1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: Will God bless you always. Our joy to come into 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: your homes. We love you, We know God has great 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: things in store for each one of you. And if 8 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 9 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. We promise you 10 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks for 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: tuning in. Thanks again for coming out today. I like 12 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 13 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: minister that died. He was standing in line at the 14 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: Pearly Gates and in front of him was a man 15 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: dressed in a loud shirt wearing blue jeans and sunglasses. 16 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: Saint Peter asked, what's your name, sir? He said, my 17 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: name is Joe Cohen, taxicab driver, New York City. Peter 18 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: checked his list and handed him a gold staff and 19 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: a silk robe and welcome to Heaven. The minister stepped 20 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: up and said, I'm Reverend Joseph Snow, pastor of Saint 21 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: Mary's Cathedral. Peter checked his list and handed him a 22 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: cotton robe and a wooden staff. He said, hey, wait 23 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: a minute, it's not fair. The taxicab driver got a 24 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: gold staff and a silk robe. How could that be? 25 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,559 Speaker 1: Peter said, sir, up here, we work by results. When 26 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: you preached, people slept, but when he drove, people prayed. 27 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: All right, hold up your bible. Say it like you 28 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 29 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: says I am. I have what it says I have. 30 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today 31 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 32 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 33 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 34 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about expecting far 35 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: and beyond favor. As we enter into a new year, 36 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: it's very important to set the tone right at the 37 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: very beginning. How we start so often will determine how 38 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: much of God's favor we're going to see. We're not 39 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: only beginning a new year, but we're beginning a new decade. 40 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,679 Speaker 1: A major magazine named the last ten years the decade 41 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: from Hell. They cited all the terrible things that had 42 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: happened nine to eleven, economy going down, investment, fraud, wars. 43 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: They summed it up by saying, it's the decade we'd 44 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: like to forget, and if we're not careful, we'll go 45 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: into this new year expecting more of the same. But 46 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: the scripture talks about how the darker it gets in 47 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: the world, the brighter it's going to be for God's people. 48 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: And things may get bad all around you, people negative, complaining, discouraged. 49 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: Don't let that spirit rub off on you. The worse 50 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: it gets, the brighter you're going to shine. Now, I 51 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: want to help set the tone for the new decade. 52 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: I'm going to speak words of faith over you and 53 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: your future, and if you'll let them sink into your spirit, 54 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: it's going to enlarge your vision and allow God to 55 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: do amazing things. I realize some of you have had 56 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: a rough year or even a rough decade, but I 57 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: want to announce the tide of the battle is turning, 58 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: a shift is taking place. You are entering into a 59 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: new season. Just like the whims can shift directions. In 60 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: this new decade, things are going to shift in your favor. 61 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: Some of you have been stuck at the same level 62 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: year after year. You think you've reached your limits, gone 63 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: as far as you can go, but you need to 64 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: get ready. God is about to do a new thing. 65 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: You have not even touched the surface of what he 66 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: has in store. He has explosive blessings that can catapult 67 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: you to a new level. Some of you, it's going 68 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: to be like you shifted from first gear into second year. 69 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: You're going to pick up speed. You're going to make 70 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: more progress. Things are going to be accelerated. Some of 71 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: you it's going to be like you shifted from fourth 72 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: gear into overdrive. Things are going to get easier. Things 73 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: are going to start falling into place, the right people, 74 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: the right breaks. But for some of you, it's going 75 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 1: to be like your turbo boosters kicked in. God is 76 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: going to thrust you further than you imagine. He is 77 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: going to open doors that you never even dreamed possible. 78 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 1: You're gonna look back at the end of the decade 79 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: and say, Wow, God, you have done amazing things. That's 80 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: what I feel so strongly in my spirit. It's going 81 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: to be an Ephesians three, twenty decade. It says God 82 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: is able to do exceedingly abundantly above and beyond all 83 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: we can imagine. Let that take root on the inside. 84 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: It's going to be a far and beyond decade. Here's 85 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: what that means. You're going to come into opportunity that 86 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,919 Speaker 1: will boggle your mind. You're going to see your career 87 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: take off like a rocket. You're going to meet the 88 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: right people that will help further your dreams. You're going 89 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: to accomplish goals much quicker than you imagined. You're going 90 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: to come out of debt and pay that house off 91 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: even though it looked impossible. You're going to get well, 92 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: even though the medical report says there's no way. Things 93 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 1: may be dark and gloomy around you, but keep your 94 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: head held high. You have an advantage. You are a 95 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: child of the Most High God. His face is shining 96 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: down on you. God is saying it's not going to 97 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 1: be an average decade. It's not going to be a 98 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 1: barely get by a decade. Now you need to get ready. 