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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 3: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 3: put God's very best in your life. Will God bless you? 38 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 3: It's a joy to come into your homes and if 39 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 3: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 40 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 3: a part of one of our services. These are the 41 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 3: finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood. 42 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 3: But thanks for being with us today. I like to 43 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 3: start with something funny, and I heard about this man. 44 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 3: He said I've read so many terrible things about how 45 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 3: bad eating sugar and junk food is for you. I've 46 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 3: made a firm New Year's resolution, no more reading say 47 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 3: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 48 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 3: am what it says I am. I have what it 49 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 3: says I have. I can do what it says I 50 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 3: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 51 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 3: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 52 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 3: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 53 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 3: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 54 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 3: the God who exceeds expectations. We all have things that 55 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 3: we're believing for, Dreams to come to pass, problems to 56 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 3: turn around. We'd be happy if they worked out our way. 57 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 3: But sometimes what we have in mind is not God's best. 58 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 3: We think ordinary. God thinks extraordinary. We think let me 59 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 3: have enough to get by. God thinks abundance. We think, 60 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 3: let me manage this addiction. God thinks freedom. We're asking 61 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 3: for the possible when God wants to do the impossible. 62 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 3: He specializes in exceeding our expectations, and what He has 63 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 3: in store for you is bigger, more rewarding, more fulfilling 64 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 3: than you can imagine, Paul said in Ephesians, God is 65 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 3: able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all we can ask 66 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 3: or think. Now, I believe this is going to be 67 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 3: a year where God exceeds your expectations. He's not going 68 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 3: to do what you're asking for, He's going to exceed it. 69 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 3: He's going to open doors you never dreamed would open. 70 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 3: He's going to take you further than you can imagine. 71 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 3: You're going to look back and think, I never dreamed 72 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 3: i'd be this blessed, never dreamed i'd have this position, 73 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 3: never dreamed i'd marry somebody this great. Get ready. God 74 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 3: is about to exceed your expectations. He's going to make 75 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 3: things happen that you didn't see coming. You didn't deserve it, 76 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 3: you didn't work for it. It's just the goodness of 77 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 3: God showing favor on your life. This is what happened 78 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 3: to a man in Acts chapter three. He'd been crippled 79 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 3: his whole life. Every day his family would carry him 80 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 3: to the temple and set him outside by the gate. 81 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,799 Speaker 3: As people came in, he would ask them for money. 82 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 3: He was forty years old and had done this his 83 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 3: whole life. Day after day he knew the routine. People 84 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 3: would come in, he would beg for money, and here 85 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,559 Speaker 3: and there they would throw some coins in his bag. 86 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 3: This is how he survived. One day, Peter and John 87 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 3: came to the temple. The man went through his same speech, 88 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 3: Can you spare some change? Will you help me out? 89 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 3: Most people ignored him and kept walking, but Peter stopped 90 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 3: and said to the man, look at us. The scripture 91 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 3: says the man looked up, expecting to receive a gift. 92 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 3: I can see him hold his bag out, thinking they 93 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 3: were going to throw some coins in. But Peter said, 94 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 3: I don't have any silver or gold for you, but 95 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:36,119 Speaker 3: I have something better in the name of Jesus, Rise 96 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 3: and walk. Peter took him by the hand, pulled him up, 97 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 3: and instantly he was healed. He started walking. He was 98 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 3: so excited he took off running, leaping thanking God. But 99 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 3: notice the man was expecting a few coins. He was 100 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 3: expecting the ordinary, the same thing that had happened the 101 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 3: last forty years. But God showed up and Dix seated 102 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 3: his expectations. He didn't see it coming. He thought he 103 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 3: would have to lay by that gate and beg the 104 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 3: rest of his life. But one moment of favor, one 105 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 3: exceeded expectation, thrust into a new level, changed his whole life. 106 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 3: I can hear him saying, I never dreamed I'd be 107 