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It's always our joy to come 44 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 5: into your homes, and if you're ever in our area, 45 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 5: please stop by and be a part of one of 46 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 5: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 47 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 5: at home. But thanks so much for tuning in, and 48 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 5: thank you again for coming out today. I like to 49 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 5: start with something funny, and I heard about this groom 50 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 5: at the wedding rehearsal. He said to the minister, I'll 51 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 5: make a deal with you. If during the vows you'll 52 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 5: leave out all that love, honor, and obey stuff, I'll 53 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 5: give you one hundred dollars. He slipped one hundred dollars 54 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 5: bill into the minister's hand walked away with a smile. 55 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 5: The next day, during the ceremony, the minister said to 56 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 5: the man, do you promise to bow down before your 57 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 5: wife to bring her breakfast in bed to fulfill her 58 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 5: every desire? The men gulped in astonishment, said in a 59 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 5: weak voice, I do. He then whispered in the minister's ear. 60 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 5: I thought we had a deal. The minister handed his 61 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 5: money back and said, You're wife made me a much 62 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 5: better offer. Hold your bible up, say it like you 63 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 5: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 64 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 5: says I am. I have what it says I have. 65 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 66 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 67 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 5: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 68 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 5: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 69 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about living favor minded. 70 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 5: God told Abraham Genesis twelve two, I will bless you 71 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 5: with an abundant increase of favors, not one or just two. 72 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 5: He said, I'm going to do favors for you in abundance. 73 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 5: You and I are the seed of Abraham. What if 74 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 5: we could really believe this, that the creator of the 75 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 5: universe wants to do favors for you. Most of the 76 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 5: time we think, oh, Joel, God's got bigger than things 77 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 5: to deal with than me. He's not interested in that. No, 78 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 5: you are God's biggest deal. He wants to make you 79 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 5: an example of his goodness. And when you keep God 80 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 5: first place, when you honor Him with your life, God 81 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 5: puts something on you that causes you to stand out 82 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 5: in the crowd, something that gives you an advantage. It 83 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 5: causes good breaks and opportunities to be attracted to you. 84 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 5: It's called the favor of God. The word favor means 85 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 5: to assist, to provide with advantages, to receive preferential treatment. 86 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 5: The favor of God will cause you to be promoted 87 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 5: even though you weren't the most qualified. God's favor will 88 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 5: cause your children to get the best teachers in school. 89 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 5: It'll help you find the best deals at the mall. 90 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 5: It will put you at the right place at the 91 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 5: right time. God is saying to you what he said 92 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 5: to Abraham. I'm going to assist you. I'm going to 93 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,359 Speaker 5: provide you with advantages. I'm going to cause you to 94 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 5: receive preferential treatment. Well, Joel, this never happens for me. 95 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 5: I must not have this favor. No, you do have it. 96 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 5: But the reason many people don't experience it is they're 97 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 5: not releasing their faith in this area. They're not expecting 98 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 5: good breaks, they don't expect preferential treatment. They have an 99 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 5: underdog mentality. Everybody gets promoted except me. I put my 100 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 5: house on the market, should have known it wouldn't sell, 101 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 5: went to the grocery store, got in the longest line, 102 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 5: Just my luck. No, if you're going to experience this favor, 103 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 5: you have to live favor minded. That means you're expecting 104 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 5: it and you're declaring it every day. Before you leave 105 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 5: the house. You should say, Father, thank you that I 106 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 5: have your favor. Then go out, affecting good things to happen. 107 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 5: Expect doors to open for you that may not open 108 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 5: for somebody else. You have an advantage. There's something special 109 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 5: about you. You have the favor of God. And I'm 110 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 5: not talking about being arrogant thinking that we're better than 111 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 5: somebody else. I'm talking about living with boldness, not because 112 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 5: of who we are, but because of whose we are. 113 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 5: You are a child of the most High God. Your 114 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 5: father created the whole universe. You can expect preferential treatment. 