Declare Favor

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See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:34.800 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast. 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:37.880 We enjoy spending this time with you. I hope you'll 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:38.679 leave Inspire. 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:41.959 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week. 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:45.240 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:57.920 Enjoy the message. 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:02.760 God bless it's a joy to come into your homes 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.600 and if you're ever in our area, please stop by 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:08.000 and be a part of one of our services. I 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:10.680 promise you we will make you feel right at home. 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:13.680 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:17.160 about this wealthy man. He was known for being eccentric. 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:20.360 He was having a big party at his house. In 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:23.640 his backyard, he had this huge swimming pool filled with 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:27.680 sharks and alligators. He announced to the guest, anyone that 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:30.040 will swim across my pool, I'll give. 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.639 You anything you want. In a few minutes, there was 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:33.880 a big splash. 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:37.840 This man was in there, going ninety to nothing, dodging sharks, 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:41.320 maneuvering around alligators, made it to the other side just 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:44.080 in the nick of time. The owner said, Wow, you're 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:46.240 the bravest man I've ever met. 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:47.919 Now, what do you want me to give you? 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:50.639 The man said, what I want more than anything else 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:53.480 is the name of the person that just pushed me in. 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.720 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:00.520 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.120 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:06.000 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:10.240 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:15.120 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name. 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:16.080 God bless you. 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:20.560 I want to talk to you today about declaring favor. 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:23.919 One way our faith is released. 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:27.000 Is through our words, and there is a connection between 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:31.400 speaking favor and receiving favor. It's not enough to just 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:35.240 believe you have favor. It's not enough to just expect favor. 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:39.280 You have to take it one step further and declare favor. 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:43.480 Every day you should declare, I have the favor of God. 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:47.320 Favor is on my family, Favor is on my health, 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.960 Favor is on my business, Favor is on my finances. 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:52.559 When you speak. 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:55.120 Something out, you give it the right to come to past. 0:03:56.040 --> 0:04:00.280 When you face difficult situations, instead of being discouraged thinking 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:03.560 why did this happen, you need to declare. The favor 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:09.240 of God is turning this around. Favor is bringing healing, freedom, vindication, 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:13.040 victory into my life. It's one thing to think it, 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:16.600 but when you declare it, angels go to work in 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:21.320 the unseen realm, things begin to change. We prayed, we believed, 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:25.839 we'd hoped. That's good, but it's time to start speaking favor. 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:30.280 Speak favor over your finances. Father, Thank you that your 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:34.560 favor is bringing me clients. Thank you that your favor 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:37.320 is causing me to stand out. Thank you that what 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:42.040 I touch will prosper and succeed. The scripture says Jesus 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:45.400 increased in favor with God and with people. 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:47.800 You can increase in favor. 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:50.760 The more you thank God for it, the more you 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:52.760 declare it, the more favor you're. 