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Speaker 6: You can't reach your potential. Pray in small prayers, believe
Speaker 6: in for the ordinary, accepting the status quo. God is
Speaker 6: counting on you to tap into his favor to see
Speaker 6: the surpassing greatness.
Speaker 4: Of His power.
Speaker 6: This takes bold prayers. This takes people that will take
Speaker 6: the limits off of God, people that are not intimidated
Speaker 6: at the size of their dream. Hi, this is Joel
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Speaker 6: tuning in, Thanks for coming out. I like to start
Speaker 6: with something funny, and I heard about this man. He
Speaker 6: called the church office and said, I want to speak to.
Speaker 4: The head hog at the trough. The secretary was offended.
Speaker 6: She said, if you mean the pastor, you're gonna have
Speaker 6: to call him pastor, but you may not call him
Speaker 6: the head hog at the trough. He said, well fine,
Speaker 6: but I was thinking about making a five thousand dollars
Speaker 6: donation to your church. He said, hang on, poor kid,
Speaker 6: just walked in and say it like you mean it.
Speaker 4: This is my Bible.
Speaker 6: I am what it says, I am, I have what
Speaker 6: it says I have, I can do what it says
Speaker 6: I can do today. I will be taught the word
Speaker 6: of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my
Speaker 6: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God,
Speaker 6: bless you. I want to talk to you today about blessed. Indeed,
Speaker 6: most of us believe that God has a good plan
Speaker 6: for our lives, and we ask him to take care
Speaker 6: of us, to protect us, to give us.
Speaker 4: The food that we need. And that's good.
Speaker 6: But God doesn't just want to do the ordinary, just
Speaker 6: do what's common.
Speaker 4: He has some.
Speaker 6: Uncommon blessings, some unprecedented favor.
Speaker 4: But here's the key.
Speaker 6: If you're going to see the uncommon, you can't just
Speaker 6: pray common prayers.
Speaker 4: You can't just ask for the ordinary. You have to
Speaker 4: ask for dreams that.
Speaker 6: Look impossible, for increase that seems out of reach, for
Speaker 6: favor to overcome obstacles that.
Speaker 4: Look too big.
Speaker 6: If you only pray small prayers, you're going to see
Speaker 6: small results. If you only ask God to supply.
Speaker 4: Your needs, it's going to limit what he will do.
Speaker 6: And the scripture says you have not because you ask not.
Speaker 6: How many of your prayers are going unanswered because you
Speaker 6: never ask, You never had the boldness to say, God,
Speaker 6: show out in my life, take me where I can't
Speaker 6: go on my own. God open this door that looks impossible.
Speaker 6: Heal me from this sickness that seems permanent.
Speaker 4: Turn my child around.
Speaker 6: If God answered what you're praying about, would it be
Speaker 6: big enough. One reason we don't see God do big
Speaker 6: things is we only ask for small things. If you're
Speaker 6: not asking for something that you can't accomplish your own,
Speaker 6: then you're not asking big enough.
Speaker 4: If it's not something that's.
Speaker 6: Over your head, you don't have the resources, it's never
Speaker 6: happened in your family, then you're not asking for the
Speaker 6: far and beyond favor that God wants you to have.
Speaker 6: Don't be intimidated by the size of your dream. God
Speaker 6: is the one that put that in your heart. Those
Speaker 6: things he whispered to you in the night you haven't
Speaker 6: told anyone about it seems so unlikely. God wouldn't have
Speaker 6: spoken that to you if he didn't have a way
Speaker 6: to bring it to pass.
Speaker 4: All he needs is for you to come into agreement.
Speaker 4: Dare to ask him.
Speaker 6: But sometimes we think it's selfish to ask for something big.
Speaker 4: It's not right to ask to pay my house.
Speaker 6: Off to own my own business to meet someone really special.
