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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 29 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 4: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 30 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 4: stop buy and be a part of one of our services. 31 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 32 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 33 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 4: about this scientist. He said to God, we've decided we 34 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 4: no longer need you. We can clone people, transplant hearts, 35 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 4: do all kinds of things once considered miraculous. God said, fine, 36 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 4: but to prove you don't need me, let's have a 37 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 4: man making contest. The only record devironment is you have 38 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 4: to make man out of dirt. The signst said great 39 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 4: and reached down to pick up a handful of dirt. 40 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 4: God said, not so fast. Go get your own dirt. 41 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 42 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 4: I am what it says. I am I have what 43 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 44 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 45 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 46 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 47 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 48 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 4: about commanded to be blessed. When we honor God with 49 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 4: our lives, we do our best to keep him first place. 50 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 4: The scripture says God will command his blessing to come 51 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 4: on you. And when God commands, it's not maybe it'll happen. 52 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 4: I hope it happens. If the circumstances come together. Know 53 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 4: when God commands, there's no ifs ands or buts that's 54 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 4: going to happen. When God said let there be light, 55 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 4: the earth was dark, without form, like a black hole. 56 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 4: God didn't check the circumstances to see if light was possible. 57 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 4: He didn't have experts analyze it to see if they 58 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 4: thought it could happen. He simply spoke when he commanded light. 59 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 4: It came at one hundred and eighty six thousand miles 60 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 4: per second. When God commands you to be blessed, he 61 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 4: doesn't check what family you come from where you work, 62 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 4: who likes you? How good the economy is. None of 63 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 4: that matters to God. All the circumstances be against you. 64 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 4: The experts may tell you you'll never get well, you'll 65 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 4: never meet the right person, you'll never be successful. Every 66 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 4: voice says you're stuck. Just accept it. No way in 67 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 4: the natural. The good news is we serve a supernatural God. 68 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 4: When he commands ends the blessing, all the forces of 69 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 4: darkness cannot stop him. With the commanded blessing, you'll go 70 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 4: places you couldn't go on your own. Doors will open 71 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 4: that you couldn't open. You'll be promoted even though you 72 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 4: weren't the most qualified. The commanded blessing will cause good 73 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 4: breaks to find you. Contracts, opportunities, business favor will track 74 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 4: you down. Now get in agreement with God. Quit saying 75 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 4: I'll never get ahead, Joel, These people at work don't 76 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 4: like me. It doesn't matter who doesn't like you at work. 77 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 4: What matters is the most high God that likes you. 78 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,799 Speaker 4: He is not limited by who's against you, by who's 79 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 4: not getting your credit, who's not treating your right One 80 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 4: touch of his favor will move them out of the 81 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 4: way and get you to where you're supposed to be, 82 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 4: and don't be discouraged by what's unfairn God sees what's happening. 83 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 4: Keep being your best, keep honoring him. You're not working 84 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 4: under people, You're working under God. When it's your time 85 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 4: to be promoted, you can rest assured you will be promoted. 86 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 4: People can't stop you. Bad breaks can't stop you. Injustice 87 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 4: can't stop you. The commanded blessing on your life will 88 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 4: override every force that's trying to hold you back. I 89 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 4: know a young man that works in the medical field. 90 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 4: He graduated from college six years ago. He'd been at 91 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 4: this same entry level position the whole time. He's a 92 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 4: hard worker. He always does more than he has to. 93 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 4: But his supervisor never liked him. He wouldn't give him 94 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,679 Speaker 4: any credit. These new employees that they hired that didn't 95 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 4: have the training, the expertise, they were being promoted over him. 96 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 4: It wasn't fair. He didn't like it, But he understands 97 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 4: this principle because he's honoring God. There is a commanded 98 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 4: blessing on his life. About six months ago, he went 99 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 4: to work and found out one morning that his supervisor 100 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 4: had unexpectedly resigned. He had a family issue and had 101 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 4: to move to another state. The administration called him in 102 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 4: and said, this supervisor has recommended you to take his position. 