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God is 37 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 6: counting on you to tap into his favor to see 38 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 6: the surpassing greatness. 39 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 4: Of His power. 40 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 6: This takes bold prayers. This takes people that will take 41 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 6: the limits off of God, people that are not intimidated 42 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 6: at the size of their dream. Hi, this is Joel 43 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 6: and Victoria. Thanks for downloading podcast. We enjoy spending this 44 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 6: time with you. I know you're going to leave encouraged 45 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 6: and inspired. 46 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 7: Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week, 47 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 7: and follow us on social media to stay connected. 48 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 6: We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 49 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 6: Enjoy the message. 50 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. 51 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 6: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 52 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 6: you're ever in our area, stop buy and be a 53 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 6: part of one of our services. These are the finest 54 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 6: people in all of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood, 55 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 6: So come on buy when you can. But thanks for 56 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,839 Speaker 6: tuning in, Thanks for coming out. I like to start 57 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 6: with something funny, and I heard about this man. He 58 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 6: called the church office and said, I want to speak to. 59 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 4: The head hog at the trough. The secretary was offended. 60 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 6: She said, if you mean the pastor, you're gonna have 61 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 6: to call him pastor, but you may not call him 62 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 6: the head hog at the trough. He said, well fine, 63 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 6: but I was thinking about making a five thousand dollars 64 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 6: donation to your church. He said, hang on, poor kid, 65 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 6: just walked in and say it like you mean it. 66 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. 67 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 6: I am what it says, I am, I have what 68 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 6: it says I have, I can do what it says 69 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 6: I can do today. I will be taught the word 70 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 6: of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my 71 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 6: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God, 72 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 6: bless you. I want to talk to you today about blessed. Indeed, 73 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 6: most of us believe that God has a good plan 74 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 6: for our lives, and we ask him to take care 75 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 6: of us, to protect us, to give us. 76 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 4: The food that we need. And that's good. 77 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 6: But God doesn't just want to do the ordinary, just 78 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 6: do what's common. 79 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 4: He has some. 80 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 6: Uncommon blessings, some unprecedented favor. 81 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 4: But here's the key. 82 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 6: If you're going to see the uncommon, you can't just 83 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 6: pray common prayers. 84 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 4: You can't just ask for the ordinary. You have to 85 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 4: ask for dreams that. 86 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 6: Look impossible, for increase that seems out of reach, for 87 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 6: favor to overcome obstacles that. 88 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 4: Look too big. 89 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 6: If you only pray small prayers, you're going to see 90 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 6: small results. If you only ask God to supply. 91 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 4: Your needs, it's going to limit what he will do. 92 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 6: And the scripture says you have not because you ask not. 93 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 6: How many of your prayers are going unanswered because you 94 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 6: never ask, You never had the boldness to say, God, 95 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 6: show out in my life, take me where I can't 96 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 6: go on my own. God open this door that looks impossible. 97 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 6: Heal me from this sickness that seems permanent. 98 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 4: Turn my child around. 99 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 6: If God answered what you're praying about, would it be 100 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,679 Speaker 6: big enough. One reason we don't see God do big 101 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 6: things is we only ask for small things. If you're 102 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 6: not asking for something that you can't accomplish your own, 103 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 6: then you're not asking big enough. 104 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 4: If it's not something that's. 105 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 6: Over your head, you don't have the resources, it's never 106 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 6: happened in your family, then you're not asking for the 107 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 6: far and beyond favor that God wants you to have. 108 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 6: Don't be intimidated by the size of your dream. God 109 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 6: is the one that put that in your heart. Those 110 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 6: things he whispered to you in the night you haven't 111 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 6: told anyone about it seems so unlikely. God wouldn't have 112 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 6: spoken that to you if he didn't have a way 113 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 6: to bring it to pass. 114 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 4: All he needs is for you to come into agreement. 