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Thanks for listening to 38 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 39 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 40 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 41 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 42 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 2: your life. Well, God bless you. It's always a joy 43 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 2: to come into your homes you. We know God has 44 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 2: great things in store for each one of you. If 45 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop buy 46 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 2: and be a part of one of our services. I 47 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 2: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. Thanks 48 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 2: for tuning in today, and thanks again for coming out 49 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 2: this morning. I like to start with something funny each week. 50 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 2: And of course this is not doctrinally correct. It's just 51 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: to make us laugh. But I heard about these three men, 52 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 2: a Baptist, a Catholic, and a Charismatic. They died on 53 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: the same day and went to heaven. St. Peter said, 54 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, men, but your rooms are not ready yet. 55 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 2: He didn't quite know what to do, so he decided 56 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 2: to call Satan to see if he would keep them 57 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 2: for a little while, and Satan reluctantly agreed. A few 58 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 2: hours later, Satan called back and said, Peter, you've got 59 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: to come get these guys. The Baptist man is saving everybody, 60 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 2: the Catholic man is forgiving everybody, and the Charismatic has 61 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:58,119 Speaker 2: already raised enough money for air conditioning. All right, hold 62 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 2: up your Bible. Say it like you mean, this is 63 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 2: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 64 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 2: have what it says I have. I can do what 65 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 2: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 66 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 2: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 67 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 2: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 68 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 69 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 2: to you today about having now faith. So often we 70 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 2: have faith for the future. We believe one day God's 71 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 2: going to do something great. One day we'll get a 72 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 2: good break, one day we'll start to feel better. One 73 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 2: day we'll see a problem turn around. And it's good 74 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 2: to have faith for the future, believe that God's going 75 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 2: to take care of us. But we can become so 76 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 2: future minded that we lose sight of the fact that 77 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 2: God wants to do something great in our life today. Today, 78 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 2: God wants to show you his favor. Today. God wants 79 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 2: to amaze you with his goodness. He's called the Great 80 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 2: I am, not the great I was or the great 81 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 2: I will be. God is always in the present. Some 82 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: of you have faith for the future, but you need 83 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 2: to start releasing your faith for right now. The scripture says, 84 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 2: now faith is the faith that's really alive and active. 85 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 2: Is the faith that you have for today. Every morning 86 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 2: we should get up with the attitude something good is 87 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 2: going to happen to me today. In other words, today 88 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 2: I could get the contract on the property I'm trying 89 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 2: to sail. Today, I could see the legal situation turn around. Today. 90 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 2: I could meet the person of my dreams. Today, I 91 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 2: could have a breakthrough in my health. Tewod Corinthians six 92 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 2: 's two says, now is the time for God's favor. 93 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 2: Notice not next week, not next month, not twenty years 94 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 2: from now. No, now is the time God wants to 95 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 2: amaze you with his goodness. Now. I know we're all 96 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 2: believing for an Ephesians three twenty decade where God is 97 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 2: going to do exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. We have 98 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 2: our faith out there. But don't just live in the future. 