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We come with 51 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 4: good news, knowing that God is on your side and 52 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 4: He's got a great plan for your life. And if 53 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 4: you're ever in our area, I hope that you'll stop 54 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 4: by and see us. We give you a personal invitation. 55 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,679 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 56 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 4: But thanks so much for tuning in today. I'd like 57 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 4: to get started with something kind of funny each week, 58 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 4: so listen to this one. A woman parked her brand 59 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 4: new Lexus in front of her office, wanting to show 60 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 4: it off. As she got out, a truck passed too 61 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 4: closely and toward the door, completely off. When the police arrived, 62 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 4: they found the woman ranning and raving about how her 63 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 4: new car would never be the same. The officer shook 64 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 4: his head and said, lady, you are so materialistic, don't 65 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 4: you realize when the truck hits your car, it ripped 66 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 4: your arm off from the elbow down. Oh my goodness, 67 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 4: she screamed, where's my tennis Bracelet? You know some people 68 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 4: like that, come on, hold your bibles up and say 69 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 4: it like you mean it. Ready, this is my Bible. 70 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 71 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 72 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 4: I can do. Today, I'll be taught the word of God. 73 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 4: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 74 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. I am about to 75 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 4: receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever living seed of the Word 76 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 4: of God. I'll never be the same, never, never, never, 77 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 4: I'll never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 78 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 4: You sound great as usual. I want to talk to 79 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 4: you today about living with expectancy and believing for more 80 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 4: of God's favor in your life. Too many people are 81 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 4: stuck in a rut and they're not really expecting anything good. 82 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 4: They don't expect to rise higher, they don't expect to 83 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 4: get any breaks, they don't expect things to change. They 84 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 4: go out each day sort of expecting to get the 85 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 4: short end of the stick. Their attitude is nothing good 86 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 4: ever happens to me. I don't see how I could 87 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 4: ever get out of debt. I'll never get married, I'll 88 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 4: never be promoted. I don't think I could ever afford 89 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 4: a nice house. But no, you've got to change what 90 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 4: you're expecting. God meets us at the level of our expectations. 91 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 4: If you don't expect anything good, you don't expect to 92 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 4: rise higher, and you don't expect those negative situations to 93 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 4: turn around, then, unfortunately, your own wrong thinking is going 94 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 4: to set the limits for your life. Now. I want 95 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 4: to challenge you today to raise your level of expectancy, 96 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 4: get your hopes up, start believing for more of God. 97 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 4: God's favor. God has so many great things in store 98 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 4: for you. He wants to promote you, to increase you. 99 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 4: God can turn any situation around, but we have to 100 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,799 Speaker 4: do our part and take the limits off of God. 101 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 4: And so, instead of always expecting the worst, why don't 102 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 4: you start expecting the best? Instead of going out each 103 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 4: day expecting to just barely get by, why don't you 104 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 4: start expecting to live God's abundant life. When we get 105 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 4: up in the morning, one of the first things we 106 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 4: should do is ask ourselves, what am I expecting today? 107 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 4: What am I believing our attitude should be. I believe 108 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 4: this is going to be a great day. God's favor 109 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 4: surrounds me wherever I go. I know God is making 110 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 4: my crooked places straight, and I believe that something good 111 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 4: is going to happen to me today. See, we need 112 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 4: to get our mind going in the right direction. Let's 113 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 4: start believing that we can rise higher. Believe that you 114 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 4: can accomplish your dreams. Believe that that situation can turn around. 115 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,359 Speaker 4: Put your faith out there, and start expecting good things. 116 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 4: Things the scripture says they're in Isaiah thirty, verse eighteen 117 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 4: from the amplified God is longing to be good to 118 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 4: people that are looking for his goodness, his favor, and 119 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 4: his victory. Notice. God wants to be good to you, 120 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 4: but it's only going to happen if you are looking 121 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 4: for his goodness, if you are expecting his blessings in favor. 