1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: It's a joy to come into your homes. And if 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, please stop by be a 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. These are the finest 9 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: people in all of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood, 10 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: and we'd love to have you come out. I'd like 11 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 12 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: positive farmer and negative farmer. When it would rain, the 13 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: positive farmer would say, Lord, thank you for water and 14 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,959 Speaker 1: our crops. The negative farmer would say, yeah, but if 15 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: it keeps this up, it's going to rock the roots. 16 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: When the sun would come out, Positive farmer, Lord, thank 17 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: you for giving our plants valuable nutrients. Negative farmer, Yeah, 18 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: but if it keeps this up, it's going to scorch 19 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: the crops. One day, they were bird hunting together in 20 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: a boat. Positive farmer just got a brand new bird dog. 21 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: He is so proud of him. He shot, a bird 22 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: fell in the water, said to his negative farmer, wats this? 23 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: The dog jumped out of the boat, ran on top 24 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: of the water, picked the bird up, ran back on 25 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,559 Speaker 1: top of the water, put it in the boat. Said 26 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: what do you think about that? A negative farmer said, 27 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: should have known it. That dog can't even swim. Say 28 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 1: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 29 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: am what it says I am. I have what it 30 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: says I have. I can do what it says I 31 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 32 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 33 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 34 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 35 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: sing to the promise. All of us have things we're 36 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: believing for, dreams we want to accomplish. Problems we're hoping 37 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: will turn around. We know God put the problem in 38 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: our heart, but we don't see how it can happen. 39 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: Maybe the medical report's not good. Child is off course, 40 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: we don't have the funds we need. Doesn't seem possible. 41 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: This is the way the Israelites felt in Numbers twenty one. 42 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 1: They were in the desert. It was hot. They were 43 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: tired and thirsty, but all they could see was more sand, 44 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: more rocks, more barrenness. And just when they thought they 45 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: were done, they came to this place where there was 46 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: an old well. I can imagine they were excited, thinking, 47 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: finally we're going to get some water. They rushed over 48 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,119 Speaker 1: to it, but the well was dry. They looked down 49 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: it and could see hadn't been used in years, filled 50 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: with dirt, rocks, all kinds of debris. It was another disappointment. 51 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: But God told Moses to gather the people around and 52 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: he was going to give them water. God gave them 53 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: the promise water is in the desert. Things are about 54 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: to turn around. I'm going to do something out of 55 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: the ordinary. But the promise didn't automatically come to pass. 56 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: It didn't happen just because God said it. There was 57 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: something the Israelites had to do. The scripture says they 58 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: begin to sing this song spring up a Whell, right 59 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: in the middle of the desert. When they were discouraged, 60 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:32,119 Speaker 1: when it looked impossible. Instead of complaining, they started singing 61 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: spring up a Whell. They were making a declaration of faith. 62 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: They were saying, Lord, thank you that the water is coming. 63 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: Thank you that you're making streams in the desert. Thank 64 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: you that you're supplying all of our needs. The verse 65 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: goes on to say they sing to the well. That's 66 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: the key. You have to sing to the promise. It 67 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: didn't look practical in the natural. The well was dried up. 68 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: Every circumstance said water is not going to come out 69 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: of this empty well. Thoughts told them you look foolish. 70 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: You're wasting your time singing to a well. They could 71 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: have talked themselves out of it, said Moses, we're not 72 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: gonna sing. We're hot, we're thirsty. We'll sing after we 73 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: get some water. Instead, they kept singing this phrase over 74 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: and over, spring up o well, thanking God for the promise. 75 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, in the middle of the desert, 76 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: water began to shoot up out of that dried up, 77 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: empty well. They saw the promise fulfilled. And there are 78 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: promises God is put in you. Every circumstance may say 79 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: it's not going to happen. You'll never get well, you'll 80 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: never meet the right person, you'll never accomplish that dream. 