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If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 4: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 4: share it with a friends, reappreciate you and pray for 37 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 4: God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 38 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 4: It's a joy into your home. If you're ever in 39 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 4: our area, stop by and be a part of one 40 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 4: of our services. I promise you will make you feel 41 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 4: right at home. But thanks for tuning in today. I 42 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 4: like to get started each week with something funny, and 43 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 4: I heard about this nun. She worked in the home 44 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 4: healthcare field and she traveled from house to house taking 45 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 4: care of people. One day, as she was making her rounds, 46 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 4: she ran out of gas. There was a station just 47 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 4: a couple blocks away, so she walked up there and 48 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 4: asked the attendant for a gas can, but it had 49 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,679 Speaker 4: been checked out. He said it'll be two or three 50 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 4: hours before it gets back. She didn't have time to wait, 51 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 4: so she went back to her car and got a 52 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 4: bedpan and filled it up with gasoline. She got back 53 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 4: to her car, and as she was pouring the gas 54 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 4: into her tank from that bedpan, two men were passing by. 55 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 4: One man said to the other, if that car starts, 56 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 4: I'll be in church every Sunday the rest of my life. 57 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 4: All right, hold your bibles up. Say it like you 58 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 59 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 4: says I am. I have what it says I have. 60 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 4: I can do what it says I can do. Today 61 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 4: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 62 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I'll never 63 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 4: be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I 64 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 4: want to talk to you today about living with expectancy. 65 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 4: Our expectations set the limits for our life. And too 66 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 4: many people are not expecting the right things. They don't 67 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 4: expect to rise any higher, they don't expect to get 68 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 4: good breaks. They go through the day expecting to get 69 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 4: the short end of the stick. They don't realize their 70 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 4: own wrong thinking is keeping them in mediocrity. God meets 71 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 4: us at the level of our expectations. If we expect little, 72 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 4: we're going to receive little. If we don't expect anything 73 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 4: to get better, it probably won't get any better. We 74 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 4: need to pay attention to what we're expecting. If we 75 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 4: will learn to raise our level of expectancy and start 76 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 4: expecting more favor, more good breaks, then we'll see God 77 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 4: do greater things. And every morning, when we first get 78 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 4: out of bed, we should say something good is going 79 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 4: to happen to me today. We have to set the 80 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 4: tone for the day right at the very beginning. Then 81 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 4: all through the day we should have an attitude of expectancy, 82 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,799 Speaker 4: like a little child that's about to open up a present. 83 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 4: Be on the lookout thinking what's God going to do today? 84 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 4: Instead of dragging around thinking nothing good ever happens to me. 85 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 4: Start expecting to be at the right place at the 86 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 4: right time. Start expecting to get good breaks, expect God's favor. 87 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 4: Don't go to the store not expecting to find what 88 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 4: you need. Don't go interview for a job not expecting 89 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 4: to get it. Your expectations is your faith at work. 90 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 4: When you expect to get good breaks, you expect people 91 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 4: to like you, and you expect to have a great 92 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 4: year releasing your faith, and that's what allows God to 93 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 4: bring it to pass. But our expectations work in both directions. 94 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 4: If you get up in the morning expecting to have 95 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 4: a lousy day, expecting people to be unfriendly, expecting not 96 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 4: to get any breaks, then you're going to draw that 97 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 4: in Your faith is working, you're just using it in 98 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 4: the wrong direction. I had a young person tell me 99 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 4: a while back how he was about to take his 100 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 4: final exams, and he had studied and studied, but he 101 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 4: was very worried because every time in the past he 102 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 4: would take an important test, he'd get very uptight and 103 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 4: he couldn't remember what he had studied, and he'd ended 104 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 4: up doing poor on that test. And he said, Joel, 105 