God's Hand Is Outstretched Toward You

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We love you, and 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.600 we're believing that you're going to have a blessed, prosperous year. 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:05.880 Then you're going to see God's goodness in new ways. 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:08.520 If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:10.560 by and see us. I promise you will make you 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:12.640 feel right at home. But thank you for tuning in. 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:15.440 Thanks again for coming out today. I like to start 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.200 with something funny each week. And I heard about this lady. 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:21.160 She was on an airplane reading her Bible, and the 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:24.200 man sitting next to her said, you don't believe all 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:26.480 that stuff in there, do you? She said, of course 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.200 I do. It's the Bible. He said, well, what about 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:32.440 that God that got swallowed by a well? She said, 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:35.760 you mean Jonah. Yes, I believe that too. He said, well, 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:39.040 how could he possibly live all that time inside of 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.680 a well? She thought about it a moment, said I 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:43.960 don't know. When I get to heaven, I'll have to 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:47.400 ask him. He kind of said sarcastically, Well, what if 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:50.359 he's not in heaven. She smiled and said, then you're 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:54.480 going to have to ask him. All right, hold up 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:57.360 your Bible, say it like you mean it. This is 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.520 my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:03.040 have what it says I have. I can do what 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:05.799 it says I can do. Today I will be taught 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:10.040 the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:13.480 my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:17.880 In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:23.000 to you today about the outstretched hand of God. As believers, 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:25.920 you and I have an advantage. We don't have to 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:29.560 go through life just depending on our own talent, our 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:33.799 own ability, our own strength. The scripture talks about how 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:38.240 God's hand is outstretched toward us. That means there is 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:43.920 a supernatural power behind every believer. God's outstretched hand will 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:47.920 help you accomplish dreams that you thought were impossible. His 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:51.240 outstretched hand will cause you to get well even when 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:55.240 the medical report says there's no way. The outstretched hand 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:58.680 of God will help us to prosper even when the 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:02.160 economy is down. Now, all through the day, you need 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:05.760 to imagine, not that God is mad at me. I've 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.680 made so many mistakes. I'll probably never get out of 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:13.360 this problem. No, get a new perspective. Imagine God's hand 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:17.640 is outstretched towards you. It is a hand of healing, 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:22.960 a hand of favor, a hand of restoration. You may 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:26.839 have some obstacles in your path. Maybe you're facing a sickness, 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:30.960 an addiction. Perhaps another person is trying to hold you back. 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:34.279 Do you have to realize there is a force that 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:37.560 is for you, that is greater than any force that 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:40.839 will ever be against you. Your attitude should be I 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.720 am not settling where I am. I know I have 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:47.200 an advantage as a child of the Most High. I 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:51.000 know God's hand is outstretched towards me. You're saying, I 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:55.000 know favor is on its way. I know healing is coming. 