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It's A New Season of God's Favor
Joel OsteenAbout this sermon
God has new blessings prepared for you, but in order to receive them, you have to expect His favor. Start declaring His favor over your life and expect new doors to open. Your best days are still ahead, and together we can make a difference in this world with the message of God's hope and love. To give visit JoelOsteen.com/GiveHope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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If you 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.880 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:42.600 share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:55.480 put God's very best in your life. 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:59.440 Well, I'll bless you always a joy to come into 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:02.000 your home, and we come with good news. 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:04.800 We know that God is on your side and He's 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.840 got a great plan and a great future for your life. 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:10.280 And when you draw night of God, God will draw 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:10.760 night to you. 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:13.160 But we're so glad that you've tuned in today, and 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:15.600 if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.200 by and see us. We give you a personal invitation. 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:21.200 You'll love our new facility. And these people are the 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:23.640 finest people in all of Houston, right here at Lathqwist. 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:25.480 So come be a part of one of our services. 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:29.040 I like to start with something kind of funny. 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.360 And I heard about this little three year old boy. 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:33.920 He had a bad cough, and his parents took him 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:35.760 to the doctor. And the doctor put him up on 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.160 the table and he put his stethoscope up to his 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.520 chest and he said, hang still, a little buddy. I'm 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:43.320 just gonna check and see if Barney's in there. The 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:45.920 little boy said, no, Jesus is in my heart, but 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:50.560 Barney's on my underwear. All right, hold your bibles up 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:51.640 and say it like you mean it. 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:54.959 Ready, this is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:55.400 I am. 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:58.560 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:01.280 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:05.600 taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:09.280 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:14.000 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.560 to talk to you today about believing for more of 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:19.840 God's favor in your life. Too many people are stuck 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:23.320 in a rut and they're not expecting anything good. They 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:26.079 don't expect to rise higher, they don't expect to get 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:30.120 any breaks. Their attitude is nothing good ever happens to me. 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:32.520 I don't see how I could ever get out of 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:36.080 these problems. I'll probably never get married, I'll probably never 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:39.520 get out of death. They go around sort of expecting 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:41.800 to get the short end of the stick, and then 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:44.800 they wonder why nothing good ever happens to them. But 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:48.520 the scripture says in Isaiah thirty, verse eighteen, that God 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:52.720 is longing to be good to the people that are 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:57.520 looking for his goodness, his favor, and his victory. Notice, 0:03:57.640 --> 0:03:59.800 God wants to be good to you, but the only 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:02.280 way it's going to happen is if you're looking for 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:06.560 his goodness, if you're expecting his blessings in favor. In 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:10.160 other words, we should actively be releasing our faith for 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:13.440 more of the favor of God. We should go out 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:17.680 each day expecting to get good breaks, expecting to be 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:21.400 at the right place at the right time, expecting doors 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.679 to open for us that may not open for somebody else. 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:27.800 We have an advantage. We have the favor of God. 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:30.960 And I believe that we've entered into a new season, 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:36.120 a season of increase, a season of blessings, a season 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:36.960 where we can. 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:38.400 See more of God's favor. 