115 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 4: Dare to ask him. 116 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 6: But sometimes we think it's selfish to ask for something big. 117 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 4: It's not right to ask to pay my house. 118 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 6: Off to own my own business to meet someone really special. 119 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 6: The enemy would love to convince us to only pray 120 00:05:55,880 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 6: little prayers and believe for small things. Don't fall into 121 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 6: that trap. Our God is an all powerful, awesome god. 122 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 4: He is not offended when you ask for big things. 123 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 4: He doesn't say, who do you think you are? 124 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 6: Don't you know there are a lot of people that 125 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 6: need my help more than you. 126 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 4: It's just the opposite. 127 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 6: That bold prayer gets his attention. That's your faith being released. 128 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 6: That's when he'll pour out blessings you can't contain. He'll 129 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 6: open doors bigger than you've ever imagined. And yes, it's 130 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 6: good to ask for our needs, but are you asking 131 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 6: for your dreams? Are you praying any bold, audacious, out 132 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 6: of the box prayers. Well, Joe, my needs are supplied. 133 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 6: God's being good to me. I'm content. 134 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 4: That's great. But how about asking God to bless you 135 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 4: so you can be a bigger blessing. 136 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 6: It's not just about you, But how about believing to 137 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 6: build that orphanage, to pay that single mom's house off, 138 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 6: to fund that food pantry in city, to advance the kingdom. 139 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 4: See a normal. 140 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,799 Speaker 6: Prayer is God, help me pay my bills this month? 141 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 6: A bold prayer is God, bless me with overflow, so 142 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 6: I cannot only pay my bills, but I can help 143 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 6: pay somebody else's bills. A normal prayer, God, just keep 144 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 6: my children out of trouble. A bold prayer is God, 145 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 6: let my children fulfill their destinies. Normal prayers, God, help 146 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 6: me to learn to live with this sickness, to manage 147 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 6: this pain. 148 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 4: A bold prayer his Father, thank you that I am 149 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 4: free from this sickness. That by your stripes I am healed. 150 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 4: That I will run and not be weary, that I 151 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 4: will walk and not faith. 152 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 6: The scripture says in James, you ask and do not 153 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 6: receive because you ask a miss. That word a miss 154 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 6: in the original translation means weak, sick, miserable. When we 155 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 6: just ask God to help us get by, to help 156 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 6: us endure, that's a weak prayer. 157 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 4: God is saying I created the universe. 158 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 6: I flung stars into space, I opened blind eyes, I 159 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 6: brought dead people back to life. When you come to me, 160 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 6: ask for big things, knowing that I'm a big God. 161 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 6: Ask me for your dreams. Ask me to bring you 162 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 6: out of debt. Ask me to accelerate your goals. Ask 163 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 6: me to show out in your life. When you ask big. 164 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 6: God calls that a healthy prayer. When you ask for 165 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 6: what seems impossible, that's when angels go to work. That's 166 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,599 Speaker 6: when chains are broken. That's when you'll come in to 167 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,959 Speaker 6: overflow into more than enough. Well, Joel, this sounds good, 168 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 6: but things are tough in my life. I have a 169 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 6: lot of obstacles. I'm just asking God to help me 170 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 6: make it through this year. Can I tell you respectfully, 171 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 6: that's a sick prayer. 172 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,479 Speaker 4: That prayer needs medication. 173 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 6: Turn it around, Father, thank you that no weapon against 174 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 6: me will prosper. That what was meant for my harm 175 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 6: good turning to my advantage. Lord, I thank you that 176 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 6: I'm not only coming out, but I'm gonna come out 177 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 6: better than I was before. That's a bold prayer. That's 178 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 6: what gets God's attention. Maybe you're struggling with depression. You 179 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 6: have to make sure you don't pray depressing prayers. 180 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 4: God, just help me to endure. Grandmother was depressed. Mother 181 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 4: was depressed. The dog is depressed. 