A Shift Is Coming

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But thanks for tuning in and 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:13.680 thank you again for coming out today. And I like 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.640 to start with something funny. Heard about this eighty five 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.520 year old lady. She went on a blind date with 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:22.720 a ninety year old man. She returned to her daughter's 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:26.079 home later that evening and seemed upset. Daughter said, Mom, 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:29.480 what's wrong? She said, I had to slap him three times. 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:32.840 She said, you mean he tried to get fresh. She said, now, 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:37.679 I thought he was dead. Hold up your Bible, say 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:40.560 it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:42.920 am what it says I am. I have what it 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:45.400 says I have. I can do what it says I 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:48.480 can do. Today I will be talked the word of God. 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:53.200 I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:57.000 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:02:57.040 --> 0:03:00.840 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:04.600 how you're coming in to a shift. One touch of 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:07.520 God's favor can put you fifty years down the road. 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:10.840 You can be at a lower position at the office, 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:15.480 or you're going along being your best, honoring God, and 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:20.840 suddenly things change. One good break, one idea, one person 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:23.880 that likes you. You look up and find yourself at 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:27.520 the top. You didn't see it coming. Things just fell 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:33.240 into place. That's God shifting things in your favor. God 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:39.000 can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:43.520 to where suddenly you meet the right person, Suddenly your 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.960 health improves, Suddenly you're able to pay your house off. 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:51.720 What happened, You came into a shift. God breathed in 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.920 your direction. What used to be a struggle is not 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:58.880 a struggle anymore. What should have taken years happened in 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:02.200 a fraction of the time. Now you may feel like 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:06.840 you're stuck today. You could never accomplish a dream, never 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:10.800 overcome a problem. It's been too long. You've missed too 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:14.760 many opportunities. God has said, no, get ready, I'm about 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:18.320 to shift. These doors are going to open for you 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:21.760 that have not opened in the past. The people that 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:25.200 were against you are going to suddenly change their mind. 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:29.320 And before you, that problem that's dogged you for years 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:32.840 look like it never changed, is going to suddenly turn around. 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:38.160 This is the year of the shift. Because you've honored God, 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:41.120 He's going to put you in a position that you 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.480 could have never attained on your own. It's not just 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:47.480 your education, not just your talent or the family you 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:51.279 come from. It's the hand of God shifting you to 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:54.200 a new level of your destiny. And I'm not just 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:57.680 trying to make you feel good today. I'm prophesying A 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:01.720 shift is coming, a shift in your health, a shift 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:06.680 in your finances, a shift in a relationshipt may not 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.120 look like it in the natural, but we serve a 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:13.960 supernatural God. He's about to breathe in your direction in 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:17.520 a new way. The enemies you've seen in the past 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:21.279 you will see no more. The addictions, bad habits that 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:24.839 are holding you back are being broken, and God's favor 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:27.880 is being released in a new way. It's going to 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:31.880 propel you forward. What should have taken you forty years 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:34.720 to accomplish, God's going to do in a split second. 