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.320 I know God is fighting my battles for me. When 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:01.479 we release our faith like that, the creator of the 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:05.640 universe breathes in our direction. The scripture says here in 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:10.200 Isaiah fourteen twenty seven, the Lord of Host has purposed, 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:14.640 and who can annul it? I love that. It's saying 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:18.080 God has a purpose for your life. He has already 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:21.640 planned out your days for victory. He's got a comeback 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:24.839 already lined up for every setback. He's got a solution 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:28.719 for every problem. The right people, the right breaks, the 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:32.960 right opportunities, all your days have been written in God's book. 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:37.080 Notice it says who can annul it? God is saying, 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:41.080 who can stop my plan? Sickness can't stop it, the 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:44.400 economy can't stop it. A bad break can't stop it, 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:48.400 an accident can't stop it. God has preordained you to 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:51.720 be victorious. You need to get this on the inside. 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:54.440 Does it matter what it looks like in the natural, 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:57.719 No matter how many setbacks you've been through or how 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:00.680 many obstacles are in your path. Right now now, the 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:04.040 Most High God has destined you to live a life 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:07.040 of victory, and some of you today you need to 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:10.480 get a new vision. At one time you were excited 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:14.200 about your future. You had big goals, big dreams, but 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:17.440 you went through some disappointments. Life didn't turn out like 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.279 you to hope, and now you've just settled you're not 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:25.040 expecting God's favor. But understand, God's plan for your life 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:29.560 didn't go away just because you had some disappointments, just 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:33.440 because somebody treated you unfairly. God didn't write us off 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:37.760 just because we made some poor decisions. God knew every 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:40.640 mistake we'd ever make. He knew every person that would 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.440 do us wrong. And the good news is none of 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:47.560 that stopped God's purpose for your life. Nothing can anno it. 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:51.240 No matter what has happened in your past. God still 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:53.880 has a bright future in store for every one of you. 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:56.560 And if you will get your hopes back and get 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:59.520 your vision in line with God's, then the rest of 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:02.720 your life is going to be the best of your life. 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:06.480 It goes on to say, my hand is outstretched, and 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:10.200 who can stop it? God is saying, as long as 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:13.920 my hand is outstressed, you are headed for victory. As 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:16.880 long as I've got my hand stretched out, then I 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:21.320 have favor that nobody can stop. I have promotion, I 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:26.160 have increased I have supernatural breaks that cannot be held back. 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:29.280 If you will get in agreement with God and get 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:33.160 up each day knowing that his hand is outstretched towards you, 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:35.760 then you might as well get ready. It's just a 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:40.000 matter of time before you see explosive blessings, blessings that 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:42.840 thrust you to a new level. It's just a matter 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.360 of time before you get the break you need, the 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:48.360 right person comes across your path. Just a matter of 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:52.200 time before your health turns around, that sickness leaves, your 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:56.560 strength is restored. How could this happen? God's hand is 0:07:56.600 --> 0:08:00.960 outstretched towards you and nothing can stop it. In other words, 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:05.600 when God gets ready to bless you, no obstacle, no sickness, 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:10.280 no person, no government, all the forces of darkness cannot 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:13.400 stop it from happening, we should have the attitude. The 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.440 economy may be down, but I'm not worried about it. 