WEBVTT - He'll Do It Again | Joel Osteen 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.400 Well, God bless you. It's great to be with you today, 0:00:06.480 --> 0:00:09.080 and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the 0:00:09.119 --> 0:00:13.640 week through our daily podcast, YouTube channel, social media, and 0:00:13.760 --> 0:00:16.319 you can come visit us in person. We'd love to 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:18.360 have you be a part of one of our services. 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:21.159 But I like to start with something funny. And I 0:00:21.200 --> 0:00:24.560 heard about this elderly gentleman. He'd had a problem with 0:00:24.640 --> 0:00:27.159 his hearing his whole life, and he went to the 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:29.880 doctor and was fitted with this new state of the 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:32.839 art hearing aid where he could hear one hundred percent. 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:35.519 A few months later, went back for a check up. 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:38.959 The doctor said, Wow, your hearing is perfect. I bet 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:41.680 your family is so excited that you can hear again. 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:44.800 He said, no, I hadn't told my family. I just 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:47.839 sit around and listen to the different conversations, and I've 0:00:47.920 --> 0:00:52.920 changed my will three times. All right, Joe, say it 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:55.720 like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:58.240 what it says I am. I have what it says 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:00.360 I have. I can do what it is he says 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:03.160 I can do. Today, I will be taught the word 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:07.280 of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:11.839 heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus' name, 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:15.640 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:19.720 about He'll do it again. We've all seen God work 0:01:19.760 --> 0:01:22.639 in our lives and open a door we couldn't open, 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:25.960 and bring great people across our path, or turn a 0:01:26.080 --> 0:01:29.800 situation around. We know it was his hand of favor. 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:32.679 And it's good to look back and remember what God 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:35.399 has done and let that be fuel for your faith. 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:39.800 But God doesn't want you to live off of yesterday's miracles. 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:43.400 He's a do it again God. Not only what he's 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:46.080 done in your life, but when you look back in 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:50.680 the scripture, that's showing you his nature. He parted red 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:53.840 seas back then. He's going to make ways in your life. 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:57.560 He kept the fire from harming the teenagers. He has 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:02.000 supernatural protection for you. He stopped the sun for Joshua. 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:06.160 He opened prison doors for Paul and Silas. He hid 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:10.040 Elisha from the enemy. He sent Quell into the desert 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:14.720 to feed the Israelites. He put Rahab, the former prostitute, 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:18.200 in the family line of Jesus. The good news is 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:21.440 he's a do it again God. He did it for them, 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.519 he can do it for you. And a great way 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.720 to release your faith is to remind God what he 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:31.600 did and then say, God, do it again for me. God, 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:34.680 you CAUs David to defeat a giant that was twice 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:38.640 his size. Now I'm facing this big obstacle. God, do 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:42.320 it again for me. God you gave Hannah a baby 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:45.760 after she had been bearing for many years and turned 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:49.799 that situation around. God, I'm told we can't have a child, 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.440 But I'm asking you God, do it again for us. 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:56.520 Anything you can find that God has done before in 0:02:56.560 --> 0:03:00.239 your life, a friend's life in the scripture, let that 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:03.799 be a reference point. God did it for them, Now 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:06.520 he can do it again for you. That's why I 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:10.200 tell so often about us getting the Compact Center. This 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:13.000 was the hand of God. Make it away where we 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:16.959 didn't see away. When you face obstacles that look too big, 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:21.760 you don't have the finances, the connections. Instead of doubting 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:25.840 giving up, dare to say, God, you did it for Lakewood, 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:29.560 do it again for me. You defeated their giants, defeat 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:33.680 this giant. If you're facing an illness that doesn't look good, 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:36.520 the medical report says you're not going to get well, 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:39.840 God you did it for Joel's mother. He healed her 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:44.360 up terminal cancer. Do it again for me. The scripture says, 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:49.720 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever what 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:53.240 he did back in Bible days. He'll do today what 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:56.800 he did for your