1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,559 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks. 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 2: For supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to. 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: Have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: God bless you today and enjoy the message. God bless 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 1: you always a joy to come into your homes. 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 2: We love you. 8 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 9 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: by and be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: I promise you we will all make you feel right 11 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: at home. But thank you so much for tuning in 12 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: today and again thanks for coming out. I'd like to 13 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,639 Speaker 1: start with something funny and this was sent to. 14 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 2: Me from an attorney. 15 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: I heard about these two men, the Pope and a lawyer. 16 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: They were standing at the pearly gates, just got to heaven. 17 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: Saint Peter came up and said, men, follow me and 18 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: I'll take you to your homes. Peter first dropped the 19 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: Pope off at this very small. 20 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 2: House, had one bed in one desk. 21 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: Next he took the lawyer to this huge house, the 22 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: beautiful swimming pool in the backyard, magnificent view, and the. 23 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 2: Lawyer was overwhelmed. 24 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: He said, Peter, how did I manage to have this 25 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: magnificent place when the pope only has that small place. 26 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 2: Peter said, we have dozens of popes. You're the first lawyer. 27 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: All right, hold up your Bible. Say it like you 28 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 2: mean it. This is my Bible. 29 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 30 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 31 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 32 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 33 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 34 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 35 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 1: about the commanded blessing. There is a blessing God has 36 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: for every one of his children that will cause us 37 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: to rise out of lack into abundance, out of barely 38 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: getting by into the overflow level. This commanded blessing will 39 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: bring supernatural increase, and if we're going to experience it, 40 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: we have to have an abundant mentality. We were never 41 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: created to drag through life and constantly struggle when times 42 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: get tough. It's easy to think I'll never have enough. 43 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: This is all my parents had. It's never going to change. 44 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 2: Now. 45 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,239 Speaker 1: Where you are is not where God wants you to stay. 46 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 1: He has a commanded blessing in your future that can 47 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: catapult you to a whole new level. You may be 48 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: in the land of barely enough right now, but God 49 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: wants to move you into the land of more than enough. 50 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: And this commanded blessing is found in Deuteronomy twenty eight. 51 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: It talks about how if we will live a life 52 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: that honors God and obey his word, then all these 53 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: blessings will chase us down and overtake us. It lists 54 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: blessing after blessing. It says you will be blessed in 55 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: the city and blessed in the country. God will open 56 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: up to you his good tradure and cause you to 57 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: lend and not borrow. He will make you plenteous in 58 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: goods and give you a surplus of increase. Notice the 59 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: words God uses plenteous surplus his good treasury. 60 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 2: Verse eight sums it up. 61 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: The Lord will command the blessing to be on you 62 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: and your storehouses, and all you put your hands to do. 63 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: What is your storehouses, that's your business, your career, your 64 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: bank accounts. 65 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 2: Now, I want you to get this down in your spirit. 66 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: The creator of the universe has put a commanded blessing 67 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: on you. When God commanded light to come, it came 68 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: at one hundred and eighty six thousand miles per second. Friends, 69 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: when God commands something, it's going to happen. And he 70 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: has commanded you to increase. He's commanded you to prosper. 71 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: He's commanded us to be above and not beneath. If 72 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: we will get in agreement with God and not let 73 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: other people talk you out of it or your own 74 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: thoughts talk you out of it, you will see this 75 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: commanded blessing take you further than you ever thought possible. 76 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 2: I know people in this congregation. 77 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: Their tithe today ten percent of their income is more 78 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: than their entire income was just five years ago. That's 79 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: the commanded blessing. 80 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 2: They walked in obedience, they developed. 81 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 1: Their gifts, they had a big vision, and just like 82 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: God promised, his blessings, overtook them. Some of you have 83 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 1: been stuck at the same level year after year. But 84 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: God is saying, I'm about to take. 85 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 2: You where you have not gone before. 