A Flood Is Coming

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And I like to start 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:14.919 with something funny. And heard about this young man. He 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:17.840 was talking to God and he said, God, what's a 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:22.040 million years like to you? God said, son, A million 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:26.400 years to me is like one second to you. He said, well, God, 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:30.160 what's a million dollars like to you? He said, Son, 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:33.560 A million dollars to me is like one penny to you. 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:36.320 Thought about it a moment, finally got his nerve by 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:40.240 he said, God, would you give me a penny? God 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:45.079 said sure, just a second. Hold up your Bible. Say 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:48.360 it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:49.280 am what it says. 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:49.600 I am. 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:52.440 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.080 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:58.720 talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:01.840 is alert, my heart Lord is receptive. I will never 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:06.560 be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:09.280 want to talk to you today about how a. 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:10.320 Flood is coming. 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:14.840 Sometimes on the news, the weather person will announce that 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:19.240 we're under a flash flood warning. That means conditions are 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:23.040 right for possible flooding. Water could get out of its 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:27.640 normal boundaries. It could overflow, increase in such a way 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:30.600 that drainage and byus are overwhelmed. 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:33.120 Just like that weather person. 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:36.440 I'm here to announce to you today you're under a 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:42.560 flash flood warning. Conditions are just right. You've honored God. 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:45.560 You've been faithful, You've passed the test. 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:48.920 Now God is saying there's about to be a flood, 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.440 but not with water. You're going to see a flood 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:57.880 of my goodness, a flood of opportunity, a flood of healing, 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:02.320 A flood of good breaks to where you're overwhelmed with 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:07.280 God's favor. It's beyond your expectations. Puts you into overflow. 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:08.400 Now. 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:10.640 You may have experienced a lot of negative things in 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:15.320 the past, bad breaks and disappointments, heartache. It's easy to 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:19.400 get discouraged and let that overwhelm you. The negative thoughts 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:22.200 will tell you you'll never get well. You saw the 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:27.120 medical report, You'll never rise any higher and accomplish your dreams. 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:30.000 You've gone as far as you can go. Now you 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:30.839 need to get ready. 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:32.080 Things have shifted. 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:36.479 You're about to come into this flash flood where suddenly 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:40.320 you meet the right person, you qualify for that new home, 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:44.359 you get accepted in that college, you're chosen as the 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:48.560 lead role in that new program, your song hits the radio, 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:51.680 and your career takes off. You're going to see the 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:55.560 surpassing greatness of God's favor. It's going to take you 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:59.880 beyond your normal boundaries. It's going to supersede with the 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:01.120 medical report says. 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:02.240 It's going to. 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:07.200 Supersede your talent, your education, your experience. It's going to 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.719 thrust you to a level that you could have never 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.040 gotten to on your own. It's not going to be 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:15.440 a little drizzle, a little sprinkle. It's going to be 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:19.560 a flood of favor, a flood of talent, a flood 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:22.640 of ideas, a flood of opportunity. Why don't you get 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:26.000 this down in your spirit, A flood of God's goodness, 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:29.480 you said, Joel, you're just trying to get people's hopes up. 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:33.320 I don't believe I will see this flood. I don't 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:35.880 believe that anything good is going to happen to me. 