Dare To Pray Boldly

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That's code iHeart fifty when you 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:27.920 sign up at unest dot co for a fifty dollars bonus. 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:30.080 See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:34.640 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.679 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:38.399 the ministry. 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:40.880 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:42.440 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.480 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:49.600 your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:52.559 you today. I hope you'll stay connected with us during 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:56.880 the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, 0:01:57.360 --> 0:01:59.320 and you can come visit us in person. 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:02.200 Love had you be a part of one of our services. 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:04.840 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:08.520 about this wealthy man. He was known for being very eccentric. 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:12.000 He's having a big party at his house. In his backyard, 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:15.639 he had this huge swimming pool filled with sharks and alligators. 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:19.040 He announced to his guest, anyone that will swim across 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:20.200 my pool, I'll. 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:22.480 Give you anything you want in a few minutes. So 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:23.679 it was a big splash. 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:27.119 This man was in there going ninety to nothing, dodging sharks, 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:29.600 maneuvered around alligators, made it. 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:31.400 To the other side just in the nick of time. 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.760 The owner said, Wow, you're the bravest person I've ever met. 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.120 Now, what do you want? The man said, what I 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:39.240 want more than anything else, is the name of the 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:40.839 person that just pushed me in. 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:45.640 All right, say it like you mean it. This is 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.760 my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:51.120 have what it says I have. I can do what 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:53.919 it says I can do. Today I will be taught 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:57.960 the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:02.840 my heart is receptive. Will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.799 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:08.760 about dare to pray boldly. 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:10.720 One reason we. 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:13.760 Don't see God do great things is we're only asking 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:17.399 for small things. We pray over our food, we pray 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:19.600 for protection, we pray for wisdom. 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:20.760 And that's all good. 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:23.800 But when was the last time you asked God to 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:27.840 do something that seems impossible out of the ordinary you 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:32.359 couldn't accomplish on your own. If God answered everything you're 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:35.720 praying about, now, would it be big enough? Would you 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:39.840 be satisfied? Are you asking for your dreams? Are you 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:43.839 asking for something that's over your head? Those secret petitions 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:46.440 he's put in your heart. You know it's from him, 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:50.480 but you haven't told anyone seems too far out, unthinkable. 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:55.400 Many prayers are not being answered simply because they're. 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:56.520 Not being asked. 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.640 If you only pray small prayers, you're not going to 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:02.720 see the greatness of our God. If you only ask 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:05.440 for little things, you're not going to reach the fullness 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:08.760 of your destiny. There are dreams that God has put 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:09.640 in your heart. 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:13.280 That you can accomplish on your own. There are obstacles 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:15.840 that you will face that are too big for you 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:19.080 to overcome by yourselves. If you don't learn to pray 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:23.440 bold prayers. If you don't learn to ask God big, ask. 