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Believing For a Supernatural Year
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God wants to do extraordinary things in your future, but you have to do your part and start expecting His favor. When you believe for greater things, He will fill your life with supernatural blessings. Your best days are still ahead, and together we can make a difference in this world with the message of God's hope and love. To give visit JoelOsteen.com/GiveHope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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These 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:08.280 are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas right here. 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:10.399 Come out and be a part of one of our services. 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:12.960 We'll make you feel right at home. Thanks for tuning in, 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:15.480 Thanks for coming out. I like to start with something 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:18.160 funny each week. And I heard about these three sons. 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:21.240 They left home, went out and prospered. And they got 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:24.359 back together to discuss the gifts that they gave their 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:28.200 elderly mother. The first said, I built mother a big house. 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:32.000 The second said, I got her a fancy car. The 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:35.320 third said, since I know mother loves to read the Bible, 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:38.120 but she can barely see now, I got her a 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:42.120 specially trained parrot that can quote the entire Bible. 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:43.640 A few days they got. 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:46.000 A letter from their mom said, Milton, the house you 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:48.840 built me was way too big. Gerald, the car you 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:52.679 bought me was way too small. But my dearest Donald, 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:54.960 your simple gift was my favorite. 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:56.560 The chicken was delicious. 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:01.000 All right, hold up your vibeh, say it like you 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:04.240 mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:06.800 says I am. I have what it says I have. 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:10.079 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:11.959 I will be taught the word of God. 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:17.000 I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:21.000 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:24.600 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:29.560 believing for a supernatural year. So often we get limited 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:32.680 in our thinking and we don't think we'll ever accomplish 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:36.840 our dreams. We don't have the talent, the connections, the funds. 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:40.200 We don't think a marriage could ever be restored. There's 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:43.040 too much water under the bridge. Or maybe we don't 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:45.320 think we'll ever get out of death. We're so far 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:48.560 down in the hole. But the problem is we're just 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:51.760 looking at it in the natural. We're looking at it 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:55.880 from a limited perspective. We have to realize God is 0:03:55.920 --> 0:04:01.400 a supernatural god, and just because we don't say doesn't 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:04.640 mean that God doesn't have a way. Well, you say, Joel, 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:07.120 if I make this same income the rest of my life, 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:09.280 I won't get out of debt until I'm one hundred 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:12.480 and twenty two years old. Yes, but you're ruling out 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:17.360 supernatural increase. God can bring one opportunity across your path 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:20.039 that will thrust you to a new level. He has 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:23.760 explosive blessings that can blast you out of debt and 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:27.279 into abundance. Well, I don't think I'll ever get well. 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:31.000 You should see what the medical report says about me. No, 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:34.440 that may be true according to medical science. But we 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:37.800 have another report and it says you will live. 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:38.480 And not die. 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:43.320 God is restoring health unto you. The question is whose 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:48.200 report will you believe? With men, it may be impossible, 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:52.320 but with God all things are possible. Some of you today, 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:55.760 you're planning on having an average year, but God's already 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:59.640 lined up an extraordinary year. You're planning on getting by. 