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:39.159 Just because you're saying this, then this is not for you. 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:44.359 This is for believers. This is for people who know 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:48.880 things have shifted in their favor. People who know God 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:52.560 can do exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. This is for 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:55.279 people who get up in the morning and say, Father, 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.920 thank you for a flood of your favor. Today, Lord, 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:01.760 thank you for a flood of wisdom, a flood of healing, 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:05.359 a flood of your goodness in my life. This is 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:09.479 what David did first Chronicles, chapter fourteen. He was facing 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:13.320 an impossible situation. He and his men were up against 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:18.320 a huge army, the Philistines. They were greatly outnumbered in the. 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:19.960 Natural they didn't have a chance. 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:23.599 But God gave David the promise that he would go 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:27.400 with them and they would defeat this army. David went 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:30.200 out and did just that. God gave them the victory. 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:34.719 David was so overwhelmed with God's goodness he tried to 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:39.279 describe it. In verse eleven, he said, God has broken 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:43.799 through to my enemies like the breaking fourth of water. 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:50.320 One translation says like a raging flood. Notice David likened 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.960 God's power to a flood. He was saying, when God 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:57.239 shows up, it's going to be like a flood of favor, 0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:01.520 a flood of strength, a flood of goodness breaks. Think 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:04.839 about how powerful water is. Three or four feet of 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:08.000 water can pick up a car that weighs thousands of 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:11.240 pounds and move it all around. You've seen on these 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:16.280 news reports during a huge flood, whole houses being swept away. 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:19.920 Nothing can stop the force of that water. In the 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:25.120 same way, you may have obstacles that look insurmountable, dreams 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:26.480 that look unattainable. 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:28.960 Let me encourage you, when. 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:32.760 God releases a flood of his power, nothing will be 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:36.720 able to stop you. That sickness may look big, but 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:40.520 when God releases a flood of healing, it doesn't stand 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:47.040 a chance. Your opposition may be stronger, better financed, better equipped, 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:49.080 but when God opens up the. 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:52.760 Floodgates, there'll be no match for you. Or how about 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:53.520 in your dreams. 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:55.560 You may not have the connections, you don't know the 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.440 right people, you don't have the funding. But when God 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:02.720 releases a flood a favor, people will come out of 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:04.320 the woodwork to help you out. 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:08.080 You won't have to look for them, good breaks, opportunity, 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:10.080 The right people will search you out. 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:14.080 You need to get ready not for a trickle, not 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:18.320 a stream, not a river, but a flood of God's favor, 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:23.280 a tidal wave of God's goodness, a tsunami of his increase. 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:25.720 God is going to take you to. 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:28.960 A level that you've never been before. It's going to 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:33.440 be unprecedented. You're going to go further quicker than you 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:37.160 ever dreamed of. Exodus thirty four to ten talks about it. 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:41.040 God said, I'm going to do great things that I 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:45.600 have never done before anywhere on Earth. People will see 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.560 what great things I can do because I'm going to 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:52.880 do something awesome for you. Now, when God uses the 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:56.320 word awesome, he's not talking about a trickle, a stream, 0:08:56.640 --> 0:09:00.520 a river. He's talking about a flood of favor, a 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:04.080 flood of ideas, a flood of healing. It may not 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:07.640 look like it in the natural right now, but remember 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:12.840 you're under a flash flood warning. Any moment the heavens 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:16.200 could open up, any moment you could meet the right person, 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:21.080 any moment God could do something awesome, something that you've 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:22.000 never seen. 