grandparents. He'll do again what he 0:03:56.840 --> 0:04:00.720 did for you ten years ago. Your past the victories 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:04.680 were not your last victories. You've seen God show out 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:08.160 in your yesterdays. But God is not finished. He's about 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:11.320 to do it again. Now. You have to do your 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:15.360 part and have a do it again mentality. Find the 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.560 stories that inspire your faith where you know it was 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:22.080 the hand of God, and have that boldness to say, God, 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:25.960 do it again for me. When David faced Goliath, he 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:29.359 didn't have a chance. Goliath stood over nine feet tall 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:32.320 and his armor weighed one hundred and twenty five pounds. 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:36.719 David was half his size, a teenager, no military training. 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:41.120 David was a shepherd out taking care of animals. Goliath 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:45.279 was the champion of the Philistine army. How could David 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:49.280 have the courage the faith to go out and face him. 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:53.479 I can imagine as David was thinking about this huge giant, 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.680 his mind went back to the stories he had heard 0:04:56.960 --> 0:05:01.480 about Joshua and Caleb, when Moses that men in despite 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:05.120 the Promised Land, they discovered there were giants living there. 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:08.159 They were the sons of Anak, the huge giant. They 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:11.800 were called the Anakites. The spies came back Moses, we 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:15.880 don't have a chance, too big. We felt like grasshoppers 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:20.440 compared to them. But Joshua and Caleb had a different report. 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:23.320 They said, we are well able, let us go in 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:27.279 at once. Our God is bigger. But the negative report 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:30.840 spread like wildfire. The people never did go into the 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:35.120 Promised Land. They died in the wilderness. But forty years later, 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:38.640 when Joshua came to the land of Canaan, you know 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:42.920 who was on it, the Anakites. These same giants inhabited 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:47.440 the land, but this time Joshua took this younger generation 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:51.320 people that had a different mindset. They went in and 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:54.560 defeated the giants and made it to the Promised Land. 0:05:55.279 --> 0:06:00.159 Well forty years after Joshua had died, David was facing Goliath, 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:03.760 another giant. The first group that didn't make it into 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.760 the Promised Land. They had no reference point. They had 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:11.080 never seen anyone defeat giants, but not David. He had 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:14.680 heard the stories of how Joshua had gone up against 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:18.720 a whole city of giants, wiped out all the Anarkites. 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:23.120 Now David had a reference point. When fear in doubt 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:26.680 tried to flood his mind, David thought, wait a minute, God, 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:30.320 you did it for Joshua. You gave him supernatural strength 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:33.680 to defeat an army of giants. God, I know, since 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.200 you did it for him, you'll do it again for me. 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:41.520 David had a do it again mentality. He remembered what 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:44.440 God had done in the past. That was the fuel 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:48.279 that empowered him to step into his destiny. When you 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:53.679 face giants in life, giina's sickness, of debt, of trouble, 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:56.839 don't be like the first group. Joe, We're not able. 0:06:57.000 --> 0:07:00.400 It's too big. No, you have a reference point. God 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:04.160 did it for Joshua. He defeated a city full of giants. 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:08.760 God did it for David, anointed his slingshot, He brought 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:12.520 down what should have defeated him. Our attitudes should be God, 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.120 I'm asking you to do it again in my life. 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:21.160 Show yourself strong, bring down these giants. That's the faith 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:26.000 that activates God's power. Find a reference point for what 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:30.000 you're believing for somewhere in the scripture or a friend, 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:32.880 a relative where you know it was the hand of God. 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:36.559 Have this boldness to ask God to do it again. 