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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 5: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 5: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 5: put God's very best in your life. 38 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 3: Well, I'll bless you always a joy to come into 39 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 3: your home, and we come with good news. 40 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 5: We know that God is on your side and He's 41 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 5: got a great plan and a great future for your life. 42 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 3: And when you draw night of God, God will draw 43 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 3: night to you. 44 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 5: But we're so glad that you've tuned in today, and 45 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 5: if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 46 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 5: by and see us. We give you a personal invitation. 47 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 5: You'll love our new facility. And these people are the 48 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 5: finest people in all of Houston, right here at Lathqwist. 49 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 3: So come be a part of one of our services. 50 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 3: I like to start with something kind of funny. 51 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 5: And I heard about this little three year old boy. 52 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 5: He had a bad cough, and his parents took him 53 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 5: to the doctor. And the doctor put him up on 54 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 5: the table and he put his stethoscope up to his 55 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 5: chest and he said, hang still, a little buddy. I'm 56 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 5: just gonna check and see if Barney's in there. The 57 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 5: little boy said, no, Jesus is in my heart, but 58 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 5: Barney's on my underwear. All right, hold your bibles up 59 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 5: and say it like you mean it. 60 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 3: Ready, this is my Bible. I am what it says. 61 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 3: I am. 62 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 63 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 64 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 65 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 66 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 67 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about believing for more of 68 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 5: God's favor in your life. Too many people are stuck 69 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 5: in a rut and they're not expecting anything good. They 70 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 5: don't expect to rise higher, they don't expect to get 71 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 5: any breaks. Their attitude is nothing good ever happens to me. 72 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 5: I don't see how I could ever get out of 73 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 5: these problems. I'll probably never get married, I'll probably never 74 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 5: get out of death. They go around sort of expecting 75 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 5: to get the short end of the stick, and then 76 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 5: they wonder why nothing good ever happens to them. But 77 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 5: the scripture says in Isaiah thirty, verse eighteen, that God 78 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 5: is longing to be good to the people that are 79 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 5: looking for his goodness, his favor, and his victory. Notice, 80 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 5: God wants to be good to you, but the only 81 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 5: way it's going to happen is if you're looking for 82 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 5: his goodness, if you're expecting his blessings in favor. In 83 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 5: other words, we should actively be releasing our faith for 84 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 5: more of the favor of God. We should go out 85 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 5: each day expecting to get good breaks, expecting to be 86 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 5: at the right place at the right time, expecting doors 87 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,679 Speaker 5: to open for us that may not open for somebody else. 88 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 5: We have an advantage. We have the favor of God. 89 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 5: And I believe that we've entered into a new season, 90 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 5: a season of increase, a season of blessings, a season 91 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 5: where we can. 92 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 3: See more of God's favor. 93 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 5: But if this is going to happen, we have to 94 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 5: do our part and become more favor minded. That means 95 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 5: we're not only expecting good things, but we're declaring God's 96 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 5: favor over our lives. There's a connection between speaking favor 97 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 5: and receiving favor. It's not enough to just think, yeah, Joel, 98 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 5: I believe it. I know I've got God's favor. No, 99 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 5: you've got to give life to your faith by speaking 100 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 5: it out. And every day before we leave the house, 101 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 5: we should just say Father, thank you that I have 102 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 5: your favor. Thank you that I have favor with my boss, 103 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 5: with my clients, thank you that my children have favor 104 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 5: with their teachers. Thank you that your favor is bringing 105 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 5: success into my life. I found, the more favor minded 106 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 5: we are expecting it and declaring it, the more of 107 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,799 Speaker 5: God's favor we're going to receive. For some of you today, 108 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 5: you're stuck in an old rut and you're not expecting 109 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 5: anything good. Well, Joel two thousand and five has been 110 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 5: a disappointing year for me. 111 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 3: My plans didn't work out. 112 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 5: I had some setbacks, lost a lot in the hurricane. 