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:26.000 For your dreams, for things that are over your head, 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:29.320 then you'll get stuck where you are. Well, Joel, I 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:32.240 don't want to be selfish. I know God has other 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:36.520 things to deal with. You are not inconveniencing God. By 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:42.320 praying bold, Bold prayers get God's attention. Bold prayers cause 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:45.919 angels to go to work. Bold prayers open doors you 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:51.839 could never open. Bold prayers turn impossible situations around. When 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:56.039 you pray boldly, you're releasing your faith. You're saying God, 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:59.400 I know there's nothing too hard for you. I know 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.880 you're the all powerful creator of the universe that you 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.520 can take me where I can't go on my own. 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:09.360 God said in Psalm Too, you're my child. 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:10.400 What do you want? 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:14.039 Ask me, and I'll give you nations as a present. 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:17.800 I'll give you a continence as a prize. We're asking 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:20.720 for small things. God, help me to make ends meet, 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.400 help me to live with this sickness, help me to 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:27.480 endure this job. God is saying, I have nations for you. 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:31.400 I have something awesome in your future, something bigger than 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:34.960 you've imagined. But there's a condition you have to ask. 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:38.440 You're not going to see the nations. You want see 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:40.200 the continence as a prize. 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:42.080 If you're praying small. 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.840 Weak, limited prayers, God, help me to make my house 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:50.280 payment this month. God, with gas prices, inflation, the recession. 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:54.080 That's an ordinary prayer. A bold prayer is God, help 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:56.520 me to pay my house off. Help me to have 0:05:56.680 --> 0:06:01.080 overflow so I can pay someone else's house off. A 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.680 normal prayer, god's my child's off course. Help him to 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:07.200 not get in trouble, keep him out of harm's way. 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:12.839 That's okay, But ordinary prayer gets ordinary results. If you 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:16.840 only pray small, then you'll only receive small. A bold 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:20.120 prayer is God, I'm asking you to not just protect 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:23.880 my child, but help him fulfill his destiny, use him 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:26.400 in great ways to make a difference. 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:26.680 With his life. 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:31.240 Maybe you've been through disappointments, life has thrown your curves. 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:35.279 Normal prayers, God, just help me to survive, help me 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:36.000 to endure. 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:39.920 A bold prayer is Father, you said you'd. 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:42.400 Give me double for the unfair things that have happened. 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:45.479 You said you have beauty for these ashes. So Lord, 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:49.560 thank you that something awesome is coming my way. James 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:53.880 Force says you ask and do not receive because you 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:57.440 ask a miss. The word a miss in the original 0:06:57.560 --> 0:07:02.719 language means sick, weak, miserable. This is saying you won't 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:07.000 receive when you pray sick prayers. When you pray weak prayers. 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:11.760 When we pray to survive, endure, make it through, that's 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:15.920 a sick prayer. Well, God, I'm so defeated. I'm under 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.880 so much pressure. God, You've got to do something. That 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.760 prayer needs to go to urgent care. That prayers on 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:25.720 his last leg. Try a different approach. How about a 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:28.800 bowld prayer. God, I have a lot coming against me, 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:31.760 but I know you being for me is greater than 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:32.800 what's trying to stop me. 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:34.160 Lord, I thank you. 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:37.760 The tide of the battle is beginning to turn right now. 