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:39.880 The shift is acceleration. The shift is going beyond where 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:43.520 you could go on your own. The shift is overcoming 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:47.680 what a medical report says is impossible. The shift is 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:51.320 seeing that wayward child changes mind and get back on 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:54.960 the right course. The shift is having your best year 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:58.240 when the circumstances say you should have a down year. 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:02.039 The shift is see me and Jehovah Jihrah, the Lord, 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:07.120 our provider, not only provide, but do exceedingly abundantly above 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:11.159 and beyond. Now our attitude should be God, I'm ready. 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:15.440 I'm taking the limits off of you. I'm enlarging my vision. 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:18.400 I may not see away, but I know you have 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:22.839 a way. I declare, I'm coming into a shift now. 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:26.000 Those doors that were closed in the past, you need 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:29.960 to go check again. Things have shifted. The dream you 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:33.760 had to start a new business, go back to college 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.919 to take that mission. Strip may not have happened the 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:40.800 first time, but that's okay. It's prepared you for this time. 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:44.440 Don't give up on it. It's a new day. Things 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:49.600 have shifted. Pursue it again. When God breeds in your direction, 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:55.640 people change their mind. Closed doors suddenly open. The nose 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:59.000 turn into yess. The not now's into it's your time. 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:01.680 I know a man that had been out of work 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:06.040 for over three years. He's in construction management for twenty 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:09.279 five years. He had a very good position at a 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:12.960 successful company. A few years ago. When the economy went 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:16.640 down and building tapered off, his company didn't have any 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:20.080 business had to let him go. He went to interview 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:24.440 after interview, month after month, no success. He ended up 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:28.360 taking a much lower level position in a small city 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.920 and had to travel a couple of hours every day 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:34.960 to work. He's taking a toll on his health, his marriage, 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:38.440 his savings looked like it had never changed. But about 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:42.560 six months ago his former boss called and said, hey, 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:46.040 are you ready to go back to work? That company 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:50.160 landed the largest contract in their history. He not only 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.520 got his job back, but all of his benefits were restored. 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:56.800 He used to have to travel around the country. Now 0:07:56.840 --> 0:08:00.280 he gets to stay at home. Plus they increase his 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:05.560 salary significantly. He said, this is exceedingly abundantly above and 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:10.119 beyond what happened he came into a shift. Suddenly things 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:14.840 changed in his favor. One phone call, one contract, one 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:17.760 good break. He went from barely getting by to heaven 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:20.800 more than enough. Now you need to get ready. These 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:25.040 shifts are in your future. The Israelites had been in 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:29.920 slavery for many years. Mistreated by their captors. They were 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:33.559 forced to work long hours, not given the proper rest 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:37.320 or food. When they didn't meet their quotas, they were 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:41.080 beaten with rods. It was very unfair. But one day 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:45.359 through a series of events, God supernaturally brought them out. 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:50.440 As they were leaving, the scripture says God caused them 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:55.680 to have favor with their enemies. Notice, God caused them 0:08:55.760 --> 0:08:59.640 to have favor. The same people that had oppressed them 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.640 for year years, the same ones that had pushed them 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:07.400 down and mistreated them, suddenly changed their mind. They said, 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.160 in a fact, we've decided that we like you. Now 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:13.840 we want to be good to you. On their way out, 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:19.720 they gave the Israelites their gold, silver and jewels. What happened, 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:25.280 The Israelites came into a shift. God changed their enemy's mind. 