113 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 5: Now you've got to shake that junk off. That's over 114 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 5: and done. Your attitude should be. I'm entering into a 115 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 5: new season, a season of increase, a season of blessing, 116 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 5: a season where I'm going to see. 117 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 3: God's favor like never before. 118 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 5: See, you got to have the right outlook, and you 119 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 5: need to have words of faith and victory coming out 120 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 5: of your mouth. Maybe you've been lonely for a long time. Well, 121 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 5: let me encourage you. It's a new season and you 122 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 5: need to start declaring. The favor of God is turning 123 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 5: things around. The favor of God is bringing good people 124 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 5: into my life. 125 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 3: It's a new day. 126 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 5: Well, Joe, of my finances are just so low. I 127 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 5: don't see how they could ever get better. I've sort 128 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 5: of topped out. Now hear me, clearly, it's a new season. 129 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 5: Start declaring. The favor of God is bringing me promotion, 130 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 5: the favor of God is bringing increase. God's favor is 131 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 5: bringing success into my life. Or maybe you've been sick 132 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 5: for a long time, you've struggled with your health year 133 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 5: after year. But let these words take group deep down 134 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 5: on the inside. 135 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 3: It's a new season. Your attitude should be. 136 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 5: Two thousand and six is going to be my year 137 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 5: to get well. Two thousand and six. The favor of 138 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 5: God is bringing health unto me. The favor of God 139 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 5: is turning every adversity into victory. Get a new attitude 140 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 5: to start declearing every day. Father, thank you that your 141 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 5: favor is going before me, making my crooked places straight. 142 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 5: I like to say, Father, thank you that your favor 143 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 5: is keeping my enemies from defeating me. Your favor is 144 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 5: bringing success and victory into my life. Remember, the more 145 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 5: favor minded we are, the more of God's favor We're 146 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 5: going to receive. 147 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 3: I like the scripture in Firs Peter. 148 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 5: It says hope to the end for the divine favor 149 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 5: that is coming. Notice it's saying if we simply keep 150 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 5: our hopes up and God promises favor is on its way. 151 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 5: May not be here yet, but that season is coming. 152 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 5: And the good news is when God's favor shows up, 153 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 5: things are going to change. Supernatural doors will open, negative 154 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 5: circumstances will turn around. What was impossible will become possible. 155 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 3: When you have the favor of God. 156 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 5: I have these friends and their son plays on a 157 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 5: minor league baseball team, and his dream, of course, is 158 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 5: to make it up to the major leagues. He's an 159 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 5: extremely talented young man. But it seemed like every time 160 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 5: he was about to get moved up to the big leagues, 161 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 5: something odd came up and he got skipped over. And 162 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 5: every time I talked to his parents, they told how 163 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 5: he was having a banner year and he was leading 164 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 5: the league in home runs, but once again, he just 165 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 5: kept getting overlooked. And this happened time and time again, 166 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 5: year after year, and these parents were tempted to get discouraged. 167 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 5: They were tempted to start thinking, you know what, this 168 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 5: is just not meant to be. 169 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 3: But no, they never did that. 170 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 5: They just kept speaking God's favor over his life. They 171 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 5: said things like, Father, thank you that your favor is 172 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 5: opening up doors that no man can shut. Thank you 173 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,719 Speaker 5: that your favor is causing him to be at the 174 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 5: right place at the right time. Your favor is causing 175 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 5: him to stand out in the crowd. And do you know, 176 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 5: just the other day they told me that young man 177 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 5: got skipped over again. They thought this time for sure, 178 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 5: his career was officially over. But right at the last minute, 179 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 5: one of the star players on the major league team 180 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 5: that this minor league team was affiliated with. This star 181 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 5: player decided he wanted to be traded, and it just 182 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 5: so happened he played the same position as this young man, 183 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 5: and so they shipped him off, and it made a 184 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 5: way for this young man to make it up to 185 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 5: the big leagues. And now he's living out his dreams 186 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 5: playing in the major leagues. Friends, that's the favor of 187 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,319 Speaker 5: God making a way even when it looked like there 188 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 5: was no way. God wants to do the same thing 189 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 