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 4: I wish you'd pray for me, because I know it's 106 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 4: going to happen again. I told him what I'm telling you, 107 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 4: you're expecting the wrong things. You need to change your 108 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 4: expectations and throughout the day start telling yourself, I'm expecting 109 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 4: to do great on this test. I'm expecting God to 110 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 4: bring them my memory everything that I've studied. I'm expecting 111 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 4: to stay calm and be in peace. I saw him 112 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 4: not long ago, he said, Joel, That's the best I've 113 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 4: ever done on one of my final exams. Jesus said 114 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 4: this in Matthew nine twenty nine. According to your faith, 115 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 4: be it done unto you. One translation puts it so simple. 116 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 4: Have what your faith expects. Let me ask you today, 117 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 4: what are you expecting in life? Big things, little things, 118 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 4: nothing at all. It's easy to expect the worst. But 119 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 4: if you can just switch over into faith and start 120 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 4: expecting to excel, start expecting to accomplish your dreams, then 121 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 4: you will draw out God's blessings and favor. But some 122 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 4: people have had a negative mindset so long they don't 123 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 4: even realize they're doing this. It's just natural to them. 124 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 4: They expect the worst, and they usually get it. They 125 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 4: expect people to be unfriendly, and they usually are. I 126 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 4: know this lady that had a lot of negative things 127 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 4: happened to her and it was just like she was 128 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 4: on autopilot. She expected people to hurt her, and they 129 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 4: usually did. She expected to get laid off from her job, 130 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 4: and eventually she did get laid off. Her own expectations 131 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 4: were drawn in all the negative. One day she learned 132 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 4: this principle and she started expecting God's favor. She started 133 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 4: expecting people to be good to her. She started expecting 134 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 4: to get breaks. Today it's a totally different story. She's 135 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 4: living a victorious life. You may have had a lot 136 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 4: of disappointments in the past, but don't fall into that 137 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 4: trap of staying in a negative frame of mind. Instead 138 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 4: of expecting more of the same, start expecting God to 139 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 4: turn it around. Don't expect to barely get by. Start 140 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 4: expecting to excel. Don't expect to be overcome. Start expecting 141 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 4: to be the overcomer. You may not always feel like it, 142 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 4: but when you wake up in the morning, you need 143 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 4: to remind yourself you are more than a conquer God 144 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 4: has great things in store, and you should go out 145 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 4: excited about the day, expecting things to change in your favor. 146 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 4: Our attitude should be I may have difficulties, but I'm 147 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 4: expecting God to turn them around. My dreams may look impossible, 148 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 4: but I'm expecting God to make a way. My finances 149 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 4: may be kind of low, but I'm expecting supernatural increase. 150 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 4: My child may not be doing right, but I'm expecting 151 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 4: him to change. Get your faith out there. Our expectations 152 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 4: are setting the limits for our life. I had somebody 153 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,319 Speaker 4: tell me one time, Joel, I don't like to expect 154 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 4: anything good that way. If it doesn't happen, then I'm 155 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 4: not disappointed. But that's no way to live. If you're 156 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 4: not expecting something good, you're not releasing your faith. And 157 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 4: if it doesn't happen the way you want or on 158 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 4: your timetable, just know God has something better in store. 159 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 4: Don't go through life trying to protect yourself from a 160 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 4: disappointment by not expecting anything good. Well, you say, Joel, 161 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 4: I'm not expecting anything bad. But really it's not enough 162 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 4: to just not expect anything bad. You cannot be in 163 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 4: neutral in your thought, life, in your expectations and have 164 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 4: God's best. My question is are you aggressively expecting something good? 165 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 4: Do you go out of the house expecting God's favor? 