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We love you, 43 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 4: We know God has great things in store for each 44 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 4: one of you, and we pray for you every single day. 45 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 4: If you're ever in our area. I hope you'll stop 46 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 4: by and be a part of one of our services. 47 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 4: We give you a personal invitation. But thanks for tuning 48 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 4: in today. I like to start with something funny each week. 49 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 4: Of course, these are just jokes. I don't mean to 50 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 4: offend anybody, But I heard about this lady she was 51 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 4: speeding down the freeway. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention 52 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 4: she was blonde. She was speeding down the freeway and 53 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 4: she got pulled over by a female police officer who 54 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 4: also happened to be blonde. She said, I need to 55 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 4: see your driver's license, and the lady dug and dug 56 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 4: through a purse, got more and more agitated. Finally, she 57 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 4: said to the officer, what does it look like? She said, well, 58 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 4: it's just a little square, and it's got your picture 59 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 4: on it. The lady found a mirror and looked at 60 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 4: it and saw her picture, so she said oh and 61 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 4: handed it to the officer. The officer looked at it 62 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 4: and saw her picture. She handed it back and said, okay, 63 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 4: you can go. I didn't realize you were a police officer. 64 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 4: All right, I might need a ride home today. Y'all 65 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 4: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 66 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 67 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 68 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 69 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 70 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 71 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 72 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 4: about living the abundant life. God's dream is that you 73 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 4: not only be blessed, but you be blessed in such 74 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 4: a way that you're a blessing everywhere you go. We 75 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 4: should have so much peace, so much joy, so much victory. 76 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 4: When other people get around us, it spills over onto them. 77 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 4: David put it this way, my cup runs over. I 78 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 4: call it the overflow. Annoying. But too many people have 79 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 4: a barely get by mentality, barely able to pay my bills, 80 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 4: got an okay job, an okay marriage. No Jesus came 81 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 4: so we could live an abundant life. That means an 82 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 4: abundance of joy, an abundance of peace, an abundance of health, 83 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 4: and abundance in our finances. You may not be seeing 84 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 4: it right now, maybe you haven't experienced it in the past, 85 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 4: but don't get complacent and just settle where you are. 86 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 4: Keep a big vision in front of you. I know 87 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 4: sometimes people ask me, Joel, are you a prosperity minister. No, 88 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 4: I don't consider myself a prosperity minister. But I can 89 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 4: tell you this, I am not a poverty minister. I 90 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 4: can't find anywhere in the scripture where we're supposed to 91 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 4: drag around defeated, depressed, barely getting by. I want you 92 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 4: to have a big dream for your life. You have 93 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 4: not reached your limits. You have not seen your best 94 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 4: days in your health, in your finances, in your relationships. 95 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 4: God wants to take you to new levels. But you've 96 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 4: got to do your part and enlarge your thinking, make 97 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 4: room for it in your mind, settle it right now. 98 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 4: This is where I am, but this is not where 99 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 4: I'm staying. I'm coming up higher. I'm gonna step into 100 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 4: that overflow anning. I'm gonna live the abundant life. The 101 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 4: scripture says here in Psalm thirty five twenty seven, let 102 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 4: them say continually, let the Lord be magnified, who has 103 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 4: pleasure in the prosperity of his children. Notice they were 104 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 4: supposed to go around saying this, Let God be magnified. 105 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 4: He has pleasure in prospering us. I believe one reason 106 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 4: they were supposed to say it all the time was 107 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 4: so it would get down on the inside. God knows 108 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 4: when we hear something long enough, will eventually start believing it. 109 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 4: All day long, they could hear them declaring this over 110 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 4: their life. God is prospering me. God has taking me 111 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 4: to new levels. God has great things in store. They 112 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 4: were saying. In effect, new doors are opening, my health 113 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 4: is getting better, my marriage is being restored, my children 114 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 4: are going to do great things. Friends. God takes great 115 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 4: joy in prospering. You get that down on the inside. 