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It's a joy to 42 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 3: come into your homes and if you're ever in our area, 43 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 3: please stop buying be a part of one of our services. 44 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 3: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 45 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 3: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 46 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 3: about this scientist. He said to God, we've decided we 47 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 3: no longer need you. We can clone people, transplant hearts, 48 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 3: do all kinds of things once considered miraculous. God said, fine, 49 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 3: But to prove you don't need me, let's have a 50 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 3: man making contest. The only requirement is you have to 51 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 3: make man out of dirt. The scientist said great, and 52 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 3: reached down to pick up a handful of dirt. God said, 53 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 3: not so fast. Go get your own dirt. Say it 54 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,119 Speaker 3: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 55 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 3: what it says I am. I have what it says 56 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 3: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 57 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 3: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 58 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 3: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 59 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 3: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 60 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 3: bless you you. I want to talk to you today 61 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 3: about commanded to be blessed. When we honor God with 62 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 3: our lives, we do our best to keep him first place. 63 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 3: The scripture says God will command his blessing to come 64 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 3: on you. When God commands, it's not maybe it'll happen 65 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 3: I hope it happens if the circumstances come together. Know 66 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 3: when God commands, there's no ifs ands or butts, it's 67 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 3: going to happen. When God said let there be light, 68 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 3: the earth was dark, without form, like a black hole. 69 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 3: God didn't check the circumstances to see if light was possible. 70 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 3: He didn't have experts analyze it to see if they 71 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 3: thought it could happen. He simply spoke. When he commanded light. 72 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 3: It came at one hundred and eighty six thousand miles 73 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 3: per second. When God commands you to be blessed, he 74 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 3: doesn't check what family you come from, where you work, 75 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 3: who likes you, how good the economy is. None of 76 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 3: that matters to God. All the circumstances be against you. 77 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 3: The experts may tell you you'll never get well, you'll 78 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 3: never meet the right person, you'll never be successful. Every 79 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 3: voice says you're stuck. Just accept it. No way in 80 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 3: the natural. The good news is we serve a supernatural God. 81 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 3: When he commands the blessing, all the forces of darkness 82 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 3: cannot stop him. With the commanded blessing, you'll go places 83 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 3: you couldn't go on your own. Doors will open that 84 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 3: you couldn't open. You'll be promoted even though you weren't 85 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 3: the most qualified. The commanded blessing will cause good breaks 86 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 3: to find you. Contracts, opportunities, business favor will track you down. 87 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 3: Now get in agreement with God. Quit saying I'll never 88 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 3: get ahead, Joel. These people at work don't like me. 89 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 3: It doesn't matter who doesn't like you at work. What 90 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 3: matters is the most high God that likes you. He 91 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 3: is not limited by who's against you, by who's not 92 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 3: getting your credit, who's not treating your right. One touch 93 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 3: of his favor will move them out of the way 94 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 3: and get you to where you're supposed to be. And 95 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 3: don't be discouraged by what's unfair. God sees what's happening. 96 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 3: Keep being your best, keep honoring him. You're not working 97 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 3: under people, You're working under God. When it's your time 98 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 3: to be promoted, you can rest assured you will be promoted. 99 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 3: People can't stop you. Bad breaks can't stop you. Injustice 100 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 3: can't stop you. The commanded blessing on your life will 101 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 3: override every force that's trying to hold you back. I 102 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 3: know a young man that works in the medical field, 103 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 3: graduated from college six years ago. He'd been at this 104 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 3: same entry level position the whole time. He's a hard worker. 105 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 3: He always does more than he has to. But his 106 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 3: supervisor never liked him. He wouldn't give him any credit. 