166 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:25,719 Speaker 4: Are you expecting your dreams to come to pass? Are 167 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 4: you expecting to be better off this year than you 168 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 4: were last year. Pay attention to what you're expecting. Maybe 169 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 4: you're hearing you're single today, and if you have a 170 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 4: desire to get married. Don't go around thinking this never 171 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 4: gonna happen. I'm getting too old, I'm never gonna meet anybody. No, 172 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 4: you need to start expecting to be at the right 173 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 4: place at the right time. Start expecting God to bring 174 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 4: you divine connections, the right people across your path. You say, Joel, 175 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 4: what if I do this and nothing happens? What if 176 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 4: you do it and something does happen. I can tell 177 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 4: you nothing's gonna happen. If we don't fir believe and 178 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 4: I found, if we're not disciplined in our thought life, 179 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 4: in our expectations, then our mind will just default back 180 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 4: into expecting the worst, expecting failure, expecting bad news. I 181 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 4: know people that are just waiting for the next disaster. 182 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 4: They live in fear. Everything can be going great, but 183 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,599 Speaker 4: they're sitting around thinking instead of enjoying it. When's it 184 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 4: going to come to an end? I had somebody ask 185 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 4: me a while back, Joe, you've got a beautiful family, 186 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,559 Speaker 4: You've been blessed in your life, you've had some success. 187 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 4: Don't you ever worry that it's almost too good to 188 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 4: be true. Don't you ever worry that something bad is 189 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 4: going to happen. It's not gonna last. And I thought 190 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,559 Speaker 4: to myself, I don't even think like that. I've learned 191 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 4: to not put my faith in the negative. I'm not 192 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 4: expecting it to end and expecting failures and tragedies and mistakes. 193 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 4: I'm expecting God's goodness. I know God is going before 194 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 4: us making crooked places great. I know God has said 195 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 4: no weapon formed against us is ever. We're gonna prosper. 196 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,439 Speaker 4: I'm not gonna live in fear, expecting the worst. I'm 197 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 4: gonna live in faith and expect the best. And the 198 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 4: fact is, even if the worst happens, I'm not gonna 199 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 4: fall apart, get all upset, and so I just my luck. 200 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 4: I should have known it wasn't gonna last. Now I'm 201 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 4: gonna stay in faith and expect God to turn it around. 202 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 4: I'm gonna expect to come out better off than I 203 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 4: was before. Don't go around expecting the worst. Somebody told 204 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 4: me once, Joel, you're in a season of favor. You 205 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 4: need to enjoy it. It's not gonna last forever. They 206 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 4: were trying to encourage me, but I just assume they 207 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 4: kept that encouragement to themselves. There's a scripture in Psalms 208 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 4: that says God's favor is not for a season, It's 209 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 4: for a lifetime. When you're seeing God's goodness, When you're 210 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 4: seeing God's blessings in favor, don't you dare go around thinking, well, 211 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 4: I better enjoy it. I know it's not gonna last. 212 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 4: You know, as long as you keep believing God's favor 213 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 4: is going to be on you for a lifetime, doesn't 214 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 4: come and go. Even when it's difficult, his favor's there 215 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 4: to help bring you out. The scripture says in Deuteronomy, 216 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 4: if we will obey God's commands and keep him first place, 217 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 4: his blessings will chase us down and overtake us. We 218 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 4: need to start expecting God's goodness to overtake us, not failure, calamity, 219 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 4: bad breaks. Don't sit around thinking nothing good ever happens 220 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 4: to me. I tried and I failed. It happened once, 221 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 4: It'll probably happen again. No, don't expect setbacks, don't expect 222 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 4: trouble and heartache. Release your faith by expecting God's favor, 223 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 4: God's blessing, God's increase. Several years ago, I was in 224 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 4: a difficult situation. Some things had come against me and 225 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 4: they had the potential to turn out really bad. And 226 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 4: it went on and on month after month, and my 227 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 4: mind was going ninety to nothing, telling me all the 228 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 4: reasons why it wasn't going to work out, how bad 229 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 4: it was going to be. And I was very tempted 230 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 4: to expect the worst. If we're not disciplined in our expectations, 231 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 4: in our thoughts, most of the time our mind will 232 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 4: play out the worst case scenarios. And I was reading 233 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 4: the scriptures one day and saw one twelve and it 234 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 4: says we do not have to fear bad news. I 235 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 4: made a decision that day. I wasn't going to live 236 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 4: in fear. I wasn't going to expect the worst anymore. 