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:29.200 Proverb says that God can turn the heart of a king. 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.480 We may not be able to change people's mind, but 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:36.280 God can. He controls the whole universe. Now, you may 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:38.640 have people in your life like this, people that don't 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:42.480 like you, boss, that's hard to get along with, family 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:46.000 member that's disrespectful. It's easy to get discouraged and think 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:49.000 this is always going to be this way. They're always 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:52.559 going to be against me. Now, stay in faith. God 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:56.680 has a shift coming. God knows how to cause them 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.920 to like you. God can cause them to see you 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.600 in a new light. They may have been against you 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:06.240 year after year. But when God shifts things, they'll go 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.640 out of their way to be good to you. Instead 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:12.800 of hindering you, they'll help you. Bottom line, God will 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:16.120 not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:21.120 They may be bigger, stronger, more powerful, but God knows 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:24.080 how to shift things around and get you to where 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:27.480 you're supposed to be. I have a friend that never 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:31.720 really liked his supervisor. Nobody at the company did. This 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:36.400 supervisor was very hard to get along with and condescending. 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:40.640 He'd been a source of frustration year after year. The 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:42.760 supervisor was a young man, looked like he could be 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:46.920 at the company twenty thirty years. And my friend has 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:49.480 a good attitude, but deep down he thought, this is 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:52.240 going to be a pain to put up with this guy. 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:56.400 One morning, he got to work and everything seemed like normal, 0:10:57.040 --> 0:11:00.559 But the management called a staff meeting and hold how 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:05.320 this supervisor's wife got transferred to another state and he 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:08.160 had just resigned and was no longer with the company. 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.200 Half the staff fell on their knees and began to 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:18.640 thank God. What happened a divine shift. Suddenly God changed things. Now, 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:21.960 quit worrying about the people that are trying to hold 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:25.720 you back. God knows how to move the wrong people 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:28.320 out of your life and bring the right people in. 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:33.560 And even if God doesn't move them, says in Psalms, 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:36.480 you can run through a troop and leap over a wall. 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:40.320 God can cause you to go over them, or around them, 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:43.040 or even through them. But God is going to get 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:46.040 you to where you're supposed to be. Now. Some of 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:49.440 you feel like you're too far back, the obstacles are 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:53.679 too big, you could never really get ahead. All God 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:57.920 has to do is breathe in your direction. One simple 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:01.000 shift can take you from the back to the front. 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:06.680 One good break, one idea, one divine connection. Years ago, 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:10.240 I was at an amusement park with our two children, 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.920 and we were in line for a very popular ride. 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.760 At first, it was all single file, but when you 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:18.440 got close to the front, you went into this little 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:22.000 building about twenty feet by twenty feet and waited. We 0:12:22.000 --> 0:12:24.920 were the first ones in this new batch, first ones 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:27.199 into the building, and so we walked all the way 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:30.200 to the front by these big double doors and waited. 