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See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 37 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 38 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 7: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 39 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 7: the ministry. 40 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 41 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a. 42 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 7: Friends, reappreciate you and pray for God's very best in 43 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 7: your life. 44 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 4: Will God bless you? 45 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 7: It's a joy to come into your homes and if 46 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 7: you're ever in our area, please stop buying be a 47 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 7: part of one of our services. I promise you we 48 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 7: will make you feel right at home. I like to 49 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 7: start with something funny. And I heard about this pastor. 50 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,079 Speaker 7: He was new in town and he was going door 51 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 7: to door inviting people to his church. He knocked on 52 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 7: this one door. He could tell someone was home, but 53 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 7: no one would answer. So he took his business card 54 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 7: out and he wrote on the back the scripture reference 55 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 7: Revelation three twenty. The next Sunday, after service, someone handed 56 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 7: him the same card. Under what he had written was 57 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 7: the scripture reference Genesis three ten. Here's what they say, 58 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 7: Revelation three twenty. The pastor's words, behold, I stand at 59 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 7: the door and knock. If anyone answers, I will come in. 60 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 7: The reply was Genesis three ten. It said, I heard 61 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 7: your voice, and I was afraid because I was naked. 62 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 63 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 4: I am what it says. I am what it says 64 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 4: I have. 65 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 7: I can do what it says I can do. Today 66 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 7: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 67 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 7: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 68 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 7: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 69 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 7: I want to talk to you today about you promised 70 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 7: when we face difficulties. One of the best things we 71 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 7: can do is find a promise in the scripture and 72 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 7: remind God what he said about us. God, you promised 73 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 7: I would lend and not borrow. You promised my children 74 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 7: will be mighty in the land. You promised with long 75 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 7: life you would satisfy me. Isaiah said put God in 76 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 7: remembrance of his promises. It doesn't say put God in 77 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 7: remembrance of our problems. 78 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 4: It's easy to complain God. 79 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 7: These people at work aren't treating me right. God, my 80 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 7: back's been hurting. God, these kids get on my nerves. 81 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 7: It's okay to be honest with God, but don't just 82 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 7: pray the problems. 83 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:06,559 Speaker 4: Pray the promises. 84 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 7: If you're only telling God what's wrong, it's limiting. 85 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 4: What he can do. Follow up the problem with a promise. 86 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 7: God, my back has been hurting, but you promised you 87 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 7: would restore health unto me. 88 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 4: So thank you that healing is coming. God. These people 89 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 4: at work are. 90 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 7: Leaving me out, not giving me credit, but you promised 91 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 7: you would be my vindicator. 92 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 4: You promised the trap the enemy set for me, they 93 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 4: will fall in themselves. 94 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 7: So I'm going to stay in peace and let you 95 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 7: fight my battles or God, my dream seems impossible. I 96 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 7: don't have the connections, the resources, the experience. 97 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 4: If you stop there, you'll get stuck. Follow it up 98 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 4: with a promise. 99 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 7: But God, you promised your favor surrounds me like a shield. 100 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 7: You promise whatever I touch would prosper and succeed. You 101 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 7: promised you would open doors. 102 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 4: That no man can shut. See. 103 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 7: God is not obligated to bring to past what we say, 104 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 7: but he is obligated to bring to past. 105 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 4: What he says. 106 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 7: When he hears his promises coming out of your mouth, 107 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 7: angels go to work, favor is released, miracles. 108 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:19,559 Speaker 4: Are set into motion. 109 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 7: When it says, put God in remembrance of his promises. 110 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 7: It's not because God has forgotten. 111 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 4: What he said. It's not for his sake, it's for 112 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 4: our sake. 113 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 7: God knows when you start declaring his promises, When you 114 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 7: start speaking what he's said about you, not only will 115 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 7: faith rise in your heart, but it. 116 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 4: Will change your perspective. 117 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 7: You won't have a victim mentality, you will have a 118 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 7: victoria mentality. You'll know this sickness is no match for 119 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 7: my God. This trouble at work cannot stop my purpose. 120 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 4: You'll know God. 121 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 7: Being for you is more than the world being against you. 122 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 4: But most of us we have the first part. 123 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 7: Now, we're good at telling God our problems. 