115 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 5: Think about if you were born into the Rockefeller family, 116 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,239 Speaker 5: you're going to have some advantages. If you were born 117 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 5: into the Kennedy family, the Bill Gates family, You're going 118 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 5: to be treated differently. You're going to expect favor that 119 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 5: other people may not expect. The good news today is 120 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 5: you have been born into the right family. You come 121 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 5: from a royal blood line. Your father owns it all. 122 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 5: Now you need to hold your head up high and 123 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 5: start expecting to stand out in the crowd. Start expecting 124 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 5: good breaks, divine connections, opportunities to come your way. You 125 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 5: have favor because of who your father is. I know 126 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 5: as a child, as a young boy, I received preferential 127 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 5: treatment because of my earthly father. We used to travel 128 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 5: with my dad during the summers when he would speak 129 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 5: at these large conferences. One time we were in Chicago 130 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 5: in the lobby of this big hotel. I was about 131 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 5: ten years old, My sister April was seven, and I 132 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 5: was standing at the coffee shop admiring the pictures of 133 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 5: milkshakes they had up on the wall that they sold. 134 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 5: This older lady came by and she said, aren't you 135 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 5: John o'steen's children. I said, with a smile, yes, ma'am, 136 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 5: we are. She said, how about I buy you one 137 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 5: of those milkshakes you're looking at. I thought about it 138 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 5: for about two tenths of a second and said that 139 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 5: would be nice, and she bought us a milkshake. It 140 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 5: wasn't because of anything that I had done. She did 141 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 5: me a favor, simply because of who my father was. 142 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 5: The rest of the week I hung out at that 143 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 5: coffee shop. When I was nineteen years old, I got 144 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 5: pulled over by a policeman for driving too fast. This 145 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 5: officer was kind of gruff, seemed like he was having 146 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 5: a bad day, and I was young and nervous. My 147 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 5: heart was beating so fast. He came over to my window, 148 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,719 Speaker 5: and I handed him my driver's license. He stared at 149 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 5: it for the longest time, a minute or two, it 150 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 5: seemed like forever. Then he finally looked at me and said, 151 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 5: are you related to that? He said it three times, 152 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 5: that preacher, the way he said it. I didn't know 153 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 5: if he was going to be a good thing to 154 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 5: be related to my father. I smiled and said, it depends. 155 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 5: He said, what do you mean it depends? I said, 156 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 5: it depends on whether or not you like him. He 157 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 5: looked up in the air like he was trying to decide. 158 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 5: I thought, that's not a good sign if he has 159 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 5: to think about it. And he looked at me and said, yeah, 160 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 5: I watch him on television a lot. I kind of 161 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 5: like him. I said, good, because that's my father, and 162 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 5: he sure wouldn't want you to give me a ticket. 163 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 5: Believe it or not. He let me go. What was 164 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 5: that preferential treatment because of who my father was? Now, 165 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 5: why don't you start carrying yourself like you're a child 166 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 5: of the king. Why don't you start expecting some advantages, 167 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 5: some good breaks, even some preferential treatment, instead of thinking, oh, Joel, 168 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 5: nobody likes me at work. I'll never get ahead, no 169 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 5: start declaring I have the fever of God. God. People 170 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,719 Speaker 5: are drawn to me, people want to be good to me. 171 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 5: People go out of their way to be nice. That's 172 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 5: not just being positive, that's releasing your faith. And if 173 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 5: you're going to see an abundant increase of God's favors, 174 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 5: you can't have a limited short end of the stick 175 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 5: underdog mentality. It says in Psalms that God has crowned 176 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 5: you with his favor. You may not be able to 177 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,439 Speaker 5: see it, but everywhere you go you are wearing a 178 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 5: crown on your head. That crown does not represent lack, 179 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 5: bad breaks, mediocrity, barely getting by. It represents the favor 180 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 5: of God. It represents the fact that the creator of 181 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 5: the universe breathed his life into you, and in the 182 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 5: unseen realm, the spiritual world, all the forces of darkness. 183 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 5: Just like they can see you wearing your robe of righteousness, 184 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 5: they can see your crown of favor on your head. 185 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 5: That tells them that you've been set apart. They can 186 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 5: see you have a right to preferential treatment. They can 187 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 5: see there's something different about you. But here's the problem. 188 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 5: If you don't see yourself the right way it's going 189 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 5: to limit you when you need an advantage, a good break, 190 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 5: instead of shrinking back, thinking, oh, what's the use, it's 191 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 5: never going to happen. No, stand up tall and imagine 192 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 5: that crown of favor on your head. Let that be 193 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 5: a reminder that you have a right to live in victory. 194 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 5: You have a right to stand out in the crowd. 