237 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 4: I turned it over to God and started expecting for 238 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 4: him to turn it around. Every time I was tempted 239 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,679 Speaker 4: to worry, every time I was tempted to lose my joy, 240 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 4: I'd say, no, God is in control, and I'm expecting 241 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,079 Speaker 4: this to work out to my advantage. Years so later, 242 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 4: I got a call out of the blue telling me 243 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 4: that it had totally resolved. God had changed it in 244 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 4: my favor. But it's easy to expect the worst. You 245 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 4: know how, you have a pain in your side, something 246 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 4: I'll tell you that's cancer. 247 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 2: Man. 248 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 4: They're laying off people at your company, even in another state. 249 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 4: Something will tell you your next You better pack up. What 250 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 4: are you gonna do? Don't expect the worst, don't fear 251 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 4: bad news, keep expecting God to turn it around. And 252 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 4: even if it doesn't work out, even if you do 253 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 4: get bad news, you don't have to get all upset. 254 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 4: God is still on the throne. He's given you strength 255 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 4: for every battle. Instead of saying I knew this wasn't 256 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 4: gonna work out, no, just say God, I know you're 257 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 4: bigger than this problem. I'm not gonna get discouraged. I'm 258 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 4: expecting any moment for you to show up and change 259 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 4: things in my favor. What I'm saying is, let's stop 260 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 4: expecting calamity and trouble to overtake us, and let's start 261 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 4: expecting God's blessings and favor to overtake us. David put 262 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 4: it this way, what would have become of me had 263 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 4: I not believed to see the goodness of God? What 264 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 4: he was saying, was what would have happened to me 265 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 4: if I had not had the right expectations? Where would 266 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 4: I be if I had not believed and expected God's 267 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 4: blessings and faith. I know some of you feel like 268 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 4: you've had a thousand things go wrong. Life has dealt 269 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 4: you some tough blows. That dark cloud tries to follow 270 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 4: you around, kind of like a heaviness. It's constantly telling 271 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 4: you it's never gonna change, it's never gonna get any better. 272 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 4: You can't expect good things. You need to shake off 273 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 4: those lives. God is saying today, this is a new day, 274 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 4: and I have great things in store for you. You need 275 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 4: to draw the line in the sand, say it may 276 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 4: not have happened in the past, but that's not gonna 277 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 4: keep me from believing for the future. This is my 278 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 4: time for increase, this is my time for favor. I'm 279 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 4: expecting to have a blessed and prosperous new year. It 280 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 4: says in Psalms that goodness and mercy will follow us 281 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 4: all the days of our lives. In the past, you 282 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 4: may feel like disappointments and setbacks have followed you around, 283 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 4: but you need to let go of everything that didn't 284 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 4: work out. Let go of every disappointment, let go of 285 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 4: every person that hurts you, and start expecting goodness and 286 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 4: mercy to follow you everywhere you go. Matter of fact, 287 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 4: sometimes it's good to look back and say, hey, goodness, 288 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 4: hey mercy, how y'all doing back there? Make sure you 289 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 4: keep up with me. But some people are constantly looking 290 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 4: for the next disaster. They're looking for the next bad break, 291 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 4: looking for the next failure. No change what you're looking for. 292 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 4: Start looking for goodness, mercy, favor, blessings, promotion. That's what's 293 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 4: supposed to be following us around. And when I think 294 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 4: about how God is going before us, making crooked places straight, 295 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 4: goodness and mercy are following us. Favor is surrounding us. 296 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 4: No wonder we can stay in faith, no wonder we 297 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 4: can expect good things. God is in control, He has 298 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 4: us in the palm of his hand. He knows the 299 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 4: end from the beginning. He's already said he has arranged 300 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 4: the good life for each one of us. When we're 301 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 4: positive and hopeful expect in good things, then we're in 302 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 4: agreement with the creator of the universe. But when we're negative, worried, 303 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 4: expecting the worst, we're in agreement with the enemy. We 304 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 4: have to choose who we're going to get in agreement with. 305 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 4: And I'm not saying that when we expect good things, 306 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 4: we'll never have a problem and every day we'll be perfect. 