107 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,720 Speaker 3: These new employees that they hired that didn't have the training, 108 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 3: the expertise, they were being promoted over him, and it 109 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 3: wasn't fair. He didn't like it, but he understands this 110 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 3: principle because he's honoring God. There is a commanded blessing 111 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 3: on his life. About six months ago, he went to 112 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 3: work and found out one morning that his supervisor had 113 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 3: unexpectedly resigned. He had a family issue and had to 114 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 3: move to another state. The administration called him in and said, 115 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 3: this supervisor has recommended you to take his position. This 116 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:58,679 Speaker 3: supervisor never even liked him, he was never for him. 117 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 3: But when you have the commanded blessing, God will cause 118 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 3: people to be good to you that have never been 119 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 3: good to you. He'll use even your enemies to bless you. 120 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 3: This young man was so excited and so baffled at 121 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 3: the same time. He said, Joel, this man tried to 122 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 3: hold me down, He tried to discredit me. Here's the key. 123 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 3: People don't have the final say God does. People don't 124 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 3: determine your destiny. They didn't breathe life into you. They 125 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 3: didn't call you, they didn't number your days. You may 126 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 3: be in a situation that feels unfair, seems like somebody's 127 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 3: stopping you. Don't worry. Your time is coming. Keep doing 128 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 3: the right thing when the wrong thing is happening. There 129 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 3: is a commanded blessing on your life. They can't keep 130 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 3: you down. All the circumstances may be against you, but 131 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 3: the most High God is for you. Number Chapter twenty two. 132 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 3: The Israelites camped on the plains of Moab, headed toward Jericho. 133 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 3: When the king of the Moabites saw how many Israelites 134 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 3: there were, he was afraid. There was a prophet that 135 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 3: lived in a nearby city named Balem. The king knew 136 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 3: that the Lord always did what Balem asked, so he 137 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 3: sent some of his men with a large amount of 138 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 3: money to see Balem to ask him to come back 139 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 3: and curse the people of Israel. Balem said, I'll pray 140 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 3: about it, but I can only say what God tells 141 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 3: me to say. He prayed in verse twelve. God said, 142 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 3: you are to not go back with them, for what 143 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 3: I have blessed, you cannot curse. Notice, when God puts 144 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 3: the commanded blessing on you, it doesn't matter what somebody says, 145 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 3: doesn't matter what they do, how they treat you. All 146 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 3: that matters is God put his blessing on you, and 147 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 3: everything else is of no effect. They can say it, 148 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 3: but if you don't allow it to take root, it's 149 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 3: not going to stop you. It may be unfair, it 150 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 3: may seem like it's getting the best of you, but 151 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 3: if you'll stay in faith, the blessing will always override 152 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 3: the curse. They meant it to stop you, God will 153 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 3: use it to promote you. They went back and told 154 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 3: the king that Balim wouldn't come. The king said, take 155 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 3: some more money, go back and tell him he has 156 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 3: to come and curse the Israelites. They went back. Balim said, 157 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 3: even if you give me a palace filled with silver 158 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 3: and gold, I am powerless to do anything against the 159 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 3: will of my God. They spent the night and talked 160 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 3: to him into going back. The king said, Balem, what 161 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 3: took you so long? You should have come back here. 162 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,439 Speaker 3: I need you to curse these people. Baalim said, well, 163 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,319 Speaker 3: I'll pray one more time, but I can only say 164 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 3: what the Lord tells me to say. He woke up 165 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,439 Speaker 3: the next morning said to the king, this is what 166 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 3: the Lord says. The Israelites will succeed and become a 167 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 3: great nation and have descendants too numerous to count. The 168 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 3: king said, Balem, stop, what are you doing. I've brought 169 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 3: you here to curse them. Instead, you'r blessing them. He 170 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 3: said it again, I cannot curse what God has already blessed. 