Give Birth To Your Dreams

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Make it count with Perdue Global produce online 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:59.720 University for working adults start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:03.440 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:06.600 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:09.280 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:12.000 share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:26.520 for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:29.119 you so joy to come into your homes, and if 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:30.720 you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.040 and see us. I promise you we'll make you feel 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:34.959 right at home here at one of our services. 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:36.119 But thanks for tuning in. 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:38.479 I like to get started with something funny each week, 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:40.960 and I heard about this minister. He was up in 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:44.319 the pulpit preaching away one Sunday morning, and he noticed 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:47.760 a man on the front row sound asleep. That made 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:51.680 him so aggravated he started preaching louder and harder. But 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:54.960 it seemed like the louder he got, the sounder he slept. 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:57.440 And so he finally stopped right in the middle of 0:01:57.440 --> 0:01:59.680 his sermon, and he said to the men sitting next 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:02.920 to him, would you please wake that man up? The 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:05.760 man said, wake him up yourself. You put him to sleep. 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:09.760 All right, Hold up your bibles. 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:12.480 Say it like you mean it's this is my Bible. 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:14.280 I am what it says. I am. 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:17.359 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:19.960 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:24.359 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:28.080 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:32.679 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.359 to talk to you today about giving birth to. 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:37.520 The promises that God has put in your heart. 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:41.799 We all have dreams and desires, things that we're believing 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:46.239 to come to pass. These promises are like seeds planted 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:49.000 in the soil of our hearts, and most of the 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.640 time they don't happen overnight. 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:55.280 There's a period of waiting involved. And this is when 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:58.400 it's so easy to give up. It's easy to. 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:01.639 Get discouraged, and if we're not careful, we'll just end 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:06.120 up settling for mediocrity. For we have to understand God 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:11.600 never aborts a dream. Once the seed is planted, Once 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:15.760 the dream, the desire, the promise takes root, we may 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.800 give up. But the fact is the seed is still 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:21.880 in us and some of you today because of the 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:25.160 time that's passed, or because of disappointments along the. 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:27.959 Way, you've allowed that seed to just lie. 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:32.600 Dorman, you've lost your fire, lost your enthusiasm. Maybe at 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:35.680 one time you believe for a good marriage, but now 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:39.160 you've just settled for living together with no real relationship. 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:40.600 Maybe in your. 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.880 Career, at one time you had a dream to go further, 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:48.240 to advance, to do great things, but you hit some setbacks. 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:51.880 Now you've gotten comfortable where you are. Or maybe in 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:55.920 your health, you believe to overcome that illness, but now 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:59.440 it's been so long and you've had so many negative reports, 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.600 you're just learning to live with that. Well, these are 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:07.200 all unborn promises. But the good news is the seed 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:10.520 is still in you, and if you'll stir your faith 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:14.600 up and start believing once again, God can still bring 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:18.400 that to pass. It's not too late. God doesn't abort 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:21.120 the dreams. It depends though, on what we're going to 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:25.360 do with them. The reason many people give up and 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:28.680 they don't see that promise come to fulfillment is because 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:30.760 they're not watering their seed. 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:32.080 And one of the. 