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:41.080 But if this is going to happen, we have to 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:45.480 do our part and become more favor minded. That means 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:50.200 we're not only expecting good things, but we're declaring God's 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:55.000 favor over our lives. There's a connection between speaking favor 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:58.960 and receiving favor. It's not enough to just think, yeah, Joel, 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:01.480 I believe it. I know I've got God's favor. No, 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:04.039 you've got to give life to your faith by speaking 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:06.920 it out. And every day before we leave the house, 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:10.039 we should just say Father, thank you that I have 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:13.880 your favor. Thank you that I have favor with my boss, 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:17.560 with my clients, thank you that my children have favor 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:20.720 with their teachers. Thank you that your favor is bringing 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:25.400 success into my life. I found, the more favor minded 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.800 we are expecting it and declaring it, the more of 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:31.799 God's favor we're going to receive. For some of you today, 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.120 you're stuck in an old rut and you're not expecting 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:37.440 anything good. Well, Joel two thousand and five has been 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:38.680 a disappointing year for me. 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:40.760 My plans didn't work out. 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.960 I had some setbacks, lost a lot in the hurricane. 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:46.440 Now you've got to shake that junk off. That's over 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:49.640 and done. Your attitude should be. I'm entering into a 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:53.560 new season, a season of increase, a season of blessing, 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:55.839 a season where I'm going to see. 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:57.400 God's favor like never before. 0:05:58.040 --> 0:06:00.240 See, you got to have the right outlook, and you 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:03.320 need to have words of faith and victory coming out 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:07.000 of your mouth. Maybe you've been lonely for a long time. Well, 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:09.720 let me encourage you. It's a new season and you 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:12.599 need to start declaring. The favor of God is turning 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:15.760 things around. The favor of God is bringing good people 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:16.400 into my life. 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:17.279 It's a new day. 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:21.000 Well, Joe, of my finances are just so low. I 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:22.880 don't see how they could ever get better. I've sort 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:26.400 of topped out. Now hear me, clearly, it's a new season. 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:30.320 Start declaring. The favor of God is bringing me promotion, 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:34.359 the favor of God is bringing increase. God's favor is 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:37.920 bringing success into my life. Or maybe you've been sick 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:41.040 for a long time, you've struggled with your health year 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:44.640 after year. But let these words take group deep down 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:45.440 on the inside. 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:48.279 It's a new season. Your attitude should be. 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:51.000 Two thousand and six is going to be my year 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.800 to get well. Two thousand and six. The favor of 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:56.560 God is bringing health unto me. The favor of God 0:06:56.640 --> 0:07:00.000 is turning every adversity into victory. Get a new attitude 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:03.760 to start declearing every day. Father, thank you that your 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:06.880 favor is going before me, making my crooked places straight. 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:10.000 I like to say, Father, thank you that your favor 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:13.240 is keeping my enemies from defeating me. Your favor is 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:17.520 bringing success and victory into my life. Remember, the more 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.360 favor minded we are, the more of God's favor We're 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:20.960 going to receive. 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:23.280 I like the scripture in Firs Peter. 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:27.480 It says hope to the end for the divine favor 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:31.080 that is coming. Notice it's saying if we simply keep 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:34.960 our hopes up and God promises favor is on its way. 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.040 May not be here yet, but that season is coming. 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:40.880 And the good news is when God's favor shows up, 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:45.040 things are going to change. Supernatural doors will open, negative 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:49.960 circumstances will turn around. What was impossible will become possible. 