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:04.160 God's planning on abundance. He's planning on overflowing. You're thinking 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:07.400 if I can just survive, but God is saying it's 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:10.880 time to thrive. You've got to get in agreement with God. 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:15.080 God has supernatural favor in store for every one of you. 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:22.839 He has supernatural opportunities, supernatural healing, supernatural restoration. God wants 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:26.039 to do unusual things in your life. You need to 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:30.239 have an expectancy down in here and excitement in your spirit. 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.000 This is not going to be an average year. It's 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:35.359 not going to be a mediocre year. It's going to 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:39.160 be a supernatural year, a year where you see dreams 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:42.440 come to pass a year where you discover talent that 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:45.279 you didn't even know you had, a year where you 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:48.640 get stronger and healthier. It's going to be a year 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:52.000 where we look back and say, Wow, God outdid himself 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:56.279 this year. When you hear this truth, when God tries 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:58.799 to plant a new seed a promise in your heart, 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.839 you need to respond with, don't complicate it. Don't try 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:06.080 to figure out all the reasons why it's not gonna 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:06.960 happen for you. 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:09.560 No, just three simple words. Lord. 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:13.280 I believe you may be sick, but God says you're 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:14.040 gonna be well. 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:18.280 Lord. I believe you may be in debt, but God says. 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:21.279 You're coming out. You're coming into overflow. You're gonna lend 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:22.040 and not borrow. 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:22.839 Lord. 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:27.200 I believe the economy may be down, but God says 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:34.000 you're gonna see supernatural increase, supernatural promotion, explosive blessings. Well, Joel, 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:36.520 I think you've got the wrong message. I don't see 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:39.159 how it could be blessed this year. No, zip that up. 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.640 Get in agreement with God. Let the seed take root. 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:46.080 God is saying this is your year for far and 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:50.039 beyond favor. This is your year to see the fulfillment 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:55.120 of your dreams. It's your year for supernatural opportunities. You 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:58.240 may not see how it could happen, but that's okay. 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:01.800 God has a thousand different ways to bring your dreams 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:07.360 to pass. We think natural, God thinks supernatural. The medical 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:11.040 report may not look good, but understand God is not 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:16.720 limited by the laws of medicine. His power supersedes natural laws. 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.800 In fact, one time in the Old Testament, God simply 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:25.720 multiplied the sound of four men's footsteps and caused them 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:29.840 to sound like a mighty army. When their enemies heard it, 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:34.440 they took off running. Thousands of people, thousands of troops 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:38.560 running for their lives, scared to death, thinking they were 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.600 being attacked by a massive army, when in fact it 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:45.240 was just four people. Friends, God can make you seem 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:47.880 bigger than you really are. He can make you look 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:52.640 more powerful. He knows how to multiply your influence, multiply 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:56.920 your strength, multiply your talent, multiply your income. 0:07:57.560 --> 0:07:59.800 You don't have to figure all this out. All you 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:01.480 have to do is believe. 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:05.680 If you will release your faith for a supernatural year, 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:09.520 that means you get up each day expecting God's far 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:12.680 and beyond favor. Then you're going to see God show 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:16.160 up and do amazing things in your life. I heard 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:19.080 about this lady. Her church was in a building program. 