5: in your life when it looks impossible, when you don't 190 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 5: see how it could ever change, Why don't you start 191 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 5: speaking favor over that situation instead of sitting around getting 192 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 5: depressed and discouraged, saying, well, I should have known it. 193 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 5: I always get skipped over. I always get the short 194 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 5: end of the stick. Now get out of that old, negative, 195 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:52,199 Speaker 5: defeated mentality and start saying, Father, thank you that your 196 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 5: divine favor is on its way. Thank you that your 197 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,839 Speaker 5: favor is opening up doors that no men can shut. 198 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 5: Thank you that your favor is turning every adversity into victory. See, 199 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 5: in your time of need, more than ever. 200 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 3: You need to declare God's favor. 201 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 5: And some of you today you don't see how that 202 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 5: situation could change. You don't see how your business could 203 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 5: ever grow, or how you could ever really get out 204 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 5: of debt. But listen, all it takes is one touch 205 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 5: of God's favor, just one touch of God's favor, and 206 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 5: it can turn any situation around. You got a hope 207 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,839 Speaker 5: to the end for the divine favor that's coming. That 208 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 5: means don't give up, don't get discouraged. 209 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 3: Favor is on its way. 210 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 5: The good news is that favor could be here this week, 211 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 5: It could be here tomorrow, It could be here before 212 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 5: you leave this service when you get up in the morning, 213 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 5: instead of getting discouraged and think, oh man, this is 214 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 5: gonna be another lousy day. I got all these problems 215 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 5: to deal with. Or you need to put a smile 216 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,839 Speaker 5: on your face, get up with enthusiasm and say, Father, 217 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 5: I'm excited about today. 218 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 3: I know your favor is on its way. 219 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 5: I talked to this other gentleman several years ago, and 220 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 5: he was so discouraged. At one time he had had 221 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 5: a very successful business, but over the last few years 222 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,719 Speaker 5: that business had gone down to nothing. He'd lost all 223 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 5: of his major clients. It looked like bankruptcy was inevitable. 224 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 5: It looked like he didn't have a chance. He was 225 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 5: in the design and graphics business. And as we were talking, 226 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 5: he went on and on telling me about his problems, 227 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 5: explaining in great detail all the people that had done 228 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 5: him wrong and all the setbacks he had suffered, and 229 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 5: how impossible it was. And finally I had to stop 230 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 5: him and say, you know what, We've talked long enough 231 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 5: about the problem. Let's start talking about the solution. Let's 232 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 5: start talking about what God can do. Let's start talking 233 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 5: about the fact that divine favor is on its way. 234 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 5: I knew I had to get some faith into him. 235 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 5: I had to talk him into believing, and I told 236 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 5: him basically what I'm telling you today, that one touch 237 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 5: of God's favor can turn it all around. One touch 238 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 5: of God's favor can send your business over the top. 239 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 5: He said, well, really, Joel, I just came to ask 240 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,719 Speaker 5: you to pray that God would help me to make 241 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 5: it through this time of loss. 242 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 3: I said, no, I'm not going to pray that way. 243 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 3: I'm going to pray that God's. 244 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 5: Favor is going to come on you and your business 245 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 5: in a greater way, and it's going to bring you 246 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 5: out even better off than you were before. 247 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 3: His eyes just lit up. 248 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 5: He said, you really think this business could turn around? 249 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 5: I said, I don't think so. I know so with God, 250 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 5: all things are possible. 251 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 3: Now. 252 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 5: I could see that hope feeling in his heart, and 253 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 5: so we prayed, we believed, we declared God's favor. But 254 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 5: I told him every day and all through the day, 255 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 5: even if it's under your breath, you need to go 256 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 5: around saying the favor of God is on my life, 257 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 5: the favor of God is bringing me new clients, the 258 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 5: favor of God is causing. 259 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 3: My business to prosper. And I challenged him to. 260 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 5: Stay in that attitude of faith and expectancy and to 261 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 5: just keep declaring God's favor. Well, several months later I 262 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 5: bumped into him. This time he will all down and discouraged. 263 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 5: He was beaming with joy. He said, Joel, I did 264 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 5: just what you said. I just kept declaring God's favor. 