182 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 6: I guess I'll always be depressed. Break out of that box. 183 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 6: Freedom begins when you start praying bold prayers. Father, thank 184 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 6: you that this depression is not permanent. 185 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 4: It is not how my story ends. 186 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 6: May have been in this family line a long time, 187 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 6: but this is a new day. 188 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 4: Lord. 189 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 6: I want to thank you that generational curses are being 190 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 6: broken and generational blessings are beginning. 191 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 4: When you ask boldly in. 192 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 6: Faith, declaring God's greatness, that's when he'll bless you. 193 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 4: Indeed, he'll make things happen that you could never make happen. 194 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 6: Could it be that you're not seeing God's greatness because 195 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 6: you're only praying weak prayers, You're only asking. 196 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 4: For the ordinary, the normal. God is moved by our faith. 197 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 6: He's moved when he hears you asking for things that 198 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 6: seem too big, unlikely, things you can accomplish on your own. 199 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 4: I know a lady. 200 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 6: For over ten years, her son was as off course 201 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 6: as can be. He was on drugs, and he'd stolen 202 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 6: her credit cards and ran up all kinds of debt. 203 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 6: He was constantly in and out of jail, causing her 204 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 6: heartache and pain. 205 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 4: Most people would have prayed. 206 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 6: God, just get him out of jail, just keep him 207 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 6: off of drugs, and that's fine, but that's a normal prayer. 208 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 6: This lady dared to pray a bold prayer. She said, God, 209 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 6: I'm asking that you not only get his life straightened out, 210 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 6: but use my son, let him impact others, let him 211 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 6: become a great leader. All the circumstances said it would 212 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 6: never happen. There was no sign of anything improving. But 213 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 6: one Sunday morning, while he was in jail, the inmates 214 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,119 Speaker 6: had the television on and they were watching our program. 215 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 6: He came in never planned to watch, but he heard 216 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 6: me talking about how God has a purpose for your 217 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 6: life and that no matter how many mistakes you've made, 218 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 6: that doesn't have to keep. 219 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 4: You from your destiny. 220 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 6: When he heard that, something came alive on the inside. 221 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 4: Strongholds were broken in his mind. 222 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,559 Speaker 6: Two weeks later, he showed up at a service at Lakewood. 223 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 6: At the end, he stood up and gave his life 224 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 6: to Christ. I saw him afterwards. He had tears running 225 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 6: down his cheeks. He told how his mother had prayed 226 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 6: for him for years, how he felt a love and 227 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 6: a sense of purpose that he's never felt before. 228 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 4: Today, he's the pastor of a church. 229 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,959 Speaker 6: He helps other young people that are in his same situation. 230 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 4: His mother is so grateful and so thrilled with what. 231 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 6: God has done. But I wonder where this young man 232 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 6: would be if his mother had only prayed weak prayers, 233 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 6: just help him get by, God, help him to not 234 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 6: be harmed, maybe he wouldn't be free. Maybe he wouldn't 235 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 6: be making such a difference. 236 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 4: What am I saying? 237 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 6: Pray bold prayers over your children, bold prayers over your dreams, 238 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 6: bold prayers over your finances. I pray every day. God, 239 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 6: take our ministry where no ministry. 240 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 4: Is ever gone. 241 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:43,959 Speaker 6: Well, Joe, isn't that kind of selfish, kind of greedy. 242 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 4: No, that's your faith being released. 243 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 6: That's what's going to take you to the fullness of 244 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 6: your destiny. 245 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,839 Speaker 4: Now I say this in humility, but. 246 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 6: We've seen God open doors that haven't opened for other ministries. 