99 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 1: It's going to be a decade of favor, a decade 100 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 1: of increase, a decade where you accomplish your God given 101 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: dreams every day. You need to declare this over you 102 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: and your family. Father thank you for an exceedingly abundantly 103 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: above and beyond decade. I know some of you can 104 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: look back and think while two thousand and nine was 105 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: kind of rough, business was slow. I had some disappointments. 106 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: Things didn't go my way. But here's the key. Don't 107 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: allow what you've been through or what didn't work out, 108 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: to set the tone for the new year. God promised 109 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: in Psalms he would make our enemies our footstools. You 110 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: may have had some enemies come against you in two 111 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: thousand and nine, bad breaks, financial difficulties, sickness, even people. 112 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: Those challenges were meant to stop you. They were meant 113 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 1: to discourage you and steal your vision. But if you 114 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: stay in faith, instead of being a stumbling block to 115 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: stop you, God will turn them into a stepping stone 116 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: to take you to a higher level. Just like if 117 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 1: someone were to put out their foot to try to 118 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: trip you, but you stepped on top of it and 119 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: instead of going down, you went up. It was meant 120 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 1: to decrease you, but God caused it to backfire and 121 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: instead you increased. Everything you've been through up to now 122 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: is to get you prepared for what God is about 123 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: to do. Nothing in your life has been wasted. Every disappointment, 124 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: every setback, every person that did you wrong, every lonely 125 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: night that deposited something on the inside. God didn't send it, 126 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: but he used it to get you prepared. It's helped 127 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: make you and mold you into who you are today. 128 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: We grow in the difficult times. That's when our faith 129 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: is stretched and our character is developed. Without those adversities, 130 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: you wouldn't be prepared for the great things that God 131 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: has in store. Now, don't go into a new year discouraged, offended, bitter, 132 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: mad at a neighbor, mad at yourself, in self pity. 133 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: Let it all go, start afresh and anew. You cannot 134 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: drag around the baggage from the past and expect to 135 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: have God's goodness in your future. You may have had 136 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: a tough two thousand and nine, but your attitude should 137 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: be this is a new day. Things are shifting in 138 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: my favor. This difficulty is not gonna stop me. It's 139 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: gonna promote me. It was meant to bring me down, 140 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: but I know the truth. God's gonna use it to 141 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: lift me up. This is what David said. I am 142 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: confident of this. I will see the goodness of God. 143 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: In the Land of the Living, David was in tough times. 144 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: Things weren't going his way, but he said, in effect, 145 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: I'm not worried, I'm not upset. I am confident I 146 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: will see God's goodness. In other words, two thousand and 147 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: nine may have been rough, but that's not gonna steal 148 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 1: my vision. That's not gonna cause me to give up 149 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: on my dreams. I am confident in twenty ten, I 150 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: will see God's favor in a new way. Well, hell, Joe, 151 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: you just don't know what the medical report says. No, 152 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: but I do know what our God says. Well, you 153 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: don't know what my finances look like. No, but I 154 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: do know what our God looks like. He's all powerful, 155 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: he controls the universe. Well, you don't know how big 156 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: my obstacles are, No, but I do know how big 157 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 1: our God is. He's the most high God. There's nothing 158 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: too difficult for him. But too often we allow our 159 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: circumstances to set the tone, and all that does is 160 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: create more of the same. In the Old Testament, there 161 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: was a woman about to give birth. She was an Israelite, 162 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: and she just got word that the Ark of the 163 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: Covenant had been stolen. That was where God lived, and 164 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: she was so upset and so distraught. When she gave 165 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 1: birth to her baby boy, she named him Ikabod. Ichabod 166 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 1: means the glory has departed. Notice what she did. She 167 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 1: named her future by what was happening in the present. 