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God wouldn't have given you the promise. 40 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 4: He wouldn't have put the dream in your heart if 41 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 4: he didn't have a way to make it happen. Hi, 42 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 4: this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 43 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 4: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoy 44 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 4: today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share 45 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 4: it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray for 46 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 4: God's very best in your line. Well, God bless you. 47 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 4: It's great to have you with us today, and I 48 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 4: hope you'll stay connected all through the week. You can 49 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 4: download our daily podcast, our YouTube channel. You can listen 50 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 4: to the messages anytime, or follow us on social media. 51 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 4: We'll keep it encouraged and inspired. But thanks for letting 52 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 4: us come into your homes, and thanks again for coming 53 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 4: out today. I like to start with something funny, and 54 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 4: I heard about this man. He called the church office 55 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 4: and said, I want to speak to the head hog 56 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 4: at the trough. The secretary was offended. She said, if 57 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 4: you mean the pastor, you're going to have to call 58 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 4: him pastor, but you may not call him the head 59 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 4: hog at the trough. He said, well fine, but I 60 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 4: think it about making a five thousand dollars donation to 61 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 4: your church. She said, hang on, Porky just walked in. 62 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 63 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 64 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 65 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 66 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 67 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 68 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 69 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 4: about overflowing with hope. We all have situations that don't 70 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 4: look like they're going to work out. We don't see 71 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 4: how we can get well, how we can accomplish a dream, 72 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 4: how our family will be restored. All the circumstances say 73 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 4: it's not going to happen, But Paul said in Romans fifteen, 74 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 4: may you overflow with hope through the power of the 75 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 4: Holy Spirit. It's one thing to have hope, but Paul 76 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 4: prayed that we would overflow with hope. When you overflow 77 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 4: with hope, you're not moved by what the circumstances look like. 78 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 4: You're not discouraged because it hasn't happened yet. You're not 79 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 4: worried because you don't see away. You know God is 80 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 4: on the throne. You know he's ordering your steps. You 81 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 4: know his plans for you are for good. So you 82 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 4: can't be talked out of it. The odds are against you, 83 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 4: but you don't stop believing. You don't see away, but 84 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 4: you keep thanking God that he has a way. People 85 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 4: tell you that it's not going to happen, just accept it. 86 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 4: You let that go in one ear and out the other. 87 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 4: You know what God started, He's going to finish well, Joel. 88 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 4: I hope I'll get well. I hope my business makes it. 89 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 4: This pandemic is rough. I hope I meet the right person. 90 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 4: It's been a long time. That's good, that's better than 91 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 4: being negative. But when you overflow with hope, you take 92 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 4: it one step further. Instead of I hope I get well, 93 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 4: I know I'll get well. I know God is restoring 94 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 4: health backato me, instead of I hope I meet the 95 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 4: right person. I know a divine connection is coming somebody 96 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 4: better than I've imagined. You've been saying that for five years. 97 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 4: You really think it's still going to happen. I don't 98 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 4: think so. I know. So you go through a disappointment, 99 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 4: you could be upset, bitter, But when you overflow with hope, 100 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 4: you know what was meant for harm, God is turning 101 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 4: to your advantage. Weeping may endure for a night, but 102 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 4: you know joy is coming. What are you overflowing with? 103 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 4: Overflowing with worry? What if it doesn't work out? Overflowing 104 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 4: with doubt? I don't see how this problem can resolve. 105 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 4: Overflowing with discouragement. It's been so long, this challenge is 106 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 4: too big. You're overflowing with the wrong thing. If you'll 107 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 4: start overflowing with hope, believing despite what it looks like, 108 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 4: thanking God when you could be complaining, expecting things to 109 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 4: change in your favor, then you're going to see God 110 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 4: show out in your life. Problems that look permanent are 111 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 4: only temporary. The expert said you would never get well, 112 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 4: but God has the final say. You don't see how 113 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 4: you can accomp it's that dream. There are good breaks 114 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 4: already lined up for you the right people favor. God 115 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 4: wouldn't have given you the promise. He wouldn't have put 116 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 4: the dream in your heart if he didn't have a 117 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 4: way to make it happen. And the scripture talks about 118 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 4: being fully persuaded that God will do what he promised. 