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:51.640 When you have the favor of God. 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:54.760 I have these friends and their son plays on a 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:57.880 minor league baseball team, and his dream, of course, is 0:07:57.920 --> 0:08:00.360 to make it up to the major leagues. He's an 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:04.080 extremely talented young man. But it seemed like every time 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:06.520 he was about to get moved up to the big leagues, 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:10.600 something odd came up and he got skipped over. And 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.280 every time I talked to his parents, they told how 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:15.520 he was having a banner year and he was leading 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:17.840 the league in home runs, but once again, he just 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:21.080 kept getting overlooked. And this happened time and time again, 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:25.000 year after year, and these parents were tempted to get discouraged. 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.240 They were tempted to start thinking, you know what, this 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:28.320 is just not meant to be. 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:30.160 But no, they never did that. 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:34.280 They just kept speaking God's favor over his life. They 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:37.200 said things like, Father, thank you that your favor is 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:40.200 opening up doors that no man can shut. Thank you 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:42.719 that your favor is causing him to be at the 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:45.880 right place at the right time. Your favor is causing 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:48.840 him to stand out in the crowd. And do you know, 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.680 just the other day they told me that young man 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:55.000 got skipped over again. They thought this time for sure, 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:59.960 his career was officially over. But right at the last minute, 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.720 one of the star players on the major league team 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:06.160 that this minor league team was affiliated with. This star 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:09.400 player decided he wanted to be traded, and it just 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:12.880 so happened he played the same position as this young man, 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.400 and so they shipped him off, and it made a 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:17.080 way for this young man to make it up to 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:19.920 the big leagues. And now he's living out his dreams 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:24.040 playing in the major leagues. Friends, that's the favor of 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:27.319 God making a way even when it looked like there 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:30.120 was no way. God wants to do the same thing 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:33.440 in your life when it looks impossible, when you don't 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:36.000 see how it could ever change, Why don't you start 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:40.040 speaking favor over that situation instead of sitting around getting 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:43.280 depressed and discouraged, saying, well, I should have known it. 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:46.120 I always get skipped over. I always get the short 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:48.680 end of the stick. Now get out of that old, negative, 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:52.199 defeated mentality and start saying, Father, thank you that your 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:55.240 divine favor is on its way. Thank you that your 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:57.839 favor is opening up doors that no men can shut. 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:03.120 Thank you that your favor is turning every adversity into victory. See, 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:05.760 in your time of need, more than ever. 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:07.360 You need to declare God's favor. 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:10.200 And some of you today you don't see how that 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:13.640 situation could change. You don't see how your business could 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:16.160 ever grow, or how you could ever really get out 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:19.480 of debt. But listen, all it takes is one touch 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.720 of God's favor, just one touch of God's favor, and 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:26.000 it can turn any situation around. You got a hope 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:29.839 to the end for the divine favor that's coming. That 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:33.000 means don't give up, don't get discouraged. 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:34.800 Favor is on its way. 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:38.439 The good news is that favor could be here this week, 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:41.160 It could be here tomorrow, It could be here before 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:43.920 you leave this service when you get up in the morning, 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:46.240 instead of getting discouraged and think, oh man, this is 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:49.000 gonna be another lousy day. I got all these problems 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:51.360 to deal with. Or you need to put a smile 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:54.839 on your face, get up with enthusiasm and say, Father, 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:56.480 I'm excited about today. 