171 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 3: If Balem were here today, he would say the same 172 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 3: thing to you. You cannot be cursed. There is a 173 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 3: commanded blessing on your life. When you go through disappointments, 174 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 3: unfair things happen, it's easy to feel like that's clouded 175 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 3: your future. Have a new perspective. What God has blessed, 176 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 3: nothing can curse. When you understand you have this commanded blessing, 177 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 3: you won't be upset because someone's talking about you, worried 178 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 3: about your finances, discouraged because of a setback. You know, 179 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 3: every force that's trying to stop you is powerless to 180 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 3: change the blessing God put on your life. I love 181 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 3: how Balim was supposed to curse the Israelites. They were 182 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 3: going to pay him a lot of money. Not only 183 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 3: did he refuse to do it, but God had him 184 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:23,359 Speaker 3: to start speaking blessings. He started telling how the Israelites 185 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 3: were going to succeed, go further, accomplish great things. This 186 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 3: is a spiritual principle God was showing us. When the 187 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 3: enemy tells you all the reasons why you're not going 188 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 3: to get well, not get out of debt, not overcome 189 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 3: the challenge, instead of agreeing with him, do like Balim 190 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 3: starts speaking victory speak, health speak, favor speak, abundance. See. 191 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 3: The enemy wants you to curse your future with negative 192 00:11:54,440 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 3: words and negative thoughts. He knows he can't stop you, 193 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,719 Speaker 3: but if he can convince you to go around discouraged 194 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 3: thinking you've reached your limits, that will keep you from 195 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 3: your destiny. You have to turn it around. You want 196 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 3: me to curse my future, I know better. I'm gonna 197 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 3: bless my future. Well, you'll never get out of debt, 198 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 3: You'll always struggle. No thanks, you have the wrong person. 199 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 3: I will lend and not borrow. Whatever I touch will 200 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 3: prosper and succeed. I've been commanded to be blessed. When 201 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 3: he whispers, you saw the medical report, You're never going 202 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 3: to get well. Come on, agree with me. Curse your future. 203 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 3: Turn it around. God is restoring health back into me. 204 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 3: The number of my days he will fulfill. Well, the 205 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 3: more you pray, the worse your child gets. No thanks. 206 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 3: As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, 207 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 3: the seed of the righteous. My seed will be mighty 208 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 3: in the land. And you may have a lot coming 209 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 3: against you. Every voice says it's not going to work out, 210 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 3: asking you to be a baalim. Speak the blessing and 211 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 3: not the curse. Sometimes it's not our own thoughts trying 212 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 3: to discourage us. It's what other people are saying. People 213 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 3: will tell you what you're not going to be, how 214 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 3: you're not going to get well, your dreams aren't going 215 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 3: to come to pass. Here's the key. They can speak 216 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 3: defeat all day long, but they are powerless to change 217 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 3: the blessing on your life. Nothing they say or do 218 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 3: can remove the blessing. They didn't give you the blessing, 219 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 3: and they can't take it away. It was put on 220 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 3: you by the God who spoke worlds into existence. He 221 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 3: didn't just give you the blessing. He commanded the blessing. 222 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 3: There's a freedom when you understand this. Somebody's talking bad 223 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 3: about you. Your attitude is no big deal. They are 224 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,959 Speaker 3: powerless to stop the blessing on my life. Well, you 225 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 3: had a bad break, you were laid off, Yes, but worried. 226 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 3: I know the blessing always overrides the curse. Will you 227 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,719 Speaker 3: come from a rough neighborhood? Doesn't look like you have 228 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 3: much of a future. Now where I am is not 229 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 3: where I'm staying. The commanded blessing will get me to 230 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 3: where I'm supposed to be. I talked to a lady 231 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 3: that was raised in a dysfunctional environment. She was abused 232 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 3: by her father. He constantly told her how she was 233 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 3: no good, worthless, would never amount to anything. She was 234 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 3: just a little girl. She didn't know any better. She 235 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 3: believed these lies and grew up feeling ashamed and inferior. 236 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 3: At seven years old, she was taken away from her 237 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 3: father by the state and placed in foster home. After 238 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 3: foster home, never feeling loved or accepted, she grew up 239 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 3: a young lady on drugs, in bad relationships. She had 240 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 3: several children from different fathers. In poverty. Didn't look like 241 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 3: it would ever change, But in her late twenties, a 242 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 3: friend invited her to church, and she gave her life 243 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 3: to Christ. She started making better decisions, doing her best 244 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 3: to honor God. She would listen to our messages about 245 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 3: reprogramming your mind and not believing lies that people have 246 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 3: spoken over you. It didn't happen overnight, but little by 247 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 3: little things started to change in her favor. She was 248 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 3: able to go back and finish high school in her 249 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 3: early thirties. A friend helped her to get into college. 