Speaker 6: The enemy would love to convince us to only pray
Speaker 6: little prayers and believe for small things. Don't fall into
Speaker 6: that trap. Our God is an all powerful, awesome god.
Speaker 4: He is not offended when you ask for big things.
Speaker 4: He doesn't say, who do you think you are?
Speaker 6: Don't you know there are a lot of people that
Speaker 6: need my help more than you.
Speaker 4: It's just the opposite.
Speaker 6: That bold prayer gets his attention. That's your faith being released.
Speaker 6: That's when he'll pour out blessings you can't contain. He'll
Speaker 6: open doors bigger than you've ever imagined. And yes, it's
Speaker 6: good to ask for our needs, but are you asking
Speaker 6: for your dreams? Are you praying any bold, audacious, out
Speaker 6: of the box prayers. Well, Joe, my needs are supplied.
Speaker 6: God's being good to me. I'm content.
Speaker 4: That's great. But how about asking God to bless you
Speaker 4: so you can be a bigger blessing.
Speaker 6: It's not just about you, But how about believing to
Speaker 6: build that orphanage, to pay that single mom's house off,
Speaker 6: to fund that food pantry in city, to advance the kingdom.
Speaker 4: See a normal.
Speaker 6: Prayer is God, help me pay my bills this month?
Speaker 6: A bold prayer is God, bless me with overflow, so
Speaker 6: I cannot only pay my bills, but I can help
Speaker 6: pay somebody else's bills. A normal prayer, God, just keep
Speaker 6: my children out of trouble. A bold prayer is God,
Speaker 6: let my children fulfill their destinies. Normal prayers, God, help
Speaker 6: me to learn to live with this sickness, to manage
Speaker 6: this pain.
Speaker 4: A bold prayer his Father, thank you that I am
Speaker 4: free from this sickness. That by your stripes I am healed.
Speaker 4: That I will run and not be weary, that I
Speaker 4: will walk and not faith.
Speaker 6: The scripture says in James, you ask and do not
Speaker 6: receive because you ask a miss. That word a miss
Speaker 6: in the original translation means weak, sick, miserable. When we
Speaker 6: just ask God to help us get by, to help
Speaker 6: us endure, that's a weak prayer.
Speaker 4: God is saying I created the universe.
Speaker 6: I flung stars into space, I opened blind eyes, I
Speaker 6: brought dead people back to life. When you come to me,
Speaker 6: ask for big things, knowing that I'm a big God.
Speaker 6: Ask me for your dreams. Ask me to bring you
Speaker 6: out of debt. Ask me to accelerate your goals. Ask
Speaker 6: me to show out in your life. When you ask big.
Speaker 6: God calls that a healthy prayer. When you ask for
Speaker 6: what seems impossible, that's when angels go to work. That's
Speaker 6: when chains are broken. That's when you'll come in to
Speaker 6: overflow into more than enough. Well, Joel, this sounds good,
Speaker 6: but things are tough in my life. I have a
Speaker 6: lot of obstacles. I'm just asking God to help me
Speaker 6: make it through this year. Can I tell you respectfully,
Speaker 6: that's a sick prayer.
Speaker 4: That prayer needs medication.
Speaker 6: Turn it around, Father, thank you that no weapon against
Speaker 6: me will prosper. That what was meant for my harm
Speaker 6: good turning to my advantage. Lord, I thank you that
Speaker 6: I'm not only coming out, but I'm gonna come out
Speaker 6: better than I was before. That's a bold prayer. That's
Speaker 6: what gets God's attention. Maybe you're struggling with depression. You
Speaker 6: have to make sure you don't pray depressing prayers.
Speaker 4: God, just help me to endure. Grandmother was depressed. Mother
Speaker 4: was depressed. The dog is depressed.
Speaker 6: I guess I'll always be depressed. Break out of that box.
Speaker 6: Freedom begins when you start praying bold prayers. Father, thank
Speaker 6: you that this depression is not permanent.
Speaker 4: It is not how my story ends.
