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And if you're ever in our area, please 32 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 5: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 33 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 5: These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, 34 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 5: right here at Lakewood. But thanks for being with us today. 35 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny. And I heard 36 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 5: about this man. He said, I've read so many terrible 37 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 5: things about how bad eating sugar and junk food is 38 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 5: for you. I've made a firm New Year's resolution, no 39 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 5: more reading say it like you mean it. This is 40 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 5: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 41 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 5: have what it says I have. I can do what 42 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 5: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 43 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 5: the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 44 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 5: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 45 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 46 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 5: to you today about the God who exceeds expectations. We 47 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,959 Speaker 5: all have things that were believing for dreams to come 48 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 5: to pass, problems to turn around. We'd be happy if 49 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 5: they worked out our way. But sometimes what we have 50 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 5: in mind is not God's best. We think ordinary. God 51 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 5: thinks extraordinary. We think, let me have enough to get by. 52 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 5: God thinks abundance. We think, let me manage this addiction. 53 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 5: God thinks freedom. We're asking for the possible. When God 54 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 5: wants to do the impossible. He specializes in exceeding our expectations. 55 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 5: And what He has in store for you is bigger, 56 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 5: more rewarding, more fulfilling than you can imagine. Paul said 57 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 5: in Ephesians, God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above 58 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 5: all we can ask or think. Now, I believe this 59 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 5: is going to be a year where God exceeds your expectations. 60 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,839 Speaker 5: He's not going to do what you're asking for, He's 61 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 5: going to exceed it. He's going to open doors you 62 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 5: never dreamed would open. He's going to take you further 63 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 5: than you can imagine. You're going to look back and think. 64 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 5: I never dreamed I'd be this blessed, never dreamed I'd 65 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 5: have this position, never dreamed I'd marry somebody this great. 66 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 5: Get ready. God is about to exceed your expectations. He's 67 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 5: going to make things happen that you didn't see coming. 68 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 5: You didn't deserve it, you didn't work for it. It's 69 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 5: just the goodness of God showing fever on your life. 70 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 5: This is what happened to a man in Acts chapter three. 71 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 5: He'd been crippled his whole life, and every day his 72 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 5: family would carry him to the temple and set him 73 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 5: outside by the gate. As people came in, he would 74 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 5: ask them for money. He was forty years old and 75 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 5: had done this his whole life. Day after day. He 76 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 5: knew the routine. People would come in, he would beg 77 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 5: for money, and here and there they would throw some 78 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 5: coins in his bag. This is how he survived. One day, 79 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 5: Peter and John came to the temple. The man went 80 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 5: through his same speech, can you spare some change? Will 81 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 5: you help me out? Most people ignored him and kept walking, 82 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 5: but Peter stopped and said to the man, look at us. 83 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 5: The scripture says the man looked up, expecting to receive 84 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 5: a gift. I can see him hold his bag out, 85 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 5: thinking they were going to throw some coins in, But 86 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 5: Peter said, I don't have any silver or gold for you, 87 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 5: but I have something better in the name of Jesus, 88 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 5: Rise and walk. Peter took him by the hand, pulled 89 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 5: him up, and instantly he was healed. He started walking. 90 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:30,359 Speaker 5: He was so excited he took off running, leaping, thanking God. 91 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 5: But notice the man was expecting a few coins. He 92 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 5: was expecting the ordinary, the same thing that had happened 93 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 5: the last forty years. But God showed up and exceeded 94 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 5: his expectation. He didn't see it coming. He thought he 95 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 5: would have to lay by that gate and begged the 96 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 5: rest of his life. But one moment of favor, one 97 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 5: exceeded expectation, thrust him to a new level, changed his 98 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 5: whole life. I can hear him saying, I never dreamed 99 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,919 Speaker 5: I'd be able to walk, never dreamed I could run 100 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 5: and play with my children, never dreamed I wouldn't have 101 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 5: to beg the rest of my life. God has some 102 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 5: of these I never dreamed blessings in store for you. 103 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 5: You may not see how it can happen. The medical 104 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 5: report doesn't look good. You've gone as far as your 105 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 5: education allows. Perhaps you're in a limited environment. The good 106 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 5: news is none of that stops our God. He controls 107 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 5: the universe. One touch of his favor will catapult you 108 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 5: where you could not go on your own. Like Peter 109 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 5: told the crippled man, I'm telling you, rise up and walk. 110 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 5: It's your time to be free. It's your time to 111 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 5: break bondages. It's your time to go to new levels. 