103 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 4: This supervisor never even liked him, he was never for him. 104 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 4: But when you have the commanded blessing, God will cause 105 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 4: people to be good to you that have never been 106 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 4: good to you. He'll use even your enemies to bless you. 107 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 4: This young man was so excited and so baffled at 108 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 4: the same time. He said, Joel, this man tried to 109 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 4: hold me down, He tried to discredit me. Here's the key. 110 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 4: People don't have the final say. God does. People don't 111 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 4: determine your destiny. They didn't breathe life into you. They 112 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 4: didn't call you, they didn't number your days. You may 113 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 4: be in a situation that feels unfair, seems like somebody's 114 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 4: stopping you. Don't worry. Your time is coming. Keep doing 115 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 4: the right thing when the wrong thing is happening. There 116 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 4: is a commanded blessing on your life. They can't keep 117 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 4: you down. All the circumstances may be against you, but 118 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 4: the most High God is for you. Number Chapter twenty two. 119 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 4: The Israelites were camped on the plains of Moab, headed 120 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 4: toward Jericho. When the king of the Moabites saw how 121 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 4: many Israelites there were, he was afraid. There was a 122 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 4: prophet that lived in a nearby city named Balem. The 123 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 4: king knew that the Lord always did what Balem asked, 124 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 4: so he sent some of his men with a large 125 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 4: amount of money to see Balem to ask him to 126 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 4: come back and curse the people of Baalim said, I'll 127 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,679 Speaker 4: pray about it, but I can only say what God 128 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 4: tells me to say. He prayed in verse twelve. God said, 129 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 4: you are to not go back with them. For what 130 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 4: I have blessed, you cannot curse. Notice when God puts 131 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 4: the commanded blessing on you, it doesn't matter what somebody says, 132 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 4: doesn't matter what they do, how they treat you. All 133 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 4: that matters is God put his blessing on you, and 134 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 4: everything else is of no effect. They can say it, 135 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 4: but if you don't allow it to take root, it's 136 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 4: not going to stop you. It may be unfair, it 137 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 4: may seem like it's getting the best of you, but 138 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 4: if you'll stay in faith, the blessing will always override 139 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 4: the curse. They meant it to stop you. God will 140 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 4: use it to promote you. They went back and told 141 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 4: the king that Balim wouldn't come. The king said, take 142 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 4: some more money, go back and tell him he has 143 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:06,199 Speaker 4: to come and curse the Israelites. They went back. Balim said, 144 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 4: even if you give me a palace filled with silver 145 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 4: and gold, I am powerless to do anything against the 146 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 4: will of my God. They spent the night and talked 147 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 4: to him into going back. The king said, Balem, what 148 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 4: took you so long? You sure have come back here. 149 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 4: I need you to curse these people. Balim said, well, 150 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 4: I'll pray one more time, but I can only say 151 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 4: what the Lord tells me to say. He woke up 152 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 4: the next morning said to the king, this is what 153 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 4: the Lord says. The Israelites will succeed and become a 154 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 4: great nation and have descendants too numerous to count. The 155 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 4: king said, Balem, stop, what are you doing. I've brought 156 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 4: you here to curse them. Instead, you'r blessing them. He 157 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 4: said it again, I cannot curse what God has already blessed. 158 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 4: If Balem were here today, he would say the same 159 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 4: thing to you. You cannot be cursed. There is a 160 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 4: commanded blessing on your life. When you go through disappointments, 161 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 4: unfair things happen. It's easy to feel like that's clouded 162 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 4: your future. Have a new perspective. What God has blessed, 163 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 4: nothing can curse. When you understand you have this commanded blessing, 164 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 4: you won't be upset because someone's talking about you, worried 165 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 4: about your finances, discouraged because of a setback. You know, 166 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 4: every force that's trying to stop you is powerless to 167 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 4: change the blessing God put on your life. I love 168 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 4: how Balem was supposed to curse the Israelites. They were 169 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 4: going to pay him a lot of money. Not only 170 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 4: did he refuse to do it, but God had him 171 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 4: to start speaking blessings. He started telling how the Israelites 172 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 4: were going to succeed, go further, and accomplish great things. 