99 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 2: Don't just think yeah, in the sweet by and bye, 100 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 2: I know something great's coming. I know God's going to 101 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 2: be good to me. Now. What I'm saying is God 102 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 2: wants to be good to you today. Get up every 103 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 2: morning and say today can be in Ephesians three twenty day. 104 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 2: When you have this now faith, it creates an expectancy 105 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 2: in your heart. You'll go out each day like a 106 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 2: little child thinking, I can't wait to see what God's 107 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 2: going to do today. Today. I could get a good 108 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 2: break today, I could be a blessing to someone in need. 109 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 2: That's your faith being released. But if you just make 110 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 2: the mistake of living with this future faith where you 111 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 2: know God is good, you know he's going to take 112 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 2: care of you. The problem is very often you want 113 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 2: expect anything right now, and God meets us at the 114 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 2: level of our expectation. When you get up in the 115 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 2: morning saying, Father, I know now is the time for 116 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 2: your favor. I know you are the great I am, 117 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 2: not the great I will be, So I want to 118 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 2: thank you that something good is going to happen to 119 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 2: me today. When you have this now faith and you 120 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,119 Speaker 2: go out with expectancy, then you will see the great 121 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 2: I am show up in amazing ways. David understood this principle. 122 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 2: He said in Psalm one eighteen, this is the day 123 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,919 Speaker 2: the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad 124 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 2: in it. We quote that often, but the next verse 125 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,559 Speaker 2: is very interesting. He followed it up by saying, Oh Lord, 126 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 2: I beseech you send prosperity now. He could have said 127 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 2: send it tomorrow, send it next week, Send it God 128 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 2: at least by December when my taxes are due. Lived 129 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 2: with a now faith, he was bold. He had a 130 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 2: lot of nerve. He said God, I'm asking you to 131 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 2: do it for me today. I wonder how many of 132 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 2: us have never once prayed that prayer. Joel, I can't 133 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 2: be that bold. I can't ask God to do it 134 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 2: right now. I can't put my timetable on it. Surely 135 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 2: God wouldn't do it today. No, you have not because 136 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 2: you ask not. And if it's not God's best, you 137 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 2: don't have to worry. Our asking is not going to 138 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 2: override God's plan. But if we never ask, how do 139 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 2: we know it's not happening because we're not asking. I 140 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 2: found it's better to be bold and say God, these 141 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 2: are the dreams you placed in my heart. This is 142 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,239 Speaker 2: what I'm pursuing toward. And I know you're a now God. 143 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 2: So God, I'm asking you to give me favor today. 144 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 2: Some of you have been standing in faith for a 145 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 2: long time, believing for a child to turn around, believing 146 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 2: to get well, believing to get out of debt. You 147 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 2: have the faith that one day it's going to happen. 148 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 2: One day you're going to see that breakthrough, but it's 149 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 2: always in the future. You need to come over into 150 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 2: the present, switch back to a now faith. Be bold 151 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 2: like David and say God, I'm asking you to send prosperity. Now, 152 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 2: send healing, now, send vindication, now send restoration. Now. Well, 153 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 2: you say, Joel, that's kind of far out asking God 154 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 2: to do it right now. Know the now. Faith is 155 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,319 Speaker 2: what gets God's attention. I can imagine, God says to 156 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 2: the angel Gabriel. Look at Mary down there at Lakewood, 157 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 2: Look at Robert, look at Susan, look at Maria. They 158 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 2: believe I can turn the situation around right now, even 159 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: though the economy is low. They're asking me to send 160 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 2: prosperity now, even though the medical report doesn't look good. 161 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 2: They believe that I can send healing. 162 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 4: Now. 163 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 2: They've got their faith out there. So let me prove 164 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 2: to them once again that I am the great I 165 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 2: am and do what they're asking me to do. Friends, 166 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 2: is okay to be bold like David and say God, 167 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 2: I'm expecting something great today. One time in the scripture, 168 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 2: Jesus was walking through a city and a man came 169 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 2: up and said, Sir, my good friend is very sick. 170 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 2: Would you please come and pray for him. Jesus said yes, 171 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 2: I'll come to your home. He said, I'm a captain 172 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: in the army. I have a lot of authority when 173 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,719 Speaker 2: I speak, my men quickly obey Jesus. You don't need 174 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 2: to come to my home. Just speak the word only, 175 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 2: and I know my friend will be healed. This man 176 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 2: had that now faith. He was saying, like David, God 177 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 2: send healing. Now, you don't even have to travel to 178 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 2: my home. It's interesting Jesus didn't get offended and say, boy, 179 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 2: you got a lot of ne asking me to do 180 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 2: it right now. Boy, you sure are bold believing that 181 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 2: I can speak something and cause it to happen. Now 182 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 2: it's just the opposite. Jesus looked at him and said, 183 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 2: I have not seen this much faith in all of Israel. 