81 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: It's been a long time. You feel like you're in 82 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: a drought. You have to do like them and sing 83 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: to the promise, your praise, your thanksgiving. Those declaration of 84 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: faith is what causes water to flow in the desert. 85 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: Doesn't take any faith to sing after the water shows up. 86 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: It se easy to sing once the promise is fulfilled. 87 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: But the singing the praise is what causes healing to 88 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: spring up, abundance to spring up, breakthroughs to spring up. 89 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: And sometimes we're waiting on God, but God is waiting 90 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: on us. Why don't you start calling out those promises 91 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: He's put in you if you're dealing with an illness 92 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: instead of complaining, Spring up, O healing Lord. Thank you 93 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: that you're restoring health back into me. Thank you that 94 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: the number of my days you will fulfill. You don't 95 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: have the funds you need. Spring up abundance, spring up promotion, 96 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: Spring up opportunity. Father, Thank you that I will lend, 97 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: not borrow. Thank you that whatever I touched prospers and succeeds. 98 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: You've been single a long time, believing for a spouse. 99 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: Spring up, Oh, good looking husband. Throw a couple adjectives 100 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: in there. You're believe in for children, Spring up, old baby, 101 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: spring up off spring Father, you said my seed would 102 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: be mighty in the land. You said, children are a 103 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: gift from the Lord. So Father, thank you that my 104 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: baby is on the way. That's what it means to 105 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: sing to the promise. When we were trying to acquire 106 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: this building, the former Compact Center, all the odds were 107 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: against us. Well known business leaders told us that we 108 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: would never get it, that we were wasting our time. 109 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: We didn't really have the connections, the experience, the funding. 110 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: All we had was a promise that we knew God 111 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: placed in our heart. Let me encourage you. You and 112 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: God are a majority if you'll stay in faith, sing 113 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: to the promise, Tell it to spring forth. All the 114 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: forces of darkness cannot stop you. God has the final 115 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: say when he hears you thanking him before the answer comes, 116 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: praising him while you're still in a draft, declaring his 117 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: favor when the odds are against you. He'll make things 118 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: happen that you could never make happen. He'll open doors 119 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: that no man can shut. Victoria and I used to 120 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: come up to the Compact Center before we owned it, 121 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: late at night when nobody was around, and we would 122 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: walk around the building. With every step we would say, Father, 123 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: thank you that you're fighting our battles. Thank you that 124 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: you're bigger than this opposition. Thank you that your favor 125 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: surrounds us like a shield. What will we doing singing 126 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: to the promise? Say in an effect, spring up, oh, compact, center, 127 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: spring up, destiny, spring up, favor, spring up, breakthroughs. God 128 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: supernaturally open the door and here we are today. But 129 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: it's easy to complain about how it's not going to 130 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: work out, and talk about how impossible it is. That's 131 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: going to cause you to get stuck where you are, live, discouraged, 132 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: settle for mediocrity. Why don't you start singing to the promise. 133 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: There are goals God has put in you, dreams, healing, promotion, restoration. 134 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: They're lying, dormant. You may not see how it can happen. 135 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: You haven't had the breaks that you need. You could 136 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: easily settle there and think that it wasn't meant to be. 137 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: Those promises are still alive. You have to start calling 138 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: them out. Healing spring up in me, Talent spring up 139 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: in me, good relationships, joy, peace spring up all through 140 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: the day. Lord, Thank you that my healing is coming. 141 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: Thank you that good breaks are on the way. Think 142 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: you that divine connections the right people are in my future. 143 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: You may be sick. You can sing your way to health. 