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See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:34.640 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.679 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:38.399 the ministry. 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:40.880 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:42.440 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.480 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:47.560 your life. 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:50.760 Well, God bless you. 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:53.840 It's a joy to come into your homes and you're 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.120 ever in our area. Please stop buy and be a 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:58.640 part of one of our services. These are the finest 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:00.680 people in all of Houston Tech. He says, right here 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:03.640 at Lakewood, so come out when you can. But thanks 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:06.760 for tuning in today, and thank you again for being here. 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:09.320 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:12.120 about these three pastors. They were in a boat on 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:15.080 a lake fishing one day together, and one of them said, 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:18.240 we never get to let our hair down. Let's each 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:21.240 tell the area that we struggle in the most, our 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:22.520 greatest sin, so. 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:23.760 We can pray for each other. 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:26.640 First man said, I hate to admit this, but I 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:29.519 have a problem with gambling. I sneak out a lot 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:32.480 of nights and go gamble. Second pastor said, oh, I'm 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:35.320 ashamed to admit this, but I have a problem with cheating. 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:39.400 I hardly ever pay my taxes. Third pastor just sat 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:40.200 there silently. 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:42.720 They waited and waited. He wouldn't budge. 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:45.480 They said, we're not getting off this boat until you 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:48.520 tell us your greatest sin. He said, all right, My 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:51.360 greatest sin is gossiping, and I can't wait. 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:55.560 To get off this boat. Say it like you mean it. 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.560 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.360 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.000 what it says I can do today. I will be 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:07.720 taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:11.120 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:15.880 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:18.280 to talk to you today about acceleration. 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:21.080 We all have dreams that were. 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:24.680 Believing to accomplish and problems that we're hoping will turn around. 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:28.480 But many times, in the natural it looks like it's 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.160 going to take years for this to happen. Years to 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.880 get out of debt, years to overcome an illness, years 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:38.880 to reach your goal. But I've learned God doesn't always 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.040 follow a natural timeline. 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:43.640 He knows how to speed things up. 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:47.000 Now I can sense in my spirit that this is 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:51.080 going to be a year of acceleration. God is going 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:52.560 to make things happen. 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:53.840 Quicker than you thought. 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:57.200 In your career, it should take you twenty years to 0:03:57.240 --> 0:03:59.840 get into management, twenty years to build. 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:00.960 That busines business out. 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:04.880 But in this year of acceleration, God is going to 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.360 give you breaks that propel you forward. 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:11.560 He's going to open up doors that thrust you years ahead. 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.160 In your finances may look like it's going to take 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:17.920 years to get out of debt, years to pay your 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:22.000 house off, but get ready. Acceleration is coming your way. 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:25.720 God knows how to open the windows of heaven. One 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:29.760 good break can put you into overflow. Perhaps the medical 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:32.720 report says it's going to take five years to get well, 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:37.520 five years a chemo, five years of treatment. That's one timetable. 