184 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 2: You can go home. Your friend is totally hard. That's 185 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 2: what happens when we have the boldness to say God, 186 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 2: I'm asking you do it for me today. And a 187 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 2: lot of people live with this future faith and they 188 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 2: believe that one day something great is going to happen, 189 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 2: but it's always off in the future. If you could 190 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 2: just learn to switch back over into a now faith 191 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,599 Speaker 2: and like this man, say God, I'm asking you to 192 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 2: send healing, not tomorrow, not next week, Send healing now, 193 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:51,839 Speaker 2: Send favor, now, send prosperity, now send breakthroughs now. When 194 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 2: you release that now faith, you're going to see a 195 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 2: now God show up and do amazing things in your life. 196 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 2: Now's the time for God's favor. But if you never 197 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 2: ask God to do it now, the reason it's not 198 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,719 Speaker 2: happening could be because you're not releasing your faith for 199 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 2: the present. You're living with this future faith. But God 200 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,839 Speaker 2: has now blessings for people that will dare to have 201 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 2: a now faith. Well, you say, Joe, what if I'm 202 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 2: bold and I do like David and I ask God 203 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 2: to send favor today and send prosperity today, but it 204 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 2: doesn't happen it now. Then you get up tomorrow and 205 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 2: say God, I'm asking you to send prosperity now. You 206 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 2: stay in the now, you do it again. That's what's 207 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 2: going to help you to not get discouraged and not 208 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:47,319 Speaker 2: give up. When you believe that this could be the 209 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 2: day you get that new position, this could be the 210 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 2: day you meet a new friend, you're overcome an obstacle. 211 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 2: That's not only your faith being released, which allows God 212 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:02,199 Speaker 2: to work, but that is going to create expectancy in 213 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 2: your own heart, the anticipation that something good is going 214 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 2: to happen to me today. That's what gives you the drive, 215 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 2: the passion to keep pressing forward. The truth is we're 216 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 2: all going to have to wait. I'm certainly not saying 217 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 2: everything's going to happen in a twenty four hour period. 218 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 2: It's through faith and patience that we inherit the promises. 219 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 2: But the key is we have to wait the right way, 220 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 2: with expectancy, believing that it could happen today, not next week, 221 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 2: not six months from now. No, this could be the 222 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 2: day you get the break you need. See. What I'm 223 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 2: saying is even though we're waiting, we're still in the 224 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 2: now mode. We're on the lookout, knowing down deep it 225 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 2: could happen today. I read about a man. He was 226 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 2: an explorer. He lived off the coast of Florida. Back 227 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 2: in the year sixteen twenty two, he discovered that a 228 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 2: Spanish ship had sunk somewhere off the Florida Key. He 229 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 2: and his men set out to find this ship. They 230 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 2: searched and searched, month after month, year after year, with 231 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 2: no success. Most people would have given up, most would 232 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 2: have gotten discouraged, But not this man. Every morning, before 233 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 2: his crew went out, he would call them together, looked 234 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 2: them in the eyes and say, very passionately, very confidently, men, 235 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 2: today is going to be the day we find this ship. 236 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 2: While some of the crew went around disappointed, discouraged, this 237 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 2: man always had a spring in his step. He lived 238 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 2: with great expectancy, knowing that any moment he was going 239 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 2: to discover that buried treasure. Over the years, he had 240 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 2: plenty of doubters. Plenty of people tried to talk him 241 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 2: out of it, tell him he was just wasting his time. 242 