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.760 Going to see. Joe, you say I have favor, but 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:59.080 I never get good breaks. I never see anything unusual. 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:03.320 Maybe it's because you're not declaring it. Why don't you 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:06.559 step it up a notch all through the day, Father, 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:10.520 thank you that your favor is endorsing me. Thank you 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.640 that your favor is bringing me into prominence. Thank you 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:17.360 that favor is taking me to new levels. That's not 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:21.239 just being positive, that's releasing your faith for the favor 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:25.080 of God. There were five of us children growing up. 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.960 We never left the house without my mother saying, Father, 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.880 thank you that my children have your favor. 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:35.360 Work for all of us except my brother Paul. Four 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:36.560 out of five is not bad. 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:40.800 But it's good to pray over your children. Ask God 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:44.839 to protect them, guide them, give them wisdom. But don't 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:45.520 stop there. 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:47.159 Speak favor over them. 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:51.040 Father, Thank you that my children have favor with their teachers, 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:55.120 favor with other students, Favor that causes them to excel 0:05:56.240 --> 0:06:00.320 David did this. He said, surely goodness and mercy will 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:04.080 follow me all the days of my life. The word goodness, 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:09.039 in one translation is favor. He was saying, surely, favor. 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:11.120 Follows me all of my life. 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:14.800 In effect, he was saying, Favor is keeping enemies from 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:19.400 defeating me. Favor is making me attractive. Favor is bringing 0:06:19.480 --> 0:06:23.680 promotion and opportunity. He didn't just think about it. He 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:26.800 didn't just hope it would work out. He spoke favor 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.880 over his life. No wonder, the prophet Samuel came to 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:34.760 him and annointed him the next king. No wonder, he 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:39.080 defeated a giant twice his size. No wonder, King Saul 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:43.440 couldn't kill him. When you're constantly talking about the favor 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:45.080 of God, bragging on. 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:48.080 His goodness, you will go places you couldn't go on 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:48.600 your own. 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:53.480 You will overcome obstacles that seem impossible. Maybe you've been 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:56.279 single for a long time, you don't think you'll ever 0:06:56.320 --> 0:06:59.960 meet the right person. Start declaring the favor of God. 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:03.840 God is bringing someone awesome into my life. Favor is 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:06.600 making me attractive. Favor is putting me. 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:08.599 At the right place at the right time. 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:13.440 If you're struggling in your finances instead of complaining, the 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:17.640 Favor of God is bringing increase in promotion. Favor is 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:21.200 opening doors that I can't open. Favor is causing good 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:24.920 breaks to come to me. Or the medical report doesn't 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.960 look good, you could just pray about it. Hope you 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:32.760 get better. Start declaring. The favor of God is bringing healing. 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.840 The favor of God is causing me to recover. The 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:39.880 Favor of God is helping me to defy the odds 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:41.200 with long life. 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:42.600 God will satisfy me. 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:47.560 Ever since I've started ministering, I've said, Father, thank you 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:51.040 that your favor causes me to stand out that when 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:54.920 people turn me on, they can't turn me off. Every 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:58.240 week somebody tells me I was flipping through the channels. 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:01.360 I don't like TV minuts, I never watched them. 