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:42.040 But God has another timetable. He's saying, I'm going to 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:46.200 speed up the process. I'm going to accelerate your healing, 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:51.560 accelerate your promotion, accelerate your dreams coming to pass. This 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:54.120 is what the scripture says in the Book of Amos. 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:58.080 From the message translation, things are going to happen so 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:03.000 fast your head will swim one thing fast on the 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:04.040 heels of the other. 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:06.279 You won't be able to keep up. 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:11.120 Everything will be happening all at once everywhere you look. Blessings, 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:15.120 this is going to be a year of what aimless prophesied. 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:19.599 Things are going to happen so fast, healing, promotion, breakthroughs 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:23.680 that our head will swim. The scripture talks about how 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:26.719 God can do a quick work, and yes, I know 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:30.800 there are times we have to be patient, seasons of waiting, 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:35.640 passing the task, being faithful, But there are also seasons 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:39.680 where God will do a quick work where he will accelerate, 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:44.040 do things so fast, so amazing that our head will swim. 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:46.719 A few months ago, I talked to a high school 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.880 student out in the lobby after service. He's a star 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:54.680 basketball player, big, tall young man. His dream is to 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:59.360 play Division one basketball in college, but the only scholarships 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:01.000 he's been off were to. 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:02.400 Division two schools. 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:05.400 He was grateful, he had a great attitude about it, 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:06.719 but he seemed torn. 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:08.960 He asked me if he. 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:13.080 Should decline the Division two scholarships and not settle for 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:15.640 less than what he knew was in him, or should 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:18.359 he take the scholarship and play at that school and 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:21.960 hopefully one day transfer to a Division IE level school. 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:24.839 I wasn't sure how to advise him, so I. 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.080 Said, let me pray for you. I prayed that. 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:30.120 God would give him wisdom, God would open the right doors, 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:33.080 and that God would make the path easy. 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:36.200 For him to choose. He thanked me and walked away. 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:38.680 About ten minutes later, when I was finishing up with 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:42.520 the other visitors, he came back. His eyes were this wide. 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:46.120 He said, you're not going to believe what happened. Right 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:48.919 when I walked away, I got a call on my 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:52.240 cell phone. I didn't recognize the number, but when I 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:55.839 answered it, it was a Division one head coach asking 0:06:55.920 --> 0:07:00.560 me to come play for him, just like Amos prop Aside. 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:04.640 It happened so fast, his head was swimming. He didn't 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:06.520 know what to say. He said, Joel, I just want 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:08.440 to thank you for praying for me. He said, well, 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:12.120 that's the way my prayers are always answered. But the 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:15.360 truth is, I said, don't thank me, thank him. That's 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:21.080 the God of acceleration. That's God's feeding things up. I 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:25.320 believe this year, like with him, you're going to see 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:29.720 some quick works, some unusual things, things that you've been 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:33.280 dreaming about. Looks like it's going to take years. Suddenly 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.040 they're going to fall into place. You're gonna look up 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:39.240 and say, I didn't see it happening that fast. I 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.880 didn't know i'd get well this quickly. I didn't know 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:43.880 the problem would turn around that suddenly. 