86 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: You are going to see a flood of God's favor. 87 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: Not a trickle, not a stream, not a river, but 88 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: a flood of increase, a flood of God's goodness. That's 89 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: the commanded blessing overtaking you. I have some friends in 90 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: another city. They needed to sell their home. The housing 91 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: market in that area was very depressed. A large company 92 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: had gone out of business, and now there. 93 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 2: Were a lot of homes for sale. 94 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: In fact, on their street alone, there were twelve homes 95 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: on the market. In the natural It looked like it 96 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: could take a long long time, looked like it could 97 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: go down and down. But instead of expecting the worst, 98 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: thinking that it wouldn't sell, they believed they had this 99 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 1: commanded blessing. Every morning they would say, father, we want 100 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: to thank you that you have put something on our 101 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: house that will cause it to stand out, something that 102 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: will attract people to it. About six weeks after they 103 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: put it on the market, they sold the home. One 104 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: day they were talking to the new owners and they 105 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: told how they had looked at many other homes, even 106 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: homes that seemed to be a better value in a 107 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 1: better location. But they made the statement, when we came 108 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: into your home, there was something different about it. We 109 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: immediately felt the peace and knew that it was supposed 110 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: to be our home. 111 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 2: That's the commanded blessing. 112 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: I want you to realize God has put something on you. 113 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: It talks about how all these blessings with an ass 114 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: plural will overtake us. But then in verse eight it 115 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 1: says God has commanded the blessing singular. That commanded blessing 116 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,039 Speaker 1: is what will cause your house to sell when others 117 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:27,359 Speaker 1: aren't selling. The commanded blessing is what will cause you 118 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: to rise higher and increase when others are decreasing and 119 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: having such a tough time. When we were in Kenya, 120 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 1: Africa last year, we visited an orphanage. 121 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 2: The family that ran this place are very great people. 122 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 1: The father gave up this prestigious job of teaching at 123 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: a university to come back and start the orphanage. Now 124 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,799 Speaker 1: he and his grown children have about two hundred acres 125 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: and they take care of around five hundred children. Their 126 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: place is beautiful, the kids are happy. They've got a 127 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: first class school. I was talking to him about their 128 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: funding and how they raised support. He told how they 129 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: were self sufficient. They farmed the land and that provides 130 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: the food and nutrition for the children. In fact, they've 131 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: been so successful they sell some of the produce to 132 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: the local grocery store. They bought a nice tractor and 133 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: when they're not using it. 134 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 2: They rented out to help others. That. 135 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: He said, Joel, the funny thing is, when we bought 136 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: this property, we were told that we couldn't produce any crops, 137 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: that the soil was not good enough, there wasn't enough rain, 138 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: and we would never be able to sustain ourselfs off 139 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:44,559 Speaker 1: this land. In fact, that's what's happening all around them. 140 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: For miles and miles. People can't grow any crops. Experts 141 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: have come over to their property to try to figure. 142 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 2: Out what's different about their land. 143 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: The university came out and took soil samples and ran test. 144 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: They cannot understand how their soil can be so rich 145 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: and fertile, and right next door the soil is totally different. 146 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: He smiled and said, that's the blessing of God. 147 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 2: He is exactly right. 148 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: That's Deuteronomy twenty eight, God commanding his property to be blessed, 149 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: God making them plenteous in goods. When you walk in obedience, 150 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: wherever you go, the blessing goes. You can be in 151 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: a dry and a barren place, but when God commands 152 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: that blessing on your life, you will flourish, even if 153 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:35,439 Speaker 1: you're out in the middle of a desert. 154 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 2: That's what happened with Abraham. 155 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: One time, he and all of his extended family and 156 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: his flocks and herds, they moved to another part of 157 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: the country. They found this beautiful piece of property with lush, 158 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 1: green pastures and peaceful ponds. 159 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,439 Speaker 2: Looked like a postcard. They were so happy. 