122 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 4: In other words, we should actively be releasing our faith 123 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 4: for more of God's favor. And I don't say it arrogantly, 124 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 4: but when I go out each day, I'm expecting to 125 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 4: get good breaks. I'm expecting to be at the right 126 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 4: place at the right time. I'm expecting some supernatural doors 127 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 4: to open. I'm expecting people to want to be good 128 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 4: to me. I'm expecting a few advantages, not because of 129 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 4: who I am, but because of whose I am. I 130 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 4: know I'm a child of the Most High God, and 131 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 4: God is longing to be good to me. I know 132 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 4: God wants to pour out his blessings in favor. It 133 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 4: says in the Book of Psalms that God has crowned 134 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 4: us with glory and honor. Another word for honor is favor. 135 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 4: Favor means to assist, to provide with advantages, and to 136 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 4: receive preferential treatment. God is simply saying he wants to 137 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 4: make your life easier. He wants to assist you. He 138 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 4: wants to give you advantages. And what a shame to 139 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 4: go through life, negative, defeated, never expecting anything good. When 140 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 4: Almighty God has already crowned us with his favor. Now 141 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 4: we need to hold our shoulders back and live with confidence, 142 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 4: knowing that we have a right to walk in victory. 143 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 4: We have a right to expect good things. We have 144 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 4: an advantage in life. We have the favor of God. 145 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 4: One translation says God wants to show us his far 146 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 4: and beyond favor. He wants to do unusual, unprecedented things. 147 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 4: But if that's going to happen, we've got to start 148 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 4: living more favor minded. That simply means we're not only 149 00:07:55,200 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 4: expecting favor, but we're also declaring God's favor. And every 150 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 4: day we should say, Father, I thank you that I 151 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 4: have your favor. Thank you that I have favor with 152 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 4: my boss. Thank you that I have favor with my clients. 153 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 4: Thank you that my children have favor with their teachers. 154 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 4: When you get to the office, just under your breath, Father, 155 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 4: thank you that I have favor in this place, everywhere 156 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 4: you go all day long. Father, thank you that your 157 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 4: hand of favor is upon me. See. Learn to declare 158 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 4: God's favor. Really, it's not enough to just believe this. 159 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 4: It's not enough to just think about it. You need 160 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 4: to speak it out words, give life to our faith. 161 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 4: And we should get in a habit of declaring favor. 162 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 4: Just like you're in a habit of brushing your teeth, 163 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 4: you should get in a habit of speaking favor over 164 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 4: your life every single day. When you really walk in 165 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,079 Speaker 4: God's favor, supernatural things are going to happen. The favor 166 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 4: of God will cause you to get a promotion even 167 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 4: though you're not the most qualified. The favor of God 168 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 4: will cause your house to sell even though nothing else 169 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 4: in the neighborhood is selling. The favor of God will 170 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 4: call people to come into your business, even though another 171 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 4: business was much closer. When you have God's favor, he 172 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 4: causes his light to shine down on you. He causes 173 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 4: you to stand out in the crowd, and people are 174 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 4: gonna want to be good to you. They may not 175 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 4: even know why they're doing it, but they'll go out 176 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 4: of their way to help you. One time, I was 177 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 4: on an airplane and now the clear Blue the stewardess 178 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:23,959 Speaker 4: came up and she got me out of my seat 179 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 4: and she took me to a seat up there in 180 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 4: first class. And I was so surprised. I said, why'd 181 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 4: you do that? She said, all the computer just randomly 182 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 4: selected you, And I thought, that's what you think. No, 183 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 4: when you have God's favor, He'll cause even computers to 184 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 4: be good to you. And listen when things like that happen, 185 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 4: don't take it for granted. Be a grateful person. Learn 186 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 4: to say Father, thank you for your favor. And sometimes 187 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 4: it's just the small things. You're in a crowded parking lot, 188 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 4: all of a sudden somebody backs out and you get 189 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 4: that front row spot. That's not a lucky break. That's 190 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 4: the favor of God. Maybe you're out there on the freeway, 191 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 4: it's all backed up, you're trying to get over, can't 192 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 4: seem to get in. All of a sudden, there's the path. 193 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 4: You just slide right in there. That's not a coincidence. 194 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 4: That's God's hand of favor on your life. I remember 195 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,319 Speaker 4: one time I was at a mall and I was 196 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 4: up at the cast register, just standing there, minding my 197 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 4: own business. I was paying for something. Victoria had stepped 198 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 4: away and I was waiting there. The lady behind the register. 199 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 4: She said, oh, you know what, this goes on sale tomorrow. 