112 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,119 Speaker 5: And I believe that every force that's holding you back 113 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 5: is being broken right now. God is releasing, healing, favor, opportunities, 114 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 5: restorate freedom. This is a new day. God's doing a 115 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 5: new thing. He's about to exceed your expectations. I love 116 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 5: the fact that this crippled man, even though he had 117 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 5: low expectations, even though all he was expecting was a 118 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 5: few coins, God didn't say too bad. I had something 119 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 5: much better. But you don't have enough faith. I was 120 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 5: going to let you walk, but you're not expecting enough. 121 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 5: God is so merciful even when we don't have the faith, 122 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 5: Even when we think we've reached our limits, God says, 123 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 5: that's okay, I'm going to show you favor. In spite 124 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 5: of that, The scripture says, when we have faith the 125 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 5: size of a mustard seed, nothing is impossible. A mustard 126 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 5: seed is one of the smallest seeds. God could have said, 127 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 5: if you have great faith, if you never doubt, never 128 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 5: get discouraged, then I'll do something big. But God knew 129 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 5: there will be times that we didn't have the faith 130 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 5: we needed to reach our destinies. So he said, if 131 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 5: you have just a little bit of faith, that's all 132 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 5: you need, then I'll show up and exceed your expectations. 133 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 5: The fact that you're here today, the fact that you're listening, 134 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 5: that tells me you at least have mustard seed faith. 135 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 5: That means you have the faith you need for God 136 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 5: to show out in your life. You have the faith 137 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 5: for God to catapult you to new levels. But like 138 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 5: this man, you may feel like you're stuck doing the 139 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 5: same thing. You have some kind of disadvantage. Now you're 140 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 5: expecting a few coins, so to speak, expecting the ordinary. 141 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 5: That's where he was. Yet God showed up and did 142 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 5: the extraordinary. You may have a good reason to settle 143 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 5: where you are, but God loves you too much to 144 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 5: let you miss your destiny. It may seem like another 145 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 5: ordinary year same thing. Everything looks routine. No, get ready. 146 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 5: God is about to show up and do something unusual, 147 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 5: something that you haven't seen. He's going to exceed your expectation. 148 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 5: When the people in the temple saw the crippled man 149 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 5: up walking, running, thanking God, they couldn't believe it. The 150 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 5: scripture says, they were astonished. And what God is about 151 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 5: to do in your life is going to cause people 152 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 5: to look at you in astonishment. They're going to think, 153 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 5: how could you be so blessed? I know where you 154 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 5: came from. How could you be free when so many 155 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 5: around you are addicted? How could you be so strong, 156 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 5: so healthy, so energetic. The medical report said you weren't 157 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 5: going to get well. God is going to make you 158 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 5: an example of his goodness. When he exceeds your expectations, 159 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 5: people are going to take notice. They're going to see 160 00:09:56,520 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 5: the favor on your life. When I look back over 161 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 5: my life, I can see time and time again where 162 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 5: God exceeded my expectations. I was twenty two years old 163 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 5: and single when I walked into a jewelry store to 164 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 5: buy a battery for my watch. Out walked the most 165 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 5: beautiful girl I'd ever seen to wait on me. It 166 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 5: was Victoria. I had never met her. She looked at 167 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 5: my watch and said, you need more than a battery, 168 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 5: you need a new watch. Would you like to see one? 169 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 5: I said, of course I would. I was so smitting 170 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 5: with her. She could have sold me an electrical plant. 