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:23.600 Before in your life. 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:27.080 Now, the real question is will you let this seed 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:30.640 take root? Every voice will tell you why this is 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:31.800 not for you, And. 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:33.640 I'm just flipping through the channels. 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:35.520 Turn this guy on. I don't even know who he is. 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:38.120 He's not talking to me. I didn't even really plan 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:39.080 on coming today. 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:39.959 Joe, I just showed up. 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:44.040 Now, God has you here at the right place, at 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:46.160 the right time, because. 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:49.480 He wants to do something amazing. 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:52.520 In your life. You got to get in agreement and say, God, 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:57.200 this is for me today. I'm raising my expectations. I'm 0:09:57.240 --> 0:10:03.880 shaking off doubt, negativity, disappointments, self pity, little dreams, little goals. God, 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:06.680 I'm gonna make room for a flood of your goodness. 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:09.520 I met a lady a couple of years ago after 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:12.439 the service, and she was in town for treatment at 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:15.920 m D Anderson Or Cancer Hospital, and she was going 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:18.480 to have a tumor removed, and then she's going to 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:21.960 have to take chemotherapy and all of her medical records, 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:25.280 blood work, x rays were shipped from her. 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:26.800 Hospital back at home. 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:30.680 The doctor she was using here wanted her to retake 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:33.600 all the test and redo all the X rays, just 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:37.959 to double check and verify everything. She was already scheduled 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:41.720 for surgery. When the doctor called her in. He couldn't 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:45.840 find the tumor anymore. Was very clear on one X ray, 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.720 but on this new one couldn't see anything. He said, 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:52.040 I've been doing this for twenty six years. 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:56.040 I have never seen anything like this before. What was that? 0:10:56.440 --> 0:11:00.640 A flood of healing, a flood of restoration. When God 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:05.880 can do what medicine cannot do. God made your body. 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.960 He has you in the palm of his hand. The 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:12.679 good news is God has the final say. He said, 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:16.880 the number of your days I will fulfill. That means 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:19.640 sickness doesn't determine how long you're going to live. 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:23.640 God does. Nothing can snatch you out of his hand. 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.360 If it's not your time to go, then you're not 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:26.920 going to go. 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:31.360 You may be facing a major illness doesn't look good 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:35.120 in the natural, but you're under a flash flood warning. 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:38.640 Any moment you can see a flood of healing. Any 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:43.480 moment God could turn that around. Isaiah said, when the 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:46.920 enemy comes in like a flood, the spirit of God 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:51.800 will raise up a barrier. Several commentaries believe that the 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:56.760 comma was misplaced during translation. Instead of reading when the 0:11:56.920 --> 0:12:00.600 enemy comes in like a flood comma, they believe the 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:04.400 comma should have been placed after the word in it 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:08.560 would say when the enemy comes in like a flood, 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:12.439 God's spirit will raise up a barrier. In other words, 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:16.720 the emphasis on the flood is on God's power and 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:17.640 not the enemies. 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:19.280 I've learned. 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:24.760 When the enemy attacks, God reacts. God doesn't just sit back, well, 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:26.640 wonder what's gonna happen, wonder what they're gonna do. 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:28.160 No, God goes to work. 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:32.839 You are his most prized possession, it says in Psalms. 