1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Hope you're having a great summer. Know that we're praying 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: for you and we know God has awesome things in store. 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: So great having you with us. Enjoy the message today now, 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's always a joy to come into 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: your homes. We love you and we know God has 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: great things in store for you. If you're ever in 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: our area, I hope you'll stop by and be a 8 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. These are the finest 9 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: people in all of Houston, Texas' right here at Lakewood, 10 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: So come out and be a part when you can. 11 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: Thanks for tuning in. I like to start with something funny, 12 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: and I heard about this burglar that broke into a 13 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: home one night. As he was stealing the stereo, he 14 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: heard a voice saying, Jesus is watching you. He froze 15 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: in his tracks and he shined the flashlight around the 16 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: room and he saw a parrot over in the corner. 17 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: He said, did you say that to me? The parrot 18 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: said yes, I'm just trying to warn you. He said, 19 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: warn me, what are you talking about? Who are you? 20 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: The parrot said, my name is Moses. The burglar laughed 21 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: and said, what kind of crazy people would name a parent? Moses. 22 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: The parent said the same kind of people that would 23 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: name a one hundred and fifty pound rockweiler. Jesus, all right, 24 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 25 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 26 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 27 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 28 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 29 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 30 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 31 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about how God wants to 32 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: amaze you with his goodness. We are living in a 33 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: day where God is increasing his favor. Every one of 34 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: us has seen God's goodness to a certain degree, but 35 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: really we haven't seen anything yet. God has favor in 36 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: your future that will supersede anything that you've seen in 37 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: the past. The scripture talks about how the glory of 38 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: the latter day will be greater than the glory of 39 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: the former day. That means what God did for your parents, grandparents, 40 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: what previous generations have experienced the blessing in favor that 41 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: was good. But God is a god of increase. He 42 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 1: has greater things in store for you. That promotion you 43 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: were so thrilled with ten years ago, the restoration that 44 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: took place five years ago, that's nothing compared to what 45 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: God is about to do. The Apostle Paul said, in 46 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: the ages to come, we would see the immeasurable, limitless, 47 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 1: surpassing greatness of God's favor. That's the day we're living in. 48 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: I want you to get your hopes up, want you 49 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: to enlarge your vision what God has in your future. 50 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: Where he's going to take you, the people he's going 51 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: to bring across your path, the opportunities you're going to experience, 52 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 1: the gifts you're going to discover on the inside. You're 53 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: going to look back one day and say, I know 54 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: that was the surpassing greatness of God's favor. You may 55 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: be facing impossible situations today. All the odds are against you. 56 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: You don't see how your dreams could come to pass. 57 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: But the good news is we serve a supernatural God. 58 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: He already has a way, and our job is not 59 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 1: to figure it all out. Our job is to believe. 60 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: Our job is to get up each morning and say, Father, 61 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: I want to thank you that what's in my future 62 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: is greater than what's in my past. So I'm taking 63 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: the limits off of you, and I'm not going to 64 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: live negative, discouraged, focused on my disappointments, dwelling on my impossibilities. No, God, 65 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: I'm looking for the immeasurable, limitless, surpassing greatness of your favor. 66 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: In fact, where God is going to take you is 67 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: not only going to amaze you, it's going to amaze 68 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: the people around you. In the Old Testament, God was 69 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: about to do something great, and he said to the 70 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: critics and to the naysayers, I will do a work 71 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: in your day that you will not believe. Even if 72 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: I told you God was saying not to the believers 73 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: but to the unbelievers. Even if I spelled it out, 74 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: even if I wrote it down and you could read 75 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 1: all about the incredible things I'm going to do for 76 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: my people, all the doors I'm going to open, all 77 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 1: the favor I'm going to release, Even if I explained 78 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: it to you in great detail, you would still say, 79 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: no way, that's impossible, never going to happen. If some 80 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: of the people you grew up with, maybe the ones 81 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: you used to party with, if they were told back 82 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: then where you would be right now, sitting in church, 83 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 1: living a life that honors God, kind, respectful, full of integrity. 