119 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 4: It's one thing to be persuaded, but when you're fully persuaded, 120 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 4: you're not going to change your mind. You're not going 121 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 4: to let people talk you out of it. You're not 122 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 4: going to let circumstances cause you to quit believing. Before 123 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 4: you see the promise, before the problem turns around, there's 124 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 4: a waiting period where you don't see anything happening. There's 125 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 4: no sign that it's going to change. Every thought will 126 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 4: tell you you're wasting your time. Just accept it. You're 127 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 4: not going to get well. You'll never break that addiction. 128 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 4: Your business is never going to take off. That's a test. 129 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 4: God is seeing what you're made of. Are you going 130 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 4: to get talked out of it negative I knew it 131 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 4: wasn't going to happen. Or are you going to be 132 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 4: fully persuaded? Are you going to dig down deep and say, 133 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 4: I'm not moved by what's not changing. I'm not discouraged 134 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 4: because it's taken so long. I'm not worried because nothing 135 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 4: is improving. I know God is a faithful God. I've 136 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 4: seen him do it in the past. I know he'll 137 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 4: do it again in the future. This is what Abraham did. 138 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 4: God gave him the promise that his wife Sarah was 139 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 4: going to have a baby, but they were both way 140 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 4: too old. Abraham was eighty, Sarah had been bearing her 141 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 4: whole life, not able to have children. And sometimes God 142 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 4: will put things in your spirit that don't make sense, 143 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 4: dreams that seem too big, problems that look impossible. How 144 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 4: can I go to college? I don't have the funds. 145 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 4: How can I start that business? I don't have the experience. 146 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 4: How can I get the compact center? It's David versus Goliath. 147 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 4: Here's the key. God doesn't ask us to figure it out. 148 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 4: He doesn't ask us to come up with a plan, 149 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 4: research it, see if it's possible. He simply ask us 150 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 4: to believe Roman's force. Says Abraham was absolutely convinced that 151 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 4: God was able to do anything He promised our attitude 152 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 4: should be. I am absolutely convinced that as for me 153 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 4: and my house, we will serve the Lord. I am 154 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 4: absolutely convinced that my children will be mighty in the land. 155 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 4: I am absolutely convinced that we will lend and not borrow, 156 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 4: that we are above and not beneath. I am absolutely 157 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 4: convinced that I will impact this world for the good, 158 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 4: that my gifts will come out to the full, that 159 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 4: I will leave my mark. That God is opening doors 160 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 4: no person can shine. That this ministry will shine brighter 161 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 4: and brighter. Those dreams God has put in your heart, 162 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 4: those promises He's whispered to your spirit. They may seem unlikely. 163 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 4: You don't see how it can happen. No one in 164 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 4: your family has done it. Could talk yourself out of it. 165 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 4: You're right where Abraham was. That's a critical time. You 166 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 4: can dismiss it, think it's too big, it's been too long, 167 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 4: or you can do like him and say, God, i 168 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 4: am absolutely convinced that you're going to turn my child around. 169 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 4: I'm absolutely convinced that I'm going to get well. I'm 170 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 4: absolutely convinced that my dreams are going to come to pass. 171 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 4: You may not see any sign of this happening. You 172 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 4: don't have any reason in the natural to believe that's 173 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 4: what it means to overflow with hope. Nothing in your logic, 174 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 4: your reasoning says it's possible. But down in your spirit, 175 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 4: in your heart, you feel this passion, this knowing, this 176 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,199 Speaker 4: expectancy that God is going to do something out of 177 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 4: the ordinary, something that you couldn't make happen. Thoughts will 178 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 4: tell you it's impossible. Why are you even believing? You 179 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 4: know that problem is not going to work out, the 180 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 4: same thoughts came to Abraham. You can't have a baby. 181 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 4: Your wife is eighty years old. That's never happened before. 