1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's great to be with you today, 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: and I hope you stay connected with us during the 7 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: and you can come visit us in person. We'd love 9 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: to have you be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: I'd like to start with something funny each week, and 11 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: I heard about this family. They lived way back in 12 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: the woods, and they never left their little town, never 13 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,919 Speaker 1: watched television. One day, they took a vacation to New 14 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: York City and the father was showing his son this 15 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: famous skyscraper. They were so impressed. They were specially intrigued 16 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,599 Speaker 1: by the elevator. They didn't know what it was. This 17 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: elderly woman walked up, pushed a button, the walls opened up. 18 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: She stepped into a little room, the walls closed back up. 19 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: They sat there contemplating what they had just seen. In 20 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: a few seconds, the walls opened back up and this 21 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: beautiful twenty four year old girl stepped out, almost in disbelief. 22 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: The son said, Dad, what just happened? The dad said, 23 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: I don't know, son, but go get your mother. Say 24 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 25 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: am what it says I am. I have what it 26 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: says I have. I can do what it says I 27 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 28 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 1: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is recepted. 29 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 30 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 31 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: the battle cry of faith. We all have times when 32 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: things come against us. The medical report is not good, 33 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: or child's in trouble, our business had to set back. 34 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: It's easy to talk about the problem. Why did this happen? 35 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: I'll never get well. This relationship is not going to 36 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: make it. What we're saying in the battle will determine 37 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: whether we come out or whether we get stuck there. 38 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: We all have a battle cry. We're all saying something 39 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: about the challenge. The problem with some people is their 40 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: battle cry is negative. It's creating a sound of defeat. 41 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: I can't do it, a sound of doubt. It's never 42 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: going to happen. A sound of weakness. This is too 43 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: much for me. Their battle cry is what's limiting their life, 44 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: and in difficult times more than ever, you need to 45 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: have a battle cry of faith. Create a sound of victory. Yes, 46 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: this problem is big, but I know my God is bigger. 47 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: A sound of healing. This sickness didn't come to stay, 48 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: it came to pass. I am God's property. It cannot 49 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: live in my body. A sound of praise Lord, thank 50 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: you that you're making ways where I don't see a way. Well, 51 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: you had a financial setback. How about a sound of abundance. 52 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 1: Now I'll never get ahead. This has done me in 53 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: no Father, thank you that blessings are chasing me down. 54 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: Surely goodness and mercy is following me. It's tempting to 55 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: talk about how big the problem is, but you need 56 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,239 Speaker 1: to turn it around and talk about how big your 57 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: God is. God responds to faith when he hears you 58 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: speaking victory in the midst of the trouble, bragging on 59 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: his greatness, when you're surrounded by enemies, praising him despite 60 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: obstacles that look permanent, That's when he'll step in and 61 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: you'll see supernatural healing the problem suddenly turn around. The 62 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: right people show up. When you have this battle cry 63 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: of faith, God will show himself strong in your life. 64 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: This is what happened with King Abajah and the people 65 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: of Judah. Second Chronicles, Chapter thirteen. King Jeroboam and his 66 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: army had surrounded Judah. Judah was outnumbered, trapped on every side. 67 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: They were quickly closing in. And the people of Judah 68 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: were good people. They had honored God. Others in that 69 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: area had compromised and gone astray. But verse thirteen says 70 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: they had not forsaken God. They had kept him first place. 71 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: But now they're facing this huge army. Just because you 72 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: do the right thing doesn't mean you're not going to 73 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: have some big battles. The reason you face big challenges 74 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: is because you have a big destiny. The enemy doesn't 75 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: bring big adversity to small people. He knows you're a 76 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: difference maker. You're a giant killer. You are destined to 77 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: leave your mark. So don't be surprised if at times 78 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: you find yourself out numbered, surrounded by trouble, surrounded by sickness, 79 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: surrounded by lack. That's a critical time. What you're saying 80 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: in the difficulty. Your battle cry is going to make 81 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: you or break you. King Abajah could have complained, God, 82 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: why did this happen? We don't have a chance, We'll 83 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 1: never defeat them. He could have created a sound of doubt, 84 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: sound of defeat, a sound of self pity. But the 85 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: word Judah means praise. The reason they were in that 86 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: city is they were all praisers. They were known as 87 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 1: people that declared the greatness of God, went around thanking 88 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: him for his goodness, talking about his promises, and singing 89 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: about his mercies. The commander of the enemy army gave 90 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 1: the signal to attack. They all started running toward Judah. 