195 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 5: You have a right to these special advantages. And when 196 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 5: I look out at all of you today through my 197 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 5: eyes of faith, I can see your crown of favor. 198 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 5: I see royalty. I see increase. I see new doors opening, 199 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 5: I see problems turning around. I see dreams coming to pass. 200 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 5: When the enemy tells you those lies that you're never 201 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 5: going to get promoted. Your boss doesn't even like you. 202 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 5: You're never gonna take that mission's trip. You don't have 203 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 5: the connections. You'll never sell your house. The market is 204 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 5: too tight. No tell him, hang on just a minute. 205 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 5: I've gotta fix something up here, He says, what are 206 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 5: you doing. I'm straightening my crown of favor. I'm making 207 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 5: sure that it's on tight. See you're not average, you're 208 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 5: not ordinary. You come from a royal family. You can 209 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 5: expect advantages that other people may not expect. God has 210 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 5: crowned you with his favor. I received a letter from 211 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 5: a lady. She's a single parent mother, and she immigrated 212 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 5: to the United States from Europe many years ago. English 213 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 5: is not her first language. She had three small children. 214 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 5: She didn't know how she would ever be able to 215 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 5: afford to send them to college. Seemed like she was 216 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 5: at a disadvantage in a foreign country all alone, didn't 217 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 5: know anybody. She applied for a job as a secretary 218 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 5: at a prestigious university. Several dozen other people applied for 219 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 5: the same position. When she saw all the competition, she 220 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 5: was tempted to feel intimidated. Negative thoughts were bombarding her 221 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 5: mind to make matters worse. The lady conducting the interview 222 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 5: was not nice to her at all. She was harsh, 223 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 5: condescending this mother. She didn't get frustrated by it. She 224 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 5: didn't have an underdog mentality. What's the use I'm at 225 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 5: a disadvantage. No, she knew she was wearing a crown 226 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 5: of favor. She knew God could cause her to stand 227 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 5: out in the crowd the whole time she was there 228 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 5: under her breath, Lord, thank you for your favor. All 229 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 5: the applicants had to take a five minute typing test. 230 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 5: She was not a great typhist. She started typing, doing 231 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 5: her best. The bell went off, saying that her five 232 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 5: minutes was up. She stopped typing, but the lady in 233 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 5: charge had gotten distracted entering a phone call. She said 234 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 5: to the lady gruffly, keep typing. That's not your bell. 235 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 5: Well it was her bell, It was right in front 236 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 5: of her. She said okay, and typed another five minutes. 237 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 5: They added up the number of words she typed ten 238 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 5: minutes worth and divided it by five, and she by 239 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 5: far had the best typing skills and ended up getting 240 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 5: the job. One of the benefits of working for this 241 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 5: university is that your children get to go to school 242 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 5: for free. That was over thirty years ago. Today, all 243 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 5: three of her children have graduated from this very prestigious university, 244 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 5: over seven hundred thousand dollars in education, all free of charge. 245 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 5: What was that? An abundant increase of favor? Friends, God 246 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 5: knows how to give you an advantage. He knows how 247 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 5: to put you at the right place at the right time. Said, 248 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 5: I think it is never going to happen. I always 249 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 5: get the short end of the stick. Now, why don't 250 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 5: you straighten your crown of favor? Why don't you start 251 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 5: declaring The favor of God is opening the right doors 252 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 5: for me. The favor of God is causing me to 253 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 5: stand out. The favor of God is taking me where 254 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 5: I could not go on my own. That's what it 255 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 5: means to live favor minded. You're expecting it and you're 256 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 5: declaring it. I was at the airport ticket counter back 257 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 5: in the nineteen nineties. Victoria and I were headed to 258 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 5: New Delhi, India. My father was having a large pastor's 259 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 5: conference and we were going over a few days early. 260 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 5: I was hand carrying a television camera. Was very expensive. 261 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 5: I didn't want to check it. I'd taken it on 262 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 5: board before. But the lady at the counter was very 263 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 5: opposed to that. She said, sir, you don't have a choice. 264 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 5: Put it back in the case and check it like luggage. 