1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:03,780 Speaker 1: Hi, it's Joel and Victoria. What a joy to be 2 00:00:03,820 --> 00:00:06,340 Speaker 1: with you today. We always count it an honor. Know 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 1: that we're praying for you and your family. We sure 4 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,500 Speaker 1: hope you enjoy this podcast today and we just are 5 00:00:11,539 --> 00:00:14,140 Speaker 1: praying for you and know that God is for you. 6 00:00:14,190 --> 00:00:18,450 Speaker 1: So enjoy today's message. Well, God bless you. It's great 7 00:00:18,470 --> 00:00:20,910 Speaker 1: to be with you today and I hope you'll stay 8 00:00:20,950 --> 00:00:24,010 Speaker 1: connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, 9 00:00:24,090 --> 00:00:27,470 Speaker 1: our YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit 10 00:00:27,530 --> 00:00:29,550 Speaker 1: us in person. We'd love to have you be a 11 00:00:29,590 --> 00:00:32,339 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. I like to start 12 00:00:32,380 --> 00:00:35,220 Speaker 1: with something funny. And I heard about this husband that 13 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:40,050 Speaker 1: died and he left his wife $ 20, 000. After the funeral, 14 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:42,630 Speaker 1: his wife told a friend that she was totally broke. 15 00:00:43,210 --> 00:00:45,050 Speaker 1: The friend said, what do you mean? I thought you 16 00:00:45,090 --> 00:00:48,489 Speaker 1: said you had 20,000. She said, I did, but I 17 00:00:48,510 --> 00:00:53,290 Speaker 1: spent 5,000 on the funeral and 15,000 on the memorial stone. 18 00:00:53,950 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: The friend said, wow, that must've been some kind of stone. 19 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: How big was it? She held up her finger and 20 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,300 Speaker 1: said three and a half carats. Say it like you 21 00:01:03,340 --> 00:01:06,220 Speaker 1: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 22 00:01:06,260 --> 00:01:08,819 Speaker 1: says I am. I have what it says I have. 23 00:01:09,260 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today, 24 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,910 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 25 00:01:14,970 --> 00:01:19,110 Speaker 1: confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I 26 00:01:19,130 --> 00:01:23,410 Speaker 1: will never be the same in Jesus name. God bless you. 27 00:01:23,430 --> 00:01:27,330 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about favor that 28 00:01:27,390 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: can be seen. It's one thing to believe that you 29 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,940 Speaker 1: have favor and to declare that you have favor. You 30 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: ask some people how they're doing. Hey, I'm blessed and 31 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: I'm highly favored. That's great. We should have that faith 32 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,110 Speaker 1: and expectancy, but God doesn't want you to just talk 33 00:01:44,190 --> 00:01:47,450 Speaker 1: about favor. He wants his favor to be seen on 34 00:01:47,470 --> 00:01:50,750 Speaker 1: your life. He wants to make you an example of 35 00:01:50,810 --> 00:01:54,070 Speaker 1: his goodness, so much so that you don't have to 36 00:01:54,130 --> 00:01:57,990 Speaker 1: say anything. It's evident. You couldn't be where you are 37 00:01:58,150 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: without the hand of God. Maybe that medical challenge should 38 00:02:01,940 --> 00:02:05,890 Speaker 1: have taken you out, but you're healthy and strong. You 39 00:02:05,910 --> 00:02:08,769 Speaker 1: don't have to say a word. Your life is a testimony. 40 00:02:09,570 --> 00:02:12,570 Speaker 1: Or that addiction's been in your family for years. You 41 00:02:12,610 --> 00:02:17,109 Speaker 1: should be struggling, defeated, but you're whole, free, setting a 42 00:02:17,150 --> 00:02:20,970 Speaker 1: new standard. You couldn't do that on your own. That's 43 00:02:21,010 --> 00:02:24,820 Speaker 1: the favor of God showing out in your life. Perhaps 44 00:02:24,860 --> 00:02:28,899 Speaker 1: you face giants of lack, not enough, couldn't get ahead, 45 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: these odds against you, but somehow doors opened, the right 46 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,650 Speaker 1: people showed up, and now you're blessed, thriving, living an 47 00:02:37,710 --> 00:02:42,030 Speaker 1: abundant life. The circumstances don't match where you should be. 48 00:02:42,730 --> 00:02:46,489 Speaker 1: You can't explain it. You didn't have the connections, the experience. 49 00:02:46,910 --> 00:02:50,549 Speaker 1: What is that? God making you an example, putting you 50 00:02:50,669 --> 00:02:54,830 Speaker 1: on display so people can see his favor on your life. 51 00:02:55,570 --> 00:02:58,180 Speaker 1: And yes, there are moments when the favor is internal. 