160 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: After a few months, they realized that the land could 161 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: not sustain the flocks and the herds, and just too 162 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: many of them. So Abraham said to his nephew Lot, 163 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: you choose where you want to live, and I'll move 164 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: somewhere else. And Lot chose to stay right there. He 165 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: chose the best part of the land. Really, that wasn't right. 166 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: Abraham was the leader, he was the reason why they 167 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: were there in the first place. But Abraham took the 168 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: high road and he moved to a different part of 169 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: the country. But this time all he could find was 170 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: a dry and bearing place instead of the lush, green pastures. 171 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:34,959 Speaker 2: It was just like the desert. 172 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: In the natural Abraham should have struggled and seen his 173 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: crops and herds dwindle down to nothing, his business dry up. 174 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: But do you know, it was just the opposite. It 175 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: wasn't any time before that dry bearing land was turned 176 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: into a beautiful oasis. In fact, his crops and herds 177 00:09:55,640 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: multiplied so much the scripture says that Abraham became the wealthiest. 178 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 2: Man in all of the East. What am I saying? 179 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: Even if you're in the desert, when you have the 180 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: commanded blessing of God on your life, you are still 181 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: going to flourish. You can be in a down economy 182 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: that doesn't affect the commanded blessing. Psalm thirty seven says 183 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 1: even in famine, the righteous will have more than enough, 184 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: notice not barely enough, more than enough. 185 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 2: Why is that? 186 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: Because wherever you go, the blessing goes. Your company should 187 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: be glad to have you at work tomorrow because when 188 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: you get there, the blessing of God shows up. You 189 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: may work around people that are negative complainers. It feels 190 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: kind of like the desert, like it's. 191 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 2: Never going to change. 192 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: But let me encourage you to just keep being your best. 193 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: There is a commanded blessing on your life that will 194 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 1: cause you to prosper in. 195 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 2: Spite of the circumstances. 196 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: Young lady tell me last week how she was having 197 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: her best year that she's ever had in her career. 198 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,359 Speaker 1: She's in some type of seals and she was so excited. 199 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: Other people in the office are down. The industry in 200 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: general is slow, but she said, Joel, it seems like 201 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: every time I turn around, a new client is coming 202 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,599 Speaker 1: my way. She explained how on three or four occasions 203 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: she was at the right place at the right time, 204 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: unexpectedly business was dropped into her lap. She made the statement, 205 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 1: I'm supposed to go out and find customers, but it's 206 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: just like customers are. 207 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 2: Always trying to find me. 208 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: That's the commanded blessing. Even in famine, she has more 209 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: than enough. One thing I can tell you about this 210 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: young lady is she's a giver. 211 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 2: She volunteers at the church. 212 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: She gives her time, gives her resources. She's honoring God. 213 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: And that's what the scripture says when you obey God's word. 214 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: Because of the if a man died blessing on your life, 215 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: increase and promotion is going to chase you down. Not 216 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 1: just in the good times when the economy's up and 217 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: everybody's doing great. 218 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 2: No, even in the slow seasons. 219 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: You can expect Jehovah Jirah to show up and increase 220 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: you in spite of the circumstances. 221 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 2: Now here's a key. Don't let the negative news talk 222 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 2: you out of having a good year. 223 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: Don't let the critics and the naysayers convince you into 224 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: having a survival mentality, thinking, Oh, man, if I can 225 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,599 Speaker 1: just make it through, if I can just survive. 226 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,319 Speaker 2: This next two years. No. 227 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:44,319 Speaker 1: God never created us to survive. He created us to thrive, 228 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: to have more than enough, even in famine. Every morning, 229 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: before you leave the house, you should say. 230 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 2: Father, I want to thank. 231 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: You that you are blessing the work of my hands. 232 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 1: Thank you that you are increasing my storehouses. Thank you 233 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:04,439 Speaker 1: that you're making me plenteous in goods. Father, you said 234 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: you would open up your good treasury and rain down favor. 235 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: So Father, I'm expecting your goodness in my life today. 236 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: Get your mind going in. 237 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 2: The right direction. 