It's Already Yours

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Thanks for listening to 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:36.760 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:39.280 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:40.840 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:43.840 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:59.160 your life. Oh God bless you. It's always a joy 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:01.320 to come into your home. And if you're ever in 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:03.760 our area, please stop buying. Be a part of one 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:06.400 of our services. I promise you we'll make you feel 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:08.600 right at home. But thanks so much for tuning in 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:11.239 and thank you again for coming out today. And I 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.680 like to start with something funny, and I heard about 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:17.720 these three people a Russian, an American, and a blonde. 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:21.840 They were talking together. The Russian said, proudly, we were 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:25.120 the first ones in space. The American said, well, we 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:27.799 were the first ones on the moon. The blonde said, 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:30.000 that's nothing. We're going to be the first ones on 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:33.679 the sun. The American the Russian, they laughed and said, 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.040 what are you talking about. You can't go to the sun. 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:39.160 It's too hot, you would burn up. The blonde said, 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:41.200 we no that, We're not that dumb. We're going to 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:45.840 go at night. Hold up your Bible. Say it like 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:48.679 you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.120 it says. I am. I have what it says I have. 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:54.160 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:57.120 I will be talked the word of God. I boldly 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:01.760 confess my mind is alert, receptive. I will never be 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:06.440 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.919 to talk to you today about it's already yours. The 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:14.600 scripture tells us how God has already blessed us, already 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:19.799 forgiven us, already favored us, already approved and accepted each 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.799 one of us. He's not waiting to do it. He's 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:26.639 already done it. There are blessings with your name on them, 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:33.680 healing with your name on it, promotion, good breaks, businesses, houses, contracts. 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:37.120 As far as God is concerned, they already belonged to you. 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:40.800 The real question is when are you going to go 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:45.600 get what's already yours. When our daughter Alexandra was about 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:48.440 ten years old, she came in the kitchen one afternoon 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:50.680 and said, Dad, I'm going to go to the movies 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:53.960 and go eat lunch with my cousins. I need some money. 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:56.560 I said, okay, there's a twenty dollar bill on my 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:58.920 dresser back in my closet. Why don't you get that? 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:02.320 She gave me a hug, thanked me, and headed toward 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:04.720 the back door. I said, wait a minute, aren't you 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:07.240 going to go get the money? She smiled and said, 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:11.720 I already got it. I knew you'd say yes. Can 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:15.120 I tell you God has already said yes to you 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:19.320 being blessed, Yes to your living healthy and home, Yes 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:22.840 to you accomplishing your dreams. Why don't you have the 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:27.040 boldness like Alexandra and go get what already belongs to you? 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:31.880 As a father, That made me feel good. It warned 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:35.160 my heart to know that she knew I wanted to 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:37.880 be good to her. She felt so loved that she 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:40.800 would go in and take it, knowing that I would say, yes. 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:45.120 What if we believed that our heavenly father loved us 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:48.760 so much that we had such a boldness, such a confidence, 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:52.120 that we would go get what's already belongs to us. 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:56.279 There's favor with your name on it. It's already yours. 