52 00:02:58,510 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: God gives you peace and strength and wisdom. It's all 53 00:03:02,220 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: happening on the inside and we're grateful for that. But 54 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,940 Speaker 1: there are these other times where his favor will be seen. 55 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: He'll do something so out of the ordinary, people will say, 56 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,340 Speaker 1: only God could have done that. There's no way they 57 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,339 Speaker 1: could get there on their own. No way we should 58 00:03:19,380 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 1: be here in the formal compact center. We didn't have 59 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: the political clout, the influence. No way my mother should 60 00:03:27,210 --> 00:03:31,310 Speaker 1: have lived four decades after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. 61 00:03:32,090 --> 00:03:34,389 Speaker 1: No way I should be up here. I've never been 62 00:03:34,410 --> 00:03:38,290 Speaker 1: to cemetery. I mean seminary. I didn't have the training, 63 00:03:38,510 --> 00:03:42,510 Speaker 1: the experience. How could this be? It's God displaying his 64 00:03:42,630 --> 00:03:46,940 Speaker 1: favor on you. Doing something so unusual, you can't take 65 00:03:46,980 --> 00:03:51,100 Speaker 1: the credit. You're simply the billboard. You're the example of 66 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: his goodness. Psalm 86, David was facing opposition, people coming 67 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: against him, armies bigger and stronger. He could have been complaining, 68 00:04:01,130 --> 00:04:04,930 Speaker 1: but in verse 17, he prayed, God, show me a 69 00:04:05,050 --> 00:04:08,870 Speaker 1: sign of your favor so that my enemies will see 70 00:04:08,930 --> 00:04:11,410 Speaker 1: it and know that you are God and you have 71 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: helped me. He was saying, God, show out in my life, 72 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,060 Speaker 1: not just for my sake, but use me as an 73 00:04:19,140 --> 00:04:22,900 Speaker 1: example so other people will know you are on my side. 74 00:04:23,820 --> 00:04:27,460 Speaker 1: Favor is not just about you. It's to point people 75 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:30,460 Speaker 1: to who our God is. We're not saying, God, make 76 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 1: me impressive. Give me all this glory. No, God, show 77 00:04:34,420 --> 00:04:37,260 Speaker 1: out so you can get the glory. So people will 78 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:42,910 Speaker 1: be amazed at your goodness. Significant that David didn't just pray, God, 79 00:04:42,970 --> 00:04:46,589 Speaker 1: give me your favor, give me your blessing. He said, God, 80 00:04:46,970 --> 00:04:50,230 Speaker 1: show me a sign of your favor. He was saying, God, 81 00:04:50,550 --> 00:04:54,690 Speaker 1: make your goodness visible in my life. Let your favor 82 00:04:54,750 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: be seen. Do something so unusual that I don't have 83 00:04:58,650 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 1: to explain it. People can't deny it's the hand of God. 84 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,979 Speaker 1: My father grew up in poverty and lack, not having enough. 85 00:05:07,610 --> 00:05:10,650 Speaker 1: His family lost everything during the Great Depression and couldn't 86 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: get ahead. They had no vision for a better future. 87 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: They thought this is just who we are. We'll always struggle. 88 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: But my father gave his life to the Lord at 89 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: 17 years old, the first one in the family. Something 90 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,980 Speaker 1: rose up in him that said, no, this is not 91 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:32,170 Speaker 1: who we are. I am not supposed to live defeated, broke, 92 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,089 Speaker 1: no opportunity. I was created to make a difference with 93 00:05:36,150 --> 00:05:40,590 Speaker 1: my life. to all the odds being against him, he 94 00:05:40,630 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: had this attitude like David, God, show out in my life. 95 00:05:44,740 --> 00:05:47,660 Speaker 1: Make me an example of your goodness. Take me where 96 00:05:47,700 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: I can't go on my own. You have to, in effect, 97 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:55,780 Speaker 1: give God permission to bless you. Give him permission to 98 00:05:55,860 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 1: do something you could never do. God works where there's faith. 99 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:04,230 Speaker 1: Jesus couldn't do any miracles in his hometown because of 100 00:06:04,260 --> 00:06:08,250 Speaker 1: their unbelief. not because he didn't have the power. God 101 00:06:08,290 --> 00:06:11,890 Speaker 1: can do anything. He's looking for someone that takes the 102 00:06:11,970 --> 00:06:15,050 Speaker 1: limits off of him. Someone that's not focused on how 103 00:06:15,110 --> 00:06:19,270 Speaker 1: big the trouble is, but on how big our God is. Well, 104 00:06:19,290 --> 00:06:22,430 Speaker 1: fast forward 30 years, my father was a different person. 105 00:06:22,810 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: He lived an abundant, victorious life, blessed, generous, pastoring churches. 