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 3: able to walk, never dreamed I could run and play 108 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 3: with my children, never dreamed I wouldn't have to beg 109 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 3: the rest of my life. God has some of these 110 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 3: I never dreamed blessings in store for you. You may not 111 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 3: see how it can happen. The medical report doesn't look good. 112 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 3: You've gone as far as your education allows. Perhaps you're 113 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 3: in a limited environment. The good news is none of 114 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 3: that stops our God. He controls the universe. One touch 115 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 3: of his favor will catapult you where you could not 116 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 3: go on your own. Like Peter told the crippled man, 117 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 3: I'm telling you, rise up and walk. It's your time 118 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 3: to be free. It's your time to break bondages. It's 119 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 3: your time to go to new levels. I believe that 120 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 3: every force that's holding you back is being broken right now. 121 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 3: God is releasing healing, favor, opportunities, restoration, freedom. This is 122 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 3: a new day. God's doing a new thing. He's about 123 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 3: to exceed your expectations. I love the fact that this 124 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 3: crippled man even though he had low expectations, even though 125 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 3: all he was expecting was a few coins, God didn't say, 126 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 3: too bad. I had something much better, But you don't 127 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,559 Speaker 3: have enough faith. I was going to let you walk, 128 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 3: but you're not expecting enough. God is so merciful even 129 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 3: when we don't have the faith, Even when we think 130 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 3: we've reached our limits, God says, that's okay, I'm going 131 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 3: to show you favor in spite of that. The scripture says, 132 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 3: when we have faith the size of a mustard seed, 133 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 3: nothing is impossible. A mustard seed is one of the 134 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 3: smallest seeds. God could have said, if you have great faith, 135 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 3: if you never doubt, never get discouraged, then I'll do 136 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 3: something big. But God knew there will be times that 137 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 3: we didn't have the faith we needed to reach our destinies. 138 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 3: So he said, if you have just a little bit 139 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 3: of faith, that's all you need, then I'll show up 140 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 3: and exceed your expectations. The fact that you're here today, 141 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,319 Speaker 3: the fact that you're listening, that tells me you at 142 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 3: least have mustard seed faith. That means you have the 143 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 3: faith you need for God to show out in your life. 144 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 3: You have the faith for God to catapult you to 145 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 3: new levels. But like this man, he may feel like 146 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 3: you're stuck doing the same thing. You have some kind 147 00:08:56,559 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 3: of disadvantage. Now you're expecting a few coins, so to speak, 148 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 3: expecting the ordinary. That's where he was. Yet God showed 149 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 3: up and did the extraordinary. You may have a good 150 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 3: reason to settle where you are, but God loves you 151 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 3: too much to let you miss your destiny. It may 152 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:22,439 Speaker 3: seem like another ordinary year, same thing, everything looks routine. No, 153 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 3: get ready. God is about to show up and do 154 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 3: something unusual, something that you haven't seen. He's going to 155 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 3: exceed your expectation. When the people in the temple saw 156 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 3: the crippled man up walking, running, thanking God, they couldn't 157 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 3: believe it. The scripture says they were astonished. And what 158 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 3: God is about to do in your life is going 159 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 3: to cause people to look at you in astonishment. They're 160 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 3: going to think, how could you be so blessed? I 161 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 3: know where you came from. How could you be free 162 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 3: when so many around you are addicted? How could you 163 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 3: be so strong, so healthy, so energetic. The medical report 164 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 3: said you weren't going to get well. God is going 165 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 3: to make you an example of his goodness. When he 166 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 3: exceeds your expectations, people are going to take notice. They're 167 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 3: going to see the favor on your life. When I 168 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 3: look back over my life, I can see time and 169 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 3: time again where God exceeded my expectations. I was twenty 170 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 3: two years old and single when I walked into a 171 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 3: jewelry store to buy a battery for my watch. Outwalked 172 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 3: the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen to wait on me. 173 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 3: It was Victoria. I had never met her. She looked 174 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 3: at my watch and said, you need more than a battery, 175 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 3: you need a new watch. Would you like to see one? 176 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,199 Speaker 3: I said, of course I would. I was so smitten 177 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 3: with her, she could have sold me an electrical plant. 