182 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 4: The scripture says, against all hope, Abraham hoped on in faith, 183 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 4: and when it doesn't look hopeful, you don't see any 184 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 4: sign of it happening. Every thought says you're wasting your time. 185 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 4: You have to dig down deep and against all hope, 186 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 4: hope on in faith against the odds. Dare to believe 187 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 4: when the medical report says you're not going to get well, 188 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 4: hope on in faith. That's one report, But God has 189 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 4: another report. When your business seems stuck, you lost a client, 190 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 4: funds are down, you could settle there, think it's not 191 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 4: meant to be. No hope on in faith. God is 192 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 4: still in control. This is what my mother did. Nineteen 193 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 4: eighty one, she was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. The 194 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 4: doctors told her she only had a few weeks to live. 195 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 4: There was no treatment that they could give her at 196 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 4: the time, as medical science was concerned they had done 197 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 4: everything they could. My mother had no hope in the natural, 198 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 4: but like Abraham, against all hope, she hoped on in faith. 199 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 4: I would hear her all through the day, quoting scripture, 200 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,079 Speaker 4: I will live and not die. God is restoring health 201 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 4: back unto me, the number of my days he will fulfill. 202 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 4: She could have been depressed, complaining, but she overflowed with hope. 203 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 4: Thoughts told her that she was done, she would never 204 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,679 Speaker 4: see her grandchildren. You can wear that pink dress at 205 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 4: your funeral. She tuned that out and tuned in what 206 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 4: God said. It didn't happen overnight, but little by little 207 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:45,199 Speaker 4: she got better and better. Her skin color came back 208 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 4: to normal, she started regaining weight. A few years later, 209 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 4: the doctor said, we can't explain it, but you don't 210 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 4: have cancer anymore. That was almost forty years ago. Today 211 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 4: she's eighty seven years young, still going strong. The scripture says, 212 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 4: is there anything too hard for the Lord? What are 213 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:10,719 Speaker 4: you absolutely convinced of? It's not enough to just be convinced. 214 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 4: You have to have a made up mind. I will 215 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 4: get well, I will beat this depression. I will come 216 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 4: out of death. I will accomplish my dreams. Not maybe not, 217 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 4: I hope. So if some people help me, if I 218 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 4: get the right breaks. No, if you have the ifs, 219 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 4: you're going to talk yourself out of it. Absolutely convinced 220 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 4: means giving up is not an option. Not believing is 221 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 4: not something you even consider. Your face is set. You're 222 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 4: not moved by negative reports, not discouraged by how impossible 223 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 4: it looks, not complaining by how long it's taking. You 224 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 4: know what God promised is on the way. Abraham had 225 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 4: all kinds of opportunities to quit believing God gave him 226 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 4: the promise, but nothing happened. Year after year went by, 227 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 4: no sign of a baby the whole time Sarah was 228 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 4: getting older. It seemed impossible when God first promised it, 229 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 4: but now years later, even more so. The scripture says 230 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 4: Abraham considered not the weakness of his own body nor 231 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 4: the deadness of Sarah's womb. If you're going to overflow 232 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 4: with hope, you can't consider all the circumstances. If you 233 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 4: stay focused on how big the problem is, what the 234 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 4: expert said, how impossible it looks, you're going to be discouraged. 235 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 4: Quit considering the circumstances, and start considering your God. He 236 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 4: spoke worlds into existence, He parted red seas, He closed 237 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 4: the mouths of hungry lines. He healed my mother of 238 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:49,359 Speaker 4: terminal cancer. He brought my father out of poverty into influence. 239 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 4: He gave us the compact center when all the odds 240 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 4: were against us. No person can stop him, no sickness, 241 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 4: no bad break, no addiction. What are you cons considering 242 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 4: how big your problems are or how great your God is? 243 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 4: One translation says, all human reason for hope was gone, 244 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 4: but Abraham hoped on in faith. You may feel like 245 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 4: there's no reason to have hope in the natural it's 246 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 4: not possible, but we serve a supernatural God. When you 247 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 4: keep hoping on in faith, you are paving the way 248 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 4: for God to do extraordinary things. When Abraham was one 249 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 4: hundred years old, Sarah was ninety. This was twenty years 250 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 4: after he received the promise. Sarah gave birth to a 251 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 4: son that they named Isaac. Some promises take time. While 252 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 4: you're waiting, it's easy to lose your passion, think it's 253 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 4: never going to happen, start believing those lies, that the 254 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 4: problem is too big. You can't accomplish your dreams. It 255 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 4: would have happened by now. You have to keep your 256 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 4: hope stirred up. You have to be absolutely convinced. You're 257 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 4: not moved by what's not happening, by how long it's taking, 258 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 4: by how impossible it looks. You know what God promised 259 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 4: is on the way. That's what Paul prayed, that we 260 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 4: would overflow with hope, that we would believe when it 261 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 4: seems too big, that we would stay in faith when 262 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 4: it's taking a long time. That we wouldn't consider our circumstances, 263 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 4: but we would consider our God. David said in Psalm five, Surely, 264 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 4: O Lord, you will bless the righteous and surround him 265 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 4: with favor like a shield. He could have just said, Lord, 266 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 4: you will bless the righteous, but he added the word surely. 