116 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 4: Some of you have been stuck in a rut. You've 117 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 4: come from generations of lack and defeat and mediocrity, and 118 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 4: now you've just about accepted that that's all you're going 119 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 4: to see. But God is saying, this is a new day. 120 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 4: You're entering into new levels. You're going to get supernatural opportunities. 121 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 4: People are going to go out of their way to 122 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 4: be good to you. It's because number one, you've been 123 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 4: obedient and number two, you've released your faith in this area. 124 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,679 Speaker 4: Now I know this is what my father did. Daddy 125 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 4: grew up in extreme poverty. But at the age of seventeen, 126 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 4: when he gave his life to the Lord, something rose 127 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 4: up on the inside of him and he said, my 128 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 4: children will never be raised in the lack and defeat 129 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 4: that I'm in. Right now, he drew the line in 130 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 4: the sand and said, this is where I am, but 131 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 4: this is not where I'm staying. Back in those days, 132 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 4: as a young minister, he was taught you had to 133 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 4: be poor in order to be holy, and the churches 134 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 4: he pastored, he did his part and stayed holy, and 135 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 4: they did their part and kept him poor. My mother 136 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 4: and father were raising five children, making one hundred and 137 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 4: twenty dollars a week, barely able to survive. Now. I 138 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 4: remember my father telling how in nineteen fifty nine, when 139 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 4: they opened Lakewood in the little feed store, one of 140 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 4: his main men came up and said, we need to 141 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 4: buy a water fountain. It's going to cost seventy dollars. 142 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 4: My father thought he had lost his mind. He said, 143 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 4: are you kidding? Where do you think we'll get that 144 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 4: kind of money. He had a poverty mentality. That's all 145 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 4: he had ever known, and it was setting the limits 146 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 4: for his life. We will never rise any higher than 147 00:07:56,440 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 4: our own thinking. You've got to be fully convinced that 148 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 4: God not only takes pleasure in prospering you, but he 149 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 4: has new levels in store. He wants you to go 150 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 4: further than you are right now. The scripture says a 151 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 4: good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children. That 152 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 4: means we're supposed to leave something to our grandchildren. And 153 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 4: that's not just talking about good memories. And understand, God 154 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 4: would not ask us to do something if he had 155 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 4: not already provided away. You may not see how it 156 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 4: can happen, but if you'll stay in faith and keep 157 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 4: a big vision, God will make a way you can 158 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 4: fulfill that promise. Now I can hear a word down 159 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,599 Speaker 4: on the inside, so strongly acceleration. Things are going to 160 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 4: happen faster than you thought. Supernatural breaks, supernatural opportunities. Doors 161 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 4: are going to open for you that at one time 162 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 4: you thought were impossible. God is going to move people 163 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 4: around to get you into the right position. Keep believing 164 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 4: and keep being your best. Be a person of excellence. 165 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 4: Get to work on time, give it one hundred percent, 166 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 4: whether anyone's watching or not. Learn to work under God 167 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 4: and not under people. When you sow these kinds of seeds. 168 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 4: That's when you're gonna come into this overflow annoying. And 169 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 4: I don't say this bragging in any way, but God 170 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 4: has blessed Victoria and I belong to our wildest dreams. 171 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 4: It talks about in Psalm one thirty three, the annoying 172 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 4: that's on the head flows down to the rest of 173 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 4: the body. You may not have seen it yet, but 174 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 4: get ready, it's on its way. We've experienced that. And 175 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 4: if you will stay in faith, it's just a matter 176 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 4: of time. You're coming into new seasons of increase, new 177 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 4: seasons of favor. Doors are gonna open for you that 178 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 4: will boggle your mind. You're gonna get breaks where you 179 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 4: look back and say, that had to be the hand 180 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 4: of God. What happened you stepped into that overflow annoying? Well, 181 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 4: you say, Joel, my family and I we've always struggled. 