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 2: He would always answer back, no, today is going to 243 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 2: be the day. Sixteen years later, he noticed something unusual 244 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 2: on the bottom of the ocean floor, called in for 245 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 2: more equipment. Sure enough, they discovered that Spanish ship that 246 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 2: had sunk. It was still full of gold, silver, all 247 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 2: kinds of buried treasure. He was greatly rewarded for those 248 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 2: sixteen years. How do you stay in faith when it's 249 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 2: taken a long time, you don't see anything happening, doesn't 250 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 2: look like it's ever going to work out, Just like 251 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 2: with this man. Every day, tell yourself, this could be 252 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 2: the day it turns around. This could be the day 253 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 2: I start to feel better. This could be the day 254 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 2: the property sales, This could be the day I get 255 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 2: the phone call I've been waiting for you. Wait with expectancy, 256 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 2: knowing that it could happen today. That's what we did 257 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 2: with this place. The former Compact Center, a company filed 258 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 2: a lawsuit to try to keep us from moving in. 259 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 2: We were told by our legal experts that it could 260 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 2: take between eight and ten years for this legal battle 261 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 2: to resolve. We weren't even guaranteed that we would win. 262 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 2: It was very easy to get discouraged, was easy to 263 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 2: think this is never going to work out. But we 264 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 2: did just what I'm asking you to do. Every morning 265 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 2: I got up month after month and said, Father, I 266 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 2: want to thank you that today could be the day 267 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 2: it turns around. I said, like David, God, send favor now, 268 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 2: send breakthroughs now, send deliverance. 269 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 4: Now. 270 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 2: I was waiting with expectancy. A year and a half later, 271 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 2: you know the story, we got a phone call from 272 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 2: the other side and they were willing to settle, and 273 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 2: we were able to move into our beautiful facility. But 274 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 2: I think about what David said, what would have happened 275 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 2: if I had not believed to see the goodness of God. 276 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 2: I wonder would we still be tied up in a 277 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 2: legal battle if we had not gotten up each morning 278 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 2: with this now faith, believing that this could be the day, 279 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 2: would we still be in our old facility that was 280 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 2: much too small, and we would have not seen the 281 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 2: growth and increase in favor that we've seen in the 282 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 2: last five years. I'm convinced there are times that we 283 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 2: delay God's goodness. Things don't happen as quickly as they 284 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 2: should because we're not living with this now faith. We 285 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 2: get discouraged because it's not happening. Instead of being like 286 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 2: this man and believing this could be the day, we 287 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 2: switch over into that future faith, thinking well, maybe one 288 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 2: day I'll get out of this lawsuit. Maybe one day 289 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 2: I'll accomplish my dreams. Maybe one day we'll be able 290 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 2: to have children. Now you've got to switch back over 291 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 2: into the now faith. Understand, every time you say God, 292 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 2: send favor, Now, send healing, now, send breakthroughs now. In 293 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 2: the unseen realm, God releases a new wave of his goodness. 294 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 2: You may not see anything happening, but that doesn't mean 295 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 2: God is not working. The scripture says, the moment you pray, 296 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 2: the tide of the battle begins to turn. That very 297 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 2: moment God sets the miracle into motion. It may not 298 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 2: show up for a week, a year, or ten years, 299 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 2: but if you will stay in faith, one day, suddenly 300 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 2: you will see what God's been doing behind the scenes. 301 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 2: Last week, Victoria and I had the opportunity to talk 302 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 2: to a young couple. They had been believing to have 303 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,879 Speaker 2: a child for many, many years with no success, but 304 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 2: instead of being discouraged, they would come up each week 305 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 2: to our support group that we have for parents that 306 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 2: are trying to have children. It's called the Hope Group. 