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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 27 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 5: Welcome to the Joe lous Deine Podcast. Help Let's continue 28 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 5: to share the message of hope with those all over 29 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 5: the world. Visit Joeloustin dot com slash give Hope to 30 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:36,919 Speaker 5: give a gift today. 31 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 32 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 4: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 33 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,119 Speaker 4: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 34 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 35 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 36 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 4: about this man that was out walking on the beach. 37 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 4: God said, son, you've been so faithful, I'm going to 38 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 4: grant you one special wish. The man was so excited. 39 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 4: He said, God, I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, 40 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 4: but I'm afraid to fly. So my wish is that 41 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 4: you would build me a bridge across the ocean. God said, son, 42 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 4: that's impossible. Think of the logistics of that. Now take 43 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,679 Speaker 4: a moment and wish again. He said, Okay, God, I've 44 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,959 Speaker 4: been married four times. All my ex wives say I 45 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 4: am so insensitive. So my wish is that I would 46 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 4: be able to understand a woman. I want to know 47 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 4: why they think like they think, why they feel like 48 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 4: they feel. There was a long pause. God said, do 49 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 4: you want two lanes or four lanes on that bridge? 50 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 4: All the men said, Amen, say it like you mean it. 51 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 52 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 53 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 54 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind 55 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 56 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 57 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about favor in the storm. 58 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 4: When we think of favor, we think of something good happening. 59 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 4: We received a promotion, we met someone special, the medical 60 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 4: report turned around. We know that's the favor of God. 61 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 4: But when we face difficulties and things aren't going our way, 62 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 4: we're still taking the medical treatment, our finances haven't turned around, 63 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 4: the promotion didn't go through. Doesn't seem like we have favor. 64 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 4: We have all these obstacles. But having favor doesn't mean 65 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 4: you want to have challenges. Favor is what's keeping those 66 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 4: challenges from defeating you when you're in a difficult time. 67 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 4: You may not see it, but favor is what's pushing 68 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 4: back forces of darkness. Favor is what's keeping that sickness 69 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 4: from taking your life. Favor is what protected you in 70 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 4: that accident. If you didn't have favor, you wouldn't still 71 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 4: be here. The enemy would have taken you out. You 72 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 4: may not recognize it, but you have favor in the storm, 73 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 4: Favor taking the treatment, Favor dealing with an addiction. The 74 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 4: scripture says God's favor surrounds you. It doesn't come and go. 75 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 4: It's with you in the good times and in the 76 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,679 Speaker 4: tough times. When the Israelites were headed to the Promised Land, 77 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 4: they came to the Red Sea. Pharaoh had just let 78 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 4: them go, but he changed his mind, and he and 79 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 4: his army came chasing them. The Israelites were at a 80 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 4: dead end. They had nowhere to go, and Moses held 81 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 4: up his staff and the waters parted. Those two million 82 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 4: people begin to walk through on dry ground. We look 83 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 4: at it today, and in hindsight, it's easy to see 84 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:54,559 Speaker 4: they had favor. The water's parted, But imagine being there, 85 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 4: having to walk between walls of water, not knowing if 86 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 4: at any moment they were going to collapse, holding your 87 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 4: children tightly, the enemy chasing you, closing in. It was loud, 88 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 4: people were panicking, all kinds of commotion. I don't think 89 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 4: they walked through calm and collected. They were nervous, afraid, 90 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 4: thinking of everything that could go wrong. What if these 91 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 4: walls of water don't hold up and we all drown. 92 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 4: What if we won't make it through in time, What 93 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 4: if the Phaiah catches us. There were a thousand things 94 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 4: they could have worried about. It wasn't until they got 95 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 4: to the other side, until they were back on land, 96 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 4: that they begin to rejoice. Then they knew they had favor. 97 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 4: The truth is they had favor the whole time, They 98 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 4: just couldn't see it. Favor is what was holding back 99 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 4: the walls of water. Favor is what kept the enemy 100 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 4: from catching them. When we're in the middle of a difficulty, 101 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 4: sometimes we don't recognize that we have f It's easy 102 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 4: to focus on all the things that could happen. What 103 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 4: if I don't get well, what if I can't find 104 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 4: another job, What if my child doesn't get back On course, 105 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 4: you could live worried, losing sleep, panic, or stay in peace. 