307 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 4: Of course not. But when we expect the best, even 308 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 4: when negative things happen, we can say, God, I know 309 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,719 Speaker 4: you're still in control, and I'm expecting this to turn around. 310 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 4: Every morning. I've gotten into a habit. I never leave 311 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 4: the house without saying something good is going to happen 312 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 4: to me today. It's important to declare that over your life. 313 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 4: Words have creative power. Well, you say, Joel, does something 314 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 4: good happen to you every single day? Not at all? 315 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 4: Some days everything in the world that can go wrong. 316 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 4: Does you know what I do? I get up the 317 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 4: next morning and say, something good is going to happen 318 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 4: to me today. You got to be determined. You've got 319 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 4: to be persistent. I'm not talking about trying this for 320 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 4: three days to see if it works. I'm talking about 321 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 4: developing a lifestyle of expecting the best, not expecting things 322 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 4: to not work out, things to go wrong. I'm expecting 323 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 4: to have a productive day, not expecting to barely get 324 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 4: by I'm expecting to live an abundant life, not expecting 325 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 4: problems and always be struggling. I'm expecting God to turn 326 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 4: it around. I know we are victors and not victims. 327 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 4: It's all in our mindset, it's all in our approach 328 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:35,880 Speaker 4: to life. The scripture says in Isaiah thirty verse eighteen, 329 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,919 Speaker 4: God is longing to be good to the people that 330 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 4: are looking for his goodness. Let me ask you today, 331 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 4: what are you looking for? What are you expecting? Do 332 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 4: you go out expecting favor, promotion, God's blessings, or do 333 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 4: you go around expecting the worst, thinking that you've reached 334 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 4: your limits. You've got so many problems you don't think 335 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 4: it'll ever change. You know you're missing out. God is 336 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 4: longing to be good to you. He wants to show 337 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 4: you more of his favor. He wants to do more 338 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 4: than you can even imagine. But you've got to do 339 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 4: your part. Number one, we have to walk in obedience, 340 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 4: of course, and number two, you have to be looking 341 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 4: for God's goodness. Some of you, this is exactly what's 342 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 4: holding you back. You're not expecting anything good. You're not 343 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 4: expecting your marriage to get better. You're not expecting your 344 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 4: dreams and desires to come to pass. Without the right expectations, 345 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 4: we lose our enthusiasm for life, we lose our passion. 346 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 4: That's why many people are just dragging through the day. 347 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 4: The scripture says, this hope deferred makes the heart sick. 348 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 4: One definition of hope is happy anticipation of something good. 349 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 4: When you're anticipating something good, it's going to give you joy. 350 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 4: It's going to give you enthusiasm. When you know God's 351 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 4: working behind the scenes, arranging things in your favor, about 352 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 4: to bring your dreams to pass. Then you'll go out 353 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:08,199 Speaker 4: with expectancy, with the spring in your step. But if 354 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 4: you're not anticipating anything good, you'll just rag through the day, 355 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 4: going through the motions of life. No joy, no enthusiasm, 356 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 4: no passion. Friends, God has created us to have something 357 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,440 Speaker 4: good to look forward to. You need to stir up 358 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 4: the dreams and desires that He's placed in your hearts, 359 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 4: and every day you should anticipate God's showing up and 360 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 4: doing great things in your life. He's longing to be 361 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 4: good to you. He's searching right now for someone to 362 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 4: shower his blessings and favor. The question is are you 363 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 4: looking for God's goodness. Somebody asked me one time, Joel, 364 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 4: what's the secret of your success, what's the secret of 365 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 4: God's favor on your life? I told him two things. 366 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 4: Number One, I've always done my best to keep my 367 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 4: heart pure before Godnumber Two, I've learned this principle of 368 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 4: expecting good things. I've done it so long it's ingrained 369 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,640 Speaker 4: in my thinking, even in my subconscious mind. All through 370 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 4: the day. I'm expecting God's favor. I'm expecting blessings. I'm 371 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:18,439 Speaker 4: expecting good breaks. And just as you train yourself to 372 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 4: expect the worst, you can train yourself to expect the best. 373 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 4: And I don't say this arrogantly, but I expect people 374 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 4: to like me. Maybe I naive, I don't know, but 375 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 4: do me a favor and lead me in my ignorance. 