265 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 5: I was very polite, but I explained to her that 266 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 5: I really wanted to carry it on board to protect it, 267 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 5: and that I'd done it several times before, even on 268 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 5: that same airline. She wasn't about to budge. I didn't 269 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 5: get upset. I knew I had a secret weapon. While 270 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 5: she continued to check us in. Under my breath, I 271 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 5: started saying, Lord, thank you that your favor is giving 272 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 5: me an advantage. Thank you that your favor will cause 273 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 5: me to have preferential treatment. I asked her if there 274 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 5: was anyone I could talk to about possibly making an exception. 275 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 5: She said, the only person that has that authority would 276 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 5: be the captain of the flight himself. He's busy, he 277 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 5: can't be bothered. He's getting prepared for the flight. About 278 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 5: that time, a gentleman walked up wearing a uniform, very nice, 279 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 5: very kind. He could see that we were discussing something. 280 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 5: He asked her what the problem was and she said, well, 281 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 5: he wants to take this camera on board, but it's 282 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 5: kind of awkward and plus it's expensive if we can't 283 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 5: be responsible if something happens to it. He asked me 284 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 5: what flight I was on. I said, we're going to 285 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 5: New Delhi, India. He said, oh, I'm the captain of 286 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 5: that flight. You can put it in my compartment right 287 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 5: behind the cockpit. That girl's eyes got that big around. 288 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 5: I wanted to say, man, in any booboo, what are 289 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 5: the chances of that captain? Thousands of people in the 290 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 5: airport walking up right when I needed him. That wasn't 291 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 5: a lucky break. It wasn't a coincidence. It was the 292 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 5: favor of God giving me special advantages. God's favor will 293 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 5: put the right people at the right place at the 294 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 5: right time. Some of you today, you need to get 295 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 5: your crown of favor out, dust it off and put 296 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 5: it back on your head. You're not expecting these advantages. 297 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 5: You need to start expecting good breaks, start expecting people 298 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 5: to want to help you. God wants to show you 299 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 5: an abundant increase of his favors, but if you're not 300 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 5: releasing your faith for it, it will limit what he 301 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 5: can do. Now I've learned you can't reach your highest 302 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 5: potential on your own. You can't fulfill your God given 303 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 5: destiny by yourself. You need God's favor. You need him 304 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 5: to assist you, to provide you with advantages to cause 305 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 5: you to have preferential treatment. But if we're passive and 306 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,400 Speaker 5: think all Joe, if God wants to bless me, he'll 307 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 5: bless me. If he wants to give me a good break, 308 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,880 Speaker 5: he's God. He'll give me a good break. No, God 309 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,919 Speaker 5: is moved by our faith when you expect it and 310 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,360 Speaker 5: declare it. That's when the creator of the universe can 311 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 5: show up and do amazing things. And it takes a 312 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 5: boldness to believe that Almighty God will do you favors. 313 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,719 Speaker 5: Every voice will tell you what are you talking about. 314 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,360 Speaker 5: God's not interested in you. You don't deserve it. Who 315 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 5: do you think you are? Just put your shoulders back 316 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 5: and say, a child of the Most High God crowned 317 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 5: with his favor. Think about as parents, how we love 318 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 5: to do favors for our children. Well, how much more 319 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 5: does God want to do favors for you, his child? 320 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 5: My question, are you expecting it? Are you declaring it? 321 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 5: Psalm five says that God's favor surrounds us like a shield. 322 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 5: If it surrounds us, that means it's with us everywhere 323 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 5: we go. You have favor at work, favor at the 324 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 5: grocery store, favor at the gem, favor in traffic, favor 325 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 5: at the mall. The more aware you are of this favor, 326 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 5: the more conscious you are that God wants to assist you, 327 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 5: the more you'll see His hand at work all through 328 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 5: the day, even if it's under our breath. We should 329 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 5: get in this habit. Lord, Thank you for your favor. 330 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 5: Thank you that I have favor with my boss and clients. Lord. 331 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 5: Thank you that my children have with their teachers, coaches 332 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 5: at the grocery store. Lord, thank you that your favors 333 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 5: helping me find what I need in traffic. Lord, thank 334 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,239 Speaker 5: you that your favors make it away. You work in 335 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 5: real estate, Lord, think you that your favor is shining 336 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 5: down on my properties causing them to sell. See. God 337 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 5: wants to help you in your everyday life, not just 338 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 5: the big things. One time, Victoria and I were taking 339 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 5: our children to the zoo. It was about ten o'clock 340 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 5: in the morning. We didn't think anybody would be there, 341 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 5: but when we arrived, the place was packed. We didn't 342 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 5: realize it was spring break and all the children were 343 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 5: out of school. The parking lot was so backed up 344 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 5: the traffic people were