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:35.000 Main ways we water our seed is by giving God 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:38.800 praise all through the day. We should be thanking God 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:42.599 that the answer is on the way. Whatever you're believing for, Father, 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:45.600 thank you that you're changing my child. Thank you that 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:48.600 you're bringing me a spouse, thank you that you're restoring 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:50.120 my marriage. 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:52.360 Praise is your faith at work. 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:57.240 Praise is what activates God's supernatural power. And really the 0:04:57.240 --> 0:04:59.880 first place we lose the victory is in our thinking. 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:03.880 The battle is taking place in our mind. And when 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:07.560 those negative thoughts come telling you it's not going to happen, 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:10.719 you're never gonna get well, you're never going to break 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:15.000 that addiction. Instead of dwelling on that and going around 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:19.680 discouraged and complaining, just use that as a reminder to 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.920 thank God that the answers on the way. In other words, 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:25.919 when the negative thoughts come, turn it around and say, Father, 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.760 thank you that you're at work, thank you that. 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:30.640 You're changing things in my favor. 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:34.120 And let's understand, we don't have to pray about the 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:38.920 same thing over and over again. Once you pray, shift 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:41.720 into a different gear and get into praise. 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:43.320 Start thanking God. 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:48.679 I know people that practically beg God all day long. God, 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:51.520 please get me out of this trouble. God, Please change 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:53.520 my child. God, Please I need a breakthrough. 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:55.720 And of course God. 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:58.520 Sees your heart, he sees your sincerity, but you don't 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:02.000 have to be a beggar, be a believer. A much 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:05.000 better way is to say, Father, I know you heard 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:07.960 me the first time I prayed, and I believe the 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:09.960 answer is already on the way. 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:12.559 I may not know when, I may not know how, 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:15.080 but I know this. You already have the solution. 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:17.760 So I just want to thank you that you're at 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:21.000 work in my life. When you do that, you're not 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:24.880 only watering your seed. It's not only getting a little 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:28.120 closer to coming to pass, but something's happening on the 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:33.320 inside of you. It's giving you strength, it's keeping you encouraged. 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.440 That's what's going to help you to fight the good 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:39.200 fight of faith. And this is what Abraham did. God 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:42.160 gave him a promise that his wife Sarah was going 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:45.360 to have a baby. The seed was planted in his heart. 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:49.440 It was an unborn promise in the natural. It was impossible. 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:53.279 They were much too old, and Abraham had every reason 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:54.000 to give up. 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:56.880 But the scripture says here in Romans four. 0:06:56.800 --> 0:07:01.400 Twenty, Abraham did not waver in his faith, but he 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:07.080 grew strong by giving praise and thanksgiving to God. Notice 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:10.200 when we give God praise, that's what gives us strength, 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:12.680 That's what keeps us encouraged. 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:14.880 We don't grow strong. 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:18.560 By complaining and being negative. Well, I knew this would 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.560 never work. I thought God wanted me to prosper, but 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:23.000 I don't ever get any good breaks. 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:25.720 Joel, I've been praying for my child, but he keeps 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:27.200 getting worse and worse. 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:32.160 Don't even verbalize that, even if it is true. Don't 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:36.360 use your words to describe your situations. Use your words 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:40.000 to change your situation. Don't talk to God about how 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:41.080 big your mountains are. 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:43.840 Talk to your mountains about how big your God is. 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:48.800 Being negative, complaining, that's just going to depress us and 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.840 cause us to sink down. The way we stay strong 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:53.960 is to keep an attitude of faith. 