182 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 4: See how it could happen for me. No, you can 183 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 4: be the first. But you've got to get rid of 184 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 4: that defeated mindset and develop a prosperous mentality. I heard 185 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 4: somebody say this package yourself for where you're going, not 186 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 4: for where you are. In other words, you've got to 187 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,679 Speaker 4: look the part. Put your shoulders back, put a smile 188 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 4: on your face, and dress your best. Don't just run 189 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 4: out of the house looking sloppy. Didn't have time to 190 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 4: iron my shirt, hadn't bought myself anything new in five years. Now, 191 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 4: You've got to take care of yourself. If you feel 192 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 4: sloppy on the outside, before long, it's going to get 193 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 4: on the inside. Just the opposite is true. If you'll 194 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 4: take the time to look your best each day and 195 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 4: package yourself for where you're going, not for where you are, 196 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 4: that too, will get on the inside, and you'll begin 197 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 4: to develop this prosperous mindset. I love the story of 198 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 4: the prodigal son. When the young man came back home 199 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 4: after wasting all of his money and living a wild life, 200 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 4: the father was so excited he said, go kill the 201 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 4: fatted calf. Go get the best robe. Notice he didn't say, 202 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,319 Speaker 4: go get me a weak, sick, straggly looking calf. Go 203 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 4: get me that old robe that I never wear anymore, 204 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 4: that's torn, that's all beat up looking. No, he said, 205 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,199 Speaker 4: go get the best robe and put it on him. 206 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 4: Go kill the fatted calf. That's the way God thinks. Abundance. 207 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 4: The older brother who had been there the whole time. 208 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 4: He got kind of jealous. He said, Dad, I don't 209 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 4: understand it. I've been here all this time, but you've 210 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 4: never even given me one translation says a skinny goat. 211 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 4: That's the way a lot of people are. They're limited 212 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 4: in their thinking. I'll never rise any higher, I'll never 213 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 4: get out of this mess. I've gone as far as 214 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 4: I can go. You know what their problem is. They 215 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 4: have a skinny goat mentality. The fact is there are 216 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 4: other people in that same situation, but their attitude is 217 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 4: I'm coming out. Oh God takes pleasure in prospering me. 218 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 4: I may not see how it's gonna happen, but I 219 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 4: know God's a supernatural god, and I'm coming into new 220 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 4: seasons of increase. What's the difference. They have a fatted 221 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 4: calf mentality. If you're going to experience God's best, if 222 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 4: you're gonna come into this overflow annoying, you have to 223 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 4: keep a big vision in front of you. I was 224 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,439 Speaker 4: at the mall one time years ago with a friend 225 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 4: of mine and we were just killing time looking at 226 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 4: things and every other phrase. He said, I can't afford 227 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 4: it looking at sporting equipment. I can't afford it. Looking 228 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 4: at some shirts, I can't afford it. Looking at shoes, 229 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 4: I can't afford it. Finally, I said, will you quit 230 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,319 Speaker 4: saying I can't afford it? If you keep saying that, 231 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 4: you're never going to be able to afford anything, he 232 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 4: was setting the limits for his life with his own words. 233 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 4: The truth is, most of the things we were looking 234 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 4: at I couldn't afford either. But I've learned I don't 235 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 4: have to announce it to the world. And if you 236 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 4: can't afford something, I'm not saying to lie to have 237 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 4: some kind of fantasy land in your head. I'm simply saying, 238 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 4: if you're gonna say that, you need to at least 239 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 4: add two more words. I can't afford it right now. 240 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 4: It's just a matter of time. I know, because I'm faithful, 241 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:20,199 Speaker 4: God will give me the desires of my heart. But friends, 242 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 4: if you have a poor mouth, you're gonna have a 243 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 4: poor life. If you go around saying, well, I'll probably 244 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 4: never get out of debt. Joel, I don't see how 245 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 4: I could send my kids to college. Now, can I 246 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 4: say two words to your very respectfully skinny goat. You 247 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 4: need to switch over into this fatted calf mentality. Why 248 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 4: don't you believe that God could open up the windows 249 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 4: of heaven for you and pour out blessings you can't contain. 250 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 4: Why don't you believe that goodness, mercy, favor follow you 251 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 4: all the days of your life. Why don't you believe 252 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 4: like David, your cup is running over? Instead of going 253 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,599 Speaker 4: around with that poor mouth, you need to start declaring. 