Blessing People With Your Words

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See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:33.040 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:36.120 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:36.800 the ministry. 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.280 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:40.840 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:43.880 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:58.480 your life. Oh God bless you. It's always a joy 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:01.400 to come into your homes. We know God has great 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:03.600 things in store for each one of you. And if 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:06.080 you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:08.400 a part of one of our services. I promise you 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:10.600 we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks so 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:13.040 much for tuning in, and thank you again for coming 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:15.600 out today. And I like to start with something funny. 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.639 And I heard about this elderly couple. They were having 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.480 a terrible time with their memory. They went to the 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:25.359 doctor and he instructed them to start writing down everything 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:29.000 they'd been forgetting. The next night, they were watching television. 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:31.120 The wife said, I sure would like a bowl of 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.800 ice cream. The husband said, I'll go get it for you. 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:36.760 She said, honey, you remember what the doctor said. You 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.040 better write it down. He said, I'm just going to 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:41.639 the kitchen. I'm not going to forget it. He came 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.120 back a few minutes later and handed her a plate 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:47.640 of bacon and eggs. She shook her head and said, 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:51.919 I should have known it. You forgot my toast. Hold 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.560 up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:57.079 is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:58.800 I have what it says I have. 0:02:59.360 --> 0:02:59.840 I can do. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.359 That's what it says I can do. Today I will 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:06.000 be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:09.639 mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:14.400 be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:17.560 want to talk to you today about blessing people with 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:21.760 your words. Our words have the power to lift people 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:25.520 up or to push people down. We can say something 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.639 to make them feel better about themselves or to make 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:32.720 them feel worse. And it's amazing what a simple compliment 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:33.160 will do. 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:35.360 When you tell someone. 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:39.080 You look nice today, a great job on that presentation 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.360 at the office, or I really enjoy working with you, 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:46.080 those simple words will put a spring in their step. 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:48.440 It will brighten their day. 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:51.840 It didn't take much time, it didn't cost you anything. 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:55.760 Yet with your words, you just bless their life. That's 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:59.240 the power God has given each one of us. Every 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:02.600 day we should have a goal of finding at least 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:07.880 one person that we can encourage. Be free with your compliments, 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:11.920 point out what somebody's doing right, not what they're doing wrong. 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:15.880 There's already enough pushing people down. Let's make it our 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:19.080 business to lift people up, to brighten their day, to 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:22.640 make them feel better about themselves. I met a young 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:25.800 lady in Nashville. She used to attend church when she 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.599 lived here. She told how she was going through a 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:32.479 very difficult time. Her marriage was breaking apart. She was 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:36.719 very depressed, she felt so unattractive, and at one of 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:40.560 her lowest moments, she was leaving church on a Sunday 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:44.080 walking down the corridor with hundreds of other people, and 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:48.760 just so happened, Victoria came walking the other direction. Victoria 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.280 had never seen her, never met her before, but as 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:55.280 she passed by, Victoria stopped her, looked her in the eyes, 0:04:55.360 --> 0:05:00.080 and said, you are so beautiful. Just five seconds she moved. 