91 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: The scripture says, the priests blew the trumpets and the 92 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: men of Judah began to shout. At the sound of 93 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: their battle cry, God defeated Jeroboam and routed the enemy. 94 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: They didn't have to fight. God fought the battle for them. 95 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,799 Speaker 1: But notice what activated God's power, what brought the favor, 96 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: what caused the supernatural breakthrough. At the sound of their 97 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: battle cry, they had a battle cry of faith God, 98 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: this enemy is no match for you, a battle cry 99 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: of victory. You haven't brought us this far to leave 100 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: us a battle cry of praise. You're the most high God. 101 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: All power and might is in your hand. When you 102 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: have the right battle cry, all of heaven goes to work. 103 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: When you create that sound of victory, the sound of faith, 104 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: the sound of abundance, supernatural things will happen. But if 105 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: the people of Judom had complained and talked about how 106 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: big the army was and how it wasn't fair, we 107 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: wouldn't be reading about them. Would have been a different ending. 108 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: What kind of battle cry do you have? What sound 109 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: are you creating? When you're surrounded by trouble and the 110 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: medical report wasn't good, that coworker took your contract. It's 111 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: tempting to talk about the problem. And I don't understand. 112 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 1: I'm a good person. The experts say that I'm not 113 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: gonna get well. When am I going to meet someone? 114 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: I've been single so long? Zip that up. That's the 115 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: wrong battle cry. If you want the creator of the 116 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: universe to show up, you need to have a battle 117 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: cry of faith. If you're struggling in your finances, don't 118 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: go around talking like and not enough And I can't 119 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: get ahead, and I'll never live in a nice neighborhood 120 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: that's a defeated battle cry that doesn't get God's attention. 121 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: Try a new approach. I will lend and not borrow. 122 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: What I touch prospers and succeeds. I live under the 123 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: open windows of heaven. No good thing will God withhold 124 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: because I walk up rightly. There's nothing more powerful than 125 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: declaring what God says about you. Find the promises in 126 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,679 Speaker 1: the scripture. Let that be your battle cry, not talking 127 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: about how you feel, how impossible it looks, what the 128 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: experts say. Hey, what's happened in your family in the past. 129 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: This is a new day. Your battle cry needs to 130 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: be a sound of victory, a sound of abundance, a 131 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: sound of healing. When thoughts are telling you that you've 132 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: seen your best days, you've been through so much, it's 133 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: all downhill from here, don't go around repeating that, speaking 134 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: defeat into your future. You may have gone through some 135 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: bad breaks, things that weren't fair. Looks like you're stuck. 136 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: You know what can change it? The right battle cry? God, 137 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: I thank you that you're taking me from glory to glory, 138 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: that I haven't seen, heard, or imagined what you have 139 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 1: in store. That my latter days will be better than 140 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: my former days. A man told me last week about 141 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: how old he was getting in, how wrinkled he was, 142 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: how he was having trouble sleeping, and he couldn't see 143 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: as well, and his back was hurting, and his hearing 144 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: was going down. The more he told me, the worse 145 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: he looked. He started convincing me what he was saying 146 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: may all be true. But in a battle, if you 147 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: just say what you feel and describe the situation, talk 148 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: about the problem, you're gonna get stuck. If you want 149 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: to activate God's power, you have to have a battle 150 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 1: cry of faith. Lord, I thank you that you're renewing 151 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: my youth like the eagles, that I will run and 152 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: not be weary. That I'm getting stronger, healthier, better looking, 153 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,839 Speaker 1: that I'm full of energy vitality, that with long