238 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: Live abundant, minded, not barely get by minded. Friends, God 239 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 1: has put something on you that the enemy can't stop. 240 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: The economy can't stop, bad souil can't stop. Negative people 241 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: can't stop. When God commands, it's going to happen. And 242 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: God has commanded us to increase. Here's why God wants 243 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: you to be an example of his goodness. He wants 244 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: you to be so blessed, so talented, so sharp, that 245 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: when other people see you they want what you have. 246 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: In the Old Testament, they would pray to the God 247 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: of Abraham. They thought Abraham is so successful, he has 248 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 1: so much favor. If we can just get to his God, 249 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: then everything. 250 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 2: Will be all right. 251 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 1: That's what I want people to say about us. If 252 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 1: I can just get to the God of those people 253 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 1: at Lakewood, they are so blessed, so prosperous, so generous, 254 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,719 Speaker 1: so kind, so peaceful. That's the God I want to 255 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: pray too. That's what the scripture says. That God will 256 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: increase us in such incredible ways that the whole world 257 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: will know we serve the most high God. 258 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 2: The Message translation puts it this way. 259 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: God will lavish you with good things. He will throw 260 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: open the doors of his sky vaults and pour down 261 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: rain on your land, and bless the work of your hands. 262 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: You will always be the top dog and never the 263 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: bottom dog. 264 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 2: I bet you didn't think that was in the scripture. 265 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: I know today I am looking at a bunch of 266 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: top dogs. 267 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 2: Now, some of you, if you would just. 268 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: Start seeing yourself as the top dog, you would experience 269 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: a new wave of God's favor. 270 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 2: You are not average, you are not mediocre. 271 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: Almighty God has put something on you that makes you extraordinary. 272 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 2: It's his commanded blessing. 273 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: Now you've got to put your shoulders back and start 274 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: expecting not a trickle, not a stream, not a river, 275 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: but a flood of God's favor. He wants to increase 276 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: you in such a way that everybody around you knows 277 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: you serve the most high God. That's what he did 278 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: to the people of Israel. They'd been in slavery for 279 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: a long long time. Finally Phro decided to let them go. 280 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: As they were leaving, God instructed them to ask the 281 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: enemy for their gold, their silver, or their treasure. 282 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 2: That didn't seem to make sense. 283 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: What would make them think their captors would want to 284 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: give them something? But the scripture says, God put favor 285 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: on the Israelites, and they're in an gave them everything. 286 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 2: That they asked for. What happened. 287 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: God puts something on them, And in the same way 288 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: God puts something on you. Not defeat, not lack, not 289 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: barely get by. God has put a commanded blessing, a 290 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: blessing that will cause people, even for no apparent. 291 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 2: Reason, to want to be good to you. I remember 292 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 2: a few. 293 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: Years back, our little daughter Alexandra wanted a cell phone. 294 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: I promised her i'd get her one, and after school 295 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: one day she asked if we could go to the store. 296 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: And I didn't really feel like going, but since I 297 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: told her I would, I said, Okay, let's go. Our son, Jonathan, 298 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: he was about eight years old at the time, he said, Daddy, 299 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: I want to go too. I said, that's great, Jonathan, 300 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: but you've already got a phone. We're not going to 301 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: get you one. We're getting one for little Alexandra. 302 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 2: He says, I know, Daddy, I. 303 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: Just want to look. Of course, I know what that means. Look, Daddy, 304 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: here's the phone I want. As we were getting ready, 305 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: Victoria heard the commotion in the and asked where we 306 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: were going. 307 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 2: Told her we were going up. 308 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: To the cell phone's store, and she said, well, I 309 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: don't want to stay here by myself. I'm going to 310 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: come too, And turned out to be a family affair. 311 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 2: And we got to the. 312 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: Store and the man that waited on us was very 313 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: kind and very helpful. He had the exact phone that 314 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: Alexander wanted, the exact color, and she was so happy. 