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:02.240 But Joel, I. 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:05.800 Turned you on and I couldn't turn you off. I 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:10.320 know that wasn't a coincidence. It wouldn't have happened if 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:14.320 I had not declared favor. The dreams God has put 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:17.000 in your heart, you need to speak favor over them. 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:21.480 Problems that look impossible, declare the favor of God is 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:25.440 turning them around. Nee Amiah in the scripture, had a 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:29.160 dream to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem. They were torn 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.720 down and the people were there unprotected. 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:33.359 This seemed impossible. 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:37.920 Neomiah was living a thousand miles away, working as a. 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:39.040 Cup bearer to the king. 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:43.920 He didn't have the influence, the connections, the resources, the funding. 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.920 But when God gives you a dream, he lines up 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:51.840 everything you need. His favor will cause it to all 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:55.400 come together. The question is are you going to activate 0:08:55.520 --> 0:09:00.199 this favor. Neimiah wasn't a cabinet member, he wasn't the 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:01.760 king's executive staff. 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:05.880 He was working in the kitchen, but he understood this principle. 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:09.800 The favor on his life would help him accomplish dreams 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:13.440 he couldn't accomplish on his own. He asked the king 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:17.640 for permission to return to Jerusalem to work on the project. 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:21.679 For some reason, the king liked him. Didn't make sense 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:24.560 to let him off that long, but the king said yes. 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:29.080 Neemiah said, I'm going to need protection. Will you give 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:32.480 me a letter addressed to all the leaders in the 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:36.000 cities I'm traveling through, telling them who I am. The 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:40.640 king agreed. Neemiah didn't stop there. He said one more thing, King, 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:44.320 I don't have any supplies to rebuild the wall. I 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:47.360 don't have any money. I need a letter from you 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:50.840 asking the people that own the lumber mills and the 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:52.400 stone factories to. 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.520 Give me the materials that I need. 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:58.480 When you know you have favor, you'll have a boldness, 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:03.080 a confidence to ask big, to expect advantages. 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:07.760 Again, the king said yes. In Nehemiah too, he. 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:12.520 Said, the King granted me these requests because the gracious 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:15.960 hand of God was upon me. He was saying, I 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:19.120 know why all this happened. The favor of God is 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:23.600 on my life. When you see God's favor, always take 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.800 time to thank him. Take a moment to say, Lord, 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:29.040 I recognize this was your goodness. 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:30.680 Thank you for favoring me. 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:34.199 Thank you for making things happen that I couldn't make happen. 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:38.040 Neemiah started on the wall, and he had all kinds 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:42.280 of opposition, but every time the favor of God helped 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:45.959 him to overcome. It should have taken him more than 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.440 a year to rebuild it, but he did it in 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:49.800 just fifty two days. 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:53.280 God's favor will accelerate things. 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:56.320 So now going to take as long as you think 0:10:56.640 --> 0:11:00.280 to accomplish your dreams, to recover from the illness, to 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:03.640 pay your house off. The favor on your life is 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:08.319 speeding things up. Neebiah said in verse eighteen, I told 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:11.920 all the people how the gracious hand of God was 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:16.679 on my life. He was constantly bragging on God's goodness, 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:21.280 constantly talking about his favor. When you face situations that 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:25.120 seem impossible, don't talk about how big the problem is. 