0:04:56.960 --> 0:05:01.279 The Psalmist said, God has crowned you with faith. Doesn't 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:03.640 say he's going to do it one day. He's already 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:07.200 done it. Are you bold enough to go get your crown? 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:12.880 Start carrying yourself like a king a queen, confident, secure, 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:17.159 knowing that you're one of a kind, a masterpiece, fearfully 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:21.040 and wonderfully made. Don't go your whole life with your 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:24.200 crown up on a shelf, thinking, ah, I never get 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:27.960 any good breaks, I'll never get ahead. God has already 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:31.760 said yes, Get rid of that defeated mentality, Go get 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:35.800 your crown. You have the favor of God. Blessings are 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:39.840 chasing you down, Goodness and mercy follow you everywhere you go. 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:43.679 When you have this boldness to go get what belongs 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:46.280 to you, you'll step in to a new level of 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:51.000 your destiny. God told Jeremiah before you were formed in 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:56.280 your mother's womb, I accepted and approved you. Some people 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.440 go their whole life trying to gain approval so they 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:02.760 can feel good about themselves. They think if they work 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:07.280 hard enough, have enough success, move into the right neighborhood, 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:10.440 convince a certain person to like them, then they can 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:14.800 be happy. The good news is you've already been approved. 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:17.960 Quit trying to work for something that you already have. 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.800 You're not waiting to get it. If you get good enough, 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:25.640 if you lose twenty pounds, if you have the right friends. No, 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:30.560 God has already approved you. When God created you, just 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:33.160 like he did with Jeremiah, he looked at you and 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:39.080 said that was good. Another masterpiece. Now, don't live intimidated, insecure, 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:42.040 trying to play up to people, trying to convince them 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.480 to be your friend. If they don't want to be 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:48.520 your friend, let them go. It's their loss, not yours. 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:52.000 You don't need their approval. You have Almighty God's approval. 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:56.960 There is a freedom when you realize I'm not waiting 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.640 for it, I'm not hoping to get it. I'm not 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:07.040 trying to talk people into it. I have already been accepted. Approved, redeemed, forgiven. 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:12.240 The creator of the universe calls me a masterpiece. Paul 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:16.800 said in Ephesians that God has blessed us again past tense. 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:21.200 He's not thinking about doing it, he's already done it. Now. 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:24.640 You may not feel blessed. Your checking account may not 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:28.880 say you're blessed. Business may be slow. It's easy to 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:32.600 think when I see it, i'll believe it. But faith 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:35.680 is just the opposite. You've got to believe it and 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:38.960 then you'll see it. Instead of talking about how bad 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:43.040 it is, start declaring I am blessed, I am prosperous. 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:46.200 I'm the head and not the tail. I lend and 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:49.200 I don't have to borrow. You have to talk like 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:53.160 you're blessed. Think like you're blessed, Walk like you're blessed, 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.920 Act like you're blessed. Live like you're blest. That's what 0:07:57.240 --> 0:08:01.840 activates the blessing, not dragging a Somebody ask you how 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:05.360 you're doing, and I'm just hanging in there. It's really 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:08.760 really bad, but I got the joy of the Lord. No, 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:13.360 you got to notify your face, put a smile on, 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:17.840 put your shoulders back, hold your head up high, walk 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:21.400 with confidence. You're a child of the Most High God. 