144 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 1: You're discouraged, you can sing your way to joy. You're 145 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: stuck in your career, you can sing your way to 146 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: the next level. Well, Joe, this sounds good, but you 147 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 1: don't know my situation. I got passed over for the 148 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 1: big promotion. The medical report says, I'm not gonna make it. 149 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: I've had this addiction so long, I don't think I'll 150 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: ever break it. That's exactly where the Israelites were in 151 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: the desert. They were tired, discouraged, but they dared to 152 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: sing to an empty, dried up well. They dared to 153 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: thank God for provision when it looked foolish. Every voice 154 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: may tell you it's not going to happen. You have 155 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: to dig your heels in and say, spring up healing, 156 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: spring up, new levels, spring up promotion. Don't complain about 157 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: the problem seemed to the promise. Thank God that things 158 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: are changing in your favor. Thank Him that blessings are 159 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: chasing you down. Thank Him that your children will fulfill 160 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: their destinies. That as for you and your house, you 161 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: will serve the Lord. I talked to a young man. 162 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: He came from a small town in Mississippi. He got 163 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: a scholarship to play soccer at a major university. It's 164 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: very talented, very good athlete, but his dream was to 165 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: play football. His junior year in college, he talked to 166 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: the coaches. They let him switch from soccer to football. 167 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: He was the kicker. He was thrilled to be on 168 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: the football team, but the coaches didn't give him a 169 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: chance because he didn't come from a football background. They 170 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: never put him in the game. For two years, he 171 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: sat the bench, never kicked one field goal. At the 172 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,439 Speaker 1: end of his last college season, there was a scout 173 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: day when coaches professional teams would come and look at 174 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: the players and evaluate them. He was hoping somebody would 175 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: be interested in him. He was a very skilled kicker, 176 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: but since he had never played a game, nobody knew 177 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: who he was. He waited and waited for a phone call, 178 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: but it never came. It looked like his football days 179 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: were over. Driving home from college, flipped on the radio 180 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: and came across our serious XM station. He heard me 181 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: talking about how a shift is coming, how you're just 182 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 1: one phone call away from your destiny, how one touch 183 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: of God's favor can catapult you to the next level. 184 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,959 Speaker 1: I talked about how it's going to happen faster than 185 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: you think. When he heard that something came alive on 186 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: the inside, he knew that was for him. He got 187 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: his cell phone out and made a three minute video 188 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: telling everyone that he was going to be in the 189 00:11:56,440 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: NFL that year. Most of his friends thought he had 190 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: lost his mind. He had never kicked a field goal 191 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 1: in college, had no track record. Now you're going to 192 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: play professional football. That doesn't make sense. Now, instead of 193 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: being discouraged, instead of complaining, he had this expectancy. He 194 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: went around saying, Lord, thank you for opening up new doors. 195 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 1: Thank you that your favor causes me to stand out. 196 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: Thank you that you're bringing opportunity across my path. He 197 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: was singing to the promise, saying, in effect, spring up, 198 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: oh whill, looking for God's goodness. Four hours after he 199 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: made the video, he received a phone call from Cincinnati, Ohio. 200 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,719 Speaker 1: He doesn't know anyone in Cincinnati, so he didn't answer it. 201 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 1: They left a voice message. It said, this is the 202 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: kicking coach for the Cincinnati Bengals football team. We'd like 203 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: you to come to our rookie camp and try out 204 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 1: for the team. He thought it was a crank call, 205 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 1: some friends playing a joke on him. He called the 206 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: number back, found out it was the real thing. He 207 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: tried out for the team, and he made the team. 208 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: Today he's one of the few African American kickers in 209 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: the NFL. How could someone that's never kicked the field 210 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: gold in college doesn't have the qualifications, the experience, the 211 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 1: resume make it to the highest level the NFL. That's 212 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,959 Speaker 1: God bringing water out of an empty well. That's God 213 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: making streams in the desert. That's what happens when you 214 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: sing to the promise, not complain about the drought, complain 215 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: about who treated you wrong, live discouraged because the well 216 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: was dried up and empty. That doesn't do anything productive. 