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:20.000 I know I have an advantage. God's hand is outstretched 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:23.480 toward me. He is supplying all of my needs. He's 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:26.840 prospering me. Even in a recession. I am blessed in 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:29.880 the city and blessed in the country. Why the hand 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:33.920 of God. A friend of mine told about this man, 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:38.200 he knows business associate. He was living a perfectly healthy life. 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:41.000 Everything was going great, but one day he started having 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:44.520 these unusual headaches. He began to get a little disoriented. 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:46.960 Finally he had to go to the doctor and they 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:50.160 checked him in the hospital, ran some test and long 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:53.199 story short, they discovered that he had a large tumor 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:57.040 in his brain. And this top neurosurgeon, one of the 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:59.920 best in the country, said, all we can do is operate. 0:08:59.920 --> 0:09:02.720 All we can do is try to remove it. They 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.000 didn't give him a lot of hope. He got that 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:08.440 bad news on a Friday. They schedule the operation for 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.200 first thing Monday morning, and they wanted him to stay 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:14.960 in the hospital and just relax and not take any chances. 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:17.880 But this man was very determined to go home over 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.719 the weekend. They tried and tried to talk him out 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:23.240 of it. He said no, I've got to go home 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.160 because I watch a young minister on television and I 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:29.240 need to make sure I watch him this week. They said, 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.880 when we have televisions here, that wasn't good enough. He 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:34.800 wanted to watch in his own home. Well, that week 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:38.560 on the program, I made the statement, it doesn't matter 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:42.720 what the medical report says. God can turn the situation around. 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:47.559 When he heard that something leaped on the inside, he said, 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:51.000 I knew at that moment God had touched me. He 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:53.760 went back on Monday and had the operation, or when 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:56.320 he woke up, the first thing the surgeon said to 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:59.600 him was I want to know whose prayer list are 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:03.160 you on. He went on to tell how he didn't 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:05.320 have this massive tumor. It was just a little bit 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:08.240 of blood. He said, Listen, I've been doing this long 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.920 enough to know the difference between what I see on 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:14.199 the X rays and what I saw in person. What 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:19.000 is that God's outstretched hand releasing healing, doing what medical 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:24.199 science cannot do. You may be facing a sickness today, 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.480 maybe it's something you've had for a long time, but 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:31.360 you need to imagine right now God's hand is outstretched 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:37.199 towards you, releasing healing health wholeness, restoration. When you believe, 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:40.280 nothing can stop it. If it's not your time to go, 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.800 you're not gonna go. If you have not fulfilled your purpose, 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:47.320 nothing can annul it. You need to start talking to 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:50.880 yourself all through the day, over and over in your mind. 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:55.760 Healing is flowing into me. I'm getting stronger, I'm getting healthier. 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:59.319 My youth is being renewed, my strength is being restored. 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:02.560 This sickness didn't come to stay, it came to pass. 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:06.440 When we release our faith like that, it's just like 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:10.640 we're reaching up our hand connecting to God's hand. The 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:14.120 good news is there is healing in his hand, there 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:18.480 is restoration, There is supernatural power in God's outstretched hand. 