106 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:20,679 Speaker 4: You have favor in the storm. God is pushing back 107 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 4: forces of darkness for you. He's not allowing the sickness, 108 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 4: the addiction, the trouble at work to keep you from 109 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 4: your purpose. There is a force working for you in 110 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 4: the middle of the storm that is greater than any 111 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 4: force that's trying to stop you. When you look around, 112 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 4: you may see walls of water, You see opposition, trouble, sickness. 113 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 4: It looks frightening, but keep the right perspective. It cannot 114 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 4: defeat you Like the Israelites. The favor God put on 115 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 4: your life is going to bring you safely through. The 116 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 4: enemy doesn't have the fine I'll say God does, and 117 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 4: what He has purposed for your life will come to pass. 118 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 4: No bad break can stop you, No sickness, no addiction, 119 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 4: no person. God is in control. Instead of being frustrated 120 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 4: by the problem, worried about your health, upset over the 121 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 4: bad break, turn it around. Father, Thank you that I 122 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 4: have favor in the storm. Thank you that favor is 123 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 4: keeping my enemies from defeating me. It's easy to believe 124 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 4: we have favor when good things are happening. What I 125 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 4: want us to see is we have favor when we're 126 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 4: in between walls of water. We have favor when enemies 127 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 4: are chasing us. Sometimes we're so focused on the threat 128 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 4: and what's coming against us, we don't recognize that without 129 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 4: the goodness of God, we wouldn't still be standing. The 130 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 4: Psalm has said, God has anointed you. He is steadying you, 131 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 4: making you strong, and your enemies will not get the 132 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 4: best of you. In the middle of that difficulty, you 133 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 4: need to remind yourself who you are. You are anointed, 134 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:13,119 Speaker 4: You've been handpicked by God. He's crowned you with fever. 135 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 4: He said, he always causes you to triumph. Right now, 136 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 4: he's steadying you. He's making you stronger. If you could 137 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 4: see behind the scenes, you would see him pushing back 138 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 4: the opposition. You would see him making your crooked places straight, 139 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 4: lining up the right people. Instead of complaining about the storm, 140 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 4: you need to let the enemy know you are not 141 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 4: going to get the best of me. You are messing 142 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 4: with the wrong person. You may knock me down, but 143 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 4: you can't knock me out when you come against me. 144 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 4: One way, God said he will defeat you and cause 145 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 4: you to flee. Seven ways. You don't have to live, worried, 146 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 4: focused on the problems, wondering why it happened. You know 147 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 4: a secret, you have fever in the storm. You know 148 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 4: God is fighting your battles. You know what was meant 149 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 4: for harm, He's turning to your advantage. Here's the key. 150 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 4: The enemy wouldn't be fighting you if you weren't a threat. 151 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 4: He wouldn't be trying to stop you, if you weren't 152 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 4: on the verge of something amazing. He knows you're about 153 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 4: to step into a new level. He knows you're about 154 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 4: to take new ground for your family. You're about to 155 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 4: come into your promised land. You're about to see something 156 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 4: you've never seen. He can sense God's about to exceed 157 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:40,839 Speaker 4: your expectations, so He's working overtime to try to get you. Worried, frustrated, 158 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 4: overwhelmed by problems, not expecting anything good or get ready. 159 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 4: Favor is about to turn things around. Favor is about 160 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 4: to catapult you to a new level. Favor is going 161 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 4: to help you break that addiction. Well, Joel, if I 162 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 4: had favor, why did I have these problems in the 163 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 4: first place. Favor is not going to keep you from 164 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 4: the storm, but favor will bring you out of the storm. 165 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 4: God wouldn't have allowed it if he didn't have a purpose. 166 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 4: We don't understand everything that happens. Sometimes life is not fair, 167 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,839 Speaker 4: but you have to trust that God knows what he's doing. 