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We 46 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 6: love you and we know God has great things in store. 47 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 6: If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 48 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 6: by and be a part of one of our services. 49 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 50 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 6: Thanks so much for tuning in, and thanks again for 51 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 6: coming out today. And I like to start with something 52 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 6: funny each week. And I heard about this man. He 53 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 6: was in a dark restaurant and he said to the 54 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 6: lady sitting next to him, would you like to hear 55 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 6: a blonde joke? She said, well, before you tell me, 56 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 6: you should know that I'm blonde, six feet tall and 57 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 6: a professional bodybuilder, and the lady next to me is blonde, 58 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 6: six foot two and a professional wrestler. And the lady 59 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 6: next to her is blonde, six foot five and the 60 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 6: kickboxing champion of the world. 61 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 4: Now do you still want to tell me the joke? 62 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 6: He thought about it a minute and say, now, not 63 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 6: if I'm going to have to explain it three times. 64 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 6: All right, now, I'm married to a beautiful, intelligent blonde. 65 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. 66 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,119 Speaker 6: This is my Bible and what it says I am. 67 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do 68 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today I will be 69 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 6: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 70 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 6: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 71 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 6: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 72 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 6: to talk to you today about how twenty eleven. 73 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 4: Is going to be your year. 74 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 6: It's easy to get stuck in a rut and go 75 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 6: into another year coasting on auto pilot, expecting the same thing, 76 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 6: same problems, same struggles, same income, same. 77 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 4: Level of joy. 78 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 6: No, God is a god of increase. He wants us 79 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 6: to rise higher. Sometimes you need faith spoken over you 80 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 6: to ignite what's on the inside. And what I sense 81 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 6: in my spirit is that twenty eleven is going to 82 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 6: be an exceptional year, a year where you see promises 83 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 6: come to pass, a year where you accomplish your dreams. 84 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 6: It's going to be a year of surprises where God 85 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 6: amazes you with his goodness, and the year where you 86 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 6: overcome obstacles. You see breakthroughs in areas where you've struggled 87 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 6: a long time, seem like you just couldn't get ahead. 88 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 4: Now you need to get ready. This is the year 89 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 4: things are going to change. 90 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 6: God is about to release his favor in a greater way. 91 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 6: You've sown the seeds, you've planted, you've watered, you've been faithful. 92 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 4: Now you're about to come into harvest. 93 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 6: This is going to be a due season year where 94 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 6: you reap from the seeds you've been sowing. My encouragement 95 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 6: is get ready, expect God's favor, believe for increase, Let 96 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 6: go of little dreams, little goals, little plans. 97 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 4: This is going to be an above and beyond year. Now. 98 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 6: I know some of you have been in great difficulties, 99 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 6: but I can sense that a shift is taking place. 100 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 6: The winds that have been blowing against us, trying to 101 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 6: hold us back, those winds are changing directions. Instead of 102 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 6: blowing against you, they're going to blow for you. Instead 103 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 6: of holding you back, They're going to start propelling you forward. 104 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 6: Now I'm not just talking today, I'm prophesying. I'm speaking 105 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 6: victory into your future. These declarations are not just to 106 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 6: make us feel good. They are words of life that 107 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 6: have creative power from the most High God. That's why 108 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 6: when you hear this, something ignites on the inside, something 109 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 6: bears witness with your spirit. It's because you were born 110 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 6: to rise higher. You were created to live a victorious, 111 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 6: abundant life. Now you've got to rise up and say, yes, 112 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 6: this is for me. Twenty eleven is going to be 113 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 6: my year, I'm stepping into a new season. I'm letting 114 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 6: go of what didn't work out. I'm putting on a 115 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 6: new attitude, enlarging my vision. I'm going to go into 116 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 6: this year with a new fire, with the great your expectancy. 