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:22.720 One Sunday, the pastor announced how it was going to 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:26.160 cost two million dollars to finish the project. He was 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:30.000 encouraging the congregation, just challenging them to do their best, 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:34.160 and in passing, he said, if God were to give 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:36.600 you the funds to pay off this project, how many 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:39.240 of you would do it? In other words, there's no pressure. 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:41.719 You can't give if you don't have it. But if 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:45.560 God were to supernaturally provide, would you make a commitment 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:49.800 to give? This lady raised her hand well. Several days later, 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:53.160 she got a call from a friend. This friend had 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.920 just won a major settlement in a legal matter. The 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.959 friend said, I just feel like I'm supposed to give 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.600 you two million dollars. The lady was so excited, she 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:06.720 was overjoyed. She said, you are an answer to prayer. 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:09.559 I know exactly what I'm gonna do with those funds. 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:11.559 I'm gonna give it to my church to help finish 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:15.440 that project. A few days later, the same friend called back. 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:18.320 She said, you know, I really feel like I'm supposed 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:21.280 to give you two million dollars, So if you're gonna 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:24.079 give those funds away, then I'm gonna give you an 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:30.480 additional two million for yourself. A few weeks later, the 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:33.640 attorneys of this lady that won the huge settlement they 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:36.600 called her, said, we got good news. The judge just 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.680 ruled again in our favor. The other side has to 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:43.000 pay penalties and interest. That means you're going to receive 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:46.320 an additional four million dollars. Then we originally told you 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:51.520 that's far and beyond favor. That's God out doing himself. 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:55.360 When it was all said and done, the friend got blessed, 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:57.559 the church got paid off, and the lady was not 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:01.839 out one single penny. But notice it all started when 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:06.600 this lady dared to believe for supernatural increase. When the 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:09.480 pastor said, if God gave it to you, will you 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:11.840 give it? She could have thought, oh, I don't need 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:14.480 to raise my hand. I never get any good breaks. 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.559 That'll never happen for me. No, she was bold as 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:21.160 an act of faith. She said, Lord, I believe. She 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:25.160 was saying, in effect, I believe in supernatural increase. I 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:28.720 know my job is not my source. God is my source. 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:32.200 He is Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord, my provider. He owns 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:36.120 it all. When you put your faith out there like that, 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:39.040 that's what allows God to show up and do amazing 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:43.000 things in your lives. I remember growing up, my mother 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.800 always wanted a swimming pool. She was constantly talking to 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:50.120 my father about it, but my dad was totally against 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:50.920 having a pool. 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:53.240 He said, Dody, they're too expensive and. 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.280 Too much upkeep, and we don't have the time nor 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:56.680 the money. 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:59.240 I'll get you something else, but not a swimming pool. 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.920 He might as well been talking to a tree that 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:04.480 no more phased my mother. 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:06.880 She would go around the house and one day, we're 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:07.840 gonna have a pool. 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:10.200 It is going to be so fun. I can't wait 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:12.520 to get out there in the water. My dad would 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:14.880 look at her, like, woman, what are you talking about. 