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:22.360 I think about how when Moses was leading the people 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:24.960 of Israel, he came to a dead end at the 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.840 Red Sea. They had nowhere to go, looked like it 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:31.480 was over. We all face situations in life where we 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:34.480 come to the end of our own ability. In the natural, 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:36.800 we don't see any way out, like that man with 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:39.600 the medical report, or maybe a dream has died some 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:42.920 kind of setback. But if we can just remember God's 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:47.160 hand is still outstretched toward us, and God told Moses, 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:51.720 do what I'm doing. Moses, stretch forth your hand, hold 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:55.880 out that rod as an act of faith. Moses stretched 0:11:55.880 --> 0:12:00.400 out his hand representing God's outstretched hand, and that's when 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.640 the water's parted and the people went through on dry ground. 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:07.720 What am I saying? When we stretch out our hand, 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:12.000 when we release our faith, that's when supernatural things are 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:15.160 going to happen. I can't tell you how many times, 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:18.720 Victorian I, when we were trying to acquire this facility, 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:22.800 we would walk around the building at night when nobody 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.920 could see us. In the natural, we didn't have a chance. 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:30.239 All the odds were against us. It was David verse Goliath. 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:34.120 But we'd go around with our hands outstretched, saying, Father, 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:36.840 thank you that you are turning things in our favor. 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:39.439 Thank you that you are fighting our battles for us. 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:42.760 Thank you that you're giving us the breaks that we need. 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:49.640 What happened, our outstretched hands connected with God's outstretched hand, 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:52.079 and he made a way when it looked like there 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:55.640 was no way. You may be struggling in your finances, 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.560 You need to stretch out your hand toward that business. 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:01.720 Stretch out your hand and toward that house. You're trying 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:04.480 to sell, or maybe just stretch out your hand toward 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:07.240 your check book and say, Father, as an act of 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:10.840 my faith, I am stretching out my hand, believing that 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:14.360 I'm connecting with your outstretched hand, knowing that right now 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:19.120 you're releasing supernatural increase, supernatural promotion. You need to go 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:22.960 around talking to yourself. Father, thank you that your blessings 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:26.000 are chasing me down and overtaking me. Thank you that 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:29.439 whatever I touch prospers and succeeds. I know God, you're 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:31.480 causing me to be at the right place at the 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:34.840 right time. When you do that, that allows God to 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:38.040 release what's in his hand. Maybe you have a child 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:41.120 that's not doing right. Just stretch out your hand toward 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:44.000 his room, or maybe he lives in another city, will 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.839 stretch out your hand toward his home. God, you said, 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:49.400 as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:52.319 And as an act of faith, with my hand out stretched, 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:56.120 I believe right now you are breaking every negative influence, 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:59.920 breaking every addiction, breaking every wrong habit, and you'll release 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:04.800 your favor, your increase, your promotion, your restoration. Sometimes you 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:06.719 just need to look in the mirror and stretch out 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.800 your hand toward yourself. Just say, Father, as an act 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:12.720 of faith, I'm stretching out my hand declaring that I 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:16.880 am