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And if you're ever in our area, 45 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 4: please stop by and be a part of one of 46 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 4: our services. I promise you it will make you feel 47 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 4: right at home. But thank you again for tuning in, 48 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 4: and thank you so much for coming out. I like 49 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 4: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 50 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 4: elderly couple. They were having a terrible time with their memory, 51 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 4: and they went to the doctor and he instructed them 52 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 4: to start writing down everything they had been forgetting. The 53 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 4: next night, they were watching television. The wife said, I 54 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 4: sure would like a bowl of ice cream. The husband said, 55 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 4: I'll go get it for you. She said, honey, you 56 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 4: know what the doctor said, you better write it down. 57 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 4: He said, I'm just going into the kitchen. I'm not 58 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,239 Speaker 4: going to forget it. In a few minutes, he came 59 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 4: back handed her a plate of bacon and eggs. She 60 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 4: shook her head and said, I should have known it. 61 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 4: You forgot my toast. Hold up your bible. Say it 62 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 4: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 63 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 4: what it says. I am. I have what it says 64 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 65 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 66 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 4: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 67 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 68 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 69 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 4: choosing faith in spite of the facts. There are times 70 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 4: in life when the facts are not our friend. The 71 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 4: facts will say you can't get well, you saw the 72 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:30,119 Speaker 4: medical report. Or you can't accomplish your dreams. You don't 73 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 4: have the training, the education, you don't know the right people. 74 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 4: You'll never break that addiction. You've had it too long. 75 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 4: If you just focus on the facts, they'll keep you 76 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 4: from your destiny. The facts can talk you out of 77 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 4: your dreams. The facts can convince you to settle for mediocrity. 78 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 4: But I've learned that God is bigger than the facts. 79 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 4: You may not see away in the natural, but he's 80 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 4: a supernatural god. He can do what medicine cannot do. 81 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 4: He can promote you without the training. He can make 82 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 4: rivers in a desert. He's not limited by the laws 83 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 4: of nature, science, finance. Don't let the facts fool you 84 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 4: when you believe all things are possible. When I was 85 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 4: in my late teens, I was driving to lunch with 86 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 4: some friends and we saw these two men coming out 87 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 4: of a house carrying a television and a stereo. They 88 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 4: were stealing it, and we knew the people that lived there. 89 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 4: They were out of town and I pulled into a 90 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 4: convenience store and called nine to one one. The operator said, 91 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 4: what's your emergency. I was very young and nervous, and 92 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 4: I started telling him where we were coming from, and 93 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 4: who was with me, and where we were going. He said, sir, 94 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,359 Speaker 4: I don't need any of that. Just give me the facts. 95 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 4: He said it twice, very sternly. All I want are 96 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 4: the facts. In the same way, when you're believing for 97 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 4: a problem to turn around, believing for a child to 98 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 4: get on the right path, believing to get out of debt, 99 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 4: in your heart, you'll hear a voice saying it's going 100 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 4: to happen. God can make a way, favor is coming, 101 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 4: healing is coming. You'll feel faith rising up. But in 102 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 4: your mind you'll hear another voice saying, just give me 103 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 4: the facts. I don't want to hear all that faith stuff. 104 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 4: I when to know what you're believing for what you're 105 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 4: hoping will happen. All I want are the facts. In 106 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 4: other words, what does the medical report say? How much 107 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 4: do you have in the account? Where is your child 108 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 4: right now? The real battle is taking place in our mind, 109 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 4: and the scripture says, lean not to your own understanding. 110 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 4: There are times. Take this in the right sense, you 111 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 4: have to turn your mind off. Your mind will tell 112 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 4: you all the reasons why it's not going to happen. 113 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 4: If you stay focused on the facts, the details, what 114 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 4: the experts have said. Before long, you'll talk yourself out 115 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 4: of it. Now, I'm all four, having common sense, being wise, 116 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 4: But sometimes there is no logical solution. There is no 117 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 4: way in the natural. This is when faith kicks in. God. 118 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 4: I believe you're bigger than these facts. I don't see away, 119 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 4: but I know you can still make a way. But 120 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 4: too often we only look at things from a natural, 121 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 4: logical point of view. This is my financial statement. These 122 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 4: are the numbers, Joel. Nothing to debate about this. This 123 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 4: is what the medical report says. These are the grades 124 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 4: my child is making in school right now. That's all 125 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 4: true in the natural. What I'm saying is we serve 126 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 4: a supernatural God. He is not limited by the facts. 