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:01.280 On to Victoria. 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:04.239 It was no big deal, she was just being friendly, 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:08.039 being free with her compliments. But that young lady told me, 0:05:08.560 --> 0:05:11.760 Victoria will never know what she did for me that day, 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:16.359 when I felt the most unattractive, the most unwanted, she 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:20.400 breathed new life back into my spirit. Week after week, 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:23.360 all through the day, she would play that phrase over 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:26.760 and over, You're so beautiful. That's what helped her to 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:31.839 stay encouraged. And Proverbs eighteen four says, your words can 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.080 be like life giving water. 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:40.200 Friends. People are thirsty everywhere we go. People are lonely. 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:41.440 They're hurting. 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:46.599 They've been through disappointments, they've suffered heartache and pain. God 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:50.240 has given us something to offer them. We have life 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:54.800 giving water. With our words, we can bring healing with 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:55.560 our words. 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:57.240 We can lift them out of depression. 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:01.599 With our words, we can tell them you're beautiful, You're amazing, 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.520 You're talented. God's got a bright future in front of you. 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:09.160 Those life giving words will break the chains of depression. 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:12.520 They'll break the chains of low self esteem. When you 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:16.280 go through the day speaking encouragement, telling people what they 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:21.159 can become, giving compliments, you are living life as a healer. 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:26.040 Your kind words are like pouring warm oil on the wounds. 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:29.799 And you may not know all that's happening, but God 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:34.480 can take one compliment, one encouraging word, and use that 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:38.120 to begin the healing process and set that person on 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:41.400 a brand new course. When I was in my early twenties, 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:43.839 a young man came up to the gym that we 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:47.400 didn't know and started playing basketball with us. He was 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:50.960 a loner. You couldn't get to know him. He never talked. 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:54.560 Even during the games. He would not interact. Most of 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:57.400 the guys just ignored him because he was so unfriendly. 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:00.680 But something down in here told me to reach out 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:04.200 to him and make sure that he felt welcome. I 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:07.040 found out that his name was Bo. When he would 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:09.720 come in to the gym, I would always go over 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:13.000 and say, hey, Bo, great to see you today. He'd 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:17.160 never respond, very cold, very stoic. All he would do 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:21.040 was hit his chest twice and walk away. I didn't 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:22.880 really know what that meant, but I hit my chest 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:26.520 twice and walked away too. This went on for a 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:29.239 couple of years. I saw him four or five times 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:29.600 a week. 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:31.600 Hey, Bo, great to see you today. 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:35.280 Eventually I stopped playing ball at that gym and didn't 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.840 see him for over twenty five years. About six months ago, 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:42.120 Bo walked into church. When I saw him, I thought, 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:45.000 where do I know him from? He looked so familiar, 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:48.320 I just couldn't place him. He came up afterwards and said, 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:51.720 my name is Bo. We used to play basketball together. 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:54.960 That's the most I'd ever heard him speak his whole lifetime. 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.320 He went on to tell how he was raised in 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:02.720 the projects. Fourteen years old, he started living on his own. 