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:29.520 Do like Nehemiah and start declaring, the gracious hand of 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:30.880 God is on my life. 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:35.000 Well, your child is off course, yes, but the favor 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:35.880 of God is. 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:36.679 Bringing him back. 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:40.959 You can't start your business, you don't have the connections. Yes, 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:44.080 but I have an advantage. The favor of God is 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:48.760 bringing the right people. Well, the medical report says you're done, yes, 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.560 but I have another report. It says I will live 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.880 and not die. Father, thank you that your gracious hand 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:58.280 is on me. Think you that your favor is doing 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:02.000 what medicine cannot do. Well, Joel, I tried this for 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:03.560 two weeks and nothing happened. 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:05.920 This needs to be a way of life. 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:10.719 Where every day, whether it's sunny or rainy, whether you're 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:13.400 on the mountaintop or in the valley, you get up 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:16.439 in the morning and say I have the favor of God. 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:21.560 That's not just to remind yourself, not just to show 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:24.040 God that you're trusting him, but you're. 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:26.000 Showing the enemy who you belong to. 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:30.480 And the scripture says, if you will acknowledge God in 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:34.439 all your ways, he will crown your efforts with success. 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:39.600 One way to acknowledge God is all through the day under. 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:41.520 Your breath, declare his favor. 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:45.440 Before you make that presentation at work, Father, thank you 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:49.400 that I have favor with these people going to the mall. Lord, 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:51.840 thank you that your favor will help me find what 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.479 I need. The favor of God. 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:55.959 Will help you get the best deals. 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.120 Favor will put you at the right place at the 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:03.280 right time. You pull into a crowded parking lot, right 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:06.320 when you drive in, that car backs out. You get 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:09.440 that upfront spot. That wasn't a lucky break. That was 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:13.840 the fever on your life. Years ago, I promised our 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:16.600 daughter Alexandra that I would get her a cell phone. 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:19.280 The next day she came running, Dad, can we go 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:20.960 to the store, And I said yes. 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:23.840 Jonathan heard we were going. He wanted to come. 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:26.280 Said that's great, Jonathan. We love to have you, but 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.320 you already have a cell phone. He said, I know, Dad, 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:32.000 I just want to look. When Victoria heard that we 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:34.680 were all going, she decided to come along as well. 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:36.720 Turned into a family affair. 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.960 Drive into the store under my breath, just out of habit, 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:43.840 I said, Lord, thank you for your favor, thank you 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:45.600 that you'll help us find what we need. 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:47.240 We walked in the store. 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.000 Men came out to wait on us, showed us some phones. 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:53.640 Alexandra found the one that she wanted. We were about 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.640 to check out. Jonathan came up and said, Dad, I 0:13:56.720 --> 0:14:00.760 really want the newer version of my phone was not 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.800 even a year old, practically brand new, and I didn't 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:04.760 really want to do that. 