127 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 4: He controls the whole universe. He spoke worlds into existence, 128 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 4: he flung stars into space. The facts may tell you you'll 129 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 4: never get out of debt, but one touch of God's 130 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 4: favor can put you into overflow. The facts will say 131 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,039 Speaker 4: you can't accomplish your it's been too long, you're too 132 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 4: far behind. One touch of God's favor can put you 133 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 4: fifty years down the road. The facts may tell you you'll 134 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 4: never get well, You'll always have that addiction, always have 135 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 4: that depression. One touch of God's favor can set you 136 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 4: instantly free. I had a man tell me last week 137 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 4: how he had been filled with anger and hatred his 138 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 4: whole life. This is all he had ever known. He 139 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 4: was in his forties. He didn't like himself. He wanted 140 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 4: to do better, but the facts said, this is who 141 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 4: you are. Just deal with it. But about two months ago, 142 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 4: he accidentally flipped on our broadcast. Didn't have any kind 143 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 4: of spiritual background, but as he listened, something began to 144 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 4: come alive on the inside. He said, Joel, When I 145 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 4: prayed that prayer at the end of the program, it's 146 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 4: like I became a totally different person. All the anger 147 00:07:55,480 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 4: and hatred instantly left me. One touch of God's favor 148 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 4: can override the facts. God can override what the medical 149 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 4: report says. He can override what people are telling you 150 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 4: you can't do. He can override what you think you're lacking. 151 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 4: Don't let the facts keep you from your destiny, choose faith. 152 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 4: Dare to believe. God did not put you here on 153 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 4: planet Earth to be average, to be addicted, to be overcome, 154 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 4: to barely get by. He puts you here to be victorious, 155 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 4: to be free, to leave your mark on this generation. 156 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 4: The facts may say otherwise, but don't let that fool you. 157 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 4: God is not limited by the facts. When you believe, 158 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 4: you tap into the most powerful force in the universe. 159 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 4: When Victoria and I were first married, one night, we 160 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 4: were walking through this nice neighborhood and there was this 161 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 4: beautiful two story house almost finished being built, and we 162 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 4: walked up to look in it. Big windows, high ceilings, 163 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 4: spacious rooms. Was so beautiful. Victoria said, Joel, one day, 164 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 4: We're going to live in a house just like this. 165 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 4: She might as well have said, Joel, one day we're 166 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 4: going to go to the moon. I no more believe that, 167 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 4: I said, Victoria, I work for a church. I'm never 168 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 4: going to be able to afford a house like this, 169 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 4: And being the great man of faith that I am, 170 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 4: I went on and on trying to talk her out 171 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 4: of it, telling her all the reasons why it wasn't 172 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 4: going to happen. She wouldn't hear it. It went in 173 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 4: one ear and out the other. She said, Now, Joel, 174 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 4: I feel it down in my spirit. One day it's 175 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 4: going to happen. Two years later, we unexpectedly sold property. 176 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 4: God blessed us more than we could ever imagine, and 177 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 4: we were able to move into a house just like 178 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 4: the one that she saw. The difference was I was 179 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 4: focused on the facts. I knew what we made, what 180 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 4: we saved, what it took to send kids to college, 181 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,319 Speaker 4: the cost of living. I had the projections, the spreadsheets, 182 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 4: the financial data. All the facts said it would not 183 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 4: happen in my lifetime. Now Victoria had the same facts, 184 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 4: the same information, but instead of letting the facts talk 185 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 4: her out of it, she chose to believe what God 186 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 4: put in her heart. She wasn't denying the facts. She 187 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 4: wasn't living in a fantasy land. She was simply saying, 188 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 4: it's not possible in the natural. But God, I know 189 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 4: you're a supernatural God. You're not limited by our income, 190 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 4: by our position, by our background, by our circumstances. You 191 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 4: have all power. You can get us to where you 192 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 4: want us to be. When you take the limits off 193 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 4: of God, he'll amaze you with this goodness. Don't do 194 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 4: like I did and let the facts talk you out 195 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 4: of God's best. You've thought long enough of all the 196 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 4: reasons you can't live in a nice house, or why 197 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 4: your children will never honor God, why you won't break 198 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 4: that addiction. No, the facts may be against you, but 199 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 4: can I tell you God is for you. His power 200 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 4: is greater than any force that's trying to hold you back. 201 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 4: His favor can thrust you to a new level. His 202 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 4: goodness can turn your children around. His mercy can set 203 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 4: you free from every addiction. His love can restore, rebuild, 204 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 4: set you on a new path, give you a new beginning. 