84 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 1: They would have said, you've got to be kidding. You've 85 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: got the wrong person. Maybe somebody else, but I know them. No. 86 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: God has the final say. He has planned out your 87 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: days for good and not evil. He is going to 88 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: amaze you in your future. If some of the people 89 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: that used to look down on you and try to 90 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: make you feel inferior, like you didn't have what it takes, 91 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: if they could see you now, strong, confident, a leader, 92 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: excelling in your career, they would think that couldn't be 93 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: the same person. What in the world happened. Here's what happened. 94 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: You got in agreement with God and he released his 95 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: favor in amazing ways. You may be around people right 96 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: now that are real good at telling you what you 97 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: can't do and what's not going to work out, and 98 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: they're quick to remind you of all your impossibilities. But 99 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: don't let them talk you out of your dreams. They 100 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: don't determine your destiny. God does. And if you will 101 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: stay in faith one day they will stand in amazement 102 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: at where God takes you. They're going to say, say, 103 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: is that the same young man I used to go 104 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: to school with that's now running the company. Is that 105 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: the same one that used to struggle with addictions year 106 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: after year? You mean to tell me he's not only 107 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: totally free, but he's helping other people get free. Is 108 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 1: that the same family I grew up with that could 109 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: barely get by, always in defeat and lack and poverty, 110 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 1: And now they're blessed, They're prosperous the head and not 111 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: the tail. Friends, where God is going to take you 112 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: is going to amaze your critics and your naysayers. If 113 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 1: God were to describe to them your future right now 114 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: in great detail, they would say, I don't believe it. 115 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: That's just too good to be true. Here's the key. 116 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: Don't let their unbelief keep you from believing. Get in 117 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:52,359 Speaker 1: agreement with God when you believe all things are possible. 118 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: Paul prayed here in Ephesians one point eighteen that the 119 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: eyes of our heart would be flooded with light so 120 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: we could understand the wonderful future God has in store. 121 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: That's my prayer for each one of you, that you 122 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: would have a greater understanding of the amazing things God 123 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: has in your future. Some of you think that you've 124 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: reached your limits. God's been good to you, you're happy, 125 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: you're blessed, and now you're just coasting. No, you need 126 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: to get ready. God is about to release his unprecedented favor. 127 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: That's favor that you have never seen before. Your relatives, coworkers, 128 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: friends may try to talk you out of it, tell 129 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: you how unlikely that is. But listen. God didn't put 130 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: the promise in them. He put the promise in you. 131 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,679 Speaker 1: And if you will keep believing, God will not only 132 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: bring it to pass, but he will do more than 133 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: you can ask or think. This is exactly what Abraham 134 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: and Sarah had to do. God gave them the promise 135 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: that they were going to have a baby in the natural. 136 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: It was impossible. Abraham at the time was eighty years old. 137 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: His wife Sarah was seventy years old. Everyone knows you 138 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: can't have a baby at that age. Year after year 139 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: went by with no child. Looked like it was never 140 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: going to happen. But Abraham and Sarah didn't get discouraged. 141 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: They didn't start complaining. The scripture says they grew strong 142 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: in faith by giving praise to God no doubt all 143 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,239 Speaker 1: through the day. They would go around saying, Father, thank 144 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: you that this baby is coming in. It may look impossible, 145 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: but God, we know you can do the impossible. I'm 146 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,559 Speaker 1: sure when some of their friends and neighbors heard them 147 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: talking about having a baby, they must have thought these 148 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: people are far out, they think God can do anything. 149 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: They must be going to Lakewood. Don't they know they're 150 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: too old to have a child. No, Abraham and Sarah 151 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: just shook off that doubt and unbelief. They didn't allow 152 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: other people to talk them out of the promise. One day, 153 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: twenty years later, when Sarah was ninety years old, she 154 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: gave birth to that baby. Now, I love what she said. 155 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: She looked at little Isaac and said, who would have 156 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: fought an old woman like me could give birth to 157 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 1: a baby? Friends, in your future, there are some who 158 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: would have thought moments you're gonna look back and say, 159 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: who would have thought I would have my best year 160 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: in the middle of a recession. Who would have thought 161 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: Lakewood would end up in the compact Center. Who would 162 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: have thought my mother would be alive today after being 163 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: diagnosed with terminal cancer twenty nine years ago. Who would 164 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: have fought my father as a seventeen year old boy 165 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: selling popcorn in a theater, the poorest of the poor, 166 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,079 Speaker 1: no education, no money, no future to speak of. Who 167 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: would have thought he would rise out of poverty and 168 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: defeat and become a great pastor that would touch people 169 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: all over the world. World, you need to get ready. 