168 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 4: At the Red Sea, before it parted, the Israelites could 169 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 4: have thought, God, you said we were going to the 170 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 4: Promised Land. You brought us out of slavery. Why did 171 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 4: you change your mind? Why are you going to let 172 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 4: Faedroh and his men recapture us? Didn't make sense to them. 173 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 4: But God's ways are not our ways. When that water parted, 174 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 4: the Israelites went through on dry ground, Fairoh in his army. 175 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 4: The waters closed back up when they came chasing them, 176 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 4: and they all drowned. Sometimes God will take you through 177 00:10:55,280 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 4: a difficulty to get rid of what's chasing you. Make 178 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 4: it through the storm. But what you didn't need, what 179 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 4: was going to hinder you for years to come, the addiction, 180 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 4: the dysfunction, the toxic relationship. It won't make it through. 181 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 4: If those enemies had not drowned, the Israelites would have 182 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 4: lived with a constant threat that any moment Faedah and 183 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 4: his men could show up and try to recapture them, 184 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 4: and yes, it was nerve racking having to go through 185 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 4: walls of water. I'm sure they didn't like it, but 186 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 4: God had a purpose. You may not like the difficulty, 187 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 4: it may not seem fair, but you're going to come 188 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 4: out of that storm free from things that would have 189 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 4: held you back your whole life. God told the Israelites, 190 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 4: the enemies you see today you will see no more. 191 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 4: God is saying that to you. That addiction that's held 192 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 4: you back for years is not permanent. When you come 193 00:11:55,440 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 4: through the storm, you will see it no more. That sickness, 194 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 4: trouble at work, the loneliness is not your destiny. Breakthroughs 195 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 4: are coming, Freedom is coming, healing is coming, Abundance is coming. 196 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 4: What's trying to stop you is only temporary. Don't be 197 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 4: discouraged by the storm. God has you in the palm 198 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 4: of his hand. He didn't send you into the storm 199 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 4: by yourself. He's right there with you. The enemy cannot 200 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 4: take you out. God has a hedge of protection around you. 201 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:33,719 Speaker 4: He controls the walls of water. It may seem frightening, 202 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 4: but he's pushing back the opposition. Like the three Hebrew 203 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 4: teenagers that were thrown into the fiery furnace. He's the 204 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 4: fourth man in the fire. You're not in there alone. 205 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 4: Fever is in the fire with you. When those teenagers 206 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 4: came out of the furnace, unharmed, without the smell of smoke, 207 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 4: all their enemies had a new perspective. They knew there 208 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 4: was something special about them. They knew they were anointed. 209 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 4: The king even said, from now on, we're going to 210 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 4: worship their God. They didn't like going through the furnace, 211 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 4: but God used that difficulty to get rid of what 212 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 4: would have hindered them their whole life. God changed their 213 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 4: enemies mind and gave them a new respect. What you're 214 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 4: going through may not be all about you. It's about 215 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 4: God getting rid of what's hindering you. He's putting you 216 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 4: in position to reach the fullness of your destiny. And 217 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 4: the scripture says, do not be intimidated by your enemies. 218 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 4: Don't be intimidated by that cancer. It's no match for 219 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:46,959 Speaker 4: our God, he created your body. Don't be intimidated by 220 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 4: the financial setback, not having enough, lack struggling is not 221 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 4: your destiny. You keep honoring God being your best. You 222 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 4: will come to a point where you see that no 223 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,319 Speaker 4: more there is favor on your life that will cause 224 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 4: you to prosper. Even in a desert, you will flourish. 225 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 4: Even in a famine. You don't have to get out 226 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 4: of the difficulty to succeed. Change jobs, change neighborhoods, change positions. 227 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 4: You have favor in the famine, God will cause you 228 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 4: to succeed in the middle of the trouble. This is 229 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 4: what happened with Isaac in Genesis twenty six. There was 230 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 4: a great famine in the land. Isaac was going to 231 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 4: move away to a different country, try to get out 232 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 4: of the famine, find someplace where he could plant his crops, 233 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 4: have good soil and plenty of water. But God told 234 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 4: him to stay where he was, to not leave that place, 235 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 4: and God would bless him and his descendants. God was saying, Isaac, 236 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 4: you don't have to go somewhere to try to find favor. 237 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 4: You have favor in the famine. I'm going to bless 238 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 4: you los for you in spite of what the conditions 239 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 4: look like. Logically speaking, it didn't make sense. The ground 240 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 4: was hard and dry, not enough water to irrigate his crops. 