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:47.640 God wants to do some things that make our head swim. 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:51.240 Well, Joe, this sounds good, but I don't think it's 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:54.600 gonna happen for me. My prayers never get answered. I 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:57.200 never get any good breaks. Well, you're right, it won't 0:07:57.240 --> 0:08:02.280 happen your negative attitude is canceling it out. Negative thoughts, doubt, 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:07.000 unbelief that ties the hands of Almighty God. God works 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:10.760 where there's an attitude of faith, an attitude of expectancy. 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:14.240 Why don't you take the limits off of God? Dare 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:17.640 to say, God, I'm asking for you to do for 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:22.520 me what you promised through the prophet Amos. God, make 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:27.000 my head swim, Amaze me with your goodness. God, accelerate 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:31.640 your blessings in my life. This scripture, in another translation, 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:36.160 says there will come a time when the plowmen. 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:37.559 Will overtake the reaper. 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:41.640 The grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested. 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:45.800 This is saying the time was coming when a man 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:49.600 would be out plowing the field, sowing the seeds, but 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:53.360 the harvest would come up so fast. The growth would 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:56.600 be so sped up that as soon as he sowed, 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:58.520 the harvest would pop right up. 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:00.760 The plowmen could keep up with it. 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:04.839 In those days, typically the plowman would have to wait 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:08.040 at least seven or eight months to see any kind 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:11.800 of harvest. But Amos said, the day is coming when 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:16.960 it will happen simultaneously, as soon as you sow the seed. 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:18.839 The harvest will begin to spring forward. 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:23.040 I believe we are living in the day that on 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:26.839 Amos talked about. You're sowing the seed. You're doing the 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:30.720 right thing. It should take months, maybe even years, But 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.800 as you sow that seed, the harvest is already coming, 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:36.720 blessings chasing you down fever. 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:37.679 That you didn't deserve. 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.720 It's not going to be the usual process. It's not 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:44.040 going to be like it's been in the past. God 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:48.200 is speeding things up. A couple of years ago, I 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:51.000 was driving down the freeway and this friend came to 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:54.920 mine and I knew he was having difficulties in his finances. 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:58.680 His job situation had changed, and I felt strongly that 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:00.000 I was supposed to help him. 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:01.840 I mentioned it to Victorian. 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:04.880 She agreed, so I sent him a text saying that 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:08.520 we were going to send him a gift a significant amount. 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:12.319 He was very grateful and couldn't thank me enough. We 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:14.720 were out of town. I was going to take care 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:17.000 of it the next day. When I got back home. 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:21.440 A couple of hours later, this lady we work with called. 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:25.760 She said a company had just contacted her, a large, 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:29.400 well respected organization, and they wanted me to be a 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:32.480 part of a project they were working on. I didn't 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:35.160 have to do anything. I didn't have to go any place. 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:38.520 They just wanted to use my name. She said, if 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.240 you'll agree to do this, then there will make a 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:45.120 donation to your ministry. When she told me the amount, 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:49.520 my head began to swim. It was over one hundred 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:51.040 times what I'd promised. 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:52.800 My friend. Here's the thing. 