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:42.800 That's a healthy prayer that gets God's attention. He responds 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:46.640 to faith filled prayers. And sometimes what we call prayer 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:50.360 is really a complaining session. God, you know, these people 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:53.360 at work are getting on my nerves, and my children 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:56.920 don't appreciate me. My back's been hurting, my husband's been rude, 0:07:57.000 --> 0:07:59.320 the dog doesn't like me. The goldfish is to press 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.760 God got to do something. That's a sick prayer. You 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:05.880 need to pray from a place of faith. You don't 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:07.560 have to tell God all your problems. 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:10.360 He already knows everything that's going on. 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.840 Ask him for what you want him to do, Ask 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:17.160 him for what you're believing for God, I'm up against 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.480 all this trouble. But Lord, I think it that you 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:22.520 are turning it around, that you are fighting my battles 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:24.800 for me, that you'll bring me out better than I 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:29.400 was before. John chapter four, Jesus had traveled to the 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:33.520 city of Samarian. His disciples went into town to get food. 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:37.520 He was sitting at a well waiting. This woman came 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:41.960 to get water. Jesus asked her for a drink. She said, Sir, 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:42.760 you're a Jew. 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:45.920 I'm a Samaritan. Why are you asking me for water? 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.720 Jews and Samaritans didn't have anything to do with each. 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:52.800 Other back then. Jesus said to her, if. 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:56.200 You only knew who I am and how generous our 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:59.040 God is, you would ask me and I would give 0:08:59.080 --> 0:08:59.920 you living water. 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:02.960 She said, but you don't even have a bucket. Where 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:04.040 would you get this water? 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:09.520 She was thinking about water, something ordinary. But Jesus said, 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:11.800 if you knew who I was, you. 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:14.720 Wouldn't ask me for water. I have so much more 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:18.760 I can give you living water. When you know who 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:20.760 our God is, When. 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:25.400 You realize he created the universe, he spoke worlds into existence, 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:30.720 He parted red seas, healed the lepers, multiplied food, clothed 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:33.920 mouths of lions. You won't just ask him for water 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:38.000 for ordinary things. You'll ask him for living water. You'll 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.679 ask him for your dreams. You'll ask him for what 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:45.480 looks impossible. Are you like this lady asking him for water, 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:49.880 asking him for the ordinary. He's saying, I have living water. 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:54.720 I have abundance, I have healing, I have breakthroughs, I 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:56.240 have houses. 0:09:55.960 --> 0:10:00.319 I have businesses, I have ministries. I have favor that. 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:04.360 Will catapult you where you can't go by yourselves. The 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:07.840 scripture says, the people who know their God will be 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:11.880 strong and do exploits. When you know who you're talking to. 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:15.960 You won't pray weak prayers. You won't pray sick prayers. 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.920 You'll pray bold prayers. You'll ask for things that other 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:23.880 people think are far out, too much, that could never happen. 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:29.360 But bold prayers get bold results. I wouldn't be standing 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.440 here today if I had not learned this principle to 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:35.800 ask God for big things, for things that seemed over 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:36.480 my head. 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:39.640 But I knew deep down God put it in my heart. 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:42.280 I don't want to come to the end of life 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:45.240 and have to wonder what would have happened if I 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:49.160 would have prayed bold, believe big, taken the limits. 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:49.319 Off of God. 