205 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 4: Shake off the doubt, shake off the negative voices. If 206 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 4: God be for you, who dare be against you? He 207 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 4: wouldn't have put that dream in your heart if he 208 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 4: wasn't already planning on bringing it to pass. You don't 209 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 4: have to figure out how it's going to happen. It 210 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 4: may not work on paper. The odds may be against you. 211 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 4: That's okay, That's not your job. Your job is to 212 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 4: believe God. The medical report says I'm not going to 213 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 4: get well, but you said with long life you would 214 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 4: satisfy me God. My children aren't doing right, but you said, 215 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 4: as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 216 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 4: The facts say I'll never get out of debt, but God, 217 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 4: you said, I will lend to not borrow. I am 218 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 4: the head and not the tail. If you're going to 219 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 4: see God's best, you've got to choose faith in spite 220 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 4: of the facts. The facts told my mother that she 221 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 4: had a few weeks to live with terminal cancer in 222 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 4: nineteen eighty one, but my mother chose faith, and she's 223 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 4: still alive and healthy today, eighty one years old. The 224 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 4: facts said I couldn't pass through the church after my 225 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,839 Speaker 4: father went to be with the Lord. I had never ministered. 226 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 4: I didn't have the training, the experience. But I chose 227 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,959 Speaker 4: faith in spite of the facts, and everything's worked out 228 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 4: pretty good so far. The facts said we would never 229 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 4: get this facility, the former compact, a city owned building. 230 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 4: The fact said, the city is not going to let 231 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 4: a church have it. The odds were against us. But 232 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 4: I've learned when God laid out the plan for your life, 233 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 4: he didn't go check to make sure all the facts 234 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 4: would line up so it would happen. The facts don't 235 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 4: limit him. He's not up in the heavens, scratching his head, thinking, Oh, 236 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 4: I wanted Jee's mom to live a long life. I 237 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 4: didn't know she'd have cancer at forty eight years old. 238 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 4: Or I wanted Lakewood to have the Compact Center. I 239 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 4: didn't know that company would file a lawsuit to try 240 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 4: to keep them from moving in. No. God is not 241 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 4: moved by the facts. He has ways to get you 242 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 4: to your destiny that you've never thought of. One good break, 243 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 4: one phone call, one idea, one divine connection can catapult 244 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 4: you into a new level of your destiny. I know 245 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 4: a young man that applied for a scholarship at this 246 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 4: major university. There were only twenty scholarships available in the 247 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 4: field he wanted to study. Over three thousand people applied. 248 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 4: The odds were not in his favor. He could have 249 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 4: thought there's no use even believing for this. His chances 250 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 4: were less than one half of one percent, not good 251 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 4: at all. But instead of letting those facts talk him 252 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 4: out of it, his attitude was God, the odds are 253 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 4: against me, but I know you are for me, and 254 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 4: if you want me in this university, I believe you 255 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 4: can open the door and make it happen. A few 256 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 4: months later, he received an email saying congratulations, out of 257 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 4: the three thousand, you were one of the twenty chosen. 258 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 4: When you believe, it activates God's power. And if he 259 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 4: had just sat around thinking, oh, it's not going to happen. 260 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 4: I never get any good breaks, I'm not that smart, 261 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 4: I come from the wrong family, then it wouldn't have happened. 262 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 4: You have to take the limits off of God. Dare 263 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 4: to believe. Sometimes the facts will say it's been too long, 264 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 4: the dream is never going to come to pass, the 265 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 4: problem's not going to turn around. It's too late. This 266 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 4: is what happened with Jesus. One time he was walking 267 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 4: through this town. Men came up to him. A leader 268 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 4: in the synagogue fell at his feet and said, Jesus, 269 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 4: my little girl is so sick. Would you please come 270 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 4: to my house and pray for her? And Jesus told 271 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 4: him that he would come, but he kept getting delayed 272 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 4: along the way again and again. Finally, one of the 273 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 4: men's assistants came up to the disciples that were standing 274 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 4: behind Jesus and said, no use bothering Jesus anymore. It's 275 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 4: too late. The little girl has died. The scripture says 276 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 4: Jesus overhearing but ignoring. He heard the facts, he got 277 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 4: the official report, she's dead. Jesus could have gotten discouraged 278 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 4: and thought, oh man, I blew it. I should have 279 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 4: gotten there sooner. No, he simply ignored the negative report. 