217 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: You have to do like him when the odds are 218 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: against you, when it looks impossible, when you've had bad breaks, 219 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: dare to say, spring up, Oh well, Lord, thank you 220 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 1: that you're opening up new doors, Thank you that you're 221 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: freeing me from this addiction. Thank you that you're bringing 222 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: divine connections across my path. You have to do this 223 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: by faith. See when the Israelites sang spring up, oh well, 224 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: they couldn't see water they couldn't taste water, they couldn't 225 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: feel water, they couldn't smell water. There was no reason, 226 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: logically speaking for them to believe that water was around. 227 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: If you just go by what you see and feel 228 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: and think, you'll talk yourself out of it. That's why 229 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: the scripture says walk by faith and not by sight. 230 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: If the Israelites would have looked at it in the natural, 231 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: instead of singing, spring up, oh well, they would have 232 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: sang this old well is empty, this old well is 233 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: dried up. Would have been a country Western song. But 234 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: in difficult times, you're gonna be saying something. You're either 235 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: going to be singing about the problem or singing to 236 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: the promise, either talking about how big your challenge is 237 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: or talking about how big your God is. Either saying 238 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: I'll never get out of this drought or this drought 239 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: is only temporary. I know water is on the way. 240 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: Spring up o well, spring up victory, spring up abundance, 241 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: spring up healing, spring up favor. The scripture says, it's 242 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: not going to happen by our might, by our power, 243 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: but by the spirit of the Most High God. God 244 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: is not limited by the natural. He's limited by what 245 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: we believe. When you start singing to the promise, believing 246 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: that he can make streams in the desert, thanking him 247 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: for what he's put in your heart, God will show 248 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: out in your life in ways greater than you've ever imagined. 249 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: But too often we think, I'll wait till I see 250 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: the water, till I see the promise. Then i'll sing. 251 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 1: Then I'll have a good attitude. Joel, that's backwards. You 252 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: have to sing first. Isaiah put it this way. Sing, oh, 253 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: bearing woman, you who never bore a child, break forth 254 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: into songs. He didn't say, sing because God gave you 255 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: the baby, Sing because you saw the promise turned around. 256 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: This text was written to women who were bearing. Back 257 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: in the Bible days, if a lady didn't give her 258 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: husband a child, she was looked down on. They lived 259 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: with a sense of shame. That's why you read about 260 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: people like Hannah. She was so distressed that she couldn't 261 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: have a baby. She went to the altar again and 262 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: again wept and wept, so much so that Eli the 263 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: prophet thought she was drunk. But Isaiah wasn't writing to 264 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: people that had their children. He was writing to people 265 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: who were bearing, people who were waiting for the promise, 266 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: believing for their healing, hoping to meet the right person, 267 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 1: praying that the business would turn around. What are you 268 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: supposed to do when you're bearing? Beg God to help you, 269 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: complain about how long it's taking. Live discouraged because life 270 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: hasn't dealt you a fair hand. No Isaiah said, sing 271 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 1: when you're bearing, break forth into song. Here's the principle. 272 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: Praise is the birth position. Thanking God is what causes 273 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: promises to come to pass. Complaining will keep your baby 274 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: in the womb. Focusing on negative circumstances will keep you bearing. 275 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: But when you switch over into praise, you say, Lord, 276 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 1: thank you for your goodness and favor in my life. Lord, 277 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: I know you haven't brought me this far to leave me, 278 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: so thank you for new levels, thank you for breakthroughs. 279 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:54,359 Speaker 1: Thank you that I will become everything You've created me 280 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: to be. That's not just being grateful, that's getting in 281 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:04,199 Speaker 1: to the birth position. You continue to do that, living 282 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 1: a life of praise, then you will give birth to 283 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: everything God's placed in your heart. But when we're bearing, 284 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: it's easy to live discouraged. It's easy to go around 285 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 1: feeling sorry for ourselves. But when you start thanking God 286 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: that things are changing in your favor. I can imagine 287 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: God's saying to the angels, what's that sound I'm hearing. 