106 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,540 Speaker 1: The people that knew him back then, he didn't have 107 00:06:32,580 --> 00:06:36,339 Speaker 1: to say a word. His life was the testimony. They 108 00:06:36,380 --> 00:06:39,210 Speaker 1: couldn't deny the hand of God. From where he came 109 00:06:39,290 --> 00:06:43,310 Speaker 1: from to where he was, there was no explanation. It 110 00:06:43,350 --> 00:06:46,450 Speaker 1: was more than just good breaks, hard work, luck. This 111 00:06:46,510 --> 00:06:50,870 Speaker 1: was God displaying his favor. God wants to bless you 112 00:06:51,010 --> 00:06:55,310 Speaker 1: in such a way that it's undeniable, where there's no question. 113 00:06:55,970 --> 00:06:58,380 Speaker 1: You didn't have the training. You didn't come from the 114 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,239 Speaker 1: right background. The medical report said you're not gonna get well. 115 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:06,010 Speaker 1: You don't have the connection for your dreams. All these 116 00:07:06,290 --> 00:07:10,530 Speaker 1: odds against you, but somehow doors opened. The right people 117 00:07:10,570 --> 00:07:14,670 Speaker 1: showed up. Your health improved. Your business took off. Now 118 00:07:14,730 --> 00:07:17,590 Speaker 1: you can't explain it. You don't know how it happened. 119 00:07:18,230 --> 00:07:21,490 Speaker 1: It can only be the hand of almighty God making 120 00:07:21,530 --> 00:07:26,020 Speaker 1: his favor seen on your life. Not only to bless you, 121 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,180 Speaker 1: but so that other people will know who he is 122 00:07:29,540 --> 00:07:33,260 Speaker 1: and that he is for you. As a teenager, David 123 00:07:33,310 --> 00:07:37,610 Speaker 1: heard Goliath taunting the Israelites. Goliath stood over nine feet 124 00:07:37,690 --> 00:07:41,590 Speaker 1: tall for 40 days. Every morning and every evening, he'd 125 00:07:41,630 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: come on the mountainside and shout insults, threats, making fun 126 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,540 Speaker 1: of the Israelites. When they saw Goliath, they'd run and hide. 127 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: They were afraid. But David was a different breed. He 128 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: looked at the soldiers and said, who is this uncircumcised 129 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,970 Speaker 1: Philistine that he should defy the armies of a living God? 130 00:08:02,230 --> 00:08:05,170 Speaker 1: He told King Saul he wanted to fight Goliath. Saul 131 00:08:05,210 --> 00:08:08,190 Speaker 1: told him he was too young, too small, didn't have 132 00:08:08,230 --> 00:08:12,030 Speaker 1: the experience, but David wouldn't back down. As he walked 133 00:08:12,150 --> 00:08:15,690 Speaker 1: out to face Goliath, I can imagine he prayed this 134 00:08:15,770 --> 00:08:18,610 Speaker 1: under his breath. God, show me a sign of your 135 00:08:18,690 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: favor so that my enemies will be put to shame 136 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:24,700 Speaker 1: and that they will know that you have helped me. 137 00:08:25,550 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: David knew it wasn't just about his reputation. It was 138 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: bigger than that. This was God's reputation. He was saying, God, 139 00:08:34,300 --> 00:08:37,300 Speaker 1: show people what happens when you step on the scene. 140 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 1: Let there be clear evidence. Let your favor be visible, 141 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:44,870 Speaker 1: not just so we can see it, but so these 142 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,010 Speaker 1: enemies will see it. David had no weapons, no armor, 143 00:08:49,429 --> 00:08:54,010 Speaker 1: just a slingshot and a stone. Goliath started laughing. He said, 144 00:08:54,050 --> 00:08:55,790 Speaker 1: am I a dog that you'd come at me with 145 00:08:55,850 --> 00:08:59,100 Speaker 1: a stick? David said, Goliath, you come at me with 146 00:08:59,179 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 1: a sword and a shield, but I come against you 147 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,579 Speaker 1: in the name of the Lord God of Israel. This 148 00:09:05,700 --> 00:09:09,300 Speaker 1: day I will defeat you and feed your heads to 149 00:09:09,340 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: the birds of the air. Listen to what he said next. 150 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,030 Speaker 1: And the whole world will know there is a God 151 00:09:15,090 --> 00:09:19,710 Speaker 1: in Israel. David wasn't asking so everyone would see how 152 00:09:19,750 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: great he was. His attitude was, God show me this 153 00:09:23,340 --> 00:09:27,830 Speaker 1: sign so everyone will know how great you are. Not 154 00:09:27,910 --> 00:09:30,570 Speaker 1: so I'll get the glory, but it'll point right back 155 00:09:30,610 --> 00:09:33,950 Speaker 1: to you. The question is, what kind of prayers are 156 00:09:33,970 --> 00:09:37,329 Speaker 1: you praying? God, help me to make it through. Help 157 00:09:37,370 --> 00:09:40,250 Speaker 1: me to survive. God, this giant, if you don't work 158 00:09:40,290 --> 00:09:43,189 Speaker 1: it out, he could kill me. Don't pray weak prayers, 159 00:09:43,790 --> 00:09:47,449 Speaker 1: survival prayers. Help me to get by