Speaker 6: May have been in this family line a long time,
Speaker 6: but this is a new day.
Speaker 4: Lord.
Speaker 6: I want to thank you that generational curses are being
Speaker 6: broken and generational blessings are beginning.
Speaker 4: When you ask boldly in.
Speaker 6: Faith, declaring God's greatness, that's when he'll bless you.
Speaker 4: Indeed, he'll make things happen that you could never make happen.
Speaker 6: Could it be that you're not seeing God's greatness because
Speaker 6: you're only praying weak prayers, You're only asking.
Speaker 4: For the ordinary, the normal. God is moved by our faith.
Speaker 6: He's moved when he hears you asking for things that
Speaker 6: seem too big, unlikely, things you can accomplish on your own.
Speaker 4: I know a lady.
Speaker 6: For over ten years, her son was as off course
Speaker 6: as can be. He was on drugs, and he'd stolen
Speaker 6: her credit cards and ran up all kinds of debt.
Speaker 6: He was constantly in and out of jail, causing her
Speaker 6: heartache and pain.
Speaker 4: Most people would have prayed.
Speaker 6: God, just get him out of jail, just keep him
Speaker 6: off of drugs, and that's fine, but that's a normal prayer.
Speaker 6: This lady dared to pray a bold prayer. She said, God,
Speaker 6: I'm asking that you not only get his life straightened out,
Speaker 6: but use my son, let him impact others, let him
Speaker 6: become a great leader. All the circumstances said it would
Speaker 6: never happen. There was no sign of anything improving. But
Speaker 6: one Sunday morning, while he was in jail, the inmates
Speaker 6: had the television on and they were watching our program.
Speaker 6: He came in never planned to watch, but he heard
Speaker 6: me talking about how God has a purpose for your
Speaker 6: life and that no matter how many mistakes you've made,
Speaker 6: that doesn't have to keep.
Speaker 4: You from your destiny.
Speaker 6: When he heard that, something came alive on the inside.
Speaker 4: Strongholds were broken in his mind.
Speaker 6: Two weeks later, he showed up at a service at Lakewood.
Speaker 6: At the end, he stood up and gave his life
Speaker 6: to Christ. I saw him afterwards. He had tears running
Speaker 6: down his cheeks. He told how his mother had prayed
Speaker 6: for him for years, how he felt a love and
Speaker 6: a sense of purpose that he's never felt before.
Speaker 4: Today, he's the pastor of a church.
Speaker 6: He helps other young people that are in his same situation.
Speaker 4: His mother is so grateful and so thrilled with what.
Speaker 6: God has done. But I wonder where this young man
Speaker 6: would be if his mother had only prayed weak prayers,
Speaker 6: just help him get by, God, help him to not
Speaker 6: be harmed, maybe he wouldn't be free. Maybe he wouldn't
Speaker 6: be making such a difference.
Speaker 4: What am I saying?
Speaker 6: Pray bold prayers over your children, bold prayers over your dreams,
Speaker 6: bold prayers over your finances. I pray every day. God,
Speaker 6: take our ministry where no ministry.
Speaker 4: Is ever gone.
Speaker 6: Well, Joe, isn't that kind of selfish, kind of greedy.
Speaker 4: No, that's your faith being released.
Speaker 6: That's what's going to take you to the fullness of
Speaker 6: your destiny.
Speaker 4: Now I say this in humility, but.
Speaker 6: We've seen God open doors that haven't opened for other ministries.
Speaker 6: Television networks that have a non religion policy, they've never
Speaker 6: aired inspirational programming. Now they air our program every week.
Speaker 6: They break their own rules to put us on. That's
Speaker 6: what happens when you pray bold prayers. I pray every day. God,
Speaker 6: let my children go further that I'm gone. Let them
Speaker 6: supersede anything that I've done. Let them impact the culture
Speaker 6: in a greater way. Don't let those prayers go unanswered
Speaker 6: because you never prayed them. You never ask for the uncommon,
Speaker 6: the unusual. God said in Psalms, open your mouth wide,
Speaker 6: and I will feel it. The principle is, however wide
Speaker 6: your mouth is open, that's how much God is.
