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I like to 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:13.440 start with something funny. I heard about this man that 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:16.520 was walking on the beach and God said, son, you've 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:20.600 been so faithful, I'm going to grant you one special wish. 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:22.200 He was so excited. 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:25.200 He said, God, I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:28.800 but I'm afraid to fly. So my wish is that 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:32.800 you would build me a bridge across the ocean. God said, son, 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:37.079 that's totally impossible. Think of the logistics of that. Now 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:40.120 take some time and wish again. He said, okay, God, 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:44.200 I've been divorced four times. All my ex wives say 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:48.000 I am so insensitive. My wish is that I would 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:51.120 be able to understand a woman. I want to know 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:54.000 why she thinks like she thinks, and why she feels 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:54.800 like she feels. 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:56.320 There was a long pause. 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:59.360 God said, do you want two lanes or four lanes 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:04.280 on that bridge? And all the men said, amen, say 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:06.960 it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:09.240 am what it says I am. I have what it 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.640 says I have. I can do what it says I 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.680 can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:19.320 I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:23.320 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God, 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:27.240 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:32.160 be positive or be quiet. Every one of us has 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:35.720 promises that we're standing on things that we're believing for. 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:39.000 Maybe it's to get out of debt, or to be 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:42.760 healthy again, to meet the right person, to start our 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:46.400 own business. We know God has spoken to us, but 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:49.960 we don't see any sign of it happening. Nothing is changing. 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:53.360 It looks just like it did six months ago. The 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:56.880 mistake we make too often is we start to talk 0:03:56.920 --> 0:03:57.920 ourselves out of it. 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:00.080 I don't think I'm gonna get out of day. 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:04.680 Business is too slow, or I could never accomplish my dreams. 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:09.080 I'm too old, Joel, I miss my opportunity. We don't 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:12.920 realize our words are what's keeping the promise from coming 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:13.520 to pass. 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:18.200 You cannot talk defeat and expect to have victory. 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.600 The moment you speak something out, you are giving life 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:25.680 to what you're saying, either good or bad. That's what 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:30.039 allows it to become a reality. Negative thoughts come to 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:34.120 every person. You can't stop the thoughts from coming. The 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:38.839 key is don't verbalize the negative. You may think it, 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:42.120 but don't speak it out. If you're not going to 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:46.560 say anything good about your health, your finances, your children, 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:50.359 your future, do yourself a favor. Zip it up, don't 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:55.800 say anything at all, be positive or be quiet proverb success. 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:59.640 We are snared by the words of our mouth. Do 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.560 you know you can talk yourself out of your healing? 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:07.479 You can talk yourself out of a promotion. Negative words 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:11.159 can keep you from your God given destiny. This is 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:14.960 what almost happened to a man in the Scripture named Jeremiah. 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:18.440 God gave him a great promise that he would become 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:21.920 a prophet to the nations. But when he heard this, 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:26.359 he was very young and unsure of himself. He said, God, 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.800 I can't do that. I can't speak to the nations. 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:34.120 I'm too young. I wouldn't know what to say. God said, Jeremiah, 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:38.159 say not that you are too young. The first thing 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:42.560 God did was stopped his negative words. Why did God 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:46.080 do that? God knew if he went around saying I'm 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:49.200 not qualified, I can't do this, I don't have what 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.920 it takes, he would become exactly what he was saying. 