171 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 5: She put that watch on my wrist and said, that 172 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 5: looks really nice. She checked the price and said it's 173 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 5: listed for this amount, but I can sell it to 174 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 5: you for half a price. Do you see how badly 175 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 5: she wanted me. I went in there. I'm not looking 176 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 5: at her. I went in there to buy a battery 177 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 5: for my watch. And I walked out not only with 178 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 5: a new watch, but in one sense, I walked out 179 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 5: with a wife. I walked out with two children. I 180 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 5: walked out with more than I could ask or think. 181 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 5: Victoria is an exceeded expectation. I remind her she got 182 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,439 Speaker 5: me for a bargain for half price. But I would 183 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 5: love to tell you that I believe for all the increase, 184 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 5: the favor, the promotion, the Compact Centers, all my ideas, 185 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 5: because I had great faith. That's not the case. The 186 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 5: Compact Center wasn't my idea. This was God exceeding our expectations. 187 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 5: I grew up with season tickets watching the Rockets play 188 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 5: basketball here. Never in my wildest dreams what I thought 189 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 5: one day we would own this facility. If you ever 190 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 5: think that God can't exceed expectations, just look around. You 191 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 5: are sitting in an exceeded expectation. Well, Joel, I don't 192 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 5: have great faith. Neither did I. All the odds are 193 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 5: against me. Same thing with the crippled man. None of 194 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 5: that stops our God. When he exceeds your expectations. It's 195 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 5: not going to be a little exceeded, a little more 196 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 5: than you thought, a little blessing, a little increase. God 197 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 5: is going to exceed it abundantly above what you're thinking. 198 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 5: His idea of abundance is more than we can ask 199 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 5: or think. When I wrote my first book in two 200 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 5: thousand and four, I found out the publisher was going 201 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 5: to print two hundred and fifty thousand copies. I couldn't 202 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 5: believe it. I called Victorian, said, the publisher must have 203 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 5: lost their minds. They're making a huge mistake. My father 204 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 5: would sell about ten thousand copies of each of his books. 205 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 5: I was basing it on that. But God doesn't want 206 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 5: you to stay at the same level of your parents. 207 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 5: He wants you to set a new standard. He's going 208 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 5: to exceed your expectation in greater ways than how you 209 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 5: were raised. And like that crippled man, I was expecting 210 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 5: the ordinary. I was expecting the way I had grown up. 211 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 5: But God showed up and did the extraordinary. He exceeded 212 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 5: my expectations in an abundant way. That book went on 213 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 5: to sell millions of copies. Here's what I'm saying. What 214 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 5: God has in store for you is much greater than 215 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 5: you've imagined. Now. I believe sooner than later you're going 216 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 5: to come in to some of these exceeded expectations. Why 217 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,959 Speaker 5: don't you put your faith out there instead of thinking, oh, 218 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 5: it's not going to happen for me. Joy, you're just 219 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 5: trying to get my hopes up. You can't have faith 220 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 5: if you don't first have hope. Give God something to 221 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 5: work with. Dare to say, Lord, I want to thank 222 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 5: you that you're going to exceed my expectations. Thank you 223 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,719 Speaker 5: that you're going to take me where I could not 224 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 5: go on my own. I heard about this man that 225 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 5: had kidney problems most of his life. They continued to 226 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 5: go downhill and he got to the place where he 227 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 5: needed a transplant. His wife prayed and believed that she 228 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 5: would be a match. She went in for the test 229 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 5: and found out she was a perfect match, and they 230 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 5: were both so grateful. They went to the male clinic 231 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 5: to have the transplant. When the surgeons opened up the 232 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 5: wife to take out the kidney, they were pleasantly surprised. 233 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 5: They found she had three kidneys instead of two. This 234 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 5: is very rare, but all of her kidneys were perfectly healthy. 235 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 5: They removed one kidney, gave it to her husband, left 236 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 5: her still with two. That was God exceeding their expectations. 