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:07.600 The salesman asked to see my phone. 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:10.800 He typed something in the computer and said, you're due 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:14.120 for an upgrade at no charge. I said, well, great, 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:17.479 give Jonathan the new phone and I'll take his. 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:18.560 His was like new to me. 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:22.080 We were about to leave. The salesman said to Victoria, 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:23.320 what kind of phone. 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:26.480 Do you have? She showed him. He said, you need 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.880 a new phone. He checked the computer. She wasn't due 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:33.400 for several years. I thank them for checking for all 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:33.960 their help. 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:38.400 As we were walking out, the manager another man said, 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:42.360 wait a minute, she's not leaving without a new phone. 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:46.080 The salesman looked at the manager, like, what do you mean? 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:48.480 What do you want me to do? He said, just 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.880 give her a phone. His eyes got this big. 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:54.800 He said, you mean like give her like free, like 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:58.320 not charger. The manager said, yes, give her any phone 0:14:58.400 --> 0:14:59.000 she wants. 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:01.200 We went in. I'm there to get one phone. 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:05.320 We walked out with four, but we only paid for one. 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:08.840 You may think that was good luck. I know that's 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:12.720 the favor of God. Driving home, I'll reached my hand 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:14.960 back to my children and said, come on, get some. 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:18.320 Of this favor off of me. I can't stand at all. 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:23.200 When you not only recognize you have favor, but you 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:27.400 declare favor, God will show out in your life. You 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:30.720 will see things that you don't deserve. If you're in 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:34.200 real estate, father, thank you that your favor is causing 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:37.640 my properties to sell. Thank you that favor is bringing 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:42.000 the right buyers. Before you take the exam at school, father, 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:45.680 think you that favor is causing me to excel before 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:48.120 you meet with those new clients. Lord, think you that 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:52.360 your favor is making me attractive. Well, Joel, God's got 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:55.320 bigger things to deal with than me getting a cell 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:57.680 phone or finding a good parking spot. 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:00.560 Can I tell you you are God's bad It's deal. 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:03.840 You are the apple of his eye. He wants to 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:08.560 show you his goodness. That's what favor is. Zachariah said, 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:13.080 ask for rain in the time of rain. Rain in 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:17.720 the scripture represents favor. This seems odd. If it's raining, 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:21.120 why do you need to ask for rain? God was saying, 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:25.160 just because my favor is available, you're not going to 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:27.120 experience it unless you. 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:29.560 Call for it. Unless you declare it. 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:32.520 You may not be able to see it. But right 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:40.640 now it's raining. It's raining, healing, raining, freedom, raining, promotion, raining, spouses, raining, 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:45.360 good breaks, raining, abundance. God is showering his favor like 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:49.960 never before. My challenge is don't let it pass you by. 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:54.400 Don't go around just hoping believing. The way you get 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:55.400 in the rain. 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:56.960 Is by declaring favor. 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:00.800 Father, Thank you that your favor is open indoors no 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:04.040 man can shut. Thank you that your favor is bringing 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:07.600 good breaks, advantages, preferential treatment. 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:08.800 Lord, think you that. 