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:56.200 So God said, in effect, Jeremiah, zip it up. 0:05:56.720 --> 0:05:59.200 You may think it, but don't speak it out. 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.599 It goes on to tell how Jeremiah changed what he 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:06.080 was saying and he became a prophet to the nations. 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.680 The promise came to pass in the same way. 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:13.200 God has called every one of us to do something great. 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:18.240 He's put dreams, desires on the inside. But it's easy 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:21.679 to say, like Jeremiah can't do that. I'm too young, 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:25.520 I'm too old, I've made too many mistakes. I don't 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:28.400 have the education, I don't have the experience. We can 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:32.359 all make excuses, but God is saying to us what 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:37.279 he said to Jeremiah. Stop saying that. Don't curse your future. 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:41.640 Those negative words can keep you from God's best And 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:45.520 sometimes the reason a promise is being delayed is because 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:49.840 of what we're saying. Imagine your answer is on the way. 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:54.719 God has already dispatched the angel with your healing, your promotion, 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:59.080 your vindication. But right before it gets here, God says 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:02.560 to the angel, don't go any further, stay right where 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:06.240 you are. The angel says, why, God, this is what 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:10.040 you promise, It's in your word. God says, no, listen 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:13.360 to what they're saying. They're talking about how it's not 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:16.480 going to happen, how the problem's too big, how it's 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:19.320 been too long, how they'll never meet the right person. 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:24.679 Negative words stop God's promises. Now, I wonder how many 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:27.720 times we're just a couple of months away from seeing 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.840 the answer, a couple of months from meeting the right person. 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:34.400 You've been praying for years that God would bring somebody 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:37.760 great into your life, but right before they show up, 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:38.800 you let your. 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:41.520 Guard down to Tart's saying, Ah, it's not going to happen. 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:45.920 I'm too old. Nobody's interested in me. God has to 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:49.320 say to the angel, don't go any further. The good 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:53.920 news is that promise is still in your future. God 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:57.640 didn't cancel it because we get negative. He still has 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.840 the right person for you. And if you'll zip up 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:05.080 the doubt and switch over into faith at the right time, 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:09.880 they will show up. God will release what negative words 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:15.320 have delayed. God still has your healing, your promotion, your restoration. 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.920 Now do your part. Quit talking about how it's not 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:19.640 going to happen. 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:23.720 You may not see away, but God still has a way. 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:27.920 It may look impossible, but God can do the impossible. 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:32.520 Just because you don't see anything happening doesn't mean God. 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:34.680 Is not working right now. 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:38.520 Behind the scenes, God is arranging things in your favor. 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:42.160 He's lining up the right people. He's moving the wrong 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:45.880 people out of the way. He's positioning you exactly where 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:49.520 he wants you to be. Now, don't delay the promise 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:53.880 by speaking negative words. Our son, Jonathan, is seventeen years 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:57.680 old and we're in the process of applying to different colleges. 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:03.640 Some schools only accept five percent of the students that apply. 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:07.520 That means, of course, that ninety five percent of the 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:12.000 applicants get turned down. It's easy to think, why do 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:16.520 we even want to apply to those schools. It's practically impossible. 