200 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 4: It's okay with you. I'll go ahead and give you 201 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 4: the sale price. I said, I think that'd be okay now. 202 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 4: I told Victoria I need to go shopping with you 203 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 4: more often. I might save us some money. But she 204 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 4: didn't have to do that. She didn't know me. For Madam. 205 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 4: That's God's favor causing people to want to be good 206 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 4: to us. God's favor causing us to stand out in 207 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 4: the crowd. Well, you say, Joel, that never happens for me. 208 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 4: Well are you living favor minded? Are you expecting good things? 209 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 4: Are you declearing favor over your life? 210 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 1: Well? 211 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 4: I tried it for three days, but it didn't work. 212 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 4: Now I'm talking about living a lifestyle of believing for 213 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 4: the best, expecting the best, and thanking God all day 214 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 4: long for his goodness. When you do that, you will 215 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 4: see more of God's favor in your life. I know. 216 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 4: I talk to a young man several years ago. He 217 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 4: was a very successful businessman, and he came down to 218 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 4: the front for prayer about this job interview he was 219 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 4: going to. This was a chance for him to really 220 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 4: advance in his career. Seemed like a once in a 221 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 4: lifetime opportunity. And he told how executives were flying in 222 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 4: from all over the country to interview for this new position. 223 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 4: Most of these executives had much more experience than he did. 224 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 4: They were much more qualified in fact, on paper, their 225 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 4: resume was much more impressive. And he had already interviewed 226 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 4: several times at this company and he was going back 227 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 4: for his final evaluation later that week. And after we prayed, together. 228 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 4: I told him basically what I'm telling you today, that 229 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 4: you need to start speaking favor over your life now. 230 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,079 Speaker 4: I told him. Every day, whether you feel like it 231 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 4: or not, no matter how impossible it seems to you, 232 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 4: you just need to say, father, thank you that your 233 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,839 Speaker 4: favor is causing this company to want to hire men. 234 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 4: Thank you that your favor is going to cause me 235 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 4: to stand out in the crowd. Father, I'm just thinking 236 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 4: that your favor is going to open up doors that 237 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 4: look impossible. I said, you not only do that, but 238 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 4: you expect to get that position, expect to hear good news. Well, 239 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 4: I saw him maybe three months later out here in 240 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 4: the front lobby and he was just beaming from ear 241 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 4: to ear. I mean, he had a glow on his face, 242 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 4: and I could already tell that he had gotten that 243 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 4: new position. But he said something very interesting. He said, Joel, 244 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 4: it was the most amazing thing. When I went into 245 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 4: that boardroom and those executives gave me the good news, 246 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 4: they were literally shaking their heads. They said, we don't 247 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:37,319 Speaker 4: really know why we're hiring you. You're not the most qualified, 248 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 4: you don't have the most experienced, but they said, there's 249 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 4: just something about you that we like, they said, we 250 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 4: can't quite put our finger on it. But there's just 251 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 4: something about you that makes you stand out above those 252 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:53,439 Speaker 4: other candidates. Friends, that's the favor of God. God's favor 253 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:55,839 Speaker 4: is like a bright light shining down on you. It's 254 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 4: going to cause you to stand out in the crowd. 255 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 4: That's what it says in number six, verse twenty five. 256 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 4: The Lord will make his face shine on you and 257 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 4: give you favor, and you will be enlightened. And when 258 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 4: you really walk in God's favor, when you really know that, 259 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,199 Speaker 4: you know that you've been crowned with glory and honor, 260 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 4: You're gonna go around beaming with joy. You're gonna go 261 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 4: around glowing with the glory of God. I think about 262 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 4: Moses when he came down off the mountain after he 263 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 4: had just received the Ten Commandments. The scripture says that 264 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 4: his face was so bright they had to put a 265 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 4: veil over it because people couldn't even stand to look 266 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 4: at it. I believe when God's favors really poured out 267 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 4: in your life, you're gonna go around with that glow. 268 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 4: You're gonna be shining. People may not even know what 269 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 4: it is, all they're gonna know is there's something different 270 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 4: about you for some reason, they want to help you. 271 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 4: Let's give him the promotion, Let's give her the preferential treatment. 