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It's a joy to come into your home. 43 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 5: And if you're ever in our area, please stop buying 44 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 5: be a part of one of our services. I promise 45 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 5: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 46 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 5: so much much for tuning in today, and thank you 47 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 5: again for coming out. And I like to start with 48 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 5: something funny in I heard about this old country cowboy. 49 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,119 Speaker 4: He went to church one rainy. 50 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 5: Sunday and the weather was so bad. Only he and 51 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 5: the minister showed up. The minister didn't know what to do. 52 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 5: He asked the old cowboy if he should go ahead 53 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 5: and speak. The cowboy said, listen, preacher, I'm not that smart, 54 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 5: but if I went out to feed my cattle and 55 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 5: only one cow showed up, I would sure feed him. 56 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 5: The minister launched into his sermon two and a half 57 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 5: hours later. When he finished, he asked the old cowboy 58 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 5: what he thought. Said, preacher, let me put it this way, 59 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 5: if I went out to feed my cattle and only 60 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 5: one cow showed up, I sure wouldn't dump the whole 61 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 5: load on him. Hold up your Bible. Say it like 62 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 5: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 63 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 5: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 64 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 65 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 66 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 5: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 67 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 5: will be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 68 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about making room 69 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 5: for increase. Before we see increase on the outside, we 70 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 5: have to make room for it on the inside. If 71 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 5: you have a small vision, you will have a small life. 72 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 5: If you think you've reached your limits and you'll never 73 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 5: get out of debt, you've gone as far as your parents. 74 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 5: That's going to keep you from God's best. Jesus said, 75 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 5: you can't put new wine into old wine skins. A 76 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 5: wine skin was a leather container. When it got old, 77 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 5: it would become hard and rigid, not able to expand. 78 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 5: And if you put new wine into it, when the 79 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 5: wine expanded, it would burst the wine skin. 80 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 4: God is saying you're not. 81 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 5: Going to see increase if you're stuck in old ways 82 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 5: of thinking. 83 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 4: If you think. 84 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 5: You'll never get out of debt, then you won't. If 85 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 5: you think your obstacles are to be than they are, 86 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 5: you are setting the limits to your life with your thinking. 87 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 5: You've got to give God permission. 88 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 4: To increase you. You've got to stretch your faith. 89 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 5: God has unlimited supplies. 90 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 4: The only thing. 91 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 5: That limits him is our ability to receive if I 92 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 5: had a thousand gallons of water to give you, but 93 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 5: you only had a one gallon container, the problem is 94 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 5: not with the supply, it's with your ability to receive. 95 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 5: If you'd get rid of the small container and get 96 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 5: something larger, I could give you much more. It's the 97 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 5: same principle with God. If we think the economy's too down, 98 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 5: I could never afford that house I really want. My 99 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 5: business will never expand I don't have the funding. I 100 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 5: don't have the people behind me. Now you've got to 101 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 5: get rid of that one gallon bucket, get rid of 102 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 5: that small container. The God we serve is a big god. 103 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 5: He has an ocean and unlimited sol apply. Jesus said, 104 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 5: according to your faith, it will be done unto you. 105 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 4: It's not according to God. 106 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 5: God has all the power, all the resources in the world. 107 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 5: It's according to what we believe. Second Kings. There's the 108 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 5: story about a widow. Her husband is dying. She doesn't 109 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 5: have money to pay her bills. Now the creditors are 110 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 5: coming to take her sons as payment. The only thing 111 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 5: she has of any value is a small pot of. 112 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 4: Oil to cook with. 113 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 5: The prophet Elishah showed up at her house and told 114 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 5: her to do something that seemed strange. He said, go 115 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 5: out to the neighbors and borrow as many of these 116 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 5: big empty pots that hold oil that you can possibly find. 117 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 5: He said, specifically, borrow not a few, get as many 118 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:55,239 Speaker 5: as you can. He was saying, in effect, don't short 119 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 5: change yourself, make room for abundance. She went out, and 120 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 5: can imagine she found five or six of these big 121 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 5: empty pots. 122 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:05,239 Speaker 4: When she came. 123 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 5: Home, Elisha told her to pour her oil into one 124 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 5: of the empty containers. Looked like she would just transfer 125 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 5: it from one container to the other, but the scripture 126 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 5: says her oil never ran out. She kept pouring and pouring. 