280 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 4: And if you're going to stay in faith, he can't 281 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 4: go through the day thinking about all the odds that 282 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 4: are against you, how you'll never get well, how big 283 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 4: your obstacles are. No, the facts may not look good, 284 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 4: but you've got to do like Jesus and choose to 285 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 4: ignore them, choose to not dwell on them, choose to 286 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 4: stay in faith. Jesus went to the house, prayed for 287 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 4: the little girl. She came back to life. His attitude was, 288 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 4: the facts don't stop me. I'm bigger than the facts. 289 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 4: When I speak, waves obey me. When I speak blind 290 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 4: eyes open red, seize part the dead come back to life. 291 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 4: I wonder how many situations we'd see turn around, how 292 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 4: many dreams we'd see come to pass, if we would 293 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 4: simply start ignoring the negative reports. The facts may be 294 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 4: against you, that's one report, but God always has another report. 295 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 4: The medical situation may say you'll never get well, but 296 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 4: God says, I'm restoring health back into you. I will 297 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 4: heal you of your wounds. Now here's the big question. 298 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 4: Whose report are you going to believe? Faith are fact? 299 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 4: Sometimes fact is easier because you can see it. It 300 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 4: makes sense, it's right before you. But the scripture says 301 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 4: we walk by faith and not by sight. The facts 302 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 4: may say you're hurt, you're lonely, you've been through a breakup, 303 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 4: nothing good is in your future. You've heard that long enough. 304 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 4: But there's another report that says God has beauty for 305 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 4: your ashes, joy for your mourning. What was meant for 306 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 4: your harm? He's going to use to your advantage. Why 307 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 4: don't you choose to believe that report. The facts can 308 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 4: tell you you're not going to get out of debt 309 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 4: until you're one hundred and sixty seven years old. You've 310 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 4: calculated it, you've run all the numbers. You've got the facts. 311 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 4: But faith says God's blessings are chasing you down. Your 312 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 4: cup will run over. Whatever you touch will prosper and 313 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 4: succeed like Jesus. I'm sure you've heard plenty of these 314 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 4: negative reports. It may not have been from other people, 315 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 4: but even your own thinking saying things like you've reached 316 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 4: your limits. You're not that talented, you're not attractive, you're 317 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 4: not smart enough. Start ignoring those lies. Don't give them 318 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 4: the time of day. You wouldn't be alive unless God 319 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 4: had something amazing in your future. He has equipped you, 320 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 4: empowered you, and anointed you. You have everything you need 321 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 4: to fulfill your destiny. Now. Sometimes the facts say otherwise, 322 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 4: But Paul said in Corinthians, the things we see are temporary. 323 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 4: One version says they are subject to change. Your finances 324 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 4: may be low today, The good news is they are 325 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 4: subject to change. You may be lonely, but that's subject 326 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 4: to change. God has a divine connection. The right person 327 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 4: come in your way, or you may have had that 328 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 4: addiction for twenty years. But don't believe that lie that 329 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 4: that's the way it's always going to be. That may 330 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,959 Speaker 4: be the way that it's been, but that's not the 331 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 4: end of your story. It's subject to change. In a 332 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 4: split second, God can set you free. The key is 333 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 4: don't let it become permanent in your thinking. Don't let 334 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,120 Speaker 4: the facts convince you that's the way it's always going 335 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 4: to be. No, today is a new day. God is 336 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,360 Speaker 4: saying the things you've been praying about, the things you've 337 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 4: been believing for are about to come to pass. You're 338 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 4: about to see the breakthroughs, the healing, the favor, the promotion, 339 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 4: the victory is headed your way. One Kings, chapter seventeen. 340 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,679 Speaker 4: There was a widow living during a great famine. She 341 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 4: was a single parent mother. All of her funds had 342 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 4: run out. She had no food, no way to survive. 