288 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 1: Most people would be negative, worried, complaining, But listen to 289 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: what they're saying. They're thanking me that the answers on 290 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: the way. They're singing about the victory before they see 291 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: the victory. Angels go to work, restore their health, open 292 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: up new doors, bring that dream to pass. The Psalmist said, 293 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 1: God inhabits the praises of his people. If you want 294 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 1: God to show up, don't complain, don't talk about the problem. 295 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: Sing to the promise. Thank that is on the way. 296 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 1: That's what a young lady I know did. For years. 297 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 1: She and her husband had been trying to have a 298 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 1: baby in She went through all the fertility treatments. They 299 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: spent a lot of money with no success. They were 300 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: finally told that they weren't able to have children. But 301 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: she didn't get discouraged. She didn't start complaining. Every day 302 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: she would say Lord, thank you that my baby is 303 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: on the way. She did this year after year. The 304 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 1: promise God put in you is like a seed. It 305 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 1: has to be watered the way you water that seed 306 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: is through your praise, by thanking God that is coming 307 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: by living with expectancy. The reason some people stay barren 308 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 1: they don't see the promise fulfilled is they've stopped watering 309 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 1: their seed. They were excited at first, they believe they 310 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: were going to reach their dreams, break the addiction, meet 311 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:00,640 Speaker 1: the right person. But over time when they didn't see 312 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: it happening, they got discouraged. But if you plan an 313 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: apple seed and don't water it, it's not going to grow. 314 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: There's nothing wrong with the seed. The seed is still 315 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: full of life, full of potential. It just needs to 316 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: be watered in the same way the seed God put in. 317 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 1: You may not have come to pass yet, but the 318 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: good news is it's still alive. You may have to 319 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: water it for another month, a year, or twenty years. 320 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: But if you'll keep watering that seed, thanking God for 321 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: the promise, at the appointed time, it will come to pass. 322 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: And that's what this couple did for many years. Recently 323 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: they stopped me in the lobby and told how after 324 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,919 Speaker 1: nine years they were able to get pregnant. They have 325 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: a two year old son and now their second child 326 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: is on the way. 327 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 2: This is after all the medical reports. 328 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: Said they couldn't have any children. Their doctor was puzzled. 329 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: He said, I've never seen anything like this. Something happened 330 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: and your wound just opened up. Everything started working. She's 331 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 1: in her forties. He said, you're like a twenty year old. 332 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: You can probably have five more children. She said, no, thanks, 333 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: I don't want to be that blessed. No more singing 334 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 1: to that promise. But what am I saying? God can 335 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: bring water out of an empty well, He can make 336 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: streams in the desert. Learn to see to the promise, 337 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: Thank him that it's on the way under your breath, 338 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: make declarations of faith. Healing, spring up, baby, spring up, promotion, 339 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: spring up. If you'll live with this expectancy, always watering 340 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: your praise, God will make things happen that looked impossible. 341 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: Second Kings, Chapter three. The people of Judah had been 342 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: traveling through the desert for seven days on their way 343 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: to battle an enemy army. When they too ran out 344 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:05,120 Speaker 1: of water. They didn't realize the streams along the way 345 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 1: were dried up. Now they didn't have water for themselves 346 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:13,439 Speaker 1: or their animals. They camped in a valley where it 347 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 1: never rains. It was hot. They were thirsty. The worst 348 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: place to run out of water looked like they would 349 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,919 Speaker 1: be an easy target for the enemy that was approaching. 350 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,439 Speaker 1: They sent word to the profit Elisha, asking them what 351 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: they should do. He told them to dig ditches in 352 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 1: the valley to prepare for the water that was coming. 