blessed, I am prosperous, I am anointed, I am appointed, 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:19.920 I am approved, I am forgiven, I am redeemed, I 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:23.320 am well able. When we release our faith like that, 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:30.000 we can just imagine God's outstretched hand is releasing favor, healing, restoration, 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:34.640 whatever we need. This is especially important when we're tempted 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:37.480 to get discouraged, when things aren't going your way, and 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:40.560 those never lies come telling you that you're never going 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:44.760 to get well, never accomplish your dreams. Don't drag around 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.640 with your head down. Now, that's when, more than ever, 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.800 you need to look up and through your eyes of faith, 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:55.040 see God's outstretched hand. If you get a negative medical report, 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:58.000 don't dwell on it. Look up and see that healing 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:03.960 flowing into you a red sea an impossible situation. Don't 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:07.280 sink into self pity. Oh I'll never get out of this. No, 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:10.360 look up and get a vision of God turning it around. 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:13.800 Whatever you need, it's in God's hand, And the good 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:18.160 news is his hand is outstretched towards you. This is 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:21.560 what the mother of Moses did. She was facing an 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:26.160 impossible situation. When Moses was born, the king ordered that 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:30.080 all the male babies be killed. She could have easily thought, oh, 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:32.280 just my luck, wouldn't you know it? I have a 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:36.080 baby and look what happens. No, she understood this principle. 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:39.480 She knew God's hand was outstretched toward her, and if 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:42.240 she would release her faith and connect with his hand, 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:46.320 supernatural things would happen. She hid Moses as long as 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:48.920 she could, but when he got too big, she put 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:52.040 him in that basket and sent him down the Nile River. 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:55.840 And it just so happened that Faro's daughter went down 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.880 to the river to take a bath. God caused her 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:01.160 to be at the right place at the right time. 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:05.320 That's what happens when we believe God releases favor. She 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:07.840 heard the little baby crying in the basket and she 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:11.120 opened it up. She thought, Wow, what a beautiful little child. 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.720 I'm gonna take him as my own. She said to 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:16.720 her assistant, we need to find somebody that can nurse 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:20.160 this baby. The assistant said, I know just who to find. 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:23.840 She went and got Moses' mother, and would you believe it, 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:27.960 moses mother was able to not only raise her own child, 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:30.760 but on top of that, she got paid for doing it. 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:35.680 Only God could orchestrate that. That was his outstretched hand 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:42.000 releasing protection, favor increase. Psalm one eighteen says, there are 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:45.800 shouts of joy and victory in the home of the godly. 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:50.160 The strong arm of the Lord has done amazing things. 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:53.480 I believe God is saying that to each one of us. 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:56.320 In the coming days, You're going to see the strong 0:16:56.760 --> 0:17:00.920 arm of the Lord do amazing things. Means God is 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:04.480 going to turn around situations that you thought were impossible. 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:07.560 God is going to help you break addictions that have 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:10.679 held you back for years. God is going to bring 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:15.280 people across your path supernatural opportunities that will thrust you 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:18.320 to the next level. You're going to discover talent on 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:21.280 the inside that you didn't even know you had. There 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:24.159 are going to be shouts of joy and victory in 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:28.200 your home. Why because of the outstretched arm of the Lord. 