178 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 3: She put that watch on my wrist and said, that 179 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 3: looks really nice. She checked the price and said it's 180 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 3: listed for this amount, but I can sell it to 181 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 3: you for half a price. Do you see how badly 182 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 3: she wanted me. I went in there. I'm not looking 183 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 3: at her. I went in there to buy a battery 184 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 3: for my watch. And I walked out not only with 185 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 3: a new watch, but in one sense, I walked out 186 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 3: with a wife. I walked out with two children. I 187 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 3: walked out with more than I could ask her think 188 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 3: Victoria is an exceeded expectation. I remind her she got 189 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 3: me for a bargain for half price. But I would 190 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 3: love to tell you that I believe for all the increase, 191 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 3: the favor, the promotion, the Compact Centers, all my ideas, 192 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 3: because I had great faith. That's not the case. The 193 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 3: Compact Center wasn't my idea. This was God exceeding her expectations. 194 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 3: I grew up with season tickets watching the Rockets play basketball. 195 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 3: Here in my wildest dreams, what I thought one day 196 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 3: we would own this facility. If you ever think that 197 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 3: God can't exceed expectations, just look around. You are sitting 198 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 3: in an exceeded expectation. Well, Joel, I don't have great faith. 199 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:22,079 Speaker 3: Neither did I. All the odds are against me, same 200 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 3: thing with the crippled man. None of that stops our God. 201 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 3: When he exceeds your expectations. It's not going to be 202 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 3: a little exceeded, a little more than you thought, a 203 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 3: little blessing, a little increase. God is going to exceed 204 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 3: it abundantly above what you're thinking. His idea of abundance 205 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 3: is more than we can ask or think. When I 206 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 3: wrote my first book in two thousand and four, I 207 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 3: found out the publisher was going to print two hundred 208 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 3: and fifty thousand copies. I couldn't believe it. I called Victorian, said, 209 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,319 Speaker 3: the publisher must have lost their minds. They're making a 210 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 3: huge Missay. My father would sell about ten thousand copies 211 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 3: of each of his books. I was basing it on that. 212 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 3: But God doesn't want you to stay at the same 213 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 3: level of your parents. He wants you to set a 214 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 3: new standard. He's going to exceed your expectations in greater 215 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 3: ways than how you were raised. And like that crippled man, 216 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 3: I was expecting the ordinary. I was expecting the way 217 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 3: I had grown up. But God showed up and did 218 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 3: the extraordinary. He exceeded my expectations in an abundant way. 219 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 3: That book went on to sell millions of copies. Here's 220 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 3: what I'm saying, what God has in store for you 221 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 3: is much greater than you've imagined. 222 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 5: Now. 223 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 3: I believe sooner than later you're going to come in 224 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 3: to some of these exceeded expectations. Why don't you put 225 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 3: your faith out there instead of thinking, oh, it's not 226 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 3: going to happen for me. Joy. You're just trying to 227 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 3: get my hopes up. You can't have faith if you 228 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 3: don't first have hope. Give God something to work with. 229 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 3: Dare to say, Lord, I want to thank you that 230 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 3: you're going to exceed my expectations. Thank you that you're 231 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 3: going to take me where I could not go on 232 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 3: my own. I heard about this man that had kidney 233 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 3: problems most of his life. They continued to go downhill, 234 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 3: and he got to the place where he needed a transplant. 235 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 3: His wife prayed and believed that she would be a match. 236 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 3: She went in for the test and found out she 237 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 3: was a perfect match, and they were both so grateful. 238 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 3: They went to the Mayo Clinic to have the transplant. 239 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 3: When the surgeons opened up the wife to take out 240 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 3: the kidney, they were pleasantly surprised. They found she had 241 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 3: three kidneys instead of two. This is very rare, but 242 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 3: all of her kidneys were perfectly healthy. They removed one kidney, 243 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 3: gave it to her husband, left her still with two. 244 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 3: That was God their expectations. God hasn't all figured out. 245 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 3: He knows what you're going to need, he knows who 246 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 3: you're going to need. He's lining up the right breaks 247 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 3: the right people. He's directing your steps. And Paul talked 248 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 3: about in Ephesians the surpassing greatness of God's favor. You're 249 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 3: going to come into these moments where you see God 250 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 3: surpass anything you've imagined. You couldn't have made it happen. 