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.560 Three years after my father passed and I stepped up 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:56.200 to pastor the church, a friend called and said, the 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:59.880 Houston Rockets basketball team was moving out of this building, 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.320 the former Compact Center, and it was going to be 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:05.840 put up for sell. When I heard that, something came 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:09.120 alive on the inside. I knew it was supposed to 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:13.000 be ours. But everything in my mind said, there's no way. 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:17.120 You're not qualified. City's never going to let a church 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.640 have it. Plus you don't have the money. How would 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.360 you be able to pay for it? But God on 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.640 purpose will put things in your heart that are too 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:28.160 big for you, over your head. 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:30.480 That seem impossible. That's a test. 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:32.840 Are you going to talk to yourself out of it, 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:36.480 just ask for the water, just ask for the normal, 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:40.000 Or are you going to recognize who the one is 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:41.800 that's putting that dream in you? 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:45.440 Are you going to recognize who you're dealing with, the 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:47.280 all powerful. 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:50.400 Creator of the universe. When you do, you'll ask him 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:54.720 for living water. I said, God, this is over my head, 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:57.079 but I know it's not over your head. 0:11:57.640 --> 0:11:59.760 God. We don't have the funds, but I know you 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:01.360 it all. God. 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:04.880 Those that are opposing us are bigger, stronger, but I 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:08.120 know you being for us is more powerful than what's 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:11.959 coming against us. Victoria and I would come out at 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:15.080 night when they weren't having an event here and we'd 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:18.040 walk around the building. We would thank God that he 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:20.440 was making a way where we didn't see a way 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:25.120 against all odds. Doors opened the right people showed up, 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:26.559 and God gave us the building. 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:29.920 Are you praying any bold prayers? 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.800 Are you believing for anything that's out of reach your 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:37.360 mind says there's no way. Maybe it's to set a 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:40.679 new standard for your family. God, let me rise out 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:44.120 of this lack and mediocrity. Let me leave an inheritance 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:48.160 to my children's children. God, let me own my own business, 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.480 Let me build that orphanage. Let me be free from 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:55.280 this illness. You won't see the great things if you're 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:59.920 only praying for small things. Many times in the Old Testament, 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:03.280 when the people were up against a big challenge. They 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:06.599 would start their prayer off by talking about the greatness 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:11.320 of God. King Johasapad had three armies surrounding him. They 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:14.920 were quickly closing in. He gathered the people of Judah 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.960 at the city square. They looked up to the heavens. 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:21.400 He didn't say, God, where are you? Look what's happening. 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:24.960 We're about to be captured. He said, O Lord, you 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:28.599 alone are God. You are the ruler of the nations. 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:32.640 You are powerful and mighty. No one can stand against you. 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:36.880 We remember how you brought us through war, through famine, 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:41.240 through disease. Now we're asking you, O Great God, to 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:45.679 deliver us from these mighty armies. When you remind yourself 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:47.720 who you're dealing with, you won't. 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:51.480 Pray weak prayers. You won't pray sick prayers. You'll pray boldly. 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:55.520 You'll ask God to do the impossible what seems unlikely. 0:13:56.280 --> 0:14:00.920 Those are prayers that gets God's attention. Judah. They didn't 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:01.679 even have to fight. 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:05.120 The three armies turned on each other and ended up 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:09.360 defeating themselves. I met a lady after the service a 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:12.199 while back, and she came here with her family. 