117 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 6: I'm gonna step into my now season. See, God's favor 118 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 6: is based on two things. Number one obedience doing what 119 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 6: we know we should do, obeying God's word. And number 120 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 6: two is based on timing. When it's your season, you 121 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 6: can't just sit back. You got to step into it. 122 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 6: I read about a baby locust. It's called a hopper. 123 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 6: Its wings are very small proportionate to its body, and 124 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 6: at first it can't fly, but it can jump two 125 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 6: hundred times its hype. The way it learns how to 126 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 6: fly is when it hears the winds blowing. When it 127 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 6: sees the treetops rustling, something in the hopper's natural instincts 128 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 6: tells it this is my time to jump. When it jumps, 129 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 6: it spreads out its wings. Even though they're small, they 130 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 6: catch the wind and that's how it learns how to fly. 131 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 4: But timing is critical. 132 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 6: It has to know when to jump, has to be 133 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 6: sensitive and recognize when the winds are blowing. Too often, 134 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 6: we miss God's best because we don't recognize it's our season. 135 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 6: For the last few years, for some people, it's been 136 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 6: a great struggle. They've been through difficulties, setbacks, they've made mistakes. 137 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 6: Now the problem is they can't hear the winds blowing. 138 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 6: They just look at their circumstances and they think, I'll 139 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 6: never get off the ground, I'll never accomplish my goals. 140 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 4: I don't have the wingspan that I need. I don't 141 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 4: have the talent, I don't have the education. I've made 142 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 4: too many mistakes. 143 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 6: What they don't realize is if they would jump at 144 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 6: the right time, when it's their season, they would catch 145 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 6: those winds that would take them higher than they thought possible. 146 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 4: The scripture puts it this way. 147 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 6: It's not by our might nor by our power, but 148 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 6: it's by the spirit of the Living God. One translation says, 149 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 6: it's by the breath. 150 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 4: Of Almighty God. 151 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 6: When you know God's breathing in your direction and you 152 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 6: dare take that leap of faith and say, yes, this 153 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 6: is my time. Yes I'm gonna accomplish my dreams, that's 154 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 6: when you'll feel a wind beneath your wings, a supernatural 155 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 6: left and anointing that will help you accomplish what you 156 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 6: could not accomplish on your own. I look up now 157 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 6: and think, how did I get to where I am? 158 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 6: My wingspan is not this big. I don't have this 159 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 6: much natural ability. 160 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 4: You know what? 161 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 6: This is God breathing in my direction. When I sensed 162 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 6: it was my season, I dared to take that leap 163 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 6: of faith, and I caught those thermal winds that have 164 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 6: taken me places I've never dreamed of. What I'm saying 165 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 6: today is the wind is blowing. This is your season. 166 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 6: This is your time to jump. This is your time 167 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 6: to believe again. That means you've got to let go 168 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 6: of what didn't work out last year. 169 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 4: This is a new year. 170 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 6: Quit focusing on what you don't have, and start focusing 171 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 6: on what God does have all power, He controls the universe. 172 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 6: He can open doors that no man can shut. He 173 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 6: can bring talent out of you that you didn't know 174 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 6: you had. 175 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 4: Don't miss your season. 176 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 6: Don't go into another year expecting more of the same, 177 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 6: making excuses as to why you're not growing, feeling sorry 178 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 6: for yourself because you had bad breaks, stuck in a rut, 179 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 6: coasting when you know you really should be stretching your faith. 180 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 6: David said, I have pitched my tent in the land 181 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 6: of hope. Let me ask you where have you pitched 182 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 6: your tent. Some of you need to pack up your 183 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 6: belongings and move out of self pity estates. Move out 184 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 6: of the nothing good ever happens to me subdivision. Move 185 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 6: out of Mediocreville. Can't do it, Vill, reach my Limitsville. 