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.839 I hadn't even put the seed in the ground, Jeff. 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:58.320 I was going to write the check the next day. 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.760 But before I could put the seed in the ground, 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:05.800 the harvest was already there. The blessing had already overtaken me. 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:10.120 That's what Amos said. It's going to happen simultaneously. As 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:13.320 you bless others, blessings are going to pop up. As 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:15.920 you sow the seed, the harvest will already be there. 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.400 I talked to a gentleman on the phone. He'd been 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:23.120 addicted to drugs for over thirty two years. He'd gone 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:26.240 through different treatments and tried rehab, but none of that 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:30.720 was successful. He wasn't a religious person, didn't grow up 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:31.280 in church. 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.760 One day he is flipping through the channels and he. 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:37.320 Heard me talking about how God can help you break 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:40.319 an addiction. How the forces that are for you are 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:43.680 greater than the forces that are against you. He said 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:47.280 that day he felt something on the inside that he 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:48.080 had never felt. 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:50.600 He prayed a very simple prayer. 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:54.120 He said, God, if you're real, help me to break 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:58.960 this addiction. From that day forward, he never touched another drug. 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:03.120 He was set come completely free. Being addicted for thirty 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:06.760 two years, you would think that at least he would 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:11.000 have some kind of withdrawals, some pain suffering as his 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:12.240 body readjusted. 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:15.560 This is what Amos is talking about. 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:19.160 Soon as he sowed the seed, the harvest was right there. 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:22.960 It should have taken him months to get over, should 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:26.560 have been a long drawn out process. But God is 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:30.960 in the business of speeding things up. His timetable is 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:35.320 not a natural timetable. If you'll dare believe, God will 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:40.199 accelerate your harvest, accelerate your healing, accelerate the freedom. 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:42.600 God is in the accelerating business. 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.800 One time Jesus was at a wedding. The ceremony was 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:50.640 just over, and they were all at this big reception afterwards. 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:54.640 Right in the middle, they ran out of wine. There 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:58.480 were six stone water pots over to the side. Jesus 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:00.000 asked the workers. 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:02.360 To fill them up with water. They fill them up. 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.280 Then he said, now dip some out and take it 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.880 to the host of the party. When the host tasted 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:13.000 the water that was now wine, he called the bridegroom 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:17.040 over and said, this is amazing. Usually you serve the 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:20.640 best wine first. Then when everyone is full and a 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.080 little bit tipsy and doesn't know any better, you bring 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:26.920 out the expensive wine. But you've done just the opposite. 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:31.400 You've saved the best wine for last. Now, normally, making 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:35.000 wine is a very lengthy process. Starts a course by 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:37.920 planting the seed in the ground. The vines have to 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:40.240 grow and eventually produce grapes. 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:42.479 Then when the grapes get mature. 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:45.200 Enough, they picked them make them into wine. But the 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:48.560 process from the time you plant the seed to the 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:51.360 time you have wine is typically three. 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:54.120 Or four years. That's just average wine. 