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:19.880 More than nine out of ten get denied. Jonathan, don't 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:21.960 get your hopes up. I don't see how you could 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:26.080 get in there. If we're not careful, we'll talk ourselves 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:29.760 out of it. You may think those thoughts, but don't 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:34.920 make the mistake of verbalizing them. Learn to turn it around. God, 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.679 I know you have my son in the palm of 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:41.000 your hand. You've already picked out the right college for 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:44.160 him to attend. There may be only a five percent 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.240 chance for some schools, but God, I know with you. 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:49.720 There's a one hundred percent chance. 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:52.439 He'll get in exactly where you want him to go. 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.160 God, you control the whole universe. 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:58.520 That's much better than going around all the odds are 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.520 against me. Look good, I don't see how it's going 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:05.840 to happen. No, zip that up. If you can't be positive, 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:10.560 at least be quiet. You are prophesying your future. 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:12.359 If you say. 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:16.000 I'll never get in, then you'll never get in. If 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:18.679 you say this problem is going to sink me, then 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.920 it will sink you. If you say I'll never be 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:24.800 able to afford a nice house, You'll never be able 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:26.160 to afford a nice house. 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:30.480 You're be ensnared by the words of your mouth. Luke. 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:34.440 Chapter one, an angel appeared to a man named Zachariah. 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:38.400 The angel told him that his wife Elizabeth, was going 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:41.160 to have a baby and they were to name him John. 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:45.480 Zachariah was very surprised because he and his wife were 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:48.680 way up there in years. He said to the angel, 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:52.439 are you sure this is going to happen? It sounds great, 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:55.439 but do you see how old we are. To me, 0:10:55.679 --> 0:11:00.320 it just doesn't seem possible. The angel said, Zachariah, I 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:04.400 am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of Almighty God, 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:08.720 and what God says will come to pass. But God 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:13.280 knows the power of our words. He knew if Zachariah 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:17.040 went around speaking defeat. It would stop his plan. So 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:22.880 God did something unusual. The angel said, Zachariah, because you doubted, 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:26.280 you will remain silent and not be. 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:28.880 Able to speak until the baby is born. 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.880 Zachariah left there unable to talk, couldn't say one word 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:37.760 for nine months until that child was born. Why did 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:41.400 God take away his speech? God knew he would go 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:44.520 out and start telling his friends how it wasn't gonna happen. 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:47.840 Hey man, this angel appeared said, we're gonna have a baby. 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:49.480 He must have got the wrong person. 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:50.200 We're too old. 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:55.120 God knows with our words we are prophesying our future. 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:57.920 A lot of times we think, well, joel, God's God. 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.520 If he wants to bless me, he'll bless me. 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:01.319 No. 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:05.840 God works by laws. Yes, God wants to bless you, 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:10.080 but it will not happen if you're speaking defeat over 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:13.520 your life. That's why the scripture says, put a watch 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:17.600 over your mouth. In other words, be careful what you 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:21.160 allow to come out of your mouth. This is especially 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:25.440 important in difficult times. That's when it's easy to get negative. 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.439 Started saying, well, I don't think I'm ever going to 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:31.880 get well. I've had this sickness for three years, or 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:33.240 put a watch over your mouth. 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:35.480 Don't prophesy that defeat. 