170 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: There are who would have thought moments in your future. 171 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: I heard this mom telling how concerned she was about 172 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 1: her son. He was making poor decisions, running with the 173 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: wrong crowd, and she prayed and prayed and tried to 174 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 1: convince him to come to church and quit hanging around 175 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: with those people. But he just wouldn't do it. It 176 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: seemed like the more she prayed, the worse he got. 177 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: Long story short, he ended up in jail. Looked like 178 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: he would never fulfill his destiny. But this mother didn't 179 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: give up and get negative. She just kept declaring the scripture, 180 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 181 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: The seed of the righteous is blessed. One Sunday morning 182 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: in jail, her son was watching television and another inmate 183 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 1: came in and wanted to watch something else, and they 184 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: began to argue over what they were going to watch, 185 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: and they started struggling over the remote control, trying to 186 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 1: take it away from each other. About that time, this 187 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: huge inn mate came in. He stood six foot six. 188 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: He looked like a professional football player, had these muscles 189 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: bulging out of his shirt. He grabbed the remote control 190 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: and said, I'll decide what we're gonna watch. He started 191 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: flipping through the channels and came across our program. He said, good, 192 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 1: we're gonna watch Joel today. Her son that inmate got 193 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 1: up to leave. He grabbed him by the shirt and 194 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: pulled him back down and says, sit down, you're gonna 195 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: watch with me. God works in mysterious ways. We had 196 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: a captive audience that day. But as he watched the program, 197 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: all of a sudden he began to feel God's love 198 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: and presence like never before. He started weeping. The end 199 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: of that broadcast, that big inmate led him to Christ 200 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: and today I see him at our services all the time, 201 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,959 Speaker 1: sitting with his mother. That was a who would have 202 00:11:56,040 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: thought moment? Who would have thought sitting in jail, he 203 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: would be forced to watch our program and God would 204 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: end up changing his life. Those promises that you've been 205 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: standing on may look like they're never going to come 206 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: to pass, but always remember there are who would have 207 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 1: thought moments in your future. David said it like this, 208 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: What would have happened to me if I had not 209 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: believed I would see the goodness of God. I'm asking 210 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: you today to believe that God has amazing things in 211 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 1: your future. Believe that you can rise higher and become 212 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: all that God's created you to be. Incredible power is 213 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: released when we believe. When we dare do like this, Mother, 214 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 1: even though it looks impossible and we don't see a 215 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: way yet, we say, Father, I want to thank you 216 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: for the immeasurable, limitless, surpassing greatness of your power. I 217 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: know it's at work in my life right now. When 218 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: we activate our faith like that, it allows God to 219 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: do amazing things. I talked to a young couple after 220 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: the service last week. They'd been trying to have a 221 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: child for six years. The young lady had had a 222 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: couple of miscarriages and for some reason just couldn't carry 223 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: the baby. They'd gone to all the experts and done 224 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: everything they could medically with no success. Finally, they just 225 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: turned it over to the Lord and said, God, our 226 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: hopes and dreams are in your hands. We trust you, 227 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: we know you're incomplete control. Years earlier, the young lady's 228 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 1: sister had a dream where she saw this young lady 229 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 1: and her husband with the most beautiful, blue eyed, blonde 230 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 1: haired little boy than you could ever imagine. They knew 231 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: that was a sign from God, and they had talked 232 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: about adoption here and there, but they thought it was 233 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: much further down the road. On Mother's Day two thousand 234 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: and nine last year, they were here at the service. 235 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 1: That's when Lakewood was celebrating our fiftieth anniversary, and that 236 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: day I talked about the year of Jubilee and how 237 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 1: everything that has our name on it is coming back in. 238 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: I made the statement how that business that has your 239 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: name on it is coming in, the health that has 240 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: your name on it is coming in, and I specifically said, 241 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: the baby that has your name on it is coming in. 242 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: They looked at each other in amazement. They knew that 243 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: was exactly for them. I went on to talk about 244 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: how God is accelerating things and it's going to happen 245 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: quicker than you think. The whole time they were allowing 246 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: that seed to take root in their heart. Here's what 247 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: I've learned. The only promises that will become alive and 248 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: really