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:40.560 This is what my parents did. My sister Lisa was 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:43.960 born with a birth injury, something like cerebral pause in 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:47.240 The doctors told them she would probably never be able 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:50.720 to walk or feed herself. And my father had been 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:54.240 pastoring churches for years, and he was taught in seminary 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:57.760 that God doesn't heal today, that was only back in 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:01.280 Bible days, and you just have to it. And God's 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.920 teaching you a lesson as your cross to bear. But 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:08.800 God said in Hoseiah, my people are destroyed for a 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:12.880 lack of knowledge. There's a saying what you don't know 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:16.520 won't hurt you, but that's not always true. If you 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.840 don't know it's God's will to heal you, free you, 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:23.880 deliver you, prosper you, then you won't walk in the 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:29.080 victory that belongs to you. And so often our thinking 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:33.800 is keeping us from God's best doubt. Tradition, the way 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:37.760 we grew up, everyone in our family was addicted or 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:42.360 depressed or compromised. Maybe they didn't know any better. They 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:45.240 thought they had to accept it. But you know, more. 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.880 You're the one God's raised up to break the negative cycle, 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:53.160 break the dysfunction, to set a new standard. But my 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:57.240 father was taught wrong. His tradition said, your daughter can't 0:08:57.280 --> 0:09:00.720 be healed, but something deep down did. And sit right, 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:04.679 the Holy Spirit will rise up in you to challenge 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:08.520 what you're believing, to stir you to reevaluate why you 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:11.960 think the way you think. My father went to a 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:15.720 hotel downtown for a few days to be alone and 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:18.400 to read the scripture, and he told how he took 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.920 off his denominational glasses and he read it like he 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:24.800 was reading it for the first time. He saw how 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:28.880 Jesus went around healing person after person. Healed the lady 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:32.040 with the issue of blood, healed the blind man, healed 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:35.400 Peter's mother in law, healed the ten lepers, healed the 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:39.439 crippled man, healed the man with the withered hand. Daddy thought, oh, 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:42.280 that's great, all that happened back then. Then he read 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:46.640 how Jesus is the same yesterday today, and forever a 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:50.760 light turned on. He realized, if he did it back then, 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:54.600 he'll do it again today. That day was a turning point. 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:58.199 He quit praying God, just give us the grace to 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:03.880 raise Lison endure the this hardship. He started praying in faith. God, 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:07.600 you did it for the Leffers, do it again for us. God, 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:10.320 you did it for the woman that was sick twelve years, 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.080 but she touched the edge of your robe. God, do 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:16.559 it again for Lisa. He got a new reference point. 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:20.400 Little by little, Lisa started getting better and better. Today. 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:24.600 You know, Lisa's perfectly healthy hole a mighty woman of faith. 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:29.240 What will God do in your life if you'll start 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:33.200 praying some do it again prayers? This should stir our faith. 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:38.200 Things you're believing for promises You've been standing a long time. 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:43.560 You don't see anything improving. Find a reference point something 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:46.439 God has done in the Scripture of a door He's 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:48.720 open for you in the past, a friend that saw 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:52.720 the favor of God. Use that as an example to say, God, 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:56.280 do it again in my life. David said in Psalm 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:59.920 sixty eight, display your power, o Lord, as you have 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:03.640 done before. At this point, when he wrote that, he 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:07.000 had already seen Samuel come to the shepherd's fields and 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:10.319 annoyed him as the next king. He'd seen Goliath fall, 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:15.440 He'd seen protection from King Saul, the spears missing him, 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.560 whole army chasing him through the desert. But he wasn't 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:23.960 found all these amazing acts of God's favor, protection, promotion. 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:27.840 He could have been satisfied. Man, I've seen God's goodness. 