Speaker 4: Going to fill. If you're praying bold.
Speaker 6: Prayers, if you have a wide mouth asking God to
Speaker 6: do what looks impossible, you're going to see him show
Speaker 6: out in your life. But if you have a small mouth,
Speaker 6: you're asking God.
Speaker 4: To just meet your knee, just help you get by.
Speaker 6: You're content with the status quo, then you're going to
Speaker 6: see God's goodness in a limited way. Now, I'm not
Speaker 6: discounting the small things God does. I thank him that
Speaker 6: he woke me up today. I'm grateful that he supplies
Speaker 6: our needs. I'm simply saying, don't stop there. Open your
Speaker 6: mouth wider and ask Him for your dreams. Ask him
Speaker 6: for that business, ask him to build that children's home,
Speaker 6: ask him to free from that sickness.
Speaker 4: This is the one time where it's good to have
Speaker 4: a big mouth. Young lady came down for prayer a
Speaker 4: while back.
Speaker 6: She asked if I would pray that she would make
Speaker 6: a c on her final exam. That struck me as
Speaker 6: being odd. I said, why do you want to pray
Speaker 6: for a C and not an A. She said, I've
Speaker 6: never made an A in this subject. I'm not good
Speaker 6: at math. I just want to pass. I didn't tell her.
Speaker 6: I wanted to say, that's a sick prayer. That prayer
Speaker 6: has the flu I wonder how many prayers are not
Speaker 6: being answered for you, Not because God won't do it,
Speaker 6: not because it's too difficult.
Speaker 4: But you never asked.
Speaker 6: You've never had the boldness to open your mouth wide
Speaker 6: and ask.
Speaker 4: For what you really want, not for what you think
Speaker 4: will happen.
Speaker 6: If you're single, it's not humility to ask God to
Speaker 6: just let you meet anyone.
Speaker 4: God.
Speaker 6: They don't have to be talented, they don't have to
Speaker 6: be attractive, they don't have to have a good job. God,
Speaker 6: I just want someone that's breathing. You need to cancel
Speaker 6: that prayer right now, because your next prayer will be, God,
Speaker 6: get them out of my life.
Speaker 4: If God answered what you're praying about, is it what
Speaker 4: you really want?
Speaker 6: What if God had somebody amazing coming for you, somebody
Speaker 6: more than.
Speaker 4: You could imagine.
Speaker 6: But he says to the angel, hold off on that
Speaker 6: a hold off on that awesome person.
Speaker 4: They're okay with the C. Now you need to ask.
Speaker 6: God, not for a watered down version of what you want,
Speaker 6: not a get by version, and I don't deserve much.
Speaker 4: Ask him for what you really want. Ask him to
Speaker 4: bring somebody awesome into your life.
Speaker 6: Somebody tall, dark, handsome, godly, will off, smart, talented, fun,
Speaker 6: good looking. That's what Victoria did. I couldn't resist. She
Speaker 6: forgot to add humility, though. But my question, how wide
Speaker 6: is your mouth open?
Speaker 4: Are you asking.
Speaker 6: God to just supply your needs, just help you make
Speaker 6: it through? God is saying open your mouth wider and
Speaker 6: watch what I will do. I told that young lady
Speaker 6: that I wasn't going to pray for a sea.
Speaker 4: I was going to pray for an A.
Speaker 6: Her eyes got real big. I said, you were to excel.
Speaker 6: You have talent in you that you've not tapped into.
Speaker 6: Now quit telling yourself all you can make is a
Speaker 6: C and start thanking God for an aid. She left
Speaker 6: there with a different perspective. She started opening her mouth wider.