272 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 4: What is that the favor of God causing you to 273 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,559 Speaker 4: stand out? I know, ever since I became pastor, one 274 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,959 Speaker 4: thing I've always done is I've really prayed and believed 275 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 4: that God would give me favor with people that were 276 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 4: on TV, in favor with the people that were flipping 277 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 4: by the different channels. And practically every day I say, Father, 278 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 4: thank you that your favor is causing me to stand out, 279 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 4: and it's supernaturally drawn people to where they want to 280 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 4: tune in. Well, it's funny. I got a letter a 281 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 4: few years back from this man and he told how 282 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 4: he could not stand TV ministers. He was very sarcastic 283 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 4: and very skeptical about everything, and as he would be 284 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 4: watching TV on Sunday nights and he'd see me on 285 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 4: the screen, he would flip by as fast as he could. 286 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 4: I mean he would not watch for five seconds. It 287 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 4: was like he didn't want to become contaminated. But one 288 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 4: Sunday night, as he was flipping through the different channels, 289 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 4: believe it or not, his remote control quit working. And 290 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 4: he got stuck on the channel that we were on, 291 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 4: and he could not change the channel. He couldn't turn 292 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 4: the volume down. Made him so aggravated. He changed the 293 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 4: batteries in the remote control, finagl with it here and there, 294 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 4: but he could not get it working. And he said, 295 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 4: as he was continuing to work on the remote control, 296 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 4: he couldn't help but listen to what I was saying, 297 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 4: and it just so happened. I was talking about exactly 298 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 4: what was going on in his life that God his attention. 299 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 4: He perked up and watched the rest of the program, 300 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 4: and he said, Joel, the most amazing thing happened the 301 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 4: moment the program was over. My remote control started working again. 302 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 4: He said, Now I never miss a broadcast. I got 303 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 4: my friends and family watching. I'm your most faithful viewer. 304 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 4: But see, that's God's favor causing us to stand out 305 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 4: in the crowd. That's God's favor causing you to be 306 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 4: at the right place at the right time. That wasn't 307 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 4: any accident. Don't you know. God knew when the remote 308 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 4: control was going to quit working. But I believe things 309 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 4: like that happen because I'm releasing my faith in that area. 310 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 4: I'm believing it, expecting it, and declaring God's favor. And 311 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 4: you can do the same thing. And really, every day 312 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 4: before you leave the house, you should declare favor over 313 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 4: your family, favor over your job, favor over your finances, 314 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 4: favor wherever you go. Just say, Father, I thank you 315 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 4: that your faith is going to make my crooked places 316 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 4: straight today. Thank you that your favor is going to 317 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 4: open up new doors of opportunity. Father, I thank you 318 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 4: that your favor is going to bring success and victory 319 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 4: into my life. Today. When you get in a situation 320 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 4: where you need favor, learn to just declare it, even 321 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 4: if it's under your breath. You don't have to broadcast 322 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 4: it out to the world. Maybe you're in a crowded 323 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 4: restaurant and you really need to get a table. Just 324 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 4: under your breath, Father, thank you for giving me favor 325 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 4: with these people. Or if you're in a long line 326 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 4: at the airport the plane's about to leave, Father, thank 327 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 4: you that your favor will help me make this flight, 328 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 4: your favor will open up a new line. Or like 329 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 4: I was talking about, you're in a crowded parking lot, 330 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 4: you can't find a space. Father, thank you that your 331 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 4: favor is just leading me and guiding me. You say, Joel, 332 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 4: what if I do that nothing happens? What if I 333 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 4: do that and I have to park a long way 334 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 4: off way back at the back. Well, what you do 335 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 4: is you get out and you walk, and with every 336 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 4: step of the way, you thank God that you're healthy. 337 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 4: You thank God that you're well able to walk, you're strong, 338 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 4: you're alive, you're full of faith and joy. But you 339 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 4: don't get all negative and start complaining. Well, I knew 340 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 4: it wouldn't work for me. That young preacher doesn't know 341 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 4: what he's talking about. No, no matter what comes your way, 342 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 4: just keep on believing, keep on expecting it, keep on 343 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,880 Speaker 4: living favor minded, and really we need to start believing 344 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 4: for some of this far and beyond favor. I love 345 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 4: what it says in Ephesians two seven in the amplified 346 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 4: God wants to show us the immeasurable, the limitless, the 347 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 4: surpassing greatness of his favor. That tells me God wants 348 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 4: to do unusual, unprecedented things. We got to stir ourselves 349 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 4: up and start believing for more of that. I know 350 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 4: a couple that recently bought a new home. They had 351 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 4: looked for a long time, and all of a sudden 352 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 4: this house became available and things just fell into place. 