237 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 5: God hasn't all figured out. He knows what you're going 238 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 5: to need. He knows who you're going to need. He's 239 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 5: lining up the right breaks, the right people. He's directing 240 00:14:55,520 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 5: your steps. Paul talked about Inephesians the surpassed seeing greatness 241 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 5: of God's favor. You're going to come into these moments 242 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 5: where you see God surpass anything you've imagined. You couldn't 243 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 5: have made it happen. It's just the goodness of God. 244 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 5: I have a friend that's a minister, and she spends 245 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 5: most of her time on the streets helping women that 246 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 5: have gone through abuse and are struggling with addictions. Now 247 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 5: while back, through a series of unusual events, she met 248 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 5: one of the wealthiest men in the world. He asked 249 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 5: what she did for a living, and she explained how 250 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 5: she helps women in crisis. He said, that's amazing. I 251 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 5: want to support you. He gave her the largest check 252 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 5: that she had ever received. As she was leaving his office, 253 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 5: this man's friend came walking in. He said to his friend, 254 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 5: this woman helps ladies that are in trouble. I just 255 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 5: gave her a gift. How much are you going to 256 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 5: give without missing a beat, The friend said, I'm going 257 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 5: to give the same that you just gave. This lady 258 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 5: walked out amazed, thinking I never dreamed I would have 259 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 5: two of the wealthiest men in the world supporting my ministry. 260 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 5: What was that God doing more than she could ask 261 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 5: or think. You may wonder how you're going to accomplish 262 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 5: your dreams, how you're going to get out of that difficulty. 263 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 5: God has the right people lined up. He knows how 264 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 5: to put you at the right place. He's going to 265 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 5: make things happen that you didn't see coming. A few 266 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 5: months ago, I woke up one morning and I heard 267 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 5: this phrase so strong in my spirit that God is 268 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 5: going to exceed our expectations. Victoria and I were out 269 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 5: of town in another state. We had been trying to 270 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 5: get a project off the ground for several months with 271 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 5: no success, one closed door after another. When I heard 272 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 5: that phrase, I started saying it, Lord, thank you that 273 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 5: You're going to exceed my expectations. I kept that playing 274 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 5: in my mind over and over and later that day 275 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,199 Speaker 5: we were about to catch a flight back home, and 276 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 5: Victoria said, let's run back and check this one last thing. 277 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 5: We showed up at this business. We were at the 278 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 5: right place at the right time. We needed someone to 279 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,719 Speaker 5: help us. It was a holiday, so we called the number. 280 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 5: The man answered his phone. He said, I was expecting 281 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 5: a call from someone else. I thought this was their number, 282 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,919 Speaker 5: Otherwise I wouldn't have answered it. We told him what 283 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 5: we wanted. He said, I'm out with my family, but 284 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 5: I want to help you. He came to where we were. 285 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 5: It all fell together in less than twenty four hours. 286 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 5: The whole thing was finished. It was much better than 287 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 5: we expected, and it happened much quicker than we ever dreamed. 288 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 5: I believe when I heard that phrase that morning, it 289 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 5: was a test. Was I going to let that seed 290 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 5: take root and believe that God could exceed my expectations? 291 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 5: Or was I going to dismiss it? Thank God, that's 292 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 5: a nice thought, but it will never happen. God is 293 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 5: saying to you today, I'm about to exceed your expectations. 294 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 5: I'm about to show you favor in ways that you've 295 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 5: never seen. Now, my challenge is let this take root 296 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 5: in your spirit. It's easy to dismiss it. It will 297 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:24,360 Speaker 5: never happen. The odds are against me. It's been too long. 298 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 5: This is what a lady did in the scripture. She 299 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 5: was a close friend with the prophet Elisha. When he 300 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 5: came through town, he would stay at her house. She 301 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 5: eventually built him his own room. Elisha wanted to do 302 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 5: something good for the lady, but she told him she 303 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 5: didn't need anything. She was well off and had plenty 304 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 5: of resources. Eliza's assistant found out that the lady never 305 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 5: had children. She and her husband had tried for many years, 306 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 5: and now he was an old man, and she had 307 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 5: accepted that It just wasn't meant to be knowing this. 308 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 5: They shall called her in and said, by this time 309 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 5: next year, you're going to have a child. She looked 310 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 5: at it in the natural and thought, that's impossible. My 311 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 5: husband's too old, I'm past the child bearing years. There's 312 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 5: no way. Deep down, she wanted to believe, but her 313 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 5: mind told her all the reasons why it wasn't going 314 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 5: to happen. She said to Elisha, sir, don't lie to 315 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 5: me like that. She was saying, in effect, don't get 316 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 5: my hopes up. That's too good to be true. This 317 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 5: was a dream that was close to her heart. She 318 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,959 Speaker 5: wanted it so badly, she just didn't have the faith. 