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.800 Look at his attitude. He was saying, God, do it again, 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:36.920 display your power, your favor, your healing. He had this 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:41.280 do it again mentality. That's one reason God used him 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:46.280 in amazing ways. He found reference points where God did 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:48.800 it for him in the past, where God did it 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:54.200 for others Joshua, for Caleb, when he faced challenges, he understood, 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.679 if God has done it before, that set the precedent 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:02.240 that established the pattern. Now we have an example where 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:05.360 we can say in faith, God, you did it for them, 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.720 Now do it again for us. And when you've gone 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:12.160 through bad breaks and life throws you some curves, it's 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:15.520 easy to fall into self pitying, give up on dreams. God, 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.200 why did this happen? That's gonna keep you where you are? 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.160 Why don't you go back In the scripture to a 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:25.640 man named Job. Job had his whole world turned upside down. 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:30.319 He is doing great, a man of integrity. He honored God, 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:34.560 but he lost his health, lost his business, lost his family. 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:38.280 He was so depressed he sat down among the ashes. 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:40.880 Right when he was about to give up, he looked 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:44.439 to the heavens and said, I know my redeemer lives. 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:47.480 In the middle of the trouble, he started declaring the 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:51.440 goodness of God. The scripture says God brought Job out 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:55.000 with twice what he had before, twice the cattle, twice 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:58.320 the strength, twice the joy he had, twice as many children. 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:02.400 God gave him double for all the trouble. In those 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:06.200 difficult times and seat of complaining and thinking about how 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:09.640 bad life is, try a new approach. God, you did 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.120 it for Job. I know you'll do it again for me. 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:15.640 You brought him out better than before. Lord, I want 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:18.000 to thank you that I'm coming out better than before. 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:24.679 That's what gets God's attention, not complaining, but speaking victory 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:28.520 in having this do it again mentality. See the stories 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:31.200 in the scripture aren't just there so we can see 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:35.400 what God did back then celebrate their victories. They are 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:38.720 examples that we can use for our own lives. If 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:41.920 you've been struggling with an illness a long time, God, 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:44.440 you healed that man that had been sick for thirty 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.480 eight years by the pool of Bethesda. God, do it 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:51.559 again for me. You're struggling in your finances. God, you 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:56.000 brought the Israelites quell in the desert supernatural provision. Do 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:59.760 it again for me. God you gave Rachel a baby 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:02.960 after she had been bearing for years. God do it 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:06.480 again for us. Let us conceive this child. God, you 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:10.360 brought Ruth a great husband after the pain and heartache. 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:14.600 You exceeded her expectations and gave her bo as God, 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:18.920 do it again for me. Bring somebody amazing into my life. 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.080 This is what I had to do when my dad 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:23.240 went to be with the Lord. I knew I was 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:25.920 supposed to step up and pastor the church, but I 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:30.000 didn't feel qualified. I'd never ministered, didn't have the training. 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.320 My thoughts told me that I couldn't do it. But 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:37.680 I remembered in the scripture the story of Gideon. He 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:41.200 was hiding in a wine press, afraid of the Midianites 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.840 that had surrounded his city. And every time the Israelites 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:47.200 crops would come up, they would come and take all 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:50.800 the harvest, and they were much bigger and stronger. Gideon 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:55.520 was intimidated, living in fear. When an angel appeared said, 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.680 mighty hero, the Lord is with you. You are to 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:02.680 deliver the Israelites from the Midianites. He said, how can 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.160 I lead these people? I am the least one in 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:09.520 my father's house. He was saying, I'm not qualified. I 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:13.680 won't have the talent, the courage, all these excuses. But 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:16.000 God wouldn't have asked you to do it if he 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:19.520 hadn't already given you what you needed. You are strong, 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:24.920 well able, equipped, you were empowered. Gideon finally changed his thinking. 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:28.280 He went out and led the Israelites to great victories. 