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.720 From South America. She didn't speak English. 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:18.599 She started coming to Lakewood and listening to the services 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:23.080 on the headphones through the Spanish translation. One Sunday she 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:27.480 heard me talking about this, praying bold prayers and believing 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:28.680 for the dreams. 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:29.840 That God put in your heart. 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:32.640 She had always wanted to start a business to help 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:36.200 people learn to speak English, she said that day in 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:39.640 the service. For the first time, she said, God. 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:41.360 I want to own my own business. 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:44.800 God helped me to make it happen here. She didn't 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:48.360 even speak English, she was trying to learn. She knew 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:51.560 that was something that God dropped in her spirit. What 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:55.040 activated her faith is when she had the boldness to 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:59.920 ask for it. She dared to ask for what seemed impossible. Today, 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:04.480 twelve years later, this young lady has an incredibly successful business. 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:08.240 She's taught thousands of people to speak English. She told 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:10.760 me back there, God has done so much more than 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:15.040 I've ever imagined. But I wonder if there are dreams 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:20.880 locked up in you that you've never asked for, compact sinners, 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:25.960 you've never dared to say, God, let it happen, healing businesses, 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:29.720 spouses freedom, that God's just waiting for you to be 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:33.080 bold enough to ask him for it seems over your head, 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:37.920 far out every circumstances. It will never happen. But do 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:39.960 you realize who you're dealing with. 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:41.680 Don't go your. 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:45.280 Whole life asking for water when he has living water, 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:52.760 something you've never experienced. Supernatural favor, supernatural increase, supernatural healing. 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:55.520 When your mind tries to talk you out of it, 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:57.400 you have to do like Ja Hussifath. 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:00.760 Oh God, there is none like you. You. 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.960 You created the heavens and the earth. All power is 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:07.600 in your hand. When you speak, universes come to pass. 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:11.160 God. I believe you can do what you promise. God. 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:14.760 I'm asking you to bring this dream to pass. Where 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:17.720 will you be in ten years if you'll do like 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:20.040 her and start praying bold prayers. 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:23.520 God has put things in all of us we can't 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:27.520 accomplish on our own. We don't have the experience, the funds, 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:31.960 the obstacles too big, the people too strong. If you 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:34.760 could do it by yourself, you wouldn't need God's help. 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:37.520 This is where you have to pray, a bold prayer, 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:41.720 not a weak prayer. Not to get by prayer. God 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:45.040 is just little old me. I'm at a disadvantage. Just 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:48.800 give me the leftovers. You have to activate your faith. 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:52.760 You have to ask for your dreams, ask for your goals. 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:56.880 Ask him to open doors that seem impossible. Ask him 0:16:56.920 --> 0:17:00.160 to increase your business. Ask him for your children and 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.800 to be mighty in the land. Ask him to take 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:06.280 your family to a new level. Yes, it's okay to 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:08.440 ask for water, but you're dealing with. 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:10.440 The one who can give you living water. 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:14.080 He has so much more. You may not see how 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:16.639 it can happen. That's what faith is all about. 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:17.240 God. 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.560 I don't see away, but I know you have a way. 