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:55.040 By giving God praise. 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:59.520 I'm sure Abraham got up many mornings and those negative 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:01.080 thoughts bombarded his mind. 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:02.200 It's not gonna happen. 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:05.680 You're too old, it's been too long, This is impossible, 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:07.720 same kind of things that come against us. 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:09.520 He had to make a decision. 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:12.280 Was he gonna dwell on those lives and go around 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:15.560 negative and complaining, or was he going to stay in 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:18.920 faith and keep giving God praise. I believe he did 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.640 just what we're talking about. When the negative thoughts came, 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.520 he turned them around and just said, Father, thank you 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:25.960 that you're working in my life. 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:28.560 This may look impossible, but I know. 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:31.560 You're the God of the impossible, and at the right time, 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:35.120 you're gonna bring this promise to pass. Day after day, 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:39.319 even year after year, he just kept thanking God. That's 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:42.600 how we stay strong. Do you know when we dwell 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:47.240 on the wrong thoughts, it affects our moods, We get down, discourage, 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.040 to lose our hope. And some of you today, the 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:53.440 reason you don't have the joy and the enthusiasm God 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:57.080 wants you to have is because you're constantly dwelling on 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:57.680 the negative. 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:00.439 Well, Joel, you don't know my situation. 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.440 It's been so long and I've prayed and prayed and 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:06.240 prayed and prayed and prayed, and I don't see anything happening. 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:09.760 Now here's the problem. You got to switch over into praise. 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:13.280 When you start thinking God, you're gonna have joy, You're 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:16.440 gonna be positive, you'll be hopeful. And the fact is 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:20.280 Abraham waited twenty four years to see his promise come 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:22.840 to pass. The only way he could do that was 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:26.640 by giving God praise. I'm asking you today to stir 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:31.200 your faith up. God doesn't abort any dreams. Quit dwelling 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:33.880 on the negative. It may have been a long time, 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:37.000 but the good news is the seed is still in you. 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:40.840 And every time you give God praise, every time you 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:43.160 have a good report, every time you have a smile 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.880 on your face, you are watering that seed. And it's 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:51.360 so important to stay on the offensive, stay proactive. I 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:54.920 found when we get lazy and passive in our thought 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:57.960 life and we let our guard down before long, what's 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:00.840 going to happen. Doubt and unbelief will try to fill 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:04.960 our mind. If we're not careful, we'll start talking defeat 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:09.320 out of the heart the mouth sticks. I'm convinced one 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:12.199 reason the scripture tells us to bless the Lord at 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:16.120 all times is because God knew in our times of difficulty. 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:18.800 He knew when we were holding on to a promise 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:22.080 and not seeing anything happening, we would all be saying 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:24.880 something and we can't praise and complain. 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:25.600 At the same. 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:28.120 Time, he knew we'd either be saying poor ol me. 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:31.160 I knew I wouldn't qualify for that new home. I 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:34.679 knew my marriage wouldn't last or we'd be saying, Father, 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.280 I thank you that I'm a victor and not a victim. 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.280 I know no good thing will you withhold because. 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:43.920 I walk up rightly, and because I'm the Seed of Abraham. 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:45.960 You did it for him, and God, I know you'll 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.880 do it for me. See, don't be a complainer, be 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.480 a praiser. When you're full of praise, you're going to 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:54.920 be strong. We need to make this a habit. Train 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:58.240 your mind to see the good and go around thanking God. 