241 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 4: Isaac could have talked himself out of it, but he 242 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 4: understood this principle that he had fevor in the famine. 243 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 4: He went out in the middle of the drought and 244 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 4: planted his whole field. I can hear his neighbors, the Philistines, saying, 245 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 4: what is this guy thinking? He is wasting his time? 246 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 4: Doesn't he know nothing can grow in a famine. Verse 247 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 4: twelve says that year Isaac's crops were tremendous. He harvested 248 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 4: one hundred times more than he planted for the Lord 249 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 4: blessed him and he became very wealthy. Notice he didn't 250 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 4: have to leave try to get out of the famine, 251 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 4: go somewhere to be blessed. He had fever in the famine. 252 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 4: God can increase you in spite of what's going on 253 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 4: around you. Don't complain because you don't have the job 254 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 4: you want, Joel, if my supervisor would give me credit, 255 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 4: if I could move out of this neighborhood, if business 256 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 4: wasn't so slow. There is favor on your life right 257 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 4: now to cause you to prosper. But as long as 258 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 4: you think you have too many disadvantages, you're waiting to 259 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 4: get out of the famine, then you'll start believing, then 260 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 4: you'll start being your best. That will limit you do 261 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 4: like Isaac. Father, Thank you that I have favor in 262 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 4: the famine. Thank you that you're opening doors no man 263 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 4: can shut, causing me to stand out, bringing opportunity. Thank 264 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 4: you that whatever I touch will prosper and succeed. Your 265 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 4: job is not your source. God is your source. He 266 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 4: can bless you in unusual ways. He's not limited by 267 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 4: your salary, by your training, by your experience. He has 268 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 4: ways to increase you that you've never thought of. He 269 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 4: can cause people to be good to you. He can 270 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 4: bring opportunity. He can give you ideas in creativity. A 271 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 4: man told me recently how he received an inheritance from 272 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 4: a family member he had never met. He didn't even 273 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 4: know they were related, they didn't have the same last names. 274 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 4: At first he thought it was a mistake, but that 275 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 4: one good break put him into overflow. He didn't see 276 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 4: it coming. God has some unexpected blessings, things you don't 277 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 4: see coming. When Joel, I don't know any relatives like that, 278 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 4: neither did he, but they found him. The scripture talks 279 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 4: about how when you honor God, when you keep him 280 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 4: first place, his blessings will chase you down. You don't 281 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 4: have to go after them. They will come after you. 282 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 4: But too often we're focused on the conditions. I can't 283 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 4: expect anything good. I'm in a famine. God is not 284 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 4: limited by the conditions, by the economy, by your job, 285 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,400 Speaker 4: by your family, by your training. He owns it all. 286 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 4: Like with Isaac, one touch of his favor will take 287 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 4: you and your family to a new level. The scripture 288 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 4: says Isaac's wealth continued to increase. He acquired large flocks 289 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 4: of sheep and goats and great herds of cattle, and 290 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 4: had many employees. This all started from him believing that 291 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 4: he had favor in the famine. He could have focused 292 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 4: on the conditions, lived with a limited mindset. I can't 293 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 4: plant here, I can't expect anything good. I'm in a drought. Instead, 294 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 4: he dared to believe, are you letting the conditions talk 295 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 4: you out of what God put in your heart? Thinking 296 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 4: one day when you get favor, when you're out of 297 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 4: the famine, when the company promotes you, when you get 298 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 4: the training. No, you have favor right now. Favor is 299 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 4: what gives you the advantage. Favor is what's going to 300 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 4: catapult you to a new level. Favor is going to 301 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 4: make things happen that you didn't see coming. A few 302 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 4: years ago, my sister Lisa and her husband Kevin were 303 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 4: going to sell their house. Typical houses in their neighborhood 304 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 4: were taking anywhere from six months to two years to sell. 305 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 4: They couldn't purchase their new house until they sold the 306 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 4: old one. They could have thought, too bad, it's going 307 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 4: to be a long wait. We picked the wrong time 308 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 4: to sell. Instead, like Isaac, they believed they had favor 309 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 4: in the famine, and they prayed asked God that their 310 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 4: house would not only sell quickly, but that they would 311 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 4: get close to their asking price. The first day it 312 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:56,120 Speaker 4: was on the market, a lady came in and said, 313 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 4: I'll buy it, and if you'll take it off the market, 314 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 4: I'll pay you more than you're asking for it. God 315 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 4: is not limited by the conditions. He's limited by our thinking. 