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:17.720 We are not going to get a swimming pool. But 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.840 month after month, even year after year, my mother would 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:24.280 go around just thanking God for his goodness, thanking God 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:27.760 that he was lining up the right people, the right opportunities. 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:31.640 She was believing for it. My dad was believing against it. 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:35.240 But down in her heart she had a confidence, a 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:37.600 knowing that one day she would have that pool, and 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:41.319 every several weeks she would ask my father about it. John, 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:44.079 have you thought any more about our swimming pool? He 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:47.040 would say, Dody, I don't have to think anymore. I've 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:49.640 told you a thousand times we are not getting a 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:52.000 swimming pool in one ear and out the other. 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.199 One day, my father saw my mother out in. 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:58.439 The backyard with a tape measure marking things off. 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:01.800 Went out and said, Dodie, what are you doing. 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.200 She said, I'm just getting an idea where we're going 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:07.960 to put our new swimming pool. He thought, this woman 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:12.160 will not give up. About six months later, a couple 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:15.960 showed up at church. They were from another state. After 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:18.640 the service, they asked to speak to my parents. The 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:21.240 men said, we build swimming pools. 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:21.760 We own a. 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:25.240 Large company, and we flew all this way just to 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:27.960 see if we could give you a swimming pool. 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:30.880 My dad nearly passed out. 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.360 My mother took him by the arm and said we 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:40.680 need to talk. Needless to say, several months later, we 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:43.319 had a beautiful swimming pool in the ground. 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:45.000 Right where my mother had laid it out. 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:51.160 I'll never forget the first time that we ever swam 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:54.160 in it. Us kids, we were so excited, we ran 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:55.079 and jumped in. 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:56.760 My mother got in. 0:12:57.160 --> 0:13:00.000 A few minutes here came my father in his swim trunks. 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.200 His legs were so white they looked like the glory 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:08.000 of God. He couldn't wait to jump in so excited. 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.480 My mother looked at him, said, John, don't even think 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:16.720 about getting him my swiming Ho what was that supernatural favor? 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:22.679 God said, If you will delight yourself in him, he 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:26.520 will give you the desires of your heart. That means, 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:30.280 if you'll keep God first place, if you'll honor him 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:33.120 with your life, He'll cause people to want to be 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:35.360 good to you. He'll cause you to be at the 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:39.080 right place at the right time. His blessings will chase 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:42.120 you down and overtake you. Why don't you take the 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:44.360 limits off of God. Why don't you get out of 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:47.040 your box and say, God, I'm ready for some of 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:51.319 these explosive blessings. I'm ready for your far and beyond favor. 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:56.000 David said, I have pitched my tent in the land 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:59.400 of Hope. Let me ask you where have you pitched 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:02.240 your tent? What are you expecting this year? What are 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:05.560 you believing for? Well, Joel, that would never happen for me. 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:08.880 I never get any good breaks. I'll never get promoted. 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:11.720 I've reached my limits. I'll never sell my house. You 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:13.840 know what the market is like, Joel, I'll probably never 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:17.160 get well. No, the problem is you've got your tent 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:20.360 in the wrong neighborhood. You need to pull up your stakes, 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:23.360 pack up your belongings, and come over to the land 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:26.680 of more than enough, the land of explosive blessings, the 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:32.040 land of supernatural health. God is longing to be good 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:34.280 to you, but you've got to get your thoughts going 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:37.000 in the right direction. None of this will happen if 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:41.640 we don't believe. This is exactly what Sarah did. God 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:43.760 promised her that she was going to have a child. 