127 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 5: God supernaturally multiplied it until all of those containers were 128 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 5: completely filled. 129 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 4: Here's my point. 130 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 5: She was the one that determined how much oil she 131 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 5: would have. If she had have borrored one container, she'd 132 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 5: had one full, she'd have barred ten. She'd had ten full. 133 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 5: If she had have barred fifty, she'd have had fifty four. 134 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,679 Speaker 5: It wasn't up to God how much she increased. God 135 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 5: has unlimited supplies, It was up to her. That's why 136 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 5: the prophet said, borrowed not a few. My question today, 137 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 5: how many containers are you borrowing? 138 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 4: What kind of. 139 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 5: Vision do you have for your life? Some people have 140 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 5: a barely get by container. They think, oh man, business 141 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 5: is so slow. I'm hoping to just make it through 142 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 5: this year. They've got a tiny little container. God says, 143 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 5: all right, I'll feel your barely get by container. Some 144 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 5: of you like this lady, you've got five or six containers. 145 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 5: You're believing to pay your bills, feed your family, have 146 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 5: a little bit left over. 147 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 4: That's good. 148 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 5: God will fill those containers. But some of you have 149 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 5: been coming to Lakewood. You are dangerous. You've got radical faith. 150 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 5: You don't have one, you don't have five. You're calling 151 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 5: home depot. I need a couple thousand empty containers. You 152 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 5: know God can do exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. You 153 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 5: know he's el Shadaye, the God of more than enough. 154 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 5: You're making room for far and beyond favor. You're positioning 155 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 5: yourself under the open windows of heaven. God is saying 156 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 5: you need to get ready. I'm going to fill your containers. 157 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 5: It may not have happened in the past, but God 158 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 5: has favor in your future. He has new opportunities, good breaks, 159 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 5: blessings that will chase you down. You may not see 160 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 5: how this could happen, but God has a thousand ways 161 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 5: to increase you that you've never thought of. God has 162 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 5: explosive blessings, blessings that can thrust you years ahead. 163 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 4: Like this woman. 164 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 5: God wants to bless you beyond your normal income, beyond 165 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 5: your salary, beyond your retirement. God can give you one 166 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 5: good break, one promotion, one idea, one inheritance, and all 167 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 5: those containers are filled to overflow him. Now make sure 168 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 5: you don't shortchange yourself. God is saying borrow, not a 169 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 5: few don't have a narrow, limited vision. You may not 170 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 5: see how it can happen, but that's not your job. 171 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 5: Your job is to believe. I know a man that 172 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 5: was believing to pay his house off. It was a 173 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 5: standard thirty mortgage and he had twenty three years left 174 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 5: in the natural. 175 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 4: There was no way he could do it. All the 176 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 4: circumstances said. 177 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 5: It would take him years in years. But he was 178 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 5: bold enough to do what I'm asking us to do. 179 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 5: Instead of thinking this is impossible, there's no way it's 180 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 5: going to take me twenty three years. Now, he'd go 181 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 5: around saying, Father, I want to thank you that you're Jehovah, Jirah, 182 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 5: the Lord, my provider. 183 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 4: I know my job is not my source. You are 184 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 4: my source. 185 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 5: It may look impossible, but I know you can do 186 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 5: the impossible. 187 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 4: He borrowed not a few containers, but many containers. 188 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 5: Several years ago, he received an inheritance from a family 189 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 5: member that he had never met before. 190 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,199 Speaker 4: He didn't even know they were related. 191 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 5: He was able to not only pay his house off, 192 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 5: but he paid a friend's house off as well. 193 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:55,719 Speaker 4: What was that explosive blessings? My prayer? God give us 194 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 4: relatives like that? 195 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 5: How you say, Joel, I think I should focus on 196 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 5: what God can do for me. That wouldn't be right, 197 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 5: That'd be selfish. 