316 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,880 Speaker 4: Why don't you take the limits off of him? Quit 317 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 4: thinking of all the reasons why you can't be blessed, 318 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 4: can't accomplish your dreams, why you won't get well, not 319 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,479 Speaker 4: meet the right person, you may not see away. But 320 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 4: God has a way. When you believe all things are possible, 321 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 4: Isaac was so blessed. The scripture says the Philistines became 322 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 4: jealous of him. The same people that were making fun 323 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 4: of him for planning in the famine, the same ones 324 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 4: that were telling him he was wasting his time, now 325 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 4: they were upset that he was being blessed. It's funny 326 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 4: how people that won't do what you're willing to do 327 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 4: will become jealous when you're blessed and they're not. You 328 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 4: dared to take the step of faith, You dared to pray, 329 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 4: to stretch, to plant, to believe. Now you're seeing an 330 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 4: increase in favor. Don't be surprised when the Philistines show up. 331 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 4: The naysayers are not happy when they see you rising higher. 332 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 4: They'll find fault, criticize, try to bait you into conflict. 333 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 4: Just run your race. It's not about you, it's about 334 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 4: the favor on your life. Don't let the chatter distract you, 335 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 4: the negative comments, the jealousy, the envy. You don't have 336 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 4: to answer to people. You don't have to prove yourself. 337 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 4: Stay focused on your goals, and God will take care 338 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,640 Speaker 4: of the philistines. God will take care of the opposition. 339 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 4: In the scripture, a man named Zaruba Bell was rebuilding 340 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 4: the temple in Jerusalem, it had been destroyed years earlier, 341 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 4: and a king had issued a decree to have it rebuilt. 342 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 4: Everything was going great, laid the foundation, built the altar. 343 00:21:55,600 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 4: Then the opposition came. People that didn't want it rebuilt, guarded, 344 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 4: bribing the workers, paying people to cause trouble, stirring up 345 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 4: all kinds of turmoil. Zeruba Bel could have thought, God, 346 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 4: I'm doing what you asked me to do, but I 347 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 4: have all this opposition. These powerful people are coming against me. 348 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 4: It didn't look like he had favor. It looked like 349 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,199 Speaker 4: his enemies were getting the best of him. But you 350 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,199 Speaker 4: can't see what God is doing behind the scenes. And 351 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 4: it may look like it's going to stop you, but 352 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 4: if you'll stay in faith, God will use it to 353 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 4: promote you. And the people opposing sent a letter to 354 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 4: their king lying about Zerubebel, saying, these people that are 355 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 4: rebuilding the temple are evil people. They're going to try 356 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 4: to overthrow you. They're not going to pay taxes. It's 357 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 4: going to be a big mistake. The king asked sirube Bel, 358 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 4: who gave him permission to rebuild it. He told the king, 359 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 4: we are servants of the Most High God. There was 360 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 4: a temple here built by an Israeli king years earlier, 361 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 4: and he issued a decree to have it rebuilt. The 362 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 4: king had his men searched the royal archives and they 363 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 4: found the decree. He called the opposition in and said, 364 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 4: do not hinder these people. Let them rebuild the temple. 365 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 4: Not only that, I decree that you are to help them. 366 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 4: You are to use my funds to pay the full 367 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,199 Speaker 4: construction costs, and you are to take them food and 368 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 4: supplies every day. They meant it for harm, God turned 369 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 4: it for good. You may have people and circumstances coming 370 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,679 Speaker 4: against you. God knows how to cause it to backfire. 371 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 4: They were trying to stop him. They ended up having 372 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:53,120 Speaker 4: to help him. Without their opposition, he wouldn't have had 373 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 4: the temple totally paid for. Not only that, they had 374 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 4: to bring them food every day. He'll prepare a table 375 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:07,120 Speaker 4: before you in the presence of your enemies. Sometimes he'll 376 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,160 Speaker 4: even have your enemies serve you dinner. I can hear's 377 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 4: the Rubi bel saying, can I get some ketchup with 378 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:18,120 Speaker 4: my French fries. God knows how to vindicate you. Those 379 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 4: people that are trying to hold you down. Stir up trouble, 380 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,639 Speaker 4: stay in peace. It's going to backfire, the Psalmist said, 381 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 4: the trap the enemy set for you, they will fall 382 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 4: in themselves. God is working in ways that you cannot see. 383 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 4: It may look like opposition. The truth is it's the 384 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 4: hand of God setting you up for promotion. We see 385 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 4: this with Joseph. He was betrayed by his family, falsely accused, 386 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 4: put in prison, didn't look like he had favor. But 387 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 4: all of that opposition, the bad breaks, the unfair situations, 388 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 4: that was God directing his steps. One day he saw 389 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 4: what had been happening behind the scenes, how the people 390 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 4: that had tried to stop him, how all that opposition 391 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 4: had moved him into his destiny. It was all divinely orchestrated. 