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.960 God is close to those that are hurting. God is 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:39.600 close to the broken hearted. God knows when you've got 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:43.360 a bad medical report, knows when you're struggling in your finances. 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:46.920 He knows when you're being mistreated. You may not see 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:49.280 anything happening, but you can be assured. 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:50.559 Almighty God not. 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:54.360 Only is aware, but he is at work. He already 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:57.800 has the solution. If you will stay in faith at 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:01.000 the right time, he will release a flood of his power, 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:05.120 a flood of healing, a flood of restoration. He'll not 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:07.640 only bring you out, he'll bring you out better off 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:11.000 than you were before. But one of the keys is 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:13.559 we have to keep the right perspective. It's easy to 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:16.920 focus on how big the problem is and never gonna 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:19.920 get well. Joel, it's impossible. I'm never going to get 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:24.080 out of debt. This setback, this loss of income, this 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:27.320 unexpected bill, it's going to be the end of me. Now, 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:31.240 that problem may feel overwhelming, but it is not. 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:31.920 The flood. 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:36.880 The debt, the sickness, the opposition is like a trickle water, 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:38.280 barely even flowing. 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:40.160 But God's power. 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:44.800 The promotion, the healing, the breakthrough, the restoration, is like 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:45.439 a flood. 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:48.880 That's the tidal wave that's headed towards you. 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:52.319 It's just a matter of time before it shows up. 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.440 And when it does, it won't be any contest. It's 0:13:56.520 --> 0:14:00.400 like a drop of water compared to the whole ocean. Now, 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.360 all through the day, when you're tempted to worry, tempted 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:06.360 to be frustrated, switch over into faith. 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:10.440 Lord, thank you for a flood of your favor. God. 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:12.760 I know you've got me in the palm of your hand, 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.120 And Lord, I just want to thank you in advance 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:18.680 that you're releasing a flood of your power that will 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:23.520 suddenly turn this around. That's what David did Psalm one twelve. 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:29.000 When darkness overtakes, the godly light will come bursting in. 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:32.480 Notice it's not gonna trickle in. I'm not going to 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:36.000 just barely get there. No, like a flood, like the 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:40.520 breaking forth of waters. It's gonna come bursting in that 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:44.960 simply means suddenly you're gonna get well, suddenly you meet 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:48.280 the right person, Suddenly you're able to pay your house off. 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:52.120 Our attitude should be My child may be off course 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:57.440 making poor decisions, but I'm expecting a flood of God's mercy. 0:14:57.160 --> 0:14:58.040 To bring him back. 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:00.760 Or my house may have been on the market for 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:04.240 a year still hasn't sold, but I'm expecting a flood 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:07.320 of favor to cause it to stand out and sell. 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:10.520 Business may be slow, but I'm expecting a flood of 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.840 new clients, a flood of sales, a flood of promotion. 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:18.400 In the midst of that difficulty. Don't get discouraged your 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:23.840 imprime position to see a flood of God's goodness. Lady 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:25.440 came up to me a while back, and she was 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:29.320 very excited. She had a family member that needed a 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:33.280 series of surgeries. It was vital for this person to 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.240 live a productive life, but it was going to cost 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:40.640 four hundred thousand dollars. It wasn't covered by their insurance. 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:45.080 This family didn't have that kind of extra money. This lady, 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:48.040 month after month, she kept praying believe it. 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:51.240 She didn't focus on the size of her problem. She 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:52.920 focused on the size of her God. 