198 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 4: Listen to Psalm thirty five. 199 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 5: Let them say continually, let the Lord be magnified, who 200 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 5: takes pleasure in the prosperity of his children. They were 201 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:21,559 Speaker 5: supposed to go around saying continually, let God be magnified, 202 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 5: he takes pleasure in prospering me. I believe one reason 203 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 5: they were supposed to say it all the time is 204 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 5: so it would get down on the inside. When we 205 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 5: hear something long enough, we start to believe it starts 206 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 5: to affect our vision. Now, I wonder what would happen 207 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 5: if all through the day instead of dwelling on these negative, 208 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 5: defeated thoughts like I'll never get out of death, my 209 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 5: business will never expand how can I send my children 210 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 5: to college? It's so expensive. No zip that up and 211 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 5: start dwelling on. God takes pleasure in prospering me. Good 212 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 5: breaks are in my future. Explode, blessings are come in 213 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 5: my way. I have some friends that bought property out 214 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 5: in the country. They've had it for years and years, 215 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 5: and they hardly paid anything for It's out in the 216 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 5: middle of nowhere. Now while back, they got informed that 217 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 5: the state was putting a new freeway that would go 218 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 5: right through their property. They not only sold part of 219 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 5: that for a substantial profit, but now they have several 220 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 5: developers bidding on the rest of it because they're going 221 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 5: to have so much freeway frontage. Overnight, that property went 222 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 5: from being worth hardly anything to being extremely valuable. 223 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 4: That one good break. 224 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 5: Put that family at a new level. The apostle Paul 225 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 5: talks about this. He said in Ephesians two seven, in 226 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 5: the ages to come, we would see the unlimited, immeasurable, 227 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 5: surpassing greatness of God's favor. We need to start believing 228 00:11:56,040 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 5: for this far and beyond favor. Don't go around expecting 229 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 5: the same thing the same way year after year. Where 230 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 5: you are is not where you're supposed to stay. God 231 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 5: has new levels. Get a bigger vision. 232 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 4: It's like this man I heard about. 233 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 5: He was out fishing one day and he noticed a 234 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 5: man on the other side of the bank fishing as well. 235 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 5: And every time this other man caught a big fish, 236 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 5: he would throw it back in the water, but when 237 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 5: he caught small fish, he would keep them. This went 238 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,839 Speaker 5: on all day. He became so curious. He finally went 239 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 5: over to the man. Said, I don't mean to be nosy, 240 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 5: but I can't help. But notice you throw back all 241 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 5: the big fish and you keep all the small fish. 242 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 4: Why is that? 243 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 5: The man said, oh, that's easy. All I have is 244 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 5: a ten inch frying pan. It's sad to say, but 245 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,199 Speaker 5: there are a lot of people like that today. Instead 246 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 5: of making room for increase, instead of believing that God 247 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 5: can do something bigger, they go around with this ten 248 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 5: inch frying pan. It's been in their family for generations. 249 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 5: Mama used that frying pan, great granddaddy used that frying pan. 250 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 4: It's an attitude that says, I. 251 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 5: Could never afford that nice house, I could never attend 252 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 5: that college, will never be that successful. We always struggle. 253 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 5: We're just ten inch frying pan people. That's the way 254 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 5: my father was raised. All he was exposed to was. 255 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 4: Poverty, lack, defeed, mediocrity. 256 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,959 Speaker 5: In high school, he got the Christmas basket that went 257 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 5: to the poorest family in the school. When he was 258 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 5: growing up, all he could afford to drink was something 259 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 5: called blue John milk, real cheap milk, half milk and 260 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 5: half water. My father couldn't stand it. To make matters worse, 261 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,559 Speaker 5: His name was John, thought, why did they have to 262 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 5: name it my name blue John? Why didn't they name 263 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 5: it blue Bill, blue Mark. 264 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 4: Blue Lee Roy. 265 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 5: He was tempted to think that was his lot in life. 266 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 5: Every circumstance said he had a ten inch frying pan. 267 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 5: But when he was seventeen years old, he gave his 268 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 5: life to Christ, and something rose up on the inside, 269 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 5: a boldness of faith, a confidence that said, my children 270 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 5: will never be raised in the defeat that I was 271 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 5: raised in. 272 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 4: What was he doing getting rid of his ten inch 273 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 4: frying pan. 274 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 5: He went on to live a blessed, abundant victorious life. 275 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 5: No matter what environment you were raised in, no matter 276 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 5: what may be trying to push you down or hold 277 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 5: you back, God is saying I created you as the 278 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 5: head and not the tail. I made you to lend 279 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 5: and not borrow. I take pleasure in prospering you. 280 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 4: Friends. 281 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 5: God has some big fish in your future. Do yourself 282 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 5: a favor. Get rid of that ten inch frying pan. 283 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 5: Who says you can't rise out of that limit to 284 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 5: the environment, who says that you'll never own that home 285 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 5: that you really want, who says you can't send your 286 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 5: children to a great college, who says you'll never get 287 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 5: out of debt, You'll never meet the right person, you'll 288 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 5: never start that business. All it takes is one touch 289 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 5: of God's favor, get an agreement with him. God has 290 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 5: explosive blessings in your future, blessings that will thrust you 291 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 5: years ahead. Second Peter says to God, a thousand years 292 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 5: is like one day, and one day is like a 293 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 5: thousand years. I heard somebody say, if you will stay 294 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 5: in faith, God can take a thousand. 