124 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 4: But you have to follow it up with a you promised. 125 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 7: The more you talk about the promises, the less you'll 126 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 7: talk about your problems. Now I start off every day 127 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:21,799 Speaker 7: simply thanking God for what he's already promised over my life. Father, 128 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 7: thank you that you promised. 129 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 4: No good thing? Will you withhold? Because I walk up rightly. 130 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 7: Father, you promised the path of the righteous, Our path 131 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 7: gets brighter and brighter. If you're spending more time talking 132 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 7: about your problems than you are the promises, then that's 133 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 7: out of balance. Maybe you're not seeing things turn around. 134 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 7: You're not seeing healing, promotion, vindication because you're reminding God 135 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 7: of the wrong things. You're telling him what didn't work out, 136 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 7: how bad the medical report is, who left you? 137 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 4: Try a different approach. 138 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 7: Take a break from telling God everything that's wrong. And 139 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,239 Speaker 7: there's nothing wrong with asking. But God already knows your needs. 140 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 7: He knows our thoughts before. 141 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 4: We think them. At some point you have to switch 142 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 4: over to thanking God for what he's already promised. 143 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,679 Speaker 7: My sister Lisa and her husband, Kevin, tried for years 144 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 7: to have a baby. Lisa went through all the fertility treatments, 145 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 7: had a couple of surgeries, did. 146 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 4: Everything she could. Finally, the doctor. 147 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 7: Said there was nothing more they could do. They wouldn't 148 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 7: be able to have children. Lisa could have been depressed 149 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 7: and told God how bad it was. Instead, she made 150 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 7: a list of all the promises she could find concerning children. 151 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 7: She typed them out, put them on her bathroom mirror. 152 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 7: It says in Psalms, God will make the baron woman 153 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 7: a happy. 154 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 4: Mother of children. 155 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 7: Isaiah said, your children will be like olive shoots around 156 00:07:56,320 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 7: your table. Deuteronomy said, the fruit of your wound is 157 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 7: blessed all through the day. Instead of complaining, God is 158 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 7: not fair, why can't I have children? Lisa didn't pray 159 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 7: the problem. 160 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 4: She prayed the promises. 161 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 7: Lord, you promised you would make me the happy mother 162 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 7: of children. It's very powerful when you take it off 163 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 7: of what you want and put it back on what 164 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 7: God said. God, you promised, the fruit of my womb 165 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 7: is blessed. You promised children are a heritage from the Lord. 166 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 7: The scripture says God watches over his word to perform it. 167 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 4: It doesn't say. God watches over our complaints. He watches 168 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 4: over our begging. 169 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 7: Please, God, you got to turn this around. Yes, God 170 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 7: is concerned. He sees the wrongs, but what moves him 171 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 7: to act is when he hears his promises. Seven years later, 172 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 7: Lisa received a phone call from a friend that runs 173 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 7: a home for girls. He said, Lisa, I don't really 174 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 7: know why I'm calling you, but we have this teenage. 175 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 4: Girl that's about to give birth to twin girls. 176 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 7: We were wondering if you would be interested in adopting them. Well, 177 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 7: Lisa's husband, Kevin, is a twin It's always been his 178 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 7: dream that he would have twins. They adopted those girls 179 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 7: at birth, then adopted another son. Today, just like God promised, 180 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 7: Lisa is the happy. 181 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 4: Mother of children. Lisa says, God is so good. 182 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 7: I have three children and I never had to get pregnant. 183 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 7: When you declare the promises, children will find you good, 184 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 7: breaks will track you down whatever you're believing for. Do 185 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 7: like Lisa and make a list of the promises. 186 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 4: Put it on your. 187 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 7: Phone, your computer, your bathroom mirror all through the day. 188 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 4: Remind God what he promised. 189 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 7: If you're fighting an illness, it's easy to talk about 190 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 7: the sickness, what the doctor said, how it doesn't look good. 191 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 7: Sometimes we know more about the problem than we do 192 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 7: the promises. We spend hours researching it on the internet, 193 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:13,679 Speaker 7: learning everything. 194 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 4: That could possibly go wrong. 195 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,599 Speaker 7: Why don't you take fifteen minutes and google scriptures concerning 196 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 7: about what you're facing. God, you promised I would live 197 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 7: and not die and declare the works of the Lord 198 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 7: you promised. You are Jehovah Raphah, the Lord, my healer, 199 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 7: you promised by the stripes of your son Jesus, I 200 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 7: am healed. 201 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 4: If you're struggling with an addiction. 