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.480 I know your favor is on its way. 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.600 I talked to this other gentleman several years ago, and 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:05.400 he was so discouraged. At one time he had had 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:08.840 a very successful business, but over the last few years 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:11.719 that business had gone down to nothing. He'd lost all 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:15.480 of his major clients. It looked like bankruptcy was inevitable. 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:17.600 It looked like he didn't have a chance. He was 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:21.000 in the design and graphics business. And as we were talking, 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:24.160 he went on and on telling me about his problems, 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:27.360 explaining in great detail all the people that had done 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:30.280 him wrong and all the setbacks he had suffered, and 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:33.280 how impossible it was. And finally I had to stop 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:36.000 him and say, you know what, We've talked long enough 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:39.240 about the problem. Let's start talking about the solution. Let's 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:42.079 start talking about what God can do. Let's start talking 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:44.840 about the fact that divine favor is on its way. 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:47.960 I knew I had to get some faith into him. 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:50.800 I had to talk him into believing, and I told 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:53.920 him basically what I'm telling you today, that one touch 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:56.560 of God's favor can turn it all around. One touch 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:59.080 of God's favor can send your business over the top. 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.400 He said, well, really, Joel, I just came to ask 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:04.719 you to pray that God would help me to make 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:06.320 it through this time of loss. 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:08.800 I said, no, I'm not going to pray that way. 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:10.880 I'm going to pray that God's. 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:13.000 Favor is going to come on you and your business 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:15.480 in a greater way, and it's going to bring you 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:17.200 out even better off than you were before. 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:19.120 His eyes just lit up. 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:21.840 He said, you really think this business could turn around? 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:24.640 I said, I don't think so. I know so with God, 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:25.960 all things are possible. 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:26.640 Now. 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:30.600 I could see that hope feeling in his heart, and 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:33.880 so we prayed, we believed, we declared God's favor. But 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:37.480 I told him every day and all through the day, 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:39.600 even if it's under your breath, you need to go 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:42.600 around saying the favor of God is on my life, 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:46.440 the favor of God is bringing me new clients, the 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:48.400 favor of God is causing. 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:51.280 My business to prosper. And I challenged him to. 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:54.520 Stay in that attitude of faith and expectancy and to 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:57.880 just keep declaring God's favor. Well, several months later I 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:01.520 bumped into him. This time he will all down and discouraged. 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:04.480 He was beaming with joy. He said, Joel, I did 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.960 just what you said. I just kept declaring God's favor. 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:11.760 I just kept believing and expecting for things to change. 