247 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 6: Television networks that have a non religion policy, they've never 248 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 6: aired inspirational programming. Now they air our program every week. 249 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 6: They break their own rules to put us on. That's 250 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 6: what happens when you pray bold prayers. I pray every day. God, 251 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 6: let my children go further that I'm gone. Let them 252 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 6: supersede anything that I've done. Let them impact the culture 253 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 6: in a greater way. Don't let those prayers go unanswered 254 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 6: because you never prayed them. You never ask for the uncommon, 255 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 6: the unusual. God said in Psalms, open your mouth wide, 256 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 6: and I will feel it. The principle is, however wide 257 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 6: your mouth is open, that's how much God is. 258 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 4: Going to fill. If you're praying bold. 259 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 6: Prayers, if you have a wide mouth asking God to 260 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 6: do what looks impossible, you're going to see him show 261 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 6: out in your life. But if you have a small mouth, 262 00:13:58,080 --> 00:13:59,239 Speaker 6: you're asking God. 263 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 4: To just meet your knee, just help you get by. 264 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 6: You're content with the status quo, then you're going to 265 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 6: see God's goodness in a limited way. Now, I'm not 266 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 6: discounting the small things God does. I thank him that 267 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 6: he woke me up today. I'm grateful that he supplies 268 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 6: our needs. I'm simply saying, don't stop there. Open your 269 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 6: mouth wider and ask Him for your dreams. Ask him 270 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 6: for that business, ask him to build that children's home, 271 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 6: ask him to free from that sickness. 272 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 4: This is the one time where it's good to have 273 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 4: a big mouth. Young lady came down for prayer a 274 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 4: while back. 275 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 6: She asked if I would pray that she would make 276 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 6: a c on her final exam. That struck me as 277 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 6: being odd. I said, why do you want to pray 278 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 6: for a C and not an A. She said, I've 279 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 6: never made an A in this subject. I'm not good 280 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 6: at math. I just want to pass. I didn't tell her. 281 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 6: I wanted to say, that's a sick prayer. That prayer 282 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 6: has the flu I wonder how many prayers are not 283 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 6: being answered for you, Not because God won't do it, 284 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 6: not because it's too difficult. 285 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 4: But you never asked. 286 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 6: You've never had the boldness to open your mouth wide 287 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 6: and ask. 288 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 4: For what you really want, not for what you think 289 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 4: will happen. 290 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 6: If you're single, it's not humility to ask God to 291 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 6: just let you meet anyone. 292 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 4: God. 293 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 6: They don't have to be talented, they don't have to 294 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 6: be attractive, they don't have to have a good job. God, 295 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 6: I just want someone that's breathing. You need to cancel 296 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 6: that prayer right now, because your next prayer will be, God, 297 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 6: get them out of my life. 298 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 4: If God answered what you're praying about, is it what 299 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 4: you really want? 300 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 6: What if God had somebody amazing coming for you, somebody 301 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 6: more than. 302 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 4: You could imagine. 303 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 6: But he says to the angel, hold off on that 304 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 6: a hold off on that awesome person. 305 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 4: They're okay with the C. Now you need to ask. 306 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 6: God, not for a watered down version of what you want, 307 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 6: not a get by version, and I don't deserve much. 308 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 4: Ask him for what you really want. Ask him to 309 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 4: bring somebody awesome into your life. 310 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 6: Somebody tall, dark, handsome, godly, will off, smart, talented, fun, 311 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 6: good looking. That's what Victoria did. I couldn't resist. She 312 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 6: forgot to add humility, though. But my question, how wide 313 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 6: is your mouth open? 314 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 4: Are you asking. 315 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 6: God to just supply your needs, just help you make 316 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 6: it through? God is saying open your mouth wider and 317 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 6: watch what I will do. I told that young lady 318 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 6: that I wasn't going to pray for a sea. 319 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 4: I was going to pray for an A. 320 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 6: Her eyes got real big. I said, you were to excel. 321 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 6: You have talent in you that you've not tapped into. 322 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 6: Now quit telling yourself all you can make is a 323 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 6: C and start thanking God for an aid. She left 324 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 6: there with a different perspective. She started opening her mouth wider. 325 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 6: She studied, she prepared. A month later, she came back 326 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 6: and said, for the first time, she made an A 327 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 6: in that subject. 