319 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 5: The good news is there are some things even if 320 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 5: you don't believe, God is still going to do it. 321 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 5: He is so merciful He will override the doubt and 322 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 5: do things you never dreamed, things that will bring you 323 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 5: more joy, more fulfillment than you can imagine. Just as 324 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 5: Elisha said, a year later, she was holding a healthy 325 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 5: baby boy. God exceeded her expectations, even though she didn't believe. 326 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 5: That's the kind of God we serve. There are promises. 327 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 5: God has spoken over you, dreams he's put in your heart. 328 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 5: Seems impossible. It's been so long you're not expecting it anymore. 329 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 5: God is saying to you what he said to her, 330 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 5: I'm still going to bring it to pass. Just because 331 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 5: you gave up doesn't mean God is given up. I believe, 332 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 5: like with her, some of these things you're going to 333 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 5: see by this time next year. You may not see away, 334 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 5: but God has a way. If this lady didn't believe 335 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 5: and saw the promise fulfilled, imagine what God will do 336 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 5: when you do believe. Put your faith out there. But Joel, 337 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 5: I've been doing this for a long time, a lot 338 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 5: more than a year. Nothing's changing. I don't see anything happening. 339 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 5: You're right where. A young lady was in the book 340 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 5: of First Samuel. Her name was Hannah. She was married 341 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 5: for many years, but she too was barren, not able 342 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 5: to have children. Her husband was married to two wives. 343 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 5: This other wife had baby after baby. She would make 344 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 5: fun of Hannah and taunt her. This went on year 345 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 5: after year. The husband tried to comfort Hannah, don't worry 346 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 5: about that other wife. I love you. None of this help. 347 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 5: Hannah was so distraught, so upset. She knew God put 348 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 5: the dream in her heart. She couldn't understand why it 349 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 5: wasn't happening. One day she went to the temple and 350 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 5: fell on the ground in great distress. She called out 351 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 5: to God, said, God, if you'll give me a son, 352 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 5: i'll give him back to you. I'll bring him to 353 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 5: the temple and let him live there. When the priest 354 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 5: saw her on the ground crying, he came over and said, Hannah, 355 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 5: cheer up. The Lord has heard your request. He's going 356 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 5: to give you a son. She conceived. Nine months later, 357 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 5: she gave birth to a baby boy that she named Samuel. 358 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 5: She was so content she had the child that she 359 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 5: dreamed about. And this could be the end of the story, 360 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 5: be a great end, another promise fulfilled. But God likes 361 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 5: to exceed our expectation, the scripture says. The Lord visited 362 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 5: Hannah again, and she bore three more sons and two 363 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 5: more daughters. She asked for one son. But notice how 364 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 5: good our God is, he said, in effect, Hannah, you 365 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 5: may be satisfied, but I'm not satisfied. I'm going to 366 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 5: do more than you ask Now. I believe one reason 367 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 5: God was so good to Hannah was because of all 368 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 5: the pain she had to endure, having to wait while 369 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 5: the other wife was having babies, being made fun of, 370 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 5: ridiculed sees, all the heartache, all the tears, the unfair situations, 371 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 5: the people that did you wrong. What you're believing for 372 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 5: may not have happened yet, it may be taken a 373 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 5: long time. But like with her, God is a faithful God. 374 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 5: He's not only still going to bring it to pass. 375 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 5: That would be good enough, you would be satisfied. But 376 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 5: God is going to do more than you've asked. That 377 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 5: means once you have your baby, so to speak, once 378 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 5: you see the promise fulfilled, can I tell you God 379 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 5: is not finished being good to you. He's going to 380 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 5: visit you again. He's going to show out in another way. 381 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 5: You ask for one baby, God has five more waiting 382 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 5: for you. He's going to pay you back for what 383 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 5: you've been through. Our attitude should be Lord. I want 384 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 5: to thank you that you're going to visit me again. 