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:58.679 Better quality wine can take five to seven years on 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.559 top of that to make it eat more valuable. Many 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:05.040 times they'll age the wine. You've seen bottoms of wine 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:08.080 twenty years old, thirty years old that would be considered 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:09.040 the best wine. 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:10.920 Here's my point. 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:14.880 The first miracle Jesus ever performed, turning water into wine 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:19.600 was a miracle of acceleration. What should have been a 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:23.360 twenty even thirty year process God did in a moment 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:26.640 of time. You may think I could never get to 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:27.640 where I'm supposed to be. 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:30.520 I am so far behind. No God can take what 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.520 should take you twenty years and get you there in 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:34.120 an instant. 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:38.120 Maybe it should take you years to get well, But 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:42.400 just as God sped up the process of making wine, 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:46.200 God can speed up the process of you getting well. 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:49.080 On paper, it may say it's going to take you 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.840 thirty years to get out of debt. The good news 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:55.040 is God knows how to turn your water into wine. 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:58.440 He can take a thirty year process and do it 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:02.320 in a fraction of the time. Right now, God's working 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:04.760 behind the scenes in your life. You know what he's doing, 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:08.280 gathering the pots, filling up the water. The process has 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:13.280 already been started. Suddenly it's going to change. Suddenly you're 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.240 going to find yourself where you couldn't go on your own. 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:20.240 There was a lady in town from another state. Down 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:23.240 at the medical center. She stopped by the service and 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:25.960 told how she had just been put on the list 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:30.640 to receive a liver transplant. She was told that this 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:35.000 would take between three and five years. She was very concerned, 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:37.640 not knowing if she could even live that long. 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:38.720 Of course, I. 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:41.320 Prayed for her and encouraged her that God can heal 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:45.160 you with or without the transplant. Couple of months later, 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:48.040 I saw her back at church. She had a wristband 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:50.280 on that I could tell she had been at the 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:54.200 hospital and thought maybe something was wrong. She smiled and said, Joel, 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:57.120 you're looking at a lady that has a brand new liver. 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:00.720 Two weeks after she was put on the lift, she 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:02.400 received a phone call. 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:04.400 Saying a new liver was available to her. 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:09.320 She had the surgery, there were no complications. She said, 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:11.720 I feel better today than I felt when I was 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:12.400 a teenager. 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:13.880 What was that? 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:17.600 God turned her water into wine? What should have taken 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:22.720 five years, God did in a few months time. Like her, 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:25.760 it may look like it's going to take you years 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:29.080 to get well, years to get out of debt, years 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:32.600 to reach your goal. But don't ever rule out the 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:38.000 God of acceleration. He has healing favor breakthroughs that can 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:42.640 propel you years ahead. You may be fighting a battle 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:45.880 in your health. Don't believe those lies that it's never 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:49.520 going to get better. Your attitude should be Father, I 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:53.440 want to thank you that you're accelerating my healing. Thank 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:55.720 you that I'll get well quicker than I've been told. 