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:08.440 Nobody wanted him. He felt no love, no acceptance. He 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.840 said something that I'll never forget. He said, the main 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.720 reason I would come to the Jim Joel was to 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:19.200 hear you say great to see you. Because nobody had 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.080 ever told me they were glad to see me. 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:24.240 What was Bo's problem? He was thirsty. 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:28.840 Those words were like life giving water, and every one 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:32.400 of you can bring healing with your kind words. You 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:36.280 can restore with a compliment. You can lift somebody up 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:39.920 by just taking time to say, hey, great to see you. 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:40.520 You don't know. 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.880 That could be the spark that pushes the person forward. 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:47.480 But what is shame to have this healing power and 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:51.960 never use it. Be free with your compliments. Take time 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:56.640 to encourage people at every opportunity. Build somebody up, Tell 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:57.800 them I'm praying for you. 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:01.160 I believe in you. You've got a bright few. They 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:04.400 may seem like small, insignificant words. 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.160 You could easily talk yourself out of it and think 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:09.640 I'm not gonna go out of my way to say hello, 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:10.839 they're so unfriendly. 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:13.800 No, you don't know what that person's going through. 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:17.240 You don't know why God has brought them across your path. 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:20.720 When you feel that prompting to be kind to someone, 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.840 or the thought comes into your mind to give a compliment, 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:26.680 those are not just random thoughts. 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:30.280 That's God leading you. That's God wanting to use your 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:33.240 words to bring hope, healing, restoration. 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:37.520 Friends, the only voice God has on this earth is 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:41.319 our voice. The only words God can use to bring 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:45.640 healing and life giving water is our words. When you 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:49.720 reach out to someone you're kind, you speak encouragement. You 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:52.880 tell them that their best days are up ahead. God's 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:58.160 voice is blended with your voice. Your words become his words. 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:02.439 The natural takes on a supernatural. That's why you can 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:06.960 say something ordinary, something simple, like you're beautiful, and to 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:11.040 the other person it's life changing. You can say great 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:14.000 to see you today, and to you it's nothing. But 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:18.160 when God takes your natural and puts his super with it, 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:22.040 it can impact that person's destiny. A few years ago, 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:25.240 Victoria and I were going through a difficult time. Some 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:29.320 circumstances and people had come against us. We knew we 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:32.320 had not done anything wrong. We were in the process 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:34.960 of getting it straightened out. It was going to take 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:38.440 a couple of weeks, and it was happening downtown and 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.320 every day I would walk to lunch with some of 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:44.640 the people that were helping us out. It was very stressful, 0:10:45.120 --> 0:10:48.600 very tempting to get discouraged. But as I was walking, 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:52.880 person after person, people I didn't even know, would come 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:53.920 up and encourage me. 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:55.640 I'll never forget. 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:59.560 A city bus driver pulled his bus over with all 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:02.800 these people in it, rolled down the window and said, Joel, 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:06.960 I'm praying for you. Another car honked or horn we 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:10.800 love you, Joel. I walked by a homeless man had 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:13.400 his big grocery card. He gave me a high five 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:17.120 and said, Joe, you got the victory. Sounded like he's 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:22.480 been coming to Lakewood. Everywhere I went, people spoke faith 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.839 into me. They didn't really know what they were doing. 