385 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 5: Thank you that you're going to do more than I asked. 386 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 5: Thank you for exceeding my expectations. Second Chronicles, Chapter twenty. 387 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 5: King Jehasiphat was surrounded by three major armies. They were 388 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 5: out number ten to one. Didn't have a chance. Johasaphat 389 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 5: called everyone together to pray. He said, God, we have 390 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:19,880 Speaker 5: no power against this mighty army without your help, Please 391 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:24,400 Speaker 5: deliver us. God said to them in verse fifteen. Don't 392 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 5: be afraid. The battle is not yours. The battle is 393 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 5: the Lord. Tomorrow, march toward the enemies, but you will 394 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 5: not need to fight. Stand still and you will see 395 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,239 Speaker 5: the Lord deliver you. They were excited they had this 396 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 5: promise that God was going to fight for them. As 397 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 5: they marched toward those enemies. The next day, they started singing, 398 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 5: thanking God. When the enemies hurt all the noise the commotion, 399 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:57,360 Speaker 5: they got confused and started fighting among themselves. They ended 400 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 5: up killing each other. When the people Judah showed up, 401 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 5: not only did they not have to fight, but those 402 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 5: enemies left all their supplies. The scripture says they found 403 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 5: vast amounts of equipment, clothing, and other valuables, more than 404 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 5: they could carry. It took them three days to gather 405 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 5: up the spoils and take them back to their home. 406 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 5: Here's my point. Jehasiphat asked for God to deliver them 407 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 5: from those enemies, and God did. They didn't even have 408 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 5: to fight. That was a great miracle. Something worse celebrating 409 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 5: he could have gone back home thanking God. So grateful, 410 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 5: But our God exceeds our expectations. Like with Hannah, he said, 411 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 5: in effect, Jehaussiphat, I'm going to visit you again. I'm 412 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 5: not going to do just what you ask I'm not 413 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 5: going to just bring you out. I'm going to make 414 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 5: the enemy pay. I'm going to bring you out increased, promoted, stronger. 415 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 5: They marched toward those enemies empty handed. They came back 416 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:08,439 Speaker 5: out loaded down with supplies. You may have obstacles in 417 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:12,399 Speaker 5: your path and challenges coming against you today in your health, 418 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:17,199 Speaker 5: your finances, a relationship. You're asking God to turn it around. 419 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,400 Speaker 5: Stay encouraged. God is not only going to bring you out. 420 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 5: He's going to have some spoils there. There's going to 421 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 5: be some plunder. He's going to bring you out better 422 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 5: than you were before. He's going to exceed your expectations. Now, 423 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 5: don't talk yourself out of it. Sometimes, when we've struggled 424 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 5: in an area so long, we've gotten comfortable, like the 425 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 5: crippled man, we're expecting a few coins something to sustain us, 426 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 5: to help us make it through the year. God is 427 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 5: about to do a new thing. You're asking for the possible. 428 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 5: He's about to do the impossible. He's going to take 429 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 5: you where you've never been. No more coins, no more dysfunction, 430 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 5: more being barren, no more stuck in your career. You're 431 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:08,239 Speaker 5: about to come in to some of these exceeded expectations. 432 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,239 Speaker 5: This is a year where God is going to do 433 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 5: more than you've asked. You've been faithful, You've honored him. 434 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 5: Now God's about to show out in your life. Every morning. Lord, 435 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 5: I want to thank you that you're going to exceed 436 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 5: my expectations. If you do this, I believe and declare 437 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 5: God is about to visit you again. You've had Samuel. 438 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 5: He's been good to you, but you haven't seen anything yet. 439 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 5: New doors are about to open, increase promotion that you 440 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 5: didn't see coming. Problems are turning around, health is being restored. 441 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 5: Exceeded expectations are coming your way. In Jesus' name, and 442 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 5: if you receive it, can you say men? Today, I'd 443 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 5: like to give you an opportunity before we close, to 444 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 5: make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 445 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 5: with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 446 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 5: Come into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. 447 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 448 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 5: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 449 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 5: God first place. He's going to take you places that 450 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 5: you've never dreamed. 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