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:25.880 You have royalty in your blood. You are created to 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:28.920 reign in life. Now you've got to do your part 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:33.160 and go get what's already yours. Go get your dreams, 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:36.200 Go get the abundance, Go get your health, Go get 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:39.880 the victory. It has your name on it. Well, Joel, 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:42.839 I've been praying for favor, I've been asking God to 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:45.800 bless me. Or here's the key. You don't have to 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:49.960 pray about something that you already have. Just start acting 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:54.760 like it's true. I don't always feel anointed, but I 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:59.199 know that God has already anointed us. He's already equipped 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:02.679 and empowered. Thus now I never pray God, please give 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:05.480 me your anointing. I always say Lord, thank you that 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:08.280 I am anointed, thank you that I am well able. 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:13.400 You may not feel blessed or confident, or strong or talented, 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:16.640 but don't fall into that trap and just go through 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:19.800 life with the poor old me mentality. Get in agreement 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:23.640 with God. God says you are blessed, you are strong, 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:28.120 you are talented, you are victorious. Not going to be 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:31.680 one day, not in the sweep by and bye. God 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:35.440 has already blessed you. He's already made you more than 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:40.000 a conquer He's already crowned you with that favor. God 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:43.120 said to the Israelites, how long are you going to 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:46.800 wait before taking possession of the land that I have 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:51.120 given you. God had already promised them the land. It 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:54.360 had their name on it. God was saying, when are 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:58.360 you going to go get what's already yours? My question, 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.600 how long are you going to wait before you put 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:04.520 on your crown of favor? How long are you going 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:08.240 to wait before you start believing your blessed and healthy 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:12.719 and strong and talented, equipped one of a kind. This 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:17.199 is your time, This is your moment. The prophet Joel said, 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:20.959 wake up the mighty men, wake up the mighty women. 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.920 That's who I'm looking at. You've got to shake off 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:27.480 the doubt, the fear, the intimidation and go get what 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:31.800 belongs to you. Just like the Israelites. God has put 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:36.720 promises in your heart. He's spoken dreams to you. Maybe 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:41.359 things you haven't told anyone about. Seems so big, so unlikely. 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:44.719 You don't think you have the talent the connections. You 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:49.000 may not, but God does. He's already put your name 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:53.360 on that dream. Your name is already on that song, 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:57.079 that movie, that book you've been wanting to write. Your 0:10:57.200 --> 0:11:00.840 name is already on that business, that cheer that you've 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:04.439 been wanting to start. Couples that are believing for a child, 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:07.839 be encouraged. There's a baby that already has your name 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:11.040 on it. Single people, there's a husband a wife that 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:15.280 has your name on them. David said, God has blessings 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:18.959 stored up for those that love the Lord. You have 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:22.679 no idea the amazing things God has stored up for you. 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:27.520 They're already yours. My challenge is don't leave them stored up. 