186 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 6: Now pack up your belongings. Come over into the land 187 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 6: of more than enough, the land of fore and beyond favor, 188 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:00,080 Speaker 6: the land of With God, all things are possible. I 189 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 6: can already, since dreams are coming back to life. I 190 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 6: can sense a new fire is being birthed on the inside. Friends, 191 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 6: what's in front of you is much greater than what's 192 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 6: behind you. The victories you've had in your past are 193 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 6: going to peale in comparison to the victories God has 194 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 6: in your future. First Corinthians two nine, Paul said, no 195 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 6: eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard, no 196 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 6: mind has ever imagined the things God has in store 197 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 6: for those that love the Lord. God is saying you 198 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 6: haven't seen anything yet. You think you're blessed, you think 199 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 6: God's been good to you. No God has things in 200 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 6: your future that if he told you right now, it 201 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 6: would boggle your mind. 202 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 4: You wouldn't even believe. 203 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 6: If you would have told me twelve years ago, when 204 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 6: I was working behind the scenes doing the television production 205 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 6: at my parents' church, that one day I would be 206 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 6: a minister in front of many people and we would 207 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 6: have our services in the former Compact Center where I 208 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,719 Speaker 6: used to watch the Rockets play basketball, I would have said, 209 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 6: you've totally lost your mind. 210 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 4: You need to go get checked out. 211 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 6: I could not even fathom that that's the kind of 212 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 6: things God has in your future. One translation says God 213 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,079 Speaker 6: has amazing things that he. 214 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 4: Keeps ready for those that love him. 215 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 6: I like that God keeps ready blessings, favor, promotion, healing, wisdom. 216 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 4: He's just waiting to release it to you. 217 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 6: We have a couple in our church, and a while 218 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 6: back they had babies, triplets, and when these babies were born, 219 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 6: they were very premature and they had to stay in 220 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 6: the hospital for a long long time. This couple had insurance, 221 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 6: but for some reason it didn't cover the total cost. 222 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 6: One day they got a hospital bill for two million dollars. 223 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 6: It looked like they would be paying on that debt 224 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 6: the rest of their life. The winds were definitely blowing 225 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 6: against them. The good news, God knows how to change 226 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 6: the winds, and this couple didn't get defeated and depressed 227 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 6: and start complaining. They stayed in faith. One day around Christmas, 228 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 6: the hospital called them. The man in charge said, we've 229 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 6: never done this before, but our board has just voted 230 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,199 Speaker 6: and we've decided to forgive that two million dollar death. 231 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:25,199 Speaker 6: What happened, The winds shifted. One day, they were in 232 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 6: debt over their head, looked like they'd be there forever. 233 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 4: Twenty four hours later, they were totally debt free. 234 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 6: That's one of those no I has seen, heard or 235 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 6: imagined blessings. Some of you think that your situation could 236 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 6: never turn around. 237 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 4: You don't know. 238 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 6: By this time tomorrow you could be out of debt. 239 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 6: By this time tomorrow. 240 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 4: You could meet the person of your dreams. 241 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 6: By this time tomorrow, that child could come back home. 242 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 6: God has blessings He's kept ready for you. My question 243 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 6: is are you ready? Are you expecting God's favor? Do 244 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 6: you believe that twenty eleven is. 245 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 4: Going to be your year? 246 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 6: In the Book of Deuteronomy, it talks about how if 247 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 6: we will keep God first place. His blessings will chase 248 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 6: us down and overtake us. One definition of the word 249 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 6: overtake means to catch by surprise. Now, I believe in 250 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 6: the coming year, you're about to see God surprise you 251 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 6: with his goodness unexpectedly out of the blue. You're going 252 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 6: to come into unuse your favor. I know a young man. 253 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 6: He's a student from another country and he attends our services, 254 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,559 Speaker 6: and he was having a problem with his v son. 255 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 6: When he went to enroll for the next year of school, 256 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 6: they told him that he could not finish. 257 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 4: Because of this problem. 258 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 6: He had already done his undergraduate work, now he was 259 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 6: working on his master's degree. He was devastated, looked like 260 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 6: his dream had died, and he did everything he could, 261 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 6: called everyone he knew, but nothing seemed to help. He 262 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 6: decided to go back and check with the school one 263 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,439 Speaker 6: last time. This time there was a different lady at 264 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 6: the admissions office. They got to talking and they found 265 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 6: out that they both attend Lakewood. 