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:32.000 Let that seed take root today. Remember a few years 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:35.119 ago I was doing a book signing in another state. 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:37.639 There were a few hundred people in the line, and 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:40.240 this lady at one point came up. Looked to be 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:42.800 in her mid fifties, there was a young lady next 0:17:42.840 --> 0:17:45.359 to her, maybe in her thirties, and they were both 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:47.800 crying and crying, and of course I didn't know what 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:51.000 was going on. The lady began to explain how this 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:55.040 was her daughter. They had been estranged for twelve years. 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:58.399 They had gotten at odds with each other. They wanted 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:00.280 to make things right, but there was just two much 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:03.040 water under the bridge. They had not spoken to one 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:07.080 another in over twelve years. But what they didn't realize 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:10.680 was they both had been watching our program on television 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:14.760 and independently, they decided to come to the book signing 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:18.280 that night. When they saw each other, it was like 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:22.679 God melted away all the unforgiveness. A healing began to 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:28.000 take place, that relationship began to be restored. The mother said, 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:30.840 with big tears coming down her cheeks, this is the 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:34.280 happiest day of my life. God has brought my daughter 0:18:34.400 --> 0:18:38.000 back to me. What was she saying? The strong arm 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:41.520 of the Lord has done amazing things. Now there are 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:44.880 shouts of joy and victory in her home. That's what 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:47.320 God is going to do for each one of us, 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:50.720 says in Psalm one thirty eight. Though I am surrounded 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:54.600 by trouble. You will bring me safely through. Your fist 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:59.359 is clenched against my enemies. Think about this. God's hand 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:04.000 is open and outstretched towards you, but his fist is 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:08.080 clensed against your enemies. That's not just talking about people. 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:13.320 Sickness is an enemy. Depression is an enemy, Poverty is 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:16.679 an enemy. You may be struggling with an illness, but 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:20.360 you need to imagine right now. God's fist is clensed 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:24.720 against that cancer, is clensed against that heart disease, but 0:19:24.840 --> 0:19:28.800 his hand of healing is open towards you. God's fist 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:33.119 is clensed against that depression, it's clensed against that poverty. 0:19:33.560 --> 0:19:37.000 But his hand of abundance, his hand of joy, his 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:40.960 hand of peace is open towards you. Or maybe somebody 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:45.040 is treating you unfairly, doing you wrong. Stay on the 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:48.159 high road. Be the bigger person. You don't have to 0:19:48.240 --> 0:19:52.040 get even God's fist is clensed against them, but his 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:55.639 hand of favor is open towards you. I had this 0:19:55.760 --> 0:19:59.240 lady tell how her supervisor at the office was so 0:19:59.359 --> 0:20:03.280 insecure that she was jealous and just intimidated by her. 0:20:03.560 --> 0:20:06.400 She wouldn't give her any credit. She was always trying 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:09.640 to put her down, make her look bad doing something 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:13.119 that annoyed her. This went on month after month. I 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:15.080 told the lady what I'm telling you. You got to 0:20:15.119 --> 0:20:17.760 stay on the high road and let God fight your 0:20:17.800 --> 0:20:21.680 battles for you. This supervisor was a relatively young lady. 0:20:22.119 --> 0:20:25.120 She was in a good position, a fortune five hundred company. 0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:28.160 It looked like this lady would be under her forever. 0:20:28.880 --> 0:20:31.600 But one day the CEO of the company, the man 0:20:31.680 --> 0:20:34.919 that ran the whole business, came to this lady that 0:20:35.000 --> 0:20:37.640 I was talking to, and he said, we've been watching 0:20:37.720 --> 0:20:41.119 you and we are very impressed. We want to offer 0:20:41.160 --> 0:20:44.280 you one of our positions as a senior vice president. 