughs, abundance, victory is coming 539 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 5: your way in Jesus' name. 540 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 4: If you receive it today, can you say amen. 541 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 542 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 543 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? 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