everywhere. We drove around and around 345 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 5: the parking area, up and down, back and forth, couldn't 346 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 5: find any place. Just as we were about to leave, 347 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 5: I did what I'm asking you under my breath, I said, Lord, 348 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 5: thank you for your favor. Thank you for helping us 349 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 5: find a parking spot so we can have fun with 350 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 5: our children. This is not a magic formula. I was 351 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 5: simply acknowledging God. The scripture says, when you acknowledge God, 352 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 5: he will crown your efforts with success. A couple minutes later, 353 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 5: just like it was perfectly on que as I was 354 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 5: driving around, this car backed out. We were able to 355 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 5: pull in. My first words were, Lord, thank you for 356 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 5: your favor. When something good happens, recognize it's the favor 357 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 5: of God, and then learn to thank him for it. 358 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,199 Speaker 5: At the office, all of a sudden, you have a 359 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,199 Speaker 5: good idea, it comes out of nowhere. Lord, thank you 360 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 5: for your favor. At the mall, you find what you 361 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 5: want on sale. At lunch, you bump into somebody you've 362 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 5: been wanting to meet. Those aren't lucky breaks. Those aren't coincidences. 363 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,719 Speaker 5: That's the favor of God. If you will recognize it 364 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 5: and thank God for it, you'll see more of his 365 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 5: favor at the mall. A couple of years ago, with Victoria, 366 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 5: she had a couple things she wanted to buy, and 367 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 5: so I went up to the counter to pain. I 368 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 5: just minding my own business. I said hello to the 369 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 5: lady and smiled, no big deal. She said, this blouse 370 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 5: goes on sell this weekend. I'll go ahead and give 371 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 5: you the cell price today. After I thanked her under 372 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 5: my breath, Lord, thank you for your favor. She looked 373 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 5: at the other shirt. At the very bottom there was 374 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 5: a little place where the fabric was messed up. Could 375 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 5: barely even see it, very minor. She said, that's not right. 376 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 5: Let me see what I can do. She went away 377 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 5: and came back and said, if it's okay with you, 378 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 5: we'll mark this down to half price. I said, I 379 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 5: guess it'll be okay. She didn't have to do that. 380 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 5: I wouldn't have known any differently. That was the favor 381 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 5: of God causing people to be good to me. I 382 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 5: walked out of there saying, Lord, thank you for your favor. 383 00:22:55,600 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 5: I recognize your goodness in my life. When you live minded, 384 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 5: God will cause good breaks to chase you down. He'll 385 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 5: cause people to go out of their way to do 386 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 5: you favors. A friend of mine was refinishing a piece 387 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 5: of furniture at home. She was using this electric sander 388 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 5: that she'd had for many years. At one point, a 389 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 5: part broke off of it and it wouldn't work anymore. 390 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 5: She went up to the hardware store and this gentleman 391 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 5: came over to wait on her. She had put the 392 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 5: old sander and the broken part in a Lakewood church 393 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 5: bag that she happened to have at home. She pulled 394 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 5: it out and asked the man if they carried that part. 395 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 5: He looked at her very strangely and said, no, we 396 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 5: don't carry that brand. Then he reached up off the shelf, 397 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 5: got a brand new sander top of the line, and said, here, 398 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 5: I want you to have this. I'm giving it to you. 399 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 5: She'd never seen the man before. She said, what do 400 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 5: you mean you're going to. 401 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 4: Give it to me. 402 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 5: She said, yes, it's my gift. Take it up to 403 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 5: the counter and give them my number, five five five. 404 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 5: She went to the counter and there were several lines 405 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 5: with people in each of them. She was waiting at 406 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 5: the back of the line, and one of the checkers, 407 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,920 Speaker 5: a lady, looked over and said, excuse me, ma'am, come 408 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 5: up here to the front. I want to check you 409 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 5: out now. My friend pointed to herself, said you mean me. 410 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 5: She said, yes, you the highly favored woman. She got 411 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 5: up there and explained this man said he was going 412 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 5: to give me this sander. The checker said, I don't 413 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 5: know if he could do that. 414 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 4: Who is he? 415 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 5: She said, I don't know his name, but he said 416 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 5: his number is five five five. She said, he can 417 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 5: do anything he wants. He's the regional manager. Just before 418 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 5: my friend left, she said, why did you call me 419 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 5: up here in front of all these people? She said, 420 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 5: I saw your Lakewood church bag. I watch every Sunday. 