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:24.800 I can imagine. Up in heaven, there's this huge warehouse. 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:29.840 It's filled with boxes on shelves everywhere you look, acres 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:33.520 and acres of boxes. Each box has a name on it. 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:36.160 You ask God what these boxes are. 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:37.840 He says, these. 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:41.639 Boxes are blessings that I had for my people, but 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:45.120 they never asked for it. There's a business that belonged 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:48.439 to Jim, but he never asked. There's a compact center 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:51.560 that belonged to Julie. She didn't ask for it. There's 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:55.280 healing I had for Rolando. There's freedom that belonged to Rachel. 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:58.680 There's a property I had for Maria, but they only 0:17:58.720 --> 0:17:59.919 prayed for small things. 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:01.520 They only ask for water. 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:05.160 They never asked me for their dreams. They never asked 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:06.120 me for something. 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:07.640 Out of the ordinary. 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:11.199 Don't let your boxes stay on a shelf. Don't let 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:14.840 those blessings go unclean. There are things that God has 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:18.240 put in your heart, things that he's whispered in the night. 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:21.720 You have to start asking him for it, start. 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:23.000 Praying some bold prayers. 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:26.639 Well, what if my desire is not something that God wants. 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:29.159 If it's not the right thing, it's not going to happen. 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:31.760 But what if it is the right thing and you 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:36.119 never ask you just pray small prayers. Now, Joe, I 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:38.560 don't want to be greedy. I don't want to be 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:42.480 in this for just me. No, your destiny is tied 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:47.320 to helping others. Your assignment is tied to building the kingdom. 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:50.480 It's not greedy to want to take your family to 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:53.640 a new level. It's not wrong to want to see 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:56.919 your business blessed so you can support the kingdom in 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:58.440 a greater way. 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:01.200 The key is car is your heart. 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:04.159 It is just all about to look good, build your ego, 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:05.479 not care about others. 0:19:05.640 --> 0:19:07.080 Of course that's the wrong motive. 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:10.159 But when your heart is to honor God with what 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:13.600 He's blessed you with, to bless your family, to be 0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:15.080 a bigger blessing to others. 0:19:15.520 --> 0:19:18.280 Then you can ask for big things and watch what 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:19.000 God will do. 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:23.240 I have a friend that feeds a million children a day. 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:26.959 He supports charities that takes care of all these kids. 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:28.280 That inspires me. 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:31.080 God bless me in such a way that I can 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:32.320 feed a million children. 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:33.840 It's going to take. 0:19:33.720 --> 0:19:37.200 Bold prayers to do the awesome things God has called 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:41.359 you to do. You haven't seen, heard, or imagined what 0:19:41.520 --> 0:19:44.479 God has in store for you. Take the limits off 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:48.639 of him. Start praying big prayers, asking for big things, 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:51.679 to make a difference in your community, to leave the 0:19:51.720 --> 0:19:55.520 world a better place. Some of you God's going to 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:57.960 use to find a cure for disease that. 0:19:57.960 --> 0:19:59.280 Will save people's lives. 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.560 Some of you are going to start hospitals where there 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:05.440 is no medical care now. Some of you are going 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:09.199 to develop software that will impact the world. Some of 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:11.760 you are going to write a best selling book, have 0:20:11.960 --> 0:20:16.399 music that inspires people, produce movies that uplift. Some of 0:20:16.440 --> 0:20:18.720 you are going to raise children that will be the 0:20:18.760 --> 0:20:25.480 next presidents, senators, architects, teachers, pastors, leaders, How. 0:20:25.400 --> 0:20:26.280 Is this going to happen? 