376 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 4: When I go somewhere, I don't have these walls up, defensive, intimidated, insecure. 377 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 4: They're probably not gonna like me. They're probably talking about 378 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 4: me right now. No, I expect God's favor to cause 379 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 4: people to be drawn to me. I expect when people 380 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 4: turn me on on the television, they won't be able 381 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 4: to turn me off. I expect. I expect when people 382 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 4: see my books in the stores, They'll be drawn to it, 383 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 4: want to read them. I'm talking to having an attitude 384 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 4: of expecting good things. I don't know about you, but 385 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 4: I'm expecting this year to be better than last year. 386 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 4: I'm expecting God's blessings to overtake us. I'm expecting us 387 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 4: to rise to new levels in our careers, in our finances, 388 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 4: in our relationships. I'm expecting our children to be mighty 389 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 4: in the land. I'm expecting God to take our ministry 390 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 4: where no ministry's gone before. I'm expecting us to overcome 391 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 4: every obstacle. I'm expecting us to fulfill every dream, every 392 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,959 Speaker 4: desire God's put in our hearts. Some of you today 393 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 4: you need to get your expector out. That thing needs 394 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 4: to be overhauled. You hadn't used it in six months. 395 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 4: You need to start expecting greater things for your own life. 396 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 4: Start expecting to rise higher. Start expecting every enemy in 397 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:57,919 Speaker 4: your life to be defeated. Start expecting supernatural opportunities. Start 398 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 4: expecting favor at work, favor at home, favor at the 399 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 4: grocery store, favor on the freeway. God's longing to be 400 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 4: good to you. He's looking out over the heavens right now. 401 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 4: But you've got to get in position. What's the position expectancy, 402 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 4: that's what gets God's attention. You remember the lady in 403 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 4: March chapter five. She had been sick for twelve years 404 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 4: with some kind of bleeding disorder. The doctors had told 405 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 4: her there's nothing more they could do. Now she's at home, 406 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 4: no doubt, thinking that it's over. She could have easily 407 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 4: gone back to bed, depressed, defeated, but she did exactly 408 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 4: what we're talking about. She heard that Jesus was passing 409 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 4: through her town, and she started saying to herself over 410 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 4: and over, I know if I can get to him, 411 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 4: I will be made home. What was she doing? Releasing 412 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 4: her faith, expecting to get better. She fought her way 413 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 4: through the crowd and eventually got to Jesus and touched 414 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 4: the edge of his robe, and instantly she was made home. 415 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 4: And Jesus stopped, said to his disciples, who just touched me? 416 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 4: They were kind of confused, they said, Jesus, his crowded, 417 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 4: everybody's touching you. He said, no, somebody touched me with 418 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 4: such faith, with such expectancy that they drew the supernatural 419 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 4: power right out of me. Friends, When we live with expectancy, 420 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 4: we can stop God in his tracks. When we expect 421 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 4: good things, it gets God's attention. If you're facing a 422 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 4: sickness today, don't sit back expecting the worst. Hell, Joel, 423 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 4: I'll probably never get better. I got a bad report. 424 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 4: Now let me give you another report. With God, all 425 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 4: things are possible. God's report says you will live and 426 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 4: not die and declare the works of the Lord. Why 427 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 4: don't you start expecting God to turn it around instead 428 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 4: of expecting the worst. Start expecting God to bring you 429 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 4: out of it better off than you were before. Some 430 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 4: of you today you are not expecting enough. You need 431 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:02,400 Speaker 4: to raise your level of expectancy. You've gotten too easily satisfied. 432 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 4: God's been good to you in the past. You feel 433 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 4: very blessed, and there's this tendency to just sit back 434 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 4: and kind of coast. But let me assure you God 435 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 4: has more in store. He's trying to stir your faith. 436 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 4: He's trying to convince you to believe for new levels. 437 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 4: You have not seen your greatest accomplishments yet. There are 438 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 4: new mountains to climb, there are new horizons to explore. 