353 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: I'm sure, they said, Elisha, you must not realize. We're 354 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 1: in a valley where it never rains. They haven't had 355 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,440 Speaker 1: water here for years. We're not going to waste our 356 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: time digging ditches. If we see some clouds starting to form, 357 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 1: if we hear a little thunder, maybe then we'll dig 358 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: a few ditches. He said, Now doesn't work that way. 359 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: If you want water, you have to dig the ditches first. 360 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:06,439 Speaker 1: He went on to say, you will see neither wind 361 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: nor rain, but this valley will be filled with water. 362 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: He was saying, it's not going to happen a natural, 363 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:21,360 Speaker 1: ordinary way. It's going to happen supernaturally. They dug the ditches. 364 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: The next morning, it didn't rain, there wasn't a storm, 365 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 1: but out of nowhere, water began flooding into that valley. 366 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 1: They went on to defeat the enemy army. Every time, 367 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: you thank God that the promise is coming. You're digging 368 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:41,719 Speaker 1: a ditch. The medical report may say you'll never get well, 369 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 1: but you go around saying Father, thank you. With long life. 370 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: You satisfy me, Thank you that I will live and 371 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: not die. Thoughts will tell you why are you digging 372 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 1: that ditch? Don't you know there are no clouds in 373 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: the sky. It doesn't rain in this valley. Don't worry. 374 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 1: It's not going to happen natural way. It's going to 375 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: be supernatural. Out of nowhere. Your health shows up, you 376 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 1: meet the right person, your business takes off. Suddenly you're 377 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: out of debt. When you sing to the promise, you're 378 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: digging ditches. You're making preparations for God to do what 379 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 1: you cannot do. He said he would give you water 380 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: without rain. That means God can promote you like that 381 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,959 Speaker 1: football kicker, even though you don't have the qualifications, you 382 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 1: don't have the experience. God can heal you like my 383 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 1: mother without the treatment, even though medically speaking it said 384 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: it was over. God can promote you beyond your salary, 385 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: beyond your education. He's not limited to your job, to 386 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: your income. He owns it all. When you say Father, 387 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: thank you that my children make good decisions. Thank you, 388 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: that they will fulfill their destinies. May be no sign 389 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:04,239 Speaker 1: of it at the time. If somebody heard you, they 390 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 1: could say, what are you talking about. Your children don't 391 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: make good decisions. They're off course, they're always in trouble. 392 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: That's what they said to the people back then. Why 393 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 1: are you digging a ditch here? It never rains in 394 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: this valley. Don't be moved by what you see. Be 395 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:21,919 Speaker 1: moved by what you know. 396 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 2: We know because we're praisers, because we sing to the promise, 397 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 2: because our declaration is spring up salvation in our children. 398 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: It's just a matter of time before the water shows up. 399 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: We know the breakthrough is on the way. God is saying, 400 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: if you'll do your part and dig the ditches, I'll 401 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 1: do my part and bring the water. I'll show you favor, 402 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: I'll open new doors. I'll help you break that addiction. 403 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: You may feel like you're in one of those valleys 404 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 1: where it never gets water. You've been in a drought, 405 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,880 Speaker 1: you hadn't had good breaks. You could ease settle there. 406 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: This is not the time to get discouraged. This is 407 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:08,479 Speaker 1: the time to start declaring. Spring up, oh well, spring 408 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: up promotion, spring up healing, spring up favor, don't complain 409 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 1: about the problem, Sing to the promise. Thank God that 410 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: things are changing in your favor. Thank Him that your 411 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: best days are still out in front of you. If 412 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: you'll do this, I believe and declare the drought is 413 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: coming to an end. Dreams are about to spring up, 414 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: healing is about to spring up, new opportunities, new relationships. 415 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, if you receive it, can you say 416 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: man today? I'd like to give you an opportunity to 417 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 1: make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 418 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 419 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 420 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 1: If you pray that simple prayer, we believe you got 421 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, keep 422 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: God first place. It's easy to feel stuck in life, 423 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: wondering why things aren't changing, and worrying if it'll ever happen. 424 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 1: But there's a better way to wait. I'd love to 425 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: send you my new resource called Pray It Forward. 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