0:20:26.840 --> 0:20:30.880 By praying bold prayers, by asking God for the dreams 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:31.840 He's put in your heart. 0:20:32.440 --> 0:20:35.080 You have to get in agreement with God. Don't go 0:20:35.160 --> 0:20:38.959 through life with a small vision, praying small, thinking small. 0:20:39.480 --> 0:20:43.520 You activate your faith by not only believing, but by asking, 0:20:44.160 --> 0:20:46.600 by saying, God, let me impact the culture. 0:20:47.119 --> 0:20:49.200 God, let my children leave their mark. 0:20:49.480 --> 0:20:53.360 God open doors so I can accomplish what You've destined 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:53.880 me to do. 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:57.560 Pray big, believe big, and God will. 0:20:57.359 --> 0:21:01.400 Exceed your expectations. He'll do more then you can imagine. 0:21:02.400 --> 0:21:04.680 We are living in a day I believe where God 0:21:04.760 --> 0:21:06.560 is going to show out in new ways. 0:21:07.080 --> 0:21:08.560 He's looking for people. 0:21:08.560 --> 0:21:12.240 Number one who will honor him by living a life 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:15.800 of integrity of character, keeping him first place. 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:20.640 And number two, people that will believe big. People that will. 0:21:20.440 --> 0:21:23.960 Get out of their comfort zones. Not pray weak prayers, 0:21:24.240 --> 0:21:26.800 not ask for water, but people that will ask for 0:21:26.880 --> 0:21:29.800 the living water for things that they cannot do on 0:21:29.880 --> 0:21:33.680 their own. That's when God steps in. When you run 0:21:33.720 --> 0:21:37.200 out of options, when the odds are against you, every 0:21:37.240 --> 0:21:41.040 circumstance says there's no way, That's when God says, let 0:21:41.040 --> 0:21:43.480 me show you why I'm called the great I am. 0:21:44.080 --> 0:21:47.000 Let me show you who controls the universe. How I 0:21:47.040 --> 0:21:51.240 can open doors, How I can change people's minds, How 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:53.320 I can cause the right people to show off. 0:21:53.800 --> 0:21:54.879 How I can break. 0:21:54.680 --> 0:21:59.040 Chains that have held you back, bring favor, promotion, influence 0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:03.000 that cattle. I'll put you further than you can imagine. 0:22:03.200 --> 0:22:05.960 We're not dealing with a weak God, a God that's 0:22:05.960 --> 0:22:10.000 looking for ideas, scratching his head hoping plans will work out. 0:22:10.520 --> 0:22:13.879 We are dealing with the most powerful force in the universe. 0:22:14.920 --> 0:22:18.040 You remember when he came the Sea of Galilee. The 0:22:18.119 --> 0:22:20.800 disciples were so in awe. They said, who is this 0:22:21.000 --> 0:22:24.640 man that even the winds and the waves obey him? 0:22:25.000 --> 0:22:27.800 You want to get God's attention, don't pray weak prayers. 0:22:28.440 --> 0:22:32.440 God responds to bold prayers. When you pray boldly, you're 0:22:32.440 --> 0:22:34.120 saying God, I know who you are. 0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:37.040 I recognize you're all powerful, that. 0:22:37.119 --> 0:22:40.240 Nothing can stand against you, that what you have purpose 0:22:40.400 --> 0:22:44.439 will come to pass. People can't stop him. Bad brakes 0:22:44.440 --> 0:22:47.760 can't stop him, sickness can't stop him. How you were 0:22:47.840 --> 0:22:51.120 raised can't stop him. Even the wind and waves can't 0:22:51.119 --> 0:22:54.399 stop him. You're praying to a God who is in 0:22:54.520 --> 0:22:58.360 complete control, not just of your life, but he's in. 0:22:58.359 --> 0:22:59.960 Control of your surroundings. 0:23:01.040 --> 0:23:04.960 In the scripture, five armies got together and came against 0:23:05.080 --> 0:23:09.040 Joshua and the people of Gibeon. Joshua had already conquered 0:23:09.080 --> 0:23:12.440 Jericho led the Israelites into the Promised Land. 0:23:12.800 --> 0:23:15.280 Now he was facing another great challenge. 0:23:15.400 --> 0:23:18.480 The city of Gibeon was next to where he lived 0:23:18.480 --> 0:23:22.480 at Gilgal. The Gibeanites were his allies. They sent word 0:23:22.560 --> 0:23:26.400 that these armies were attacking because they were associated with Joshua. 0:23:26.760 --> 0:23:29.679 They didn't want the Israelites to be that strong, so 0:23:29.800 --> 0:23:33.520 Joshua and his men traveled all night and snuck up on. 0:23:33.480 --> 0:23:36.440 The armies and attacked them. They were caught off guard 0:23:36.480 --> 0:23:37.359 and began to run. 0:23:37.920 --> 0:23:41.040 A huge helstorm came and killed many of those that 0:23:41.080 --> 0:23:45.160 were fleeing. What's interesting is not one of Joshua's men 0:23:45.280 --> 0:23:48.200 were harmed by the hell Well. It was getting late 0:23:48.320 --> 0:23:51.320 in the day. Joshua was trying to finish them off. 0:23:51.720 --> 0:23:53.879 He knew if he didn't completely. 0:23:53.359 --> 0:23:56.080 Wipe them out, they would cause trouble in the future. 0:23:56.480 --> 0:23:58.960 What could he do It was about to get dark, 0:23:59.119 --> 0:24:02.399 they would get away. He could have prayed God, maybe 0:24:02.400 --> 0:24:04.919 we'll get the rest of another time. Just give us 0:24:04.920 --> 0:24:07.960 strength to get back home, protect us as we travel. 0:24:08.800 --> 0:24:12.720 That would have been an ordinary prayer, But Joshua wasn't ordinary. 0:24:12.920 --> 0:24:13.919 He was unusual. 0:24:14.280 --> 0:24:17.320 He knew how to pray bold prayers. He stopped what 0:24:17.359 --> 0:24:20.400 they were doing. I can imagine everyone looking at him. 0:24:20.880 --> 0:24:24.480 Why'd you quit chasing them? Why aren't we pursuing them anymore? 