295 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 4: Years of blessing and release it in one day. 296 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 5: Are you bold enough to dare say, God, I'm asking 297 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 5: you to release any blessings that my ancestors may have 298 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 5: missed out on. Well, Joel, that's kind of far out. Yeah, 299 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 5: we serve a far out God. 300 00:15:58,840 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 4: I know this couple. 301 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 5: They bought a house in another state and several months 302 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 5: later they got a certified letter letting them know that 303 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 5: a company had discovered oil under the whole neighborhood. They 304 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 5: were offered an incredible contract not to sell their property, 305 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 5: but to just let that company come and drill on 306 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 5: a part of the property. Then they got a commission 307 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 5: off of all twelve hundred homes in that neighborhood. That 308 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 5: was years of blessing being released in one day. Well, 309 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 5: that would never happen for me. I never get any 310 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 5: good breaks. You're right, it's not going to happen for you. 311 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 5: Why a ten inch frying pan. 312 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 4: I'm asking you to enlarge your vision. 313 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 5: Believe that you can rise higher and not only accomplish 314 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 5: your dreams, not only pay off your house, but believe 315 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 5: that you can pay off somebody else's house. 316 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 4: Believe that you can build an orphanage somewhere. 317 00:16:55,840 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 5: Believe that you can further the kingdom in a greater way. 318 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 5: The God we serve is not a barely get by God. 319 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 5: He's not a hold on till we make it to 320 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 5: the sweet by and by. He is a more than 321 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 5: enough God, a running over God, and exceedingly abundantly above. 322 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 4: And beyond God. 323 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 5: The scripture talks about how God has blessings stored up 324 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 5: for those that honor him. God has contracts, houses, ideas, 325 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 5: good breaks that already. 326 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 4: Have your name on them. 327 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 5: They've been stored up for you. Now how do you 328 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 5: see them released? Number one by honoring God by keeping 329 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 5: him first place, and then number two by making room 330 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 5: for it in your thinking. You've got to believe that 331 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 5: something big is in your future when you take the 332 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 5: limits off of God and say, God, I don't see 333 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 5: how this could happen in the natural, but I know 334 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 5: you are a supernatural God. I know you have blessings 335 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 5: that already have my name on it. So Lord, I 336 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 5: just want to thank you for your far and beyond favor. 337 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 5: You live like that, and you will see God amaze 338 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 5: you with his goodness. And it's time for us, as 339 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 5: God's people to rise up as the head and not 340 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 5: the tail. It's time for us to rise up and 341 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 5: lend and not borrow. 342 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 4: We are not. 343 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,120 Speaker 5: Supposed to be second class and kind of just take 344 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 5: all the leftovers. 345 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 4: We are children of the Most High God. 346 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 5: In the coming days, there is going to be a 347 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 5: transfer of wealth, a shifting of large amounts of resources 348 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 5: into God's people's hands. If you will be faithful with 349 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 5: what you have and prove to God that you can 350 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 5: be trusted to further His kingdom, then you're going to 351 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 5: be a part of this transfer. 352 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 4: You're going to see unusual increase. And that's what this 353 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:54,199 Speaker 4: beautiful facility is. 354 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,679 Speaker 5: When they built it back in the early nineteen seventies, 355 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 5: they thought they were just building it as a arena. 356 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 5: They didn't realize they were building it for Lakewood Church. 357 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 5: It already had our name on it. This is a 358 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 5: part of that transfer. For years, Lakewood was on the 359 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 5: other side of town. We started off in small wooden buildings, 360 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 5: the original feed store. Then we went to metal buildings 361 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 5: and they were all right, but you could see people 362 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 5: kind of look down on you see us second class. 