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:46.880 At first, she didn't believe it. She thought she was 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:49.600 too old. I love what God said to her. They're 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:54.200 in Genesis eighteen fourteen. He said, Sarah, is there anything 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:58.080 too hard for the Lord? God is saying that to 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:00.840 each one of us. Is there anything hard for me? 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:04.440 Do you think your dreams are too big for God 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:07.880 to bring to pass? Do you think that relationship is 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:10.760 too far gone for God to restore? Do you think 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:13.680 you just have to live with that sickness the rest. 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:14.080 Of your life. 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:18.520 No, get a new vision today, put on a new attitude. 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:22.240 God is saying, I am all powerful. I can turn 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:25.680 any situation around. It doesn't matter what it looks like 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:30.320 in the natural. He is a supernatural God. The amplified 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:34.160 version puts it this way, Is there anything too wonderful 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:38.120 for the Lord? Sometimes when we hear stories like these, 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:41.240 we think that's just too good to be true. A 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.600 friend gave you funds to pay off a building project, 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:47.760 or somebody you didn't even know gave you a swimming pool. 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:52.560 Our mind says, no way, that's impossible. But notice what 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:56.720 kind of God we serve? He said, Is there anything 0:15:57.000 --> 0:16:00.440 too wonderful for me? He's saying, if you'll take the 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:04.000 limits off of me, I'll amaze you with my goodness. 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:06.440 I'll not only meet your needs, I'll take it one 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:07.120 step further. 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:09.920 I'll give you the desires of your heart. 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:16.160 One translation says the secret petitions of your heart. That is, 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:20.680 those hidden dreams, those secret desires, those promises that you 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:23.960 haven't told anybody about. It's just between you and God. 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:28.560 Know this Today, God wants to bring your secret petitions 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.040 to pass. Will you get a vision? 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:31.480 For it. 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:35.280 Will you put your faith out there? Sometimes we think, well, 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:36.360 I couldn't believe. 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:37.160 For a swimming pool. 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:40.720 That wouldn't be right, Or Joel, God's got bigger things 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:43.480 to deal with than me getting this business off the 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:47.160 ground or taking this trip overseas to see my relatives. 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:50.080 I can't bother God with that. That's not important enough. 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:53.600 It's just the opposite. God is the one that put 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.680 the dream in your heart. I know as a parent 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:59.560 I love to do good things for my children. I 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:02.120 loved to make their day. Now I want you to 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:05.879 get a revelation of how much your heavenly father is 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:09.080 longing to be good to you. He wants to amaze 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:11.960 you with his goodness. This is what my mother did. 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:14.720 She could have easily let my father talk her out 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:17.520 of it. She could have thought of all the reasons 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:20.240 why it wasn't gonna work and why she probably didn't 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:23.560 deserve it. But she simply made a decision to stay 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:25.800 in faith. She didn't try to figure it all out. 