168 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: She could have just as easily named him the Glory 169 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: will return instead of the glory has departed. But she 170 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: was so focused on the negative, so caught up in 171 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: where she was right then and there, that she tainted 172 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: her whole future. What's my point? Don't ever name your 173 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: future by your present day circumstances. Two thousand and nine 174 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: may have been rough, but don't you dare go into 175 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 1: twenty ten thinking, oh man, it's gonna be another hard year. 176 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 1: I'm sure I'm not gonna get any breaks again. No, 177 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,719 Speaker 1: get that Ichabod spirit off of you. Let me tell 178 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: you what to name your future. Blessed, prosperous, successful, victorious, healthy, whole, strong, talented, creative. Wise, 179 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: it may look like you're stuck in a rut. You 180 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: don't really see how you can ever rise any higher. 181 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: Don't speak defeat over your life. Don't go around saying, well, 182 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 1: I've reached my limits. I just don't have the education, 183 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: I don't have the connections. No name your future. By 184 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: saying God's face is shining down on me, God is 185 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: opening up doors that no man can shut. My greatest 186 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: victories are not behind me. They're still out in front 187 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: of me. When you do that, you're calling in increase 188 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: blessing favor. When we think about our future, there should 189 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 1: be an enthusiasm on the inside. It should be so 190 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: ingrained in us. It's like a fountain that's just trying 191 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: to bubble up over. We're constantly looking for God's goodness. 192 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: We don't drag around thinking, oh man, it's so hard. 193 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: I never get any breaks. No, we go around thinking 194 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: something good is going to happen to me. God's far 195 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: and beyond favor is on my life. It's gonna be 196 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: in Ephesians three, twenty decade. I am confident, just like David, 197 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna see the goodness of God in amazing ways. 198 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: This is what it says in the Book of Deuteronomy. 199 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: When you live a life that honors God, when you 200 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: obey his word and you're a person of excellence and integrity, 201 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 1: then the scripture says that God's blessings will chase you 202 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: down and overtake you. You won't be able to outrun 203 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: the good things of God. Really, we don't have to 204 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: chase the blessings. Just chase after God and the blessings 205 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: will automatically follow. Make pleasing the Lord your highest priority. 206 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: Let go of any weights or sins that you know 207 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 1: are holding you back. Be willing to deal with the 208 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: issues that God is bringing to light. Don't give in 209 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: to compromise and temptation. All that's doing is keeping you 210 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,559 Speaker 1: from God's best. If you'll make a decision that you're 211 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: going to keep your heart pure before God and you're 212 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: going to do your best to honor Him, then God 213 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,839 Speaker 1: promises that his far and beyond favor is going to 214 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: chase you down. A friend of ours was at home 215 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: the other day refinishing a piece of furniture. She was 216 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: using this electric sander to sand off the old stain. 217 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 1: It was a piece of equipment she'd had for some time. 218 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: It wasn't in that greater shape now she was working. 219 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: One of the main parts broke off and it wouldn't 220 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: work anymore. So she put the sander and the broken 221 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: part into a lakewood church bag that she just happened 222 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: to have at home. She went up to the hardware 223 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: store and this gentleman came over to help her, and 224 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: she showed him the broken part and asked if he 225 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 1: had it. He looked at her in the strangest way, 226 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: almost like this glaze came over him, and he said, no, 227 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: we don't have that part. We don't even carry that model. 228 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: But he reached up on the shelf and got a 229 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: brand new top of the line sander and said, here, 230 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: I want you to have this. It's our gift to you. 231 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: Irene had never even met the man, never seen him before. 232 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: She was totally taken back. She said, are you sure 233 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,679 Speaker 1: you want to give this to me? He said yes, 234 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: I'm positive. Just go up to the counter and give 235 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: them my number, five, five five. So she went up 236 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 1: to the counter, almost in disbelief, and there were three 237 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,839 Speaker 1: registers open. They had five or six people in each line. 238 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: She stood at the back of the line, and all 239 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: of a sudden, the lady worked the register looked over 240 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:03,599 Speaker 1: and said, hey, lady, come up here. I want to 241 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: check you out right now. Irene pointed at herself and said, 242 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: do you mean me? She said, yes, I mean you. 243 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:14,680 Speaker 1: The highly favored woman. Irene was kind of embarrassed. She 244 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: didn't want to cut, but the lady insisted, so she 245 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: went up there and showed her the sander and said, 246 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: this man said he wanted to give this to me. 247 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: She said, well, I don't know if he can do that. 248 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 1: Who was he? Irene said, I don't know, but he 249 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: said his number was five five five. She said, well, 250 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: he can do whatever he wants. He's the regional manager. 