265 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 5: I just kept believing and expecting for things to change. 266 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 5: And he said, at my lowest moment, when it looked 267 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 5: like I was going to lose it all. I got 268 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 5: a phone call from a company that we had never 269 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 5: done business with before, and they asked me to make 270 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 5: a presentation. Long story short, this company chose him over 271 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 5: several other major firms. He said, Joel, Now with this 272 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,319 Speaker 5: one new client, I will have more income than all 273 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 5: of my other clients combined. He said, this year will 274 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 5: by par be my most prosperous year ever. And see 275 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 5: I say that, I say that to say all it 276 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 5: takes is one touch of God's favor, just one phone call, 277 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 5: just one new client, just bumping into the right person, 278 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 5: being at the right place at the right time. One 279 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:01,319 Speaker 5: touch of God's favor can turn any adversity into No 280 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,959 Speaker 5: matter how impossible it looks in your life, no matter 281 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 5: how much money you need, or no matter how negative 282 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 5: the report was, why don't you stop talking about the 283 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 5: problem and start talking about the solution. Why don't you 284 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 5: start talking about the fact that divine favor is on 285 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 5: its way. My bank account may not look too good, 286 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 5: but that's okay. 287 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 3: Favor is on its way. 288 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 5: My child may not be doing right, but I'm not 289 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 5: gonna worry about it. I know God's favor is coming. 290 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 5: See the scripture tells us that we need to speak 291 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 5: to our mountains. It's not enough to just pray. It's 292 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 5: not enough to just believe. You've got to talk to 293 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 5: your mountains. The Bible says, let the weeks say I'm strong, 294 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 5: Let the oppressed say I'm free. You need to declare 295 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 5: God's favor over those situations. 296 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 3: I found. 297 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 5: If you don't talk to your mountains, your mountains will 298 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 5: talk to you. Your problems will keep you up all 299 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 5: night worried, full of fear, negative, depressed if you allow 300 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 5: them to. When you get up in the morning and 301 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 5: those old discouraging thoughts come telling you nothing's ever gonna change, 302 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 5: You're never gonna fulfill your destiny, you're never gonna be happy, 303 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 5: you're never gonna get married. 304 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 3: Man. 305 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 5: Now, if you listen to those lies, you'll go through 306 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 5: the day depressed and defeated. Now quit letting your problems 307 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 5: talk to you, and start talking to your problems. In 308 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 5: other words, when you get up, no matter how you feel, 309 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 5: no matter what it looks like, you need to just 310 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 5: boldly declare, Father, I'm excited about this day. I know 311 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 5: your favor is turning things around. I know your favor 312 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 5: is bringing success into my life. Your favor is causing 313 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 5: me to be a victory and not a victim. Learn 314 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 5: to speak to your mountains, learn to declare God's favor 315 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 5: over those negative situations. This is just what Job did. 316 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 5: He went through a really terrible time. He lost his business, 317 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 5: lost his health, lost his family. I'm sure he could 318 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 5: have easily gotten discouraged. He could have started complaining and 319 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 5: saying God, why me. But no, in the midst of 320 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 5: that adversity, in the midst of that dark hour, you 321 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 5: know what he did. He looked up to the heavens 322 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 5: and said, God, thank you that you have granted me 323 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 5: your favor. 324 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 3: Think about it. 325 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 5: In the middle of his storm, he was declaring the 326 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 5: favor of God. He was saying, in effect, I don't 327 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 5: care how bad I feel. I don't care how bad 328 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 5: these circumstances look. God, I know you're a good God 329 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 5: and your divine favor is on its way. 330 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 3: I know your favor. 331 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 5: Can turn this all around. No wonder, God restored everything 332 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 5: back to him. No wonder, he came out with twice 333 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 5: what he had before. He was living favor, minded, expecting it, 334 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 5: and declaring it. Some of you today kind of like Job, 335 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 5: Maybe you're in what seems to be an impossible situation. 