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:30.399 She's had the attitude Lord, I believe she was saying, God, 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:34.159 I know you wanna be good to me. When you believe, 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:38.400 it sets a series of events into motion. God gave 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:42.080 that couple a desire to wanna be good to my parents. 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.880 Here they were in another state, minding their own business. 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:48.320 All of a sudden, they feel an impression to come 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:51.879 to Houston. They have the idea of all things, to 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:54.800 give them a swimming pool. Why not just make a donation, 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:58.240 give them money, give them stock. No, God wants to 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:02.000 give you the desires of your heart. I believe even 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:06.639 right now, because you're in faith, because you're saying Lord, 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:10.760 I believe God is arranging things in your favor. He 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:14.399 is lining up the right people, the right opportunities. In 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:19.400 the coming days, You're gonna see supernatural increase, explosive blessings. 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:23.920 God's gonna give you the desires of your heart. That's 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:28.840 just what happened to Sarah. She eventually conceived, even though 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:31.800 she was way beyond the child bearing years, she had 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:33.240 that son, Isaac. 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:35.119 It was far and beyond favor. 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:35.600 Now. 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:36.840 I love what she said. 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:40.359 She said, who would have ever thought I could have 0:18:40.400 --> 0:18:43.639 a child at such an old age. In other words, 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:46.560 she was so amazed. All she could say was, who 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:50.200 would believe this would ever happen? That's what God wants 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:52.439 to do for every one of us. He wants us 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:55.880 to go around saying, who would have ever thought somebody 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.840 would give me a swimming pool? Or who would have 0:18:58.920 --> 0:19:02.520 ever thought we would be worshiping here today in the 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:06.000 formal compact center. Who would have ever thought a friend 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:08.800 would give me the funds to pay off a project 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:12.280 and then have some leftover friends. God wants to give 0:19:12.359 --> 0:19:15.760 you some of these who would have thought blessings, They're 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:19.359 not average blessings. Not I made it through. God took 0:19:19.400 --> 0:19:23.040 me through another year. No, God's dream is for you 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:26.680 to say, who would have thought two thousand and nine. 0:19:26.720 --> 0:19:29.000 Would be my best year? He was supposed to be 0:19:29.040 --> 0:19:29.640 a down year. 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:32.320 Who would have thought I'd ever be so well and 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:35.760 feel so healthy when the medical report says I'm not 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:37.000 even supposed to be here? 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:37.959 How about this? 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:41.000 Who would have thought God would bless me in such 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:44.200 abundance that I can give away more than I used 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:44.600 to make. 0:19:45.359 --> 0:19:45.960 You might as well. 0:19:46.000 --> 0:19:48.359 Get ready, God's got some of these who would have 0:19:48.440 --> 0:19:51.919 thought blessings come in your way. You are headed for 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:57.080 supernatural increase, supernatural healing, supernatural restoration. 0:19:57.880 --> 0:20:01.240 God wants to amaze you with his goodnes You. 0:20:01.160 --> 0:20:03.240 Say, Joel, I don't see how that could happen for me. 0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:05.439 I don't see how I could ever get out of 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:07.120 these problems, don't see how I could. 0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:10.040 Ever be Well, here's the key. You don't have to 0:20:10.080 --> 0:20:14.240 see how. That's not your job. Your job is to believe. 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:18.080 God has all kinds of ways to bring your dreams 0:20:18.080 --> 0:20:21.080 to pass that you've never even thought of. That's why 0:20:21.119 --> 0:20:25.000 it says in Proverbs lean not to your own understanding. 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:29.880 Sometimes there is no logical solution. Sometimes there's no way 0:20:29.960 --> 0:20:33.160 out in the natural. If we're constantly trying to figure 0:20:33.160 --> 0:20:35.800 it out, it's just going to cause us to get frustrated. 0:20:36.119 --> 0:20:38.120 Eventually we'll get discouraged and just. 0:20:38.080 --> 0:20:39.040 Settle where we are. 0:20:39.480 --> 0:20:43.959 Again, understand, just because we don't see a way doesn't 0:20:44.000 --> 0:20:46.960 mean that God doesn't have a way. I heard about 0:20:47.000 --> 0:20:50.800 this little girl. She wanted a kitten so bad. She 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:54.320 kept asking her mother week after week for this kitten. 