prayers. If you're 160 00:09:47,470 --> 00:09:50,170 Speaker 1: going to see God step on the scene, you need 161 00:09:50,190 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: to pray bold prayers. Have you ever prayed God show 162 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:06,239 Speaker 1: out in my life let your goodness be seen too 163 00:10:06,380 --> 00:10:09,739 Speaker 1: often we're praying survival prayers why don't you switch it 164 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,660 Speaker 1: around and start praying show me prayers God show me 165 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:18,220 Speaker 1: your favor Moses said God show me your glory let 166 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,630 Speaker 1: it be visible Let there be evidence where people can 167 00:10:21,730 --> 00:10:26,270 Speaker 1: see it's your goodness in my life. No more weak prayers, 168 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,420 Speaker 1: get by prayers. You are talking to the creator of 169 00:10:29,460 --> 00:10:33,060 Speaker 1: the universe. The God who flung stars into space. The 170 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: God who spoke worlds into existence. The God who parted 171 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: a red sea. The God who brought water out of 172 00:10:39,020 --> 00:10:42,220 Speaker 1: a rock. The God who opened prison doors for Paul 173 00:10:42,260 --> 00:10:47,090 Speaker 1: and Silas. He's all powerful. He's looking for people to 174 00:10:47,150 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: display his power through. This is what Joshua did. Five 175 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,479 Speaker 1: enemy armies came against him and the people of Israel. 176 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,839 Speaker 1: They'd been fighting all day. Joshua was winning, but it 177 00:10:59,900 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 1: was getting late and about to get dark. Joshua knew 178 00:11:02,900 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 1: if he didn't finish them off and they escaped, they 179 00:11:05,860 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: would cause problems later. He could have been disappointed and thought, well, 180 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:13,060 Speaker 1: too bad. We ran out of time. But Joshua knew 181 00:11:13,140 --> 00:11:16,100 Speaker 1: how to pray show me prayers. He said, God, I'm 182 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: asking you to stop the sun. Let it stay in 183 00:11:19,980 --> 00:11:24,460 Speaker 1: place until I finish my assignment. God could have thought, Joshua, 184 00:11:25,340 --> 00:11:30,350 Speaker 1: what are you talking about? There's a solar system. Everything's precise. 185 00:11:30,429 --> 00:11:33,829 Speaker 1: It's got to stay on track. That's impossible. But God 186 00:11:33,910 --> 00:11:38,050 Speaker 1: is not intimidated by the size of your request. When 187 00:11:38,090 --> 00:11:41,970 Speaker 1: it's to bring honor to him, to display his power, 188 00:11:42,429 --> 00:11:46,579 Speaker 1: that gets his attention. He says, there's someone that believes 189 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,719 Speaker 1: I can do something unusual where people will know I 190 00:11:50,780 --> 00:11:54,860 Speaker 1: am all powerful. The scripture says that the sun stopped. 191 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,540 Speaker 1: There was daylight until he finished all the enemies off. 192 00:11:59,140 --> 00:12:03,370 Speaker 1: Verse 14 says, there has never been another day like that. 193 00:12:04,290 --> 00:12:06,969 Speaker 1: God wants to do things in your life that your 194 00:12:07,030 --> 00:12:10,349 Speaker 1: family has never seen. He wants to make you an 195 00:12:10,429 --> 00:12:14,969 Speaker 1: example to where people are scratching their heads. thinking, how 196 00:12:14,990 --> 00:12:18,050 Speaker 1: did he get there? How did she beat that cancer? 197 00:12:18,410 --> 00:12:21,010 Speaker 1: How did he build that business? How did he marry 198 00:12:21,070 --> 00:12:25,189 Speaker 1: that girl? That's God putting you on display, making you 199 00:12:25,230 --> 00:12:29,650 Speaker 1: an example where his favor can be seen. How does 200 00:12:29,690 --> 00:12:33,670 Speaker 1: this happen? By praying, show me prayers. God, show me 201 00:12:33,730 --> 00:12:38,650 Speaker 1: a sign, bold prayers. God, help me to defeat this giant. 202 00:12:39,350 --> 00:12:42,370 Speaker 1: Help me to break this addiction. Turn this sickness around. 203 00:12:42,730 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 1: Open these doors that I can't open. That's not being selfish. 