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:32.199 Be bold and believe that you're highly favored. Believe that 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:36.120 you're well able, Believe that you can become all God's 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:39.160 created you to be. This is what Abraham had to 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:43.319 do twenty years before he had a child. God said, Abraham, 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:47.600 I have made you a father of many nations. God 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:50.559 said it in the past tense. I have made you 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.800 like it had already happened. At that time, he didn't 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:57.360 have one child. Abraham could have thought, God, what are 0:11:57.400 --> 0:11:59.679 you talking about. I'm not a father. I don't have 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:03.280 any children. In other words, Joel, I'm not blessed, I'm 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:06.640 not healthy, I'm not strong. He could have talked himself 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:10.240 out of it, but he chose to believe. When God 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:13.760 says you're blessed, don't try to figure it out. Just 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:17.160 say God, I agree with you. I am blessed. God 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:21.120 calls you prosperous. Don't go check your bank account, don't 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:23.319 go look at the stock report. Just say God, I 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:27.199 agree with you. I am prosperous. God says he is 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:31.120 restoring health back into you. You will live and not die. 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:35.160 The medical report may say just the opposite. That's okay, 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:38.599 that's how Abraham felt. Just say God, if you say it, 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:42.360 I agree. I am strong, I am healthy, I will 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:45.680 live and not die. When you get in agreement with God, 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:49.480 that's what allows him to release those blessings that have 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:53.120 been stored out. The Scripture puts it this way. All 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:57.760 of God's promises are yes and amen. God says, yes, 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:01.760 you're blessed, Yes you're healthy, Yes you're strong, Yes you 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:06.080 will accomplish your dreams. But I've learned that yes alone 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:09.480 is not enough. If you want it to become a reality, 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:13.360 you've got to add the amen to it. Amen means 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:16.559 be it under me God, I agree, Let it happen. 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:20.160 It's got to become personal. It's got to take root 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.840 in your spirit. It's one thing to know that God 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:28.480 can bless it's another I say I am blessed. It's 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:31.160 one thing to know that God can heal. Yes, God 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:34.240 can restore, but it takes on a new meaning when 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:37.760 you say I am healed, I am restored. I will 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:40.520 live and not die. It's one thing to know that 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:43.760 God made you, but it does something different when you 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:47.319 say I am a masterpiece, I am one of a kind. 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:52.240 I am fearfully and wonderfully made. God says, yes, make 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:55.360 sure you add your amen to it. This is what 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:59.160 Abraham did. He got in agreement with God. Some twenty 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:02.560 years later, the promise came to pass. But I wonder 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:05.480 how many blessings that have been stored up for us 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:08.599 that we miss out on. How many dreams that have 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:12.360 our name on it. But because we get discouraged, it's 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:14.840 taken so long we settled where we are, we don't 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:18.520 see them come to reality. My father used to tell 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:23.560 about this big warehouse he imagined up in heaven. You 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:27.600 walk in and see acres and acres of boxes up 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:31.160 on shelves as far as you can see. Everywhere you look, 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:35.560 there are rows and rows of boxes. You walk over closer, 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:39.280 you notice each box has an individual name on it. 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.840 Out of curiosity, you ask Saint Peter, what are all 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:46.840 these boxes? What does this mean? Peter says, these are 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:51.920 all the unclaimed blessings God's people never picked up. There's 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:54.360 a box of favor that has Bill's name on it, 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:57.360 but he never came and got it. He never believed. 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:00.680 There's a box of forgiveness that has Shannon name on it, 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.800 but she never received it. She went through life beating 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:07.600 herself up, thinking she was washed up. Look at that box. 