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:01.400 I know when I was growing up, we used to 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.480 have a conference every Thanksgiving here at Lakewood. 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:06.199 People would come from all over the. 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:09.320 World, and at that time we would house the foreign 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:12.440 guests at our other location and we would provide them 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:15.480 meals as well well. One year, I remember, when I 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.920 was just a little boy, my father decided that he 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:21.960 was going to believe that somebody would give us two 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:25.240 cows so we could provide all the meat for our 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:28.520 foreign guest. God just dropped that into his heart. He 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:31.320 felt very strongly about it. Down in here, the seed 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:34.880 was planning. He then announced it to the congregation. He said, 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:37.520 I want you to set your faith in agreement with 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:40.200 mine that somebody will give us these two cows. 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:43.200 They were all excited. Everybody clapped. In the first couple 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.480 of weeks. My dad was so determined. 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:48.640 He went around saying, Father, thank you that you're supplying 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:49.760 all of our needs. 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.200 Thank you that you're going to give us these two cows. 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:55.559 You know, in the beginning, it's easy, we're excited, we're 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:59.440 all fired up. But week after week went by and 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:02.440 there was no sign of any cows. My father was 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:06.160 so surprised. He had not gotten one phone call, not one. 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:07.520 Lead concerning those cows. 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.720 Now, the conference was just a couple of months away, 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:13.520 and the staff was beginning to ask about the food 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:16.840 arrangements and what they were supposed to do. That's when 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:20.480 the negative thoughts started whispering in his ears. What are 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:22.520 you going to do if you don't get these cows. 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:25.800 Maybe this wasn't God, Maybe you just made this up. 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:28.160 After all, you got enough money. Won't you go out 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:30.720 and buy the cows. You're wasting all your time and energy. 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:33.760 My dad did his best to stand against those negative thoughts. 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:36.560 He told the congregation again, let's keep believing for our 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:40.240 cows and see the battle was taking place in his mind. 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:43.880 That's why it's so important to stay on guard. Well, 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:48.240 little by little, my father's faith began to weaken. Instead 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:52.560 of replacing the negative thoughts, he started dwelling on them. 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.720 He thought to himself, well, I guess we do have 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:59.080 enough money to buy the cows, and I am spending 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:01.760 a lot of time in on this. Maybe it just 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.760 wasn't meant to be. Maybe I just didn't hear God right. 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:07.400 Long story short, he gave up. 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.240 And had somebody go out and buy two cows. No 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:10.839 big deals. 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:13.160 He just let it go, kept it quiet, didn't say 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:15.920 anything to anybody about it, and they had the conference. 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:19.400 Everything went great, But a couple of weeks later, my 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:22.880 dad told how he had a dream one night, and 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:26.320 in this dream, he was in this big open field 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.880 acres and acres, and way out in the distance he 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:33.560 could see this huge snake must have been one hundred 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.959 feet long, and he noticed something very odd about it. 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:38.679 It had two big humps in it. 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:42.160 Now, out of curiosity, he walked toward it, and when 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:45.800 he got up closer, he could see the distinct outline 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:48.520 of two cows. Inside that snake. 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.360 He could see the head, the back, the legs. 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:55.959 It was obvious the snake had eaten those cows. Well, 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:59.000 he woke up and he told how God spoke to him, 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:02.080 not out loud, but down in here. God said, I 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:05.080 just want you to know you let the enemy have. 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:06.040 Your two cows. 