204 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: That's saying, God, I believe you're all powerful and you 205 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,020 Speaker 1: want to show out in my life. David would have 206 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:59,260 Speaker 1: never defeated Goliath praying survival prayers. He said, in effect, God, 207 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:03,180 Speaker 1: do something so evident that even people that oppose me, 208 00:13:03,740 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: those that hate me, that criticize, they will see your 209 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,230 Speaker 1: blessing is on my life. He was bold. He was 210 00:13:11,330 --> 00:13:14,990 Speaker 1: asking for more than just peace, strength, wisdom. That's all good. 211 00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:18,170 Speaker 1: But he was saying, God, this time I need a 212 00:13:18,270 --> 00:13:21,130 Speaker 1: sign of your favor. I need you to show out 213 00:13:21,210 --> 00:13:24,270 Speaker 1: in my life and do something out of the ordinary 214 00:13:24,830 --> 00:13:29,230 Speaker 1: that there is clear evidence where people cannot deny your 215 00:13:29,290 --> 00:13:33,610 Speaker 1: powers at work in my life. That's a bold prayer. Joel, 216 00:13:34,190 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: I don't want to be selfish and Other people have 217 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,260 Speaker 1: bigger problems. I can handle this trouble. It's just the 218 00:13:40,420 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: opposite of being selfish. God is looking for people. He 219 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: can make examples. It's not to bring you glory. It's 220 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 1: to point people back to him. A few years after 221 00:13:52,179 --> 00:13:55,850 Speaker 1: my father passed, the church was growing and we were 222 00:13:55,890 --> 00:13:59,610 Speaker 1: seeing new doors open and television stations around the country 223 00:13:59,650 --> 00:14:02,690 Speaker 1: were putting our program on. I had this desire to 224 00:14:02,750 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: travel to other cities and do events to connect with 225 00:14:06,140 --> 00:14:08,940 Speaker 1: the people that watch. And I felt strongly about it, 226 00:14:09,010 --> 00:14:12,370 Speaker 1: but you know how those thoughts come. No one's going 227 00:14:12,390 --> 00:14:15,290 Speaker 1: to show up, Joel. You have people here in Houston, 228 00:14:15,309 --> 00:14:18,230 Speaker 1: but it's not going to happen in other cities. Plus 229 00:14:18,270 --> 00:14:21,950 Speaker 1: at that time with all the positive things happening, we 230 00:14:21,990 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: started to have opposition, people that didn't like the ministry 231 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,940 Speaker 1: trying to discredit us. After about six months of praying, 232 00:14:29,420 --> 00:14:31,700 Speaker 1: finally took that step of faith and we lined up 233 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: three cities. Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York. My team asked, 234 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,180 Speaker 1: what size auditorium should we get? I didn't know how 235 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 1: many people would come. Should we get one for 1,000? 236 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,940 Speaker 1: Maybe a place for 3,000? I don't know what got 237 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,090 Speaker 1: into me, but I said, just get the basketball arena 238 00:14:50,610 --> 00:14:54,030 Speaker 1: that held 20,000. In my mind, I thought, Joel, are 239 00:14:54,050 --> 00:14:56,750 Speaker 1: you crazy? What if a few hundred show up? You're 240 00:14:56,770 --> 00:14:59,750 Speaker 1: going to look like a fool. But I've learned God 241 00:14:59,790 --> 00:15:03,130 Speaker 1: will meet you at the level of your faith. If 242 00:15:03,170 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: you're praying survival prayers, weak prayers, get by prayers, that's 243 00:15:08,980 --> 00:15:11,340 Speaker 1: where God will meet you. But when you pray, show 244 00:15:11,380 --> 00:15:15,260 Speaker 1: me prayers. God, show me a sign of your favor. God, 245 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: let me be an example of what you can do. God, 246 00:15:18,380 --> 00:15:21,230 Speaker 1: let my enemy see that your hand of blessing is 247 00:15:21,260 --> 00:15:23,990 Speaker 1: on my life. When you pray like that, God will 248 00:15:24,050 --> 00:15:28,010 Speaker 1: exceed your expectations. He'll do things you could never imagine. 249 00:15:28,830 --> 00:15:31,550 Speaker 1: The day before the event, we flew to Atlanta, went 250 00:15:31,590 --> 00:15:34,210 Speaker 1: to the arena, walked around as they were setting up. 251 00:15:34,270 --> 00:15:37,190 Speaker 1: And that night I could hardly sleep. All those thoughts. 252 00:15:37,890 --> 00:15:40,430 Speaker 1: I woke up the next morning. Someone called me at 253 00:15:40,570 --> 00:15:43,990 Speaker 1: eight o'clock and said, people are already lining up around 254 00:15:44,030 --> 00:15:47,100 Speaker 1: the building. It didn't start till that night. A couple 255 00:15:47,140 --> 00:15:50,140 Speaker 1: hours before the event, the fire marshal had to close 256 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,020 Speaker 1: the entries. The building was packed. I stood up there 257 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,900 Speaker 1: in awe thinking, how did all this happen? But when 258 00:15:55,940 --> 00:15:59,390 Speaker 1: you pray, show me prayers. When you give God permission 259 00:15:59,430 --> 00:16:02,130 Speaker 1: to do what you can't do, God will show out 260 00:16:02,230 --> 00:16:07,150 Speaker 1: in your life. That event, it wasn't just for my benefit, 261 00:16:07,490 --> 00:16:10,410 Speaker 1: but my enemies could see the hand of God was 262 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: on my life. I couldn't have made it happen. We 263 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 1: didn't have that much influence, marketing, budget. This was God 264 00:16:17,300 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: displaying his favor. That night in Atlanta was the start 265 00:16:21,340 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: of almost 250 nights of hope around the world. Who 266 00:16:25,740 --> 00:16:28,940 Speaker 1: knows where God will take you if you'll dare pray, 267 00:16:29,020 --> 00:16:33,070 Speaker 1: show me prayers. God, show me a sign of your favor. God, 268 00:16:33,130 --> 00:16:36,590 Speaker 1: display your goodness in my life. Now, there may be 269 00:16:36,670 --> 00:16:39,989 Speaker 1: giants in your path right now and obstacles that look 270 00:16:40,050 --> 00:16:43,990 Speaker 1: way too big. How could you ever overcome one touch 271 00:16:44,030 --> 00:16:49,510 Speaker 1: of God's favor, one slingshot, one smooth stone? God is 272 00:16:49,590 --> 00:16:52,660 Speaker 1: not limited by what you don't have. You don't have 273 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,490 Speaker 1: the resources. That's okay. God owns it all. You don't 274 00:16:56,510 --> 00:17:00,090 Speaker 1: have the talent, the experience. If you'll use what you have, 275 00:17:00,370 --> 00:17:03,010 Speaker 1: God will breathe on it and cause it to multiply. 276 00:17:04,090 --> 00:17:07,180 Speaker 1: You don't have the connections, the people you need. God 277 00:17:07,220 --> 00:17:11,270 Speaker 1: will supernaturally bring them across your path. Well, Joel, I 278 00:17:11,290 --> 00:17:14,609 Speaker 1: have people at work that are against me. They lie, 279 00:17:14,670 --> 00:17:17,149 Speaker 1: they talk behind my back, they try to push me down. 280 00:17:17,730 --> 00:17:21,109 Speaker 1: Part of this favor is so your enemies will know 281 00:17:21,350 --> 00:17:24,290 Speaker 1: God is on your side. David is the one that wrote, 282 00:17:24,770 --> 00:17:28,129 Speaker 1: God will prepare a table before you in the presence 283 00:17:28,170 --> 00:17:32,410 Speaker 1: of your enemies. Not in private, not behind closed doors, 284 00:17:32,890 --> 00:17:36,850 Speaker 1: but in public, they will see you promoted, honored, fulfilling 285 00:17:36,890 --> 00:17:40,869 Speaker 1: your purpose. And here's the key. It's not up to 286 00:17:40,910 --> 00:17:45,150 Speaker 1: you to defend yourself. Prove you're good enough. Convince them 287 00:17:45,170 --> 00:17:48,670 Speaker 1: to change their mind. Don't waste your time. You have 288 00:17:48,710 --> 00:17:53,130 Speaker 1: a destiny to fulfill. There's an assignment God has entrusted 289 00:17:53,170 --> 00:17:55,970 Speaker 1: you with. The enemy would love for you to get 290 00:17:56,010 --> 00:18:00,490 Speaker 1: distracted fighting battles that don't matter. Upset over things you 291 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:06,340 Speaker 1: can't control. Arguing with small-minded, jealous, critical people. No, put 292 00:18:06,380 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 1: your reputation in God's hands. Honor him with your life 293 00:18:10,670 --> 00:18:13,340 Speaker 1: Do the right thing when it's hard and God will 294 00:18:13,380 --> 00:18:16,300 Speaker 1: take care of your enemies. He knows how to make 295 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,900 Speaker 1: it evident that you are blessed and undeniable that his 296 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 1: favor is on you. This is not to gloat and 297 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:29,030 Speaker 1: pay people back. It's simply God displaying his goodness, using 298 00:18:29,090 --> 00:18:32,150 Speaker 1: you as his billboard. The more people try to push 299 00:18:32,190 --> 00:18:35,570 Speaker 1: you down, the higher God will take you. Now it's 300 00:18:35,619 --> 00:18:38,530 Speaker 1: tempting to fight, get upset. I'm going to show them 301 00:18:38,950 --> 00:18:41,310 Speaker 1: a better approach is God. I'm going to let you 302 00:18:41,369 --> 00:18:45,050 Speaker 1: show them, show me a sign of your favor. So 303 00:18:45,109 --> 00:18:48,470 Speaker 1: my enemies will know that you are for me. There's 304 00:18:48,550 --> 00:18:52,190 Speaker 1: nothing like having almighty God put his stamp of approval 305 00:18:52,290 --> 00:18:56,369 Speaker 1: on you, his blessing. God says, in effect, that's my son. 306 00:18:56,950 --> 00:18:59,990 Speaker 1: That's my daughter. If you're coming against them, you're coming 307 00:19:00,030 --> 00:19:04,609 Speaker 1: against me. Now stay in peace and let God cause 308 00:19:04,630 --> 00:19:08,490 Speaker 1: you to shine. Let him vindicate you. Let him prove 309 00:19:08,550 --> 00:19:12,430 Speaker 1: to people who you are. See, after David defeated Goliath, 310 00:19:12,830 --> 00:19:15,389 Speaker 1: he never did have to convince people that God was 311 00:19:15,470 --> 00:19:18,870 Speaker 1: on his side. There was no more question. Saul said 312 00:19:18,910 --> 00:19:22,830 Speaker 1: that David wasn't qualified, but after that victory, Saul never 313 00:19:23,050 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: again saw him as unqualified. Joshua may have had some naysayers, 314 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,379 Speaker 1: He's not like Moses. He doesn't have what it takes. 