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:30.240 They didn't realize they were breathing new life into my spirit. 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:32.240 Because on the outside I had. 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:35.439 A smile, I didn't show it, but on the inside 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:39.960 I was dry. It was stressful, tension, pressure, and here 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:44.000 I'm usually the one giving encouragement. Now people I didn't 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:49.520 even know complete strangers were pouring life giving water into 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:51.160 a dry, thirsty saw. 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:55.640 Two points. Number one, what you sew you will always reap. 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:56.920 If you sow. 0:11:56.880 --> 0:12:00.480 Encouragement, God will have the right people there to keep 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:06.280 you encouraged. If you give compliments, you'll receive compliments. If 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:09.280 you help lift people up in your time of need, 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:12.920 somebody will be there to help lift you up. Number Two, 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:17.120 you can be the right person for somebody else. You 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:20.280 don't know what they're going through. They may look fine 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:24.240 on the outside, but on the inside they're discouraged. When 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:28.160 you tell them I'm praying for you. I'm standing with you. 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:29.400 You've got what it takes. 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:30.480 Keep on keeping on. 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:35.520 Those simple words of encouragement are like life giving water. 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:39.680 Every opportunity we can find, we should use our words 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:44.480 to lift, to bless to heal, to restore. I've learned 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:48.679 in difficult times the power of a compliment, the power 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:54.360 of an encouraging word, is greatly magnified. I've heard many times, 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:56.800 y'r we love you, we're praying for you, and I 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:59.640 appreciate that that means a lot. But in the heat 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:02.920 of battle, those words took on a whole new meaning. 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:07.360 I'm sure that young lady had heard you're beautiful plenty 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:10.720 of times before, but in the middle of a divorce, 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:14.360 to hear your beautiful, those words carried much more weight. 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:19.679 When you see somebody that's struggling, a coworker that's discouraged, 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:23.240 a friend that's not up to par, more than ever, 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.600 you need to let the encouragement flow. Tell them how 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:30.240 much you love them, how you value them, how they're talented, 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:33.560 how they're beautiful, how they're creative. Your words can be 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:37.400 what keeps them going. Your compliment can put the spring 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:40.240 back in their step. You pulling the bus over so 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:43.160 to speak you honking the horn and saying, hey, I 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:45.240 love you, I'm praying for you, I believe in you. 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:50.040 That can be what keeps them from sinking into depression. Friends, 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:55.000 we carry life giving water, we carry hope, healing, encouragement, 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:56.000 new beginnings. 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:59.360 It's in our words. Now I'm asking you to pour 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:01.400 out that wall everywhere you go. 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:06.120 Speak encouragement, speak victory, speak faith. Don't tell people what 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:09.200 they're doing wrong. Don't be critical and point out all 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:13.560 their faults. There are already enough critical, judgmental people in 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:17.880 the world. Let's be lifters, be a healer, be a restorer. 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:21.520 Let's make people feel. 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:26.120 Better about themselves. Proverbs twelve twenty five says, a word 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:30.640 of encouragement does wonders. When my mom was a child, 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.440 she had polliovened. She had to wear a brace on 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:36.800 her leg. Today, one of her legs is much smaller 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.880 than the other one. When she buys shoes, she has 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:42.880 to buy two pair of the same shoe because her 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:46.120 feet are different sizes. And for many years my mother 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:49.520 was very self conscious about her legs, and she would 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.360 always try to hide them and buy clothes that would 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.560 cover them up. But when she was in her early thirties. 