328 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 4: Even her teacher was very amazed. It would have never. 329 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 6: Happened if she had not opened her mouth wide and 330 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 6: asked for what she really wanted. If you will break 331 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 6: out of the box and start praying. 332 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 4: These bold prayers, you're going to see some of these 333 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 4: first times for the first time. 334 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:48,199 Speaker 6: You're not struggling to get by. You have overflown for 335 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 6: the first time. You're not fighting the addiction. You're totally 336 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 6: free for the first time. 337 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 4: You have somebody amazing in your life. Tolive, Now do 338 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,919 Speaker 4: your part. Stop asking for a c and start asking 339 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 4: for an aid. 340 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 6: You are not inconveniencing God by asking big. It's not 341 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 6: like if he gives you what you want, then somebody 342 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 6: else will get left out. God has unlimited favor, unlimited power. 343 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 4: You're not being selfish. 344 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 6: Him helping you is not going to stop him from 345 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:23,199 Speaker 6: being good to others. The scripture says, it is the 346 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,880 Speaker 6: Father's good pleasure to give. 347 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 4: You the kingdom. 348 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 6: God wants to give it to you. Maybe he's just 349 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 6: waiting for you to ask. In First Chronicles, Chapter four, 350 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 6: it lists some of the genealogy of the people of Judah. 351 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:42,679 Speaker 6: It's just one name after another. This person was a 352 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 6: descendant of this one, and on and on. Forty four 353 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 6: names go by. Reading it, it is kind of boring. 354 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 6: Then on the forty fifth name, instead of just listing 355 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 6: this man and going on to the over one hundred 356 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,160 Speaker 6: names to come, the writer stops to give. 357 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 4: A brief description, as if to. 358 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 6: Say, this man did something significant. He didn't just live 359 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 6: and die and get his name in the family line. 360 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 6: He stood out. He did something worth pausing for. Verse 361 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 6: nine says there was a man named Jabez that was 362 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 6: more honorable than any of his brothers. His mother named 363 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 6: him this because his birth was so painful. Jabez stood 364 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 6: out first off, because he honored God in a great way. 365 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 6: He lived a life of such excellence and integrity. That 366 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 6: wasn't the only reason. The name Jabez means pain, sorrow, trouble, 367 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 6: And in those days, names meant much more than they 368 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 6: do today. They were like prophecies. They would predict what 369 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 6: would happen. The name Joshua means savior. Every time someone 370 00:19:55,880 --> 00:20:00,040 Speaker 6: said hello, Joshua, courage must have filled his heart. He 371 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 6: went on to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land. 372 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 6: The name Jacob means deceiver. Jacob lived a life deceiving people. 373 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 6: He became what he was named. Well, think about what 374 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 6: Jabez must have thought. His mother declared over him, that 375 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:21,360 Speaker 6: his life would be full of trouble, sorrow, pain. When 376 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 6: someone said, hey, Jabez, they were reminding him that he 377 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 6: was at a disadvantage, that he had had bad breaks. 378 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 6: If anyone's name in this genealogy should have been mentioned 379 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 6: and then passed right over, it would have been his. 380 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 6: But despite the odds being against him, despite what his 381 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 6: mother prophesied over him, Jabez prayed a prayer in verse 382 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 6: ten that changed the course of his life. 383 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 4: He said, God, I'm asking you to bless me. 384 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 6: Indeed, if he had just asked God to bless him, 385 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 6: that'd be one thing. But when he said indeed, he 386 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 6: was saying, God, I'm asking you to bless me with abundance, 387 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 6: bless me with overflow, give me so much favor that 388 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 6: I can leave my mark. I read where saying indeed 389 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 6: back then was like putting five exclamation points. 390 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 4: He was asking God for the unusual, the extraordinary. 391 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 6: Somehow he had the boldness to open his mouth wide. 392 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 6: He went on to say, God, enlarge my territory, expand 393 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 6: my borders. Think of the boldness this took. All the circumstances, 394 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 6: said he was stuck. He could have accepted it and 395 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 6: just been another name on the list. But the next 396 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 6: verse says, and God granted him his request. 