end up a reality in your life are the 249 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: promises where you rise up and say, yes, Lord, that's 250 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: for me. You've got to get in agreement with God 251 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: and let the promise take root in your heart, because 252 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: I can speak faith and victory over your future for 253 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: a lifetime. But if you just sit back and say, 254 00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: oh man, this is not really for me. I've made 255 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: too many mistakes. I always get bad breaks, you will 256 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: talk to yourself out of it and the promises won't 257 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: do you any good. But when the soil of your 258 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: heart is fertile, when there's an expectancy on the inside, 259 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: then when you hear that promise that God has who 260 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: would have fought moments in your future, you'll do like 261 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: that young couple and rise up and say, yes, Lord, 262 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: I believe I'm in agreement with you. I'm expecting the immeasurable, limitless, 263 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: surpassing greatness of your favor. That's what this young couple did. 264 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: They went out that morning knowing that the baby that 265 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: had their name on it was coming in and it 266 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: was going to happen quicker than they thought. Four hours later, 267 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: as they were celebrating Mother's Day with their family, their 268 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: business manager called and asked if they would be interested 269 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: in adopting a little baby boy that would be born 270 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: in July. They knew that was the hand of God. 271 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: Eight weeks later, they were in the delivery room when 272 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: the little boy was born, and it just so happened 273 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: to be a blonde haired, blue eyed little boy like 274 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: a sister had dreamed about earlier. They were the first 275 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: ones to put their loving arms around the baby when 276 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: he was born. In fact, the father was even able 277 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: to cut the umbilical cord. They named their little son Asher, 278 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: from the Old Testament that means gift from God. Little 279 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: Asher is there on the front row with his parents, 280 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: Doctor Scott and Donna. But I wonder what would have 281 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 1: happened if they had not believed. I don't know. Maybe 282 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: they wouldn't have gotten the phone call that afternoon. I'm 283 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: convinced there are times that we missed the amazing hand 284 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: of God simply because we don't activate our faith by believing. 285 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: We let our mind talk us out of it. We 286 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: think of all the reasons why it won't happen. But 287 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: I'm asking you today to be a believer and not 288 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: a doubter. Let the seed take root. God has who 289 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 1: would have thought moments in your future. He is about 290 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: to release a new level of his favor in your life. 291 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: God is going to give you the desires of your heart. 292 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: Those promises you've been standing on for years and years, 293 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: You're about to see them come to fulfill. The That 294 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: situation that's been stuck at the same level for a 295 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 1: long time, You're about to see a breakthrough. That child 296 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: that won't do what's right. God's about to send somebody 297 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: across his path. There is increase and promotion in your 298 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: future like you've never dreamed of. But most likely it's 299 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: not going to happen in an ordinary way the way 300 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: you have planned. It's going to happen in an extraordinary 301 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: way so that you will know it was the hand 302 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: of God. Friends, this is a generation for the surpassing 303 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 1: greatness of God's favor. That means it's going to be 304 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: above and beyond what we've seen before. I have a 305 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: friend that was in this auditorium in nineteen ninety eight 306 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: for a business seminar. He was sitting on the front 307 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: row next to my college roommate. The place was filled 308 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: with business people from around the city, and as he 309 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 1: sat there listening to the speaker talk, all of a sudden, 310 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 1: he felt something rise up so strongly on the inside, 311 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: and it said to him, one day this facility will 312 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: be a church filled with God's people celebrating his goodness. 313 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: He was so excited. He told my college roommate that 314 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: was in nineteen ninety eight, a year before my father 315 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: went to be with the Lord. I wasn't even a minister, 316 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: but yet he released his faith and said, in effect, God, 317 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: I'm in agreement with you. I believe today we are 318 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 1: in this facility. In part because he dared to activate 319 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,360 Speaker 1: his faith. He got in agreement with God and let 320 00:18:56,359 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: the promise take root. Friends, God is looking for someone 321 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: to believe. When you hear that promise on the inside, 322 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: when you know it's God speaking to you, you don't 323 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 1: have to have five confirmations. You don't have to figure 324 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: it all out. All you've got to do is say, Lord, 325 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 1: I believe. I get an agreement with you. There is 326 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: incredible power that's released when we believe. Few years after 327 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: Victoria and I were married, a friend of hers had 328 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: a dream one night. I didn't really know this young lady, 329 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 1: but she told Victoria. In this dream, I saw Joel 330 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: speaking in front of thousands of people. It was in 331 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 1: a huge auditorium, and he was up there very calmly 332 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: encouraging people, and not a person was moving. Everyone was 333 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: listening very intently. Victoria came home and told me about it. 334 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 1: And at that time I was in my mid twenties 335 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: and working behind the scenes at the church doing the 336 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: television production, and I had never ministered before in the natural. 