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:57.000 She didn't need a trickle, a stream, a river. She 0:15:57.120 --> 0:16:01.760 needed a flood of God's goodness. One day, her employer 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:04.760 called her in. She'd worked for this company for over 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:08.840 thirty years. She didn't even know they knew about the problem, 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:11.600 but they said, you've been so good to us, so 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:15.120 faithful to this company. We've decided that we are going 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:19.520 to underwrite the series of surgeries for your family member. 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:22.040 Four hundred thousand dollars. What was that? 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:27.680 A tidal wave of God's goodness, like a flood, God's 0:16:27.720 --> 0:16:31.320 favor overtook her. Well, hey, you said, Joel, That never 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:33.960 happened for me. I never get any good breaks. Four 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:37.080 hundred thousand dollars. My boss doesn't even like me. Listen, 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:41.600 it doesn't matter who likes you or who doesn't like you. 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:46.040 The main thing is Almighty God likes you. He's accepted you, 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:51.320 he's approved you. He's already surrounded you with his favor 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.960 like a shield. Promotion doesn't come from people, it comes 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:59.280 from God. If you'll be bold enough to believe, God 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:04.359 has tidle waves of blessings, he has floods of favor 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:07.680 in your future. That's what happened to one of our 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:11.400 staff members. Craig and his wife Samantha have a nine 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:15.720 year old son named Connor. Connor's a very handsome, fun 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:16.399 young man. 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:17.760 He has autism. 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:21.560 When he was five years old, he had never spoken 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:25.320 a full paragraph before. In fact, he didn't really speak 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:28.520 incomplete sentences. He would speak a phrase or two here 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.480 or there, maybe two or three words together, but not 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:36.119 much more than that. Day after day, Craig, Samantha, the 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:39.840 other children, they would speak faith over Connor, telling him 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:42.480 you can do all things through Christ, you are more 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:46.439 than a conquer. They were expecting a flood of God's favor. 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.920 Every night before bedtime, either Craig or Samantha would go 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:53.200 up and read a couple of books with Connor and 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:56.240 pray together, and then put him to bed. One night, 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:59.359 Samantha had just finished reading and praying and was about 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:02.960 to leave the room. She heard Connor start to speak. 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:06.960 She listened carefully, and he was speaking so clearly and 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:11.120 so fluidly. She ran and got the video camera and 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:15.640 recorded the first full paragraph that Connor had ever spoken. 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:18.280 He was saying, this is my Bible. 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:20.919 I am what it says I am, I have what 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:25.119 it says I have He quoted word for word that 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:27.720 confession we make at the start of every service. 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:28.760 What was that? 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:33.760 Like a flood? God's favor overtook Connor. Craig told me 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:37.600 how they would take DVDs of my messages home every week, 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:41.800 and Connor would watch them again and again. When he 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:45.439 turned on cartoons, he normally only watched five or ten minutes, 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:49.280 but he'd watched my whole thirty minute message over and over. 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:52.960 I told Craig, when a five year old chooses me 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:57.719 over Barney, that makes me feel really good. But Connor 0:18:58.040 --> 0:19:00.240 still has a way to go. But we know what 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:04.720 God started he will finish. Friends, God wants to release 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:09.320 a flood of his power, not a trickle, not a stream, 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:12.760 not a river, but a flood of increase, a flood 0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:16.720 of healing, a flood of ideas. Some of you are 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:20.919 believing too small. You've settled where you are, thinking that 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:24.119 you've reached your limits. Your child could never get better, 0:19:24.160 --> 0:19:27.479 and you could never overcome that obstacle. No, you need 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:30.480 to get ready. I can see something in your future 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:34.480 through my eyes of faith. I can see a tidal 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:37.840 wave come in your way. It's not a wave of defeat, 0:19:38.480 --> 0:19:40.880 a wave of bad breaks, a wave of more of. 