251 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 3: It's just the goodness of God. I have a friend 252 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 3: that's a minister, and she spends most of her time 253 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 3: on the streets helping women that have gone through abuse 254 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 3: and are struggling with addictions. Now, while back through a 255 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 3: series of unusual events, she met one of the wealthiest 256 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 3: men in the world. He asked what she did for 257 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 3: a living, and she explained how she helps women in crisis. 258 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 3: He said, that's amazing. I want to support you. He 259 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 3: gave her the largest check that she had were received. 260 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 3: As she was leaving his office, this man's friend came 261 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 3: walking in. He said to his friend, this woman helps 262 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 3: ladies that are in trouble. I just gave her a gift. 263 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 3: How much are you going to give Without missing a beat, 264 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 3: the friend said, I'm going to give the same amount 265 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 3: that you just gave. This lady walked out amazed, thinking 266 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 3: I never dreamed I would have two of the wealthiest 267 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 3: men in the world supporting my ministry. What was that 268 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 3: God doing more than she could ask or think. You 269 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 3: may wonder how you're going to accomplish your dreams, how 270 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 3: you're going to get out of that difficulty. God has 271 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 3: the right people lined up. He knows how to put 272 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 3: you at the right place. He's going to make things 273 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 3: happen that you didn't see coming. A few months ago, 274 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 3: I woke up one morning and I heard this phrase 275 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 3: so strong in my spirit, that God is going to 276 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 3: exceed our expectations. Victoria and I were out of town 277 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 3: in another state. Eight We had been trying to get 278 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 3: a project off the ground for several months with no success, 279 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,680 Speaker 3: one closed door after another. When I heard that phrase, 280 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 3: I started saying it, Lord, thank you that you're going 281 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 3: to exceed my expectations. I kept that playing in my 282 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 3: mind over and over, and later that day we were 283 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 3: about to catch a flight back home, and Victoria said, 284 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,479 Speaker 3: let's run back and check this one last thing. We 285 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 3: showed up at this business. We were at the right 286 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 3: place at the right time. We needed someone to help us. 287 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 3: It was a holiday, so we called the number. The 288 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 3: man answered his phone. He said, I was expecting a 289 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,959 Speaker 3: call from someone else. I thought this was their number, 290 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 3: Otherwise I wouldn't have answered it. We told him what 291 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 3: we wanted. He said, I'm out with my family, but 292 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 3: I want to help you. He came to where we were. 293 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 3: It all fell together in less than twenty four hours. 294 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 3: The whole thing was finished. It was much better than 295 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 3: we expected, and it happened much quicker than we ever dreamed. 296 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 3: I believe when I heard that phrase that morning, it 297 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 3: was a test. Was I going to let that seed 298 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 3: take root and believe that God could exceed my expectations? 299 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 3: Or was I going to dismiss it think, oh, that's 300 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 3: a nice thought, but it will never happen. God is 301 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 3: saying to you today, I'm about to exceed your expectations. 302 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 3: I'm about to show you favor in ways that you've 303 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 3: never seen. Now, my challenge is let this take root 304 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 3: in your spirit. It's easy to dismiss it. It will 305 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:41,880 Speaker 3: never happen. The odds are against me. It's been too long. 306 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 3: This is what a lady did in the scripture. She 307 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 3: was a close friend with the prophet Elisha. When he 308 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 3: came through town, he would stay at her house. She 309 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,439 Speaker 3: eventually built him his own room Elisha wanted to do 310 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,399 Speaker 3: something good for the lady, but she told him she 311 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 3: didn't need anything. She was well off and had plenty 312 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 3: of resources. Elisha's assistant found out that the lady never 313 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 3: had children. She and her husband had tried for many 314 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 3: years and now he was an old man, and she 315 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 3: had accepted that it just wasn't meant to be. Knowing this, 316 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 3: Elisha called her in and said, by this time next year, 317 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 3: you're going to have a child. She looked at