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:34.400 Other people began to come in. They were excited about 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:37.440 getting on the ride, and they started maneuvering their way 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:41.400 in front of us. Now I'm more laid back and easygoing. 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:43.080 I wasn't going to get in there and try to 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:46.240 fight for our position. We ended up at the very 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:49.760 back of the room, right where we came in. A 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:52.240 few minutes, a young lady came out that worked at 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:55.120 the park, and she gave instructions and told what was 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:57.600 going to go on. Then she said, okay, we're ready 0:12:57.640 --> 0:13:00.920 to go, turn around and go back out the same 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:04.840 door as you came in. I wanted to say, nanny, nanny, 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:10.280 boom boom, But in the same way. All God has 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:13.640 to do is shift the direction and you'll go from 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:18.120 the back up to the front. The truth is, you 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:21.480 are one shift from seeing a dream come to pass, 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:25.760 one shift from paying your house off, one shift from 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:30.760 seeing your health improved, one shift from meeting the right person. Hey, 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.360 you say, Joe, you're just getting people's hopes up. You're right. 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:36.600 You can't have faith if you don't first have hope. 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.880 When you go out with the attitude God, I believe 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:43.719 things are shifting in my favor this year. That's not 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:48.200 just being positive, that's your faith being released. God says 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:51.680 to the angels, listen to what they're saying, they believe 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:55.320 I'm all powerful, they believe I can do the impossible. 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:58.120 Let me move this person out of the way. Let 0:13:58.160 --> 0:13:59.920 me open up this new door, let me line up 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:03.520 this new relationship. Let me turn that negative situation around. 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:08.120 Says in Isaiah that this is God's year to act. 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:11.320 Not next year, not five years, not in the sweep 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:13.959 by and by. This is the year God's going to 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:17.200 shift things in your favor. He's getting it all lined up. 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:20.840 What you could not make happen on your own, God 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:23.960 is going to cause you to accomplish. It's going to 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:26.960 be bigger than you thought. It's going to happen quicker 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.680 than you imagined, and it's going to be more rewarding 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:34.120 than you ever dreamed of. Genesis, chapter forty eight. There's 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:37.800 a story of when Jacob was a old man very 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:41.440 close to death, his son Joseph came to visit him 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:45.240 and say his goodbyes. He and his father were very close. 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:50.280 Joseph was Jacob's favorite child. He was the youngest son, 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:53.560 the one that Jacob gave the coat of many colors to. 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:57.800 If you remember, at one point Jacob thought Joseph was dead, 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:02.440 lived very sadly until he found out indeed Joseph was 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:06.760 alive and living in Egypt. They reunited, and now Jacob 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:10.640 the father was about to pass. Joseph was standing before 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:16.800 him with his two sons, Manassa and Ephrium, Jacob's grandsons. 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:21.320 Jacob said, Joseph, I'm gonna bless your sons as if 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:25.400 they were my own children. The right hand in those 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:29.880 days always gave the greatest blessing. It belonged to the 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:34.880 firstborn son. That was the tradition. So Joseph put his 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:39.760 oldest son, Manassa in front of Jacob's right hand and 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:43.840 his younger son, Ephrium in front of his left. Jacob 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:47.200 was nearly blind. He couldn't see when he went to 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:51.520 give the blessing. Jacob crossed his hands and put his 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:55.360 right hand on the younger son, Ephrium, and his left 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:58.880 hand on Manassa, the older son. Joseph said, no, Dad, 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:01.560 you can't see. I had him lined up. I put 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:05.400 Manassa in front of your right hand. He deserves it. 