337 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: Just off the top of my head, I thought, all 338 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: that dream doesn't mean anything. She must have just had 339 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: too much pizza before she went to bed, because I'm 340 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 1: not a minister, and I'm certainly not gonna get up 341 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: in front of thousands of people. But deep down in 342 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: my heart, once I got past my head, even though 343 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: I didn't understand it, even though I never thought I 344 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: would become a minister, instead of just blowing it off, 345 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: I said, Lord, I let that seed take root, and 346 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: I thank you that I will become everything that You've 347 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: created me to be. Over the next ten years, from 348 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 1: time to time that dream would come up, and I 349 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: would just simply say, God, not my will, but let 350 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 1: your will be done. And in nineteen ninety nine, when 351 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: my father went to be with the Lord, all of 352 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: a sudden I had this strong desire to step up 353 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 1: and pasture the church. My mind was telling me all 354 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 1: the reasons why I couldn't do it, and how I 355 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 1: wasn't qualified, and how I'd never been to seminary. But 356 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: deep down, that dream that I allowed to take root 357 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: some twelve years earlier would keep rising up, reminding me 358 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: that I can do all things through Christ. I am 359 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: well able today. When I look at you, I realize 360 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: I am living the dream that that young lady saw 361 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: many years ago. I believe one reason I was able 362 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: to step up, that I've seen God's amazing favor is 363 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 1: simply because I allowed that promise to take root. That's 364 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: what David meant when he said what would have become 365 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: of me? If I had not believed? I don't think 366 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: i'd be standing here today if I had not chosen 367 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 1: to be a believer. When I drive up to this 368 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,959 Speaker 1: beautiful facility every week, I can say with Sarah, who 369 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 1: would have ever thought the former Compact Center where I 370 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: used to watch the Rockets play basketball would become our church? 371 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: God has done more than we could even ask thing. 372 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: When I get up to minister, I think, who would 373 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 1: have thought that would be me? I'm naturally quiet and reserved. 374 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: Who would have ever thought I would stand at the 375 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: new Yankee Stadium be the first one to minister there. Friends, 376 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,199 Speaker 1: you don't know where God's going to take you. He 377 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:25,400 Speaker 1: has amazing things in your future. Dare to activate your 378 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: faith let the seed take root. That's what a friend 379 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: of mine did. She's a minister as well, and she 380 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: attends our services from time to time, and she's heard 381 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: me talking about how we should believe for an Ephesian's 382 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: three twenty decade. Every day she does what I ask 383 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: people to do, to get up in the morning and say, Father, 384 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: thank you that this is going to be an exceedingly 385 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: abundantly above and beyond decade of your goodness and your favor. 386 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: Her ministry is geared toward helping women with addictions, women 387 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: that are struggling in different areas of abuse. She spends 388 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: a lot of her time on the street where people 389 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: are really hurting. She doesn't have any formal church that 390 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: supports her, so she has to raise her own funds 391 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: from the people she knows. Not long ago, through a 392 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: series of unusual events, she met one of the most 393 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 1: well known and wealthiest business people around. She was able 394 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: to visit with him for a few minutes in his 395 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: office with several other people in passing. He said to her, now, 396 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: what do you do. She said, well, sir, I'm a 397 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,959 Speaker 1: minister and I spend a lot of my time helping 398 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 1: women with addictions and women that are going through other 399 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: difficult situations. He said, that's amazing. I never dreamed you 400 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 1: would do that. I want to support you. He gave 401 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: her a very generous gift. In fact, it was one 402 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: of the largest gifts that she had ever received. About 403 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 1: that time, a friend of his walked into the office. 404 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,199 Speaker 1: He said, Hey, come over here, I just made a 405 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: donation to her ministry. How much are you gonna give? 406 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 1: That man had never seen this lady, didn't know who 407 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: she was, but he said, oh, I'll give the same 408 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 1: amount that you just donated. That day, she saw Ephesians 409 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 1: three twenty come to life. God did exceedingly abundantly. Above 410 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 1: and beyond that was a who would have thought blessing? 