life 154 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: you will satisfy me. And I realize we're all gonna 155 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 1: get old, We're all eventually gonna die. But I've made 156 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: up my mind. I'm gonna die in faith. I'm gonna 157 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: die believing, praising, smiling, expecting, thanking God that I can 158 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: still see and hear and run play sports, minister, have 159 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: plenty of hair, that I'm still tall, good looking, a sound, mind, 160 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: full of purpose and destiny. Moses was one hundred and 161 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: twenty years old. The scripture says his eye was not 162 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: dim and his strength was not abated. He was as 163 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: strong at one hundred and twenty as it was as 164 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: a younger man. But you're not gonna stay energetic and 165 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:19,079 Speaker 1: sharp if you're speaking defeat over your life. Pay attention 166 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: to the sound that you're creating in difficult times when 167 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 1: life's not fair, like Judah, when there's an unexpected challenge 168 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: and suddenly you're surrounded, that's when you have to be 169 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: on guard. I'm not gonna speak defeat. I'm not gonna complain. 170 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna talk about how impossible it is. I 171 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,559 Speaker 1: know God is still on the throne. He's a waymaker, 172 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: a promise keeper, a miracle worker. Him being for me 173 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 1: is greater than what's trying to stop me. At the 174 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: sound of that battle cry, Almighty, God goes to work. 175 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: The scripture says, the spirit of faith is in our 176 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 1: words makes a difference. What you're saying in the battle. 177 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: When David saw Goliath, he could have complained, man, he's 178 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: too big, I don't have the training. Listen to his 179 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: battle cry Goliath. This day I will defeat you and 180 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: feed your head to the birds of the air. For 181 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: you come against me with a sword and a shield. 182 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: But I come against you in the name of the Lord, 183 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: God of Israel. When God heard that battle cry, favor 184 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 1: came on David and his slingshot. He brought down the giant. 185 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: I talked to a man that was in town at 186 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: the medical center for treatment. He has incurable cancer, and 187 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 1: the doctors told them that he had three to five 188 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: years to live, and he'd accepted it and thought that 189 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 1: he'd make the most of these last years and just 190 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: do his best. But I encouraged him that our God 191 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: is a healer and that he has the final say, 192 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: and when we believe, all things are possible. I challenged 193 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 1: him to start speaking victory over his life and start 194 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: to clear God's promises. He changed his battle cry from 195 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: being passive and this is okay. I can deal with it. 196 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: To God, I believe that healing is flowing through me, 197 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: that you can do what medicine cannot do. Thank you 198 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: for a supernatural breakthrough. He created a new sound, a 199 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: sound of victory, a sound of faith, a sound of healing. 200 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: He would come every three months to Houston for a checkup. 201 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 1: About two years later, he stopped by after the service 202 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: and he had a big smile. He said, Joel, I 203 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: just got my report from my doctors. The leading expert said, 204 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: in all his years of practice, he's never seen this, 205 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: but I don't have cancer anymore. They couldn't explain it. 206 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 1: He showed me his paperwork. The main doctor had written, 207 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 1: possibly divine intervention. Medically speaking, there was no way. But 208 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: when you have a battle cry of faith, God will. 209 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 2: Do supernatural things, supernatural healing, supernatural doors, open business takes off, 210 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:09,839 Speaker 2: supernatural restoration. 211 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: Your child turns around, your family's brought back together. That's 212 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: what happened for Judah. At the sound of their battle cry, 213 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 1: God defeated the enemy. It's the same way today. At 214 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: the sound of your battle cry, God goes to work. 215 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 1: You may not see anything happening, but miracles are set 216 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 1: into motion. Behind the scenes. Things are taking place. Keep 217 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: speaking faith, keep declaring his promises, keep bragging on his greatness. 218 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: King Abajah eventually died and his son Asa took the throne. 219 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: And Asa and the people of Judah had many years 220 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 1: of peace and favor. He had an army of five 221 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: hundred thousand men. Everything was going great. Then this army 222 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: from another country came to attack. They had one million men. 223 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: Asa was outnumbered two to one. He could have been 224 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: depressed and complained, but Asa learned from his father what 225 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: to do in difficult times. Verse eleven says Asa crowd 226 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: out to the Lord his God. Here comes his battle cry. O, Lord, 227 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: no one but you can save the powerless from the Mighty. 