421 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,159 Speaker 5: I know if you go to Lakewood, you must be 422 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 5: highly favored. That's what I believe about all of you. 423 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 5: The creator of the universe has put favor on you. 424 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 5: David On understood this principle. He said, surely goodness and 425 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 5: mercy will follow me all the days of my life. 426 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 5: He was saying, favor follows me everywhere I go. David 427 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 5: knew he had an advantage. He knew God would assist him, 428 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,439 Speaker 5: that he could expect preferential treatment. He was living with 429 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 5: a favor mindset. The truth is something is going to 430 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 5: follow you throughout life. If you go around thinking I 431 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 5: never get any good breaks, nothing good ever happens to me, 432 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 5: then defeat, lack, mediocrity will follow you around. But if 433 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 5: you'll switch over into this favor mindset, have the attitude 434 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 5: God's favor is giving me advantages. God's favor is causing 435 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 5: me to stand out. God's favor is bringing victory into 436 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 5: my life. When you live like that, good breaks will 437 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 5: chase you down. Favor increased promotion will be what's following you. 438 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 5: What would happen if we would get up each day 439 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 5: and pray this simple prayer from twelve to two. God, 440 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 5: I want to thank you today for an abundant increase 441 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 5: of your favor. Lord, I thank you in advance for 442 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 5: assisting me, for providing me with advantages, for causing me 443 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 5: to have preferential treatment. That's how you'll step into the 444 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 5: fullness of your destiny. I talked to a gentleman that 445 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 5: was in town for a job interview. It was a 446 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 5: very important position. Executives were flying in from around the 447 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 5: country to interview for this job, and he really wanted it. 448 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 5: But he told how he wasn't the most qualified, didn't 449 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 5: have the most experience, on and on all the reasons 450 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 5: why he shouldn't get it. And I told him what 451 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 5: I'm telling you every day, you need to speak favor 452 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 5: over that situation. Father, Thank you that your favor is 453 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 5: causing me to stand out. Lord, thank you that your 454 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 5: favor is shining down on me, causing them to want 455 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 5: to hire me. I saw him several months later, right 456 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 5: out there in the lobby. He was beaming from ear 457 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 5: to ear. I knew he had got the position, but 458 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 5: he said, Joel, it was the strangest thing. When the 459 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 5: executives called me in to give me the good news, 460 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 5: they were scratching their heads. They said, we don't really 461 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,959 Speaker 5: know why we're hiring you. You're not the most qualified, 462 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,360 Speaker 5: you don't have the best resume. There's just something about 463 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 5: you that you we like. There's something we can't put 464 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 5: our finger on it. But it causes you to stand out. 465 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 5: That's what it says in numbers. God will make his 466 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 5: face shine down on you and give you his favor. 467 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,479 Speaker 5: When you live favor minded, it's just like a bright 468 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 5: light is shining down on you. It will cause you 469 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,160 Speaker 5: to go places that you could not go on your own. 470 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 5: Other people may have more talent, more experienced, more education, 471 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 5: but the favor of God will cause you to stand out. 472 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 5: Now every day you need to imagine you're not only 473 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:01,360 Speaker 5: wearing a crown of favor, but God's light is shining 474 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:05,239 Speaker 5: down on you. You are glowing with God's goodness. You 475 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 5: are radiating with God's favor. Now get up every morning, 476 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,680 Speaker 5: expecting it and declaring it not because of who you are, 477 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,679 Speaker 5: but because of who you are. Remember, you've been born 478 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 5: into the right family. You come from a royal bloodline. 479 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,400 Speaker 5: And if you'll develop this habit of living favor minded, 480 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 5: I believe and declare God is going to assist you, 481 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 5: provide you with advantages, cause you to have preferential treatment. 482 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 5: You need to get ready. You're going to see an 483 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 5: abundant increase of favor. It's going to thrust you into 484 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 5: the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus's name. If you 485 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 5: believe it, can you say him in today? Well, we 486 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 5: never like to close our broadcast without giving you an 487 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 5: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 488 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 5: you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll repent 489 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 5: of my sins, Come into my heart. I make you 490 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 5: my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 491 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 5: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 492 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 5: Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's going to 493 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 5: take your places that you've never dreamed of. 494 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Joel Oustine podcast. 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