250 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 3: A professor there went out of her way to open 251 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 3: the door to nursing school. A hospital administrator showed her 252 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 3: favor and hired her over several other candidates that had 253 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 3: more qualifications. Today, she's in charge of her whole department, 254 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 3: several hundred nurses at this large hospital. What happened She 255 00:15:55,960 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 3: came in to the commanded blessing. The commanded bless seeing 256 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 3: will override every person that's tried to stop you. The 257 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 3: commanded blessing will make up for what you didn't get. 258 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 3: It will cause people to go out of their way 259 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 3: to be good to you. It will put you at 260 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 3: the right place at the right time. People may have 261 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 3: tried to push you down, but God is about to 262 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 3: lift you up. They tried to keep you from your purpose, 263 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 3: but they were powerless to change the blessing on your life. 264 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 3: You may have a lot coming against you, but I 265 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 3: believe God is about to command some things like he 266 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 3: did for her. He's going to command justice, vindication, deliverance 267 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 3: from people that are not treating you right. He's going 268 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 3: to command increase, promotion, doors to open that take you 269 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 3: to the next level. He's going to command freedom, breakthroughs, wholeness, 270 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 3: that addiction, those bad habits are not your destiny. He's 271 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 3: about to command healing, restoration, strength, That sickness is coming 272 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,919 Speaker 3: to an end. It may not have happened yet, but 273 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 3: this is a new day. You're going to see the 274 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 3: commanded blessing show out in your life. God is going 275 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:22,399 Speaker 3: to make things happen that amaze you, things you didn't 276 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 3: see coming. The scripture says this, when you obey God's 277 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 3: blessings will chase you down and overtake you. I've seen 278 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 3: this in my own life. Most of the big breaks, 279 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 3: the major events, I didn't go after them. I was 280 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 3: just honoring God, being my best, and they came after me. 281 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 3: I didn't know the Compact center was coming available, but 282 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 3: a man came to me out of the Blue, said Joel, 283 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 3: you need to call the mayor. That should be Lakewood's building. 284 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 3: A publisher I had never met came to me, said 285 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 3: I want to publish your books. Serious exem came to me. 286 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 3: Here's a satellite radio channel. That's the commanded blessing. God 287 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 3: calls an opportunity, favor contracts to chase you down. Here's 288 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 3: the whole key. You don't have to go after the blessing. 289 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,719 Speaker 3: Go after God. Honor him with your life, and the 290 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 3: blessing will follow. God will command things to find you. 291 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 3: In the scripture, one morning, Jesus asked Peter if he 292 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 3: could borrow his boat to teach the people from the shore. 293 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 3: Peter agreed and let him use it when he was finished. 294 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,439 Speaker 3: Jesus wanted to pay Peter. He told him to launch 295 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 3: out into the water. He would catch a lot of fish. Well, 296 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 3: Peter had fished all night, nothing was biting. Peter was 297 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 3: a professional fisherman. He knew the morning wasn't the best 298 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 3: time to fish. He didn't feel like going back out. 299 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 3: He thought it'd be a waste of his time. But 300 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 3: instead of talking himself out of it, he said to Jesus, nevertheless, 301 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 3: at your word, I will do it. He chose to obey. 302 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 3: When he threw out his net, he caught so many 303 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 3: fish that the net begin to break. He had to 304 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 3: call over another boat to help him gather up all 305 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 3: the fish. That's what happens when you walk in obedience. 306 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 3: There is a commanded blessing on your life. God will 307 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 3: make things happen that you couldn't make happen. What's interesting 308 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 3: is there were no fish there the night before. But 309 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 3: God controls the fish. He knows how to bring things 310 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 3: to you. The conditions may not be favorable. You don't 311 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 3: know the right people. You've had the addiction a long time. 312 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 3: Perhaps no one in your family has really been successful. 