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:10.080 And that's what happens when we give in to doubt 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:13.920 and unbelieve. There's no telling how many promises God is 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.520 placed in our hearts that we've allowed to. 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:17.280 Be taken away. 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.360 Now I'm asking you today, don't give up on your 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:21.040 two cows. 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:22.520 Don't give up on your seed. 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:26.200 You've got to keep watering that seed day in day out. 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:29.520 Some of you kind of like my father. 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:33.520 You've gotten passive and you're not actively believing, you're not 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:37.160 actively stretching your faith. Well, the good news is you 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:40.240 can start right now. It's never too late. The seed 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:43.120 is still in. You get up every morning thanking God 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:45.320 that the answer is on the way, Thank him that 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:49.240 he's bringing your dreams to pass. Dare to believe. You've 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:53.160 got to keep your seed water. Friends, God doesn't abort 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:56.880 the dreams we do. As long as you will keep believing, 0:14:57.200 --> 0:15:00.000 the seed is alive and well on the inside of you. 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.800 Says about Abraham in the natural, he had no reason 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:06.520 to have hope, but that didn't bother him. He just 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:10.960 kept hoping on in faith. Anyway, my father gave up 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:14.280 when he started dwelling on the negative thoughts. He lost 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.320 the battle right here before he ever lost it physically. 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:20.560 And the fact is they could have bought the meat 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:21.320 for the convention. 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:22.840 That wasn't any big deal. 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:26.560 But God was trying to teach my father a principle 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:29.480 to stand strong in his faith, to not give in 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:30.600 to doubt and unbelieve. 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.240 The two cows were not a big deal. 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.720 But nine years later, when my mother was diagnosed with 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:40.360 terminal cancer, that was a big deal. Now they weren't 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:43.200 believing for a couple of cows. They were believing from 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:46.760 my mother's life. And thank God, this time my parents 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.400 knew how to stand strong and fight the good fight 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:49.880 of faith. 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:51.160 I would hear. 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:55.520 Them all through the day, especially my mother going through 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:59.400 the house thanking the Lord for her healing, thanking. 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:01.600 God that you would live long, healthy life. 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:06.520 From morning to evening, my mother was constantly watering her seed. 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:08.560 She stayed on the offensive. 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:12.000 If she had gotten passive, she would have sunk down 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:13.800 into that deep hold of depression. 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:15.680 She probably wouldn't be here today. 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.840 The only way you can keep yourself strong, especially in 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:21.760 the dark times, is to keep thanking God that the 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:25.680 answers on the way that seed begin to grow. Little 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:28.800 by little, she got better and better. That was twenty 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:32.360 five years ago. This week today, my mother is as 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:36.200 strong and as healthy as she could possibly do. The 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:40.720 scripture tells us in Hebrews, we have to hold fast 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:42.440 the profession of your faith. 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:46.440 That means hold fast to what God's put in your heart, 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:48.480 hold on to your dreams. 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:51.160 It indicates something's going to try to take it away. 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:55.120 That means you got to grip it tightly, stay determined, 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:57.400 stay persistent, and. 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:59.080 Don't dwell on those lies. 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:02.400 When the back in your mind, some of you, like 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:06.680 my father, you're wondering, can God give me these two cows? 