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.960 If you're going to say anything, say what God says, 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:42.760 I will live and not die. God is restoring health 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:46.040 back unto me. The number of my days he will fulfill. 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.560 That's what we should be saying. The thought comes, you'll 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:54.480 never accomplish your dreams. You'll never rise any higher. You've 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:58.160 gone as far as you can go. You can't stop 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:01.760 the thoughts from coming, but you can choose to not 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:05.920 give them life by speaking them out. When you don't 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:09.959 speak it, that thought will die still born. It can't 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:13.800 take root and become a reality. But when you say it, 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:17.960 you are giving birth to what you're speaking All through 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:21.160 the day. You need to ask yourself, is what I'm 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:24.600 about to say? What I want to come into my life? 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:29.600 Because what you're saying you're inviting in. When you say 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:32.640 I'll never get out of death the economy's too slow, 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:37.600 you're inviting struggle and lack. When you say this problem's 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.920 too big, I don't think I'll ever get out of that. 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:46.280 You're inviting defeat, mediocrity. You need to send out some 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:50.680 new invitations when you say I will lend and not borrow. 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:53.480 God's favor surrounds me like a shield. 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:58.400 Whatever I touch prospers and succeeds. You are inviting increase, 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:04.000 good breaks says. When you say I will overcome this problem, 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:07.200 I am more than a conqueror. If God before me, 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:12.760 who dare be against me? You're inviting strength, healing, restoration, vindication, 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:18.600 breakthroughs now. Pay attention to what you're inviting. Well, I'll 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:22.360 never pass this algebra course. I've never been good in math. 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:26.360 I just don't understand it. Change the invitation. I can 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:29.880 do all things through Christ. I have good understanding. I 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:33.560 am full of wisdom. I am an a student. When 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:37.720 you do that, you're inviting. As you're inviting wisdom, you're 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:43.680 inviting God's blessings. Make sure you're sending out the right invitations. 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:47.480 When I first started ministering back in nineteen ninety nine, 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:50.440 I had never done this before, and I was very 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:56.160 nervous and very unsure of myself. Every negative thought imaginable 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:59.480 would come to my mind, things like Joel, you're going 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:01.520 to get up there and make a fool of yourself. 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.920 You're not gonna know what to say. Nobody's gonna listen 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:08.240 to you. You don't have the experience. All through the 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:11.920 day I had to ignore those thoughts. I would go 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:16.200 around saying under my breath, I am anointed, I am equipped, 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:19.680 I am strong in the Lord. Before I would come 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:22.120 to church and minister, I would look at myself in 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:25.000 the mirror and say, Joel, you are well able. You've 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.160 been raised up for such a time as this. 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:29.720 The services would. 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:33.440 Go out all over through the television. Those thoughts would 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:37.560 come saying, what are you doing on television? Other ministers 0:15:37.600 --> 0:15:41.960 are so much more qualified. Nobody's gonna tune you in. 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:46.720 Instead of repeating that from the very first, I started saying, Father, 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:49.880 I want to thank you that people are being drawn 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:50.240 to me. 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:53.400 When they turn me on, they cannot turn me off. 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:59.680 Do you know I get letters every. 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:03.720 Day from people saying, Joel, I never watched TV ministers, 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:06.360 but I was flipping through the channels, and when I 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:10.200 turned you on, I couldn't turn you off. That's much 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:14.480 better than going around saying I'm not qualified, I don't. 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:16.520 Have the experience, I don't have what it takes. 