343 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 4: She went outside to gather up some firewood, and she 344 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 4: was going to cook the last little bit of flour 345 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 4: and oil that she had. She and her son were 346 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 4: going to eat what they thought would be their last meal. 347 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 4: The fact said she was done in a great famine, 348 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 4: no food, no income, All the odds were against her. 349 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 4: There was a knock on the door. It was the 350 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 4: prophet Elijah. He was a friend of the family. After 351 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 4: he greeted them, he said, would you do me a 352 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 4: big favor? I'm so hungry. Would you please make me 353 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 4: something to eat? She said, Elijah, I would love to, 354 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 4: but all I have is this little bit of flour, 355 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 4: little bit of oil. It was going to be our 356 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,919 Speaker 4: last meal. He said, I understand that. Just make me 357 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 4: something first, and you guys can eat what's left over. 358 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 4: I'm sure, she thought. Reverend Elijah, I really love you, 359 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 4: but I'm not about to give you my last meal. 360 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 4: It seemed like he was being selfish, but Elijah knew 361 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 4: what he was doing. It's the principle when you put 362 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 4: God first, he'll take care of you. All of her logic, 363 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 4: all her reasoning, said, don't make him something when you're 364 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 4: starving to death. But in spite of what her mind 365 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 4: told her, she chose to do it. She cooked the 366 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 4: last bit of flour, the last little bit of oil, 367 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 4: made him some bread. She and her son ate what 368 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 4: was left over. The next day, she went to those containers, 369 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 4: expecting them to be empty, but much to her surprise, 370 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 4: there was still some flower left, still some oil. This 371 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 4: happened day after day, month after month. The supply never 372 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 4: ran out. God supernaturally multiplied it. What's interesting is God 373 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 4: didn't stop the famine. The conditions around her were just 374 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,199 Speaker 4: the same. God simply blessed her in the midst of 375 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 4: the famine. Sometimes we think that the economy has to 376 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 4: improve for us to do better. Joel, my job has 377 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 4: to increase my company and then I can rise higher. 378 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 4: No God can bless you right in the middle of 379 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 4: the famine. He can bless you in spite of what's 380 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 4: going on around you. Let me make it more practical. 381 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 4: You can be in a dysfunctional situation at work, people 382 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 4: that don't like you trying to hold you down. The 383 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 4: facts say, too bad, Just learn to live with it. No, 384 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 4: that doesn't stop God when it's his time to promote you. 385 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 4: All the forces of darkness cannot hold you down. Or 386 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 4: how about at home a situation parents that don't support you, 387 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 4: or child that's not doing right in a bad neighborhood. 388 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 4: The facts say you're stuck. Good luck, Just endure it. No, 389 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 4: God can reach down in the middle of that dysfunction, 390 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 4: in the middle of the chaos, and say, I'm going 391 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 4: to promote you. I'm going to increase you. I'm going 392 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 4: to take you where you've never dreamed. When God blesses 393 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 4: you in the midst of the famine, then everyone around 394 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 4: you will know his favor is on your life. See, 395 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 4: the conditions don't have to be just right. You just 396 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 4: have to be right. If you'll honor God, take the 397 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 4: limits off of him, he'll prosper you even in a desert. 398 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 4: He'll make you an example of his goodness. The facts 399 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 4: may say you'll never get out of that environment. You'll 400 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 4: never rise out of that rut, that struggle, that lack. 401 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 4: It's all around you. You're surrounded by mediocrity. Know the 402 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 4: odds may be against you, but the most High God 403 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 4: is for you. He doesn't have to change the whole environment. 404 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 4: You need to get ready. God's going to bless you 405 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,959 Speaker 4: in spite of your circumstances. He's going to promote your 406 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 4: right in the middle of a famine. I was in Kenya, Africa, 407 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 4: several years ago. We were visiting this orphanage. The family 408 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 4: that run it are great people. The father left a 409 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 4: prestigious job teaching at the university to come back and 410 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 4: start the orphanage. Now he and his grown sons and 411 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 4: daughters have two hundred acres where they take care of 412 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 4: five hundred children. We ask about their support and how 413 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 4: they raised funds. The father told how they were self sufficient. 414 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 4: They farmed the land and that's how they provide the 415 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 4: food and nutrition for the children. They've developed their own 416 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 4: unique irrigation system. They're so successful they sell their produce 417 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 4: to the local grocery stores. And what's interesting is when 418 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 4: they purchased the property, they were told that they wouldn't 419 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 4: be able to grow crops there because the soil was 420 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 4: too unhealthy and there wasn't enough rain. The experts told 421 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,400 Speaker 4: them they would never be able to sustain themselves off 422 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 4: the land. And that's what's happening all around for miles 423 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 4: and miles. Nobody else can grow crops. It's dry and barren. 