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:14.359 Favor is defeating enemies, turning negative situations around, breaking forces 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:18.240 that are trying to stop me. Every time you declare favor, 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:19.760 you're asking for the rain. 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:23.760 That's what allows God to show out in your life. 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:24.880 I have these friends. 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:28.840 Their son played on a minor league baseball team. His dream, 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:30.959 of course, was to make it to the big leagues. 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:36.119 He's extremely talented, led the division in hitting for several years, 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:39.040 but it seemed like every time he was about to 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:42.280 get promoted to the big leagues, something would come up. 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:45.760 He would get passed over. His parents told me again 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:49.439 and again how he was leading the league in home runs, 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:51.840 how he was having a banner year, but for some 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:56.160 reason he would get overlooked. They could have been discouraged, 0:17:56.440 --> 0:17:59.080 thought it's not meant to be. But they did what 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:02.600 I'm asking you to do. They kept declaring the favor 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:06.399 of God Father. Thank you that your favor is on 0:18:06.520 --> 0:18:09.520 our son. Thank you that favor is putting him at 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:12.439 the right place. Thank you that your favor is causing 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:16.120 him to stand out. The team he played for had 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:20.160 a star player in the major leagues in his same position. 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:23.479 It looked like that player would be there for years, 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:29.359 but one day, unexpectedly, the star player requested a trade. 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:32.520 He was sent to another team. This young man was 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:36.080 suddenly promoted to the big leagues. He went on to 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:39.760 live out his dream of playing Major League Baseball. When 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:43.359 you declare God's favor, he will move people out of 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:44.080 the way. 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:45.200 To make room for you. 0:18:46.119 --> 0:18:51.320 Favor will promote you suddenly, unexpectedly, things that you didn't 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:55.080 see coming. You may not see how you can accomplish 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:57.399 a dreamer, how you'll get well. 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:00.639 Doesn't look like it's ever going to change. I have 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:02.520 good news. It's raining. 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:06.880 If you'll do your part and keep declaring God's favor. 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:11.080 Life with my friend, God is going to do something unusual, 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:16.520 something that you weren't expecting, where suddenly you're promoted, suddenly 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:18.800 you get well, or suddenly you meet. 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:19.359 The right person. 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:24.240 When we acquired this building, we hired architects to draw 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:26.760 plans to see what it would take to renovate it. 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:29.919 We had to build our own power plant plus an 0:19:29.920 --> 0:19:34.040 additional five story building. The costs came right at one 0:19:34.119 --> 0:19:37.680 hundred million dollars. We didn't have those kinds of funds, 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:40.080 so we met with our bank to see what they 0:19:40.080 --> 0:19:40.880 would loan us. 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.880 We had known these bankers for years, way back with 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:45.479 my father. 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:49.440 They knew the church's finances and how strong the ministry 0:19:49.560 --> 0:19:51.440 is and the potential for growth. 0:19:52.080 --> 0:19:52.520 We met. 0:19:52.800 --> 0:19:55.960 They were very nice, but they were as negative as 0:19:56.000 --> 0:19:59.239 can be. They told me all the reasons why it 0:19:59.320 --> 0:20:02.680 wasn't going to wor, how they could never take that 0:20:02.760 --> 0:20:05.800 kind of risk of loaning us that money, how every 0:20:05.840 --> 0:20:09.199 bank was going to say no, on and on. I 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:10.760 left there so discouraged. 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:13.320 I was young. I didn't know any better. 