313 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 3: It looks like that's the way it's always going to be. 314 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 6: No. 315 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 3: God is about to do a new thing. You tried 316 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,199 Speaker 3: and it didn't work out last time. But because of 317 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 3: your obedience, God is speaking to the fish right now, 318 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 3: it's going to be a little catch, a little break, 319 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 3: a little blessing. God's about to do something big, something unusual, 320 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,919 Speaker 3: something to where people take notice. They wonder, what is 321 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 3: it about you? How could you lead the company in sales? 322 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 3: How could you beat the cancer? I saw the medical 323 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 3: report how could you marry that beautiful girl? How could 324 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 3: you start your own business? That doesn't seem possible. That's 325 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 3: the commanded blessing. That's God causing the fish to find you. 326 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 3: And you may not see how this could happen. Neither 327 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 3: did Peter. Everything in his reasoning said there are no 328 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 3: fish out there. In other words, the medical report's not good. 329 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 3: I've been single a long time. I don't have the 330 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 3: training that all may be true. The good news is 331 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 3: God is not limited by what you don't have, by 332 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 3: who you don't know, by the economy. All he has 333 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 3: to do is speak, and the fish will not only 334 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 3: show up, they'll find you. They'll come to your boat. 335 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 3: You don't have to make this happen. Just keep God 336 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 3: first place, and this commanded blessing, like a magnet, will 337 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 3: draw in good breaks, healing favor the right people. We 338 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 3: see the commanded blessing with a young lady in the 339 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 3: scripture named Ruth. She had just moved back to her 340 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 3: mother in law's hometown after she lost her husband. They 341 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 3: were both widows, very poor, barely able to survive. Ruth 342 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 3: would go out into the fields every morning and pick 343 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 3: up the leftover wheat that the workers missed. They were 344 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 3: living off of scraps. Life was a struggle. Ruth did 345 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 3: this day in and day out, week after week. Didn't 346 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 3: look like there was a commanded blessing on her. Life 347 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 3: didn't look like it would ever change. But one day 348 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 3: God caused the owner of that property to notice Ruth. 349 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 3: He asked his workers, who's that young lady out our fields. 350 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 3: They explained how she was a widow that had moved 351 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 3: there from another country. He could have said, tell her 352 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 3: to get off my property, this is private land. Or 353 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,880 Speaker 3: he could have just dismissed it not thought any more 354 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:17,400 Speaker 3: about it. That would be the end. But God caused 355 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 3: Ruth to find fev with this man. He went over 356 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 3: to Ruth and told her how she was welcome in 357 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 3: his fields any time. He invited her to have lunch 358 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 3: with his workers. Every day. He told those workers to 359 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 3: leave extra wheat on the ground to make it easy 360 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 3: on Ruth. It looked like she was stuck no future. 361 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,239 Speaker 3: All the odds were against her, but she came to 362 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 3: a point where it was one blessing after another. She 363 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 3: had so much wheat, more than she needed. She was 364 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 3: so excited, not only that she ended up falling in 365 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 3: love with that man. They got married. Now instead of 366 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 3: working in the field, she owned the field. Here's what 367 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 3: I'm saying. When you have this commanded blessing on your life, 368 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 3: God will cause you to find favor with the right people. 369 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 3: You don't have to play up to people. You don't 370 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 3: have to try to manipulate someone to convince them to 371 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 3: like you. God will cause you to stand out. He'll 372 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 3: bring divine connections people that want to help you, not 373 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 3: because of what you can do for them, not because 374 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 3: of your training, your expertise, your looks, your talents, simply 375 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 3: because God has caused them to show you favor. Ruth 376 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 3: couldn't have made this happen. She didn't know the man. 377 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 3: She was a stranger in a foreign land, a poor widow. 378 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 3: Nothing in her circumstances said she haud ever be blessed 379 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 3: successful owning that field. If you would have told her 380 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 3: that when she first arrived, she'd have said, that's impossible. 381 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 3: There's no way this can happen. When you look at 382 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:02,360 Speaker 3: your circumstances, your dreams, challenges you're facing, you may think 383 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 3: it could never work out. Like Peter, you fished all night. 