363 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 5: But one day we came into an explosive blessing. We 364 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 5: saw the surpassing greatness of God's favor. Now we're in 365 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 5: one of the premier facilities in all the world. That's 366 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 5: what God's doing. He's stepping it up a notch. You 367 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 5: need to get ready. There are buildings that. 368 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 4: Have your name on it. 369 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 5: There are contracts and good breaks, promotion ideas. Almighty God 370 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 5: has stored up for you. Now do your part and 371 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,439 Speaker 5: make room for it in your thinking. Victoria and I 372 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,919 Speaker 5: can look back over our life and see time and 373 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 5: time again blessings God had stored up for us. All 374 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 5: we did was dare to believe for big things. We 375 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 5: got rid of our ten inch frying pan. We didn't 376 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 5: listen to all the negative voices that tried to talk 377 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 5: us out of it. We didn't get discouraged when we 378 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 5: didn't see anything happening. We just kept making room for 379 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 5: it in our thinking. We've seen God's blessings chase us down. 380 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 5: When you have a big vision, you honor God with 381 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 5: your life, you won't be able to outrun the good 382 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 5: things God has in store. That's what happened to a 383 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 5: friend of mine. He's a member of Lakewood and about 384 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 5: ten years ago he started his business with just one 385 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 5: employee himself. Today he has a whole floor in a 386 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 5: downtown office. Recently, he was awarded a contract to build 387 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 5: one of the biggest refineries in the world, a multi 388 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 5: billion dollar contract from China. He told how he was 389 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 5: the least likely one to receive it. The other companies 390 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 5: that were bid were bigger, more qualified, more experienced. Some 391 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 5: of them had been in business for decades, in decades, 392 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 5: yet somehow God caused his company to stand out. Now 393 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,479 Speaker 5: he's seen as one of the leaders in the field. 394 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 5: That's a part of this transfer. Just like him, God 395 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 5: can cause contracts to come your way. He can cause 396 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 5: you to stand out. In the natural, you may feel 397 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,239 Speaker 5: the least likely, but with the blessing of God on 398 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 5: your life, the odds dramatically change. You and God are 399 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 5: a majority. You need to get ready. There's going to 400 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 5: be an explosion of God's goodness. It's going to be 401 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 5: far and beyond anything you've ever seen before. What is that. 402 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 5: It's what Paul talked about, the unlimited, immeasurable, surpassing greatness 403 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 5: of God's favor. Here's how Proverbs thirteen twenty two puts it. 404 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 5: The wealth of the ungodly will eventually find its way 405 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 5: into the hand of. 406 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 4: The righteous, for whom it has been laid. 407 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 5: Up for notice, God has already laid up contracts, houses, businesses, promotions, 408 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 5: good breaks. They already have your name on them, and 409 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:18,360 Speaker 5: if you'll keep honoring God making room for it, then 410 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 5: eventually they will find their way into your hands, the 411 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 5: hands of the righteous. That means right now, something is 412 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 5: looking for you, not bad breaks, not disappointments, not lack, 413 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 5: not mediocrity. You are the righteous. Increases looking for you. 414 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 5: Favor is looking for you. Good breaks are looking for you. 415 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 5: My question, are you making room for it? Are you 416 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 5: gathering up enough empty containers to receive it? You've got 417 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 5: to take the limits off of God, get rid of 418 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:52,880 Speaker 5: any old wine skins that are telling you you've gone 419 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 5: as far as you can you. 420 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 4: Never get any good breaks. This sounds good today, but 421 00:22:58,359 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 4: this is not for you. This is forever. 422 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 5: Everybody else. You've made too many mistakes. You come from 423 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 5: the wrong family. There will always be voices that try 424 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 5: to talk you out of it. When you look at 425 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 5: it in the natural, your own thoughts may tell you 426 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 5: it's impossible, there's no way. But this is what faith 427 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 5: is all about. You have to believe it before you 428 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 5: see it. You've got to go around knowing that Almighty 429 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 5: God puts something on you. 430 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 4: You have an advantage. It's his favor. It causes you. 431 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 5: To stand out, It causes people to be good to you. 432 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 5: It puts you at the right place at the right time. 433 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 5: It may look impossible, but don't ever. 434 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 4: Rule out the favor of God. 435 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 5: Isaiah said, Arise, shine, for the glory. 436 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 4: Of the Lord is upon you. 437 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 5: It doesn't say that it's going to come on you 438 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 5: one day, maybe when the economy gets better, when you 439 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 5: graduate from college, when you get that good break. 440 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 4: No, it says God's glory is already on you. 441 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:05,920 Speaker 5: And the word glory in the original language indicates God's favor, 442 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 5: God's blessing, and God's splendor is on you in a 443 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 5: heavy way. It indicates weight. If you're going to make 444 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 5: room for increase. 445 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 4: You have to have the right image. 446 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 5: You are not less than intimidated weak. You are heavy 447 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 5: with God's favor. You are dripping with God's goodness. Our 448 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 5: attitude should be there's no telling what's in my future. 