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.440 In fact, he's now listed as one of the heroes 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:35.520 of faith. When my father died, I felt unqualified. I 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.320 could have stayed in hiding, so to speak, behind the 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.800 scenes where I was comfortable, but I could feel that 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:45.840 calling to step up. I used Gideon to fuel my faith, 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:49.920 I said God. When Gideon was weak, he didn't feel 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:52.880 like he could do it, You gave him strength. You 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:56.480 went before him and made cooked places straight. You opened 0:15:56.480 --> 0:16:00.760 doors that he couldn't open. You protected him from enemies. God, 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.240 I know you're a do it again. God. You did 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:06.920 it for him, Lord, do it again for me. When 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:09.720 you re mind God, what he's done in the past. 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:13.840 That's fuel for your faith. Don't sit around complaining. Ah Man, Joey. 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:16.880 The sickness too big. And my child is so far 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:20.560 off course, my finance is so down. Defeat talk is 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:24.320 gonna bring defeat never gonna happen. Talk is gonna keep 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:28.080 it from happening. Zip that up and find some examples 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:31.960 of what God did, what you're believing for, and let 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:35.720 that be your declaration. How about this, God, my child 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:39.720 is way off course. But when Saul was your greatest enemy, 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:43.760 when Saul was persecuting the church, you changed his mind 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:47.480 and turned him into a powerful believer. God, you did 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:50.360 it for Saul, Do it again for my son. Turn 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:54.840 his life around. Maybe you feel like you're in a famine. 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:58.800 Things have dried up, no good breaks, problems at work. 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:02.920 It's tempting, Losjah, passion just dragged through the days. Man, 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:07.159 nothing good is in store. In the scripture, Elisha was 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:10.160 in a famine for three and a half years. Everything 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:13.399 was barren. He went on top of Mount Carmel and 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:16.560 he started thanking God for rain when there wasn't a 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:19.760 cloud in the sky. At one point he said, I 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:23.600 hear the sound of the abundance of rain. He heard 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:26.879 rain in his spirit before there were any clouds in 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:30.800 the sky. It wasn't long till the heavens opened a 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:34.560 downpour of rain. The drought came to an end. Let 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:37.879 that be your example. God, you brought Elisha out of 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:42.600 that drought. You turned that barren place to an abundant place. God, 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.119 you did it for him. I'm asking you to do 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:48.480 it again for me. You're saying, God, I know you're 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:52.280 the same. I know you haven't lost your power. You 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:54.960 were a way maker back then, and you're a way 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:58.520 maker right now. You stopped the famine back then, and 0:17:58.600 --> 0:18:01.800 you'll stop the famine right now. You are a healer then, 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:05.639 and you're a healer now. You provided manna in the 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:10.480 desert back then, supernatural provision, and I know you're a provider. Now, 0:18:11.680 --> 0:18:15.639 give God something to work with. Remind him what he's done. 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:18.920 Then't make it personal. God, you did it for them, 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:23.320 Do it again for me. John chapter twelve. Jesus was 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.119 talking to his disciples and telling them how he was 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.160 about to be crucified and how he was deeply troubled, 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:32.919 and he was facing all this opposition and suffering, but 0:18:33.000 --> 0:18:36.159 his heart was set on doing his Father's will. He 0:18:36.200 --> 0:18:40.119 said in verse twenty seven, this is the reason I came, Father, 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:44.359 to bring glory to your name. A voice spoke out 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:47.680 of the heavens and said, I have already brought it glory, 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:52.040 and I will do it again. The first glory God 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:55.840 talks about is referring to Jesus' birth and how that 0:18:56.000 --> 0:19:02.640 was supernatural. The miracles Jesus performed, multiplied the food, raising Lazarus, 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:06.280 walking on water, all these things that had happened up 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:10.480 to that point that brought God glory. God acknowledged that, 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:13.600 but then he said, I'm going to do it again. 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:18.919 What's significant is the next glory was Jesus going to 0:19:18.960 --> 0:19:22.200 the cross and being raised from the dead. The next 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:25.399 glory was defeating the enemy and taking the keys of 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:28.680 death and hell. The next glory was the Holy Spirit 0:19:28.960 --> 0:19:32.080 coming to live inside each one of us. The next 0:19:32.080 --> 0:19:35.320 glory was being seated at the right hand of the Father. 