202 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 7: You've had it a long time. You don't think it'll 203 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 7: ever change. Or God, you promised that you have destroyed 204 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 7: every yoke. You have broken every bondage. You promised the 205 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 7: enemy I see today, I will see no more. You 206 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 7: promised whom the sun sets free is free. Indeed, so Lord, 207 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 7: thank you that I am free. That's not just being positive, 208 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 7: that's reminding God what he said. 209 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 4: I talked to a lady. 210 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,079 Speaker 7: She was at odds with her teenage daughter, and this 211 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 7: lady would come down to the for prayer very often. 212 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 7: She was always upset and discouraged. I did my best 213 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 7: to cheer up and try to convince her to keep believing. 214 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 7: But more than coming for prayer, it seemed like she 215 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 7: just wanted to tell me how bad it was, how 216 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 7: her daughter was being disrespectful. I told her what I'm 217 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 7: telling you, Constantly talking about the problem is not doing 218 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:35,199 Speaker 7: anything productive. You need to find a promise and remind 219 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 7: God what he said about you. I gave her the 220 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:43,079 Speaker 7: promise from Proverbs thirty one. It says children will rise 221 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 7: up and call their mother blessed. Well, at that time, 222 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 7: her daughter was calling her every name except blessed. But 223 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 7: this mother started going through the day, Father, you promised 224 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 7: that my children will rise up and call me blessed. 225 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 7: She found other promises. Children are a gift from the 226 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 7: Lord to be enjoyed. Father, thank you, you promised that 227 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 7: I would enjoy my children. 228 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: That I would have fun with my daughter. 229 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 7: She did this month after month, didn't see any sign 230 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 7: of things changing. 231 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 4: That's what faith is all about. If you can see it, 232 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 4: it doesn't take faith. 233 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 7: Two years later, this daughter had a complete turnaround. It 234 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 7: was like she was a different person, kind, loving, respectful. 235 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 7: Today she and her mother are the best of friends. 236 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 7: They do everything together. Now, when this mother says, God, 237 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 7: you promised my children will rise up and call me blessed. 238 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,119 Speaker 4: She's not saying it by faith anymore. 239 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 7: It's become a reality. God brought the promise to pass. 240 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 4: The scripture says God is not a man. 241 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 7: That he should lie. Has he ever spoken and failed 242 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 7: to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through? 243 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 7: God has never failed in the past. The good news 244 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 7: is he's not going to start with you. Stay in 245 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 7: faith and stay open. It may not happen your way 246 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 7: or on your timetable, but. 247 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:14,439 Speaker 4: God knows what he's doing. 248 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 7: He is faithful to his word. I talked to a 249 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 7: well known actor. He's an elderly gentleman, and he was 250 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 7: very down on himself. He said, Joelima has been I 251 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 7: never get any good roles anymore. 252 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,839 Speaker 4: I've peeked and it's all downhill from here. 253 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 7: When you speak defeat over your life like that, you 254 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 7: are inviting bad breaks, disappointments, lack. Zip it up and 255 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 7: find that you promised God. You promised my latter days 256 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 7: will be better than my former days. You promised your 257 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,959 Speaker 7: favor is not for a season, but for a lifetime. 258 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 7: You promised you would bring me to a flourishing finish. 259 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 7: We need you not just alive, but passion doing great 260 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 7: things your whole life. 261 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 4: You may have had some bad breaks. 262 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,079 Speaker 7: Maybe you went through a loss or somebody walked out 263 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 7: of a relationship. You could go around with the chip 264 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 7: on your shoulder in self pity, God, why did this happen? 265 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 4: That's going to keep you defeated? Turn it around. Father, 266 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 4: you promised you would give me beauty for these ashes. 267 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 7: You promised weeping endures for a night, but joy comes 268 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 7: in the morning. 269 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 4: You promised in. 270 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 7: Isaiah that because I got a double dose of trouble, 271 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 7: I would get a double dose of favor. So Lord, 272 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 7: thank you that I'm not just coming out, but I'm 273 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 7: coming out better. When you prayed the promises, God will 274 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 7: make up for what was unfair. Like Joseph, He'll take 275 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 7: you from the pit to the palace, like Ruth. He'll 276 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 7: take you from working in a field to owning the field. 277 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 4: Like David. He'll take you from the background. 278 00:14:56,280 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 7: To the foreground, from being overlooked to being in charge. Now, 279 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 7: pay attention to what's coming out of your mouth. Are 280 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 7: you talking more about the problems or about the promises? 