353 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 4: But now they needed to sell their other house, and 354 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 4: they debated for some time about what price they should 355 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 4: list it for on the market, and after talking with 356 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 4: several knowledgeable people and studying the neighborhood themselves, they decided 357 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 4: to list it for quite a bit more than anyone 358 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 4: had suggested. They just felt like it was worth more money, 359 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 4: and they needed it to not only sell quickly, but 360 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 4: they needed it to sell close to what they were 361 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 4: asking for so this other deal would work out. Now, 362 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 4: I was talking to this young lady about it, and 363 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 4: she said, Joel, we just decided that we were going 364 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 4: to believe for some of God's unprecedented favor. We were 365 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 4: going to believe that the house was not only going 366 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 4: to sell quickly, but it was going to sell close 367 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 4: to what we were asking for. And when she told 368 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 4: me that, that just stuck out in my mind. I 369 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 4: like that unprecedented favor. See, they put their faith out 370 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 4: there for some of that far and beyond favor. And 371 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 4: do you know, on the first day that the house 372 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 4: was officially on the market, a realator brought this couple 373 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 4: by and they fell in love with the house, and 374 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 4: they said, if you'll take the house off the market today, 375 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 4: we'll not only write you a contract, but we'll pay 376 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 4: you more money than you're asking. They sold the house 377 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 4: the very first day for more money than they had 378 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 4: it listed for it. And you know that's not normal. 379 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 4: That's some of that far and beyond favor. That's God 380 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 4: doing more than we can ask or think. But my 381 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 4: point to you is, I don't believe in a million 382 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 4: years that would have happened if they had not put 383 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 4: their faith out there in that area. I don't believe 384 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 4: that it would have happened if they were not expecting 385 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 4: good things, if they had had the attitude, Well, this 386 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 4: house will probably never sell. The market's we price it 387 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 4: way too high. No, God is longing to be good 388 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,679 Speaker 4: to you, but you've got to be looking for his goodness. 389 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 4: I'm asking you today to believe for bigger things, put 390 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 4: your faith out there, start living more favored minded. God 391 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 4: wants to be good to you. And no, I'm not 392 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,919 Speaker 4: saying this is gonna work every single time. I'm not 393 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 4: saying this is some kind of magic formula. But what 394 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,120 Speaker 4: I am saying is if you don't get your hopes up, 395 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 4: if you don't start believing for bigger things, if you 396 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 4: don't live more favored minded, then you can rest assured 397 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 4: you're not gonna see much of this happen in your life, 398 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 4: because faith is what activates God's supernatural power. In other words, 399 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,959 Speaker 4: don't put your house on the market not expecting it 400 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 4: to sell. When nobody's gonna buy this whole thing. Just watch, 401 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 4: it's gonna take forever. I know it. No, you've already 402 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 4: defeated yourself. You put it on the market and say, Father, 403 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 4: I thank you that your favor is causing my house 404 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 4: to stand out. I think that your favor is drawing 405 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 4: people to it, and you're gonna bring me a buyer. 406 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 4: That's the kind of attitude you need to have some 407 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 4: of you today, though you are not believing for big 408 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 4: enough things. You are not expecting things to go your way. 409 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 4: You're not expecting to get any breaks. I want to 410 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 4: challenge you to make a decision today that you're gonna 411 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 4: get rid of that negative, limited mentality and you're gonna 412 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,679 Speaker 4: start believing for some of that unusual, unprecedented, far and 413 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 4: beyond favor God is longing to be good to you. 414 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 4: My question is are you looking for God's goodness? Are 415 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:49,159 Speaker 4: you expecting any advantages? Are you living favor minded? Now? 416 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,359 Speaker 4: I could tell you we would not be where we 417 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 4: are today as a church if we didn't believe strongly 418 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 4: in the favor of God. When the Compact Center became 419 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 4: available and we signed the agreement with the city, that 420 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 4: took most of our resources to secure the facility. Most 421 