267 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 4: He was saying, I'm absolutely convinced. I'm fully persuaded that 268 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 4: what you promised is on the way. You need to 269 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 4: have some surelyes. Surely I'll get well, Surely I'll pay 270 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 4: my house off. Surely I'll meet the right person. Surely 271 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 4: this problem is turning around. Surely new doors are opening. 272 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 4: Surely I'll come through this pandemic better than I was before. Not. 273 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 4: Maybe there's a good chance if the medicine works, if 274 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 4: I get the promotion, if these people like me. No, 275 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 4: you need to add the surely. You have to be convinced. 276 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 4: David said in Psalm twenty three. Surely goodness and mercy 277 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 4: will follow me all the days of my life. He 278 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 4: was saying, I am confident that good things are coming. 279 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 4: I am confident that this situation is turning around. It's 280 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 4: very powerful when you add the surely to what you're believing. 281 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 4: For thoughts will tell you that you'll never get well. 282 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 4: You saw the medical report. Surely, oh Lord, you will 283 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 4: heal me. Surely, Oh Lord, good health is on the way. 284 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 4: You'll never get out of debt. Surely I will lend 285 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 4: and not borrow. You'll always struggle with that bad habit. 286 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 4: Surely I will break this addiction. Surely freedom is coming. 287 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 4: Surely I will accomplish my dream. Means, Surely I will 288 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 4: set a new standard for my family. Well, how can 289 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 4: you say that none of the circumstances look like it's 290 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 4: going to happen. Yes, but I'm not moved by my circumstances. 291 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 4: I'm moved by what God promised. He said. Surely he 292 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 4: will bless me. Surely he will surround me with his favor. 293 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 4: Once you're up against may look too big. You don't 294 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 4: see how it could work out. You could overflow with worry, 295 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 4: overflow with doubt, overflow with fear. Try a new approach. 296 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 4: Start overflowing with hope. Start adding some surelyes to what 297 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 4: you're believing for. Start showing God that you're absolutely convinced. 298 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 4: When you have this surely mentality, you're going to see 299 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 4: some surelyes come to pass. Surely your family is going 300 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 4: to be restored. Surely you're going to have that baby 301 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 4: you've dreamed of. Surely you're going to meet the right person. 302 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 4: Surely your business is going to excel. Don't let the 303 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:01,360 Speaker 4: circumstances fool you. Surely God is about to bless you 304 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 4: and show you favor that you've never seen. In Psalm 305 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:09,360 Speaker 4: twenty seven, David had all kinds of things coming against him. 306 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 4: He had every opportunity to live, defeated, discouraged, he said, 307 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 4: enemies are waiting to attack me. They accuse me of 308 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 4: things I've never done. They lie about me, they're mean, violent, 309 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 4: on and on. Seemed like he was overflowing with trouble, 310 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 4: overflowing with adversity. But just when you thought he was defeated, 311 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 4: he said in verse thirteen, Yet I am confident I 312 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 4: will see the goodness of God. He was saying, all 313 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 4: these negative things have come against me, but one thing 314 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 4: I'm confident of is surely God will deliver me. Surely 315 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 4: God will vindicate me. I am confident I will see 316 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 4: his favor. He didn't deny negative things were happening, He 317 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 4: just didn't let it get on the inside. He didn't 318 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 4: let it overwhelm him. God, I don't understand it. I 319 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 4: was being my best. Why did you let this happen? 320 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 4: He could have overflowed with self pity, overflowed with discouragement, 321 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 4: but instead he turned it around and overflowed with hope. 322 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 4: He said, I am confident, I am absolutely convinced. I 323 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 4: have no doubt I will see the goodness of God. 324 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 4: I wonder what would happen if we had that same 325 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 4: attitude in the middle of difficulties, when we don't see 326 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 4: away when it's not fair. Instead of living discouraged, complaining, 327 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 4: we would do like David. I know I'm going to 328 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 4: see God's goodness. I know healing is coming. I know 329 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 4: breakthroughs are coming. I know victory is coming. God being 330 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 4: for you is more than the world being against you. 331 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 4: When Moses sent twelve men to spy out the Promised Land, 332 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 4: ten came back and told how the land was very 333 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:59,959 Speaker 4: beautiful and very fertile. They saw clusters of great solong 334 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 4: guards that it took two people to carry. It was 335 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 4: more than they ever dreamed. But they went on to say, 336 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,199 Speaker 4: there are giants in the land. The people are too big, 337 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 4: the cities are walled off. We don't have a chance. 