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:10.600 Can God really restore my marriage? Can God really turn 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:14.320 my situation around? No, you've got it backwards. Quit asking 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:18.240 can God and start declaring God can, and I know 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:22.600 God will. You may not be feeling very well those 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:25.399 thoughts come telling you this is it man, You're not 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:27.600 going to make it. No, just turn it around. Just 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:30.320 like my mother, Father, Thank you that you're restoring health 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:33.600 unto me. Thank you that I'll live a long satisfied life. 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:36.840 Your child may not be doing right. The negative thoughts 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:39.760 try to bombarde your mind. No turn it around, father. 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:40.280 Thank you. 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:42.720 As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:45.840 I thank you that my children will fulfill their destiny. 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:49.760 Maybe at the office things are trying to pull you down. 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:50.879 You've got some struggles. 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:53.800 Don't dwell on that. Don't go around well. I wonder 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:55.880 when God's going to do something in my life. Don't 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:57.280 just turn it around. Father. 0:17:57.320 --> 0:18:00.359 I thank you that right now you're working in my life. 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:03.280 I thinking that you always caused me to triumph. I 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:06.520 thinking that no weapon formed against me will ever prosper. 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:09.040 You start talking like that, you know what you're doing. 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:10.639 You're watering your seed. 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:14.639 If you'll stay in faith, you'll give birth to those promises. 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:18.080 You'll see God bring them to pass. I love what 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:20.879 a friend of mine did. Her name is Dawn, and 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:23.280 she grew up here in the church. I've known her 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:25.159 as long as I can remember, since I was a 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:28.199 little boy. And after Dawn and her husband got married, 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:31.399 they had to desire to have a baby. They tried 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:34.680 and tried and went through all these fertility treatments, did 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:38.400 everything they could with no success. And year after year 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:41.440 went by, and at this time Dawn was the head 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:44.679 of our children's ministry. Well, when my father went to 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:46.920 be with the Lord and I stepped up to pasture 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:49.520 the church. She had been believing to have that baby 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:52.879 for over twenty years. And one day we were in 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:57.240 a meeting about the children's ministry and Dawn said, Joel, 0:18:57.320 --> 0:19:00.720 I've got a real good assistant trained, because when I 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:02.760 go to have my baby, I'm going to be out 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:05.920 for a few months. And after the meeting, I got 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:08.160 my sister Lisa aside. She was in there with us, 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:10.400 and I said, Lisa, did I miss it somewhere it's 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:14.040 Dawn pregnant. Lisa said, no, Joe, she's still believing to 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:14.840 have that baby. 0:19:15.160 --> 0:19:17.920 Let me tell you. Dawn talked like she was pregnant. 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:19.760 She talked like she was going to have it next week. 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:23.040 And I have to admit in the natural. And I 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:25.280 didn't certainly tell anybody this, but I kind of thought 0:19:25.320 --> 0:19:27.959 to myself, Dawn, you have been believing to have this 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:31.600 baby for as long as I've practically known you. Maybe 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:33.600 God wants to do something different. Maybe you should make 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:36.440 some other plans. But let me tell you, Dawn had 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:39.800 her mind made up. The promise was in her. That's 0:19:39.840 --> 0:19:42.560 why you should not let other people talk you out 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:46.240 of your dreams. They don't know the seed that God's 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:50.359 put in you. And Dawn did just like Abraham. She 0:19:50.520 --> 0:19:53.600 kept thinking God that one day she'd have that baby, 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:57.520 that one day she would see her dreams come to pass. Well, 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:01.480 twenty nine years later, Dawn went to the doctor to 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:05.440 have a checkup. He said, congratulations, Dawn, you're not only 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:09.200 gonna have one child, You're gonna have twins. 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:10.399 Today. 0:20:11.400 --> 0:20:14.840 Those little babies today are about six months old, and 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:16.639 Dawn is just as happy as can be. 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:20.040 She hasn't slept in six months, but she's happy by faith. 