336 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 3: Things don't look good in your marriage, in your health, 337 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 3: in your finances. You just don't see any way out. 338 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 5: And in our times of adversity, it's so easy to 339 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 5: get discouraged. It's easy to get negative and go around 340 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 5: compla and hey, why is this happening to me? Now? 341 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 5: Let me challenge it in those tough times. Dare to 342 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 5: do like job and declare God's favor over your life. 343 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 5: Dare to speak to those mountains, just say, Father, thank 344 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 5: you that your favor is turning this around. 345 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 3: Your favor is defeating my enemies for me. 346 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 5: And if you will continue to speak favor over your life, 347 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 5: and if you'll just keep hoping to the end, God 348 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 5: promises favor is on his way. When that favor shows up, 349 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 5: that's going to cause you to rise up out of 350 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 5: those problems. The favor of God will open up doors 351 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,959 Speaker 5: for you that men say are impossible. The favor of 352 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 5: God will keep your enemies from defeating you. No matter 353 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 5: what you're facing today, don't ever rule out God's favor. 354 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,360 Speaker 3: Keep expecting it, keep declaring it. 355 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 5: This is exactly what we did when we were trying 356 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 5: to acquire this new facility, the Compact Center. There were 357 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 5: so many times where it looked totally impossible. So many 358 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 5: times we wanted to just give up and go find 359 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 5: some more property that'd be a whole lot easier. 360 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 3: But no, we made a. 361 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 5: Decision early on that we're just gonna keep hoping on 362 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 5: to the very end. We knew deep down in here 363 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 5: that divine favor was on its way, and so we 364 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 5: just kept declaring it. 365 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 3: We kept speaking to our mountains. You know the story. 366 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 5: The night before the main city council vote, we were 367 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 5: still one vote shy, and this is after we'd been 368 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 5: working on it for over a year and a half, 369 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 5: and in the natural it looked like it was all over, 370 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 5: looked like it was impossible. 371 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:32,360 Speaker 3: But no, we knew. 372 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 5: All it took was one touch of God's favor in 373 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 5: our darkest hour. We just said, Father, thank you, that 374 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 5: divine favor is coming. We know that you're in control 375 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 5: and no man can stand against you. We just kept 376 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 5: speaking that favor, and at the last moment, in that 377 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 5: midnight hour, one of the council members changed his mind 378 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 5: and we had that last and final vote that we needed. 379 00:18:55,680 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 5: God turned our adversity into victory. God wants to do 380 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 5: the same thing for every one of you. And when 381 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 5: you live favor minded, God will defeat your enemies for you. 382 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 5: I like the scripture in Psalm forty four to three. 383 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 5: It's talking about the children of Israel. It says they 384 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 5: didn't get the land by their own strength or by 385 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 5: their own sword, but by your right hand and the 386 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:25,120 Speaker 5: light of your countenance, because you favored them. Notice it's 387 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 5: saying they didn't win the battle in their own ability. 388 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 3: It was the favor of God that gave them the victory. 389 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 5: In the same way, we're not gonna win our victories 390 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 5: in our own strength. 391 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 3: Only in our own mind, our own intelligence. No, it's 392 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 3: going to be because of the favor of God. 393 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 5: And when you really walk in God's favor, you will 394 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 5: win battles that you never could have won before. God 395 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 5: will give you victories that at one time seemed totally impossible. 396 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 5: I like the way the Message translation puts this same verse. 397 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 3: It says, we didn't work for it. You freely gave 398 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 3: it to us. 399 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 5: You sent our enemies packing, and you gave it to 400 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:05,880 Speaker 5: us smiling friends. God wants to send your enemies packing. 401 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 5: Where there it's an enemy of debt an enemy of 402 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:15,359 Speaker 5: sickness and enemy of marital problems. Whatever it is, God 403 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 5: wants to pour out his favor and freely give you 404 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 5: the victory. And notice how God does it. 405 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 3: It says he gave it to them smiling. 406 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 5: In other words, God does it with joy. He does 407 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 5: it because he loves you. He does it because he 408 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 5: wants to. There are too many people today. 409 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 3: That have the wrong concept of God. 410 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 5: They think that God is out to get them, that 411 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 5: God's mad at them, that God's trying to make their 412 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:41,880 Speaker 5: lives miserable. 413 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 3: Now listen, that's not the kind of God we serve. 414 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 3: Our God is a good God. 415 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 5: He is for you. He wants you to live in victory. 