424 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 4: But when you get to their property, it's like an 425 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 4: oasis out in the desert. The university sent people out 426 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 4: to take soil samples to do studies, try to figure 427 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 4: out what's different about their property. They can't understand how 428 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 4: their soil can be so rich and fertile and right 429 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 4: next door it's totally different. When this father told me, 430 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 4: he smiled and said, Joel, it's the blessing of God 431 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 4: on our life. Friends. God controls the environment. He's not 432 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 4: limited by what somebody has told you. He's not limited 433 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 4: by what the experts have said. With all due respect, 434 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 4: God has the final say. The facts don't have to 435 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 4: line up for Him to bless you. You don't have 436 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 4: to be the smartest, the most talented, the strongest. What's 437 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 4: more important than all of that is God's blessing on 438 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,360 Speaker 4: your life. Why don't you take the limits off of him? 439 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 4: Don't let the facts talk you out of what God 440 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 4: put in your heart. One time in the Old Testament, 441 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 4: the Israelites were surrounded by a major army. This army 442 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 4: had cut off their food supply. They were waiting for 443 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 4: them to starve to death, and then they were going 444 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 4: to go take the land. The prophet Elisha showed up 445 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:00,119 Speaker 4: and said to the Israelites, by this time tomorrow, there 446 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,880 Speaker 4: will be so much food you'll be able to buy 447 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,479 Speaker 4: a loaf of bread for only one penny. The king's 448 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 4: assistant said, Elisha, what are you talking about. That's totally impossible. 449 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 4: The problem with this assistant is he was only looking 450 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 4: at it in the natural. He started checking all the facts. 451 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 4: We're surrounded, we're outnumbered, we have no food, we're starving, 452 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 4: we're weak. In other words, he checked the stock report, 453 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 4: he looked at this financial statement, he watched the nightly news. 454 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 4: Came to the conclusion there's no way it's never going 455 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 4: to happen. When he told Elisha that he thought it 456 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 4: was impossible, Elisha did something significant. He didn't just blow 457 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,160 Speaker 4: him off and say, well, we'll see. He looked at 458 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 4: this assistant and said it will come to pass. But 459 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,919 Speaker 4: because you doubted. Because you didn't believe, it will not 460 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 4: happen for you. You won't see any part of it. 461 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,919 Speaker 4: Later that day, four lepers were sitting outside the city gates. 462 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 4: They started walking toward the enemy's camp. God caused it 463 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 4: to sound like a huge army was approaching. The enemy 464 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 4: panicked and took off, running for their lives. Left all 465 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 4: of their food and supplies. The lepers went back and 466 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 4: told the Israelites that the enemy was gone and there 467 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 4: was an abundance of food. This assistant, who didn't believe, 468 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 4: was in charge of the city gates. When he opened 469 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 4: them up to let the people out, they were so 470 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 4: excited he got knocked down and was trampled to death. 471 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,719 Speaker 4: Everyone else could buy bread for one penny a loaf, 472 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 4: but not him. It happened just like Elisha said. Now, 473 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 4: my encouragement is when God puts a promise in your heart, 474 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 4: you may not see how it can happen. All the 475 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 4: facts may say it's impossible, But do yourself a favor. 476 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 4: Don't tell God all the reasons why you don't believe, 477 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 4: why you can't get well. That will keep it from 478 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 4: happening for you. You have to turn your mind off He's 479 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 4: a supernatural God. He's not limited by your circumstances. He's 480 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 4: limited by what you believe. The odds may be against 481 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,679 Speaker 4: you today, but don't ever forget the most High God 482 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,159 Speaker 4: is for you. The facts don't stop him, the economy 483 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 4: doesn't stop him. A medphal report doesn't stop him. He 484 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 4: has all power. And if you'll start choosing faith in 485 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 4: spite of the facts, I believe and declare new doors 486 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,679 Speaker 4: are going to open, Dreams are going to come to pass, 487 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 4: problems are going to turn around, favor, healing, breakthroughs, abundance, 488 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 4: victory is coming your way in Jesus' name. If you 489 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 4: receive it today, can you say amen? We never like 490 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 4: to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to 491 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 4: make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 492 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 4: with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 493 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 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