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:12.080 That's got the business that Carlos dreamed about, but he 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:15.160 never thought he had what it took. That box is 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:17.960 the promotion that Julie wanted, but she let her friends 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:20.720 talk her out of it. That box is the husband 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:24.520 Deborah prayed about, but she gave up. Boxes and boxes 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:29.320 of favor, promotion, healing, good breaks. Friends, don't leave your 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:33.200 boxes up on the shelf. Go get what already belongs 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.920 to you. Go get the healing, Go get the children, 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:39.160 Go get the dreams, Go get the victory. It has 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:42.400 your name on it. When you rise up with the 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:45.840 boldness and say God, I know you love me. I 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.320 know you want to be good to me. God. I 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:51.000 want to thank you for bringing the dreams to pass. 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:54.240 Thank you that I live healthy in hall, that I'll 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:57.520 live debt free. That you're bringing the right people across 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:00.640 my path. Lord, thank you for giving me the desires 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.880 of my heart. When you believe like that, it puts 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:07.360 a smile on God's face. The scripture says, it is 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:11.880 the Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. There's 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:15.120 nothing that brings him any more joy than to see 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:18.320 you flourish and become who you were created to be. 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:23.640 But sometimes a religious spirit makes us think I can't 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:26.480 ask for too much. I can't ask for my dreams. 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:29.640 That wouldn't be right. I've got to stay humble. No, 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:34.520 you are not inconveniencing God by believing big. He's the 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:38.120 one that put the dream in your heart. God never 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:41.320 created you to reach a certain level and then get stuck. 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:45.640 He created you to excel, to take new ground for 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:48.640 the kingdom, to set a new standard for your family. 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:53.040 Take the limits off of him. Get rid of little dreams, 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:57.320 little goals, little plans. God wants to show you the 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:02.080 greatness of his power. He's not limited by your circumstances. 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:06.640 He's not limited by your education, by your background, by 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:10.200 your talent. He's limited by our thinking. If we think 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:12.920 I've gone as far as I can and nothing good 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:14.840 is in my future and I don't deserve it, I've 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:17.639 made too many mistakes that will keep us from the 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:21.879 fullness of our destiny. You have to enlarge your vision, 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:26.159 make room for God to do something new. He's about 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:30.720 to rain down favor, rain down promotion. You're going to 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:34.520 see an abundance of his goodness. He's going to take 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:37.560 you someplace that you've never been. He's going to show 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:40.439 you what you've never seen. It's going to be Ephesians 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:45.680 three twenty exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. Well, you say, Joel, 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:48.560 this sounds good, But God's got bigger things to deal 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:52.159 with in me and my challenges, my dreams, my goals. 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:56.520 Now understand, you are God's biggest deal. You are the 0:17:56.600 --> 0:17:59.959 apple of his eye. You are his most prized possess. 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:04.600 He created you in his own image. He didn't breathe 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:08.359 life into the water, into the sky, into trees. He 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:13.080 breathed his life into you. He put his DNA on 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:17.399 the inside. You weren't created to be average, to be mediocre. 