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 4: of you know, we prepaid the lease. When we met 422 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 4: with the architects about remodeling it, redesigning it and adding 423 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 4: the children's facility and the broadcast center and all of that, 424 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,439 Speaker 4: they told us it was going to cost close to 425 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 4: eighty million dollars. Well, we didn't have that much money 426 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 4: at the time, and I didn't want to wait several 427 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 4: years while we raised the funds because we need the 428 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 4: room now. And so I told our team we need 429 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 4: to meet with the bank about getting a construction line. 430 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 4: So they got it all lined up and one dal 431 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 4: I went to this meeting and these people were very 432 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 4: very nice people, but they were very negative. They told 433 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 4: us all the reasons why it wouldn't work and why 434 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 4: they couldn't be involved, and all the risks that they 435 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 4: would have to take, and on and on and on. Finally, 436 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 4: at the end of the meeting, they said, well, just 437 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 4: maybe there's a slight chance we could offer you about 438 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 4: one fifth of what you really need. And Man, I 439 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 4: left that meeting kind of discouraged. I thought, God, how 440 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 4: is this ever going to work out? The next morning 441 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 4: when I woke up, it dawned on me that I 442 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 4: needed to start believing for God's supernatural favor. And so 443 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 4: I just started declaring every day, Father, thank you that 444 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,400 Speaker 4: your favor is leading us to the right people. Thank 445 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 4: you that your favor will bring people across our path 446 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 4: that want to help us, people that get behind the vision, 447 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 4: people that are excited about this project. And I just 448 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 4: kept doing that day after day. Well, several weeks later, 449 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 4: we met with another bank and it was like night 450 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 4: and day difference. This group was excited about being involved. 451 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 4: In fact, in the first meeting they brought a letter 452 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 4: already written offering us twice as much as the other bank, 453 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 4: and they hadn't even seen our records. They hadn't even 454 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 4: seen our finances. I mean, their attitude was, we'll do 455 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,919 Speaker 4: whatever it takes to be involved. Wasn't a struggle. We 456 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 4: didn't have to convince them it was the favor of God. 457 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 4: I believe it's that same favor. It's going to help 458 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 4: us to pay off that construction loan. But the point 459 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 4: I'm making to you is maybe you've been trying to 460 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 4: get another house, or maybe you need some credit so 461 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,160 Speaker 4: your business can really grow. But everybody has told you 462 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 4: how impossible it is, how it's never going to work, 463 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 4: and you might as well just forget it. But no, 464 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 4: you need to hear God saying that God has the 465 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 4: resources for you, He has the people that can help you. 466 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 4: God can make a way even when it looks like 467 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 4: there is no way. But you've got to put your 468 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 4: faith out there. You've got to do like we did 469 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 4: and start saying, Father, thank you that your favor is 470 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 4: bringing the right people across my path. When you do that, 471 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 4: that's when supernatural doors are going to open. Well, you say, Joel, 472 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 4: I've tried and tried, and they just tell me it's 473 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 4: against the policy, it's against the regulation, against the rules. 474 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 4: Now listen to what I've discovered. The favor of God 475 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 4: can bend the rules for you. The favor of God 476 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 4: can make exceptions for you, if you'll just keep believing 477 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 4: keep declaring it, keep expecting it, and supernatural doors are 478 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 4: going to open. And I know some of you today 479 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 4: are going through great difficulties. You've got a lot of 480 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 4: obstacles in your path, and you're kind of thinking, man, 481 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 4: I don't want to hear about favor. I want to 482 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 4: know how to get out of my problems. But let 483 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,880 Speaker 4: me tell you, the favor of God can turn your situation. 484 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 4: God's favor can bring you out of that adversity. I 485 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 4: love what David said and Saw forty one eleven. He said, 486 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 4: the favor of God keeps my enemies from triumphing over me. 487 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 4: The favor of God can do the same thing for you. 488 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,160 Speaker 4: And all through the Bible there are examples of where 489 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 4: people were in a great time of need, yet God's 490 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 4: favor showed up and turned everything around. I think about Noah. 491 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 4: He was facing the greatest challenge of his life. The 492 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 4: whole world was about to be destroyed by the flood. 493 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 4: Don't you know he could have easily gotten discouraged. He 494 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 4: could have easily just given up and thought it was hopeless. 