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:59.240 Not long after she had married my father, a minister 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:01.040 friend came to speak for the church. 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:05.240 His name is T. L. Osborn. He's a great evangelist that's. 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:08.120 Known all over the world, and Brother Osborne's always building 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:11.280 people up and speaking faith into them. He and my 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:14.240 dad were walking side by side, and my mother was 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.400 a few feet in front of them. Brother Osborne said 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:19.480 loud enough so my mother could hear it. 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:23.600 John, look at Dodie. She walks like a princess. 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:27.920 Up to that point, nobody had ever said anything good 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:31.840 about how my mother walked. They had told her your beautiful, 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:35.120 your kind, your friendly, you got a good looking son, 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:41.680 but never I actually wasn't even born, but they would 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:44.600 have if I would have been. But they never said 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:46.360 anything about how she walked. 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:50.400 The truth is she has a limp. She doesn't walk perfectly. 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.600 But to Brother Osborne, he saw it in a whole 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:54.120 new light. 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.200 To him, she walked like she was royalty. 0:15:57.480 --> 0:16:00.560 And here's the key. He was bold enough to tell her. 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:04.560 When my mother heard that, it changed her whole attitude. 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:08.000 Instead of being embarrassed by it, she put her shoulders back, 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:10.760 she held her head up high, and started walking like 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:16.200 a princess. Today she doesn't. She doesn't try to cover 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:19.040 her legs anymore. In fact, she tries to show them off. 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:23.920 We have to keep her under control. The amazing thing 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:28.200 is he said that over forty years ago, but she 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:32.320 still remembers it like it was yesterday. What's my point? 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:35.880 One compliment can affect a whole lifetime. 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.359 Simple words. You're beautiful. 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.520 That young lady changed her life. Great to see you, 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:44.600 That young man rose out of defeat. You walk like 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:48.360 a princess. And here, more than forty years later, my 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:52.600 mom's still carrying herself like royalty. All because people were 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:56.640 willing to speak life giving words for in somebody needs 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:59.080 you to tell them they walk like a princess, or 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:02.200 they're beautiful, a they're talented, or they've got what it takes. 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:05.360 When you speak encouragement, it does wonders. 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:08.320 One of our staff members asked me to sign a 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:10.120 book for a friend of theirs that. 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:11.280 Watches by television. 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:13.959 This young couple had been trying to have a baby 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:17.800 for many years. She had gotten pregnant several times, but 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.880 wasn't able to carry the baby, had gone through all 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:24.040 the fertility treatments they had spent a lot of time 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:26.800 and money, but the doctors told them that they could 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:30.120 try one last time and she was able to get pregnant. 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:31.520 They were so excited. 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:34.720 Everything was going great the first month, the second month, 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:37.320 the third month, and they were doing their best to 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:40.080 stay in faith. But in the back of their mind 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:43.160 those thoughts of fear and doubt would try to creep in, 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:46.359 telling them that this pregnancy is going to end like 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:48.800 the other ones, the child's never going to be born. 