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:21.520 You are royalty. God has destined you to leave your 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:25.760 mark on this generation. There are boxes on the shelf 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:29.160 right now that have your name on him. They already 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:32.200 belong to you. God's waiting for you to come pick 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:35.960 them up. I'm asking you to stir up your faith. 0:18:36.720 --> 0:18:43.000 Start believing bigger, start expecting God's goodness, Start declaring God's favor. 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:45.560 It may not have happened in the past, but this 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:48.040 is a new day. It can happen in the future. 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:52.639 And when you believe new doors open you, promotion comes. 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:56.720 The right people show up. When you believe, the angels 0:18:56.800 --> 0:19:00.640 go to work, God begins to fight your battles. Negative 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:05.240 situations will turn around when you believe all things are possible. 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:08.920 If I had a one hundred dollar bill in my hand, 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:13.159 that bill in itself doesn't do me any good. In 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:16.120 other words, I can't wear the bill. I can't eat 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:18.840 the bill, I can't drive the bill. It's simply a 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:22.240 piece of paper that's hardly worth anything. But if I 0:19:22.320 --> 0:19:25.440 take that one hundred dollar bill to the store, I 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:28.960 can exchange it for some groceries. I can exchange it 0:19:29.040 --> 0:19:31.840 for a new shirt. I can exchange it for gasoline 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:35.560 from my car. It's called legal tender. That piece of 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:40.679 paper can be exchanged for goods and services. Hebrews eleven 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:45.119 says faith is the substance of things hoped for, the 0:19:45.240 --> 0:19:49.639 evidence of things not seen. You could say faith is 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:53.720 the currency of heaven. If I need groceries, then I 0:19:53.800 --> 0:19:56.240 need to take some cash down here on the earth. 0:19:56.840 --> 0:20:00.920 But in the unseen spiritual realm, that is not going 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:04.639 to do me any good. The substance I need for 0:20:04.800 --> 0:20:08.919 exchange in the unseen realm for God to work is faith. 0:20:09.880 --> 0:20:14.400 The scripture says Abraham believed, and it was counted unto 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:20.160 him as righteousness. The truth is Abraham wasn't necessarily righteous. 0:20:20.480 --> 0:20:23.360 If you read the story. Abraham made plenty of mistakes. 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:26.680 He had a baby out of wedlock, he lied about 0:20:26.720 --> 0:20:29.680 his wife, told people she was his sister. He didn't 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:33.359 live a perfect life. But we see this principle at work. 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:38.600 Abraham believed he had faith. God said, in fact, all right, Abraham, 0:20:38.800 --> 0:20:41.680 you've got the faith. Let's make an exchange. I'll give 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:45.920 you my righteousness if we had to choose, and we don't, 0:20:46.000 --> 0:20:48.840 but if we had to choose between being wealthy with 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:52.840 money or being wealthy with faith. I would always choose 0:20:52.920 --> 0:20:56.520 faith because when you have faith, you're connected to the 0:20:56.680 --> 0:20:59.800 hands that rule the world. You're connected to the God 0:21:00.119 --> 0:21:04.560 that can make anything happen. When you have faith, God 0:21:04.680 --> 0:21:10.040 can rain down abundance, give you explosive blessings, blessings that 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:12.639 thrust you to a new level. God can give you 0:21:12.800 --> 0:21:15.600 a compact center like he did for us. He can 0:21:15.680 --> 0:21:17.840 take you where you could not go on your own. 0:21:18.400 --> 0:21:23.000 Faith is the exchange. When you say, God, I believe 0:21:23.240 --> 0:21:26.520 what you promised that my children will be mighty in 0:21:26.640 --> 0:21:30.400 the land. I believe they will surpass anything that I've done. 0:21:30.680 --> 0:21:32.920 God says, all right, you've got the faith. Let me 0:21:33.080 --> 0:21:36.720 breathe on your children. Let me make it happen. God, 0:21:36.800 --> 0:21:40.760 I believe that you're greater than this sickness. Medically speaking, 0:21:40.880 --> 0:21:43.119 I don't see a way. But God, I know you 0:21:43.280 --> 0:21:46.119 have the final say, and you said the number of 0:21:46.280 --> 0:21:50.160 my days you will fulfill. You said when darkness overtakes, 0:21:50.200 --> 0:21:53.879 the righteous light will come bursting in. So Lord, I 0:21:54.080 --> 0:21:58.000 believe you're my healer. God says, all right, you've got 0:21:58.040 --> 0:22:01.440 the faith. Let's make an exchange. Heal, Let me restore, 0:22:01.720 --> 0:22:05.359 let me do what medicine cannot do. God, I believe 0:22:05.440 --> 0:22:08.240 you can give me that property, that new building, to 0:22:08.359 --> 0:22:11.520 expand my business in the natural. I don't see how, 0:22:11.800 --> 0:22:14.880 but God, I know you can do anything. God says, 0:22:14.880 --> 0:22:17.119 all right, you've got the faith. Let me open some 0:22:17.240 --> 0:22:20.159 new doors. Let me arrange things in your favor. Let 0:22:20.240 --> 0:22:23.879 me cause the right people to like you. Faith is 0:22:23.960 --> 0:22:27.439 what you need to exchange for God's goodness, for his blessing, 0:22:27.560 --> 0:22:31.399 for his favor. That's why the scripture says, without faith, 0:22:31.880 --> 0:22:35.399 you cannot please God. It's because when we don't have faith, 0:22:35.680 --> 0:22:39.680 God can't do much for us. It limits him. Isaiah 0:22:39.800 --> 0:22:42.600 said that God is longing to be good to you. 0:22:43.320 --> 0:22:46.040 He wants to bring your dreams to pass. But he 0:22:46.160 --> 0:22:48.879 goes on to say, you have to be looking for 0:22:49.000 --> 0:22:54.280 his goodness. I believe today your faith is increasing. You 0:22:54.320 --> 0:22:58.640 know what's happening. You're getting wealthier. You've got more to exchange. 