307 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 2: They pray and encourage each other. And this couple has 308 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 2: the attitude that I'm talking about. This could be the 309 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 2: day that we conceive a baby. This could be the 310 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 2: day that God blesses us with a child. Month after 311 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 2: month went by, they didn't see anything happening. Two years, 312 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 2: three years, four years. They just kept declaring, Father, send 313 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 2: that baby, Now, send healing, now send favor. Now. Five 314 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 2: years later, after being told by the doctors they couldn't 315 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 2: have children, they brought the most beautiful baby girl for 316 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 2: us to dedicate last week. But I wonder I would 317 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 2: they have that baby today if they would have just 318 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 2: sat at home thinking, too bad for us, just our luck. 319 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 2: It's not meant to be no. They had the attitude, 320 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 2: today is the day. Nothing happened. The first month didn't matter. 321 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 2: Today is the day nothing happened the first year. They 322 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:32,160 Speaker 2: weren't moved. They kept believing today is the day. Those 323 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,479 Speaker 2: five years didn't look like anything was happening. They were 324 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 2: hardly making any progress, but they knew down deep, God 325 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 2: was working behind the scenes, and suddenly she was able 326 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 2: to conceive. It's easy to get discouraged and think my 327 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 2: marriage is never gonna change, I'm never gonna get well, 328 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 2: I'm never gonna accomplish my dreams. I understand. God is 329 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 2: a god of the suddenliest. He can suddenly turn any 330 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 2: situation around. He can suddenly get you out of debt. 331 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 2: He can suddenly cause you to conceive. He can suddenly 332 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 2: bring a dream to pass. Here's the key. While we're 333 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 2: waiting for the suddenly's, it's important that we keep this 334 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 2: now faith down deep. You've got to know it could 335 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 2: happen today. In the scripture, there was a man that 336 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:25,440 Speaker 2: was crippled for thirty eight years. He had been lying 337 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 2: by the pool of Bethesda. Whenever an angel would move 338 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 2: the water, the first person that got in would be healed. 339 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 2: I can imagine the first few months that he was there. 340 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 2: He had a great expectation, thinking this is going to 341 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 2: be my day. I'm going to be the one that 342 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 2: gets healed today. He was passionate. He had this enthusiasm. 343 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 2: But a month went by and it didn't happen, and 344 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 2: he gets a little bit discouraged. And then three months 345 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 2: and it still doesn't happen, and he's more discouraged than 346 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 2: a year. Then five years, now thirty eight years later, 347 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 2: he's still lying by the pull, totally convinced that it's 348 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 2: never going to happen. One day, Jesus came by and 349 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,400 Speaker 2: asked him a question. He said, sir, do you want 350 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 2: to get well? In a sense, that was an odd question. 351 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 2: Of course, he wanted to get well. He'd been lying 352 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 2: by the pull of thirty eight years, hoping to get in. No, 353 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 2: Jesus wanted to see his attitude. The way he responds 354 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 2: shows us what his problem was. Instead of saying, yes, 355 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 2: I want to get well, he began to make all 356 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 2: these excuses. He said, Jesus, I don't have anybody to 357 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 2: help me get in the water. I've tried and failed 358 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 2: year after year, and you know, my legs don't work, 359 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 2: and it's just so unfair. It's just not right here. Jesus, 360 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 2: the Son of God, the one that has the power 361 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 2: to heal him, is standing right there. But this man 362 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,679 Speaker 2: is just so focused on all the reason that it's 363 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:58,199 Speaker 2: not going to work out. See I found you can 364 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 2: be at the right place, in the wrong frame of 365 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 2: mind and miss what God wants to do. Some of 366 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 2: you have been praying for years and years for a 367 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 2: loved one, but it looks like it's not doing any good. 368 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 2: You've been standing in faith for a marriage to be restored, 369 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 2: to accomplish a goal, but it seems like one sat 370 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 2: back after another. Now you've lost your enthusiasm, you've lost 371 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 2: your passion. But I believe just like in this situation, 372 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 2: God is passing by your way today you are at 373 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 2: the right place. The real question is are you in 374 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 2: the right frame of mind? Do you know that this 375 