254 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 4: God takes pleasure in prospering me. I have not reached 255 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 4: my limits. I know that overflow annoying is coming my way. 256 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 4: When we were drawing plans to renovate this facility, the 257 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 4: first instructions I gave to the design team was to 258 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 4: do it as cheap as possible. I had no idea 259 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 4: how we were going to pay for it. And one 260 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 4: day we were walking through the lobbies with the whole 261 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 4: architectural team and they said, Joel, we're planning on putting 262 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 4: carpet over all this tile. I said, no, we don't 263 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 4: need to do that. This tile is fine. It was 264 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 4: thirty years old, had big cracks in it. There were 265 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 4: these large stains where they had moved the concession stands, 266 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 4: but in my mind it was fine. We went into 267 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 4: the restroom areas they said, we're planning on replacing the 268 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 4: stalls and replacing the sinks and changing out this tile. Again. 269 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 4: I said, no, no, no, this is just fine. Well, 270 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 4: my brother in law, Kevin was with me. He's our 271 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 4: administrator and in charge of all of our construction. He said, Joel, 272 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 4: we are not going to let people go into these restrooms. 273 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 4: They are terrible. I thought to myself, where did he 274 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 4: get such a fatted calf mentality? Then I remembered he 275 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 4: was raised on a farm in Iowa. No wonder, but 276 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 4: I had this skinny goat mentality. My first idea was 277 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 4: to use portable buildings to have our children's services, and 278 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 4: to just do the minimal amount of lighting and sound. 279 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 4: And they said if we did just that, we could 280 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 4: probably get in here for twenty five million dollars. So 281 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 4: we went and met with our bankers. We'd known these 282 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 4: people forever. We had excellent credit at that time. We 283 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 4: didn't have one penny of debt, millions and millions of 284 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 4: dollars worth of assets, and we simply asked if we 285 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 4: could borrow twenty five million dollars. Man, it was like 286 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 4: pulling teeth. They told me how we were such a 287 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 4: big risk and how we might not be able to 288 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 4: pay him back, and how we just shouldn't do that. 289 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 4: I left there so discouraged. I thought, man alive. I 290 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 4: may have a skinny goat mentality, but their goat is starving. 291 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 4: Their goat hadn't even in six months. I was so down. 292 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 4: I didn't know what we were going to do. But 293 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 4: about two weeks later, we met with another bank, Bank 294 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 4: of America. We'd never dealt with them before, but it 295 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 4: was a night and day difference. They were excited for us, 296 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 4: they wanted to help. We weren't in the meeting five 297 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 4: minutes before they pulled out a letter and said, we're 298 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 4: prepared to loan you twenty five million dollars today. They 299 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 4: hadn't even seen our finance, They didn't know anything about us. 300 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 4: I was so excited. I thought to myself, if they'll 301 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 4: loan us twenty five million that quickly, maybe they'll loan 302 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 4: us the sixty that we really need to do it right. 303 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 4: I laughed and said twenty five is great, but how 304 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 4: about sixty? They came back a couple weeks later and said, 305 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 4: you got a deal. Friends. God has the right people, 306 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 4: the right opportunities, the right breaks already lined up for 307 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 4: You don't have a skinny goat mentality, dare to believe. 308 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 4: You may not see how it could happen, but that 309 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 4: doesn't mean it's not going to happen. People may have 310 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 4: told you no a thousand times. Now you're kind of 311 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 4: discouraged and tempted to just settle where you are, but 312 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 4: you've got to get your fireback. God is in control 313 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 4: and he still has a way to bring your dreams 314 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 4: to pass. Every time you walk out in those lobbies, 315 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 4: every time you look at this beautiful facility, it should 316 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 4: remind us that our God has a fatted calf mentality. 