251 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: Just as Irene was about to leave, she said to 252 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: the lady, by the way, why did you call me 253 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: up in front of all these people. The lady said, 254 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: I saw your Lakewood church bag, and I watch every 255 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: Sunday and I know anybody that goes to Lakewood has 256 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: to be highly favored. That's what I believe I am 257 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: looking at today, people that are highly favored by the 258 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: most High God. You need to get ready to have 259 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: an exceedingly abundantly above and beyond decade. A decade where 260 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: people go out of their way for no reason to 261 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: be good to you. A decade where you get promoted 262 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: even though you weren't the most qualified. A decade where 263 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: you find yourself at the right place at the right time. 264 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: What is that the favor of God. It's his blessings 265 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: chasing you down and overtaking you. Well, you say, Joel, 266 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: that never happened for me. I never get any good breaks. 267 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: I always get the short end of the stick. No, 268 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: you are naming your baby Ikabod. You are speaking defeat 269 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: and mediocrity over your future. You need to change your 270 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: baby's name. Ichabod is hard to spell anyway, It's not 271 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: in style. His nickname's gonna be icky. You need to 272 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: get in agreement with God and start declaring. This is 273 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: my decade of favor. This is my decade to accomplish 274 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: my dreams. This is my decade to go above and beyond. 275 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: The Psalm thirty one nineteen says God has blessings stored 276 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: up for those that honor him. One thing I can 277 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: tell you about Irene and her family is they honor God. 278 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: They are givers. They're always volunteering here at the ministry, 279 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: always looking for somebody to help. Her husband's been out 280 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: of work for some time, but you would never know it. 281 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: They don't go around complaining discourage. They've always got a 282 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: report of victory. They're always declaring the favor of God, 283 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: just like the scripture says God's blessings are chasing them 284 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: down and overtaking them, and in the coming decade, God 285 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 1: wants to exceed your expectations. You have no idea the 286 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: amazing things God has already stored up for you, the 287 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: places he's going to take you, the people you're going 288 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: to meet, the breaks you're going to get. For some 289 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: of you, that blessing that's stored up is the husband 290 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: or the wife that you've been dreaming about. For some 291 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,360 Speaker 1: of you, it's a child coming back home, a relationship 292 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: being restored. For some it's going to be a new opportunity. 293 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: Things are going to fall into place to where you 294 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: can accomplish what God's put in your heart, even the 295 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: hidden dreams that you've given up on. God is not 296 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 1: given up. He's going to bring the right people, the 297 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 1: right breaks, the right ideas. They're going to come chasing 298 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: you down to where you look back and say that 299 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: was far and beyond favor. That was Ephesians three point twenty, 300 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: God doing exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. Now, listen, your 301 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 1: mind is going to try to talk you out of it. 302 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: It'll tell you this is never gonna happen. For you. 303 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: But if you'll listen down and here on the inside, 304 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: something will say, no, no, this is for you. That's 305 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 1: God speaking to your spirit person. It'll resonate on the inside. 306 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: It's because this is God's dream for your life. He 307 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:04,400 Speaker 1: wants to amaze you with his goodness. It's very easy 308 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: to get discouraged and think, well, it's been too long, 309 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:10,919 Speaker 1: and I've been at this level just so many years. 310 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: I don't think I'm ever gonna meet anybody to get married. No, 311 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: you gotta shake that off, it says in Isaiah. Arise, shine, 312 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 1: for the glory of the Lord is on you. Friends. 313 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: It's time to arise. This is a new day. Put 314 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: on a new attitude. Don't go into a new decade 315 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: down in the dumps discouraged. No dreams, no goals, no enthusiasm, 316 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: no make up your mind. I'm gonna arise. I'm gonna 317 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,159 Speaker 1: shine this year. I'm gonna be my very very best. 318 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: Here's why we can do it. The glory of the 319 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: Lord is on you. It doesn't say that the glory 320 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:52,479 Speaker 1: is going to come one day, maybe next year, if 321 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: the economy gets better, maybe in the future, if you 322 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: get the break you need. No, it says, the glory 323 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: of the Lord is already on you. Whether you realize 324 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 1: it or not, you are covered with God's glory. That 325 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: word glory in the original translation implies God's favor, God's honor, 326 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: and God's splendor are heavy upon you. Remember in the 327 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 1: old days, hippies used to say, heavy, man, heavy, Let 328 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 1: me tell you you are heavy with God's favor. You 329 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: are dripping with God's goodness. No wonder that man wanted 330 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,919 Speaker 1: to be good to Irene. She was heavy with the 331 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: glory of God. Friends, we're not supposed to be heavy 332 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 1: with burdens, heavy with trials, heavy with worry, just so 333 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: concerned about our family, our fine. You know. The only 334 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: thing we're supposed to be heavy with is the favor 335 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: of God. Now, I don't know about you, but I'm 336 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: gonna go into this new decade with the right perspective. 