0:20:54.680 --> 0:20:57.679 But her mother she didn't want any more pets around 0:20:57.680 --> 0:21:00.760 the house, and she kept telling her no again and again. 0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:04.280 But this little girl was so determined, kind of like 0:21:04.359 --> 0:21:07.560 my mother. Month after months, she just kept asking for 0:21:07.600 --> 0:21:08.200 that kitten. 0:21:08.760 --> 0:21:09.880 Finally, the mother. 0:21:10.280 --> 0:21:13.760 Basically out of frustration, said, listen, honey, if God gives 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:16.040 you a kitten, I'll let you keep it, but we're 0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:17.320 not gonna get one otherwise. 0:21:17.600 --> 0:21:19.399 Well, that little girl didn't know any better. 0:21:19.760 --> 0:21:22.880 She went out in the backyard, got down on her knees, 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:25.919 and said, God, I'm asking you to please give me 0:21:26.080 --> 0:21:29.760 a kitten. When she got through praying with the mother 0:21:29.920 --> 0:21:34.240 watching all the sudden, out of nowhere, a kitten comes 0:21:34.280 --> 0:21:37.600 flying out of the sky and lands a few feet away. 0:21:38.440 --> 0:21:41.399 The mother could not believe her eyes. She thought she 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:43.399 was seeing things. She went outside. 0:21:43.800 --> 0:21:45.520 There was no tree overhead. 0:21:45.800 --> 0:21:48.800 It looked like the kitten had fallen from the heavens. 0:21:49.000 --> 0:21:51.159 The little girl just picked it up and said, look, mommy, 0:21:51.280 --> 0:21:55.600 God gave me my kitten. The mother was still there, 0:21:56.000 --> 0:22:00.960 dumbfounded in dispelief. Several months later she learned what happened. 0:22:01.359 --> 0:22:04.480 Some neighbors that lived behind her and a few houses 0:22:04.560 --> 0:22:07.399 down were trying to get this little kitten out of 0:22:07.440 --> 0:22:10.040 a tree, but it was too tall for the man 0:22:10.080 --> 0:22:12.840 to reach with his ladder. So this man tied a 0:22:12.960 --> 0:22:15.439 rope to the tree, and he hooked the rope to 0:22:15.520 --> 0:22:18.800 his back bumper of the car, and he started slowly 0:22:18.880 --> 0:22:21.800 pulling forward so the tree would bend over and just 0:22:21.880 --> 0:22:23.920 when he got it bent over to where he thought 0:22:24.000 --> 0:22:26.960 he could get the kitten, the rope slept and the 0:22:27.040 --> 0:22:34.600 tree acted like a slingshot. It slung that kitten nearly 0:22:34.720 --> 0:22:38.000 two hundred yards away, three houses down, and it fell 0:22:38.080 --> 0:22:41.600 right at that little girl's feat. That man felt terrible. 0:22:41.960 --> 0:22:43.960 They thought the kitten was dead. They couldn't find it. 0:22:44.040 --> 0:22:48.560 He didn't know he was an answer to prayer. God 0:22:48.640 --> 0:22:53.440 works in mysterious ways. Now that little girl can say, 0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:56.960 who would have ever thought God would have rained down 0:22:57.000 --> 0:23:00.560 a kitten from the heavens? Is there any thing too 0:23:00.600 --> 0:23:04.280 hard for the Lord? Is there anything too wonderful. 0:23:03.720 --> 0:23:04.399 For our God? 0:23:04.960 --> 0:23:07.200 He knows how to have you at the right place 0:23:07.280 --> 0:23:11.720 at the right time. Some of you single people, you're 0:23:11.760 --> 0:23:14.000 believing to get married. You need to get ready for 0:23:14.040 --> 0:23:17.000 some of these supernatural connections. 0:23:16.680 --> 0:23:18.000 Explosive blessings. 0:23:18.520 --> 0:23:22.840 God is going to bring the right person into your life. No, 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:26.000 they may not drop down out of the sky. 0:23:26.960 --> 0:23:28.720 If they do, call the police first. 0:23:30.200 --> 0:23:33.480 But God is going to bring somebody great across your path. 0:23:34.280 --> 0:23:36.199 First thing that'll come to your mind, Oh that's not 0:23:36.240 --> 0:23:38.840 going to happen for me. I've been single so long, 0:23:38.920 --> 0:23:42.000 I'll never meet anybody don't dwell on those lies. Remember 0:23:42.000 --> 0:23:44.800 how you're supposed to respond three simple words. 0:23:45.000 --> 0:23:46.240 Lord, I believe. 0:23:46.920 --> 0:23:49.480 In other words, God, I know this is my year 0:23:49.520 --> 0:23:53.680 for supernatural connections. I know you're directing my steps, and God, 0:23:53.720 --> 0:23:57.320 I believe you can even sling somebody across my path. 0:23:58.680 --> 0:24:01.439 That's what happened to Victoria. I got slung into her 0:24:01.520 --> 0:24:07.240 jewelry store. At least that's my side of the story. 0:24:09.240 --> 0:24:11.680 I met a couple at a bookstore not long ago 0:24:11.840 --> 0:24:12.680 in Manhattan. 0:24:13.080 --> 0:24:15.399 We were doing a book signing. They came up to 0:24:15.440 --> 0:24:16.920 the table and said this was. 0:24:16.880 --> 0:24:20.840 Their one year wedding anniversary, and of course I congratulated them. 0:24:20.880 --> 0:24:23.240 They were just beaming from ear to ear, so happy, 0:24:23.240 --> 0:24:26.000 And they went on to tell how they had met 0:24:26.040 --> 0:24:29.200 at my book signing one year earlier in that. 0:24:29.160 --> 0:24:30.439 Exact same bookstore. 0:24:30.880 --> 0:24:33.919 They had never seen each other before, just so happened 0:24:33.960 --> 0:24:36.680 they were standing in line next to each other. They 0:24:36.800 --> 0:24:39.479 visited for an hour or so, they ended up dating, 0:24:39.600 --> 0:24:41.080 and eventually they got married. 0:24:41.520 --> 0:24:42.960 Listen, good things. 0:24:42.640 --> 0:24:46.800 Happen when you come to my book signings. I told 0:24:46.800 --> 0:24:49.159 that man, you owe me a finder's fee. She was 0:24:49.200 --> 0:24:52.800 a beautiful young lady. But they were back just to say, 0:24:53.040 --> 0:24:56.040 would you believe we met here a year ago and 0:24:56.119 --> 0:24:59.400 now we're married. That young man can say, like Sarah, 0:24:59.520 --> 0:25:02.119 who would I ever thought I would go to a 0:25:02.119 --> 0:25:04.800 book sword just to get my books signed, and I'd 0:25:04.800 --> 0:25:06.480 come away with a beautiful wife. 0:25:07.359 --> 0:25:11.119 Boy, the bookstore is going to be filled up today. Friends. 