392 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 4: When you face things that you don't understand, difficult challenges, 393 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 4: that doesn't mean that somehow you've stepped out of favor. 394 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 4: God's forgotten about you. It's a setup. It's all a 395 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 4: part of God's plan to take you to the next level. 396 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 4: Some of the things that are frustrating you, the people 397 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 4: coming against you, the closed doors, the disappointments. You may 398 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 4: not like it, but without it you couldn't reach the 399 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 4: fullness of your destiny. Job would have never received double 400 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 4: if God had not allowed him to be tested, go 401 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:52,159 Speaker 4: through it, versity and unfair situations. But he said in 402 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 4: Job chapter ten, I know God has granted me favor. 403 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 4: What's interesting is he didn't see things restored until chapter 404 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 4: forty two, right in the middle of the difficulty, when 405 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 4: it looked like everything had gone wrong. Instead of complaining, 406 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 4: he was saying, Father, thank you that I have your favor. 407 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 4: He understood this principle that he had favor in the difficulty, 408 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 4: favor when it didn't look like it. Sometimes favor is hidden. 409 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 4: You can't see it in the storm, in the betrayal, 410 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 4: in the loss. People could look at you and think 411 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 4: you don't have favor. You're struggling, You're still dealing with 412 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 4: that illness. Those people at work are holding you back. 413 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 4: It may look like you're stuff, but you can't see 414 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 4: what's happening behind the scenes. You don't know what God 415 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 4: is up to. Nine months later, Job not only came out, 416 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 4: but he came out with twice what he had before. 417 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,880 Speaker 4: What looks like it's going to keep you from your 418 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 4: destiny instead is going to launch you into a new 419 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 4: level of your destiny. Those obstacles are not going to 420 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 4: stop you. They're going to promote you. Now. Keep the 421 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 4: right perspective. You don't have to live worried panic because 422 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 4: you're in between walls of water. You have favor in 423 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 4: the storm, favor in the famine. Right now, God is 424 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 4: pushing back forces of darkness. Favor is keeping your enemies 425 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,400 Speaker 4: from defeating you. It may have been meant for your harm, 426 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:30,719 Speaker 4: but get ready, I believe and declare, it's about to backfire. 427 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 4: Like Zaruba bel You're about to see what God's been 428 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,360 Speaker 4: doing behind the scenes. People that were against you are 429 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 4: suddenly going to be for you. Problems are about to 430 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 4: turn around. Unexpected blessings are coming your way, breakthroughs, vindication, promotion, 431 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 4: healing the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus' name, and 432 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 4: if you receive it, can you say him in today? 433 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 434 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 4: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me, Just say, Lord, Jesus, 435 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll 436 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 4: make you my lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 437 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 4: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 438 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 4: in a good Bible based church, and keep God first. Place, Victorian, 439 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 4: I'll be right back to speak a blessing over you. 440 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 5: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 441 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 5: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 442 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 5: a copy of Joel's new series, Five Ways to Live Amazed. 443 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 5: You will discover that there is no limit to God's favor, 444 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 5: God's goodness, and God's blessings in your life. Get ready 445 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 5: to live a mazed today. 446 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 6: God has things in store for you that you've never imagined. 447 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 6: He can take you where you can't go on your own. 448 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 6: You may think you've reached your limits, but if you'll 449 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 6: keep honoring God, He's going to amaze you with his goodness. 450 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 4: The stream for your life is much bigger than your own. 451 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 4: Requests this resource. 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