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:24.640 But I love the fact that God does not abort 0:20:24.680 --> 0:20:27.880 the dreams. Some of you think you could never be well, 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:30.000 you could never have a baby, you could never get 0:20:30.040 --> 0:20:30.639 out of debt. 0:20:31.000 --> 0:20:31.720 Don't give up. 0:20:32.400 --> 0:20:35.520 Keep giving God praise, keep believing, get up every morning, 0:20:35.680 --> 0:20:38.480 thanking him that the answers on the way, And even 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:41.760 when it looks impossible, learn to speak words of faith. 0:20:42.320 --> 0:20:44.200 You may not be able to see a way out, 0:20:44.400 --> 0:20:48.040 but know this Our God is the way maker. Just 0:20:48.160 --> 0:20:50.800 like he parted the Red Sea for the children of Israel, 0:20:51.080 --> 0:20:54.080 he can make a way in your life. Don't get negative, 0:20:54.080 --> 0:20:59.000 don't start complaining. Keep the song of praise in your heart. Remember, 0:20:59.320 --> 0:21:03.320 praise always precedes the victory. The mistake we make a 0:21:03.320 --> 0:21:06.840 lot of times is we're waiting for our situations to change, 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:09.240 and as soon as the promise comes to pass, then 0:21:09.280 --> 0:21:11.840 we're going to be happy. But God says, you got 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:14.240 to get happy first. You've got to give me praise first. 0:21:14.560 --> 0:21:17.960 Then I'll begin to turn things around. You remember when 0:21:18.200 --> 0:21:21.640 Joshua and the people were marching around the walls of Jericho. 0:21:22.200 --> 0:21:25.080 They had to shout before the walls came down. 0:21:25.880 --> 0:21:26.960 That seems kind of odd. 0:21:27.040 --> 0:21:29.040 Seems like God would want them to shout and be 0:21:29.160 --> 0:21:32.359 happy after the victory, after the walls have fallen. 0:21:32.840 --> 0:21:35.200 But no, that doesn't take any faith. 0:21:35.800 --> 0:21:38.360 We can all sing and give God praise when we're 0:21:38.359 --> 0:21:41.240 on the mountaintop, but God wants us to learn to 0:21:41.280 --> 0:21:43.639 give him praise even when we're in the valley and 0:21:43.720 --> 0:21:45.760 we don't thank God for the problem. We think him 0:21:45.760 --> 0:21:48.199 that we're coming out, We think him that victory is 0:21:48.240 --> 0:21:52.040 on its way. This is what David did. He had 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:55.600 all kinds of challenges. People were lying about him, doing 0:21:55.680 --> 0:21:58.520 him wrong, trying to kill him. He said in song 0:21:58.600 --> 0:22:03.400 fifty nine, enemies are coming against me like vicious dogs, 0:22:03.520 --> 0:22:04.520 trying to destroy me. 0:22:04.920 --> 0:22:06.560 But as for me, what am I going to do? 0:22:06.880 --> 0:22:10.040 I will sing about your power, and I will shout 0:22:10.080 --> 0:22:13.439 for joy, for you are my refuge, my place of 0:22:13.520 --> 0:22:17.879 safety in my day of distress. Notice in David's time 0:22:18.000 --> 0:22:21.920 of need, he wasn't sitting around having a pity party complaining. 0:22:22.560 --> 0:22:25.040 He was singing about the greatness of God. 0:22:25.560 --> 0:22:28.600 He was saying, in effect, my enemies may be powerful, 0:22:28.840 --> 0:22:32.320 but I know my God is all powerful. My obstacles 0:22:32.320 --> 0:22:34.840 may be high, but I know my God is the 0:22:34.840 --> 0:22:35.560 most time. 0:22:36.119 --> 0:22:37.160 He wasn't talking to. 0:22:37.119 --> 0:22:40.040 God about how big his problems were. He was talking 0:22:40.040 --> 0:22:42.800 to his problems about how big his God was. And 0:22:42.880 --> 0:22:45.439 some of you today, if you just start singing a 0:22:45.480 --> 0:22:49.800 new song instead of complaining and thinking about what you're not, 0:22:50.200 --> 0:22:52.560 you need to start thanking God for what you're going 0:22:52.600 --> 0:22:56.200 to become. Our attitude should be I've come too far 0:22:56.320 --> 0:23:00.240 to stop now. I've got dreams, I've got promises, will 0:23:00.280 --> 0:23:03.639 stay in faith and give birth to everything that God's 0:23:03.640 --> 0:23:07.560 put in my heart. I think about Elijah one Kings, 0:23:07.640 --> 0:23:10.560 chapter eighteen. There was a great drought in the land, 0:23:11.040 --> 0:23:13.760 been going on for several years, and the people were 0:23:13.760 --> 0:23:17.359 in desperate need of water. And one day God dropped 0:23:17.359 --> 0:23:20.480 the promise in Elijah's heart that it was going to rain. 0:23:21.119 --> 0:23:23.879 So he went and announced it to Ahab, the leader. 0:23:24.280 --> 0:23:25.800 And it's interesting how he did it. 0:23:26.040 --> 0:23:30.880 He said, Ahab, I hear the sound of abundance of rain. 0:23:31.720 --> 0:23:35.800 And I'm sure Ahab thought naturally, like maybe he heard 0:23:35.880 --> 0:23:39.160 some thunder or maybe heard rain often the distance. 0:23:39.440 --> 0:23:43.080 But no, Elijah didn't hear it physically. He heard it 0:23:43.119 --> 0:23:43.720 down in here. 0:23:44.480 --> 0:23:48.480 And I love the fact that Elijah announced his dream. 0:23:48.720 --> 0:23:49.680 He spoke it out. 0:23:50.640 --> 0:23:54.639 Words give life to our faith. Sometimes it's good for 0:23:54.720 --> 0:23:57.359 you to tell somebody else what God has put in 0:23:57.400 --> 0:23:57.879 your heart. 0:23:58.480 --> 0:23:59.720 Words have creative. 0:24:00.920 --> 0:24:04.239 That's why I'm constantly telling you your best days are 0:24:04.280 --> 0:24:06.640 still out in front of you, and two thousand and 0:24:06.680 --> 0:24:09.359 seven is going to be better than two thousand and six. 0:24:09.640 --> 0:24:14.560 You can prophesy your future. Your child may not be 0:24:14.680 --> 0:24:17.200 doing right, but it do you good to tell your 0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:19.040 friends next time you see them, Hey, you know what 0:24:19.200 --> 0:24:22.399 my child's turning around. My child's going to do great things. 0:24:23.040 --> 0:24:25.600 Your finances may be kind of low. You need to 0:24:25.640 --> 0:24:28.679 make some new announcements. I am blessed. I have the 0:24:28.720 --> 0:24:32.040 favor of God. Whatever I touch prospers. My best days 0:24:32.240 --> 0:24:34.800 are out in front of any somebody say, how do 0:24:34.840 --> 0:24:37.119 you know that? Just tell him I heard it on 0:24:37.160 --> 0:24:39.600 the inside. I heard it down in here. That's what 0:24:39.640 --> 0:24:40.280 Elijah did. 0:24:40.320 --> 0:24:40.840 He hurt it. 0:24:41.480 --> 0:24:43.800 Then he announced his dream. Then he took it one 0:24:43.840 --> 0:24:47.040 step further, very important. He went to the top of 0:24:47.160 --> 0:24:50.640 Mount Carmel, and he began to worship God. He did 0:24:50.720 --> 0:24:51.800 just what I'm talking about. 