Speaker 6: She studied, she prepared. A month later, she came back
Speaker 6: and said, for the first time, she made an A
Speaker 6: in that subject.
Speaker 4: Even her teacher was very amazed. It would have never.
Speaker 6: Happened if she had not opened her mouth wide and
Speaker 6: asked for what she really wanted. If you will break
Speaker 6: out of the box and start praying.
Speaker 4: These bold prayers, you're going to see some of these
Speaker 4: first times for the first time.
Speaker 6: You're not struggling to get by. You have overflown for
Speaker 6: the first time. You're not fighting the addiction. You're totally
Speaker 6: free for the first time.
Speaker 4: You have somebody amazing in your life. Tolive, Now do
Speaker 4: your part. Stop asking for a c and start asking
Speaker 4: for an aid.
Speaker 6: You are not inconveniencing God by asking big. It's not
Speaker 6: like if he gives you what you want, then somebody
Speaker 6: else will get left out. God has unlimited favor, unlimited power.
Speaker 4: You're not being selfish.
Speaker 6: Him helping you is not going to stop him from
Speaker 6: being good to others. The scripture says, it is the
Speaker 6: Father's good pleasure to give.
Speaker 4: You the kingdom.
Speaker 6: God wants to give it to you. Maybe he's just
Speaker 6: waiting for you to ask. In First Chronicles, Chapter four,
Speaker 6: it lists some of the genealogy of the people of Judah.
Speaker 6: It's just one name after another. This person was a
Speaker 6: descendant of this one, and on and on. Forty four
Speaker 6: names go by. Reading it, it is kind of boring.
Speaker 6: Then on the forty fifth name, instead of just listing
Speaker 6: this man and going on to the over one hundred
Speaker 6: names to come, the writer stops to give.
Speaker 4: A brief description, as if to.
Speaker 6: Say, this man did something significant. He didn't just live
Speaker 6: and die and get his name in the family line.
Speaker 6: He stood out. He did something worth pausing for. Verse
Speaker 6: nine says there was a man named Jabez that was
Speaker 6: more honorable than any of his brothers. His mother named
Speaker 6: him this because his birth was so painful. Jabez stood
Speaker 6: out first off, because he honored God in a great way.
Speaker 6: He lived a life of such excellence and integrity. That
Speaker 6: wasn't the only reason. The name Jabez means pain, sorrow, trouble,
Speaker 6: And in those days, names meant much more than they
Speaker 6: do today. They were like prophecies. They would predict what
Speaker 6: would happen. The name Joshua means savior. Every time someone
Speaker 6: said hello, Joshua, courage must have filled his heart. He
Speaker 6: went on to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land.
Speaker 6: The name Jacob means deceiver. Jacob lived a life deceiving people.
Speaker 6: He became what he was named. Well, think about what
Speaker 6: Jabez must have thought. His mother declared over him, that
Speaker 6: his life would be full of trouble, sorrow, pain. When
Speaker 6: someone said, hey, Jabez, they were reminding him that he
Speaker 6: was at a disadvantage, that he had had bad breaks.
Speaker 6: If anyone's name in this genealogy should have been mentioned
Speaker 6: and then passed right over, it would have been his.
Speaker 6: But despite the odds being against him, despite what his
Speaker 6: mother prophesied over him, Jabez prayed a prayer in verse
Speaker 6: ten that changed the course of his life.
Speaker 4: He said, God, I'm asking you to bless me.
Speaker 6: Indeed, if he had just asked God to bless him,
Speaker 6: that'd be one thing. But when he said indeed, he
Speaker 6: was saying, God, I'm asking you to bless me with abundance,
Speaker 6: bless me with overflow, give me so much favor that
Speaker 6: I can leave my mark. I read where saying indeed
Speaker 6: back then was like putting five exclamation points.
Speaker 4: He was asking God for the unusual, the extraordinary.
Speaker 6: Somehow he had the boldness to open his mouth wide.