495 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 4: But the Bible says that Noah found favor in the 496 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 4: eyes of God. In other words, God's supernatural ability came 497 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 4: on him. It assisted him and helped him to build 498 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 4: that huge arc which saved he and all of his family. 499 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 4: I think about Ruth. She and her mother in law 500 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 4: were widows. They hardly had any money. They were just 501 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,880 Speaker 4: barely surviving. Ruth would go out into the fields each 502 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 4: day and pick up the leftover grain. They were just 503 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 4: barely making it. The Bible says, the favor of God 504 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 4: came on Ruth, and she found favor with Boaz, the 505 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 4: owner of that field, and he told his workers to 506 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 4: leave handfuls of grain on purpose for little Ruth. And 507 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 4: now they had all their needs supplied. You think about that. 508 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 4: Here they were in that time of crisis, the favor 509 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 4: of God changed, and all of sudden things turned around. 510 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,360 Speaker 4: One more example, Joseph. You know, he was sold into slavery. 511 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,639 Speaker 4: He was so mistreated, so taken advantage of. But the 512 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 4: Bible says the favor of God was upon Joseph, and 513 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 4: every place they put him, he continued to prosper. Even 514 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 4: when they lied and threw him into prison, they couldn't 515 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 4: keep him down. The favor of God caused him to 516 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 4: rise to the top. And in each of these examples, 517 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 4: God's favor came in the midst of a storm. It 518 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 4: came in a famine, came in a flood, came when 519 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,679 Speaker 4: somebody was being mistreated. And when you're in one of 520 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 4: life's challenges. Maybe you've got a difficult thing going on 521 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,439 Speaker 4: right now. Somebody's mistreating here, you're struggling financially. It's so 522 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 4: tempting to get negative in this scourage and just to 523 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 4: expect the worst. But you need to more than ever 524 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 4: become favor minded. That means expect the situation to change 525 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 4: and start speaking favor over that difficulty. Maybe you've got 526 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 4: a child that's just running with the wrong crowd. You 527 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 4: need to say, Father, thank you that your favor is 528 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 4: keeping him from getting into trouble. Thank you that your 529 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 4: favor is going to bring good people across his path. 530 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 4: Or if you're struggling financially, Father, thank you that your 531 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,400 Speaker 4: favor is opening up new doors. Think you that your 532 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 4: favor is going to help me to prosper. See it 533 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,919 Speaker 4: says in Firs Peter, to hope to the end for 534 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,360 Speaker 4: the divine favor that is coming. God is saying, if 535 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,360 Speaker 4: you can just keep your hopes up, then divine favor 536 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 4: is on its way. You may not be able to 537 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 4: see it right now in the natural, your situation may 538 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 4: look pretty impossible. But if you can just keep believing, 539 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:53,200 Speaker 4: keep expecting, he promises that favor is going to show up. 540 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 4: And let me tell you, when God's favor comes on 541 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 4: to sing, things are going to change. Like David, the 542 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 4: favor of God will keep your enemies from defeating you. 543 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 4: Like Joseph, the favor of God will cause you to 544 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 4: always rise to the top. God's favor will open up 545 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 4: doors to you that men say are impossible. So let 546 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 4: me challenge as we go into this new year. Live 547 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:17,880 Speaker 4: more favor minded, expect it, Declare it every day, Say Father, 548 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 4: thank you that I have your favor. Don't just sit 549 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,959 Speaker 4: back and take what life brings your way. Be aggressive 550 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 4: and believe for big things. God wants to show you 551 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 4: the surpassing greatness of his favor. He's longing to be 552 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 4: good to you, but you've got to be looking for 553 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 4: his goodness. When you're tempted to just shrink back and 554 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 4: just kind of settle for mediocrity and not expect anything good, 555 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,360 Speaker 4: you got to remind yourself you have been crowned with 556 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,160 Speaker 4: glory and honor, you are a child of the Most 557 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 4: High God. God wants you to be favored. He wants 558 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 4: to assist you. He wants you to have advantages in 559 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 4: life and friends, if you will do your part and 560 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 4: just make a decision with me that you're gonna consistently 561 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 4: expect good things and you're going to God's favor, then 562 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 4: God promises he'll make his face shine down on you. 563 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 4: He'll give you his favor, He'll meet all your needs 564 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,199 Speaker 4: in abundance, and I believe you'll experience the victory that 565 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 4: He has in store. Amen, how many of you receive 566 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 4: it this morning? Can you say him in today? 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