315 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: He's not a good leader. But after the sun stood still, 316 00:19:35,220 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: nobody ever questioned Joshua. Nobody ever said, let's get a 317 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:43,389 Speaker 1: different leader. God knows how to give you credibility. He 318 00:19:43,450 --> 00:19:46,859 Speaker 1: knows how to make it undeniable that his favor's on 319 00:19:46,900 --> 00:19:50,500 Speaker 1: your life. Don't miss out on this because you're praying 320 00:19:50,540 --> 00:19:53,699 Speaker 1: survival prayers. I don't know, Joel, I'm just trying to 321 00:19:53,740 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: make it through this week. My back's hurting. My neighbor 322 00:19:56,980 --> 00:20:00,200 Speaker 1: gets on my nerves. It's so hot outside. Traffic's bad. 323 00:20:00,770 --> 00:20:03,670 Speaker 1: If you pray weak prayers, you're going to get weak results. 324 00:20:04,690 --> 00:20:08,090 Speaker 1: If you pray defeated prayers, you're going to get defeated results. 325 00:20:08,980 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: How about start praying some show me prayers? God, I 326 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:15,060 Speaker 1: have this trouble at work, but I know you're fighting 327 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,859 Speaker 1: my battles and I'm asking you to show me a 328 00:20:17,940 --> 00:20:21,479 Speaker 1: sign of your favor. God, my finances are low, but 329 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:25,199 Speaker 1: I know you're Jehovah Jireh, the Lord, my provider. I'm 330 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: asking you to do what only you can do. The 331 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 1: enemy loves when we pray survival prayers because they're no threat. 332 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:37,619 Speaker 1: You can't take much ground, praying little, believing little, asking 333 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:40,490 Speaker 1: for little. He'll let you do that all day long. 334 00:20:40,510 --> 00:20:44,190 Speaker 1: There's no damage. But when you start praying, show me prayers. 335 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: When you do like David and say, God, show out 336 00:20:47,340 --> 00:20:51,179 Speaker 1: in my life, I will defeat this giant. So everyone 337 00:20:51,220 --> 00:20:54,580 Speaker 1: will know that you are my God. That's the kind 338 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,850 Speaker 1: of prayer that sends shockwaves through forces of darkness. They 339 00:20:58,930 --> 00:21:02,550 Speaker 1: know our God is all powerful. When you call on him, 340 00:21:03,010 --> 00:21:07,310 Speaker 1: angels go to work. Giants come down. Addictions are broken. 341 00:21:07,609 --> 00:21:12,830 Speaker 1: Doors supernaturally open. Nothing can stand against our God. If 342 00:21:12,869 --> 00:21:16,990 Speaker 1: he stopped the sun for Joshua because he dared to ask, 343 00:21:17,390 --> 00:21:20,060 Speaker 1: God will stop things that are keeping you from your 344 00:21:20,140 --> 00:21:24,139 Speaker 1: purpose if you will dare to ask. God, show me 345 00:21:24,180 --> 00:21:28,140 Speaker 1: your favor so I can break this addiction. God, show 346 00:21:28,180 --> 00:21:31,020 Speaker 1: me your goodness so I can accomplish the dream you 347 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,659 Speaker 1: put in my heart. God, show me your power so 348 00:21:34,150 --> 00:21:38,550 Speaker 1: so I can overcome this obstacle. First Chronicles chapter four, 349 00:21:38,590 --> 00:21:43,820 Speaker 1: there's this long genealogy of different names. This person begat 350 00:21:43,890 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: that one. After they had a son, they begat this 351 00:21:47,420 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: one and they had children and begat this one on 352 00:21:49,820 --> 00:21:55,139 Speaker 1: and on over 30 names, no commentary, no details. All 353 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,189 Speaker 1: we know is they lived and died. But in the 354 00:21:58,250 --> 00:22:02,379 Speaker 1: middle of all the repetition, verse nine says, there was 355 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 1: a man named Jabez that was more distinguished than any 356 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,140 Speaker 1: of his relatives. It's like the Holy Spirit paused and said, 357 00:22:10,180 --> 00:22:13,830 Speaker 1: wait a minute, this man was different. There was something 358 00:22:13,850 --> 00:22:17,379 Speaker 1: that set him apart. that made the writer stop in 359 00:22:17,420 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: the middle of listing hundreds of names with no explanation. 360 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,679 Speaker 1: Now it tells us there was something special about Jabez. 361 00:22:26,340 --> 00:22:29,899 Speaker 1: Verse 10 says, he was the one that prayed to 362 00:22:29,940 --> 00:22:34,510 Speaker 1: the God of Israel. Oh, that you would bless me indeed, 363 00:22:34,930 --> 00:22:38,490 Speaker 1: that you would enlarge my territories and that your hand 364 00:22:38,730 --> 00:22:41,750 Speaker 1: would always be on me. In the middle of people 365 00:22:41,890 --> 00:22:47,930 Speaker 1: living and dying, Ordinary, average, Jabez came along and prayed 366 00:22:47,950 --> 00:22:52,380 Speaker 1: a show me prayer. God bless me indeed. God show 367 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:57,360 Speaker 1: out in my life, enlarge my territories. He was saying, God, 368 00:22:57,420 --> 00:23:02,180 Speaker 1: make me an example. Display your goodness. God could have thought, 369 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,870 Speaker 1: come on, Jabez, be content. Just fit in, be like 370 00:23:05,950 --> 00:23:11,070 Speaker 1: everyone else. But the scripture says God granted him his request. 