397 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 4: He left his mark. 398 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,880 Speaker 6: But what's interesting is Jabez didn't part of Red Sea 399 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 6: like Moses. He didn't defeat a giant like David. He 400 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 6: didn't save the Israelites like Esther. There are not chapters 401 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 6: in the Bible dedicated to him. But because he prayed 402 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:08,639 Speaker 6: a bold prayer, because he said God bless me, indeed, 403 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 6: God paused the scripture and said, wait a minute, don't 404 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 6: just pass over this man. Don't just list his name 405 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 6: and move on. I need to say something about him. 406 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 4: He was unusual. 407 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 6: He didn't let the circumstances determine his destiny. 408 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 4: He asked me for the uncommon. 409 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 6: When you do like Jabez and say God bless me, indeed, 410 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 6: not a little blessing, not with just enough to get by, 411 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 6: But God blessed me with overflow, bless me with more 412 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 6: than enough. Take me where I can't go on my own. Then, 413 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:48,399 Speaker 6: in years to come, when someone is reading your family line, 414 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 6: you won't just be a name on the list. They'll 415 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 6: have to stop and say about you. 416 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 4: Wow. They were a difference maker. 417 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 6: They left our family better than we were before. They 418 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 6: took us to a new level. God doesn't want you 419 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 6: to live and die and nobody knew you were here. 420 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 4: The way to stand. 421 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 6: Out is number one, honor God with your life, stay 422 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 6: on that high road, break away from things that are 423 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,959 Speaker 6: keeping you from being your very best. And number two, 424 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 6: pray these bold prayers. Dare to say, God, bless me. Indeed, 425 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 6: don't be limited by how you were raised, by what 426 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 6: was passed down, by how unlikely your dream looks. 427 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 4: Have a big vision. Dare to ask God to do 428 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 4: things that seem impossible. 429 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 6: And all these people that were listed before and after Jabez, 430 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 6: I'm sure they were good people. I'm sure they accomplished dreams. 431 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,959 Speaker 6: Some of them must have prayed asked God for things, 432 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 6: but nothing is said about them. It's significant that God 433 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 6: paused the scripture to tell us that he prayed bless me. Indeed, 434 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 6: what would happen if every day we would start praying 435 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 6: God bless me. Indeed, God, enlarge my territory, expand my borders, 436 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 6: give me more influence, more resources, more opportunities. 437 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 4: Not just once a month, but when. 438 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 6: You wake up in the morning, Lord bless me, Indeed, 439 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 6: today at the office, under your breath, God bless me. Indeed, 440 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 6: before you go to bed, Lord, thank you for blessing me. 441 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 4: Indeed, Well, Joel, isn't that kind of selfish asking for 442 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 4: that much? 443 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 6: It's not selfish when you're asking to fulfill your destiny 444 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 6: to become who. 445 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 4: You were created to be. 446 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 6: The reason you need to ask is because there's an 447 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 6: awesome future in front of you, things much bigger than 448 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 6: you've imagined. 449 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 4: You can't reach your potential. 450 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 6: Pray in small prayers, believing for the ordinary, accepting the 451 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 6: status quo. God is counting on you to tap into 452 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 6: his favor, to see the surpassing greatness of His power. 453 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 6: This takes bold prayers. This takes people that will take 454 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,119 Speaker 6: the limits off of God, people that are not intimidated 455 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 6: at the size of their dream. Now, maybe you've been 456 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 6: praying for God to bless you. That's good, but I'm 457 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 6: asking you to add the Indeed, God bless me in 458 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 6: unusual ways. God, do something uncommon in my life. Show out, God, 459 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 6: I'm asking for your unprecedented favor. In the Scripture, Elisha 460 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 6: served the prophet Elijah. 461 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 4: For many years. 