439 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 4: God's dream for your life is so much bigger than 440 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 4: your own. Don't stop believing. Don't let past disappointments steal 441 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 4: the dreams out of your heart. Don't let what somebody 442 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 4: did to you cause you to get soured on life. 443 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 4: God is still in control. He's saying, if you will 444 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,679 Speaker 4: raise your level of expectancy, he'll take you places that 445 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 4: you've never even dreamed of, says in Isaiah fifty four 446 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:57,439 Speaker 4: to two. Enlarge the place of your tents. Let the 447 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 4: curtains of your habitation be stretched forth. Spare not lengthen 448 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 4: your cords, strengthen your stakes. What's God saying, get ready 449 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 4: for more, make room for increase, enlarge your tents. In 450 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:17,360 Speaker 4: other words, start expecting more favor, start expecting supernatural breaks, 451 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 4: Start expecting negative situations to turn around. It may not 452 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,679 Speaker 4: have happened in the past, but God is saying it 453 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 4: can happen in the future. Don't get stuck in a rut. 454 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 4: God doesn't want us to be at this same place 455 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 4: next year as we are right now. He wants to 456 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 4: increase you. He wants to give you more influence. He 457 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,639 Speaker 4: wants you to be better off in your health, in 458 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 4: your relationships, in your finances. You've not reached your limits. 459 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 4: There are gifts and talents on the inside of you 460 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,400 Speaker 4: right now that you've not yet tapped into. You are 461 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,360 Speaker 4: full of incredible potential, and some of you have had 462 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 4: a lot of negative things come against you, and it's 463 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 4: tried to steal those seeds of greatness. But I believe 464 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 4: today something new is happening on the inside. Those seeds 465 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 4: are taking root in a greater way. Faith is rising 466 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 4: in your hearts. You need to draw the line in 467 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 4: the sand and say that's it. I'm done with low expectations. 468 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 4: I'm done with living in mediocrity. I'm expecting more of 469 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 4: God's favor. I'm expecting his goodness to overtake me. I'm 470 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 4: expecting this year to be my best year so far. Friends, 471 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 4: God works where there's an attitude of faith. If we're 472 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 4: not expecting to rise any higher, then it'll keep us 473 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 4: right where we are. Psalm thirty one nineteen says God 474 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 4: has blessings stored up for those that honor him. I 475 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 4: believe today you're going to begin to walk into your 476 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 4: blessings that God has already stored up for you because 477 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,160 Speaker 4: you've honored God by living a life of integrity, by 478 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,440 Speaker 4: expecting good things, and I believe you're gonna come into 479 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:57,119 Speaker 4: new levels of favor. I believe that you're gonna see 480 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:01,199 Speaker 4: supernatural doors begin to open. You're gonna overcome obstacles that 481 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,199 Speaker 4: you once thought were impossible. You're gonna see God do 482 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 4: new unusual things in your life. When you go out 483 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,959 Speaker 4: each day, you need to just imagine, right now in 484 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 4: your path, there are blessings favor, increase, promotion. They already 485 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 4: have your name on it. It's just a matter of 486 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 4: time before you come across them. Keep believing, keep expecting, 487 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 4: don't fear bad news, don't expect the worst. We're gonna 488 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 4: have exactly what we expect. Let's get up every morning 489 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 4: and just declare it by faith, something good is going 490 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 4: to happen to me today. Then all through the day. 491 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 4: Don't expect trouble to overtake you. Expect God's blessings to 492 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 4: overtake you. Don't expect calamity to chase you down. Expect 493 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 4: goodness and mercy to chase you down. If you'll raise 494 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 4: your level of expectancy instead of expecting the worst, expect 495 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 4: the best. I know God's gonna pour out his blessings 496 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,479 Speaker 4: in favor. You're gonna rise to new levels and you're 497 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 4: gonna live the life of victory he has in story. Amen. 498 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 4: Can you say then today? Well, we never like to 499 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 4: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 500 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 4: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 501 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 502 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 503 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 4: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 504 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 505 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,239 Speaker 4: God first place. 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