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:15.199 And he said, at my lowest moment, when it looked 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:17.560 like I was going to lose it all. I got 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:20.280 a phone call from a company that we had never 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:23.120 done business with before, and they asked me to make 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:27.720 a presentation. Long story short, this company chose him over 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:31.640 several other major firms. He said, Joel, Now with this 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:35.319 one new client, I will have more income than all 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:38.880 of my other clients combined. He said, this year will 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:42.800 by par be my most prosperous year ever. And see 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:46.000 I say that, I say that to say all it 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:49.600 takes is one touch of God's favor, just one phone call, 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:53.400 just one new client, just bumping into the right person, 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:56.840 being at the right place at the right time. One 0:13:56.880 --> 0:14:01.319 touch of God's favor can turn any adversity into No 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:04.959 matter how impossible it looks in your life, no matter 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:08.280 how much money you need, or no matter how negative 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:11.440 the report was, why don't you stop talking about the 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:14.720 problem and start talking about the solution. Why don't you 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.720 start talking about the fact that divine favor is on 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:20.800 its way. My bank account may not look too good, 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:21.720 but that's okay. 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:23.040 Favor is on its way. 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:25.680 My child may not be doing right, but I'm not 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:28.800 gonna worry about it. I know God's favor is coming. 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.840 See the scripture tells us that we need to speak 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:35.080 to our mountains. It's not enough to just pray. It's 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:37.880 not enough to just believe. You've got to talk to 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:41.840 your mountains. The Bible says, let the weeks say I'm strong, 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:45.280 Let the oppressed say I'm free. You need to declare 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:47.840 God's favor over those situations. 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:49.120 I found. 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:52.000 If you don't talk to your mountains, your mountains will 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.880 talk to you. Your problems will keep you up all 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:58.960 night worried, full of fear, negative, depressed if you allow 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.800 them to. When you get up in the morning and 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:06.240 those old discouraging thoughts come telling you nothing's ever gonna change, 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.840 You're never gonna fulfill your destiny, you're never gonna be happy, 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:11.160 you're never gonna get married. 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:11.440 Man. 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:14.760 Now, if you listen to those lies, you'll go through 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:18.720 the day depressed and defeated. Now quit letting your problems 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.200 talk to you, and start talking to your problems. In 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:24.080 other words, when you get up, no matter how you feel, 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:26.760 no matter what it looks like, you need to just 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:30.120 boldly declare, Father, I'm excited about this day. I know 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:33.640 your favor is turning things around. I know your favor 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:37.520 is bringing success into my life. Your favor is causing 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:41.240 me to be a victory and not a victim. Learn 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:44.520 to speak to your mountains, learn to declare God's favor 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:48.160 over those negative situations. This is just what Job did. 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:51.760 He went through a really terrible time. He lost his business, 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:55.200 lost his health, lost his family. I'm sure he could 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:58.640 have easily gotten discouraged. He could have started complaining and 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:01.520 saying God, why me. But no, in the midst of 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:04.240 that adversity, in the midst of that dark hour, you 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.640 know what he did. He looked up to the heavens 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:10.000 and said, God, thank you that you have granted me 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:10.760 your favor. 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:12.200 Think about it. 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:15.120 In the middle of his storm, he was declaring the 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:18.080 favor of God. He was saying, in effect, I don't 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:20.440 care how bad I feel. I don't care how bad 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:23.880 these circumstances look. God, I know you're a good God 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:26.080 and your divine favor is on its way. 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:28.040 I know your favor. 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:31.560 Can turn this all around. No wonder, God restored everything 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.400 back to him. No wonder, he came out with twice 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:38.680 what he had before. He was living favor, minded, expecting it, 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:42.120 and declaring it. Some of you today kind of like Job, 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:45.760 Maybe you're in what seems to be an impossible situation. 