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:59.520 Thank you that I'll defy the odds. The financial report 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:03.040 may say you'll never be able to afford a nice 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:05.640 place to live, you'll never be able to send your 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:09.280 children to college. Instead of letting that defeat you turn 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:13.320 it around. I know I serve the God of acceleration. 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.600 It may look impossible, but Lord, I want to thank 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:18.320 you that you're turning. 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:21.679 My water into wine. And yes, I know we have 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:22.560 to be patient. 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:25.639 We need to wait for God's timing, but it's also 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:30.960 important to believe for quick works, for acceleration. That's what 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:34.400 it's going to take to reach the fullness of your destiny. 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.760 You're going to need some times like this, lady, where 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:41.800 God speeds things up, where God takes you where you could. 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:42.840 Not go on your own. 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:47.480 In the scripture, Ezekiel said, the hand of the Lord 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:52.000 was on me, and he carried me. That word carried 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:56.840 in the original language means to shoot out, to launch forward. 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:02.640 It implies acceleration. As God carries you through life. It's 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:03.840 not always going to. 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:06.480 Be routine predictable. 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:10.199 Little by little, there are times when God is carrying 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:13.240 you that he's going to shoot you out. He's going 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:17.119 to propel you years down the road. I look up 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:19.000 and think, how did I get to where I am? 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:23.200 I was working behind the scenes, minding my own business. 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:23.960 What happened? 0:18:24.119 --> 0:18:27.960 God shot me out. He was carrying me, but part 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:32.199 of that carrying was to launch me forward. All of 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:35.119 you can look back and see times where God shot you. 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:38.879 He gave you a break that you didn't deserve. He 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:41.359 opened the door that you could have never opened. He 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:44.840 turned a problem around when you didn't see away. Now 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:50.359 you're healthy, happy, blessed, further along than you ever imagine. 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:53.560 Somebody asked you, how did you get here? So quickly? 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:55.159 Just tell him I got shot. 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:59.159 God propelled me. God promoted me. God vindicated me. 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:02.520 God freed me. This is what David did. 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:06.560 He felt like he was falling behind out in the 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:08.800 shepherd's fields, taking care of sheep. 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:10.880 Nobody paid attention to him. 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:14.560 He had big dreams, but he didn't have any connections. 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:17.520 His own father didn't really believe in him. 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:21.160 But all those years out in the lonely shepherd's fields, 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:25.960 God was carrying him one day his time came. He 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:29.879 went out and defeated Goliath, and overnight. 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:31.639 He became a national hero. 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:35.880 He went from being an unknown shepherd boy to being 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:40.760 an admired, respected leader. That should have taken him years, 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:43.600 but God caused it to happen in a fraction of 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:44.080 the time. 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:49.720 Just a few minutes of destiny. Defeating that giant propelled. 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:52.600 Him years down the road. What was that God shooting 0:19:52.680 --> 0:19:56.000 him out? Well, Joel, I don't think God's ever gonna 0:19:56.080 --> 0:19:56.880 shoot me out. 0:19:57.400 --> 0:19:59.879 I've had a lot of bad breaks. I've gone through a. 0:19:59.880 --> 0:20:02.760 Lo a lot of disappointments in life. Well, think of 0:20:02.800 --> 0:20:05.399 it like this, when you have a bow and arrow, 0:20:06.000 --> 0:20:09.160 the more you pull the arrow back, the further it's 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:11.399 going to shoot. If you just pull it back a 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:14.600 little ways, no pressure, no tension, it's not going to 0:20:14.640 --> 0:20:15.240 go very far. 