it 318 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 3: in the natural and thought, that's impossible. My husband's too old, 319 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 3: I'm past the child bearing years. There's no way. Deep down, 320 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 3: she wanted to believe, but her mind told her all 321 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 3: the reasons why it wasn't going to happen. She said 322 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 3: to Elisha, Sir, don't lie to me like that. She 323 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 3: was saying, in effect, don't get my hopes up. That's 324 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 3: too good to be true. This was a dream that 325 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 3: was close to her heart. She wanted it so badly, 326 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 3: she just didn't have the faith. The good news is 327 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 3: there are some things even if you don't believe, God 328 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 3: is still going to do it. He is so merciful 329 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 3: he will override the doubt and do things you never 330 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 3: dreamed things that will bring you more joy, more fulfillment 331 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 3: than you can imagine. Just as Elisha said a year later, 332 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 3: she was holding a healthy baby boy. God exceeded her 333 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 3: expectations even though she didn't believe. That's the kind of 334 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 3: God we serve. There are promises God has spoken over you, 335 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 3: dreams he's put in your heart. Seems impossible. It's been 336 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 3: so long you're not expecting it anymore. God is saying 337 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 3: to you what he said to her. I'm still going 338 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 3: to bring it to pass. Just because you gave up 339 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 3: doesn't mean God has given up. I believe, like with her, 340 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 3: some of these things you're going to see by this 341 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 3: time next year. You may not see away, but God 342 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 3: has a way. If this lady didn't believe and saw 343 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 3: the promise fulfilled, imagine what God will do when you 344 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 3: do believe. Put your faith out there. But y'all, I've 345 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 3: been doing this for a long time, a lot more 346 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 3: than a year. Nothing's changing. I don't see anything happening. 347 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 3: You're right where a young lady was in the Book 348 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 3: of First Samuel. Her name was Hannah. She was married 349 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 3: for many years, but she too was barren, not able 350 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:31,120 Speaker 3: to have children. Her husband was married to two wives. 351 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 3: This other wife had baby after baby. She would make 352 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 3: fun of Hannah and taunt her. This went on year 353 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 3: after year. The husband tried to comfort Hannah, don't worry 354 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 3: about that other wife. I love you. None of this help. 355 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 3: Hannah was so distraught, so upset. She knew God put 356 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,719 Speaker 3: the dream in her heart. She couldn't understand why it 357 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 3: wasn't happening. And one day she went to the temple 358 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 3: and fell on the ground in great rest. She called 359 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 3: out to God, to God, if you'll give me a son, 360 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 3: I'll give him back to you. I'll bring him to 361 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 3: the temple and let him live there. When the priest 362 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 3: saw her on the ground crying, he came over and said, Hannah, 363 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 3: cheer up. The Lord has heard your request. He's going 364 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 3: to give you a son. She conceived nine months later, 365 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 3: she gave birth to a baby boy that she named Samuel. 366 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 3: She was so content she had the child that she 367 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 3: dreamed about. And this could be the end of the story, 368 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:38,439 Speaker 3: be a great end, another promise fulfilled. But God likes 369 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 3: to exceed our expectation. The scripture says. The Lord visited 370 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 3: Hannah again, and she bore three more sons. And two 371 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 3: more daughters. She asked for one son. But notice how 372 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 3: good our God is, he said, in effect, Hannah, you 373 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 3: may be satisfied, but I'm not satisfied. I'm going to 374 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 3: do more than you ask I believe one reason God 375 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 3: was so good to Hannah was because of all the 376 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 3: pain she had to endure, having to wait while the 377 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 3: other wife was having babies, being made fun of, ridiculed. 378 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 3: God sees all the heartache, all the tears, the unfair situations, 379 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 3: the people that did you wrong. What you're believing for 380 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 3: may not have happened yet, it may be taken a 381 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 3: long time. But like with her, God is a faithful God. 382 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 3: He's not only still going to bring it to pass. 383 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 3: That would be good enough, you would be satisfied. But 384 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 3: God is going to do more than you've asked. That 385 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 3: means once you have your babies, so to speak, once 386 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 3: you see the promise fulfilled. Can I tell you God 387 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 3: is not finished being good to you. He's going to 388 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 3: visit you again. He's going to show out in another way. 389 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 3: You asked for one baby, God has five more waiting 390 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 3: for you. He's going to pay you back for what 391 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 3: you've been through. Our attitude should be Lord. I want 392 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 3: to thank you that you're going to visit me again. 