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:49.600 Things don't look good in your marriage, in your health, 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:52.920 in your finances. You just don't see any way out. 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.560 And in our times of adversity, it's so easy to 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:59.680 get discouraged. It's easy to get negative and go around 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:02.640 compla and hey, why is this happening to me? Now? 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:05.760 Let me challenge it in those tough times. Dare to 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.800 do like job and declare God's favor over your life. 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:12.520 Dare to speak to those mountains, just say, Father, thank 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:14.880 you that your favor is turning this around. 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.080 Your favor is defeating my enemies for me. 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.760 And if you will continue to speak favor over your life, 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:24.960 and if you'll just keep hoping to the end, God 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:29.200 promises favor is on his way. When that favor shows up, 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:31.240 that's going to cause you to rise up out of 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:34.800 those problems. The favor of God will open up doors 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.959 for you that men say are impossible. The favor of 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:41.480 God will keep your enemies from defeating you. No matter 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:45.120 what you're facing today, don't ever rule out God's favor. 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:47.360 Keep expecting it, keep declaring it. 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.800 This is exactly what we did when we were trying 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:54.160 to acquire this new facility, the Compact Center. There were 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:57.840 so many times where it looked totally impossible. So many 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.560 times we wanted to just give up and go find 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:02.560 some more property that'd be a whole lot easier. 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:04.040 But no, we made a. 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:07.160 Decision early on that we're just gonna keep hoping on 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:10.480 to the very end. We knew deep down in here 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:13.560 that divine favor was on its way, and so we 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:14.720 just kept declaring it. 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:17.760 We kept speaking to our mountains. You know the story. 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:21.760 The night before the main city council vote, we were 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:25.000 still one vote shy, and this is after we'd been 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:26.840 working on it for over a year and a half, 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:29.280 and in the natural it looked like it was all over, 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:31.080 looked like it was impossible. 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:32.360 But no, we knew. 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:35.440 All it took was one touch of God's favor in 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:38.359 our darkest hour. We just said, Father, thank you, that 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:41.800 divine favor is coming. We know that you're in control 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:44.920 and no man can stand against you. We just kept 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:48.560 speaking that favor, and at the last moment, in that 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:52.119 midnight hour, one of the council members changed his mind 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:55.440 and we had that last and final vote that we needed. 0:18:55.680 --> 0:19:01.639 God turned our adversity into victory. God wants to do 0:19:01.680 --> 0:19:04.200 the same thing for every one of you. And when 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:07.639 you live favor minded, God will defeat your enemies for you. 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:10.520 I like the scripture in Psalm forty four to three. 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:14.080 It's talking about the children of Israel. It says they 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:17.240 didn't get the land by their own strength or by 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:20.720 their own sword, but by your right hand and the 0:19:20.800 --> 0:19:25.120 light of your countenance, because you favored them. Notice it's 0:19:25.160 --> 0:19:28.080 saying they didn't win the battle in their own ability. 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:31.080 It was the favor of God that gave them the victory. 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:34.520 In the same way, we're not gonna win our victories 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:35.960 in our own strength. 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:38.960 Only in our own mind, our own intelligence. No, it's 0:19:39.000 --> 0:19:41.159 going to be because of the favor of God. 0:19:41.680 --> 0:19:44.120 And when you really walk in God's favor, you will 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:46.960 win battles that you never could have won before. God 0:19:47.000 --> 0:19:50.280 will give you victories that at one time seemed totally impossible. 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:53.840 I like the way the Message translation puts this same verse. 