0:24:51.920 --> 0:24:52.320 I believe. 0:24:52.359 --> 0:24:54.520 He went up there and said, God, thank you that 0:24:54.560 --> 0:24:57.480 it's going to rain, thank you that this drought is ending. 0:24:57.520 --> 0:25:01.480 Thank you that you're changing things. One of his servants out. 0:25:01.320 --> 0:25:03.320 To the other side of the mountain to see if 0:25:03.320 --> 0:25:05.600 he could see anything up in the sky, any sign 0:25:05.680 --> 0:25:08.320 of rain. That young man came back a few minutes 0:25:08.400 --> 0:25:11.760 later and said, Elijah, there's nothing, not a cloud in 0:25:11.840 --> 0:25:16.200 the sky. Well did Elijah get discouraged? Did he say, God, 0:25:16.240 --> 0:25:17.720 I thought you told me it was going to rain. 0:25:17.800 --> 0:25:20.600 I thought I heard the sound of abundance. No, he 0:25:20.760 --> 0:25:24.240 just kept worshiping. He kept thanking God that the answer 0:25:24.320 --> 0:25:27.120 was on the way. The servant went out six more 0:25:27.160 --> 0:25:30.199 times came back with the same negative report. 0:25:30.480 --> 0:25:34.320 Nothing didn't bother Elijah. He just kept thanking God. 0:25:35.040 --> 0:25:37.920 Finally, on the seventh time, the servant said, I saw 0:25:37.960 --> 0:25:40.600 a little cloud up in the sky. It wasn't long 0:25:40.640 --> 0:25:44.679 after that before the heavens opened up and Elijah saw 0:25:44.840 --> 0:25:48.400 the abundance of rain. But think about this, he heard 0:25:48.440 --> 0:25:51.600 it down in here before he ever saw it out 0:25:51.640 --> 0:25:55.040 in here. Let me ask you today, what do you hear? 0:25:55.560 --> 0:25:58.919 Can you hear the sound of abundance over your own life? 0:25:59.320 --> 0:26:02.280 Can you hear the sound of God's blessings and favor? 0:26:02.600 --> 0:26:05.160 Can you hear the sound of increase? Can you hear 0:26:05.200 --> 0:26:08.280 the sound of divine health? Some of you need to 0:26:08.320 --> 0:26:11.639 start hearing some new sounds. I don't know what that 0:26:11.680 --> 0:26:13.720 preacher is talking about. I don't hear anything. No, I'm 0:26:13.720 --> 0:26:16.320 talking about down in here. By faith, you need to 0:26:16.359 --> 0:26:18.360 hear it, and then you need to speak it out. 0:26:18.400 --> 0:26:21.040 You need to declare it, and then take the third step, 0:26:21.280 --> 0:26:24.840 get over into your position of praise, and you think 0:26:24.880 --> 0:26:27.639 about Elijah. He didn't pay a lot of attention to 0:26:27.680 --> 0:26:30.960 the negative reports. Six times that young man told him 0:26:30.960 --> 0:26:31.560 something bad. 0:26:31.840 --> 0:26:33.040 He just kept worshiping. 0:26:33.760 --> 0:26:37.160 Maybe you've had some bad reports concerning your health, Well, 0:26:37.200 --> 0:26:39.520 you don't need to read that thing twenty times a day. 0:26:39.760 --> 0:26:43.120 Put it away and start thanking God that he's restoring hell. 0:26:43.840 --> 0:26:47.200 Maybe your business is slow, your checking account doesn't look good, Well, 0:26:47.200 --> 0:26:48.000 you don't need to read. 0:26:47.840 --> 0:26:48.680 The numbers all day. 0:26:48.720 --> 0:26:52.000 Put that away and just thank God that increase is 0:26:52.040 --> 0:26:52.600 on the way. 0:26:52.960 --> 0:26:55.760 You've got to hear the sound of abundance. 0:26:55.240 --> 0:26:59.320 Over your own life, it says in Isaiah fifty four. 0:27:00.160 --> 0:27:03.879 Sing old bearing woman, you who never bore a child, 0:27:04.440 --> 0:27:08.880 break forth into song and shout for joy. It's interesting 0:27:08.920 --> 0:27:11.920 this passage was written to women that didn't have any children. 0:27:12.359 --> 0:27:13.320 Notice what it's saying. 0:27:13.800 --> 0:27:16.640 If your dreams have not come to pass, if you've 0:27:16.680 --> 0:27:20.119 got unborn promises, if you don't have that baby yet, 0:27:20.640 --> 0:27:22.000 don't just sit around in the feet. 0:27:22.080 --> 0:27:23.760 Don't just give up and say too bad for me. 0:27:24.200 --> 0:27:27.200 No, God says, when you're bearing, first thing you need 0:27:27.240 --> 0:27:29.040 to do is sing a song of praise. 0:27:29.840 --> 0:27:31.520 Well, Joel, I'm kind of depressed today. 0:27:31.520 --> 0:27:31.800 Man. 0:27:31.920 --> 0:27:33.880 I'll sing after I have my baby. 0:27:34.480 --> 0:27:37.879 No, this passage wasn't written to people that were holding 0:27:37.920 --> 0:27:41.159 their baby. It was written to empty armed people, to 0:27:41.280 --> 0:27:42.919 people who did not have. 0:27:42.800 --> 0:27:43.680 What they were believing. 0:27:43.720 --> 0:27:43.800 For. 0:27:44.680 --> 0:27:47.879 One principle we can see through this scripture is that 0:27:48.160 --> 0:27:52.919 singing is the birth position. When you're giving God praise, 0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:54.680 when you're giving him thanks. You know what you're doing 0:27:54.920 --> 0:27:56.240 putting yourself. 0:27:55.800 --> 0:27:58.800 In a position to give birth to that promise. This 0:27:58.960 --> 0:28:02.199 is exactly what a li I you did. He kept worshiping. 0:28:01.720 --> 0:28:06.520 God and eventually he saw the abundance of rain. Let 0:28:06.600 --> 0:28:09.119 me challenge you today, get into the birth. 0:28:08.880 --> 0:28:11.240 Position, have a song of praise. 0:28:11.760 --> 0:28:14.920 Remember, God doesn't abort any dreams. You may not see 0:28:14.920 --> 0:28:18.000 anything happening, but you've got to hold on to your promise. 0:28:18.520 --> 0:28:21.440 When the negative thoughts come, turn it around and thank 0:28:21.480 --> 0:28:23.760 God that the answer is on the way. Stay in 0:28:23.840 --> 0:28:26.680 the birth position, keep a song of praise coming out 0:28:26.680 --> 0:28:29.600 of your heart. If you do this, I know you 0:28:29.680 --> 0:28:33.280 won't die with any unborn promises. You'll give birth. God 0:28:33.320 --> 0:28:35.840 will bring your dreams to pass. You'll live the life 0:28:35.880 --> 0:28:38.920 of victory He has in story. Do you receive it today? 0:28:40.960 --> 0:28:43.680 We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 0:28:43.720 --> 0:28:46.600 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:47.040 --> 0:28:48.000 Would you pray with me. 0:28:48.560 --> 0:28:53.680 Just say, Lord Jesus, come into my heart. I repent 0:28:53.720 --> 0:28:58.760 of my sins. 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