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:17.880 The reason you've been. 0:20:17.760 --> 0:20:21.239 Pulled back, it's not because God's trying to punish you, 0:20:21.359 --> 0:20:23.520 not because there's nothing good in your future. 0:20:24.119 --> 0:20:25.800 God has allowed. 0:20:25.359 --> 0:20:28.639 You to be pulled back because He's about to shoot 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:34.760 you further than you can imagine. Your destiny is much 0:20:34.800 --> 0:20:38.679 bigger than you realize. Like David, you may feel like 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:44.280 you're falling behind because of disappointments, bad breaks, loss, setbacks. 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:46.200 You don't think you could ever get. 0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:49.320 To where you're supposed to be. Let me encourage you. 0:20:49.720 --> 0:20:52.760 When God shoots you out. It's going to make up 0:20:52.800 --> 0:20:56.639 for lost time. The doors God's going to open, the 0:20:56.720 --> 0:20:59.840 people you're going to meet, the opportunities that are going 0:20:59.840 --> 0:21:03.639 to come across your path, or going to be bigger, better, 0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:08.000 more rewarding than you ever thought possible. When you're being 0:21:08.119 --> 0:21:12.199 pulled back, don't get negative better God, why is this happening? 0:21:12.320 --> 0:21:13.880 Turn it around. God. 0:21:13.920 --> 0:21:17.320 I may not like it, I may be uncomfortable. These 0:21:17.359 --> 0:21:20.160 people aren't treating me right. But God, I know it's 0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:23.560 just a matter of time before you release me and 0:21:23.640 --> 0:21:27.760 shoot me further than I ever dreamed. When my father 0:21:27.840 --> 0:21:30.520 went to be with the Lord back in nineteen ninety nine, 0:21:31.000 --> 0:21:33.960 I felt like I was being pulled back. I could 0:21:34.000 --> 0:21:37.560 feel the pressure, the tension. I lost a great friend, 0:21:38.160 --> 0:21:40.160 didn't know what was going to happen to the church. 0:21:41.000 --> 0:21:44.879 But in the middle of that difficulty, when in a sense, 0:21:44.920 --> 0:21:47.639 it seemed like my best days were behind me, at 0:21:47.720 --> 0:21:51.280 just the right time, God released me and shot me 0:21:51.440 --> 0:21:55.040 to a new level of my destiny. I got here 0:21:55.119 --> 0:21:59.080 quicker than I should have. I didn't have the formal training, 0:21:59.480 --> 0:22:03.560 the experiens, the qualifications. I couldn't have made it happen 0:22:03.600 --> 0:22:07.119 on my own. It was the hand of God, I've learned. 0:22:07.560 --> 0:22:10.880 When God is ready to shoot you, he doesn't ask 0:22:10.920 --> 0:22:11.800 for your permission. 0:22:12.640 --> 0:22:14.280 He doesn't check with the critics. 0:22:14.800 --> 0:22:18.560 He doesn't get approval from your friends, family members, co workers. 0:22:19.080 --> 0:22:21.560 He doesn't look at your bank account, your. 0:22:21.440 --> 0:22:25.520 Degrees, your confidence, your connections. When it's your time, God 0:22:25.600 --> 0:22:32.040 simply propels you into your destiny. No person can stop you, 0:22:32.840 --> 0:22:37.840 no bad break, no organization. God has the final say. 0:22:37.920 --> 0:22:41.760 He breathes his life into you. He's planned out your days. 0:22:42.400 --> 0:22:47.400 He's already lined up these times of acceleration, times where 0:22:47.440 --> 0:22:50.840 your water will be turned to wine, times where you'll 0:22:50.920 --> 0:22:55.680 sow and reap simultaneously. You may feel like you're being 0:22:55.720 --> 0:22:59.040 pulled back right now. Tension doesn't seem like you can 0:22:59.080 --> 0:23:02.720 get ahead this You're being pulled back for one reason, 0:23:03.080 --> 0:23:06.520 so God can shoot you further. You need to get ready. 0:23:06.560 --> 0:23:09.040 This is a year where God is going to launch 0:23:09.080 --> 0:23:12.639 you forward. You're going to see acceleration. It's going to 0:23:12.720 --> 0:23:17.840 happen faster, be so amazing, like Amos prophesied, your head's 0:23:17.840 --> 0:23:18.800 gonna swim. 0:23:19.080 --> 0:23:21.879 You're gonna think I didn't see this coming. I never 0:23:22.000 --> 0:23:25.840 dreamed I'd be this blessed, this happy, this healthy, this fulfilled. 0:23:26.160 --> 0:23:30.359 That's the God of acceleration taking you where you could 0:23:30.400 --> 0:23:34.400 not go on your own. In the Old Testament, there 0:23:34.400 --> 0:23:36.320 had been a drought in the land for three and 0:23:36.320 --> 0:23:40.000 a half years. The prophet Elijah went on top of 0:23:40.040 --> 0:23:43.639 a mountain and began to pray for rain. His assistant 0:23:43.720 --> 0:23:46.919 came back after six times of looking and said he 0:23:46.960 --> 0:23:50.920 saw a small cloud up in the sky. Elijah knew 0:23:50.960 --> 0:23:53.080 that was a sign that it was about to rain. 0:23:53.840 --> 0:23:56.640 He said to Ahab, you better get in your chariot 0:23:57.080 --> 0:23:59.200 and take off toward Jezrael. 0:23:59.600 --> 0:24:02.080 There's a to be a huge rainstorm here. 0:24:02.840 --> 0:24:07.439 The scripture says that Elijah took off running and he 0:24:07.680 --> 0:24:09.000 outran the. 0:24:09.000 --> 0:24:10.320 Chariot to Jezreel. 0:24:11.119 --> 0:24:14.800 God gave him supernatural ability caused him to go faster 0:24:14.920 --> 0:24:18.919 than he should have. I read where the average horse 0:24:19.119 --> 0:24:23.040 can sprint thirty five miles an hour, the average person 0:24:23.359 --> 0:24:27.160 fifteen miles per hour, My brother Paul six point three 0:24:27.200 --> 0:24:33.400 miles per hour. How could Elijah possibly outrun a horse? 