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:42.680 The same now things have shifted. 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:46.560 It's a wave of increase, a wave of favor, a 0:19:46.600 --> 0:19:51.200 wave of healing. It's God releasing his goodness like a flood. 0:19:51.359 --> 0:19:54.800 It's going to help you to overcome that obstacle. It's 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:57.280 going to cause you to accomplish your dreams. 0:19:57.920 --> 0:19:59.600 Why don't you dare to believe? 0:20:00.480 --> 0:20:04.400 If you think trickle, you're going to receive trickle. If 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:06.719 you think the problem's too big, it's going to keep 0:20:06.760 --> 0:20:09.800 you defeated. But if you could just switch over into 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:12.760 faith and start thinking flood, then. 0:20:12.600 --> 0:20:13.960 God could show you a flood. 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:17.760 If you'll think overflow, God can bring you into overflow. 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:21.640 If you'll dare to think title wave, then God can 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:23.280 release a title. 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:25.080 Wave of his goodness in your life. 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:28.200 A few years ago, we were at dinner at a 0:20:28.240 --> 0:20:31.600 restaurant and our son Jonathan was with us. He's seventeen 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:34.520 years old now, and he's about eleven or twelve at 0:20:34.560 --> 0:20:37.480 the time, And when we went to order, Jonathan told 0:20:37.480 --> 0:20:40.560 the waiter, I'd like a steak. The waiter asked, do 0:20:40.600 --> 0:20:43.760 you want a six ounce, a ten ounce, or a 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:44.639 fourteen ounce? 0:20:45.400 --> 0:20:47.120 Jonathan did not think twice. 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:49.719 He didn't look at the menu to check the price. 0:20:50.160 --> 0:20:52.960 He didn't ask me if it's okay. He immediately said, 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:56.840 I'll take the fourteen ounce. When it comes to food, 0:20:57.000 --> 0:20:59.480 Jonathan is not expecting a trickle, a. 0:20:59.480 --> 0:21:01.480 Stream, a river, but a flood. 0:21:02.200 --> 0:21:05.920 Jonathan not only has a big appetite, but he knows 0:21:06.040 --> 0:21:07.119 who his father is. 0:21:08.000 --> 0:21:10.600 He knows I want to be good to him. 0:21:11.000 --> 0:21:13.560 That's the way we need to be with our heavenly Father. 0:21:14.359 --> 0:21:18.679 Don't have a small minded mentality. Don't have a narrow 0:21:19.040 --> 0:21:22.840 limited vision. Too many people think that they're bothering God. 0:21:23.240 --> 0:21:24.720 They shouldn't expect too much. 0:21:25.280 --> 0:21:25.520 God. 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:28.200 I'm not expecting to get out of this problem. If 0:21:28.200 --> 0:21:30.960 you could just help me endure it. God, I don't 0:21:30.960 --> 0:21:34.040 think i'll ever meet anybody great and fall in love 0:21:34.080 --> 0:21:34.720 and get married. 0:21:34.880 --> 0:21:35.720 If you can just help me. 0:21:35.760 --> 0:21:39.040 God, not to be too lonely in life. No, you're 0:21:39.080 --> 0:21:43.199 thinking trickle when God has a flood. You're thinking barely 0:21:43.240 --> 0:21:47.080 get by when God has abundance. You're thinking six ounce 0:21:47.280 --> 0:21:51.880 when God has fourteen ounce. If you'll believe bigger, God 0:21:51.920 --> 0:21:55.720 will act bigger. You got to do like Jonathan, step 0:21:55.800 --> 0:21:59.040 up to the plate and say God, I know you 0:21:59.119 --> 0:22:03.000 control the whole universe. Yet I'm the apple of your eye. 0:22:03.320 --> 0:22:05.040 I'm your most prized possession. 0:22:05.600 --> 0:22:08.119 God. You said you're longing to be good to me. 0:22:08.600 --> 0:22:10.800 So, Lord, I just want to thank you for a 0:22:10.840 --> 0:22:14.360 flood of your favor in my life. When you release 0:22:14.440 --> 0:22:17.040 your faith in a big way like that, in a 0:22:17.119 --> 0:22:21.280 fourteen ounce pray, God doesn't look down, think what are 0:22:21.320 --> 0:22:24.480 they talking about? Who do they think they are? They 0:22:24.480 --> 0:22:27.000 don't deserve it. The nerve of those people. Now that 0:22:27.040 --> 0:22:30.359 brings a smile to God's face. He says, I'm going 0:22:30.440 --> 0:22:33.720 to open the windows of heaven and pour out not 0:22:33.840 --> 0:22:35.560 a stream, not a trickle, not. 0:22:35.560 --> 0:22:38.640 A river, but a flood of my favor, a flood. 0:22:38.359 --> 0:22:42.520 Of my goodness, a flood of my mercy. Isaiah said. 0:22:42.800 --> 0:22:45.800 The spirit of the Lord is upon me to announce 0:22:45.840 --> 0:22:50.720 a day when the free favor of God profusely abounds. 0:22:51.600 --> 0:22:55.800 Notice the word he used to describe God's favor profusely. 0:22:56.480 --> 0:23:01.600 That means overwhelming, out of the norming. He was talking 0:23:01.640 --> 0:23:05.720 about this flood of favor, And at that time the 0:23:05.760 --> 0:23:09.800 people were in a drought, no water. Isaiah came along 0:23:09.840 --> 0:23:13.760 with this great news. A shift has come. The drought 0:23:13.800 --> 0:23:16.760 is coming to an end. The favor is coming like 0:23:16.800 --> 0:23:20.040 a flood. But I'm sure there were some people that thought, 0:23:20.200 --> 0:23:24.000 what's Isaiah talking about. Nothing's happening. There's not a cloud 0:23:24.040 --> 0:23:26.679 in the sky. It's just as clear and blue and 0:23:26.760 --> 0:23:29.439 dry and hot as it was the last three months. 0:23:30.040 --> 0:23:34.000 They missed their opportunity to see the free favor of 0:23:34.040 --> 0:23:35.960 God profusely abound. 