315 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 2: Then Jonathan came up and said, Daddy, this is. 316 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 1: The phone I really want to get, and I've got 317 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: enough money saved up i can buy it myself. I said, no, Jonathan, 318 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:30,120 Speaker 1: your phone is not even a year old. 319 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 2: That would be a waste. The salesman overheard us. 320 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 1: Talking and he asked to see Jonathan's phone. He took 321 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 1: it and plugged something into the computer and told us 322 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: that for one hundred and fifty dollars we could upgrade 323 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: his phone to a new one. I said, no, we 324 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: don't want to do that. That just wouldn't be right. 325 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: Then he asked to see my phone, so I gave 326 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: him my phone and he ran those numbers. He said, 327 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,479 Speaker 1: in six months you'll be due for a free phone, 328 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 1: but if you'd like to have it right now, i'll 329 00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 1: give it to you today. 330 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 2: Well, I couldn't pay up that offer, and so. 331 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: I gave Jonathan the new phone. And I took Jonathan's phone. 332 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: Like I said, it was barely even a year old. 333 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: And as we were about to leave, he looked at 334 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 1: Victoria and said, young lady, what kind of phone do 335 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: you have? And we had already checked it would be 336 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: a couple hundred dollars to upgrade hers and hers was 337 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 1: only about eight months old. And I said, thank you, 338 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,199 Speaker 1: You've been so kind to us, but no thanks. He 339 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: looked at me and said, very sternly, she is not 340 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: leaving here without a new phone. I thought to myself, 341 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: you cannot make me by phone. 342 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 2: I wanted to say, you're not the boss of me. 343 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: He looked at his assistant. I found out he was 344 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: the manager. He looked at his assistant and said, just 345 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: give her a phone. That assistant looked at him strange. 346 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 1: He said, you mean give like free. Said yes, give 347 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: her a free phone. We walked out that day with 348 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: three brand new phones and I had only paid for 349 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: one phone, and. 350 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 2: It was all legal. I was. 351 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 1: I was scratching my head, thinking what in the world happened? 352 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: Just like the Israelites, God put favor on us and 353 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 1: cause somebody we didn't even know to want to be 354 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: good to us. That's a part of that commanded blessings, 355 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: blessings that just chase you down and overtake you. Now 356 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: I don't say this, I don't say this arrogantly, but 357 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: I go out each. 358 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 2: Day expecting God's favor. I'm expecting people to want to 359 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 2: be good to me. 360 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: I'm expecting extraordinary opportunities, not because of who I am, 361 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 1: but because of whose I am, a child of the 362 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: Most High God, And I realize God has. 363 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 2: Commanded us to be blessed. 364 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 1: There is something on you right now that attracts good 365 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: breaks just like a magnet. It attracts increase and promotion. 366 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: It's the commanded bless But too many people go around 367 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: just hoping to survive and hoping to make it through. 368 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: Now you've got to change what you're expecting. Having a 369 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 1: barely get by mentality will stop the commanded blessing. 370 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:15,959 Speaker 2: God is moved by our faith. 371 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 1: When you go out each day knowing that you have 372 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: an advantage, that the creator of the universe has put 373 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: something on you, and you live abundant minded, plenteous minded, 374 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: more than enough minded, you're going to see God show 375 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: up and do amazing things. One Kings, chapter seventeen, there's 376 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 1: the story of a widow. 377 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 2: She's a single parent mother. 378 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: All of her funds have run out, she doesn't have 379 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: any income. 380 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,400 Speaker 2: Now she goes out to get some firewood and. 381 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 1: She's going to cook the last little bit of food 382 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 1: that she has. It looks like she and her son 383 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: will have their final meal. But while she's out there, 384 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: she runs into an old friend. It's the prophet Elijah 385 00:20:58,640 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: of all things. 386 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 2: He said, I am so hungry. Would you do me 387 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 2: a favor and. 388 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 1: Make me something to eat? She said, sure, I will, Elijah. 389 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: But the truth is, this is the last food that 390 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 1: we have. I was going to cook it for my family, 391 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: but we'll. 392 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 2: Share it with you. 393 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 1: Notice her attitude despite the desperate circumstances. She wasn't selfish, 394 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: she wasn't desponded. Deep down, she knew that God was 395 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: in complete control. She went to the container and poured 396 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 1: out her last bit of flour and her last bit 397 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,639 Speaker 1: of oil and made Elijah. 