266 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 4: Let me tell you that's dangerous. 267 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 6: When you hook up with a Lakewood person, you might 268 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 6: as well get ready. 269 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 4: You're gonna get less. 270 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 6: She looked at his files and she said I see 271 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 6: the problem. Let me see what I can do. She 272 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 6: went away for about a half hour and came back 273 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 6: with a big smile. She said, we found a way 274 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 6: to enroll you, and we'll give you this letter that'll 275 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 6: fix your visa problem. He was so happy, had three 276 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 6: more years of college left. 277 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 4: But this lady wasn't finished. 278 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 6: She said, I have a fund where I'm allowed to 279 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 6: help students, and I've just gotten permission to award you 280 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 6: a full. 281 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 4: Scholarship for your last three years. 282 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 6: Now He's gonna finish it no charge. 283 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 4: Friends, God is a god of surprises. 284 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 6: You may not see how it could work out in 285 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 6: the natural, well, it may look impossible, but don't ever 286 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 6: rule out the God of surprises. One good break, one 287 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 6: phone call, meeting one right person, and everything will change. 288 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 6: I don't know about you, but I've got my tent 289 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 6: pitched in the land of hope. I feel an excitement 290 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 6: in my spirit. God has things in our future that 291 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 6: we've never even imagined. Some of you are planning ordinary. 292 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 6: God's planning extraordinary. You're thinking, let me just survive this year. 293 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 6: God saying I want you to thrive. Now, you've got 294 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 6: to get your expectancy up in the scripture, David is 295 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 6: called a man after God's own heart. He's one of 296 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 6: the great heroes of faith. What kind of attitude did 297 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 6: he have? How did he go around each day? He 298 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 6: said in Psalm twenty three, Surely goodness and mercy will 299 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 6: follow me all the days of my life. Notice that word. Surely, 300 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 6: he was saying, There's no doubt about it. I am 301 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 6: fully confident about what's following me. Goodness, mercy, favor David's 302 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 6: attitude in effect, where something good is gonna happen to me. 303 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 6: This is gonna be my year. I know God's gonna 304 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 6: surprise me. 305 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 4: No wonder. David lived a victorious life. No wonder. 306 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 6: He overcame his obstacles. He knew good things were chasing 307 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 6: him down. Some of you, if you would just change 308 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 6: what you were expecting, you would see your life go 309 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 6: to a new level. You're going to draw in what 310 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 6: you constantly think about. You know what's chasing you down 311 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 6: right now? Not defeat, trouble, sickness, lack, bad breaks. No, No, 312 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 6: You're a child of the most High God. You've been 313 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 6: crowned with favor. When you look in your rear view mirror, 314 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 6: you better get ready. You got a tailgater, something coming 315 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 6: at you at a high rate of speed. 316 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 4: You know what it is. Blessings, favor, promotion, wisdom. 317 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 6: Health, God has good things in store for each one 318 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 6: of us. 319 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 4: Well, you say, Joe, you're just getting people's hopes up. 320 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 4: You're right. 321 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 6: I want you to get your hopes up. You can't 322 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 6: have faith if you don't first have hope. The day 323 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 6: you quit being excited about your future is the day 324 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 6: you quit living. Too many people are going around breathing, 325 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 6: but they're not really alive. They're existing, not really living. 326 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 6: They died at forty five. We didn't bury them till 327 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 6: they were eighty five. 328 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 4: What happened? 329 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 6: They quit dreaming, they quit believing, they quit expecting. I'm 330 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,640 Speaker 6: trying to bring some people back to life today. I'm 331 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,719 Speaker 6: asking you to stir up your dreams, stir up the 332 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 6: gifts CODs put on the inside. Let me tell you 333 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 6: you have not seen your best days yet. You have 334 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 6: not reached your limits. You may have been through some 335 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 6: bad breaks, had some disappointments, but you would not be 336 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 6: alive unless God had another. 