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:49.760 That was like five positions over her old supervisor. Friends, 0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:52.280 God knows how to get you to where you're supposed 0:20:52.320 --> 0:20:55.879 to be. Nothing can stop it. If somebody is trying 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:59.000 to hold you back, don't worry about it. God can 0:20:59.040 --> 0:21:01.919 go over their head if they're trying to make you 0:21:02.000 --> 0:21:04.920 look bad. Just keep doing your best. God is keeping 0:21:04.960 --> 0:21:08.120 the records. He's the one that brings promotion. He can 0:21:08.160 --> 0:21:10.520 either go over their head, he can move them out 0:21:10.520 --> 0:21:13.520 of the way, or he can even change their heart 0:21:13.880 --> 0:21:16.520 and cause them to be good to you. That's what 0:21:16.600 --> 0:21:18.880 happened to this one man. He was trying to get 0:21:18.880 --> 0:21:22.480 his family over to the States. He's an American citizen, 0:21:22.600 --> 0:21:25.439 but his wife is not, and he was working on 0:21:25.480 --> 0:21:28.439 the visas and the proper paperwork. He told how he 0:21:28.520 --> 0:21:31.280 went to the government office, but this man there was 0:21:31.440 --> 0:21:34.960 very rude to him, not helpful at all, just made 0:21:35.000 --> 0:21:38.560 it very confusing, very difficult. After a few weeks, he 0:21:38.600 --> 0:21:41.040 got his paperwork done, got it all know to rise. 0:21:41.320 --> 0:21:44.000 He went back and that man was just as rude 0:21:44.000 --> 0:21:47.280 to him, and some other authorities had already told him 0:21:47.400 --> 0:21:49.960 it should take about six months for the paperwork to 0:21:50.000 --> 0:21:52.800 go through, but this man said, no, no, no, we're 0:21:52.920 --> 0:21:56.480 all backed up. It'll be at least five years. We're 0:21:56.480 --> 0:21:58.800 not going to get to your paperwork for a long time. 0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:03.159 This man was disheartened, so discourage. He's tempted to get 0:22:03.200 --> 0:22:06.040 a little bit upset, but he just kept his cool. 0:22:06.080 --> 0:22:09.560 He understood this principle that God's fist is clensed against 0:22:09.600 --> 0:22:12.760 our enemies. He blessed him and moved on. Well. About 0:22:12.760 --> 0:22:14.720 three weeks later he got a call back from that 0:22:14.880 --> 0:22:17.640 same man said, come on in, your paperwork has all 0:22:17.680 --> 0:22:20.720 gone through. He was so excited it was a miracle. 0:22:20.960 --> 0:22:23.280 He went back and said to the man, I thought 0:22:23.359 --> 0:22:25.280 you said it was going to take five years to 0:22:25.320 --> 0:22:28.480 go through. The man said, well it should have. But 0:22:28.640 --> 0:22:31.600 ever since I met you, I can't get you off 0:22:31.600 --> 0:22:35.119 my mind. I go to bed thinking about you, I 0:22:35.160 --> 0:22:38.360 get up thinking about you. I eat lunch thinking about you. 0:22:39.960 --> 0:22:42.840 He said, I am so tired of seeing you. You 0:22:42.920 --> 0:22:47.600 are making me miserable. Take your paperwork and leave. What 0:22:47.840 --> 0:22:53.960 is that? That's God's fist clensed against our enemies. You 0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:57.080 don't have to fight your battles. God knows how to 0:22:57.080 --> 0:23:00.720 apply pressure to people. He knows how to make someone uncomfortable. 0:23:00.880 --> 0:23:04.040 You just stay in peace. When somebody is doing you wrong, 0:23:04.280 --> 0:23:06.439 you can think to yourself, boy, you are messing with 0:23:06.480 --> 0:23:10.320 the wrong person. God has his hand outstretched toward me, 0:23:10.800 --> 0:23:14.240 but his fist is clensed towards you. It says in 0:23:14.280 --> 0:23:18.119 Exodus six, I will bring you out from your burdens. 0:23:18.680 --> 0:23:22.240 I will free you from your bondage. I will rescue 0:23:22.280 --> 0:23:26.640 you with my outstretched arm and by my mighty acts 0:23:26.640 --> 0:23:30.600 of power. No matter how somebody is treating you, no 0:23:30.640 --> 0:23:32.840 matter what's going on in your life, if you will 0:23:32.880 --> 0:23:36.080 stay in faith, then you're going to see God's mighty 0:23:36.280 --> 0:23:41.480 acts of power? What is that explosive blessings, supernatural turnaround, 0:23:41.640 --> 0:23:48.160 supernatural breakthroughs, supernatural promotion, supernatural deliverance. God is saying, I'm 0:23:48.200 --> 0:23:51.840 gonna free you from the bondage of poverty and lack. 0:23:52.600 --> 0:23:56.520 I'm gonna free you from the burden of depression and discouragement. 0:23:57.080 --> 0:23:59.600 I'm gonna free you from those people that are holding 0:23:59.640 --> 0:24:02.159 you back. Or how about this, I'm going to free 0:24:02.200 --> 0:24:05.760 you from every addiction, every bad habit. How is this 0:24:05.800 --> 0:24:09.720 going to happen by God's mighty acts of power? Had 0:24:09.720 --> 0:24:12.080 a young lady tell me last week how she was 0:24:12.080 --> 0:24:16.320 a cocaine addict for fourteen years. She'd tried everything she 0:24:16.359 --> 0:24:19.280 could to stop. She knew it was destroying her life, 0:24:19.440 --> 0:24:22.400 destroying her health, her family. She was about to lose 0:24:22.440 --> 0:24:25.080 a job again, and she wanted to quit, but didn't 0:24:25.119 --> 0:24:27.800 seem to have the power. But she said, Joel, one day, 0:24:28.080 --> 0:24:31.440 after I'd tried everything on my own, I got down 0:24:31.480 --> 0:24:35.399 on my knees and said, God, please help me. She 0:24:35.600 --> 0:24:38.800 was not a religious person, she didn't come to church, 0:24:39.200 --> 0:24:41.320 but just like a little child, she looked up and 0:24:41.359 --> 0:24:44.520 called out to God and said, I need you when 0:24:44.560 --> 