173 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 4: This is a spiritual principle God was showing us. When 174 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 4: the enemy tells you all the reasons why you're not 175 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 4: going to get well, not get out of debt, not 176 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 4: overcome the challenge. Instead of agreeing with him, do like 177 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 4: Balem starts speaking victory speak, health speak, favor speak, abundance. See, 178 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 4: the enemy wants you to curse your future with negative 179 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 4: words and negative thoughts He knows he can't stop you, 180 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,439 Speaker 4: but if he can convince you to go around discouraged, 181 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 4: thinking you've reached your limits, that will keep you from 182 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 4: your destiny. You have to turn it around. You want 183 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 4: me to curse my future. I know better. I'm gonna 184 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 4: bless my future. Well, you'll never get out of debt. 185 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 4: You'll always struggle. No thanks, you have the wrong person. 186 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 4: I will lend and not borrow. Whatever I touch will 187 00:11:55,400 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 4: prosper and succeed. I've been commanded to be blessed. He whispers. 188 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 4: You saw the medical report. You're never going to get well. 189 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 4: Come on, agree with me. Curse your future. Turn it around. 190 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 4: God is restoring health back into me. The number of 191 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 4: my days he will fulfill. Well, the more you pray, 192 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 4: the worse your child gets. No thanks. As for me 193 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 4: and my house, we will serve the Lord, the seed 194 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 4: of the righteous. My seed will be mighty in the land. 195 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 4: You may have a lot coming against you. Every voice 196 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 4: says it's not going to work out. I'm asking you 197 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 4: to be a Baalim. Speak the blessing and not the curse. 198 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 4: Sometimes it's not our own thoughts trying to discourage us. 199 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 4: It's what other people are saying. People will tell you 200 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 4: what you're not going to be, how you're not going 201 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 4: to get well, your dreams aren't going to come to pass. 202 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 4: Here's the key. They can speak defeat all day long, 203 00:12:55,120 --> 00:13:00,119 Speaker 4: but they are powerless to change the blessing on your life. 204 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 4: Thing they say or do can remove the blessing. They 205 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,959 Speaker 4: didn't give you the blessing, and they can't take it away. 206 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 4: It was put on you by the God who spoke 207 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 4: worlds into existence. He didn't just give you the blessing. 208 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 4: He commanded the blessing. There's a freedom when you understand this. 209 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 4: Somebody's talking bad about you, your attitude is no big deal. 210 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 4: They are powerless to stop the blessing. 211 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 2: On my life. 212 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 4: Well, you had a bad break, you were laid off. Yes, 213 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 4: but I'm not worried. I know the blessing always overrides 214 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 4: the curse. Will you come from a rough neighborhood. Doesn't 215 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 4: look like you have much of a future now. Where 216 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 4: I am is not where I'm staying. The commanded blessing 217 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 4: will get me to where I'm supposed to be. I 218 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 4: talked to a lady that was raised in a dysfunctional environment. 219 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 4: She was abused by her father. He constantly told her 220 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 4: how she was no good, worthless, would never out to anything. 221 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,839 Speaker 4: She was just a little girl. She didn't know any better. 222 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 4: She believed these lies and grew up feeling ashamed and inferior. 223 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 4: At seven years old, she was taken away from her 224 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 4: father by the state and placed in foster home. After 225 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 4: foster home, never feeling loved or accepted, she grew up 226 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 4: a young lady on drugs, in bad relationships. She had 227 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 4: several children from different fathers, in poverty. Didn't look like 228 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 4: it would ever change. But in her late twenties, a 229 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 4: friend invited her to church and she gave her life 230 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 4: to Christ. She started making better decisions, doing her best 231 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 4: to honor God. She would listen to our messages about 232 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 4: reprogramming your mind and not believing lies that people have 233 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 4: spoken over you. And it didn't happen overnight, but little 234 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 4: by little things started to change in her favor. She 235 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 4: was able to go back and finish high school. In 236 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 4: her early thirties, a friend helped her to get into college. 