Speaker 6: He went on to say, God, enlarge my territory, expand
Speaker 6: my borders. Think of the boldness this took. All the circumstances,
Speaker 6: said he was stuck. He could have accepted it and
Speaker 6: just been another name on the list. But the next
Speaker 6: verse says, and God granted him his request.
Speaker 4: He left his mark.
Speaker 6: But what's interesting is Jabez didn't part of Red Sea
Speaker 6: like Moses. He didn't defeat a giant like David. He
Speaker 6: didn't save the Israelites like Esther. There are not chapters
Speaker 6: in the Bible dedicated to him. But because he prayed
Speaker 6: a bold prayer, because he said God bless me, indeed,
Speaker 6: God paused the scripture and said, wait a minute, don't
Speaker 6: just pass over this man. Don't just list his name
Speaker 6: and move on. I need to say something about him.
Speaker 4: He was unusual.
Speaker 6: He didn't let the circumstances determine his destiny.
Speaker 4: He asked me for the uncommon.
Speaker 6: When you do like Jabez and say God bless me, indeed,
Speaker 6: not a little blessing, not with just enough to get by,
Speaker 6: But God blessed me with overflow, bless me with more
Speaker 6: than enough. Take me where I can't go on my own. Then,
Speaker 6: in years to come, when someone is reading your family line,
Speaker 6: you won't just be a name on the list. They'll
Speaker 6: have to stop and say about you.
Speaker 4: Wow. They were a difference maker.
Speaker 6: They left our family better than we were before. They
Speaker 6: took us to a new level. God doesn't want you
Speaker 6: to live and die and nobody knew you were here.
Speaker 4: The way to stand.
Speaker 6: Out is number one, honor God with your life, stay
Speaker 6: on that high road, break away from things that are
Speaker 6: keeping you from being your very best. And number two,
Speaker 6: pray these bold prayers. Dare to say, God, bless me. Indeed,
Speaker 6: don't be limited by how you were raised, by what
Speaker 6: was passed down, by how unlikely your dream looks.
Speaker 4: Have a big vision. Dare to ask God to do
Speaker 4: things that seem impossible.
Speaker 6: And all these people that were listed before and after Jabez,
Speaker 6: I'm sure they were good people. I'm sure they accomplished dreams.
Speaker 6: Some of them must have prayed asked God for things,
Speaker 6: but nothing is said about them. It's significant that God
Speaker 6: paused the scripture to tell us that he prayed bless me. Indeed,
Speaker 6: what would happen if every day we would start praying
Speaker 6: God bless me. Indeed, God, enlarge my territory, expand my borders,
Speaker 6: give me more influence, more resources, more opportunities.
Speaker 4: Not just once a month, but when.
Speaker 6: You wake up in the morning, Lord bless me, Indeed,
Speaker 6: today at the office, under your breath, God bless me. Indeed,
Speaker 6: before you go to bed, Lord, thank you for blessing me.
Speaker 4: Indeed, Well, Joel, isn't that kind of selfish asking for
Speaker 4: that much?
Speaker 6: It's not selfish when you're asking to fulfill your destiny
Speaker 6: to become who.
Speaker 4: You were created to be.
Speaker 6: The reason you need to ask is because there's an
Speaker 6: awesome future in front of you, things much bigger than
Speaker 6: you've imagined.
Speaker 4: You can't reach your potential.
Speaker 6: Pray in small prayers, believing for the ordinary, accepting the
Speaker 6: status quo. God is counting on you to tap into
Speaker 6: his favor, to see the surpassing greatness of His power.
Speaker 6: This takes bold prayers. This takes people that will take
Speaker 6: the limits off of God, people that are not intimidated
Speaker 6: at the size of their dream. Now, maybe you've been
Speaker 6: praying for God to bless you. That's good, but I'm
Speaker 6: asking you to add the Indeed, God bless me in
Speaker 6: unusual ways. God, do something uncommon in my life. Show out, God,
Speaker 6: I'm asking for your unprecedented favor. In the Scripture, Elisha
Speaker 6: served the prophet Elijah.