337 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 4: Victory in your future. Everything you've been. 338 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 6: Through up to now is to get you prepared for 339 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 6: this day. Don't sit around in self pity, defeated, worried. 340 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 4: Get your fire back. 341 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 6: You have seeds of greatness on the inside. You have 342 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 6: something incredible to offer this world. Those dreams may have 343 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 6: been pushed down by people treating you wrong, by mistakes 344 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 6: you've made, by failure or rejection, but you know what, 345 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 6: the dream is still alive. I'm fanning that flame right now. 346 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 4: Now. 347 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 6: You got to do your part and let go of 348 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 6: what didn't work out in the past and go into 349 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 6: this new year with a greater vision, with a greater expectancy, 350 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 6: excited about your future. I read a story about this lady. 351 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 6: She was losing her house. She'd gotten laid off and 352 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 6: she couldn't afford the payments, and unfortunately, her home went 353 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,640 Speaker 6: into foreclosure. The bank took it over and was going 354 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 6: to auction it. Often this lady had already accepted the 355 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 6: fact that this chapter in her life was through. She 356 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 6: was doing her best to deal with it down deep heartbroken. 357 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 6: She was a single parent mom. This is where she 358 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 6: had raised her children. Just to get some kind of closure, 359 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 6: she decided to go to the auction where the bank 360 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 6: was selling off homes, including her home. When she saw 361 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 6: her home up there on the docket to be auctioned off. 362 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 4: She couldn't help but to weep and weep. 363 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 6: A lady across the room saw that she was upset 364 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 6: and came over and asked her what was wrong, and 365 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 6: she explained how she was losing her home. This lady 366 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 6: asked which home it was, and she pointed it out. 367 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 6: When her home came up to be auctioned off, this 368 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 6: lady her new friend. She started bidding on it and bidding. 369 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 6: She ended up winning the bid, and now she owned 370 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 6: her home. She turned to the lady and said, I 371 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,919 Speaker 6: came here to buy my son a home, but I 372 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 6: know now God sent me here to buy your home 373 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 6: and to give it back to you. She ended her 374 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 6: the papers right there. You don't know what God has 375 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 6: in your future. You don't know the surprises God has 376 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 6: in store. It may look like it's over, but the 377 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,160 Speaker 6: good news is God always has the final say. It's 378 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 6: not over until God says it's over. Some of you 379 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 6: have been standing on promises for a long time, many years, hoping, praying, 380 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 6: believing that a situation would turn around. What I sense 381 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 6: in my spirit is this is going to be the 382 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 6: year you see those promises come to pass. Now, you've 383 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,639 Speaker 6: got to do your part and release your faith for 384 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 6: this year, not someday, not yes, Joel, I know in 385 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 6: the sweet by and by it's going to happen. No, 386 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 6: come into the now season. This year is going to 387 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 6: be a breakthrough year. Get that down in your spirit, 388 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 6: that child you've been praying about, it's not going to 389 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 6: be another twenty years. 390 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 4: It's going to be this year. 391 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 6: That business, that career that's been stuck. This is the 392 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 6: year it's going to take off. That addiction you've been 393 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 6: struggling with. It's not permanent, it's not going to be 394 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 6: there forever. No, this is the year it's going to go. 395 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 6: Will you let this seed take route? This year, God's 396 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 6: promises are going to come to pass. Well, you say, Joel, 397 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 6: I can't just make it happen. No, But when you believe, 398 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 6: when you release your faith, that's what activates God's power. 399 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 6: You know, the lady in the scripture, she had been 400 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 6: sick for twelve years, and she fought through the crowd 401 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 6: and she touched. 402 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 4: Jesus and immediately she was well. 403 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 6: Jesus turned to her and said, daughter, your faith has 404 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 6: made you whole. Notice God didn't instigate the healing the 405 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 6: lady did. When you believe, when you release your faith, 406 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 6: when you go into the year with a greater expectancy, 407 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 6: your faith can do the same thing. Get up every morning, 408 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 6: say Father, thank you that this year I'll break this addiction. 