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:40.120 What was God's showing us that his glory is progressive. 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:43.920 What He's about to do is greater than what he's 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:47.560 done in the past. You've seen God's goodness, his favor, 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:50.840 but you haven't seen anything yet. When he does it again, 0:19:50.960 --> 0:19:54.760 it's going to be bigger, better, something that you haven't seen. 0:19:56.400 --> 0:20:00.000 A friend of our family had a very successful business. 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:03.439 He was an influential man, known around the country and 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:06.680 seemed like anything he did took off. And for many 0:20:06.760 --> 0:20:09.040 years he was at the top of his field. But 0:20:09.119 --> 0:20:12.400 at one point the economy turned. He had some setbacks 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:16.359 and everything started to go down. To stay in business, 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:19.280 he had to borrow money and put his buildings up 0:20:19.359 --> 0:20:22.880 as collateral. He kept going down and down, and over 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:26.000 time he was tens of millions of dollars in death. 0:20:26.680 --> 0:20:29.359 He was an older gentleman, now at the end of 0:20:29.400 --> 0:20:33.679 his career and almost bankrupt, so down on himself. He 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:37.840 loved God. He was a strong believer, but everything turned. 0:20:38.600 --> 0:20:40.920 A friend of mine would go visit with him, try 0:20:40.920 --> 0:20:43.680 to encourage him, let him know God's still in control. 0:20:44.160 --> 0:20:47.160 God can make a way, But this man wouldn't hear it. 0:20:47.880 --> 0:20:50.480 He used to be full of faith, but now as 0:20:50.600 --> 0:20:53.600 just the opposite. Well years went by and he was 0:20:53.600 --> 0:20:56.520 about to lose control and have it turned over to 0:20:56.560 --> 0:21:00.399 the creditors. At the last moment, this investor came in, 0:21:01.119 --> 0:21:04.760 someone that always admired the man, and instead of taking 0:21:04.800 --> 0:21:08.119 the business, he not only paid off all the debt, 0:21:08.560 --> 0:21:12.960 but he upgraded all the facilities over one hundred million dollars. 0:21:13.760 --> 0:21:16.119 The men thought he'd have to give up control and 0:21:16.280 --> 0:21:19.840 change the name. The investor said, no, we're gonna honor 0:21:19.920 --> 0:21:23.160 you by leaving it the same name. We're gonna help 0:21:23.200 --> 0:21:28.840 you run this business so it continues long after you're gone. Friends, 0:21:28.840 --> 0:21:31.919 your next glory is going to be greater than what 0:21:32.040 --> 0:21:37.679 you've imagined. God's done it in the past. Now, why 0:21:37.720 --> 0:21:40.720 do you think you're stuck? Why are you sitting there 0:21:40.760 --> 0:21:43.560 like my friend, thinking all the reasons it can't happen. 0:21:43.680 --> 0:21:47.520 It's too big, Joel, It's too late. God hasn't brought 0:21:47.520 --> 0:21:50.359 you this far to leave you. He stopped the sun 0:21:50.440 --> 0:21:54.360 for Joshua, he closed the mouths of hungry lions for Daniel. 0:21:54.840 --> 0:21:59.200 He gave Sarah a baby at ninety when it looked impossible. 0:22:00.000 --> 0:22:02.840 Why don't you have this Do it again? Faith, God, 0:22:02.960 --> 0:22:06.560 you did it for Sarah. Do it for me. God, 0:22:06.640 --> 0:22:09.959 you gave Lakewood the Compact Center when all the odds 0:22:09.960 --> 0:22:13.159 were against them. God, do it for me. God is 0:22:13.240 --> 0:22:16.760 looking for some do it again, faith, people that know 0:22:16.960 --> 0:22:19.920 what he did back in Bible days. He'll do for you. 0:22:20.800 --> 0:22:24.200 What he did ten years ago. That door he opened 0:22:24.640 --> 0:22:27.760 had problem. He turned around. That promotion he gave you, 0:22:28.119 --> 0:22:32.080 that miracle wasn't your last miracle. He has another one coming. 0:22:32.440 --> 0:22:36.120 The next one's gonna be greater. Your latter days will 0:22:36.160 --> 0:22:39.720 be better than your former days. Well, joel Man, I 0:22:39.760 --> 0:22:43.880 may believe this, but I've made mistakes, I've gotten off course, 0:22:44.520 --> 0:22:47.840 I don't deserve it. That's the way Peter felt. The 0:22:47.920 --> 0:22:52.360 first time Jesus encountered Peter, he borrowed his boat. When 0:22:52.359 --> 0:22:55.320 he finished using it, he told Peter to go back out. 0:22:55.920 --> 0:22:58.240 He'd catch a great haul of fish. Well, Peter had 0:22:58.280 --> 0:23:01.840 fished all night, caught nothing, didn't make sense, But he 0:23:01.920 --> 0:23:04.960 went back and he caught so many fish the nets 0:23:04.960 --> 0:23:08.600 begin to break. That's when Jesus chose Peter as his 0:23:08.640 --> 0:23:12.040 first disciple. He was with Jesus night and day for 0:23:12.119 --> 0:23:16.320 three years, faithful, loyal, But when Jesus was about to 0:23:16.359 --> 0:23:20.679 be crucified, Peter denied that he knew Jesus. He walked 0:23:20.680 --> 0:23:23.920 away from him when Jesus needed him the most, and 0:23:24.040 --> 0:23:27.199 Peter never had the chance to say I'm sorry, to 0:23:27.320 --> 0:23:31.199 make things right. You can imagine how he felt so 0:23:31.400 --> 0:23:35.200 down on himself, and plus all the uncertainty with Jesus 0:23:35.240 --> 0:23:39.320 being gone. Peter was so distraught he went back to fishing. 0:23:40.000 --> 0:23:43.000 He left the disciples and went to his old ways. 0:23:43.880 --> 0:23:47.240 Early one morning, he was in his boat after fishing 0:23:47.280 --> 0:23:50.280 at night and not catching anything, and he heard this 0:23:50.480 --> 0:23:54.120 voice from the beach, a man saying, have you caught anything? 0:23:54.960 --> 0:23:58.520 Peter thought, who is this guy asking about our business? 0:23:58.800 --> 0:24:01.320 The man said, throw your nets on the right side 0:24:01.320 --> 0:24:03.760 of the boat and you'll catch a lot of fish. 0:24:04.400 --> 0:24:06.480 He thought, what do I have to lose? And he 0:24:06.600 --> 0:24:09.439 threw the nets and caught so many fish. Again, they 0:24:09.480 --> 0:24:13.520 begin to break. Peter suddenly realized it was Jesus on 0:24:13.560 --> 0:24:16.960 the shore. He swam quickly to meet him. That's where 0:24:17.040 --> 0:24:21.280 Jesus restored him and spoke victory over his life. But 0:24:21.440 --> 0:24:24.679 notice it was the same miracle as when he first 0:24:24.680 --> 0:24:28.239 called Peter. You would think, no, Peter blew it. He 0:24:28.280 --> 0:24:30.240 doesn't have a chance. Maybe God will do something, but 0:24:30.280 --> 0:24:34.000 it'll be way less. No, God is not holding your 0:24:34.080 --> 0:24:38.199