398 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 2: Something to eat. She and her son ate something as well. 399 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 2: The next day. 400 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 1: Out of curiosity, she went back and opened to the container, 401 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,880 Speaker 1: and much to her surprise, there was some flour in there. 402 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: There was some oil in the other container. Day after day, 403 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: month after month, that flower and that oil never ran out. 404 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: God multiplied what she had. And when you look at 405 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: your situation, you may think. 406 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,400 Speaker 2: I don't see how I'm going to make it. You've 407 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 2: run the numbers. 408 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: You know what's coming in, you know what's going out. 409 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:08,199 Speaker 1: It looks like you're going to go under. But just 410 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: like this lady, because you're honoring God, because you're a giver, 411 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: there is a commanded blessing on your life. God is 412 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: going to multiply your resources. He's going to cause what 413 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: you have to go further. He's going to help you 414 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: find the best deals. He's going to give you unexpected 415 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: increase to where you look up and say, like her, 416 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 1: I don't know how this happened. It doesn't make sense 417 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: on paper, but look at me today. 418 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 2: I'm blessed. 419 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: I'm prosperous, with more than enough for in supernatural provision 420 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 1: is a part of this commanded blessing. 421 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 2: David said it like this. 422 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: I was young, but now I'm old, and I've never 423 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: once seen God's children begging for bread. But some of 424 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: you have been stuck at the same level for a 425 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: long time. You've struggled with lack and barely getting by. 426 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 1: It's been in your family for generations. You don't realize it, 427 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:06,199 Speaker 1: but that's been programmed into your thinking to where you 428 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: think that that's normal. 429 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 2: It's all you've ever seen. And if you don't rise 430 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 2: up and. 431 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: Break that stronghold, it'll continue to get passed from generation 432 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 1: to generation. Now I've learned you have to have abundance 433 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 1: on the inside before you'll ever have abundance on the outside. 434 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 1: If you think lack and barely get by, and I'll 435 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: never be successful. And Joel, I like what you're saying, 436 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,439 Speaker 1: but you don't know my family, you don't know what 437 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 1: I'm up against. That kind of thinking will set the 438 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 1: limits for your life. I heard somebody say lack is 439 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: going to leave God's people like leprosy left the lepers 440 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: of old. And if you study the scripture, you'll find 441 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: that leprosy was always in a person. We think of 442 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: leprosy as being on a person, an outside skin disease, 443 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: but when Jesus healed the lepers on several different occasions, 444 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 1: it says that leprosy departed out of the person. 445 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 2: It was on the inside. That's the way it is 446 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 2: with lack and not having enough. It manifests on the. 447 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 1: Outside, but the root cause is on the inside. And 448 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 1: if you will break these strongholds that are telling you. 449 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 2: You've gone as far as you can go, this is 450 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 2: all your parents. 451 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 1: Had, you'll never get any good breaks, you'll never get 452 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: any better. 453 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 2: No, those are all lies from the enemy. Some of 454 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 2: you have had lack ingrained in your thinking. 455 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: It's been programmed into the inside year after year. But 456 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: I believe and declare today, just like leprosy left the 457 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: lepers of old, right now, in the name of Jesus, 458 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 1: that spirit of lack is leaving you as you hear 459 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: the truth. The truth is making you free. Strongholds are 460 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: being broken. You may have struggled for a long time, 461 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: but this is a new day. God is moving you 462 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 1: out of the. 463 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 2: Land of barely enough. 464 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: He's bringing you into the land of more than enough. 465 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: Now you need to get ready for increase, get ready 466 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 1: for new opportunities, get ready for supernatural breaks. God is 467 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 1: saying to us what he said to his people in 468 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: Deuteronomy eight. I am bringing you into a land where 469 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 1: you will eat bread without scarceness, a land where you 470 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:31,679 Speaker 1: will not lack anything, the amplified says, a land with 471 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: no shortage. God is bringing us into the land of 472 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 1: no lack, the land of no shortage, not the land 473 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 1: of barely get by. Now we're coming into the land 474 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: of more than enough. Now let me challenge you to 475 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 1: do your part and get lack out of your spirit. 