281 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 7: What you're bringing to God's remembrance will determine whether or 282 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 7: not you reach your destiny. In Second Kings, chapter seven, 283 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 7: the Israelites were surrounded by the Syrian army. 284 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 4: They had cut off their. 285 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 7: Food supply, clogged up the streams that flowed into the city. 286 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 7: They were waiting for them to starve, and then they 287 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 7: would go in and take the city. The prophet Elisha 288 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 7: showed up and said to the Israelites, by this time 289 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 7: tomorrow there will be so much food you'll be able 290 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 7: to buy a loaf of bread. 291 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 4: For one penny. 292 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 7: The officer assisting the king said, Elisha, that's impossible. We're 293 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 7: surrounded by a huge army. We're outnumbered, we have no food, 294 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 7: we're starving. There's no way, Elisha said, it will happen. 295 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 7: God missed it, but because you doubted, you won't see it. 296 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 7: There were four leopers sitting outside the city gates. They 297 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 7: thought to themselves, we have nothing to lose. We're gonna 298 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 7: die anyway. Let's go down to the enemy's camp and 299 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 7: see what they're doing. As they were walking, God multiplied 300 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 7: the sound of their footsteps. It sounded like a huge 301 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 7: army was approaching. The Syrians panicked and took off running 302 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 7: for their lives. 303 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 4: They left their food, their. 304 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 7: Supplies, their equipment. The leopers went back and told the Israelites. 305 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 7: The officer that didn't believe was in charge of the 306 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 7: city gates. 307 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 4: When he opened them. 308 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 7: To let the people out, they were so excited he 309 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 7: got knocked down and was trampled to death. He never 310 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 7: saw the promise come to pass. Now, don't make the 311 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 7: mistake like that man and talk yourself. 312 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 4: Out of what God has promised. 313 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 7: His attitude should have been, God, you said, by tomorrow 314 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 7: we'll have bread for only a penny a loaf. I 315 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 7: don't see how it can happen. It seems impossible, no 316 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 7: way in the natural. But God, I know you're a 317 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 7: supernatural God. I know you can make a way, but 318 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,679 Speaker 7: I don't see a way. God doesn't ask us to 319 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 7: figure things out. All he asks is we believe. When 320 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:25,919 Speaker 7: He puts a promise in your heart, don't think of 321 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 7: all the reasons why it's not going to work out. 322 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 7: Sometimes you have to turn your mind off. 323 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 4: Faith is not always going to make sense. 324 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 7: What God says is not always going to be logical. 325 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 7: If you reason it out, check with the experts, read 326 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 7: all the reports, you. 327 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 4: Will miss God's best. 328 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 7: We think natural. God thinks supernatural. He's not limited by 329 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 7: what limits us. God cauts fire to not harm the 330 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 7: three Hebrew teenagers in the furnace. That doesn't make sense, 331 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 7: but he's God. He calls Sarah to have a baby 332 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 7: at eighty years old. 333 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 4: He parted the sea for the Israelites. 334 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 7: They went through on dry ground. God healed my mother 335 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 7: of terminal cancer. God gave us the Compact Center when 336 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 7: all the odds were against us. Now, don't let your 337 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 7: natural logic talk you out of what a supernatural God 338 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 7: can do. The scripture tells us we need to have 339 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 7: child like faith. Children don't try to figure things out. 340 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 7: When you tell your child you're going to buy them 341 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 7: something or take them someplace, they don't worry. They don't 342 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 7: wonder if you have the means. They don't lose sleep 343 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 7: over whether it's gonna happen. 344 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 4: They trust you. 345 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,199 Speaker 7: When our daughter Alexandra was about ten years old, she 346 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 7: loved to go to Disneyland, and we hadn't been in 347 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 7: several years. And one night I was putting her in bed, 348 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 7: she said, Daddy, can we go to Disneyland again? Almost 349 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 7: in passing. I said, sure we can. She said, you promised. 350 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 7: I said, yes, I promise. She smiled real big. I 351 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 7: kissed her and put her in bed. The next morning, 352 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 7: early before I woke up, she came running in our room. 353 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 7: Didn't say good morning, Dad, didn't say how are you, 354 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 7: didn't say I love you? 355 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 4: She said, Daddy, when are we going to Disneyland? 356 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,360 Speaker 7: It was never if, it was always when she had 357 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 7: so much confidence in me. She knew I wouldn't break 358 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 7: my promise. She knew it was only a matter of time. 359 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 7: Never once did she say, Dad, can I check the 360 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 7: finances to see if we can afford it? 361 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 4: Dad? 362 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 7: Can I check your schedule to see if you had time? 363 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 7: Or what if we can't get the flights, what if 364 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 7: the hotels are book what if it doesn't work out. 365 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 4: She didn't worry about any of the details. 