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:57.600 It says, we didn't work for it. You freely gave 0:19:57.640 --> 0:19:58.160 it to us. 0:19:58.720 --> 0:20:01.960 You sent our enemies packing, and you gave it to 0:20:02.080 --> 0:20:05.880 us smiling friends. God wants to send your enemies packing. 0:20:07.640 --> 0:20:10.919 Where there it's an enemy of debt an enemy of 0:20:11.040 --> 0:20:15.359 sickness and enemy of marital problems. Whatever it is, God 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:18.320 wants to pour out his favor and freely give you 0:20:18.359 --> 0:20:21.320 the victory. And notice how God does it. 0:20:21.320 --> 0:20:24.119 It says he gave it to them smiling. 0:20:24.800 --> 0:20:28.040 In other words, God does it with joy. He does 0:20:28.080 --> 0:20:30.800 it because he loves you. He does it because he 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:34.080 wants to. There are too many people today. 0:20:33.880 --> 0:20:35.919 That have the wrong concept of God. 0:20:36.440 --> 0:20:38.720 They think that God is out to get them, that 0:20:38.800 --> 0:20:41.000 God's mad at them, that God's trying to make their 0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:41.880 lives miserable. 0:20:42.320 --> 0:20:44.320 Now listen, that's not the kind of God we serve. 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:45.960 Our God is a good God. 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:49.520 He is for you. He wants you to live in victory. 0:20:49.960 --> 0:20:53.960 He wants to turn those negative situations around. God has 0:20:54.080 --> 0:20:58.480 divine favor come in your way. My question is, will 0:20:58.520 --> 0:21:02.240 you do your part and believe? Will you start expecting 0:21:02.280 --> 0:21:06.240 good things? Will you start declaring God's favor. If you 0:21:06.280 --> 0:21:09.080 will get in agreement with God, He'll do the impossible 0:21:09.119 --> 0:21:12.040 in your life, no matter what it looks like, no 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:14.480 matter how far in debt you may be, no matter 0:21:14.520 --> 0:21:18.800 how bad the report was. Just always remember, one touch 0:21:18.880 --> 0:21:21.760 of God's favor can turn it all around. One touch 0:21:21.760 --> 0:21:24.520 of God's favor and he can send your enemies packing. 0:21:25.080 --> 0:21:27.320 That sounds like God's a Texan to me, doesn't it. 0:21:30.160 --> 0:21:33.320 In Zachariah chapter four, there's a story about a man 0:21:33.359 --> 0:21:36.320 by the name of Zeruba Bell. He was in charge 0:21:36.440 --> 0:21:39.920 of rebuilding the temple. He was facing a lot of obstacles. 0:21:40.240 --> 0:21:43.480 It said in verse seven, who are you, old, great 0:21:43.600 --> 0:21:48.320 mountain that stands before Zeruba Bell? You shall become a plane, 0:21:48.920 --> 0:21:52.720 a mere mole hill, and he will finish the temple 0:21:53.119 --> 0:21:58.320 shouting grace grace to it. Notice Zeruba Bell had some 0:21:58.440 --> 0:22:01.040 mountains in his life. He was faith see some challenges. 0:22:01.440 --> 0:22:03.359 What did he do get down and discouraged? 0:22:03.880 --> 0:22:03.920 No. 0:22:04.080 --> 0:22:08.560 It says that he shouted grace to his mountains. Another 0:22:08.560 --> 0:22:11.879 word for grace is favor. In other words, he was 0:22:11.920 --> 0:22:15.720 declaring the favor of God over that situation. And you 0:22:15.800 --> 0:22:19.440 notice what happened. His mountains got flattened out and they 0:22:19.520 --> 0:22:22.879 became mere mold hills. The favor of God turned it around. 0:22:23.520 --> 0:22:26.720 And I love his attitude. He said, who are you, o, 0:22:26.880 --> 0:22:30.639 great mountain that stands before me? He was saying, you 0:22:30.680 --> 0:22:31.480 can't defeat me. 0:22:31.920 --> 0:22:34.240 Don't you know who I am? I have the favor 0:22:34.320 --> 0:22:34.840 of God. 0:22:35.520 --> 0:22:38.200 When he looked at his obstacles, he knew they were 0:22:38.200 --> 0:22:38.880 not permanent. 0:22:39.520 --> 0:22:41.840 He knew that mountain was not immovable. 0:22:42.119 --> 0:22:44.320 He was saying, in effect, you're not going to last 0:22:44.320 --> 0:22:45.240 in my life forever. 0:22:45.520 --> 0:22:46.480 I know the secret. 0:22:46.640 --> 0:22:50.399 I can speak to these mountains, I can declare God's favor, 0:22:50.600 --> 0:22:53.720 and you'll become a mere mold hill. When we face 0:22:53.880 --> 0:22:56.719 challenges and difficulties in our lives, we need to have 0:22:56.760 --> 0:23:01.120 that same confidence, that same attitude, who are you? 0:23:01.119 --> 0:23:02.159 You can't defeat me? 0:23:02.720 --> 0:23:06.040 And then let's start declaring the favor of God. As 0:23:06.040 --> 0:23:08.720 we continue to do that, I know we'll see our 0:23:08.760 --> 0:23:10.080 mountains flattened. 0:23:09.640 --> 0:23:11.880 Out and turned into mere mold hills. 0:23:12.320 --> 0:23:15.160 Some of you today, you're struggling in your finance as well. 0:23:15.400 --> 0:23:17.240 You need to get that old checkbook out. Do like 0:23:17.320 --> 0:23:20.560 Zerube Bell and shout favor over it. Speak the favor 0:23:20.600 --> 0:23:24.040 of God over that thing. Or maybe you have a 0:23:24.160 --> 0:23:27.320 child that's not doing right, well, don't go around complaining 0:23:27.359 --> 0:23:31.159 about him, start speaking favor over his life. Have a 0:23:31.200 --> 0:23:34.760 situation at work having a lot of trouble, well, don't 0:23:34.800 --> 0:23:36.080 talk about your problem. 0:23:36.320 --> 0:23:37.480 Talk to your problem. 0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:40.800 Do like Zeruba bel, look that situation in the eye 0:23:40.880 --> 0:23:45.040 and just boldly declare, Divine favor is on its way. Friends, 0:23:45.080 --> 0:23:47.800 God wants to pour out his blessings and his goodness 0:23:47.800 --> 0:23:50.680 in your life. And my prayer as we go into 0:23:50.680 --> 0:23:54.000 this new year, that the favor that God has shown 0:23:54.040 --> 0:23:56.880 this ministry is gonna flow off of us, right down 0:23:56.920 --> 0:23:59.240 onto each one of you, just like in the Old 0:23:59.280 --> 0:24:03.200 Testament it flowed off the priest, off the leaders, right 0:24:03.240 --> 0:24:05.960 down to the people. And you know, two thousand and 0:24:06.000 --> 0:24:09.160 five has been an amazing year in our ministry. God 0:24:09.160 --> 0:24:11.240 has done more than we could even ask or think. 