237 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 4: A professor there went out of her way to open 238 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 4: the door to nursing school. A hospital administrator showed her 239 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 4: favor and hired her over several other candidates that had 240 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 4: more qualifications. Today she's in charge of her whole department, 241 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 4: several hundred nurses at this large hospital. What happened She 242 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 4: came in to the commanded blessing. The commanded blessing will 243 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 4: override every person that's tried to stop you. The commanded 244 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 4: blessing will make up for what you didn't get. It 245 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 4: will cause people to go out of their way to 246 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 4: be good to you. It will put you at the 247 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 4: right place at the right time. People may have tried 248 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 4: to push you down, but God is about to lift 249 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 4: you up. They tried to keep you from your purpose, 250 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 4: but they were powerless to change blessing on your life. 251 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 4: You may have a lot coming against you, but I 252 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 4: believe God is about to command some things like he 253 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 4: did for her. He's going to command justice, vindication, deliverance 254 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 4: from people that are not treating you right. He's going 255 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 4: to command increase, promotion, doors to open that take you 256 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 4: to the next level. He's going to command freedom, breakthroughs, wholeness, 257 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 4: that addiction, those bad habits are not your destiny. He's 258 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 4: about to command healing, restoration, strength, That sickness is coming 259 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 4: to an end. It may not have happened yet. But 260 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 4: this is a new day. You're going to see the 261 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 4: commanded blessing show out in your life. God is going 262 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 4: to make things happen that amaze you, things you didn't 263 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 4: see coming. The scripture says this, when you obey God's 264 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 4: blessings will chase you down and overtake you. I've seen 265 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 4: this in my own life. Most of the big breaks, 266 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 4: the major events, I didn't go after them. I was 267 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,919 Speaker 4: just honoring God being my best, and they came after me. 268 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 4: I didn't know the Compact Center was coming available. But 269 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 4: a man came to me out of the blue, said, Joey, 270 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 4: you need to call the mayor that should be Lakewood's building. 271 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 4: A publisher I had never met came to me said, 272 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 4: I want to publish your books. Serious exem came to me. 273 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 4: Here's a satellite radio channel. That's the commanded blessing. God 274 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 4: calls an opportunity, favor contracts to chase you down. Here's 275 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 4: the whole key. You don't have to go after the blessing. 276 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 4: Go after God. Honor him with your life, and the 277 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 4: blessing will follow. God will command things to find you. 278 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 4: In the scripture, one morning Jesus asked Peter if he 279 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 4: could borrow his boat to teach the people from the shore. 280 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 4: Peter agreed and let him use it. When he was finished. 281 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 4: Jesus wanted to pay Peter. He told him to launch 282 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 4: out into the water. He would catch a lot of fish. Well, 283 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:16,159 Speaker 4: Peter had fished all night nothing was biting. Peter was 284 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 4: a professional fisherman. He knew the morning wasn't the best 285 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 4: time to fish. He didn't feel like going back out. 286 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 4: He thought it'd be a waste of his time. But 287 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 4: instead of talking himself out of it, he said to Jesus, nevertheless, 288 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 4: at your word, I will do it. He chose to obey. 289 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 4: When he threw out his net, he caught so many 290 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 4: fish that the net began to break. He had to 291 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 4: call over another boat to help him gather up all 292 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 4: the fish. That's what happens when you walk in obedience. 293 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 4: There is a commanded blessing on your life. God will 294 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 4: make things happen that you couldn't make happen. What's interesting 295 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 4: is there were no fish there the night before. But 296 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 4: God controls the fish. He knows how to bring things 297 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 4: to you. The conditions may not be favorable. You don't 298 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 4: know the right, people, you've had the addiction a long time. 299 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 4: Perhaps no one in your family has really been successful. 300 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 4: It looks like that's the way it's always going to be. No, 301 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 4: God is about to do a new thing. You tried 302 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 4: and it didn't work out last time. But because of 303 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 4: your obedience, God is speaking to the fish right now. 304 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 4: It's not going to be a little catch, a little break, 305 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 4: a little blessing. God's about to do something big, something unusual, 306 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 4: something to where people take notice. They wonder, what is 307 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 4: it about you? How could you lead the company in sales? 308 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,719 Speaker 4: How could you beat the cancer? I saw the medical report. 