317 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 4: God wants to do more than we can even ask 318 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 4: or think. It says in Deuteronomy twenty eight, if you 319 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 4: will fully obey the Lord your God and fall of 320 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 4: his commands, these blessings will come upon you. That means 321 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 4: they will overtake you, and it goes on to list 322 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 4: blessing after blessing. It says you will be blessed in 323 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 4: the city and blessed in the country. Your seed will 324 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 4: be blessed. That's your children and grandchildren. Your business and 325 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 4: career will be bless Everything you put your hands to 326 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 4: will prosper. You will be the head and not the tail. 327 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 4: Verse eleven sums it up. God will fill your life 328 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 4: with an abundance of good things. But here's the key. 329 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 4: All these blessings are dependent on the very first phrase. 330 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 4: If you fully obey the Lord your God. Obedience is 331 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 4: a key to see in God's blessings. You have to 332 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 4: lay aside any weights that are holding you back. When 333 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 4: God brings to light issues and attitudes that you know 334 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 4: are not right, be quick to change. The longer you 335 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 4: put it off, the more you delay God's blessings. When 336 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 4: God asks you to do something hard, maybe he asks 337 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 4: you to forgive somebody that really hurts you, or he 338 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 4: asks you to give up a relationship that you know 339 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 4: is not healthy. God's never trying to take anything away. 340 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 4: He's trying to get more to you. The more obedience 341 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 4: you are, the more of his blessings. You will see. 342 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 4: God rewards people that fully obey, and a lot of 343 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:09,919 Speaker 4: times partial obedience is what's keeping people in mediocrity. And 344 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 4: some of you are holding on to things that you 345 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 4: know are not God's best. Let me tell you it's 346 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 4: not worth it. Be willing to change now. I realize 347 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 4: the pain of change can be difficult, but the pain 348 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 4: of staying the same is even more difficult. Don't miss 349 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 4: this abundant life because you refuse to deal with issues. 350 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 4: And this is between you and God. Nobody can make 351 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:36,120 Speaker 4: you treat people right. Nobody can make you stay pure 352 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,640 Speaker 4: in your thought life or pure in your marriage. It's 353 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 4: totally up to you. I want you to experience this 354 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 4: overflow annoying. And I know when you walk in obedience, 355 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 4: when you live a life that honors God, his blessings 356 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,199 Speaker 4: will chase you down and overtake you. You will not be 357 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 4: able to outrun the good things of God. It says 358 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 4: in Deuteronomy there was a law that God gave Moses 359 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 4: the people of Israel, and it's said that every seventh 360 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:08,159 Speaker 4: year you had to release any Hebrew slaves. And the 361 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 4: way it worked was if you were Hebrew and you 362 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 4: owed someone money but you couldn't pay, that person had 363 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 4: a right to take you in as a slave and 364 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 4: force you to work full time for them until you 365 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 4: paid them back. But God did not want his people 366 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 4: to remain slaves forever. So every seventh year this law said, 367 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 4: no matter how much you owed, no matter how in 368 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 4: debt you were. If you were a part of God's 369 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 4: chosen people, you had a special advantage and you got released. 370 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 4: This tells me that God does not want his people 371 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 4: to remain permanent slaves to anything. You may be in 372 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 4: debt today, but God doesn't want that to last forever. 373 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 4: You may be facing sickness, but that's only temporary. You 374 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 4: may be bound by some kind of addiction, but God 375 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 4: doesn't want you to stay in bondage. You need to 376 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 4: see that as temporary. This had to do with their 377 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 4: finances every seventh year. They were released, all the debt, 378 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 4: the lack, the struggling. In one moment, they walked away 379 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 4: from it total freedom. You may be struggling today, maybe 380 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 4: you haven't seen a lot of increase, but I can 381 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 4: sense in my spirit we're entering into one of those 382 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 4: seventh years. The seventh year begins new seasons of increase. 383 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 4: It's a time where God's going to break bondages off 384 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 4: of you that have held you back, bondages of debt, lack, sicknesses, addictions, depression, mediocrity. 385 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 4: The seventh year is a time of release. It's a 386 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,239 Speaker 4: time of freedom. You've got to do your part and 387 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 4: get this on the inside. Believe. This is my seventh year. 388 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 4: This is my time to be free. I'm being released 389 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 4: into increase. It talks about in Exodus fifteen that even 390 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 4: though some people had a legal right to be free 391 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 4: from that slavery, they could have walked away from the 392 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 4: debt and the bondage, but they chose not to. You 393 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 4: know why. They were comfortable, They were satisfied. They didn't 394 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 4: want to rock the boat. Here. They had all that 395 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,120 Speaker 4: freedom in front of them. They had an abundance of joy, 396 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 4: peace and victory, but they chose to remain as slaves. 