476 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 1: Don't go around thinking I'll never have enough. I'll never 477 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 1: rise any higher. Business is just too bad. Don't ever 478 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 1: say I can't afford it, it's just too much. 479 00:25:59,119 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 2: I'll never make it. 480 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: Now, if you have a poor mouth, you're going to 481 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: have a poor life. Our attitude should be I am 482 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: a no lack person. I'm not lacking when I need 483 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 1: to pay my bills. I'm not lacking when I want 484 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 1: to bless others. I'm not lacking when I want to 485 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: send my children to college. I'm not lacking when I 486 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 1: want to build a nicer home. I'm not lacking when 487 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: I want to support those missionaries. 488 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,680 Speaker 2: I am a no lack person. 489 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 1: Friends, I'm asking you today to have an abundant mentality. 490 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 1: God has amazing things in your future. He's already put 491 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 1: a commanded blessing on your life. And if you will 492 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: do your best to honor him and get in agreement 493 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: with God, then let me just declare what's going to happen. 494 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 1: God is going to open up to you his good 495 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: treasury and rain down favor like you've never seen before. 496 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,159 Speaker 1: God is going to make you plenteous in goods and 497 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,679 Speaker 1: give you a surplus of increase. 498 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 2: He's going to bless the work of your hands. 499 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: You're going to see supernatural provision where your resources are 500 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: going to go further than they should have on their own. 501 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 2: Even in famine, even in. 502 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 1: A slow season, you're going to have more than enough. 503 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: God is going to cause your storehouses to overflow in 504 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:23,880 Speaker 1: such amazing ways. Everybody around you will know you serve 505 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 1: the most high God. I believe it and declare it 506 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 1: over each one of you in Jesus' name. Come on, 507 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: give the Lord that's out a phrase today. 508 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am, 509 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,439 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do this. 510 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 1: As the first Bible that my parents gave me I 511 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,399 Speaker 1: was six years old, they taught me the importance of 512 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: believing what God says about you and letting that determine 513 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 1: your self image. How through the Scripture you can learn 514 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:58,480 Speaker 1: to handle challenges and pursue your dreams. Some people tell 515 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,199 Speaker 1: me that the Bible's not practic over them. How they 516 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: don't understand it. We've created a new resource called how 517 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: to Read your Bible and Enjoy It. It provides twelve 518 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: distinct lenses that will help you see the Bible with 519 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 1: fresh eyes, so you can discover the hidden treasures that 520 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,200 Speaker 1: increase your faith, practical truths. 521 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 2: That will help you in your everyday life. 522 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,120 Speaker 1: When you tap into the power of God's Word, there's 523 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: no limit to where He'll take you. 524 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 525 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 3: of any size to the ministry this month, Joel would 526 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 3: like to send you this inspiring new resource. Sometimes reading 527 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:37,360 Speaker 3: the Bible can feel confusing, out of touch, or even 528 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 3: produce more fear than faith. But now with this new 529 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 3: resource how to read your Bible and enjoy it, it 530 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 3: will make the Word of God come alive in new ways. 531 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 3: You'll discover fresh inspiration on every page of your Bible. 532 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 3: The twelve lenses give you the power to see the 533 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,719 Speaker 3: Scripture in a whole new light. When you experience the 534 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 3: right way to approach God's Word, it will ignite renewed 535 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 3: passion in your life. 536 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,719 Speaker 1: When you get God's Word down in you, it brings 537 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: life and victory. This has a great Bible reading plan 538 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: plus introductions to each book. It'll help you enjoy reading 539 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: the Bible. Thanks so much for being a part of 540 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: the ministry. Victoria and I pray for you and your 541 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: family every day, and we appreciate your. 542 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 2: Prayers and support. 543 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services online every Sunday morning, 544 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 1: download our daily podcast, watch on YouTube, or we have 545 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 1: a new Joel Ostin Television network twenty four hours a day, 546 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,720 Speaker 1: and of course SYRIXXM as well. Until we see you 547 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: next time, May the Lord bless you and keep you. 548 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of how to Read 549 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 3: Your Bible and Enjoy It today. 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