0:24:11.400 --> 0:24:15.480 He's given us this beautiful facility. He's increased us, He's 0:24:15.520 --> 0:24:18.200 promoted us. I can't even begin to tell you all 0:24:18.240 --> 0:24:20.920 the ways that God has blessed us. Now, I'm really 0:24:20.920 --> 0:24:24.280 believing that same favor is gonna flow right down onto 0:24:24.280 --> 0:24:26.879 each one of you. And what I'm saying today is 0:24:26.920 --> 0:24:29.480 you need to get ready for a new season of increase, 0:24:29.800 --> 0:24:36.160 a new season of God's favor. Get out of any ruts, 0:24:36.760 --> 0:24:39.080 let go of any disappointments from last year. 0:24:39.560 --> 0:24:40.840 Your plans didn't. 0:24:40.560 --> 0:24:43.440 Work out, you had some setbacks, You're not where you'd 0:24:43.480 --> 0:24:46.160 hope you'd be. Listen, you've got to shake all that off. 0:24:46.240 --> 0:24:50.000 You've entered into a new season, a season of God's favor. 0:24:50.560 --> 0:24:55.240 Get that down on the inside and stay hopeful, stay expected. 0:24:55.840 --> 0:24:57.119 May not happen overnight. 0:24:57.520 --> 0:25:00.840 You've got to just keep being obedient, being a person 0:25:01.000 --> 0:25:06.120 of excellence and integrity, and always remind yourself that the favor. 0:25:05.680 --> 0:25:07.600 Of God is on his way. 0:25:07.800 --> 0:25:11.400 When you're tempted to get discouraged, your child's not doing right, 0:25:11.560 --> 0:25:15.000 the business is slow, the hurricane knocked you out of town. 0:25:15.200 --> 0:25:18.399 That's okay. This is a new season. Your attitude should be. 0:25:18.680 --> 0:25:21.359 Two thousand and six is gonna be my year for victory. 0:25:21.760 --> 0:25:23.760 Two thousand and six is gonna be my year to 0:25:23.840 --> 0:25:26.200 rise higher. It's going to be the year I see 0:25:26.240 --> 0:25:30.160 more of God's favor. As we go into this new year, 0:25:30.200 --> 0:25:33.200 I want to start it off by declaring God's favor 0:25:33.320 --> 0:25:37.240 over your life. I believe our words have created power. 0:25:37.800 --> 0:25:40.800 They can help set the direction for our lives. I 0:25:40.960 --> 0:25:43.600 just ask you to let these words take root on 0:25:43.640 --> 0:25:46.480 the inside, let them go deep down on the inside 0:25:46.480 --> 0:25:47.560 of you, and I believe. 0:25:47.400 --> 0:25:50.320 They can bring about change. But I declare right now. 0:25:50.160 --> 0:25:53.440 In the name of Jesus, the favor of God over 0:25:53.480 --> 0:25:56.480 your life in a greater way In two thousand and six, 0:25:57.160 --> 0:26:01.680 I declare favor over your finances, Favor over your family, 0:26:02.359 --> 0:26:06.480 favor over your children, favor over your marriage. 0:26:06.520 --> 0:26:08.960 I declare that you will have favor. 0:26:08.520 --> 0:26:13.680 In your workplace, Favor with your boss, favor with your clients, 0:26:14.080 --> 0:26:15.560 favor with your coworkers. 0:26:16.080 --> 0:26:17.639 I declare the favor. 0:26:17.320 --> 0:26:23.480 Of God is bringing you promotion, increase, bonuses, raises. I 0:26:23.560 --> 0:26:26.800 declare God's favor is going to open up supernatural doors 0:26:26.840 --> 0:26:30.320 of opportunity, that people will be drawn to you, that 0:26:30.400 --> 0:26:32.520 they will want to be good to you, and that 0:26:32.640 --> 0:26:35.720 you will increase in your field of work because of 0:26:35.760 --> 0:26:38.679 the favor of God. In two thousand and six, I 0:26:38.800 --> 0:26:43.080 declare the favor of God over your health. I've declared 0:26:43.080 --> 0:26:46.359 that in two thousand and six, you'll get stronger, you'll 0:26:46.400 --> 0:26:49.800 feel better, you'll be happier, you'll be healthier, and you'll 0:26:49.800 --> 0:26:53.359 be free from sickness and disease because of the favor 0:26:53.359 --> 0:26:57.760 of God. In two thousand and six, I declare favor 0:26:57.800 --> 0:27:02.359 over your family, favor over your relatives. Those that don't 0:27:02.400 --> 0:27:05.120 know the Lord, I believe the favor of God's gonna 0:27:05.160 --> 0:27:07.959 draw them in. In this new year, the favor of 0:27:08.000 --> 0:27:10.720 God is gonna bring good people across their path. The 0:27:10.760 --> 0:27:12.960 favor of God is gonna cause them to tune in 0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:17.159 just at the right time. I declare favor over you 0:27:17.320 --> 0:27:20.639 in the social life area, especially those of you that 0:27:20.680 --> 0:27:22.240 have been single for a long time. 0:27:22.280 --> 0:27:23.520 You've been wanting to get married. 0:27:23.600 --> 0:27:25.920 Well, I declare, the favor of God is gonna come 0:27:25.920 --> 0:27:28.480 on you in a greater way, and you're gonna see 0:27:28.480 --> 0:27:31.359 God bring good people into your life. Some of you 0:27:31.400 --> 0:27:33.600 have been in what seems to be a time of famine, 0:27:33.600 --> 0:27:36.800 but I just declare you're entering into a new season 0:27:36.960 --> 0:27:40.480 of plenty. Some of you have been so discouraged, but 0:27:40.560 --> 0:27:42.760 I declare by faith that you're entering into a new 0:27:42.840 --> 0:27:45.960 season of joy. Some of you have had so many 0:27:46.000 --> 0:27:49.440 negative things come against you. I declare, even right now, 0:27:49.480 --> 0:27:52.400 the forces of darkness are being broken, and you're gonna 0:27:52.400 --> 0:27:54.080 see God's favor. 0:27:53.680 --> 0:27:55.200 In your life in a new way. 0:27:56.119 --> 0:27:59.960 It's a new season of favor, a new season of incree, 0:28:00.320 --> 0:28:03.439 a new season of victory. And I just speak the 0:28:03.600 --> 0:28:06.840 favor of God over every area of your life in 0:28:06.880 --> 0:28:09.919 a greater way in two thousand and six, in the 0:28:10.040 --> 0:28:12.399 name of Jesus. And if you receive it, can you 0:28:12.440 --> 0:28:16.639 say him in today. We never like to close our 0:28:16.680 --> 0:28:20.159 broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 0:28:20.200 --> 0:28:21.280 lord of your life. 0:28:21.440 --> 0:28:22.480 Would you pray with me? 0:28:23.119 --> 0:28:28.480 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 0:28:28.480 --> 0:28:33.679 into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 0:28:33.720 --> 0:28:36.040 if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:28:36.040 --> 0:28:39.400 born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 0:28:39.440 --> 0:28:42.120 God first place. 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