0:25:11.160 --> 0:25:13.960 God is in control of the whole universe. 0:25:14.280 --> 0:25:17.359 He is directing your steps, causing you to be at 0:25:17.359 --> 0:25:20.560 the right place at the right time. He knows what 0:25:20.680 --> 0:25:22.840 you need, and he knows how to get it to you. 0:25:24.080 --> 0:25:26.840 I read about this salesman. He was going door to 0:25:26.960 --> 0:25:30.040 door selling vacuum cleaners. That's what he did for a living. 0:25:30.400 --> 0:25:32.840 He got to this one house and this young man 0:25:32.920 --> 0:25:35.320 came to the door. He could tell he wasn't feeling 0:25:35.359 --> 0:25:37.600 enough to part, but he gave him his sales pitch, 0:25:37.640 --> 0:25:40.159 and finally the young man said, listen, I don't need 0:25:40.200 --> 0:25:41.160 a vacuum cleaner. 0:25:41.200 --> 0:25:43.720 I need a kidney. I'm waiting for a transplant. 0:25:44.119 --> 0:25:46.639 There were five hundred people on the transplant list in 0:25:46.680 --> 0:25:50.080 front of him. The salesman said I understand, and started 0:25:50.160 --> 0:25:53.720 on his way. But before he drove off, something down 0:25:53.760 --> 0:25:57.320 in here said to this salesman, you were sent here 0:25:57.560 --> 0:26:01.040 for a reason, not to sell a vacum cleaner, but 0:26:01.119 --> 0:26:04.440 to give this young man a kidney. He immediately called 0:26:04.480 --> 0:26:06.080 his wife, called his father. 0:26:06.359 --> 0:26:07.200 They both agreed. 0:26:07.359 --> 0:26:09.640 He went back to the door ten minutes later and said, 0:26:09.680 --> 0:26:11.800 let's go see your doctor. I want to donate a 0:26:11.880 --> 0:26:14.239 kidney to you. Wouldn't you know it? They were a 0:26:14.280 --> 0:26:18.320 perfect match. Several weeks later they had the transplant. Today 0:26:18.359 --> 0:26:21.040 both of the men are as strong and healthy as 0:26:21.080 --> 0:26:24.320 can be. God knows what you need and he knows 0:26:24.359 --> 0:26:25.760 how to get it to you. 0:26:25.760 --> 0:26:26.360 You don't know. 0:26:26.720 --> 0:26:29.840 God may send a salesman across your path. You don't 0:26:29.840 --> 0:26:31.840 even know what they're there for, but they'll end up 0:26:31.880 --> 0:26:35.640 being an answer to prayer. Now this young man can say, 0:26:35.960 --> 0:26:38.639 who would have ever thought somebody came to sell me 0:26:38.680 --> 0:26:41.840 a vacuum and ended up giving me a kidney? Is 0:26:41.880 --> 0:26:45.000 there anything too hard for the Lord? God has you 0:26:45.080 --> 0:26:48.280 in the palm of his hand. He knows every need, 0:26:49.040 --> 0:26:53.040 He knows every struggle, he knows every dream, every desire. 0:26:53.880 --> 0:26:56.680 The good news is God has it all figured out. 0:26:57.080 --> 0:26:58.440 He's a supernatural God. 0:26:59.400 --> 0:26:59.760 Most of you. 0:27:00.119 --> 0:27:03.159 All the news reports about the airplane that landed in 0:27:03.200 --> 0:27:06.440 the Hudson River there in New York. That wasn't a 0:27:06.560 --> 0:27:09.959 lucky break, That wasn't just good fortune. That was God's 0:27:09.960 --> 0:27:14.840 supernatural power. That was God having everything lined up just right. 0:27:17.160 --> 0:27:21.760 Think about how the captain. Captain Sully had forty years 0:27:21.800 --> 0:27:24.760 of experience. He was trained in the Air Force, the 0:27:24.800 --> 0:27:28.040 best training in the world. On top of that, he 0:27:28.080 --> 0:27:31.480 was an expert in gliding. As a hobby, he. 0:27:31.480 --> 0:27:33.200 Flew planes with no engines. 0:27:33.680 --> 0:27:36.399 Nobody would know more about landing a plane with no 0:27:36.520 --> 0:27:39.520 power than him. And on top of that, think about 0:27:39.560 --> 0:27:43.680 all the thousands of flights that take off every single day. 0:27:44.080 --> 0:27:47.119 It just so happened he got the one plane that 0:27:47.280 --> 0:27:48.800 was going to lose the engines. 0:27:49.080 --> 0:27:49.840 What am I saying? 0:27:50.200 --> 0:27:53.720 God was orchestrating at all, having the right people at 0:27:53.720 --> 0:27:56.679 the right place at the right time. Even when he 0:27:56.800 --> 0:27:59.639 landed the plane, they're in the Hudson River. It was 0:27:59.760 --> 0:28:02.320 just as big a miracle that the plane didn't sink. 0:28:03.000 --> 0:28:04.919 If he'd got had a little cock eye, or if 0:28:04.960 --> 0:28:07.440 they'd opened up the wrong doors, the cabin could have 0:28:07.480 --> 0:28:08.280 filled up with water. 0:28:08.560 --> 0:28:09.920 They could have still all drowned. 0:28:10.280 --> 0:28:13.359 That was just a small glimpse of God's supernatural power. 0:28:13.880 --> 0:28:14.920 That was God. 0:28:15.840 --> 0:28:19.760 That was God's saying to the world, I'm in complete control. 0:28:20.560 --> 0:28:23.040 When you trust me, I can turn a river into 0:28:23.119 --> 0:28:26.800 a runway. I can cause a salesman to knock at 0:28:26.800 --> 0:28:29.520 your door and give you a kidney. I can cause 0:28:29.520 --> 0:28:32.400 a friend to call you and pay off a mortgage. 0:28:32.560 --> 0:28:36.439 I can even rain down a kitten from the skies. Now, 0:28:36.440 --> 0:28:39.719 I'm asking you today to release your faith for a 0:28:39.760 --> 0:28:43.479 supernatural year. You may have seen victories in your past, 0:28:43.760 --> 0:28:46.080 but what God wants to do in your future is 0:28:46.120 --> 0:28:49.680 going to supersede anything you've ever seen before. This is 0:28:49.760 --> 0:28:52.760 your year for far and beyond favor. This is your 0:28:52.840 --> 0:28:59.120 year for supernatural opportunities, supernatural connections. You may not see 0:28:59.120 --> 0:29:03.200 how it can happen, but remember God has a way. 0:29:03.320 --> 0:29:05.800 He not only wants to meet your needs, he wants 0:29:05.840 --> 0:29:08.280 to give you the desires of your heart. 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