309 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 4: How could you marry that beautiful girl? How could you 310 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 4: start your own business? That doesn't seem possible. That's the 311 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 4: commanded blessing. That's God causing the fish to find you. 312 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 4: And you may not see how this could happen. Neither 313 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,239 Speaker 4: did Peter. Everything in his reasoning said there are no 314 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 4: fish out there. In other words, the medical report's not good. 315 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 4: I've been single a long time. I don't have the training. 316 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 4: That all may be true. The good news is God 317 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 4: is not limited by what you don't have, by who 318 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:28,439 Speaker 4: you don't know, by the economy. All he has to 319 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 4: do is speak, and the fish will not only show up, 320 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 4: they'll find you. They'll come to your boat. You don't 321 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 4: have to make this happen. Just keep God first place, 322 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 4: and this commanded blessing like a magnet, will draw in 323 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:48,199 Speaker 4: good breaks, healing favor the right people. We see the 324 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 4: commanded blessing with a young lady in the scripture named Ruth. 325 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,959 Speaker 4: She had just moved back to her mother in law's 326 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 4: hometown after she lost her husband. They were both widows, poor, 327 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 4: barely able to survive. Ruth would go out into the 328 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 4: fields every morning and pick up the leftover wheat that 329 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 4: the workers missed. They were living off of scraps. Life 330 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 4: was a struggle. Ruth did this day in and day out, 331 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 4: week after week. Didn't look like there was a commanded 332 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:23,400 Speaker 4: blessing on her. Life didn't look like it would ever change. 333 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:27,159 Speaker 4: But one day God caused the owner of that property 334 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 4: to notice Ruth. He asked his workers, who's that young 335 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 4: lady out in our fields. They explained how she was 336 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 4: a widow that had moved there from another country. He 337 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 4: could have said, tell her to get off my property, 338 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 4: this is private land, or he could have just dismissed it. 339 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 4: Not thought any more about it, that would be the end. 340 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 4: But God caused Ruth to find fever with this man. 341 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 4: He went over to Ruth and told her how she 342 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 4: was welcome in his fields any time. He invited her 343 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,880 Speaker 4: to have lunch with his workers every day. He told 344 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,199 Speaker 4: those workers to leave extra wheat on the ground to 345 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 4: make it easy on Ruth. It looked like she was 346 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 4: stuck no future. All the odds were against her, but 347 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 4: she came to a point where it was one blessing 348 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 4: after another. She had so much wheat, more than she needed. 349 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 4: She was so excited. Not only that she ended up 350 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 4: falling in love with that man. They got married. Now 351 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 4: instead of working in the field, she owned the field. 352 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 4: Here's what I'm saying. When you have this commanded blessing 353 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 4: on your life, God will cause you to find favor 354 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,479 Speaker 4: with the right people. You don't have to play up 355 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 4: to people. You don't have to try to manipulate someone 356 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 4: to convince them to like you. God will cause you 357 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 4: to stand out. He'll bring divine connections people that want 358 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 4: to help you, not because of what you can do 359 00:22:56,520 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 4: for them, not because of your training, your expertise, looks, 360 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 4: your talents, simply because God has caused them to show 361 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 4: you favor. Ruth couldn't have made this happen. She didn't 362 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 4: know the man. She was a stranger in a foreign land, 363 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 4: a poor widow. Nothing in her circumstances said she would 364 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 4: ever be blessed successful owning that field. If you would 365 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 4: have told her that when she first arrived, she'd have said, 366 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 4: that's impossible. There's no way this can happen. When you 367 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 4: look at your circumstances, your dreams, those challenges you're facing, 368 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 4: you may think it could never work out. Like Peter, 369 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 4: you fished all night, it didn't happen last time, or 370 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 4: maybe like Ruth, you've had some disappointments. You're not where 371 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 4: you thought you would be in life. But God knows 372 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 4: how to not only bring the fish the provision, but 373 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 4: like with her, he's going to bring the right people, 374 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 4: people that will use their influence that will help you 375 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 4: go to the next level. If you could where God 376 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 4: is going to take you, it would boggle your mind. 377 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 4: The people he's going to bring, the doors he's going 378 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 4: to open, the influence he's going to give you. You're 379 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,679 Speaker 4: going to look back and say, I didn't see this coming. 