Speaker 4: For many years.
Speaker 6: He was faithful to take care of him and to
Speaker 6: go everywhere he went. When Elijah was about to be
Speaker 6: taken to heaven. He asked Elisha what he wanted. You
Speaker 6: would think Elisha would ask for something ordinary, something normal,
Speaker 6: maybe for some time off, maybe for a monetary gift.
Speaker 6: No Elisha understood this principle. He knew how to pray
Speaker 6: bold prayers. He said, Elijah, I want a double portion
Speaker 6: of your spirit. He was saying, I want to do
Speaker 6: twice the miracles. I want to have twice the anointing, twice,
Speaker 6: the favor, twice, the influence, twice the resources. Elijah could
Speaker 6: have thought, boy, you need more humility. You need to
Speaker 6: go back and ask again for something more common.
Speaker 4: No Elijah loved his boldness.
Speaker 6: He said, in effect, you keep serving me and you're
Speaker 6: going to have exactly what you said. Not long after that,
Speaker 6: Elijah was taken to heaven in a whirlwind. Just like
Speaker 6: God promised, Elishah received a double portion of his spirit.
Speaker 6: He performed twice as many.
Speaker 4: Miracles as Elijah.
Speaker 6: This would have never happened if he had not said,
Speaker 6: God bless me.
Speaker 4: Indeed, the indeed is.
Speaker 6: To go places you can't go on your own.
Speaker 4: You may be doing fine.
Speaker 6: You are, that's great, but that's not your final destination.
Speaker 6: God has more in store, greater opportunities, more influence. Don't
Speaker 6: get stuck because you're not asking James.
Speaker 4: Chapter five says Elijah was human as we are.
Speaker 6: Yet when he prayed that it wouldn't rain, no rain
Speaker 6: fell for three and a half years. Sometimes we look
Speaker 6: at the people in the Bible and we see them
Speaker 6: as superhuman. They had so much more faith than us.
Speaker 6: God favored them because they were so special. But this
Speaker 6: scripture says Elijah was human. Well, of course we know
Speaker 6: he was human. He was in an alien God was
Speaker 6: saying this to show us that Elijah.
Speaker 4: Was just a normal person.
Speaker 6: He didn't necessarily feel special. He didn't walk around with
Speaker 6: a supernatural glow. The reason we're talking about him is
Speaker 6: he dared to pray bold prayers. He dared to ask
Speaker 6: God for what looked impossible. But Joel, I'm not in ministry,
Speaker 6: I'm not in leadership. I don't have a lot of influence.
Speaker 6: You're right where Elijah was. Quit discounting yourself. Quit thinking
Speaker 6: you can't ask for something big you don't have enough faith.
Speaker 6: The requirement is are you human? Since you are, God says,
Speaker 6: you can ask for things that seem impossible.
Speaker 4: Now, no more weak prayers. No more sick prayers.
Speaker 6: Start opening your mouth wide and God is going to
Speaker 6: fill it.
Speaker 4: Every day.
Speaker 6: Lord bless me indeed, now just bless me and be
Speaker 6: indeed put the exclamation point on it. That's saying, God,
Speaker 6: bless me with abundance. God bless me with overflow, so
Speaker 6: I can be a bigger blessing. If you'll do this,
Speaker 6: I believe and declare, like with Jabez, God is about
Speaker 6: to enlarge your territory. He's about to do something you've
Speaker 6: never seen, unprecedented favor, breakthroughs, opportunities, healing the fullness of
Speaker 6: your destiny in Jesus'.
Speaker 4: Name, And if you receive it, can you say amen? Today?
Speaker 6: Well, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus.
Speaker 4: The lord of your life. Would you pray with me?
Speaker 6: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come
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