384 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 3: It didn't happen last time, or maybe like Ruth, you've 385 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 3: had some disappointments. You're not where you thought you would 386 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,640 Speaker 3: be in life. But God knows how to not only 387 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 3: bring the fish the provision, but like with her, he's 388 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 3: going to bring the right people, people that will use 389 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 3: their influence that will help you go to the next level. 390 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,719 Speaker 3: If you could see where God is going to take you, 391 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 3: it would boggle your mind. The people he's going to bring, 392 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 3: the doors he's going to open, the influence he's going 393 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 3: to give you. You're going to look back and say, 394 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 3: I didn't see this coming. I didn't see on in 395 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 3: the field coming. I didn't see the compact center coming. 396 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 3: I didn't see the healing, the freedom, the abundance. It's 397 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 3: going to be more than you can ask or think. 398 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 3: This is what happened to a friend of mine. He 399 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 3: moved to Houston thirteen years ago with a dream to 400 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 3: pursue starting his own business. He didn't know anyone here, 401 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 3: didn't have any contacts, but he took a step of faith. 402 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,399 Speaker 3: He arrived in Houston on a Friday. That Sunday, he 403 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 3: showed up at Lakewood A month later. He was volunteering 404 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 3: as an usher, serving in different ministries honoring God being 405 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 3: his best. He started his business in the financial industry. 406 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:31,159 Speaker 3: Doors began to open. He had challenges, obstacles, but along 407 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 3: the way he could see the hand of God. Last year, 408 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 3: he was in Chicago consulting with some clients. He met 409 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 3: this older gentleman who owned a huge financial firm, one 410 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 3: of the largest in the world. This older man took 411 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 3: an interest in him. He started encouraging him and giving 412 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 3: him advice. When this young man told him his vision, 413 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 3: all of his critics thought it was too big, he 414 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 3: could never accomplish. But this older man laughed and said, 415 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 3: don't believe them. It's way too small. You're going to 416 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 3: do something much bigger. He had a desire to buy 417 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 3: a part of this young man's company. He came up 418 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 3: with evaluation based on what the company would be worth 419 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 3: in the future, far exceeding what it's worth today. My 420 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 3: friend just sold twenty five percent of his company to 421 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,439 Speaker 3: this older gentleman. Now my friend owns one of the 422 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 3: largest independent financial firms in all of Texas. What's interesting. 423 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:41,119 Speaker 3: Thirteen years ago, he was stocking shelves in a grocery 424 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,719 Speaker 3: store to pay his rent. If you were to ask him, 425 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 3: he would tell you. I didn't see this coming. Never 426 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 3: dream my business would take off, Never dream this man 427 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 3: would be so good to me, Never dreamed I would 428 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 3: be a leader in my field. That's the commanded blessing. 429 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 3: You keep honoring God and he'll bring the right people. 430 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 3: That older man didn't have to be good to him. 431 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 3: He didn't have to value the company the way he did. 432 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 3: He could have negotiated it the other way. But God 433 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,360 Speaker 3: will cause people to want to be good to you. 434 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,639 Speaker 3: You may not think you know the right people, you 435 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 3: don't have the connections. Don't worry God does. You keep 436 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 3: honoring him and he's going to cause the right people 437 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 3: to find you. He's going to open the right doors. 438 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 3: He's going to bring the fish. One day you'll look 439 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 3: back and say, Wow, I didn't see that coming. It's 440 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 3: because you've been commanded to be blessed. But sometimes we 441 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:43,400 Speaker 3: live like we're commanded to struggle, commanded to be lonely, 442 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 3: commanded to be addicted. Change has to take place on 443 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 3: the inside in our thinking before it happens on the outside. 444 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,159 Speaker 3: Why don't you get rid of all the negative and 445 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 3: start believing you're commanded to be blessed, commanded to be healthy, 446 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 3: commanded to be free. If you'll do this, I believe 447 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 3: and declare like God did for my friend. He's about 448 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 3: to command Increase, command, abundance, command, healing, command, freedom in 449 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 3: Jesus's name. If you receive it today, can you say amen? 450 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 3: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 451 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 3: the lord of your life. 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