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:51.959 They got far enough along to where they knew it 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:54.359 was going to be a baby girl. They had already 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:58.600 chosen the name Abigail, and when Craig our staff member 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:00.760 asked me to sign the book, he didn't give me 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:04.080 any details. He just said, this is for a young 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:06.280 couple's new baby named Abigail. 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:09.840 So I signed it to Abigail, We love you. 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:13.440 If I had known the baby was not born yet, 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:15.280 I probably wouldn't have signed it that way. 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:17.680 I would have probably made it out to the parents. 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.640 But God knows what he's doing. And when this mother 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:24.200 to be got the book that said we love you, Abigail, 0:18:24.720 --> 0:18:27.639 faith leaped in her heart. At that moment. 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:30.280 Right then and there, she knew that her baby would 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:33.280 be born, And sure enough, a few months later, little 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:39.560 Abigail showed up beautiful song healthy. They're with us today, 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:41.840 right here on the front. Their dreams came to pass. 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:47.920 Beautiful. She told Craig and Samantha. 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:51.840 That book was the greatest gift that I'd ever received. Now, 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:53.880 I would like to think that my books are really 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:57.680 that great, But I know what made it so special 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:01.119 was the words of faith that I spoke over their daughter. 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:05.760 That's what the scripture means. A word of encouragement works, wonders. 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:09.679 When she saw we love you, Abigail, something ignited on 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:13.800 the inside. Friends, you have this same ability to speak 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:17.760 life giving words. The message is not complicated. You don't 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:19.800 have to be deep theological. 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:20.600 You don't have to. 0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:23.560 Figure it all out. Just tell somebody you walk like 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:24.280 a princess. 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:27.680 We love you, Abigail. Great to see you today. When 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:29.680 you speak words of faith. 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:33.680 God's voice is mixed with your voice. That's when supernatural 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:37.440 things begin to happen. A while back, my brother in law, Dawn, 0:19:37.720 --> 0:19:40.280 came over after the service. He told me it was 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:43.600 a great message and made some other comments. Then he said, 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:47.040 but Joel, I still remember your very first sermon. 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:49.480 You were great from the very beginning. 0:19:50.160 --> 0:19:54.040 When he said that something ignited on the inside, it 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:57.120 was like a stronghold was broken in my mind. See, 0:19:57.119 --> 0:19:59.960 I used to look back when I first started ministering, 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:02.960 when I didn't know how I thought. Man, those were 0:20:02.960 --> 0:20:06.280 some bad messages. I wish I would have said that differently. 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:08.760 I could have said that so much better. We tend 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:11.960 to remember the negative, and we go around feeling wrong 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:13.120 on the inside. 0:20:13.359 --> 0:20:14.280 But God can. 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:18.720 Use your words to break strongholds and set people free. Now, 0:20:20.800 --> 0:20:23.600 when that condemnation tries to come back, I just shake 0:20:23.640 --> 0:20:25.960 it off, and I hear Don's voice saying you were 0:20:25.960 --> 0:20:27.280 great from the very beginning. 0:20:27.760 --> 0:20:29.480 That was God's voice. 0:20:29.520 --> 0:20:31.800 Being mixed with Don's voice. 0:20:32.040 --> 0:20:35.760 That's what happens when you speak faith. You speak encouragement, 0:20:35.800 --> 0:20:36.920 You give compliments. 0:20:37.040 --> 0:20:40.200 You tell people what they're doing right, not what they're 0:20:40.200 --> 0:20:44.959 doing wrong. Listen, most people feel badly enough already about themselves. 0:20:45.280 --> 0:20:47.760 They're already beaten down enough by life. 0:20:47.920 --> 0:20:51.600 Let's be healers, be restorers, Let's push people forward. 0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:54.639 That's why I speak faith over you every week. 0:20:54.960 --> 0:20:59.000 I know when I tell you that you're anointed, you're talented, 0:20:59.080 --> 0:21:03.080 you're creative, you're blessed. You're strong, you're confident, You're secure. 