366 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 7: She didn't concern herself about how it was going to happen. 367 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 4: Why she knew her father would take care of that. 368 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 7: She knew I wouldn't have promised if I couldn't do it. Now, 369 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 7: the truth is, I'm human. I could let her down, 370 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 7: I could break the promise, not keep my word. 371 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,399 Speaker 4: Yet she has this incredible trust in me. 372 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,239 Speaker 7: What if we had that same kind of trust in 373 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 7: our heavenly Father, knowing that he cannot go back on 374 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 7: his word, knowing that he cannot fail. God, you promised, 375 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 7: as for me and my house, we will, sir, the Lord. 376 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 7: You promised, I will lend and not borrow. You promised 377 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 7: I will recover. Now I'm not going to worry about 378 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 7: how it's going to happen. I'm not going to live 379 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 7: stressed because I don't see anything changing, wondering if it's 380 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 7: going to work out. 381 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 4: God, I trust you. 382 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 7: I believe you are true to your word and in 383 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 7: your perfect timing, in your own way, you will bring 384 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:56,439 Speaker 7: this promise to pass. That's childlike faith. You're not trying 385 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 7: to figure it out, not wondering if God has the mean, 386 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 7: does he know the right people? What if the obstacle's 387 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 7: too big. 388 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 4: He's God, He created the universe. 389 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 7: He wouldn't have promised it if he wasn't going to 390 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,439 Speaker 7: bring it to past. We see how faithful God is 391 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 7: to his promises. 392 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 4: With David. 393 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 7: God promised David that one of his relatives would always. 394 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 4: Be on the throne of Israel. 395 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 7: Twenty three years after David died, his son Solomon was 396 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 7: on the throne, but not making good choices. He had 397 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 7: married foreign wives he wasn't supposed to. Now he started 398 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 7: worshiping their idols. God said Solomon, I would normally take 399 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 7: this kingdom away from you, for you have done wrong 400 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 7: in my sight, but I will not do it for 401 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 7: your father David's sake. God was saying, Solomon, you don't 402 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 7: deserve this mercy. You've gotten off course, But I made 403 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 7: a promise to your father, and I am a God 404 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 7: that keeps my promises, even to. 405 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 4: A dead man. 406 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 7: Three hundred and five years later, another one of David's 407 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:08,239 Speaker 7: relatives was on the throne, King Hezekiah. He was in 408 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 7: great danger. An army had surrounded Jerusalem. 409 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 4: There was no way out. Looked like the people were doomed. 410 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 7: At the last moment, God sent an angel that wiped 411 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 7: out one hundred and eighty five thousand of the enemy troops. 412 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 4: Hezekiah and all the people were spared. 413 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 7: I can imagine Hezekiah thinking, God, what did we do 414 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 7: to deserve this kind of favor? 415 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 4: God says Hezekiah. 416 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 7: There was a man that lived three hundred and five 417 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 7: years ago. He's dead, he's gone, but I made a 418 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 7: promise to him that one of his descendants would always 419 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 7: be on the throne, and I am the God that 420 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 7: keeps my promises, even three hundred and five years later. Now, 421 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 7: maybe you're standing on a promise that hasn't come to 422 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 7: pass yet. If God would go to such great links 423 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 7: to keep his promise to a man that was dead, 424 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 7: how much more is God going to keep his promises 425 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 7: to you. 426 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 4: Stay in faith and keep. 427 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 7: Reminding God what he promised, keep bringing it to his remembrance. 428 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 7: Like David, You're going to see the faithfulness of God. 429 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,959 Speaker 7: You're going to see those promises come to pass. In 430 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 7: Genesis thirty two, Jacob was about to meet his brother Esau. 431 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 7: After many years of being estranged, Jacob cheated Esau. He 432 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 7: stole his birthright, tricked their father into giving him the 433 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 7: blessing that belonged to Esau. 434 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 4: Esau was so. 435 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:43,159 Speaker 7: Angry that Jacob had to flee to another country for 436 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 7: his life. He lived with his uncle Laban, working for 437 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 7: him for nearly twenty years. In spite of the mistakes, 438 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,400 Speaker 7: God blessed Jacob in a great way. He'd become very wealthy. 439 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 7: Now he had his own family, his own flocks and herbs. 