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 2: could be your day? Don't miss your moment. It may 376 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 2: look impossible, but how do you know that God is 377 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 2: not just about to turn it around? It may seem 378 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 2: too late, but how do you know God is not 379 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 2: just about to open a new door, just about to 380 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 2: bring somebody new into your life, or just about to 381 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 2: thrust you to a whole new level. Don't do like 382 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 2: this man and sit around thirty eight years making excuses 383 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 2: as to why you can't get well and why you 384 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 2: can't be happy, why you can't be successful. Now, God 385 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 2: doesn't want to hear our excuses. He's saying today, do 386 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 2: you want to be blessed? Do you want to be victorious? 387 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 2: Do you want to live his abundant life? Then you've 388 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 2: got to shake off the self pity, shake off the disappointments, 389 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 2: rise up and say, hey, you know what today is. 390 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 2: My day may not have happened in the past, but 391 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 2: I know now is the time for God's favor. Now 392 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 2: is the time for healing. Now is the time for breakthroughs. God, 393 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 2: I'm asking you to send you a goodness. 394 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 3: Now. 395 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 2: You got to get back over into the now zone. 396 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 2: I can look back in my own life and see 397 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 2: situations where at one time I was believing for change, 398 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:57,239 Speaker 2: believing for increase, believing for favor. But a month went 399 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 2: by and nothing happened. In a few months, year than 400 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 2: a couple years, and I found myself not actively believing anymore. 401 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 2: I had become complacent kind of thinking, all this is 402 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 2: the way it is, and this is the way that 403 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 2: it's always going to be. It wasn't anything bad. I 404 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 2: just wasn't releasing my faith. The back of my mind, 405 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 2: I thought, well, maybe one day it'll change, Maybe one 406 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 2: day that will happen. Now I've made up my mind. 407 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 2: I'm gonna come back over to now faith. I'm gonna 408 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 2: get up every morning and start saying, Father, send favor, now, 409 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:35,640 Speaker 2: send increase, now, send breakthroughs Now. I'm expecting to see 410 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 2: God's goodness in greater ways. I'm expecting to see dreams 411 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 2: and goals that I pushed down a year ago, five 412 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 2: years ago, twenty years ago. I'm still expecting them to 413 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 2: come to pass. And some of you, like me, at 414 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 2: one time you were believing to accomplish a goal, believing 415 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 2: to overcome an addiction, believing to get back in shape. 416 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 2: But it didn't happen, and it's time went by. You 417 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 2: just put it on the back burner. Now you think 418 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 2: it's never going to happen. But I'm asking you to 419 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 2: come back over with me to that now faith. Get 420 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 2: your hopes back up. When you believe all things are possible, 421 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 2: you don't know today could be your day. Stay in 422 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 2: the now, that's what allows God to do amazing things. 423 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 2: And even if it doesn't happen today or next week 424 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 2: or next year, don't be like the man by the 425 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 2: pool and become complacent. Keep your faith stirred up. In fact, 426 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 2: the scripture tells us to be prisoners of hope. That 427 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 2: means we are chained to hope. We just can't get away. 428 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 2: In other words, we should be discouraged. It's taking a 429 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 2: long time. I don't see anything good happening, but I 430 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 2: just can't help it. I still believe God can turn 431 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,360 Speaker 2: it around. I still believe today could be my day. 432 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 2: That thought comes that you're never gonna get out of debt. 433 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 2: Business is too slow, You're probably gonna go under answer back, Yes, 434 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 2: it doesn't look good in the natural, but you don't understand. 435 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 2: I'm in prison, not physically, but mentally. I'm in a 436 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 2: prison not of defeat, not of discouragement, not of self pity. 437 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,680 Speaker 2: I'm in a prison of hope. I'm in a prison 438 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 2: of expectancy. I know now is the time for God's favor. 