0:24:47.760 she did, all of a sudden, she felt a warmness 0:24:47.840 --> 0:24:50.760 come over her like she had never felt before. It 0:24:50.880 --> 0:24:54.760 was a supernatural peace. Now she sat there and wept 0:24:54.840 --> 0:24:57.919 and wept. It was like a cleansing was taking place, 0:24:58.280 --> 0:25:02.000 a healing on the inside. From that day forward, she 0:25:02.119 --> 0:25:06.080 had no desire for cocaine. She was totally set free. 0:25:06.320 --> 0:25:09.960 She began to gain her weight back, her skin cleared up, 0:25:10.359 --> 0:25:13.880 her hair got thick. She looked like a different person, 0:25:14.200 --> 0:25:18.880 a beautiful young lady. What was that God's outstretched arm 0:25:19.400 --> 0:25:24.280 breaking every bondage, destroying every yoke. No matter how long 0:25:24.520 --> 0:25:26.919 you may have struggled with some kind of addiction, you 0:25:27.000 --> 0:25:30.560 need to get a new vision today. The Most High 0:25:30.600 --> 0:25:34.719 God has his fist clenched, not against you, but against 0:25:34.720 --> 0:25:38.320 that addiction. You don't have to live in bondage. God's 0:25:38.440 --> 0:25:42.760 arm is outstretched towards you. It is an arm of deliverance. 0:25:43.240 --> 0:25:45.719 And if you'll dare do like that, young lady and 0:25:45.880 --> 0:25:49.840 just call out to God, then when your faith meets 0:25:49.840 --> 0:25:54.159 God's power, supernatural things are going to happen. Isaiah fifty 0:25:54.240 --> 0:25:57.359 nine says, Surely the arm of the Lord is not 0:25:57.480 --> 0:26:01.040 too short to save. Isaiah was saying make sure you 0:26:01.200 --> 0:26:04.680 understand this. Don't have a doubt in your mind. There 0:26:04.760 --> 0:26:08.080 is no addiction that God cannot turn around. There is 0:26:08.119 --> 0:26:12.040 no sickness too big, no problem too great. It may 0:26:12.080 --> 0:26:15.800 look impossible to us, but with God, all things are possible. 0:26:16.960 --> 0:26:20.320 I remember this gentleman growing up. He was an executive, 0:26:20.640 --> 0:26:24.399 had a very good job, very successful, but alcohol was 0:26:24.480 --> 0:26:28.359 destroying his life. It was tearing his family apart. He 0:26:28.440 --> 0:26:32.439 and his wife got divorced. He got so low, so distraught, 0:26:32.760 --> 0:26:36.159 he contemplated ending his life. One day, he was in 0:26:36.200 --> 0:26:38.960 a closet on the floor and he said, God, I 0:26:39.000 --> 0:26:42.359 can't take it anymore. Please help me. That was the 0:26:42.400 --> 0:26:46.520 first time he could ever remember acknowledging God. But our 0:26:46.560 --> 0:26:50.399 God is full of mercy. He is a present help 0:26:50.480 --> 0:26:53.399 in our times of trouble, just like that young lady. 0:26:53.640 --> 0:26:56.600 He began to feel this warmness come all over him. 0:26:56.920 --> 0:27:00.560 It was a healing taking place on the inside. That 0:27:00.720 --> 0:27:03.879 moment was a turning point. He never had another drop 0:27:04.000 --> 0:27:07.760 of alcohol. Several years later, he got back together with 0:27:07.840 --> 0:27:12.320 his ex wife. They eventually remarried. Not long after that, 0:27:12.640 --> 0:27:16.440 he resigned his position as that executive and he started 0:27:16.440 --> 0:27:20.280 a small church. It began to grow and grow. Today. 0:27:20.320 --> 0:27:23.840 He's a successful pastor. His family is in the ministry. 0:27:24.040 --> 0:27:27.320 He goes all over the world telling others about God's 0:27:27.359 --> 0:27:31.520 outstretched hand. Friends, what God did for him, he wants 0:27:31.560 --> 0:27:35.879 to do for you. He can break any bondage, a 0:27:35.920 --> 0:27:40.160 bondage of addiction, a bondage of depression, a bondage of poverty, 0:27:40.400 --> 0:27:43.840 a bondage of sickness. All it takes is one mighty 0:27:43.880 --> 0:27:47.200 act of God's power. I believe in the coming days 0:27:47.520 --> 0:27:50.600 there are going to be shouts of joy in your home. 0:27:51.080 --> 0:27:54.000 You're going to have some new shouts of victory. God 0:27:54.080 --> 0:27:58.080 is going to do amazing things. His outstretched arm is 0:27:58.119 --> 0:28:01.800 going to bring supernatural opportunit unities. It's gonna free you 0:28:01.920 --> 0:28:06.119 from every bondage. God is gonna turn around situations that 0:28:06.160 --> 0:28:09.320 you've been praying about for years, like that young lady. 0:28:09.440 --> 0:28:13.160 God is gonna restore relationships that you thought were impossible. 0:28:13.520 --> 0:28:16.080 He is going to bring health and wholeness back into 0:28:16.160 --> 0:28:19.760 your body. And those dreams, those promises that are on 0:28:19.840 --> 0:28:23.040 the inside. They may look too big. You may not 0:28:23.160 --> 0:28:26.040 think it's gonna happen, but know this, God still has 0:28:26.080 --> 0:28:28.600 a way. Now, all through the day, you need to 0:28:28.680 --> 0:28:32.560 imagine God's hand is outstretched towards you. It is a 0:28:32.680 --> 0:28:37.119 hand of favor, a hand of healing, a hand of restoration. 0:28:37.680 --> 0:28:40.440 And when it looks impossible, don't stay down. Look up 0:28:40.640 --> 0:28:43.480 and see that hand. And if you'll do your part 0:28:43.880 --> 0:28:47.760 and release your faith, then your outstretched hand is gonna 0:28:47.760 --> 0:28:50.760 connect with God's open hand, and that's when you're gonna 0:28:50.760 --> 0:28:55.120 see amazing things begin to happen. You're gonna overcome every obstacle, 0:28:55.320 --> 0:28:58.240 You're gonna defeat every enemy, and God is gonna take 0:28:58.280 --> 0:29:01.080 you places that you've never even dreamed of. Amen. Do 0:29:01.160 --> 0:29:05.680 you receive it today? We never like to close our 0:29:05.720 --> 0:29:09.320 broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 0:29:09.360 --> 0:29:13.520 lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 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