337 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 1: I know I am extremely heavy, not because I ain't 338 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: too much at Christmas, not because of that New Year's No, 339 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: I am heavy with the favor of God. And this 340 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: is the one time I can encourage you to be overweight. 341 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: But for some of you, when it comes to favor, 342 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: it looks like you hadn't eaten in five or six years. 343 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: You're so skinny you got to jump around in the 344 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: shower to get wet. It's time to put on some weight. 345 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: Change your perspective. You are a child of the Most 346 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: High God. His favor is heavy on you. Our attitude 347 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,479 Speaker 1: should be There's no telling what's gonna happen in this 348 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: new decade. I am dripping with God's goodness. I am 349 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: heavy with his favor. Heard a story about a couple 350 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: that attends our church. They were believing to have children. 351 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 1: One day, the lady found out that she was pregnant 352 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 1: with triplets. They were so excited about it. During the pregnancy, 353 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: there were complications and she had to be hospitalized for 354 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: nearly three months. When the babies were finally born, they 355 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: were extremely prima. The doctors weren't sure that they were 356 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: even going to make it. The parents, they put Scripture 357 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 1: verses up over each of their incubators. I will live 358 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 1: and not die. God is restoring healthon to me. With 359 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: long life, God will satisfy me. They kept praying and believing. 360 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: After six months of being in the hospital, the little 361 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 1: babies were able to come home, and today everybody is happy, 362 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:27,199 Speaker 1: healthy and whole. But a few months later, this couple 363 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: got a bill from the hospital. They had insurance to 364 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: cover part of it, but not all of it. After 365 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: the mother being in the hospital for nearly three months 366 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: and then three babies being in the hospital for six 367 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: months each, their part of the hospital bill was two 368 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:48,959 Speaker 1: million dollars. I'm sure that's what they thought too in 369 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: the natural. They didn't know how they would ever pay 370 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: that off. Looked like they'd be paying their whole lifetime. 371 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: But they didn't get discouraged. They didn't get negative and 372 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 1: start complaining. Their attitude was God, it's in your hands. 373 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: You've taken care of us in the past, and we 374 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,360 Speaker 1: know you'll take care of us in the future. One day, 375 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,880 Speaker 1: they received a call from the hospital administrator. He said, 376 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: we've never done this before, but we have just made 377 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: the decision. We are going to totally cancel your two 378 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 1: million dollar death. That's far and beyond favor. That's God 379 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: doing exceedingly abundantly, above and beyond. They were happy just 380 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:33,360 Speaker 1: to have healthy children, but God likes to exceed our expectations. 381 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 1: Let me tell you a key. These people like Irene, 382 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 1: they are faithful people. They honor God. They would send 383 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: their tithes and offerings into the church from the hospital. 384 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: Even though they couldn't come, they didn't want to miss 385 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: an opportunity to obey God. When you honor God with 386 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: your life like that, he says, his blessings are going 387 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: to chase you down and overtake you. That two million 388 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: dollar debt being forgiven, you know what that was. That 389 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: was heavy favor. I want you to see yourself the 390 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 1: same way. You are not a lightweight. You've been crowned 391 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: with God's favor. You are weighted down right now. Not 392 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: with burdens, worries, fear. Get rid of that. You are 393 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: weighted down with the goodness of God. As you go 394 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 1: out each day doing your best to honor Him, then 395 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: God's promises everywhere you go, his face is shining down 396 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 1: on you. I love the promise that God gave to Joshua, 397 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: he said, Joshua, today I will begin to make you 398 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 1: great in the eyes of all the Israelites. He was saying, today, 399 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: I'm going to start releasing more of my favor, my blessings, 400 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: my increase. Notice there was a set time God began 401 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: to release favor in a new way. Not long after that, 402 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: Joshua led the children of Israel into the Promised Land. 403 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: The scripture says, this day God made Joshua great in 404 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: the eyes of all the people. Friends, that's God's dream 405 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 1: for you. He wants to release his blessings, his favor 406 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 1: in such a way that it makes you a great parent, 407 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,719 Speaker 1: a great spouse, a great leader, a great employee, a 408 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: great friend, a great business person. God wants you to 409 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: be respected, to be admired, to be looked up to, 410 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: to have incredible influence. He's going to cause your good 411 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 1: reputation to both precede you and to follow you. Just 412 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 1: like with Joshua, there was a set time that favor 413 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,959 Speaker 1: began to be released in a new way. I believe 414 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: you and I have entered into that moment, a set 415 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 1: time where God is saying, twenty ten is your year. 416 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: You've been faithful, you've honored me, you've given, you've served. 