338 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 4: God promised them the land. But when they considered the circumstances, 339 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 4: how big the people were, how impossible it looked, they 340 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 4: overflowed with doubt. They were fully persuaded that they couldn't 341 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 4: defeat the opposition. Now, all two million people were discouraged 342 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 4: and worried. The other two spies, Joshua and Caleb, had 343 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 4: a different report. The scripture says Caleb quieted the people 344 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 4: and said, we should, by all means go in and 345 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 4: take possession of the land, for we will surely overcome. Notice, 346 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 4: Joshua and Caleb had a surely mentality. Surely we will 347 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 4: defeat these enemies. Surely we will overcome this problem. Surely 348 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 4: we will live in the promised land. What's interesting is 349 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 4: they were the only two people out of that whole 350 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 4: group that ever made it into the promised Land. All 351 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 4: the others wandered in the desert year after year. Don't 352 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 4: get talked out of your dreams may look impossible. There 353 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 4: may be giants on your land, a giant of sickness, 354 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 4: a giant of debt, a giant of addiction. Do like David, 355 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 4: do like Caleb, start putting some surely's on the front 356 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 4: of what you're believing. For Surely I will defeat this giant. 357 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 4: Not in my own strength, not in my own ability. 358 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 4: But Lord, I know you will bless me, that you 359 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:43,120 Speaker 4: will surround me with your favor. Surely I will live 360 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 4: healthy and home. Surely I will finish college. Surely I 361 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 4: will conceive this baby. Surely my business will succeed. Well, Joe, 362 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 4: what about the pandemic? What about business being slow? What 363 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 4: about our God? He's still on the throne. He's not 364 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 4: limited by the environment, by the economy, by what you 365 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 4: don't have, by who's against you. He has all power. 366 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 4: He controls the universe. The good news is he's on 367 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,919 Speaker 4: your side. He's breathing in your direction. The scripture says 368 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 4: be confident of this. That means have no doubt. What 369 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 4: God started he will finish, that what he promised will 370 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 4: come to pass. You need to have this surely mentality, 371 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 4: this made up mind. You're not moved by the circumstances, 372 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 4: by how long it's taking, by what's not changing. You know, 373 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 4: God is a surely God. Surely you will bless me. 374 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 4: Surely you will do what you said. He's easy to doubt, 375 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 4: it's easy to give up on dreams. Doubters are a 376 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 4: dime a dozen negative people discourage people. You can find 377 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 4: them everywhere. God is looking for people that have a 378 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 4: made up mind, people that are absolutely convinced, people that 379 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:03,360 Speaker 4: overflow with hope, that believe when the odds are against them, 380 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 4: that believe when they don't see away. You may have 381 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 4: challenges coming against you. Now, you could overflow with worry, 382 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,640 Speaker 4: with discouragement, with self pity. But look at you. You're 383 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 4: overflowing with hope. You're thanking God when you could be complaining. 384 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 4: You're being good to people that are not being good 385 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 4: to you. You're believing when you don't see anything changing. 386 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 4: You're talking victory, declaring God's promises. You have a song 387 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 4: of praise. You need to get ready. Instead of overflowing 388 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 4: with trouble, overflowing with sickness, overflowing with bad breaks, You're 389 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 4: about to overflow with favor, overflow with healing, overflow with abundance, 390 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 4: overflow with freedom. Because you overflow with hope. Surely God 391 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 4: is going to bless you. Surely God is going to 392 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 4: turn it around. Surely he's going to take you into 393 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 4: your promised land. You're about to see something that you've 394 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 4: never seen something out of the ordinary, unusual that thrust 395 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 4: you to a new level. The scripture says, where two 396 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 4: or three agree according to God's will, they will have 397 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 4: whatever they ask. And sometimes you can't find anyone to 398 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 4: agree with you. People don't understand you. They think what 399 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 4: you're believing for is too big, that problem could never change. 400 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 4: I want to come into agreement with you. I want 401 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,199 Speaker 4: to put my faith with yours and tell you that 402 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 4: I am absolutely convinced you're going to see the goodness 403 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 4: of God. I am fully convinced that forces that are 404 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 4: holding you back are being broken right now. I am 405 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:44,239 Speaker 4: fully convinced that the sickness, the trouble, the anxiety, the 406 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 4: depression is not permanent. It's on its way out. I 407 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 4: am fully convinced that you are coming into increase, promotion, abundance, overflow, 408 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 4: that you will have more than enough. I am fully 409 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 4: convinced that your dreams, your goals, what God whispered to 410 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,160 Speaker 4: you in the night, are on the way. It's going 411 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 4: to be bigger than you thought, more fulfilling than you've imagined. 