439 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 2: I know he's working behind the scenes. Whether I can 440 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 2: see anything or not, I still believe today can be 441 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 2: my day. Well, what if it doesn't happen today, No 442 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 2: big deal. I'm in prison. I can't get out. I 443 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 2: just can't help. But believing for increase. I can't help, 444 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 2: but believing for good things. I know suddenly God can 445 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 2: turn any situation around. It's okay to be in prison. 446 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 2: Just make sure you're in the right prison, a prison 447 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 2: of hope. That's what a young lady did in the scripture. 448 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 2: For twelve years she suffered with the bleeding disorder. She's 449 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 2: spent all of her money, gone to many different doctors, 450 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 2: received treatment, but continued to get worse. She could have 451 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 2: like the man at the pool and thought, too bad. 452 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 2: I tried. Just my luck. It wasn't meant to be. 453 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 4: Now. 454 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,959 Speaker 2: She didn't sit around in self pity. This lady had 455 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 2: been coming to Lakewood. Her attitude was, today is my day. 456 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 2: It may look impossible, it may be taking a long time, 457 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 2: but God, I'm asking you to send healing now. She 458 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,159 Speaker 2: had this now faith. One day she heard that Jesus 459 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 2: was coming through her city. She thought, if I can 460 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 2: just get to him, I know I'll be made whole. 461 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 2: She began to press her way through the crowd. I 462 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 2: can imagine her saying, excuse me, I don't mean to 463 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 2: be rude. I don't mean to be pushy, but you're 464 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 2: gonna have to move out of my way. Today is 465 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 2: my day, this is my time. Just as Jesus was 466 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 2: about to go off, she was able to reach out 467 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 2: and touch the edge of his robe. The scripture says, 468 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 2: immediately she was made home. Jesus stopped and said to 469 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,439 Speaker 2: his disciples who They said, what do you mean, Jesus, 470 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 2: everybody's touching you. It's packed around here. He said. Now, 471 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 2: somebody touched me with such faith, with such expectancy that 472 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 2: they drew the miracle working power right out of me. 473 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 2: About that time, Jesus' eyes met this woman's eyes. He 474 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 2: smiled and said, daughter, your faith has made you hold 475 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 2: go in peace. Notice it wasn't God's faith. God has 476 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 2: all the faith in the world. But when we rise 477 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 2: up and say today is my day, God send healing, now, 478 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 2: send favor, now, send breakthroughs now. When we release our faith, 479 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 2: it can cause the most High God to stop in 480 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 2: his tracks and release his power in amazing ways. Now 481 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 2: I'm asking you to do like this woman and have 482 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 2: a now faith. Get up every morning and say something 483 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 2: good is going to happen to me today. Friends, Today 484 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 2: is your day. Now is the time for God's faith. 485 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 2: As you go out this week, be expecting God's goodness. 486 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 2: Don't just have faith for the future. God wants to 487 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 2: do something great in your life today. He is the great. 488 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 2: I am not the great. I will be. Stay in 489 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 2: the now. That's what's going to give you the passion 490 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 2: to keep pressing forward. If it doesn't happen today, don't 491 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 2: get discouraged. Don't be like the man at the pool 492 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,640 Speaker 2: and sit around thirty eight years, give up on your dreams, 493 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 2: nor be a prisoner of hope. May be taking a 494 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 2: long time, but suddenly God can turn any situation around. 495 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 4: Now. 496 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 2: I want to pray over you what David did in 497 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 2: psalmone eighteen. Receive this by faith. Father. I'm asking you 498 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 2: for every person under the sound of my voice, to 499 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 2: send prosperity now, Father, send favor, now, send restoration, now, 500 00:28:53,360 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 2: send healing, now, send vindication, now, send breakthroughs now in favor. Now, Lord, 501 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 2: we know you are a now God, so we release 502 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 2: this now Faith, and we want to thank you in 503 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 2: advance that we will see your goodness in amazing, unprecedented 504 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 2: ways in the future. We believe it. We receive it, 505 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 2: we declare it in Jesus' name, and if you agree, 506 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 2: can you say amen? 507 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Joelus Deine podcast. Help 508 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 5: us continue to share the message of hope with those 509 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 5: all over the world. 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