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:19.680 The scripture says you've got to call the things that 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:24.080 are not as if they already were. I didn't feel confident, 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:28.160 but I called myself confident. I didn't feel annointed, but 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:31.880 I called myself anointed. Now you may not feel blessed, 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:36.200 but you need to call yourself blessed. The circumstances may 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:38.840 not say you're prosperous, but by faith. 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:40.280 You need to call yourself prosperous. 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:44.640 You may not feel healthy today, but don't go around 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:47.600 telling everyone how you're not going to make it. Start 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:53.040 calling yourself healthy, whole, strong, full of energy, full of life. 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:57.480 When Joshua was leading the people of Israel toward the 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:01.520 Promised Land, they came to the city of Jericho. It 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:05.600 stood between them and their destiny. They couldn't go around it, 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:09.200 they had to go through it. The problem is Jericho 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:14.479 was surrounded by a huge, thick, tall wall made up 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:17.680 of stone and mortar. Didn't look like there was any 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:21.480 way the Israelites could get in, but God told them 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:25.560 to do something that sounded strange. To march around that 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:29.040 wall for six days, and on the seventh day they 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:32.960 were to march around seven times. If that wasn't odd enough, 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:37.080 God gave them one final instruction, the key to the 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:40.960 whole thing working. He said, while you're marching around the walls. 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:45.240 I don't want you to say one word, not a whisper, 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:49.480 not a short conversation, not an update on how it's going. 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:54.800 Keep totally silent. Why did God not allow them to speak? 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:59.600 God knew after a couple of times around, they'd start saying, 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:02.679 what in the world are we doing out here? This 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:05.760 wall's never gonna fall. Look how thick it is, It's 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:09.320 been here for years. Joshua must have heard God wrong. 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:13.000 Somebody else speak up. Yeah, and I'm tired, I'm hot, 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:13.920 and I'm hungry. 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:15.800 This dust is getting in my face. 0:18:16.200 --> 0:18:19.960 God knew they would talk themselves out of it. In fact, 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:25.600 it had happened years before. Their parents their relatives were 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:28.960 camped next door to the Promised Land. But when the 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:33.240 spies came back and told everyone how big their enemies were, 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:38.280 that negative report spread like wildfire throughout the rest. 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:38.600 Of the camp. 0:18:39.080 --> 0:18:43.240 Before long, all two million people were complaining, saying, we 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:47.280 don't have a chance, will never defeat these enemies. Even 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:51.240 though they were next door, Their negative words kept them 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:55.159 from going in. God knew it had happened once and 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:58.560 it would happen again, so he told them to be quiet. 0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:00.840 He would say it in effect, I know you're not 0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:02.479 going to be positive. 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:03.199 So just stay silent. 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:06.560 There are times in all of our lives where it's 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:10.760 difficult to be positive, and that's okay. Just stay silent. 0:19:11.400 --> 0:19:15.000 Don't tell everyone what you're thinking. You know how the 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:17.800 story ends. On the seventh time around or the seventh day, 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:19.720 the walls came tumbling down. 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:21.479 Here's the question today. 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:26.640 Could it be that negative words are keeping you out 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:30.040 of your promised land? Could it be if you would 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:34.399 remain silent, not talk about how big the problem is, 0:19:35.119 --> 0:19:38.240 not complain about what didn't work out, Not tell a 0:19:38.240 --> 0:19:41.040 friend how you're never going to be successful that if 0:19:41.080 --> 0:19:44.000 you would zip it up, maybe the walls that are 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:48.639 holding you back would come down. Imagine behind that wall 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:52.719 is your healing, your promotion, your dream coming to pass. 0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:56.800 Every day, so to speak, you're walking around the wall. 0:19:57.000 --> 0:19:59.919 What are you saying? This wall's never going to fall join. 