0:23:36.560 --> 0:23:37.520 Don't let that be you. 0:23:38.880 --> 0:23:43.200 Like Isaiah, I've announced today a flood of God's power 0:23:43.400 --> 0:23:46.520 is coming, favor like you've never seen before. 0:23:47.160 --> 0:23:50.320 Instead of being overwhelmed by burdens, You're going to be 0:23:50.400 --> 0:23:52.080 overwhelmed by God's blessings. 0:23:52.640 --> 0:23:55.960 But the real key is can you receive this into 0:23:56.000 --> 0:23:59.200 your spirit. It's easy to think this is not for me, Joel, 0:23:59.280 --> 0:24:01.240 I don't see anything different happening. 0:24:01.600 --> 0:24:03.320 I tried before, and it didn't work out. 0:24:03.520 --> 0:24:07.240 I've been through too much that kind of negative thinking. 0:24:06.920 --> 0:24:07.959 Will stop the flood. 0:24:08.760 --> 0:24:12.159 God works where there's an attitude of faith, when you 0:24:12.320 --> 0:24:17.199 believe all things are possible. The enemy cannot stop this flood. 0:24:17.359 --> 0:24:21.000 He doesn't have that much power. Other people cannot stop it. 0:24:21.600 --> 0:24:24.920 The only one that can stop it is you. 0:24:24.000 --> 0:24:29.439 You control your own destiny. God is for you. The 0:24:29.640 --> 0:24:31.280 enemy is against you. 0:24:31.280 --> 0:24:34.880 You get to cast the deciding vote. I'm asking you 0:24:35.240 --> 0:24:38.000 to take the limits off of God. He wants to 0:24:38.040 --> 0:24:41.840 do something new, something amazing in your life. But the 0:24:41.880 --> 0:24:45.720 real battle is taking place in our thought life, those 0:24:45.760 --> 0:24:48.720 thoughts that say it's not going to happen. You're too old, 0:24:49.119 --> 0:24:52.280 He've made too many mistakes. You'll never get well, you'll 0:24:52.320 --> 0:24:55.879 never accomplish your dreams. No, this is the day that 0:24:55.920 --> 0:25:00.240 you're going to see the free favor of God profusely about. 0:25:00.760 --> 0:25:04.480 God has floods of blessings in your future. He has 0:25:04.600 --> 0:25:08.200 tidal waves of increase and joy and healing and mercy. 0:25:09.040 --> 0:25:12.560 Make room for this flood. Get an agreement with God. 0:25:13.680 --> 0:25:17.440 Paul prayed in Ephesians that the eyes of our understanding 0:25:17.920 --> 0:25:21.199 would be flooded with light so that we would know 0:25:21.440 --> 0:25:25.040 the amazing future God has in store. And it's interesting 0:25:25.040 --> 0:25:29.240 that Paul used that phrase flooded with light. See, Paul 0:25:29.280 --> 0:25:33.280 had experienced a portion of this flood. But we're living 0:25:33.440 --> 0:25:36.560 in a better day than Paul. This is the day 0:25:36.800 --> 0:25:40.520 where Paul declared we would see the surpassing greatness of 0:25:40.560 --> 0:25:45.440 God's favor. Paul was saying, in effect, I've seen one 0:25:45.600 --> 0:25:49.199 level of God's goodness. But the day we're in we 0:25:49.280 --> 0:25:53.800 would see God's goodness like no generation has seen it before. 0:25:54.680 --> 0:25:57.480 Now I can tell you firsthand, Victoria and I have 0:25:57.600 --> 0:26:01.600 experienced this flood of God's favor. God has overwhelmed us 0:26:01.600 --> 0:26:04.479 with his goodness. I'm not bragging on us, I'm bragging 0:26:04.520 --> 0:26:08.439 on God. God has taken us beyond our education, beyond 0:26:08.480 --> 0:26:12.880 our talent, beyond our training, and He's unleashed his abundance, 0:26:12.920 --> 0:26:15.840 his wisdom, his favor in our lives. I was thinking 0:26:15.880 --> 0:26:18.560 about a couple of main keys. You've got to keep 0:26:18.600 --> 0:26:23.119 God first place in your life. Honor God, deal with 0:26:23.160 --> 0:26:26.719 the issues that he's bringing to light, stay open, and 0:26:27.040 --> 0:26:28.880 be willing to always change. 0:26:29.000 --> 0:26:30.360 We don't have to be perfect. 0:26:30.760 --> 0:26:34.120 We all have flaws and weaknesses. But we should be growing. 0:26:34.640 --> 0:26:39.280 We should be making progress, improving. The second thing, we've 0:26:39.359 --> 0:26:41.560 learned to take the limits off of God. 0:26:42.320 --> 0:26:44.000 Like Jonathan, we ask for the. 0:26:43.960 --> 0:26:48.919 Fourteen ounce, We believe big, we pray bold prayers, and 0:26:49.000 --> 0:26:53.040 we live with this expectancy that God has floods of favor, 0:26:53.640 --> 0:26:57.240 floods of wisdom, floods of goodness in our future. 0:26:58.280 --> 0:27:00.120 My prayer for you today. 0:27:00.440 --> 0:27:03.960 Is that the eyes of your understanding would be flooded 0:27:04.000 --> 0:27:07.320 with light, that you would know how much God loves you, 0:27:07.920 --> 0:27:11.280 how much He's for you, what an amazing future he 0:27:11.400 --> 0:27:15.120 has in store. My prayer is that faith would fill 0:27:15.200 --> 0:27:18.560 your hearts, that you would raise your level of expectancy, 0:27:19.040 --> 0:27:21.280 and that you would see God's goodness. 0:27:20.960 --> 0:27:21.840 Like never before. 0:27:22.760 --> 0:27:26.400 Like Isaiah, I've announced to you you're under a flash 0:27:26.640 --> 0:27:27.720 flood warning. 0:27:28.160 --> 0:27:29.359 Now you need to get ready. 0:27:29.640 --> 0:27:33.960 You're about to see the favor of God profusely abound 0:27:34.040 --> 0:27:38.119 in your life. Because you've honored God, because you have 0:27:38.280 --> 0:27:42.040 been faithful and given and served and been good to others. 0:27:42.359 --> 0:27:47.240 I believe things have shifted in your favor. Suddenly, dreams are. 0:27:47.080 --> 0:27:48.159 Going to come to pass. 0:27:48.440 --> 0:27:52.240 You're going to see the surpassing greatness of God's goodness. 0:27:52.600 --> 0:27:55.720 Now my encouragement, get up every morning and say Father, 0:27:56.119 --> 0:27:59.320 thank you for this flood of favor in my life. 0:27:59.480 --> 0:28:03.119 Then go out expecting you. If you do that, I 0:28:03.200 --> 0:28:08.400 believe and declare, You're going to see God's goodness overwhelm you. 0:28:08.400 --> 0:28:12.000 You are coming into floods of favor, floods of healing, 0:28:12.400 --> 0:28:16.280 floods of wisdom, floods of good break, floods of mercy, 0:28:16.680 --> 0:28:19.439 twenty thirteen is going to be a year of the 0:28:19.480 --> 0:28:21.680 Shift and the year of the flood. 0:28:22.080 --> 0:28:25.280 Get ready for it. It's headed your way if you 0:28:25.320 --> 0:28:27.080 receive it. 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