417 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: Now I'm about to make your name great. Can you 418 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 1: get a vision for it? Can you make room in 419 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 1: your thinking? You said, Joel, I'm just a business person. 420 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: I'm just an accountant. I'm just a stay at home mom. 421 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 1: I'm just an architect. I'm just a school teacher. No, 422 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 1: you're not just anything. You're a child of the Most 423 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: High God, and at some point in your life, God 424 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 1: is going to help you accomplish something significant that will 425 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: give you a new level of influence, a new level 426 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: of respect, to where you can say, like Joshua, this 427 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: day God has honored me more than I can imagine. 428 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: This day, God has made my name great. One of 429 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: our longtime members is named Helen Major. For nearly forty years, 430 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,880 Speaker 1: she was an educator. She's a person of excellence, integrity, 431 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 1: so faithful. Year after year she taught elementary school, doing 432 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: more than she had to pouring into those children. She 433 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 1: continued to get promoted assistant principle, even principal. After a 434 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: very distinguished career, she retired. Not long ago, they were 435 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: opening up a new school in the district. The board 436 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: voted unanimously to name it the Helen Major Elementary School. 437 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: You know what that was? That day God made her 438 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 1: name great in the eyes of all the people. Just 439 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 1: a quote ordinary person that God promoted in an extraordinary way. Friends, 440 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: God wants to do the same thing for you. He's 441 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 1: saying to us what he said to Joshua. This day, 442 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 1: I'm going to begin to make your name great. This day, 443 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 1: I'm going to begin to release my favor in a 444 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,479 Speaker 1: new way. This day, I'm going to open doors that 445 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:42,360 Speaker 1: no man can shut. Receive that by faith, things are 446 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: shifting in your favor. God is about to shift you 447 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 1: to a whole new level. Get ready to have a 448 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 1: far and beyond decade. Make room for what God wants 449 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: to do in your thinking. Remember you are heavy with 450 00:26:56,480 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: God's favor. Declare it every day. Twenty ten is my year. 451 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have an Ephesians three, twenty decade and exceedingly 452 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 1: abundantly above and beyond decade. If you do this, God 453 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 1: will amaze you with his goodness. He'll make your name great, 454 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: Take in your places you've never dreamed of, and you'll 455 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 1: live that life of victory he has in story. Amen, 456 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:22,399 Speaker 1: do you receive that today? We never like to close 457 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 1: our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 458 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 459 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 460 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 461 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 462 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 1: born again. Get into good church. Keep God first place. 463 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: He'll take your places that you've never dreamed of. 464 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 2: Three minutes can such a small amount of time make 465 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 2: a big difference to your day to turn worry into confidence, 466 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 2: frustration to hope, defeat to victory. Maybe you just need 467 00:27:59,080 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 2: a boost of faith. 468 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 1: When we put God first place and get our thinking 469 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: in line with his, even a small seed of time 470 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: can make a huge difference. We have a new resource 471 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 1: called three minute Mornings. Start your day the blessed way. 472 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: My challenge is when you wake up, before you leave 473 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: the house, take three minutes to speak blessings over your 474 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 1: life and to declare God's favor. Get your mind going 475 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: in the right direction. When you do that, you're setting 476 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: yourself up for a blessed, victorious day. 477 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 478 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 2: of any size to the ministry, this month, Joel and 479 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 2: Victoria would like to send you this just released life 480 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 2: giving new daily devotional. Before your feet hit the ground 481 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 2: or go out the door, have your heart experience a 482 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 2: bit of heaven, set your mind on the things above 483 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 2: with our new three minute Mornings devotional. With this new 484 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 2: three hundred and sixty five day devotional three Minute Mornings, 485 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 2: you'll experience God showering down his favor like never before. 486 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 2: You'll focus on the better that is coming and fully 487 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 2: realize the freedom of not worrying about tomorrow. 488 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 1: Victorian, I pray for you and your family every day. 489 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your prayer and support. You're 490 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 1: making a difference all over the world. Remember you can 491 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 1: watch the services online every Sunday morning, download our daily podcast, 492 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: listen on Sirius XM. But until we meet again, mid 493 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: the Lord bless you and keep you. 494 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of Three Minute Mornings today. 495 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 2: Visit Joelostin dot com or call eighty eight five six 496 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 2: seven Joel