416 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 5: He wants to turn those negative situations around. God has 417 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 5: divine favor come in your way. My question is, will 418 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 5: you do your part and believe? Will you start expecting 419 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 5: good things? Will you start declaring God's favor. If you 420 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 5: will get in agreement with God, He'll do the impossible 421 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 5: in your life, no matter what it looks like, no 422 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 5: matter how far in debt you may be, no matter 423 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 5: how bad the report was. Just always remember, one touch 424 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 5: of God's favor can turn it all around. One touch 425 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 5: of God's favor and he can send your enemies packing. 426 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 3: That sounds like God's a Texan to me, doesn't it. 427 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 5: In Zachariah chapter four, there's a story about a man 428 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 5: by the name of Zeruba Bell. He was in charge 429 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 5: of rebuilding the temple. He was facing a lot of obstacles. 430 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 5: It said in verse seven, who are you, old, great 431 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 5: mountain that stands before Zeruba Bell? You shall become a plane, 432 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 5: a mere mole hill, and he will finish the temple 433 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 5: shouting grace grace to it. Notice Zeruba Bell had some 434 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 5: mountains in his life. He was faith see some challenges. 435 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 5: What did he do get down and discouraged? 436 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 2: No. 437 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 5: It says that he shouted grace to his mountains. Another 438 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 5: word for grace is favor. In other words, he was 439 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 5: declaring the favor of God over that situation. And you 440 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 5: notice what happened. His mountains got flattened out and they 441 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 5: became mere mold hills. The favor of God turned it around. 442 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 5: And I love his attitude. He said, who are you, o, 443 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 5: great mountain that stands before me? He was saying, you 444 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 5: can't defeat me. 445 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 3: Don't you know who I am? I have the favor 446 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 3: of God. 447 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 5: When he looked at his obstacles, he knew they were 448 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 5: not permanent. 449 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 3: He knew that mountain was not immovable. 450 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 5: He was saying, in effect, you're not going to last 451 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 5: in my life forever. 452 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 3: I know the secret. 453 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 5: I can speak to these mountains, I can declare God's favor, 454 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 5: and you'll become a mere mold hill. When we face 455 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,719 Speaker 5: challenges and difficulties in our lives, we need to have 456 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 5: that same confidence, that same attitude, who are you? 457 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 3: You can't defeat me? 458 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 5: And then let's start declaring the favor of God. As 459 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 5: we continue to do that, I know we'll see our 460 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 5: mountains flattened. 461 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 3: Out and turned into mere mold hills. 462 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 5: Some of you today, you're struggling in your finance as well. 463 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 5: You need to get that old checkbook out. Do like 464 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 5: Zerube Bell and shout favor over it. Speak the favor 465 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 5: of God over that thing. Or maybe you have a 466 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 5: child that's not doing right, well, don't go around complaining 467 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 5: about him, start speaking favor over his life. Have a 468 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 5: situation at work having a lot of trouble, well, don't 469 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 5: talk about your problem. 470 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 3: Talk to your problem. 471 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 5: Do like Zeruba bel, look that situation in the eye 472 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 5: and just boldly declare, Divine favor is on its way. Friends, 473 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 5: God wants to pour out his blessings and his goodness 474 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,680 Speaker 5: in your life. And my prayer as we go into 475 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 5: this new year, that the favor that God has shown 476 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 5: this ministry is gonna flow off of us, right down 477 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 5: onto each one of you, just like in the Old 478 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 5: Testament it flowed off the priest, off the leaders, right 479 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 5: down to the people. And you know, two thousand and 480 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 5: five has been an amazing year in our ministry. God 481 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 5: has done more than we could even ask or think. 482 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 5: He's given us this beautiful facility. He's increased us, He's 483 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 5: promoted us. I can't even begin to tell you all 484 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 5: the ways that God has blessed us. Now, I'm really 485 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 5: believing that same favor is gonna flow right down onto 486 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 5: each one of you. And what I'm saying today is 487 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 5: you need to get ready for a new season of increase, 488 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 5: a new season of God's favor. Get out of any ruts, 489 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 5: let go of any disappointments from last year. 490 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 3: Your plans didn't. 491 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 5: Work out, you had some setbacks, You're not where you'd 492 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,160 Speaker 5: hope you'd be. Listen, you've got to shake all that off. 493 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 5: You've entered into a new season, a season of God's favor. 