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:02.199 I've had this addiction since high school. 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:03.960 I'll never be able. 0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:06.479 To start my own business. I don't know the right people. 0:20:07.119 --> 0:20:09.440 No God is saying to us what he said to 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:13.960 the Israelites. If you can't say anything good, don't say 0:20:14.040 --> 0:20:18.159 anything at all. Don't let Your negative words keep you 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:23.160 from God's best. If you'll stop talking, defeat, lack how 0:20:23.160 --> 0:20:28.320 it's not going to happen, and simply remain silent. God 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:31.160 can do for you what he did for them. He 0:20:31.240 --> 0:20:34.600 knows how to bring those walls down. When we're marching 0:20:34.640 --> 0:20:37.959 around the walls, sometimes we go day after day and 0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:42.200 we don't see anything happening. Just like them, the thoughts 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:46.400 come saying you didn't hear God right, nothing is changing. 0:20:47.000 --> 0:20:49.840 You go to work every week, do your best. You're 0:20:49.880 --> 0:20:53.520 not being promoted. No, that is a time of testing. 0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:58.040 Like the Israelites. You're marching around the wall. You may 0:20:58.080 --> 0:21:02.720 be on day five. That translates into you've been doing 0:21:02.760 --> 0:21:05.439 it a year, two years, five years. 0:21:05.720 --> 0:21:09.960 Surely it would have happened by now. No, pass that test. 0:21:10.520 --> 0:21:11.639 Don't start complaining. 0:21:12.320 --> 0:21:14.320 Don't do like the first group and say, oh, what's 0:21:14.359 --> 0:21:18.280 the use, let's just settle here. No, when the negative 0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:23.720 thoughts come, let them die still born. Refuse to prophesy, 0:21:24.000 --> 0:21:27.960 defeat over your life. If you do this, you will 0:21:27.960 --> 0:21:31.920 come in to your seventh day. Like the Israelites, those 0:21:32.000 --> 0:21:36.320 walls will come tumbling down. God is a faithful god. 0:21:36.359 --> 0:21:41.160 He will do what he's promised you Second Kings, Chapter four. 0:21:42.400 --> 0:21:44.679 There was a woman that was good friends with the 0:21:44.720 --> 0:21:48.480 Prophet Elisha. In fact, she had built an extra room 0:21:48.640 --> 0:21:51.639 on her house so when Elisha was in town he 0:21:51.680 --> 0:21:55.240 could come and stay there. One day, Elisha asked her 0:21:55.720 --> 0:21:58.040 what he could do for her to return the favor. 0:21:58.560 --> 0:22:01.560 She said, nothing, Elisha, My husband and I were doing 0:22:01.680 --> 0:22:05.280 just fine. Elisha noticed that they didn't have any children. 0:22:05.720 --> 0:22:09.840 Her husband was an older man. Before he left, he prophesied, 0:22:10.320 --> 0:22:12.200 by this time next year. 0:22:12.280 --> 0:22:15.359 You're going to have a baby. She was so excited. 0:22:15.960 --> 0:22:18.800 Sure enough, the next year she had a baby boy. 0:22:19.720 --> 0:22:22.639 When that son was about ten years old, he was 0:22:22.680 --> 0:22:25.400 out in the field playing one day and his head 0:22:25.440 --> 0:22:28.720 began to hurt very badly. They carried him home and 0:22:29.240 --> 0:22:32.480 placed him in his mother's arms, where he later died. 0:22:33.359 --> 0:22:37.840 You can imagine how this mother felt. She was heartbroken, devastated. 0:22:38.520 --> 0:22:41.800 She carried her son to Elisha's room and placed him 0:22:41.840 --> 0:22:45.639 on Elisha's bed. For most people, this would be the 0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:49.120 end of the story, but not this lady. She told 0:22:49.160 --> 0:22:52.879 her assistant, saddle me up a horse. I'm going to 0:22:52.920 --> 0:22:57.160 see the Prophet Elisha. The assistant said, ma'am, you don't 0:22:57.160 --> 0:23:00.199 need to do that. There's nothing he can do to 0:23:00.240 --> 0:23:03.560 say it. But your son is no longer alive, she said, 0:23:03.560 --> 0:23:07.160 don't ask questions, Just get me a horse ready. Men, 0:23:07.280 --> 0:23:09.480 we know better than to mess with a woman who's 0:23:09.480 --> 0:23:13.119 got her mind made of She got on this horse 0:23:13.680 --> 0:23:17.359 and took off toward Elisha's house as fast as she could. 0:23:17.720 --> 0:23:21.000 Can imagine, like the lone ranger. She was riding in 0:23:21.040 --> 0:23:25.760 to bring justice. When Elisha saw the dust billowing up 0:23:25.800 --> 0:23:29.520 in the sky a couple of miles away. At one point, 0:23:29.880 --> 0:23:32.720 he noticed it was his friend, the woman that had 0:23:32.720 --> 0:23:33.760 built the extra. 0:23:33.560 --> 0:23:34.600 Room on her house. 0:23:35.200 --> 0:23:39.399 Elisha told his assistant gahes I, go find out what's wrong. 0:23:40.119 --> 0:23:42.680 Gahes I jumped on his horse and met the woman 0:23:42.760 --> 0:23:46.920 way down the road. Stopped her. Said, hey, Elisha's concerned. 0:23:47.320 --> 0:23:50.719 Why are you coming unexpectedly in such a hurry? 0:23:51.359 --> 0:23:54.720 Is anything wrong? I love the way she answered. 0:23:55.080 --> 0:23:59.560 She said, no, all is well. She kept heading full 0:23:59.640 --> 0:24:02.440 steam ahead. Okay, hayes I thought about it and said, 0:24:02.440 --> 0:24:04.840 that doesn't make sense. He caught back up to her 0:24:04.840 --> 0:24:06.879 a second time. Let me ask you again. 0:24:07.680 --> 0:24:09.360 Is everything okay. 0:24:08.960 --> 0:24:09.760 With your husband? 0:24:10.320 --> 0:24:13.560 She said? All is well? Is everything okay at your house? 0:24:14.040 --> 0:24:14.720 All is well? 0:24:15.480 --> 0:24:19.760 Then he asked, is everything okay with your son? She 0:24:19.920 --> 0:24:24.080 said it again, all as well. She was speaking it 0:24:24.200 --> 0:24:28.200 by faith. A lot of times when we face difficulties. 