380 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 4: I didn't see own in the field coming. I didn't 381 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 4: see the compact center coming. I didn't see the healing, 382 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 4: the freedom, the abundance. It's going to be more than 383 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 4: you can ask or think. This is what happened to 384 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 4: a friend of mine. He moved to Houston thirteen years 385 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 4: ago with a dream to pursue starting his own business. 386 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 4: He didn't know anyone here, didn't have any contacts, but 387 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 4: he took a step of faith. He arrived in Houston 388 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 4: on a Friday. That Sunday, he showed up at Lakewood. 389 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 4: A month later, he was volunteering as an usher, serving 390 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 4: in different ministries. Honoring God being his best. He started 391 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 4: his business in the financial industry. Doors begin to open. 392 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 4: He had challenges, obstacles, but along the way he could 393 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 4: see the hand of God. Last year, he was in 394 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 4: Chicago consulting with some clients. He met this older gentleman 395 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 4: who owned a huge financial firm, one of the largest 396 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 4: in the world. This older man took an interest in him. 397 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,919 Speaker 4: He started encouraging him and giving him advice. When this 398 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 4: young man told him his vision, all of his critics 399 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 4: thought it was too big, he could never accomplish it. 400 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 4: But this older man laughed and said don't believe them. 401 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 4: It's way too small. You're going to do something much bigger. 402 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 4: He had a desire to buy a part of this 403 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 4: young man's company. He came up with evaluation based on 404 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 4: what the company would be worth in the future, far 405 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 4: exceeding what it's worth today. My friend just sold twenty 406 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 4: five percent of his company to this older gentleman. Now 407 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 4: my friend owns one of the largest independent financial firms 408 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 4: in all of Texas. What's interesting. Thirteen years ago he 409 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 4: was stocking shelves in a grocery store to pay his rent. 410 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 4: If you were to ask him, he would tell you, 411 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 4: I didn't see this coming. Never dream my business would 412 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 4: take off. Never dream this man would be so good 413 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 4: to me. Never dreamed I would be a leader in 414 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 4: my field. That's the commanded blessing. You keep honoring God 415 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 4: and he'll bring the right people. That older man didn't 416 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 4: have to be good to him. He didn't have to 417 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 4: value the company the way he did. He could have 418 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 4: negotiated it the other way. But God will cause people 419 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 4: to want to be good to you. You may not 420 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 4: think you know the right people, you don't have the connections. 421 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 4: Don't worry. God does you keep honoring him, and he's 422 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 4: going to cause the right people to find you. He's 423 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 4: going to open the right doors. He's going to bring fish. 424 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 4: One day, you'll look back and say, wow, I didn't 425 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 4: see that coming. It's because you've been commanded to be blessed. 426 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 4: But sometimes we live like we're commanded to struggle, commanded 427 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 4: to be lonely, commanded to be addicted. Change has to 428 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 4: take place on the inside in our thinking before it 429 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,679 Speaker 4: happens on the outside. Why don't you get rid of 430 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 4: all the negative and start believing you're commanded to be blessed, 431 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 4: commanded to be healthy, commanded to be free. If you'll 432 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 4: do this, I believe and declare like God did for 433 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 4: my friend, He's about to command increase, command, abundance, command, healing, 434 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 4: command freedom in Jesus's name. Have you received it today? 435 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,679 Speaker 4: Can you say amen? I'd like to give you an 436 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 4: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 437 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 4: you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent 438 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 4: of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you 439 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:08,439 Speaker 4: my lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 440 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,640 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 441 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 4: Bible based church and keep God First Place. 442 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 5: As a thank you for your support of our ministry, 443 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 5: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 444 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 5: Joel's new exclusive Many book collection, Gifts of God. 445 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,199 Speaker 4: What gifts do you need today? 446 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 6: God offers you the gift of joy, the gift of peace, 447 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 6: the gift of favor. When you learn to receive these gifts, 448 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 6: you'll overcome obstacles and live the victorious life that belongs 449 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 6: to you. 450 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 4: God has already lined up everything you need to fulfill 451 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 4: your destiny. 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