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:17.800 I've learned since people don't have the final say. People 0:20:17.880 --> 0:20:22.160 don't control your destiny. People can't see the favor on 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:26.440 your life. They don't know what God is about to do. 0:20:26.440 --> 0:20:29.560 Don't let them talk you out of your dreams. Don't 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:32.760 let people convince you that you can't get well. You'll 0:20:32.800 --> 0:20:35.840 never afford a nice house, You'll never break the addiction. 0:20:36.280 --> 0:20:40.000 They're looking at the natural. We serve a supernatural God. 0:20:40.560 --> 0:20:45.000 One touch of his favor will catapault you ahead. They 0:20:45.040 --> 0:20:49.520 may be negative, discouraging, condescending. Let it go in one 0:20:49.560 --> 0:20:53.040 ear and out the other. None of that can stop 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:57.400 your purpose. The favor on your life will defy the odds. 0:20:58.080 --> 0:21:01.200 Favor will take you where you don't have the qualifications 0:21:01.840 --> 0:21:02.439 on paper. 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:05.399 It may not make sense. Don't worry. God knows what 0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:06.000 he's doing. 0:21:06.840 --> 0:21:09.679 I woke up the next morning with a fire in 0:21:09.800 --> 0:21:15.120 my spirit. Something on the inside said, Joel, God didn't bring. 0:21:14.920 --> 0:21:17.120 You this far to leave you where you are. 0:21:17.720 --> 0:21:20.960 He didn't move the rockets out of that building, caused 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:23.840 the mayor to be good to you, change city council 0:21:23.920 --> 0:21:27.040 member's mind, bring you through a lawsuit so you could 0:21:27.040 --> 0:21:31.040 get stuck where you are. I realized the favor of 0:21:31.119 --> 0:21:34.359 God had brought us that far, and the favor of 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:38.280 God was going to keep us going. Instead of being 0:21:38.320 --> 0:21:43.240 discouraged thinking look how big these obstacles are, my attitude was, look. 0:21:43.040 --> 0:21:44.199 How big my God is. 0:21:45.000 --> 0:21:48.199 Father, Thank you that your favor is bringing the right people, 0:21:48.640 --> 0:21:51.439 people that will get behind the vision. Thank you that 0:21:51.480 --> 0:21:54.879 your favor is making a way where I don't see away. 0:21:55.760 --> 0:21:57.760 We decided to try another bank. 0:21:58.320 --> 0:22:02.120 We had never met these people, never had any contact, 0:22:02.400 --> 0:22:06.040 But when we walked in it was night and day difference. 0:22:06.520 --> 0:22:07.879 From the very beginning. 0:22:07.960 --> 0:22:09.000 They were for us. 0:22:09.560 --> 0:22:12.600 They had a letter on the table offering us a 0:22:12.680 --> 0:22:16.000 loan in the mount three times what the other bank said. 0:22:16.040 --> 0:22:19.359 We had never gat They hadn't even seen our finances, They. 0:22:19.359 --> 0:22:20.480 Never looked at our books. 0:22:21.040 --> 0:22:23.760 When I saw they would loan us that much. I said, 0:22:24.040 --> 0:22:26.480 how about loaning us the whole amount so. 0:22:26.520 --> 0:22:28.840 We can do it all. They said, that won't be 0:22:28.920 --> 0:22:30.560 a problem. We'll make that happen. 0:22:31.440 --> 0:22:36.520 God has these divine connections lined up for you, people 0:22:36.600 --> 0:22:39.720 that will be behind your vision, people that will be 0:22:39.880 --> 0:22:43.919 for you, not people that you have to convince. You 0:22:44.000 --> 0:22:46.240 may not have seen them yet, but they are in 0:22:46.320 --> 0:22:50.240 your future. God has already ordained them to help you. 0:22:50.960 --> 0:22:53.560 The favor on your life is going to close the 0:22:53.600 --> 0:22:57.360 wrong doors, but open the right doors now, Joel, I've 0:22:57.400 --> 0:23:00.920 been declaring favor, but I don't see anything happen. Doesn't 0:23:00.960 --> 0:23:04.160 look like it's ever going to change. First, Peter says, 0:23:04.560 --> 0:23:08.479 hope to the end for the divine favor that is coming. 0:23:09.200 --> 0:23:11.720 You may not have seen it yet, but favor is 0:23:11.760 --> 0:23:15.600 on the way. Healing is on the way, promotion is 0:23:15.640 --> 0:23:18.000 on the way. The right people, they're on the way. 0:23:18.920 --> 0:23:20.240 I met a man a few. 0:23:20.200 --> 0:23:23.679 Years ago that was so discouraged. At one time his 0:23:23.760 --> 0:23:28.560 company was very successful. He's in the design and graphics industry. 0:23:29.080 --> 0:23:32.080 But over the last couple of years his business had 0:23:32.119 --> 0:23:32.680 gone down. 0:23:33.160 --> 0:23:36.639 He'd lost all of his major clients. It looked like 0:23:36.920 --> 0:23:38.680 bankruptcy was inevitable. 0:23:39.359 --> 0:23:42.960 He went on and on telling me about the problem, 0:23:42.960 --> 0:23:46.919 going into great detail of explaining all the setbacks he 0:23:46.920 --> 0:23:50.760 had suffered and how unfair it was. I finally had 0:23:50.760 --> 0:23:53.920 to interrupt him and say, we've talked long enough about 0:23:53.920 --> 0:23:57.560 the problem. Let's start talking about the solution. Let's start 0:23:57.560 --> 0:24:00.280 talking about what God can do. Let's talk of the 0:24:00.320 --> 0:24:03.919 fact that favor is on the way. We prayed together. 0:24:04.400 --> 0:24:07.800 Then I said, there's something you have to do. Every morning. 0:24:07.880 --> 0:24:10.840 You need to declare I have the favor of God. 0:24:11.560 --> 0:24:14.879 Favor is bringing me new clients. Favor is turning my 0:24:15.000 --> 0:24:18.199 business around. Then all through the day, under your breath, 0:24:18.280 --> 0:24:21.919 you keep thanking God for that favor. I saw him 0:24:22.080 --> 0:24:23.119 several months later. 