0:24:25.000 --> 0:24:27.159 Joshua said, hang on, I've got to pray. 0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:30.399 They were all intrigued. What's he going to pray? 0:24:30.840 --> 0:24:33.760 He said, God, I'm asking you to stop the sun, 0:24:34.520 --> 0:24:37.280 keep the moon in its place. God, we need the 0:24:37.400 --> 0:24:41.000 light to finish them off. I can imagine his men thinking, man, 0:24:41.040 --> 0:24:42.040 that he's getting to him. 0:24:42.200 --> 0:24:43.639 Joshua was losing his mind. 0:24:44.560 --> 0:24:47.480 God could have said, Joshua, kind of prayer is that, 0:24:48.160 --> 0:24:50.919 don't you know? The solar system has to keep moving, 0:24:51.400 --> 0:24:56.399 planets are rotating, everything's precise, has to stay perfectly in tune. 0:24:56.520 --> 0:25:00.000 I can't stop the sun. But God is not intimidating 0:25:00.400 --> 0:25:03.840 when you pray bold prayers. He's not at a loss 0:25:04.000 --> 0:25:07.639 to figure out how to bring about his purpose. In fact, 0:25:07.720 --> 0:25:10.159 he's the one that put the idea in you in 0:25:10.200 --> 0:25:13.959 the first place. Joshua asked for the sun to stop. 0:25:14.440 --> 0:25:17.280 The next verse simply says, so the sun and the 0:25:17.320 --> 0:25:21.440 moon stood still until the Israelites defeated their enemies. 0:25:22.680 --> 0:25:23.880 No big explanation. 0:25:24.920 --> 0:25:28.080 You would think there would be several verses this amazing 0:25:28.119 --> 0:25:29.160 occurrence took. 0:25:28.920 --> 0:25:32.199 Place, but it's like, no big deal. God wanted the 0:25:32.200 --> 0:25:35.359 sun to stop, so it stops. When Joel that seems 0:25:35.400 --> 0:25:37.640 kind of far out. Yes, but we serve. 0:25:37.440 --> 0:25:41.200 A far out God, it says in Ephesians. God has 0:25:41.320 --> 0:25:46.000 far and beyond favor. And I know, logically speaking, this 0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:48.840 doesn't make sense in the natural there's no way. 0:25:49.280 --> 0:25:50.800 But God is supernatural. 0:25:51.520 --> 0:25:56.000 He created the solar system, He spoke the universe into existence. 0:25:56.400 --> 0:25:58.840 He can stop what he wants to stop and. 0:25:58.760 --> 0:26:02.760 Still cause it to work. Are you praying any bold prayers? 0:26:03.520 --> 0:26:06.119 Maybe not for the sun to stop, but how about 0:26:06.160 --> 0:26:09.159 for your child to do something awesome, or for you 0:26:09.200 --> 0:26:11.960 to set a new standard for your family, for you 0:26:12.040 --> 0:26:14.520 to accomplish that dream that seems far out. 0:26:15.160 --> 0:26:18.320 God put the thought in you. Perhaps he's just waiting 0:26:18.600 --> 0:26:19.520 for you to ask. 0:26:20.280 --> 0:26:23.080 A friend of mine wasn't feeling well, made an appointment 0:26:23.080 --> 0:26:25.600 with his doctor. His wife dropped him off. He said 0:26:25.600 --> 0:26:27.800 come back in a couple of hours and pick me up. 0:26:28.560 --> 0:26:33.040 Two hours turned into five months. Into hospital, he had COVID. 0:26:33.000 --> 0:26:35.840 Had to be put on a ventilator. Didn't look good. 0:26:36.359 --> 0:26:39.440 He finally lost consciousness. He was in a coma for 0:26:39.480 --> 0:26:42.760 seventy two days. Three times he died and they brought 0:26:42.840 --> 0:26:45.720 him back to life. The nurse called his wife and 0:26:45.840 --> 0:26:48.119 said he was about to pass and she went to 0:26:48.160 --> 0:26:51.000 the hospital. You know how it is, you're not allowed in, 0:26:51.720 --> 0:26:55.119 But at one point the security guard wasn't watching, and 0:26:55.160 --> 0:26:58.800 she snuck by him and jumped in the elevator. Now 0:26:58.840 --> 0:27:02.520 I'm not suggesting this, this is her story. She got 0:27:02.520 --> 0:27:05.280 off the elevator, waited for the nurses to clear. 0:27:05.800 --> 0:27:08.719 She went into his room. He was still in a coma. 0:27:09.280 --> 0:27:12.520 She called his full name out loud and said, in 0:27:12.560 --> 0:27:15.480 the name of Jesus, I command you to come back 0:27:15.520 --> 0:27:15.960 into this. 0:27:16.000 --> 0:27:18.280 Body, to live and do not die. 0:27:19.080 --> 0:27:22.280 All of a sudden, he woke up from over two 0:27:22.359 --> 0:27:25.360 months of being in coma. He told me, He said, Joel, 0:27:25.440 --> 0:27:29.200 I heard that prayer that was the turning point begin 0:27:29.320 --> 0:27:33.800 to recover. Today is perfectly healthy, fulfilling his purpose. But 0:27:33.880 --> 0:27:37.679 I wonder where he would be Number one if his 0:27:37.760 --> 0:27:39.040 wife was not that sneaky. 0:27:40.080 --> 0:27:42.840 And number two, if she didn't know how to pray 0:27:42.920 --> 0:27:43.680 bold prayers. 0:27:44.760 --> 0:27:48.040 My question to you again, are you praying any bold prayers? 0:27:48.600 --> 0:27:51.720 Are you asking God to turn situations around that look 0:27:51.760 --> 0:27:55.680 impossible or have you talked yourself out of it? How 0:27:55.680 --> 0:28:00.199 many miracles are we missing because we're not asking to 0:28:00.240 --> 0:28:03.159 ask not just for your needs, not just for the 0:28:03.200 --> 0:28:06.479 small things, but ask for your dreams, ask for the 0:28:06.520 --> 0:28:09.520 big things. God's put in your heart. He's longing to 0:28:09.560 --> 0:28:11.800 be good to you. He wants to show you his 0:28:11.920 --> 0:28:15.240 favor in new ways. He's just waiting for you to ask. 0:28:15.800 --> 0:28:19.879 If you'll do this, I believe and declare, like with Joshua, 0:28:20.240 --> 0:28:22.520 you're going to see supernatural things. 0:28:22.880 --> 0:28:24.760 Doors open you never dream would open. 0:28:25.080 --> 0:28:29.919 The right people show up, healing, promotion, breakthroughs, the fullness 0:28:29.920 --> 0:28:33.399 of your destinies in Jesus's name, and if. 0:28:33.240 --> 0:28:35.040 You receive it, can you say amen? 0:28:37.600 --> 0:28:40.440 We'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 0:28:40.480 --> 0:28:41.600 the lord of your life. 0:28:42.040 --> 0:28:43.040 Would you pray with me? 0:28:43.720 --> 0:28:49.040 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 0:28:49.080 --> 0:28:52.920 into my heart, Make you my Lord and savior. 0:28:54.480 --> 0:28:54.920 Amen. 0:28:54.960 --> 0:28:57.040 Well, if you prayed that simple prayer. We believe you 0:28:57.080 --> 0:28:59.680 got born again. 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