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:10.560 Give him the greater blessing. Jacob said something very interesting. 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:14.560 It gives us insight into our God. He said, no, Joseph, 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:20.440 I've crossed my hands on purpose Iphrium. May have come second, 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.760 he may have been in the back. He doesn't deserve it, 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:27.560 didn't qualify for it. He's not next in line. But 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:31.680 I'm shifting him to a new position. I'm taking him 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:34.160 from the back up to the front. I'm gonna give 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:38.520 him what he doesn't deserve. That's the way our God is. 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:42.600 He has shifts in your future that will put you 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:47.000 at a position that you didn't earn. You didn't qualify for. 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:51.800 You weren't next in line, you didn't have seniority. But God, 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:54.720 just like he did with Iphrium, is going to cross 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:58.000 his hands and say, I'm gonna move them up from 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:01.760 the back to the front, from not being qualified to 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:06.520 suddenly being qualified, from being looked down on, disrespected, to 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:11.119 being honored and seen with influence and credibility. In fact, 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:13.800 some people will be bothered by the think that's not fair, 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:17.399 I word trder, I have more seniority. But the fact 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:21.240 is it's just the goodness of God. God said, because 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:24.000 you honor him, he would give you houses that you 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:27.000 didn't have to build. You would reap from vineyards that 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:31.399 you did not plan. That's God crossing his hands giving 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:35.159 us what should have taken years to earn. God is 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:38.119 saying to you what Jacob said to Ephrium. I'm gonna 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:42.000 bless you on purpose. I'm gonna move you up. I'm 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:45.280 gonna accelerate your dreams. I'm gonna give you what you 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:49.000 didn't deserve. I'm gonna shift you into a position that 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:52.400 you could have never gotten to on your own. Now, 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:55.359 we can all make excuses. Joel, this is not for 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:58.879 me today. I'm not qualified. I've made too many mistakes. 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:03.399 I don't have the talent, the size, the personality, the confidence. 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:07.439 God says, I know all that I created you, but 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:11.000 I'm about to cross my hands and bless you in 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:14.320 such a way that everyone will know it's me and 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:17.120 not you. Now, don't talk to yourself. Out of it, 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:21.560 Moses said God, not me. I stutter. I can't go 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:24.600 speak to Pharaoh. God said Moses, don't worry about it. 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:27.800 I'm crossing my hands. I'm giving you what you need. 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:31.880 Gideon said God. I come from the poorest family. I'm 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:34.160 the least one around you. I can't lead this army. 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:38.240 God said Gideon. Don't worry. I'm crossing my hands. You're 0:18:38.280 --> 0:18:40.960 coming into a shift. I'm gonna move you from the 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:44.240 back to the front. David could have said, God, I'm 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:48.440 too small, too young, too inexperience. There's a whole army 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:53.600 of talented, successful, confident warriors that can go face Goliath. 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:57.920 God said David. I know that I could have chosen them, 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:01.520 but I'm crossing my hands. I'm moving you up from 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.800 the background to the foreground, from the shepherd field to 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:08.280 the battlefield, all the way to the throne. Esther could 0:19:08.320 --> 0:19:10.600 have said, God, I can't go in there and speak 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:13.280 to the king. He's not gonna listen to me. I'm 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:17.360 an orphan. I don't have any influence. God said Esther. 