0:24:28.760 --> 0:24:32.760 Somebody asked us how everything's going, we do just the opposite. 0:24:33.320 --> 0:24:35.840 Oh man, let me tell you. My business is so slow. 0:24:37.119 --> 0:24:41.399 My stocks are down, my back's been hurting, dishwasher broke, 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:44.679 somebody dented in my car, and traffic was backed up. 0:24:45.000 --> 0:24:46.920 Usher wouldn't let me sit where I wanted to sit 0:24:47.000 --> 0:24:53.160 this morning. It's easy to talk about the problem, how 0:24:53.200 --> 0:24:56.879 bad it is, how it's never gonna work out. But 0:24:57.080 --> 0:25:02.000 in those tough times when you feel like complaining, you 0:25:02.119 --> 0:25:05.240 got a good reason to be sour. You lost a job, 0:25:05.760 --> 0:25:07.480 a friend did you wrong, you're. 0:25:07.320 --> 0:25:08.359 Not feeling well. 0:25:08.680 --> 0:25:11.280 That's when you have to dig your heels in and 0:25:11.359 --> 0:25:15.320 say it by faith. Business is slow, but all is well. 0:25:15.600 --> 0:25:18.560 God is still on the throne. He's Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord, 0:25:18.640 --> 0:25:23.280 my provider. Or the medical report wasn't good, but all 0:25:23.359 --> 0:25:26.800 is well. God is my healer. Nothing will snatch me 0:25:26.840 --> 0:25:30.320 out of his hands. She made it finally to Elisha's house. 0:25:30.880 --> 0:25:35.359 She said, Elisha, this son you promised me has died. 0:25:36.119 --> 0:25:39.280 In other words, I didn't ask for the boy Elijah. 0:25:39.400 --> 0:25:42.640 You prophesied it and God gave him to me. And 0:25:42.720 --> 0:25:45.520 I know if you will come pray for him, he 0:25:45.600 --> 0:25:48.439 will come back to life. He got on his horse, 0:25:48.720 --> 0:25:50.760 went to her house, prayed for the little boy, and 0:25:50.800 --> 0:25:51.800 he came back to life. 0:25:51.880 --> 0:25:54.680 A great miracle. But here's what I want you to see. 0:25:55.720 --> 0:26:00.480 Even in her darkest hour, even when it looked him possible, 0:26:00.920 --> 0:26:05.600 she refused to get negative and speak defeat. When gahyes, 0:26:05.640 --> 0:26:08.760 I ask is everything okay? She could have said, no, 0:26:09.160 --> 0:26:11.960 I'm in the midst of a great tragedy. I'm facing 0:26:12.000 --> 0:26:15.679 the biggest challenge of my life. Nobody would have faulted 0:26:15.720 --> 0:26:19.639 her for that. But this lady chose to speak faith, 0:26:20.200 --> 0:26:23.840 even though her mind was being bombarded with doubt. She 0:26:23.920 --> 0:26:26.480 had a watch over her mouth. She wasn't going to 0:26:26.560 --> 0:26:30.920 be snared by her words. When you're hurting, you've been 0:26:30.920 --> 0:26:33.760 through a disappointment, you've suffered a loss, you've got to 0:26:33.800 --> 0:26:35.919 do like her, say it by faith. 0:26:36.160 --> 0:26:39.320 All is well. It may not look well, may not 0:26:39.520 --> 0:26:40.240 feel well. 0:26:40.680 --> 0:26:44.040 In the natural, you should be complaining, talking about how 0:26:44.119 --> 0:26:47.960 bad it is, but instead you're making a declaration of faith. 0:26:48.200 --> 0:26:51.760 All is well. That's when the most powerful force in 0:26:51.800 --> 0:26:53.600 the universe goes to work. 0:26:54.440 --> 0:26:59.359 Friends, God can resurrect dead dreams. He can resurrect a 0:26:59.440 --> 0:27:03.159 dead marriage. He can resurrect health that's going down or 0:27:03.200 --> 0:27:06.240 a business that's going down. When you get in agreement 0:27:06.280 --> 0:27:10.280 with God, all things are possible. You may be facing 0:27:10.359 --> 0:27:14.120 a big obstacle. It doesn't look good, but here's a key. 0:27:14.840 --> 0:27:17.920 Don't talk about the size of your problem. Talk about 0:27:17.920 --> 0:27:21.720 the size of your God. God stopped the Son for Joshua. 0:27:22.440 --> 0:27:26.240 He parted the Red Sea for the Israelites. He breathed 0:27:26.320 --> 0:27:29.640 new life into this little boy. He can turn your 0:27:29.680 --> 0:27:33.080 situation around as well. He can make a way even 0:27:33.080 --> 0:27:37.480 though you don't see away. My challenge today is don't 0:27:37.680 --> 0:27:41.360 let your negative words stop what God wants to do. 0:27:42.240 --> 0:27:46.119 If you can't say anything positive, zip it up. You 0:27:46.240 --> 0:27:48.280 may think it, but don't give it life. 0:27:48.440 --> 0:27:49.440 By speaking it out. 0:27:49.880 --> 0:27:53.879 Your healing, your vindication, your promotion is right up in 0:27:53.920 --> 0:27:58.119 front of you. Like Jeremiah, God has already ordained you. 0:27:58.040 --> 0:27:59.119 To do something great. 0:28:00.080 --> 0:28:02.800 Put a watch over your mouth, pay attention to what 0:28:02.840 --> 0:28:03.399 you're saying. 0:28:04.080 --> 0:28:04.800 For some of you. 0:28:04.920 --> 0:28:08.720 When you make this adjustment, God is going to release 0:28:08.960 --> 0:28:13.240 promises that have been delayed. What you've been praying about, 0:28:13.880 --> 0:28:17.760 breaking that addiction, meeting the right person, getting healthy again, 0:28:17.880 --> 0:28:21.280 starting that business. Suddenly things are going to fall into place. 0:28:21.680 --> 0:28:24.040 You're going to see God's favor in a new way. 0:28:24.320 --> 0:28:27.480 He's going to open up new doors of opportunity. I 0:28:27.640 --> 0:28:32.280 believe in declare, like Joshua and the Israelites, every wall 0:28:32.359 --> 0:28:35.160 that's holding you back is about to come crumbling down. 0:28:35.600 --> 0:28:38.880 You and your children will make it into your promised 0:28:38.960 --> 0:28:41.760 land if you receive it. Can you say man today, 0:28:44.120 --> 0:28:46.960 for we never like to close our broadcast without giving 0:28:47.000 --> 0:28:49.880 you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:50.280 --> 0:28:54.520 Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll 0:28:54.560 --> 0:28:58.000 repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 0:28:59.160 --> 0:29:00.960 I make you my life and savior. 0:29:02.480 --> 0:29:04.920 Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 0:29:04.960 --> 0:29:07.840 got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 0:29:08.240 --> 0:29:11.040 Keep God first place. 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