462 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 6: He was faithful to take care of him and to 463 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 6: go everywhere he went. When Elijah was about to be 464 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 6: taken to heaven. He asked Elisha what he wanted. You 465 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 6: would think Elisha would ask for something ordinary, something normal, 466 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 6: maybe for some time off, maybe for a monetary gift. 467 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,880 Speaker 6: No Elisha understood this principle. He knew how to pray 468 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 6: bold prayers. He said, Elijah, I want a double portion 469 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 6: of your spirit. He was saying, I want to do 470 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 6: twice the miracles. I want to have twice the anointing, twice, 471 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 6: the favor, twice, the influence, twice the resources. Elijah could 472 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 6: have thought, boy, you need more humility. You need to 473 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,120 Speaker 6: go back and ask again for something more common. 474 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 4: No Elijah loved his boldness. 475 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 6: He said, in effect, you keep serving me and you're 476 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 6: going to have exactly what you said. Not long after that, 477 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 6: Elijah was taken to heaven in a whirlwind. Just like 478 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 6: God promised, Elishah received a double portion of his spirit. 479 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 6: He performed twice as many. 480 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 4: Miracles as Elijah. 481 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 6: This would have never happened if he had not said, 482 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 6: God bless me. 483 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 4: Indeed, the indeed is. 484 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 6: To go places you can't go on your own. 485 00:26:58,600 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 4: You may be doing fine. 486 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 6: You are, that's great, but that's not your final destination. 487 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:11,120 Speaker 6: God has more in store, greater opportunities, more influence. Don't 488 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 6: get stuck because you're not asking James. 489 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,400 Speaker 4: Chapter five says Elijah was human as we are. 490 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 6: Yet when he prayed that it wouldn't rain, no rain 491 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:26,360 Speaker 6: fell for three and a half years. Sometimes we look 492 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,719 Speaker 6: at the people in the Bible and we see them 493 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 6: as superhuman. They had so much more faith than us. 494 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 6: God favored them because they were so special. But this 495 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:41,439 Speaker 6: scripture says Elijah was human. Well, of course we know 496 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 6: he was human. He was in an alien God was 497 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 6: saying this to show us that Elijah. 498 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 4: Was just a normal person. 499 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 6: He didn't necessarily feel special. He didn't walk around with 500 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 6: a supernatural glow. The reason we're talking about him is 501 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 6: he dared to pray bold prayers. He dared to ask 502 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 6: God for what looked impossible. But Joel, I'm not in ministry, 503 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 6: I'm not in leadership. I don't have a lot of influence. 504 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 6: You're right where Elijah was. Quit discounting yourself. Quit thinking 505 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 6: you can't ask for something big you don't have enough faith. 506 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 6: The requirement is are you human? Since you are, God says, 507 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 6: you can ask for things that seem impossible. 508 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 4: Now, no more weak prayers. No more sick prayers. 509 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 6: Start opening your mouth wide and God is going to 510 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:36,199 Speaker 6: fill it. 511 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 4: Every day. 512 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 6: Lord bless me indeed, now just bless me and be 513 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 6: indeed put the exclamation point on it. That's saying, God, 514 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 6: bless me with abundance. God bless me with overflow, so 515 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 6: I can be a bigger blessing. If you'll do this, 516 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 6: I believe and declare, like with Jabez, God is about 517 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 6: to enlarge your territory. He's about to do something you've 518 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 6: never seen, unprecedented favor, breakthroughs, opportunities, healing the fullness of 519 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 6: your destiny in Jesus'. 520 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 4: Name, And if you receive it, can you say amen? Today? 521 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 6: Well, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus. 522 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 4: The lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 523 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 6: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 524 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 6: into my heart. I make you my Lord and save you. 525 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 6: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 526 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 6: born again. 527 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 4: Get in a. 528 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 6: Good Bible based church, Keep God first place. We're excited 529 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,239 Speaker 6: about coming back to New York for our Night of 530 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 6: Hope in Yankee Stadium. 531 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 4: It's going to be. 532 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 6: A great night of encouragement and inspiration per special guest 533 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 6: Kanye West and the Sunday Service Choir. 534 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 4: Looking forward to. 535 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 6: Seeing you there May second in Yankee Stadium. 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