440 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 7: He wanted to return and move back home. He said 441 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 7: word Esau said that he would meet him. 442 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 4: You can imagine how nervous Jacob was. 443 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 7: He's about to see this brother whom he's wronged and 444 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 7: taken advantage of. He didn't know if Esau was still 445 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 7: angry trying to get revenge. Was a huge chance, and 446 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 7: Jacob said in verse eleven, God, please rescue me from 447 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 7: my brother Esau. I'm afraid he's trying to kill me 448 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 7: and all of my wives and children. He could have 449 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 7: stopped there and just prayed the problem, but Jacob understood 450 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,199 Speaker 7: this principle. He went on to say, but God, you 451 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,120 Speaker 7: promised to treat me kindly and. 452 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 4: To multiply my descendants. 453 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 7: After all the bad choices, all the greed. 454 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 4: Manipulation, what did he do? 455 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,360 Speaker 7: He went back to a promise God made to him 456 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 7: as a young man and said, God. 457 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 4: You promised you would be good to me. 458 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 7: He met Esau. Esau not only forgave him, but was 459 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:06,360 Speaker 7: very kind to him. 460 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 4: And welcomed him back home. 461 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 7: What if we had this same boldness like Jacob, in 462 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 7: spite of our mistakes, in spite of the times we fell, 463 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 7: instead of living down on ourselves, giving up on our dreams, 464 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 7: we would say, God, you promised to be good to me. 465 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 7: You promised to restore what was stolen. You promised to 466 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 7: forgive me and not remember my mistakes. Put God in 467 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 7: remembrance of what he promised. Not what you feel, not 468 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,919 Speaker 7: what you deserve, not what a relative said, but. 469 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 4: What God said. 470 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 7: Saul eighty six says, God is full of kindness, great 471 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 7: in mercy. 472 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 4: The Lord is good to awe. 473 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 7: God made the same promise to you that he made 474 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 7: to Jacob. God, you promised to be kind to me. 475 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 7: You promised me a future filled with per purpose and fulfillment. 476 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 7: God is not holding your mistakes against you. Don't go 477 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 7: through life holding them against yourself. When Moses was leading 478 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 7: the Israelites through the desert some two million people, God 479 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 7: told him to go up on Mount Sinai. That's where 480 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 7: he received the Ten Commandments. He was up there for 481 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:25,159 Speaker 7: forty days. He left his brother Erin in charge. The 482 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 7: people got restless, said Erin. We don't know if Moses 483 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 7: is ever going to come back. Let's make some gods 484 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,640 Speaker 7: out of gold that we can worship. Aaron had them 485 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 7: melt down their jewelry, their ear rings. They made a 486 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 7: calf out of gold. They started partying drinking all kinds 487 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 7: of debakery. 488 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 4: God was so angry he was about to wipe them 489 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 4: all out and only spare Moses. 490 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 7: The scripture says Moses pleaded with the Lord and said, God, 491 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 7: remember what you promised, That our descendants would be as 492 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 7: numerous as the stars in the heavens, and that they 493 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 7: would possess this land forever. The next verse says God 494 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 7: withdrew his threat and did not bring the disaster that 495 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 7: he planned. That's how powerful it is when you remind 496 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 7: God what he promised. If Moses had not said, God, 497 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,719 Speaker 7: you promised, God would have wiped them all out. Now 498 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 7: I wonder if there are blessings we're not seeing healing 499 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 7: promotion increase because we're not reminding God of his promises. 500 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 7: We're praying for God to do it. We're asking him 501 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 7: to turn it around. And that's good. But when you 502 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 7: say God, you promised, something powerful happens. The creator of 503 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 7: the universe goes to work. Chains are broken, forces of 504 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 7: darkness are pushed back. Nothing can stand against our God. 505 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,919 Speaker 7: He said in Genesis twenty eighth, I will be with 506 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 7: you constantly until I have finished giving you everything that 507 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 7: I promise. 508 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 4: God is saying to you today. Everything I promised you 509 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 4: is on the way. 510 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 7: Healing is on the way, promotion, vindication, freedom the spouse. 511 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 7: Get ready for God to show out in your life. 512 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 7: Get ready for new. 513 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 4: Levels, for breakthroughs, for fever. 514 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 7: I believe and declare new doors are about to open, 515 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 7: Problems are turning around. What's hindered you in the past 516 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 7: will hinder you no more. You're going to rise higher, 517 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 7: accomplish dreams, and see every. 518 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 4: Promise come to fulfillment in Jesus' name. 519 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 7: And if you receive it today, can you say, amen, 520 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 7: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 521 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:48,719 Speaker 7: the Lord of your life. 522 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 523 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 7: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 524 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord Savior. 525 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 7: Well, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 526 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 7: got born again. 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