393 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 3: Thank you that you're going to do more than I asked. 394 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 3: Thank you for exceeding my expectations. Second Chronicles, Chapter twenty, 395 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 3: King Jehasiphat was surrounded by three major armies. They were 396 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 3: out number ten to one. Didn't have a chance. Jehasiphat 397 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 3: called everyone together to pray. He said, God, we have 398 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 3: no power against this mighty army without your help. Please 399 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 3: deliver us. God said to them in verse fifteen, don't 400 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 3: be afraid. The battle is not yours. The battle is 401 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 3: the Lord. Tomorrow, march toward the enemies, but you will 402 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 3: not need to fight. Stand still and you will see 403 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 3: the Lord deliver you. They were excited they had this 404 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 3: promise that God was going to fight for them. As 405 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 3: they marched toward those enemies. The next day, they started singing, 406 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:09,400 Speaker 3: thanking God. When the enemies heard all the noise the commotion, 407 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 3: they got confused and started fighting among themselves. They ended 408 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 3: up killing each other. When the people of Judas showed up, 409 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 3: not only did they not have to fight, but those 410 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 3: enemies left all their supplies. The scripture says they found 411 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 3: vast amounts of equipment, clothing, and other valuables more than 412 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 3: they could carry. It took them three days to gather 413 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 3: up the spoils and take them back to their home. 414 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 3: Here's my point. Jehasaphat asked for God to deliver them 415 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 3: from those enemies, and God did. They didn't even have 416 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 3: to fight. That was a great miracle. Something worse celebrating 417 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 3: he could have gone back home thanking God. So grateful. 418 00:25:55,960 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 3: But our God exceeds our expectations. Like with Hannam. He said, 419 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 3: in effect, Jehusaphat, I'm going to visit you again. I'm 420 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 3: not going to do just what you ask. I'm not 421 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 3: going to just bring you out. I'm going to make 422 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 3: the enemy pay. I'm going to bring you out increased, promoted, stronger. 423 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 3: They marched toward those enemies empty handed. They came back 424 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,959 Speaker 3: out loaded down with supplies. You may have obstacles in 425 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,919 Speaker 3: your path and challenges coming against you today in your health, 426 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 3: your finances, a relationship. You're asking God to turn it around. 427 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 3: Stay encouraged. God is not only going to bring you out. 428 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 3: He's going to have some spoils there. There's going to 429 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,879 Speaker 3: be some plunder. He's going to bring you out better 430 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 3: than you were before. He's going to exceed your expectations. Now, 431 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 3: don't talk yourself out of it. Sometimes, when we struggled 432 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 3: in an area so long, we've gotten comfortable, like the 433 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 3: crippled man, we're expecting a few coins something to sustain us, 434 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,919 Speaker 3: to help us make it through the year. God is 435 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 3: about to do a new thing. You're asking for the possible. 436 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 3: He's about to do the impossible. He's going to take 437 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 3: you where you've never been. No more coins, no more dysfunction, 438 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 3: no more being barren, no more stuck in your career. 439 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 3: You're about to come in to some of these exceeded expectations. 440 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 3: This is a year where God is going to do 441 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 3: more than you've asked. You've been faithful, you've honored him. 442 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 3: Now God's about to show out in your life. Every morning, Lord, 443 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 3: I want to thank you that you're going to exceed 444 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 3: my expectations. If you do this, I believe and declare. 445 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,400 Speaker 3: God is about to visit you again. You've had Samuel. 446 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 3: He's been good to you, but you haven't seen anything yet. 447 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 3: New doors are about to open, increase promotion that you 448 00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 3: didn't see coming. Problems are turning around. Health is being restored, 449 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 3: exceeded expectations are coming your way in Jesus' name, and 450 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 3: if you receive it, can you say it in Today? 451 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 3: I'd like to give you an opportunity before we close, 452 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 3: to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 453 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 3: pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of 454 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 3: my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my 455 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:31,199 Speaker 3: Lord and savior. 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