409 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,239 Speaker 6: Thank you that this year i'll meet the person of 410 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 6: my dreams. Thank you that this year I'll see my 411 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 6: health turn around. God wants to do something great in 412 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 6: your life, not twenty years. 413 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 4: From now, but this year. 414 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 6: Now, I've learned one of the enemy's favorite lies is 415 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 6: the situation is never going to change. 416 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 4: It's been too long, you're too old. It's permanent. 417 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 6: How many times have we all heard I'll never get well, 418 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 6: I'll never get out of debt, I'll never meet the 419 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 6: right person. Don't believe the never lies. Don't believe those 420 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,479 Speaker 6: thoughts that are telling you. If it was going to happen, 421 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 6: surely it would have happened by now. If God was 422 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 6: going to turn it around, You've asked him so many times, 423 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 6: Surely he would have done it by now. Now stand 424 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 6: against the lies that are telling you it's permanent, it's 425 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 6: never going to change. Now listen, it may not have 426 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,439 Speaker 6: happened in the past, but what I'm saying is it 427 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 6: can happen this year. God is still on the throne. 428 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 6: He still wants to bring that to pass. It's interesting 429 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 6: in the scripture. Many times when Jesus prayed for people, 430 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 6: he would ask them how long they had been that way. 431 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 4: He said the man. 432 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 6: At the pool of Bethesda, how long have you been 433 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 6: laden here? The man said thirty eight years. He asked 434 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 6: a woman that has all been over, how long have 435 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 6: you been sick? 436 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 4: She said eighteen years. 437 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 6: These parents brought their grown son to Jesus, who was blinded. 438 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 6: Jesus said, how long has your son been this way? 439 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 4: They said? Since his birth? 440 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 6: Why was Jesus so interested in the length of time. 441 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 6: Why didn't he just pray for him, heal um and 442 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,920 Speaker 6: move on. It's because he wanted to show us how 443 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 6: nothing is ever permanent. He wanted it to be forever 444 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 6: recorded so we would always know that it's never too late. 445 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 6: Even if it's been thirty eight years, that's okay. 446 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 4: This can be your year. 447 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 6: Don't write it all, don't give up, just keep believing. 448 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,199 Speaker 6: God is saying to us, I can still bring it 449 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 6: to pass. I can still turn the marriage around. I 450 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 6: can still bring the right person into your life. I 451 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 6: can still cause that property to sell. Stop believing it's 452 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,199 Speaker 6: not over until God says it's over. I met a 453 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 6: ninety four year old woman in our lobbies after service 454 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,159 Speaker 6: a few years ago, and she had just gotten married 455 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 6: to a younger man. 456 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 4: He was eighty eight. 457 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 6: I told her, you should be ashamed of yourself. This 458 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 6: lady was a breath of fresh air. She looked thirty 459 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 6: years younger than she was. She radiated joy and peace 460 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,120 Speaker 6: and victory. She had a great sense of humor. Her 461 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 6: mind was still so sharp. She lost her first husband 462 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 6: thirty three years ago. She always had a desire to 463 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 6: get remarried. She said, Joelia almost gave up, but God 464 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 6: came through. At ninety four years old, she was wearing 465 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 6: this real bright, colorful dress, and as I was about 466 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 6: to leave, I gave her a hug and said, you 467 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 6: know what I believe, when I'm ninety four, I'm gonna 468 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 6: look just like you. 469 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 4: She smiled and said, just don't wear the dress. 470 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 6: Friends, this is your year to see promis has come 471 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 6: to pass. 472 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 4: Stir your faith up. God is still on the throne. 473 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 6: He's going to surprise you with his goodness one time 474 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 6: in the Scripture, there had been a drought in the 475 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 6: land for three and a half years. 476 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 4: Was very difficult on the people. 