228 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: You are our God. Our trust is in you alone. 229 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: It is in your name that we have come against 230 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: this vast people. Instead of complaining we're outnumbered, we don't 231 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: know what to do, he's declaring the greatness of our God. 232 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: No one can stand against you. Our trust is not 233 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 1: in our weapons, not in our strategy. God, you alone 234 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: can bring down the Mighty. Verse twelve says so the 235 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 1: Lord defeated the enemy in the presence of Judah, same 236 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: thing that happened for his father. They not only one, 237 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: but it says Asa and the people of Judah carry 238 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: off vast amounts of spoils. God will make the enemy 239 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: pay for bringing the trouble. You won't come out the same, 240 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: You'll come out better. You may be in a battle 241 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: now and things are coming against you and your health, 242 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: your finances, or a relationship. You feel out numbered, and 243 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: it's tempting to start complaining, living discourage, talking about how 244 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: nothing is changing. Don't fall into that trap. Now more 245 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: than ever, you need to have a battle cry of faith. 246 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: Don't magnify the problems. Magnify your God. Talk about his greatness. 247 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: That's what Asa did. He could have talked about the enemy, 248 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: how big they were, how impossible it looked, but he said, God, 249 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: there's no one like you now. Of great battle cry 250 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: in times of trouble is to remind yourself who God is. Lord. 251 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: I want to thank you that you're the all powerful 252 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,040 Speaker 1: creator of the universe. You're the God who stopped the 253 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: Son for Joshua, the God who parted the Red Sea 254 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: for Moses, the God who defeated a giant with a slingshot, 255 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: The God who protected teenagers in a fiery furnace, The 256 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: God who made Elishah invisible to the enemy, The God 257 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: who rescued Jonah with a well, The God who raised 258 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: Lazarus from the dead, the God who calmed the storm 259 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: with your words, the God who healed my mother of cancer, 260 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: The God who gave us the compact center. You are 261 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: the great I am. 262 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 2: Our trust is in you alone. 263 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 1: Who can stand against our God? No one can stop 264 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: what he is purpose for your life, no bad brain, 265 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: no sickness, no addiction, no environment. You may be outnumbered 266 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: today in the natural the odds are against you. But 267 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: when you have this battle cry of faith, the supernatural 268 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: God goes to work one touch of his favor and 269 00:16:56,360 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 1: enemies are defeated. Healing comes, Addictions are trouble turns around 270 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: the right people track you down. God will do things 271 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: that you can't explain. And yes, we're all going to 272 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: have challengism. Things come against us. It's easy to get discouraged. 273 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: But God is looking for people like Asa, people like Judah, 274 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: people that don't fall apart when they're outnumbered, that don't 275 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: get sour and give up on their dreams. But people 276 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: that have a battle cry of victory, people that speak 277 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 1: faith in the midst of doubt, people that praise when 278 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: they could be complaining, people that declare favor in a famine. 279 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 1: That's how you're going to reach your full potential. You 280 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: have to go through the battles to become who you 281 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: were created to be. God is not going to eliminate 282 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: every challenge. He'll keep you from certain things, but there 283 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: are battles that are necessary for your destiny. You have 284 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 1: to go through the betrayal, through the difficulty, through being outnumbered, 285 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 1: to see the new levels that God has for you. 286 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: This is what happened to the Israelites. God had brought 287 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 1: them out of slavery, and they wandered in the desert 288 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: for many years, and the parents had died. But now 289 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 1: their grown children had finally made it to the place 290 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 1: God promised them, the land flowing with milk and honey, 291 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,880 Speaker 1: where they'd have houses that they didn't build and eat 292 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: from vengeards that they didn't plant. The problem was the 293 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: city of Jericho stood between them and the promised land. 294 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 1: They couldn't go around it. They couldn't take a back way. 295 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 1: They had to pass through it to get to their destiny. 