397 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 4: Don't let that be you. You have been released into increase, 398 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 4: this is your seventh year, but you've got to rise 399 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 4: up and take hold of it. And the scripture tells 400 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 4: how all of God's promises are yes and Amen. A 401 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 4: lot of times people hear this and they think, yes, 402 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 4: God wants to prosper me. Yes God wants to bless me. 403 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 4: Yes God wants to heal me. But yes alone is 404 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 4: not enough. You've got to add the amen to it. 405 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 4: Amen means be it under me. In other words, I 406 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 4: receive this by faith. I let this take root in 407 00:22:56,520 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 4: my spirit. See, it's one thing to know that God 408 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 4: God wants to heal you. It's another thing to rise 409 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 4: up and say, God is my healer. He's restoring health 410 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 4: unto me. It's one thing to know God wants you 411 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 4: to be free. It's another thing to rise up and say, 412 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 4: I am free. This addiction cannot control me. It's one 413 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 4: thing to know God wants you to be blessed. It's 414 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 4: another thing to rise up and say, God is supplying 415 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 4: all of my needs. I'm coming into the seventh year. 416 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 4: This is my season of increase. You have to mix 417 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 4: faith with it. You add the amen by making it personal. 418 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 4: I am blessed, I am prosperous. I am the head 419 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 4: and not the tail. One time there was a great 420 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 4: famine in the land. The prophet Elijah was at a brook, 421 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 4: and every day, once in the morning and once in 422 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 4: the evening, God caused a raven to bring him bread 423 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 4: and bring him meat. This went on for three and 424 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 4: a half years. And you think about during a time 425 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 4: of famine, there was nowhere to get food, the people 426 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 4: didn't have it. How much less likely would this bird 427 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 4: be able to do it. But God calls that raven 428 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 4: to supernaturally find food. He would come with bread in 429 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 4: one claw and meet in the other claw, and just 430 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 4: like clockwork, at breakfast and at dinner, he would swoop 431 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 4: in and just drop it on Elijah's plate. Isn't it 432 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 4: funny God thought of home delivery before pizza hut. But 433 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 4: some of you are wondering how God can supply your needs? 434 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 4: How can I ever get out of debt? Joel? How 435 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 4: can I be well? How can I rise higher? God 436 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 4: is a supernatural God. He supersedes the laws of nature. 437 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 4: He supersedes the laws of medicine, the laws of finance. 438 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 4: What's interesting is the raven that brought Elijah food every 439 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 4: day was called a fowl of the air. It was 440 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 4: an unclean bird. You remember in the Parable of the Sower, 441 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 4: Jesus talked about when the seed was sown on a 442 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 4: certain kind of soil, the fowls of the air came 443 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:03,479 Speaker 4: immediately to try to steal it. The fowl represented the enemy. 444 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 4: And what God was saying to Elijah by having this raven, 445 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 4: this fowl bring him food every day. After all, God 446 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 4: could have chosen a dove that represents the Holy Spirit. 447 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 4: But God was saying, Elijah, if you will be obedient 448 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 4: and go where I tell you to go, I'll cause 449 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 4: even your enemies to bless you. I'll cause your enemies 450 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 4: to supply your knees. Friends. God controls it all. He 451 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 4: can cause your biggest enemy to be your biggest blessing. 452 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 4: He can cause the people that are trying to push 453 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 4: you down to be the very ones that lift you up. 454 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,439 Speaker 4: He can take that sickness that's meant for your harm 455 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 4: and turn it around and use it to make you stronger. 456 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 4: When you stay in faith, God will use your enemies 457 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 4: to increase you well. Eventually, the brook dried up and 458 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 4: the ravens quit coming, and God spoke to Elijah and 459 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 4: told him to go to a widow's home and she 460 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,680 Speaker 4: would take care of him. He did. When he got there, 461 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 4: he asked her for something to eat. She agreed, but 462 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 4: she said, this is my last little bit of meal. 463 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 4: She was planning on making him dinner, and then she 464 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 4: and her baby would probably die, probably just starve to death. 