477 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 6: They had to struggle to get water in their food 478 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 6: and supplies. One day, the prophet Elijah said to Ahab, 479 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 6: I hear the sound of the abundance of rain. When 480 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 6: Elijah said this, there wasn't a cloud in the sky. 481 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 6: It was just as clear and hot and dry as 482 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 6: it had always been, no sign of any rain. Yet 483 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 6: Elijah sensed in his spirit that something was coming. He 484 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 6: sensed that rain was on the way. He was bold 485 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 6: enough to announce it. I like the way he did. 486 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 6: He said in First Kings eighteen, Ahab, go enjoy a 487 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 6: good meal. I hear a mighty rainstorm coming. Some of 488 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 6: you feel like you've been in drought for a long time. 489 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 6: But just like with Elijah, you know what I hear 490 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 6: in my spirit the sound of abundance. I hear the 491 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 6: sound of things changing in your favor. I hear the 492 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 6: sound of relationships being restored, the sound of breakthroughs in health, 493 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:20,199 Speaker 6: in finances. My message today is very simple, Go enjoy 494 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 6: a good meal. Twenty eleven is going to be an 495 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 6: awesome year, a year where your see promises come to pass. 496 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 6: A year of no eye has seen, heard or imagined blessings, 497 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 6: a year where things have shifted in your favor. 498 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 4: Friends, God's going to surprise you this year. 499 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 6: It may get darker in the world, but that's okay 500 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,360 Speaker 6: for you and I. God's people is going to get 501 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 6: brighter and brighter. 502 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 4: And Elijah gave Ahab the message. 503 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 6: It was up to Ahab as to what he wanted 504 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 6: to do with it. He could have said, I don't 505 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 6: believe this, Elijah. There's not a cloud in the sky. 506 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 6: In other words, joel I don't think I'm gonna have 507 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 6: a good year. There's no sign of it. Business is slow, 508 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 6: my health, medical report doesn't look good. 509 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:05,680 Speaker 4: Child's still acting up. 510 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 6: Ahab could have looked at it in the natural and said, 511 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 6: I'm not gonna get my hopes up. Elijah doesn't know 512 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 6: what he's talking about. No Ahab dared to believe. He 513 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 6: put actions behind his faith. The next verse says he 514 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 6: went out and prepared a great feast. Don't you know 515 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 6: that took a lot of nerve to prepare a feast 516 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 6: in the midst of the drought. Other people complaining, negative, depressed, bitter. 517 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 6: Here's Ahab over here, celebrating. This is what faith is 518 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 6: all about. You can't wait to see it. 519 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:42,880 Speaker 4: Then you're going to believe. You have to believe and 520 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 4: then you'll see it. 521 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 6: I'm asking you to do like ahab, get your hopes up, 522 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 6: start celebrating what God is about to do. In other words, 523 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 6: start acting like twenty eleven is your year. Talking like 524 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 6: it's your year, walking like it's your year, Dressing like 525 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 6: it's your year, thinking like it's your Don't make excuses, 526 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,720 Speaker 6: don't come up with all the reasons why this is 527 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,919 Speaker 6: not for you. Be a believer and not a doubter. 528 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 6: Get up every morning and announce it by faith. Father, 529 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 6: I want to. 530 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 4: Thank you that this year is my year. Thank you 531 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 4: that this year you're gonna surprise me. Lord. 532 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,440 Speaker 6: Thank you that I'm going to see promises come to pass. Lord, 533 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 6: thank you that things are shifting in my favor. If 534 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 6: you do that, like the woman that reached out and 535 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 6: touched Jesus, your faith will activate God's power in a 536 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,120 Speaker 6: greater way. You won't have an average mediocre get by 537 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 6: a year, but you'll have a year of abundance, abundance 538 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 6: of joy, abundance in your hell, abundance in finances. 539 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 4: I believe in declare it's. 540 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 6: Going to be an exceptional year for you and your 541 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 6: family in Jesus' name. If you receive it, Can you 542 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 6: get the Lord one more shout. 543 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 4: Of praise today? 544 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 6: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 545 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 6: an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 546 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Lord Jesus, 547 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,920 Speaker 4: I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 548 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 6: I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you 549 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 6: prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 550 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 4: Get in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 551 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 4: He'll take your places that you've never dreamed of. 552 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 7: Thank you for listening to the Joelus Deine podcast. Help 553 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 7: us continue to share the message of hope with those 554 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 7: all over the world. 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