371 00:23:11,990 --> 00:23:16,110 Speaker 1: God is not faulting you for praying bold prayers. God, 372 00:23:16,170 --> 00:23:18,990 Speaker 1: do something out of the ordinary. Take me where I 373 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:23,220 Speaker 1: can't go on my own. What's significant is the name 374 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 1: Jabez means sorrow and pain. His mother named him this 375 00:23:28,220 --> 00:23:32,540 Speaker 1: because she had great pain giving birth to him. Sometimes 376 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: people will try to label you with their issues. They'll 377 00:23:36,580 --> 00:23:39,820 Speaker 1: name you by the negative things they've been through. But 378 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:43,060 Speaker 1: what they said about you does not determine who you are, 379 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: how you were raised, how you were treated, any limitations, injustice. 380 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,790 Speaker 1: That may be the environment you were in, but it's 381 00:23:51,830 --> 00:23:56,210 Speaker 1: not who you are. They may call you Jabez, pain, sorrow. 382 00:23:56,950 --> 00:24:02,890 Speaker 1: In today's language, addicted, divorced, unattractive, slow. Do yourself a favor. 383 00:24:03,330 --> 00:24:06,629 Speaker 1: Despite what life's tried to name you, be a Jabez. 384 00:24:07,470 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: Dare to say, God bless me indeed. God enlarge my territories. 385 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,740 Speaker 1: God show me a sign of your favor. God will 386 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 1: take what should have stopped you and use it to 387 00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:22,850 Speaker 1: promote you. He'll cause you to defy the odds. He 388 00:24:22,930 --> 00:24:25,690 Speaker 1: loves to show favor to those that should have been 389 00:24:25,730 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 1: pushed down, left out in dysfunction. That may be how 390 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:34,179 Speaker 1: you started, but that's not where your story ends. God's 391 00:24:34,220 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 1: about to enlarge your territories. He's about to bless you indeed. 392 00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:45,610 Speaker 1: That means more than you expected. Something unusual, supernatural. You 393 00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:48,530 Speaker 1: couldn't make it happen. It's the hand of God where 394 00:24:48,570 --> 00:24:53,070 Speaker 1: people can't deny it. There's no explanations. All the facts 395 00:24:53,130 --> 00:24:57,790 Speaker 1: said you should just be another name in genealogy, average, ordinary. 396 00:24:58,270 --> 00:25:01,470 Speaker 1: But when it comes to you, there's a pause. This person, 397 00:25:01,770 --> 00:25:05,390 Speaker 1: they went to Lakewood. They didn't pray survival prayers. They 398 00:25:05,430 --> 00:25:10,050 Speaker 1: prayed show me prayers. They saw giants fall. They saw 399 00:25:10,109 --> 00:25:15,330 Speaker 1: doors open. They saw healing, provision. God wants to make 400 00:25:15,369 --> 00:25:19,300 Speaker 1: you an example. He wants to display his favor on 401 00:25:19,340 --> 00:25:22,970 Speaker 1: your life. Have you ever prayed, God, show me a 402 00:25:23,070 --> 00:25:27,030 Speaker 1: sign of your favor? Have you ever said, God, bless 403 00:25:27,090 --> 00:25:30,669 Speaker 1: me indeed? Could it be that you're missing out on 404 00:25:30,710 --> 00:25:34,130 Speaker 1: the fullness of what God has because you're not asking? 405 00:25:34,890 --> 00:25:39,170 Speaker 1: You're praying weak prayers, get by prayers. What would happen 406 00:25:39,190 --> 00:25:43,180 Speaker 1: if every morning we would get up and say like David, God, 407 00:25:43,260 --> 00:25:46,940 Speaker 1: show me a sign of your favor today. God, display 408 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:51,180 Speaker 1: your power through me to bring you glory. That's what 409 00:25:51,260 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: causes the creator of the universe to go to work. 410 00:25:54,780 --> 00:25:58,360 Speaker 1: And if you'll do this, I believe and declare God 411 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,380 Speaker 1: is going to exceed your expectations. Like David, you will 412 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:10,750 Speaker 1: overcome obstacles that look impossible. Like Joshua, supernatural doors will open, healing, breakthroughs, abundance, 413 00:26:11,050 --> 00:26:15,670 Speaker 1: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. And if 414 00:26:15,710 --> 00:26:20,380 Speaker 1: you receive it, can you say amen today? I'd like 415 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,100 Speaker 1: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord 416 00:26:23,140 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 417 00:26:26,100 --> 00:26:30,790 Speaker 1: Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 418 00:26:31,550 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: I make you my Lord and Savior. If you prayed 419 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd 420 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,300 Speaker 1: love to send you some free information on your new 421 00:26:40,340 --> 00:26:42,699 Speaker 1: walk with the Lord. 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