0:24:33.720 --> 0:24:36.639 How could he outrun a chariot that doesn't seem like 0:24:36.680 --> 0:24:40.439 it makes sense. Here's how God shot him out. In 0:24:40.480 --> 0:24:43.160 this year of acceleration, God is going to. 0:24:43.080 --> 0:24:44.120 Speed you up. 0:24:44.359 --> 0:24:47.720 He's going to shoot you into promotion, shoot you into influence, 0:24:47.960 --> 0:24:51.879 shoot you into new opportunities. Like Elijah, you're going to 0:24:51.920 --> 0:24:53.600 discover ability. 0:24:53.280 --> 0:24:54.720 That you didn't even know was in you. 0:24:55.680 --> 0:24:57.840 When I was eight years old, I was in my 0:24:57.920 --> 0:25:01.240 backyard with my father. We just raked up a bunch 0:25:01.240 --> 0:25:04.080 of leaves and we had this huge pile that we 0:25:04.080 --> 0:25:08.120 were going to burn. Normally, my grandfather would do this. 0:25:08.520 --> 0:25:11.639 He helped us take care of our yard, and after 0:25:11.640 --> 0:25:14.520 a long day of raking leaves, he would always finish 0:25:14.520 --> 0:25:15.880 it off by burning them. 0:25:16.600 --> 0:25:17.720 But my father. 0:25:17.920 --> 0:25:22.000 Wasn't as experienced with making a fire as my grandfather. 0:25:22.800 --> 0:25:25.600 Daddy went in the shed and got some accelerant out, 0:25:26.359 --> 0:25:30.080 you know, accelerant that's used to make the fire burn faster. 0:25:29.880 --> 0:25:31.280 And bigger and stronger. 0:25:31.680 --> 0:25:35.160 I remember thinking, Granddaddy never uses this accelerant when. 0:25:35.000 --> 0:25:35.879 He makes a fire. 0:25:35.880 --> 0:25:38.960 And I even asked my father and he said, oh, yeah, 0:25:38.960 --> 0:25:40.639 you want to put a whole lot of this on 0:25:40.720 --> 0:25:41.760 to really get it going. 0:25:41.840 --> 0:25:43.480 And he poured. 0:25:43.200 --> 0:25:46.480 That liquid accelerant all over the leaves, the branches, The 0:25:46.520 --> 0:25:49.440 whole ground was soaked with accelerant. 0:25:49.920 --> 0:25:51.080 He got a match out. 0:25:51.560 --> 0:25:53.840 I was only eight years old, but I was smart 0:25:53.960 --> 0:25:57.760 enough to go way way back. I even asked him 0:25:57.760 --> 0:26:01.919 again that are you sure you're supposed to use his granddaddy, Joel, 0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:03.399 I was raised on a farm. 0:26:03.440 --> 0:26:04.280 I know what I'm doing. 0:26:05.240 --> 0:26:09.160 He threw that match on. It was like a volcano erupted. 0:26:10.200 --> 0:26:15.000 That fire shot up thirty forty feet in the air. Leaves, branches, 0:26:15.200 --> 0:26:17.000 debris went everywhere. 0:26:17.640 --> 0:26:19.440 We wanted to get rid of the leaves. We got 0:26:19.520 --> 0:26:21.480 rid of them. They went in our neighbor's yard. 0:26:23.320 --> 0:26:26.480 A few seconds after that little mini explosion calmed down, 0:26:26.840 --> 0:26:32.200 my dad came over. His eyebrows were sins, he had dirt. 0:26:32.400 --> 0:26:33.840 Leaves stuck to his face. 0:26:33.920 --> 0:26:37.200 But Daddy knew no defeat. He says, see, Joel, that's 0:26:37.240 --> 0:26:42.360 how you make a fire. I thought, yeah, that's how 0:26:42.359 --> 0:26:43.560 you go to heaven today. 0:26:45.760 --> 0:26:46.520 Here's my point. 0:26:47.359 --> 0:26:51.280 The more accelerant you put on, the faster the fire 0:26:51.359 --> 0:26:54.879 is going to burn. In the same way, Faith is 0:26:54.920 --> 0:26:58.560 the accelerant. Thanking God that the answers on the way. 0:26:59.040 --> 0:27:04.720 Living with efectancy meditating on his promises. That's putting accelerant 0:27:04.840 --> 0:27:07.840 on what you're believing. For when we go around. 0:27:07.680 --> 0:27:09.720 Negative discord, isn't never gonna happen. 0:27:10.080 --> 0:27:13.200 I'll never get well. That's like putting water on your fire. 0:27:13.359 --> 0:27:16.080 It's going to keep it from spreading. Why don't you 0:27:16.160 --> 0:27:20.399 start putting accelerant on your dreams. Father, Thank you that 0:27:20.440 --> 0:27:23.280 you're opening doors that no man can shut. Thank you 0:27:23.359 --> 0:27:27.199 that you're turning my water into wine. Put accelerant on 0:27:27.240 --> 0:27:30.960 your healing father. Thank you that you're restoring health back 0:27:31.000 --> 0:27:33.880 into me. That the number of my days you will fulfill. 0:27:34.400 --> 0:27:38.320 Put some accelerant on your finances all through the year. Father, 0:27:38.440 --> 0:27:41.640 Thank you that whatever I touch will prosper and succeed. 0:27:41.840 --> 0:27:44.119 That I am the head and not the tail. Do 0:27:44.359 --> 0:27:47.520 like my father, put a whole lot on all through 0:27:47.560 --> 0:27:47.920 the day. 0:27:48.160 --> 0:27:52.240 Keep thanking God that is coming, living with expectancy, speaking 0:27:52.280 --> 0:27:55.560 words of faith and victory. Friends, this is a year 0:27:55.880 --> 0:27:59.160 God is speeding things up. You've entered into a time 0:27:59.280 --> 0:28:05.040 of acceleration, like Amos prophesied, where you'll sow and reap simultaneously, 0:28:05.600 --> 0:28:09.120 like Ezekiel said, where God is going to shoot you out. 0:28:09.400 --> 0:28:12.240 You may have been pulled back. You feel stuffed, You've 0:28:12.240 --> 0:28:14.840 had some disappointments. You better get ready. This is a 0:28:14.880 --> 0:28:17.840 new day. God's about to shoot you further than you 0:28:17.880 --> 0:28:18.800 can imagine. 0:28:19.119 --> 0:28:20.639 Keep putting that accelerant on. 0:28:21.240 --> 0:28:24.679 If you'll do this, I believe and declare, God is 0:28:24.720 --> 0:28:28.920 going to accelerate your dreams coming to pass, accelerate your healing, 0:28:29.320 --> 0:28:33.440 accelerate promotions in Jesus's name, if you receive it, Can 0:28:33.480 --> 0:28:33.879 you say it? 0:28:33.920 --> 0:28:34.080 Man? 0:28:34.119 --> 0:28:35.000 Today? 0:28:36.280 --> 0:28:39.280 We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 0:28:39.320 --> 0:28:40.320 an opportunity to. 0:28:40.320 --> 0:28:43.040 Make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 0:28:43.120 --> 0:28:43.400 with me? 0:28:44.160 --> 0:28:49.720 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins, Come 0:28:49.760 --> 0:28:55.280 into my heart. I'll make you my Lord and savior. 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