296 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: There will always be a Jericho before you get to 297 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: your promised land. You may have an obstacle in your 298 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,640 Speaker 1: path today, a sickness and trouble at work, a challenge 299 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,439 Speaker 1: in your family. Thoughts will tell you it's never going 300 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: to change. You've been dealing with this a long time. 301 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 1: What you can't see is you're at Jericho. You are 302 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: closer than you think. This is not the time to 303 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 1: get discouraged and give up on the promises. This is 304 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: the time to stir your fame. God didn't bring you 305 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: all the way to Jericho to let that last obstacle 306 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: defeat you. He didn't take you through all that you've 307 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: been through to have this trouble or this sickness caused 308 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 1: you to get stuck and settle there. But Jericho was 309 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 1: no ordinary city. It had a huge wall around it. 310 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: It was fortified, not a little fence that they threw 311 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,919 Speaker 1: up in a few days. This wall was made out 312 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 1: of stone and mortar, was fifteen feet thick at the top, 313 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 1: so wide that soldiers on horses rode around watching over 314 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: the city on the lookout for invaders. Significant that the 315 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: Israelites had to conquer other cities and get past to 316 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: other areas to get to where they were, But nothing 317 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: they faced was as strong and fortified as Jericho. When 318 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 1: you come to your biggest challenge, that's a sign and 319 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: you're close to what you've been believing for. Don't get 320 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: discouraged by Jericho. You're just one victory away from seeing 321 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: blessing in favor. Like you've never seen. God told Joshua 322 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: to have the people march around the walls for six days, 323 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: once a day. On the seventh day, they're to march 324 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 1: around seven times. They were instructed to not say a word. 325 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: No talking, no whispering, no complaining. God knew if he 326 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: didn't tell them not to speak, they would have talked 327 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: themselves out of it. What are we doing out here 328 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: walking around the wall? We look like fools. This isn't 329 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: doing any good. I'm hot, I'm thirsty, it's dusty. Let's 330 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 1: go back home. Sometimes God asks you to do things 331 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: that don't make sense. To forgive the person that did 332 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: you wrong, to volunteer in the kids area. God, I 333 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: want to be on the platform to teach that class. 334 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: When you don't feel qualified, don't talk yourself out of it. 335 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 1: Pass the test. Do what you know you're supposed to do. 336 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: That's leading you to something greater. On the seventh day, 337 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,400 Speaker 1: the seventh time around, God told them that they were 338 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: to let out a great shout. I can see them 339 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: going around once and twice, five times, six times. On 340 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: that seventh time. Verse sixteenth says Joshua will command of 341 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: the people shout, for the Lord has given you the city. 342 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: This wasn't just people being loud and emotional. This was 343 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 1: a battle of cry of victory. God, we believe these 344 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: walls are coming down. What you promised us is on 345 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 1: the way. Nothing can stand against you. They were declaring 346 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: the greatness of our God. Verse twenty says suddenly the 347 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: walls collapsed and the Israelites went in and captured the city. 348 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,400 Speaker 1: Those six days they walked around the walls. They were 349 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: being obedient, showing God that they trusted him. But without 350 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 1: the shout, the walls and have come down. That battle 351 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: cry of faith is what activated God's power. There may 352 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 1: be some walls up in your life and things you're 353 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: believing to change, and it's important to pray, to believe, 354 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 1: to trust. But what brings the walls down is that 355 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: shout of praise, that shout of faith when you declare 356 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 1: the greatness of our God all through the day, down 357 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: in your spirit. Father, thank you that you are bigger 358 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:30,360 Speaker 1: than this cancer. That I will live and not die. 359 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: Thank you that as for me and my house, we 360 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: will serve the Lord. Thank You that the enemies I 361 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 1: see today I will see no more. That's the sound 362 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: that causes angels to go to work, doors to open problems, 363 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:48,359 Speaker 1: to turn around. It says, when they shouted, suddenly the 364 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: walls came down. When you have this battle cry of faith, 365 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: you'll have some suddenlyaes Suddenly your health improves, and suddenly 366 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: you meet the right person. Suddenly your businessiness takes off. 367 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, Joe, you should see my medical report, 368 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: or my business is slow, or all my family we 369 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 1: struggle with this same addiction. The enemy would love to 370 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: deceive us into talking about the problem and declaring defeat 371 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 1: and mediocrity, lack. You have to change your battle crime. 