411 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 1: Who would have thought one of the leading business people 412 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: of our day would be a supporter of her ministry. Friends, 413 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: God has limitless, immeasurable favor in your future. But I 414 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 1: believe the key with this young lady is she dared 415 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 1: to activate her faith. She's been declaring Ephesians three twenty 416 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: like never before. We have to take the limits off 417 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: of God. So often it's our own thinking that keeps 418 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 1: us from God's best. My prayer is that your heart 419 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: is being flooded with faith so you can understand the 420 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: amazing things God has in your future. Get ready for increase, 421 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: get ready for new doors to open. Proverbs thirteen twenty 422 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: one puts it like this, Trouble chases sinners, but blessings 423 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 1: chase the righteous. Something is chasing you right now. Not trouble, 424 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: not defeat, sickness, calamity, harm, No as a child or 425 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 1: the most high God, blessings are chasing you. Favor is 426 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: chasing you. Divine connections are coming your way because you 427 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 1: are a believer. The surpassing greatness of God's favor is 428 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 1: it work in your life right now. You know what 429 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: this beautiful building is. It's not just God's favor. It's 430 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:41,400 Speaker 1: the surpassing greatness of God's favor. My mother being alive 431 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: twenty nine years after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. 432 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 1: That's not just God's goodness. That's the surpassing greatness of 433 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 1: God's goodness. Many of us have seen God's goodness in 434 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: years past, but what I'm saying is God has another level. 435 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: We are in into a new season. The glory of 436 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: the latter house will be greater than the former house. 437 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: We are the generation that will see the surpassing greatness 438 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 1: of God's favor. I want to declare it over each 439 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: one of you because you are living a life that 440 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: honors God. God is going to amaze you with his goodness. 441 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,239 Speaker 1: God is going to give you favor with people that 442 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: you've never dreamed of. God is going to take you 443 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 1: places that your critics will never believe. God is going 444 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: to restore impossible situations. God is going to bring back 445 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: to life dead dreams. God is going to turn around 446 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:44,400 Speaker 1: health problems, legal situations that look like they're too far gone. 447 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,679 Speaker 1: And God is going to give you the desires of 448 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 1: your heart. Some of you, just like this young couple, 449 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: God is going to give you the baby that you've 450 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: be longing for. He is going to do such amazing things. 451 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: You're going to look back in five years and say, 452 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: who would have ever thought I would be as blessed 453 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 1: as I am today? Who would have thought moments are 454 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,120 Speaker 1: in your future? You need to get ready. They are 455 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: coming your way. I declare it, I believe it in 456 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: the name of Jesus. If you receive it, can you 457 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 1: shout an amen and Amen? Well. We never like to 458 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 459 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: Jesus the lord of your life. The most important decision 460 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: that you could make. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 461 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Amen. Well, 462 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 463 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 464 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: God first place in your life. He's going to take 465 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: your places that you've never dreamed of. 466 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,400 Speaker 2: Our negative thinking can short circuit God's power and blessing 467 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 2: in our lives. When you say, I always seem to worry. 468 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 2: I can't forgive what was done to me. I pray, 469 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 2: but it feels like God doesn't hear. I won't have 470 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 2: enough to provide for me my family. How do you 471 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 2: overcome this type of negative thinking that limits you from 472 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 2: God's best. 473 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 1: Our thinking sets the limits for our life. Every morning 474 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,880 Speaker 1: you have to power up your mind, get it going 475 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: in the right direction, but dwelling on what God says 476 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: about you. When you think thoughts of faith, hope, and victory, 477 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: you'll tap into blessing and favor that belongs to you. Now, 478 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,120 Speaker 1: I'd love to send you my newest book. It's called 479 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: power Up. I'll show you how to delete negative thoughts 480 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: and focus on the promises rather than the problems. 481 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 2: You can discover God's unprecedented power in your life. As 482 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 2: our way of saying thank you for your gift of 483 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 2: any amount to the ministry, this month, Joel and Victoria 484 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 2: would like to send you this life altering resource, power Up, 485 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 2: a twenty one day action plan to transformative thinking. God 486 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 2: wants to power up every area of your life, your relationships, career, finances, health. 487 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,479 Speaker 2: He wants to bless it all. But sometimes negative thinking 488 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 2: can short circuit the truth. This resource reconnects those power lines, 489 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 2: providing the free flow of God's eternal promises. 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