494 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 3: Get that down on the inside and stay hopeful, stay expected. 495 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 3: May not happen overnight. 496 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 5: You've got to just keep being obedient, being a person 497 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:06,120 Speaker 5: of excellence and integrity, and always remind yourself that the favor. 498 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 3: Of God is on his way. 499 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 5: When you're tempted to get discouraged, your child's not doing right, 500 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 5: the business is slow, the hurricane knocked you out of town. 501 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 3: That's okay. This is a new season. Your attitude should be. 502 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 5: Two thousand and six is gonna be my year for victory. 503 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 5: Two thousand and six is gonna be my year to 504 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 5: rise higher. It's going to be the year I see 505 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 5: more of God's favor. As we go into this new year, 506 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 5: I want to start it off by declaring God's favor 507 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 5: over your life. I believe our words have created power. 508 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 5: They can help set the direction for our lives. I 509 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 5: just ask you to let these words take root on 510 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 5: the inside, let them go deep down on the inside 511 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 5: of you, and I believe. 512 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 3: They can bring about change. But I declare right now. 513 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 5: In the name of Jesus, the favor of God over 514 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 5: your life in a greater way In two thousand and six, 515 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 5: I declare favor over your finances, Favor over your family, 516 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 5: favor over your children, favor over your marriage. 517 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 3: I declare that you will have favor. 518 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 5: In your workplace, Favor with your boss, favor with your clients, 519 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 5: favor with your coworkers. 520 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 3: I declare the favor. 521 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 5: Of God is bringing you promotion, increase, bonuses, raises. I 522 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 5: declare God's favor is going to open up supernatural doors 523 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 5: of opportunity, that people will be drawn to you, that 524 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 5: they will want to be good to you, and that 525 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 5: you will increase in your field of work because of 526 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,679 Speaker 5: the favor of God. In two thousand and six, I 527 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 5: declare the favor of God over your health. I've declared 528 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 5: that in two thousand and six, you'll get stronger, you'll 529 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 5: feel better, you'll be happier, you'll be healthier, and you'll 530 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 5: be free from sickness and disease because of the favor 531 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 5: of God. In two thousand and six, I declare favor 532 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 5: over your family, favor over your relatives. Those that don't 533 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,120 Speaker 5: know the Lord, I believe the favor of God's gonna 534 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,959 Speaker 5: draw them in. In this new year, the favor of 535 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 5: God is gonna bring good people across their path. The 536 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 5: favor of God is gonna cause them to tune in 537 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:17,159 Speaker 5: just at the right time. I declare favor over you 538 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 5: in the social life area, especially those of you that 539 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 5: have been single for a long time. 540 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 3: You've been wanting to get married. 541 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 5: Well, I declare, the favor of God is gonna come 542 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 5: on you in a greater way, and you're gonna see 543 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 5: God bring good people into your life. Some of you 544 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 5: have been in what seems to be a time of famine, 545 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 5: but I just declare you're entering into a new season 546 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 5: of plenty. Some of you have been so discouraged, but 547 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 5: I declare by faith that you're entering into a new 548 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 5: season of joy. Some of you have had so many 549 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 5: negative things come against you. I declare, even right now, 550 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,400 Speaker 5: the forces of darkness are being broken, and you're gonna 551 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 5: see God's favor. 552 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 3: In your life in a new way. 553 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 5: It's a new season of favor, a new season of incree, 554 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,439 Speaker 5: a new season of victory. And I just speak the 555 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 5: favor of God over every area of your life in 556 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,919 Speaker 5: a greater way in two thousand and six, in the 557 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 5: name of Jesus. And if you receive it, can you 558 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 5: say him in today. We never like to close our 559 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,159 Speaker 5: broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 560 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 5: lord of your life. 561 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? 562 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 563 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:33,679 Speaker 5: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 564 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 5: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 565 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 5: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 566 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 5: God first place. 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