0:24:23.560 --> 0:24:26.080 He was like a new person, beaming with joy. 0:24:26.720 --> 0:24:30.080 He told how at his lowest moment, when he thought 0:24:30.119 --> 0:24:34.240 he was done, a company contacted him that he had 0:24:34.280 --> 0:24:37.520 never worked for and asked him to make a presentation. 0:24:38.040 --> 0:24:42.000 They chose him over several major firms. He said, with 0:24:42.080 --> 0:24:45.480 this one new client, I will have more income than 0:24:45.560 --> 0:24:48.879 all my other clients combined. He's on pace to have 0:24:48.960 --> 0:24:53.680 a record year. And what you're facing may seem impossible. 0:24:54.200 --> 0:24:57.680 Don't talk about the problem, talk about the solution. Talk 0:24:57.720 --> 0:25:01.240 about the fact that favor is on the way. Yes, 0:25:01.359 --> 0:25:04.639 my finances may be low, but I know favor is coming. 0:25:05.359 --> 0:25:07.760 These people at work aren't treating me right. I'm not 0:25:07.800 --> 0:25:11.360 gonna live bitter. I know favor is on the way. Well, 0:25:11.400 --> 0:25:14.719 my child is off course, but I know it's only temporary. 0:25:14.920 --> 0:25:18.320 The favor of God is turning it around. This is 0:25:18.359 --> 0:25:21.119 what a man named Zaruba Belt did in the scripture. 0:25:21.520 --> 0:25:24.960 He was in charge of rebuilding the temple, but everything 0:25:25.040 --> 0:25:28.720 came against him. City leaders hired attorneys to try to 0:25:28.760 --> 0:25:32.400 stop him. Wouldn't give him the permits. Other people were 0:25:32.440 --> 0:25:33.960 causing strife and trouble. 0:25:34.440 --> 0:25:37.200 Looked impossible. He could have been discouraged. 0:25:37.760 --> 0:25:41.840 He said, who are you, o, great mountain that stands 0:25:41.880 --> 0:25:45.959 before me. You shall become a mere mole hill. I 0:25:46.080 --> 0:25:50.320 will finish the temple by shouting grace to it. He 0:25:50.480 --> 0:25:53.520 was saying, I have this big mountain in front of me, 0:25:54.080 --> 0:25:55.080 but I'm not worried. 0:25:55.480 --> 0:25:59.040 I know it's about to become a mole hill. How 0:25:59.160 --> 0:26:01.360 was this going to happen? What was his secret? 0:26:01.800 --> 0:26:06.600 By speaking grace to it? Another word for grace is favor. 0:26:07.320 --> 0:26:10.879 He was saying, yes, this obstacle is big, but I 0:26:10.960 --> 0:26:14.640 have the favor of God. Favor is making my crooked 0:26:14.680 --> 0:26:18.960 places straight. Favor is defeating my enemies. Favor is going 0:26:19.000 --> 0:26:22.880 to help me finish this project. He didn't talk about 0:26:22.880 --> 0:26:27.360 his mountain. He talked to his mountain. When you face challenges, 0:26:27.359 --> 0:26:31.040 don't get discouraged. Speak favor over them. Look at your 0:26:31.080 --> 0:26:34.399 bank account and speak favor to it. I will lend 0:26:34.480 --> 0:26:35.359 and not borrow. 0:26:35.440 --> 0:26:39.160 What I touch will prosper and succeed. Speak favor over 0:26:39.200 --> 0:26:39.760 your health. 0:26:40.040 --> 0:26:43.440 This sickness is not the end. This pain is not permanent. 0:26:43.680 --> 0:26:48.000 The favor of God is bringing healing. Speak favor over 0:26:48.040 --> 0:26:49.080 the legal situation. 0:26:49.760 --> 0:26:51.280 I will be victorious. 0:26:51.640 --> 0:26:54.960 The favor of God is keeping my enemies from defeating me. 0:26:55.760 --> 0:26:58.000 It's not enough to just pray about it. It's not 0:26:58.160 --> 0:27:01.400 enough to just believe. What's want to turn the mountain 0:27:01.800 --> 0:27:05.919 into a mole hill is by speaking grace. Now. I 0:27:05.960 --> 0:27:09.400 want to make a declaration of favor over you today. 0:27:10.240 --> 0:27:11.760 If you will let this take. 0:27:11.640 --> 0:27:14.920 Root in your spirit, I believe change that have held 0:27:14.960 --> 0:27:17.920 you back are going to be broken and you're going 0:27:17.960 --> 0:27:20.680 to be released into a new level of your destiny. 0:27:21.280 --> 0:27:24.800 I declare right now, the favor of God is on 0:27:24.920 --> 0:27:25.480 your life. 0:27:25.760 --> 0:27:26.520 In a new way. 0:27:27.320 --> 0:27:31.800 I declare favor over your family, favor over your marriage, 0:27:32.240 --> 0:27:37.680 favor over your finances. I declare favor at work, Favor 0:27:37.720 --> 0:27:42.240 with your boss, Favor with your colleagues, favor with your clients. 0:27:42.920 --> 0:27:50.400 I declare favor is opening new doors of opportunity, bringing promotion, increase, abundance, 0:27:50.760 --> 0:27:53.480 causing the right people to be drawn to you. 0:27:54.200 --> 0:27:59.680 I declare favor over your health, strength, energy, wholeness. 0:28:00.080 --> 0:28:05.760 You are free from sickness, chronic pain, depression, addictions. 0:28:06.160 --> 0:28:10.080 I speak favor over every force that's trying to stop you. 0:28:10.720 --> 0:28:15.000 I declare right now that mountain is becoming a mole hill. 0:28:15.840 --> 0:28:19.439 Like with Nehemiah, God's favor is going to accelerate it. 0:28:19.960 --> 0:28:22.720 Things are going to happen sooner than you think. I 0:28:22.840 --> 0:28:24.040 declare the favor of. 0:28:24.040 --> 0:28:27.199 God is going to catapult you to a new level. 0:28:27.680 --> 0:28:28.240 You're going to. 0:28:28.200 --> 0:28:32.560 Take new ground, set new standards, and reach the fullness 0:28:32.600 --> 0:28:35.080 of your destiny in Jesus' name. 0:28:35.480 --> 0:28:37.560 And if you receive it, can you say amen? 0:28:37.640 --> 0:28:42.840 Today I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 0:28:42.960 --> 0:28:44.600 Jesus lord of your life. 0:28:45.120 --> 0:28:46.160 Would you pray with me? 0:28:46.720 --> 0:28:52.120 Just say Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins, come 0:28:52.160 --> 0:28:52.960 into my heart. 0:28:54.120 --> 0:28:56.000 I make you my Lord in Savior. 0:28:57.160 --> 0:28:59.680 If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:28:59.720 --> 0:29:02.680 born again. 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