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:08.320 I know when I speak life that God's words are 0:21:08.359 --> 0:21:13.000 mixed with my words, and strongholds are broken, chains are broken. 0:21:13.320 --> 0:21:16.280 God will cause the right phrase to jump out and 0:21:16.359 --> 0:21:20.119 break negative mindsets. That's what happened when Victoria told that 0:21:20.200 --> 0:21:23.760 young lady, you're beautiful. She didn't really hear Victoria's voice. 0:21:23.880 --> 0:21:27.440 She heard God's voice, and that's what broke that depression. 0:21:29.280 --> 0:21:33.679 Back in the nineteen sixties, my father's sister, my aunt Mary, 0:21:33.840 --> 0:21:37.440 became very sick. She got so bad she couldn't even 0:21:37.440 --> 0:21:41.440 get out of bed. She couldn't walk, couldn't talk, didn't 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:45.480 recognize people. She was basically sent home given up to die. 0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:49.280 When my father heard how bad she was, he drove 0:21:49.320 --> 0:21:52.480 to Fort Worth, where they lived. He walked in Mary's room, 0:21:52.920 --> 0:21:56.080 was dark and depressing, and he said hello to her, 0:21:56.080 --> 0:22:00.320 and Mary was not coherent, didn't even recognize her own brother. 0:22:00.960 --> 0:22:04.000 A holy anger came over my father. He went to 0:22:04.040 --> 0:22:06.880 the window and opened up the curtains and said, God 0:22:07.000 --> 0:22:10.240 is light, Let light in this room. He said to 0:22:10.280 --> 0:22:13.720 the man with him, don't tell me God did this 0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:16.439 to my sister. Then he went over to Mary and 0:22:16.480 --> 0:22:21.040 he took her by the hand and he said, very strongly, Mary, rise. 0:22:20.760 --> 0:22:21.760 Up and walk. 0:22:22.440 --> 0:22:25.680 It was like something catapulted Mary up out of that bed. 0:22:25.960 --> 0:22:29.160 She didn't get up slowly. She basically leaped up out 0:22:29.200 --> 0:22:32.840 of the bed. Her mind was clear. That day, she walked, 0:22:32.920 --> 0:22:34.760 that day, she talked, She fed herself. 0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:36.160 It was an amazing miracle. 0:22:38.320 --> 0:22:41.600 My father asked her later, Mary, why did you jump 0:22:41.680 --> 0:22:44.760 out of the bed so suddenly? She said, John, I 0:22:44.880 --> 0:22:48.520 heard God tell me to rise up and walk. My 0:22:48.640 --> 0:22:50.440 dad said, no, Mary, that wasn't God. 0:22:50.520 --> 0:22:51.040 That was me. 0:22:51.640 --> 0:22:54.639 She said, no, John, I heard God tell me Mary 0:22:54.760 --> 0:22:57.560 rise up and walk. Daddy said, no, Mary, it was me. 0:22:57.680 --> 0:22:59.639 I was standing right there. I'm the one that said it. 0:23:00.200 --> 0:23:02.440 She got in his face and said, listen here, John, 0:23:02.680 --> 0:23:04.639 I heard the creator of the universe. 0:23:05.000 --> 0:23:09.280 I heard the most time God tell me to rise 0:23:09.440 --> 0:23:10.200 up and walk. 0:23:10.560 --> 0:23:13.639 And when he said it, life shot into my bodies. 0:23:13.960 --> 0:23:17.480 Strength came back into me, My mind became clear, I 0:23:17.520 --> 0:23:18.359 could see again. 0:23:18.560 --> 0:23:19.720 I was perfectly well. 0:23:20.560 --> 0:23:24.120 Friends, when you speak life giving words, you may say them, 0:23:24.400 --> 0:23:27.480 but God will cause other people to hear his voice. 0:23:27.880 --> 0:23:30.320 When that bus driver told me he was praying for me, 0:23:30.680 --> 0:23:33.800 I felt the seed of the ever Living God breathe 0:23:33.840 --> 0:23:37.880 faith into my spirit. They may be simple, ordinary words, 0:23:38.080 --> 0:23:41.240 but when God's voice is mixed with your voice, they 0:23:41.280 --> 0:23:44.720 carry supernatural power. You don't know what it means when 0:23:44.720 --> 0:23:48.520 you tell somebody I'm praying for you, I believe in you. 0:23:48.520 --> 0:23:51.439 You've got what it takes. Great days are up ahead. 0:23:52.040 --> 0:23:56.400 God's voice becomes intermingled with your voice, and dreams come 0:23:56.440 --> 0:24:00.600 back to life, Healing springs forth, strongholds are broken. 0:24:01.560 --> 0:24:04.240 I know this young lady. She's very creative. 0:24:04.640 --> 0:24:08.920 She puts on big programs for different organizations to empower women, 0:24:09.000 --> 0:24:12.440 and she's known for being very innovative and always being 0:24:12.520 --> 0:24:15.560 on the cutting edge. But she told how for many 0:24:15.640 --> 0:24:19.080 years she never thought that she was creative. She worked 0:24:19.119 --> 0:24:21.720 as a secretary and she thought that's what she would 0:24:21.760 --> 0:24:23.000 do the rest of her life. 0:24:23.320 --> 0:24:24.960 But one day the management. 0:24:24.560 --> 0:24:27.800 Asked her to head up the Christmas program that they'd 0:24:27.800 --> 0:24:29.960 put on for the company, and she did that. 0:24:30.000 --> 0:24:32.520 It was very successful. Everyone loved it. 0:24:33.000 --> 0:24:36.840 Afterwards, a longtime friend came up and said, you are 0:24:36.960 --> 0:24:41.359 so creative. You are amazing at what you do. Later, 0:24:41.520 --> 0:24:44.560 she told that friend, you were the first person to 0:24:44.680 --> 0:24:47.800 ever tell me that I was creative, and when you 0:24:47.960 --> 0:24:52.439 said that, something ignited on the inside. To the friend, 0:24:52.560 --> 0:24:55.479 it was a simple compliment. But to this young lady, 0:24:55.680 --> 0:24:58.800 it was a supernatural moment. That was God calling out 0:24:58.800 --> 0:25:02.560 those seeds of greatness. But it all started when somebody 0:25:02.720 --> 0:25:06.440 was willing to speak life giving words. I'm asking you 0:25:06.840 --> 0:25:10.560 to be free with your compliments. When you see someone 0:25:10.600 --> 0:25:14.840 doing a good job, don't just think, wow, they're really talented. No, 0:25:15.000 --> 0:25:18.520 your thoughts don't bless anybody. If that friend would have 0:25:18.600 --> 0:25:20.800 just thought, wow, she's creative. 