0:19:17.760 --> 0:19:20.600 Don't worry. I got your covered. I'm crossing my hands. 0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:24.679 I'm gonna give you a respect, credibility, honor that you 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:27.919 didn't deserve. You didn't work for. What am I saying? 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:32.159 A shift is coming. Whatever level you're at, God is 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:34.600 about to cross his hands and put you at a 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:37.280 position you could have never gotten to on your own. 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:43.120 He's gonna give you what you weren't in line to receive. Now, 0:19:43.160 --> 0:19:47.960 why don't you start expecting unprecedented favor, believe in for 0:19:48.040 --> 0:19:51.119 God to do something new in your life. And I 0:19:51.160 --> 0:19:53.800 know many of you can say, like me that God's 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:57.280 been good to you. You're blessed and healthy and got 0:19:57.280 --> 0:20:00.720 a good family, a great job, and that's all perfect. 0:20:01.000 --> 0:20:04.000 But can I tell you you haven't seen anything yet. 0:20:04.560 --> 0:20:08.000 God has shifts in your future that if He showed 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:12.399 you now, you wouldn't believe it. It's exceedingly abundantly above 0:20:12.440 --> 0:20:16.439 and beyond. You think you're hitting on all cylinders, but 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:19.560 if you only knew what God has in store, it's 0:20:19.600 --> 0:20:23.360 like you're in second gear. You're making progress, you're healthy, 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:26.600 you're moving forward. But God is about to shift you 0:20:26.680 --> 0:20:31.400 out a second, past third pass forth into overdrive. You're 0:20:31.440 --> 0:20:36.400 going to see the surpassing greatness of God's favor because 0:20:36.440 --> 0:20:40.640 you've honored God living a life of excellence and integrity. 0:20:40.960 --> 0:20:45.680 God's going to take you beyond your training, beyond your education, 0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:51.000 beyond your income, beyond where anyone in your family has gone. 0:20:51.040 --> 0:20:53.320 This shift is going to put you at a place 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:56.040 where you look back and say, Wow, God, you have 0:20:56.119 --> 0:21:00.720 amazed me with your goodness. When the Israelites were in 0:21:00.800 --> 0:21:04.359 the desert, headed toward the Promised Land, they had manna 0:21:04.480 --> 0:21:08.000 to eat each day, something like bread. After a while, 0:21:08.040 --> 0:21:11.080 they got tired of it. They complained to Moses that 0:21:11.119 --> 0:21:14.360 they didn't have any meat to eat. God told Moses 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:17.360 what the people were saying. God said, Moses, I'm going 0:21:17.400 --> 0:21:20.200 to give you meat, not for one day or five 0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:24.880 days or twenty days, but for a whole month. Moses said, God, 0:21:25.040 --> 0:21:29.040 that's impossible. There are two million people out here. Even 0:21:29.080 --> 0:21:31.800 if we butchered all of our flocks, all of our herds, 0:21:31.880 --> 0:21:35.640 we wouldn't have that much meat. God answered back, Moses, 0:21:36.280 --> 0:21:39.720 is there any limit to my power? He was saying, 0:21:39.960 --> 0:21:42.520 just because you don't see away, Moses, doesn't mean that 0:21:42.560 --> 0:21:44.960 I don't have a way. All I have to do 0:21:45.160 --> 0:21:48.040 is shift a few things around, and I can bring 0:21:48.080 --> 0:21:52.880 it to pass. That's what God did Numbers eleven thirty one. 0:21:52.960 --> 0:21:57.439 God shifted the wind and brought quell in from the 0:21:57.520 --> 0:22:02.000 sea and caused it to fall into their camp. Notice 0:22:02.040 --> 0:22:04.879 how good God is. They didn't even have to go 0:22:04.920 --> 0:22:08.440 out and hunt or fish. The quall came to them. 0:22:08.840 --> 0:22:10.800 They just went out of their tent picked up as 0:22:10.840 --> 0:22:14.280 many as they wanted. What am I saying? God knows 0:22:14.320 --> 0:22:18.040 how to shift things so that blessings come to you. 0:22:18.680 --> 0:22:22.680 The right people search you out, good breaks finds you. 0:22:24.000 --> 0:22:27.160 I have a friend. He works for a professional sports team. 0:22:27.800 --> 0:22:31.400 He wasn't raised in church and started watching our program 0:22:31.400 --> 0:22:34.080 and he gave his life to Christ. He decided to 0:22:34.119 --> 0:22:37.400 get into a good Bible based church. All he had 0:22:37.440 --> 0:22:41.879 were very casual clothes, t shirts and jeans, tennis shoes. 0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:44.360 He went to a church and they were very accepting, 0:22:44.480 --> 0:22:47.040 like ours doesn't matter what you wear. But he had 0:22:47.040 --> 0:22:50.359 a desire to dress up to go to church. He 0:22:50.400 --> 0:22:52.960 had never owned a suit before. Went up to the 0:22:53.000 --> 0:22:55.800 mall and looked at some different suits, but they were 0:22:55.840 --> 0:22:59.280 more than he wanted to spend. He could certainly afford it. 0:22:59.320 --> 0:23:02.400 He was just very frugal. One day, he was out 0:23:02.480 --> 0:23:05.200 running an errand and he randomly met this man. They 0:23:05.200 --> 0:23:08.439 struck up a conversation. This man found out how my 0:23:08.520 --> 0:23:12.240 friend worked for this professional sports team. The man told 0:23:12.280 --> 0:23:14.879 how he loved to go to the games whenever he 0:23:14.880 --> 0:23:17.199 could get a ticket, but most of the time they 0:23:17.200 --> 0:23:20.920 were sold out. My friend is very generous, he said, 0:23:20.920 --> 0:23:23.160 a lot of times I have extra tickets. I'll call 0:23:23.200 --> 0:23:25.600 you and you can come to a game. The man 0:23:25.680 --> 0:23:28.919 attended a game and afterwards he was thanking my friend. 