412 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 4: Now get up every morning with a surely mentality. Surely, 413 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 4: oh Lord, you will bless me. Surely goodness and mercy 414 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:21,120 Speaker 4: will follow me. That's not being arrogant, that's overflowing with hope. 415 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 4: That's what David did, That's what Caleb did, and that's 416 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 4: what Abraham did. For twenty years while he waited for 417 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 4: the baby with no sign of it. The scripture says 418 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 4: he grew strong in faith by giving praise to God. 419 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 4: I can see him all through the day. Surely, Oh Lord, 420 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 4: what you promised will come to pass. Surely this baby 421 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 4: is on the way. I know a young man that 422 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 4: attends our services. He's a student from another country. He 423 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 4: had a problem with his visa. When he went to 424 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,880 Speaker 4: enroll for the next year of school, he was told 425 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 4: that he couldn't finish because of this problem. He had 426 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,919 Speaker 4: already completed his undergraduate work and he was in the 427 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,719 Speaker 4: middle of getting his masters, and it looked like it 428 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 4: wasn't going to work out. He was tempted to get discouraged, 429 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 4: but he did what I'm asking us to do against 430 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 4: all reason for hope. He kept hoping on in faith. 431 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 4: He knew God as an Oh, surely God. He didn't 432 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 4: see a way, but he kept thinking God that there 433 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,880 Speaker 4: was a way. A couple of weeks later, he went 434 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 4: back to check in with the school one last time. 435 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 4: He had been told again and again there was nothing 436 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 4: they could do, that it was out of their hands. 437 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 4: But this time there was a different lady working at 438 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 4: the admissions office. They started talking and found out they 439 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 4: both come to Lakewood. When you find someone from Lakewood, 440 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 4: you might as well get ready. You're gonna get blessed. 441 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 4: Lakewood has awesome people. She said, I looked at your files. 442 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 4: I see your problem. Let me see what I can do. 443 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,879 Speaker 4: She came back a half hour later with a big smile. 444 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 4: She said, we found a way that we can enroll you. 445 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 4: Will give you this letter that will extend your visa. 446 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 4: He had three more years to go. He was so happy, 447 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 4: but she wasn't finished. She said, I have a fund 448 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 4: that i'm allowed to help students. I just received permission 449 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:17,160 Speaker 4: to award you a full scholarship for your next three years. 450 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 4: He went on to finish school at no charge. Surely, 451 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,200 Speaker 4: O Lord, you will bless your people. Surely you will 452 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 4: surround them with favor. Are you looking at how big 453 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 4: your obstacles are? Or are you looking at how big 454 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 4: your God is? Your situation may seem impossible, like it 455 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 4: could never work out, but one touch of God's favor, 456 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 4: one good break, one healing meeting, one right person, and 457 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 4: everything will change in life. You're going to overflow with something, doubt, worry, stress. 458 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 4: Why don't you overflow with hope? Why don't you believe 459 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 4: that surely goodness and mercy are following you. Why don't 460 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 4: you be fully persuaded that what God promised is a 461 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 4: the way. It may be taken longer than you thought. 462 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 4: Don't be talked out of it. Like Caleb. The giants 463 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 4: may be big, but have that attitude. Surely I will 464 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 4: defeat them. Surely I will enter my promised land. Not 465 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 4: maybe it'll happen, I'm hoping it could change. Have a 466 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 4: new perspective. Surely, Oh Lord, you will do what you promised. 467 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 4: I am confident what you started you will finish. I 468 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 4: believe and declare. If you will overflow with hope, like 469 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 4: with Abraham, promises that look impossible are about to come 470 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 4: to pass. Like David, blessings are going to chase you down. 471 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 4: Healing is coming, breakthroughs, freedom, abundance, the fullness of your 472 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 4: destiny in Jesus's name, If you receive it, can you 473 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 4: say amen today? Well, I'd like to give you an 474 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 4: opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would 475 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 4: you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent 476 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 4: of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you 477 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 4: my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 478 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. 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