465 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 4: So she reached down into that big barrel and scooped 466 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 4: out the last cupful of meal. But then she just 467 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 4: looked down and passing, and she saw some more. She thought, well, 468 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 4: I must have missed some. She reached down and scooped 469 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 4: up another cupful, look back down, she saw more meal. 470 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 4: This happened again and again. God caused that meal to 471 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 4: supernaturally keep multiplying, and instead of going through seven years 472 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 4: of famine, she went through seven years of increase. What 473 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 4: happened she hit one of those seventh years where she 474 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 4: was released into increase. I believe God is saying that 475 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 4: to each one of you, it's your seventh year. It's 476 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 4: your time to be released from debt into increase, from 477 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 4: sickness into health, from bondages into freedom. Why don't you 478 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 4: get this down into your spirit have the attitude, Yes, 479 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 4: this is my seventh year. I am coming out of debt. 480 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 4: I'm gonna break this addiction. I'm gonna defeat this sickness. 481 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 4: I'm gonna overcome these obstacles, the chains of lack, defeat, 482 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 4: mediocrity or broken off of me. I'm coming into new 483 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 4: seasons of increase. I know some of you, like that widow, 484 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 4: you kind of feel like you've been in a famine. 485 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 4: You haven't seen a lot of increase in the natural. 486 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,919 Speaker 4: The future doesn't look very bright. But God is saying 487 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 4: to us, if you'll stay in faith, that famine is 488 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 4: going to come to an end. And you're going to 489 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 4: come in to supernatural increase, supernatural blessing, supernatural opportunities. If 490 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 4: God can cause a bird to take care of Elijah 491 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 4: for three and a half years, he can surely take 492 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 4: care of you and me. Why don't you get rid 493 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 4: of that skinny goat mentality and start thinking, fatted calf. 494 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 4: God wants you to live his abundant life. He's already 495 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 4: paid the price. When you walk in obedience, you have 496 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 4: a big vision. He's promised his blessings are going to 497 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 4: chase you down and overtake you. And that's my prayer 498 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 4: for each one of you, that you will come into 499 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 4: this overflow annoying, that you will see God pour out 500 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:23,160 Speaker 4: blessings that you can't even contain. I believe something supernatural 501 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,400 Speaker 4: happens when it's spoken over us, So I speak over 502 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 4: you an abundance of health, an abundance of joy, and 503 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 4: abundance in your finances. You are being released into increase. 504 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 4: The tide of the battle is turning. God is accelerating 505 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 4: his blessings in your life. The chains that have tried 506 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 4: to hold you back in your mind, in your health, 507 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 4: in your relationships, in your business, they are being broken 508 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 4: off of you. God is releasing favor into your future. 509 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 4: The right people, the right opportunities are coming across your path. 510 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 4: You will be blessed in the city, blessed in the country, 511 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 4: blessed when you come in, blessed when you go out. 512 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 4: Your seed will be mighty on the land, and abundance 513 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,239 Speaker 4: of good things are coming your way. I declare it 514 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 4: in the name of Jesus, and if you receive it, 515 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 4: can you say amen. We never like to close our 516 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 4: broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 517 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 4: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 518 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 519 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and save you. Friends, if you 520 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 4: prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 521 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 4: Get in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 522 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 4: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 523 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 4: Thank you for listening to the joel OUs Deine podcast. 524 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 2: Help us continue to share the message of hope with 525 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 2: those all over the world. 526 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 4: Visit jolostin dot. 527 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,959 Speaker 2: Com slash give Hope to give a gift today. 528 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 529 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 4: you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 530 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 4: keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying for you. 531 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 4: I know God's best to steal ahead. 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