0:25:20.359 --> 0:25:22.640 It wouldn't have done her any good. Here's the key. 0:25:23.000 --> 0:25:27.160 A blessing is not a blessing until it's spoken all 0:25:27.200 --> 0:25:33.399 around you. People are thirsty. People need encouragement. People need approval. 0:25:34.080 --> 0:25:35.960 They need to hear you say I. 0:25:36.000 --> 0:25:37.440 Believe in you. 0:25:37.440 --> 0:25:40.480 You've got an amazing gift. You are great at what 0:25:40.560 --> 0:25:40.879 you do. 0:25:41.000 --> 0:25:42.040 I'm proud of you. 0:25:42.760 --> 0:25:45.520 When people know you believe in them and you go 0:25:45.600 --> 0:25:49.119 around speaking faith into their destiny, it does something on 0:25:49.160 --> 0:25:53.880 the inside. It's amazing how sometimes just one compliment, one 0:25:54.000 --> 0:25:57.960 encouraging word, one hey, you're so creative, that can be 0:25:58.040 --> 0:26:01.200 the spark that will push that person and toward. 0:26:00.880 --> 0:26:01.960 Their divine destiny. 0:26:02.560 --> 0:26:05.240 The other day, I was driving home about to turn 0:26:05.320 --> 0:26:08.400 left under the freeway. There was a homeless man at 0:26:08.400 --> 0:26:12.040 the intersection asking for money, and I really wanted to 0:26:12.080 --> 0:26:15.200 make the light because I never carry any cash and 0:26:15.280 --> 0:26:16.760 I didn't want him to come up to me and 0:26:17.040 --> 0:26:19.560 not have anything to give him. But you know, as 0:26:19.600 --> 0:26:22.360 it worked out, I not only didn't make the light. 0:26:22.320 --> 0:26:25.280 But I was the very first one that meant he 0:26:25.440 --> 0:26:26.439 was right next to me. 0:26:26.800 --> 0:26:28.800 So I got my cell phone started acting like I 0:26:28.840 --> 0:26:30.680 was on the phone, trying to be preoccupied. 0:26:32.000 --> 0:26:34.320 It didn't matter. He came right up to me and 0:26:34.400 --> 0:26:36.160 was staring at me. It's very awkward. 0:26:36.760 --> 0:26:40.119 Finally it dawned on me, I don't have any money 0:26:40.160 --> 0:26:42.240 to give him, but I have something better. 0:26:42.600 --> 0:26:44.919 I can give him a word of encouragement. 0:26:45.480 --> 0:26:48.520 I felt like in the scripture when somebody asked Peter 0:26:48.680 --> 0:26:49.879 for money, he said. 0:26:49.680 --> 0:26:52.080 Silver and gold. Have I none, but here's what I'm 0:26:52.080 --> 0:26:54.120 gonna give you. And I rolled down that. 0:26:54.040 --> 0:26:57.679 Window and he was a young man, looked very depressed, 0:26:58.160 --> 0:27:00.920 very dejected. I told him, I'm sorry, but I don't 0:27:00.960 --> 0:27:03.560 have any money. But can I tell you God has 0:27:03.600 --> 0:27:06.440 an amazing future in front of you. He's got you 0:27:06.600 --> 0:27:09.359 in the palm of his hand. You've got a destiny 0:27:09.440 --> 0:27:10.040 to fulfill. 0:27:10.600 --> 0:27:11.320 He lit up. 0:27:11.600 --> 0:27:14.000 It's like he came back to life. He said, Wow, 0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:17.280 my grandfather was a minister. He used to tell me 0:27:17.359 --> 0:27:20.439 that same thing all the time. I asked him if 0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:22.399 he'd come to church, if we sent somebody by to 0:27:22.400 --> 0:27:23.000 pick him up. 0:27:23.160 --> 0:27:23.760 He agreed. 0:27:24.240 --> 0:27:26.639 Every week a couple from Lakewood would go to the 0:27:26.720 --> 0:27:29.600 shelter and bring him by, and we would speak faith 0:27:29.640 --> 0:27:33.560 into him, victory and favor and new beginnings. Today he 0:27:33.600 --> 0:27:35.760 not only has his own place to live, not only 0:27:35.800 --> 0:27:39.720 has a great job, but he's excited about his future. 0:27:39.960 --> 0:27:42.280 He's on his way to fulfilling his destiny. 0:27:42.760 --> 0:27:43.800 See I had more. 0:27:47.520 --> 0:27:50.840 I had something better to give him than money. I 0:27:50.920 --> 0:27:55.359 gave him words of life. I spelt faith into his destiny. 0:27:55.920 --> 0:27:59.480 Didn't take long, didn't cost me anything. Every one of 0:27:59.560 --> 0:28:04.600 us can be healers, restoreres, dream releasers. As you go 0:28:04.680 --> 0:28:07.520 through the week, be on the lookout for who you 0:28:07.560 --> 0:28:12.520 can bless with your words. Call out people's seeds of greatness. 0:28:12.800 --> 0:28:16.680 Be free with your compliments. You're carrying life giving water. 0:28:17.240 --> 0:28:19.680 You have the ability to put somebody back on their 0:28:19.680 --> 0:28:23.400 feet this week. You can make them feel better about themselves. 0:28:23.560 --> 0:28:26.600 Who knows you could even be the spark that pushes 0:28:26.680 --> 0:28:31.240 them into their divine destiny. When you develop this habit 0:28:31.320 --> 0:28:33.560 of blessing people with your words, let me tell you 0:28:33.600 --> 0:28:36.840 God will always bless you because when you help others 0:28:36.880 --> 0:28:39.720 come up higher, God will make sure you come up higher. 0:28:40.080 --> 0:28:43.280 You will overcome your obstacles, you will accomplish your dreams, 0:28:43.320 --> 0:28:46.600 and I believe in declare you will become everything that 0:28:46.640 --> 0:28:47.720 God's created you to be. 0:28:47.840 --> 0:28:51.800 Amen. Do you receive it today? Well, we never like 0:28:51.880 --> 0:28:52.600 to close our. 0:28:52.440 --> 0:28:55.840 Broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 0:28:55.840 --> 0:28:56.760 lord of your life. 0:28:57.000 --> 0:29:00.120 Would you pray with me? Just say Lord Jesus, yes, 0:29:01.040 --> 0:29:05.560 I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 0:29:05.720 --> 0:29:07.240 make you my Lord and savior. 0:29:08.480 --> 0:29:10.800 Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 0:29:10.880 --> 0:29:13.680 got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 0:29:13.840 --> 0:29:14.960 keep God first place. 0:29:15.200 --> 0:29:17.600 He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 0:29:18.320 --> 0:29:21.760 Thank you for listening to the Joel Oustine podcast. Help 0:29:21.840 --> 0:29:24.560 us continue to share the message of hope with those 0:29:24.680 --> 0:29:28.560 all over the world. 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