0:23:29.640 --> 0:23:31.680 He said, you've been so good to me. I want 0:23:31.720 --> 0:23:35.600 to do something good for you. I own a clothing store. 0:23:36.080 --> 0:23:39.280 I want to make you a custom made suit. Last 0:23:39.320 --> 0:23:41.639 time I talked to my friend, he said, Joel, I 0:23:41.720 --> 0:23:45.680 have sixteen custom made suits. This this man has given 0:23:45.720 --> 0:23:51.439 me eight sports coach a tuxedo. My whole closet is 0:23:51.480 --> 0:23:55.600 filled with dress clothes. Friends. When you honor God, when 0:23:55.640 --> 0:24:00.360 you're good to people, kind, compassionate, merciful, the blessing will 0:24:00.359 --> 0:24:03.239 come looking for you. Like the quail. You don't have 0:24:03.280 --> 0:24:06.480 to go after them. God will shift things to cause 0:24:06.480 --> 0:24:09.840 the right people to come across your path. God will 0:24:09.840 --> 0:24:12.120 put you at the right place at the right time. 0:24:12.359 --> 0:24:17.520 So provision opportunity it comes to you. Zachariah said it 0:24:17.520 --> 0:24:21.320 this way. It's not by might nor by power, but 0:24:21.359 --> 0:24:24.879 by the spirit of God. That word spirit in the 0:24:24.920 --> 0:24:28.800 Hebrew means breath. It's saying it's not going to happen 0:24:29.000 --> 0:24:32.080 just by our talent, just by our connections, just by 0:24:32.119 --> 0:24:36.160 who we know. It's going to happen because God breathes 0:24:36.280 --> 0:24:41.600 in our direction. God shifts the winds and blows healing, promotion, 0:24:42.160 --> 0:24:45.679 restoration our way. How are you going to get well? 0:24:45.920 --> 0:24:49.800 The medical report says it's impossible. No, God is breathing 0:24:50.040 --> 0:24:54.520 healing your way, Hell, holness, restoration is headed towards you. 0:24:55.600 --> 0:24:58.280 How are you going to accomplish your dreams. You may 0:24:58.320 --> 0:25:00.800 not know the right people, or have the money, or 0:25:00.800 --> 0:25:03.320 feel like you have the talent. No God is breathing 0:25:03.440 --> 0:25:09.040 ideas resources the right people. If you will stay faithful 0:25:09.119 --> 0:25:13.560 and just keep honoring God like my friend, suddenly things 0:25:13.560 --> 0:25:18.280 will change. Suddenly you come into abundance, Suddenly your child 0:25:18.280 --> 0:25:22.359 straightens up, Suddenly you get well. A few years ago, 0:25:22.680 --> 0:25:26.800 one of our faithful members had a major stroke. He 0:25:26.960 --> 0:25:30.160 was only in his mid fifties, but he was paralyzed 0:25:30.200 --> 0:25:33.200 on the whole left hand side of his body. Couldn't 0:25:33.240 --> 0:25:38.120 walk or talk. The prognosis wasn't good. He was told 0:25:38.320 --> 0:25:42.080 that with intense therapy he might be able to regain 0:25:42.160 --> 0:25:45.200 his speech, but he would never be able to walk again. 0:25:46.000 --> 0:25:48.640 For two years, he had no feeling on the left 0:25:48.680 --> 0:25:51.320 side of his body. It's in a wheelchair, had to 0:25:51.320 --> 0:25:55.280 have constant care. It didn't look good. But this man 0:25:55.359 --> 0:25:59.040 had been coming to Lakewood. He knew God could breathe 0:25:59.200 --> 0:26:01.840 in his direction. He knew all God had to do 0:26:01.960 --> 0:26:06.080 was shift the winds and blow healing and restoration his way. 0:26:07.040 --> 0:26:10.480 One morning he woke up and suddenly he began to 0:26:10.520 --> 0:26:13.840 have feeling on the left side of his body. The doctors, 0:26:13.920 --> 0:26:17.320 the therapists, the nurses, they were amazed. They couldn't understand it. 0:26:18.160 --> 0:26:22.320 Long story short. Three weeks ago, he walked into Lakewood 0:26:22.600 --> 0:26:25.159 with no help for the first time since he had 0:26:25.359 --> 0:26:30.800 that stroke. He spoke just as clearly as I'm speaking 0:26:30.840 --> 0:26:35.080 to you. He didn't stumble when he walked, he didn't limp. 0:26:35.640 --> 0:26:39.320 He walked like nothing had ever been wrong. What happened 0:26:39.560 --> 0:26:43.360 he came into a shift. God breathed in his direction. 0:26:43.840 --> 0:26:46.239 What he could not do in his own power, in 0:26:46.280 --> 0:26:50.760 his own strength, suddenly became possible. Some of you have 0:26:51.119 --> 0:26:54.439 struggled in an area, your health, your finances, with the 0:26:54.520 --> 0:26:57.520 relationship for a long time, and you keep wondering, is 0:26:57.520 --> 0:27:00.479 it ever going to change? God is saying Yes, a 0:27:00.600 --> 0:27:04.680 shift is coming. I'm gonna shift you out of sickness 0:27:04.760 --> 0:27:08.280 into health. I'm gonna shift you out of lack into abundance. 0:27:08.560 --> 0:27:11.560 I'm gonna shift you out of struggle into ease. I'm 0:27:11.600 --> 0:27:14.760 about to cross my hands and give you what you 0:27:14.880 --> 0:27:17.800 did not deserve. Now you need to get ready. This 0:27:17.880 --> 0:27:21.560 is the year of the shift, because you have been 0:27:21.680 --> 0:27:26.720 faithful and honored God. I believe and declare God is 0:27:26.760 --> 0:27:29.280 going to put you at a position you could have 0:27:29.440 --> 0:27:32.520 never gotten to on your own. Doors are going to 0:27:32.600 --> 0:27:36.160 open for you that have not opened before. What should 0:27:36.200 --> 0:27:39.320 have taken you forty years to accomplish, God's going to 0:27:39.400 --> 0:27:44.359 do in a split second. You're coming into acceleration. Suddenly 0:27:44.520 --> 0:27:48.200 a dream comes to pass, Suddenly a promise is fulfilled, 0:27:48.520 --> 0:27:51.640 Suddenly the negative turns around. Now you need to get 0:27:51.680 --> 0:27:56.160 ready for the surpassing greatness of God's favor. Twenty thirteen 0:27:56.640 --> 0:27:59.239 is going to be an exceptional year for you and 0:27:59.320 --> 0:28:03.120 your family. You're gonna come into these shifts in Jesus' name. 0:28:03.560 --> 0:28:08.440 If you receive that today, can you say amen. 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