449 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 5: I am weighted down, not with burdens, not with problems. 450 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 5: I am weighted down with the favor of God. And 451 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 5: when you really understand that you are heavy with favor, 452 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 5: then it's easy to be heavy with expectation. It's easy 453 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 5: to believe for big things when you know God has 454 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 5: favored you in a big way. There's a couple that 455 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 5: attends Lakewood and they were believing to have a child 456 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 5: for a long time, with no success. The lady finally 457 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 5: became pregnant with triplets. They were very excited, very grateful. 458 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 5: She had complications during the pregnancy and had to be 459 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,479 Speaker 5: admitted to the hospital. When the babies were born, they 460 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 5: were very premature. They had to stay in the hospital 461 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 5: for nearly six months. The doctors weren't even sure they 462 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 5: were going to make it, but with much prayer and 463 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 5: God's goodness and great care, eventually they were able. 464 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 4: To go home, healthy and home. 465 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 5: These parents had insurance for part of the medical cost, 466 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 5: but not all of it. Three months later, they got 467 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 5: a bill from the hospital for two million dollars. They 468 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 5: didn't know that's what they thought. They didn't know how 469 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 5: they could pay that. It looked like they could be 470 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 5: paying that off. 471 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 4: Their whole lifetime. 472 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 5: If they didn't get discouraged, they didn't start complaining. 473 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 4: Their attitude was God, our life. 474 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 5: Is in your hands. You've given us these beautiful bays bbes. 475 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 5: We know you can make a way where. 476 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 4: There is no way. They stayed in faith. 477 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 5: When the lady was in the hospital and wasn't able 478 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 5: to attend our services, they would always send their tithes 479 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 5: and offerings in faithful people honoring God didn't want to 480 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 5: miss an opportunity to give. One day, the administrator of 481 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,159 Speaker 5: the hospital called said, We've never done this before, but 482 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 5: we've decided to cancel your two million dollar death. 483 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 4: You know what, that was heavy favor. 484 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:37,400 Speaker 5: That was the surpassing greatness of God's power. I'm asking 485 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 5: you to believe for some of these explosive blessings. Stretch 486 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:46,400 Speaker 5: your faith, not just making room for God to get 487 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 5: you through this year. 488 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 4: God to help you survive. 489 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 5: God wants to catapult you to a new level Like 490 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,160 Speaker 5: this couple, One good break and you're totally out of death. 491 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,679 Speaker 5: One person in your career takes off cut your God's 492 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 5: favor in your fifty years down the road. Now, don't 493 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 5: go around thinking, Wow, this never happens for me. I 494 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,639 Speaker 5: never get any good breaks. Know all through the day, Father, 495 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,159 Speaker 5: I know you take pleasure in prospering me. I know 496 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 5: I'm heavy with your favor. You told the widow to 497 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 5: borrow not a few, So God, I take the limits 498 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 5: off of you. And I make room for you to 499 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 5: do something big in my life. I arise, shine, I 500 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 5: know your glory is upon me. You have that kind 501 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,880 Speaker 5: of attitude, and you won't be able to. 502 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:33,360 Speaker 4: Outrun God's goodness. 503 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,679 Speaker 5: And when I look out at you today, not with 504 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,120 Speaker 5: my physical eyes, but through my eyes of faith, can 505 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 5: I tell you you are heavy? Not heavy with problems, 506 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 5: not heavy with burdens. You are heavy with God's favor. 507 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 5: You are dripping with God's goodness. 508 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 4: Now, if you happen to. 509 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 5: Have come in here with a ten inch frying pan, 510 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 5: do me a favor. 511 00:27:58,320 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 4: Drop it off at the door before you. 512 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 5: We'll take you back to Walmart for you. You go 513 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 5: out of here with a big vision, take the limits 514 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 5: off of God. If you will make room for his increase, 515 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:16,679 Speaker 5: then I believe in declare You're going to see explosive blessings. 516 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 4: Far and beyond favor. 517 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 5: You will accomplish your dreams, overcome your obstacles, and become 518 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 5: everything God's created you to be in Jesus' name. If 519 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 5: you receive it, can you give the Lord a shat 520 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 5: of praise today? We never like to close our broadcast 521 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 5: without giving you an opportunity to. 522 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,880 Speaker 4: Make Jesus, the Lord of your life. Would you pray 523 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 4: with me? 524 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 525 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 5: into my heart. 526 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 4: I make you my Lord and savior. 527 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 528 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 5: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 529 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 5: Keep God first place. 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