372 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 1: How about a sound of victory, father, thank you that 373 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: this is a new day, that freedom is coming to 374 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: my house. A sound of faith. Lord, I think you 375 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: that this trouble is only temporary, that things are changing 376 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: in my favor. Years ago, Victoria and I were in 377 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: a situation where someone had done us wrong and said 378 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 1: some things that weren't true, and now it was a 379 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: big legal ordeal and we were having to meet with 380 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 1: attorneys and go through all the process, and it was 381 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: a waste of time and energy. It had gone on 382 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 1: for months and months, and we did our best to 383 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 1: stay on the high road, knowing that God was still 384 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 1: in control, but there were times we were tempted to 385 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 1: talk about the problem and this is not right and 386 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 1: why did it happen and what if it doesn't work out? 387 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 1: We had to do what I'm asking you to do. 388 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: We zipped that up and switched over into faith. Father. 389 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,160 Speaker 1: Thank you that no weapon formed against us will prosper. Lord, 390 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: you said, the trap the enemy set for us, they 391 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: will fall in themselves. After a couple of years of 392 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: this long drawn out process, it was coming down to 393 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,360 Speaker 1: the final day where a decision would be made, and 394 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: we had to be downtown at eight in the morning, 395 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: and we decided to meet our team beforehand at seven, 396 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: and we drove there quietly and we pulled into the 397 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: parking lot and we'd already prayed that morning, but Victoria said, Joel, 398 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: we need to do something before we go in. We 399 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 1: should put on some praise music and thank God for 400 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: the victory. That sounded good, and we had the Lakewood 401 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 1: CD and there was a song back then called we 402 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 1: Have Overcome Real upbeat from a live recording, and at 403 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: the end the worship leader came on and he said, 404 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: come on, shout the victory like you've already won. I 405 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: was just listening, enjoying the music, when Victoria let out 406 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: a shout like she's at a ball game. I literally 407 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 1: jumped out of my seat. She looked at me and said, 408 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: come on, Joe, you have to shout for it. It's 409 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 1: like six thirty in the morning. I was barely awake. 410 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: She was over there shouting, Hallelujah, Lord, I thank you 411 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 1: that it's already done. It's good to pray, it's good 412 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 1: to believe, but the shout is what brings walls down. 413 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 1: We went in that day and before the proceedings started, 414 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: their side came out and said, we've dropped everything. It's 415 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: all clear. The case is closed. 416 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 2: When you have a battle cry of faith, the creator 417 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 2: of the universe goes to work. 418 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: Nothing concend against our gods. What kind of sound are 419 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 1: you creating? Sound of defeat, sound of lack, a sound 420 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: of it's never gonna happen. That's gonna limit your life. 421 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: What you're up against may look bigger, you're outnumbered, surrounded. 422 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,399 Speaker 1: What you can't see is the most tied God is 423 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: right there with you. He's surrounding everything that's surrounding you. 424 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: It looks like a setback, but really it's a set 425 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 1: up for him to show out in your life. Now 426 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: do your part. No more talking about the problem, how 427 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 1: impossible it is. Have a battle cry of faith, declaring 428 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: the greatness of our God. If you'll do this, I 429 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: believe and declare, like Joshua, You're about to see some 430 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: walls come down. You'll come in into your seventh Day 431 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 1: where impossible situations suddenly turn in your favor, like Asa, 432 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 1: when you're out numbered, God's gonna step in and bring 433 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 1: supernatural healings, supernatural breakthroughs, supernatural abundance in Jesus's name, And 434 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 1: if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like 435 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord 436 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 437 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins, Come into my heart. 438 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: I make you my Lord and Savior. If you prayed 439 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,880 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd 440 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,120 Speaker 1: love to send you some free information on your new 441 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,479 Speaker 1: walk with the Lord. You can text the number on 442 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: the screen or go to the website. But I hope 443 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: you'll get into a good Bible based church and keep 444 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:31,719 Speaker 1: God first place.