0:22:59.400 --> 0:23:02.680 Jesus said, according to your faith, it will be done 0:23:02.800 --> 0:23:06.200 under you. When you go to God, believe in big, 0:23:06.960 --> 0:23:10.760 believing for your dreams, believing that the problem will turn around, 0:23:11.119 --> 0:23:14.879 knowing that He's all powerful. That's not just being positive, 0:23:15.400 --> 0:23:18.520 that's not just hoping that it happens. It's deeper than that, 0:23:19.080 --> 0:23:23.480 and exchange is taking place. You're trading your faith, the 0:23:23.680 --> 0:23:27.800 currency of heaven that allows God to do amazing things. 0:23:28.800 --> 0:23:32.080 But too often we go to God with our doubts. God, 0:23:32.119 --> 0:23:34.639 I've got this big dream, but I don't know how 0:23:34.680 --> 0:23:37.240 it can happen. I don't think I have the talent. 0:23:37.560 --> 0:23:40.240 I don't have the connections God. I never get any 0:23:40.280 --> 0:23:43.720 good breaks. My car broke down last week, my dog 0:23:43.880 --> 0:23:46.720 ran away, my goldfish died, my neighbor won't talk to me. 0:23:47.000 --> 0:23:49.639 God is really really bad, But I need your help. 0:23:50.240 --> 0:23:54.080 God says, in effect, my word's not his. Show me 0:23:54.160 --> 0:23:58.359 the money. I work by faith. That's the substance I 0:23:58.520 --> 0:24:01.800 need for the exchange. Here's what I'm saying. It's much 0:24:01.920 --> 0:24:04.320 better to go to God and say, God, I've got 0:24:04.400 --> 0:24:08.400 this big dream. It looks impossible to me. But God, 0:24:08.520 --> 0:24:11.200 I know with you all things are possible. I know 0:24:11.359 --> 0:24:13.360 you can make a way where I don't see a way. 0:24:14.520 --> 0:24:17.160 I know you can open doors that no man can shut. 0:24:18.160 --> 0:24:20.800 I know you're supplying my needs according to your rich 0:24:20.920 --> 0:24:23.919 is not mine. I know you have blessings stored up 0:24:23.960 --> 0:24:26.439 for me those that love the Lord God says, all right, 0:24:26.520 --> 0:24:29.399 that's what I'm looking for. That's the currency of heaven. 0:24:29.520 --> 0:24:32.560 Let me go to work. Talked to a young couple 0:24:32.600 --> 0:24:34.680 a few years ago, and they'd been trying to have 0:24:34.760 --> 0:24:37.159 a baby for a long long time, and they were 0:24:37.320 --> 0:24:40.600 very discouraged and about to give up. I told them 0:24:40.640 --> 0:24:43.280 what I'm telling you. There's a baby that has your 0:24:43.359 --> 0:24:47.480 name on it. It's already in the warehouse. God destined 0:24:47.480 --> 0:24:49.680 it to become yours. But you have to stay in 0:24:49.760 --> 0:24:53.399 agreement instead of complaining. One of the best things you 0:24:53.480 --> 0:24:57.320 can do is remind God what he said. God, you 0:24:57.480 --> 0:25:00.920 said in Psalm one thirteen that you would give the 0:25:01.040 --> 0:25:04.160 bearing woman a child and make her the happy mother 0:25:04.280 --> 0:25:07.440 of children. God, you said, the fruit of my womb 0:25:07.680 --> 0:25:11.600 is blessed. You said that children are a reward from 0:25:11.640 --> 0:25:14.040 the Lord. So, Lord, I want to thank you that 0:25:14.200 --> 0:25:16.640 that baby that has my name on it is coming 0:25:16.720 --> 0:25:20.159 in some of you. There's a business that has your 0:25:20.240 --> 0:25:22.800 name on it. You've been dreaming about it, you've been 0:25:22.880 --> 0:25:25.520 praying for it. It's time to rise up and go 0:25:25.720 --> 0:25:29.000 get what belongs to you. Father, you said you would 0:25:29.040 --> 0:25:31.720 give me the desires of my heart. Lord, I want 0:25:31.760 --> 0:25:34.280 to thank you that that business that has my name 0:25:34.359 --> 0:25:38.240 on it is coming in. Maybe you're in a legal battle. 0:25:38.640 --> 0:25:41.200 Doesn't look good. You're a tempted to give up. No, Lord, 0:25:41.320 --> 0:25:44.840 you said, the strength of the ungodly is being cut off. 0:25:45.200 --> 0:25:48.560 The power of the godly is being increased. You said, 0:25:48.600 --> 0:25:51.440 when the enemy comes against me one way, you would 0:25:51.440 --> 0:25:54.359 defeat them and cause them to flee seven different ways. 0:25:54.880 --> 0:25:57.760 So Lord, I want to thank you. The vindication that 0:25:57.920 --> 0:26:01.280 has my name on it is coming in. I spoke 0:26:01.320 --> 0:26:05.280 on this subject several years ago, and I specifically mentioned 0:26:06.000 --> 0:26:08.560 that baby that has your name on it is coming in. 0:26:09.600 --> 0:26:11.480 There was a young couple in the audience that had 0:26:11.520 --> 0:26:13.639 been trying to have a child for many many years, 0:26:14.119 --> 0:26:17.879 went through all the fertility treatments and no success. They 0:26:17.920 --> 0:26:20.000 were about to settle where they were and just accept 0:26:20.040 --> 0:26:22.800 the fact that they could never have children. But when 0:26:22.840 --> 0:26:25.720 I made that statement, there's a baby that has your 0:26:25.800 --> 0:26:29.440 name on it, something came alive on the inside. It 0:26:29.600 --> 0:26:33.560 ignited in their spirit. They left that day knowing that 0:26:33.680 --> 0:26:36.840 God was in control and somehow he could still bring 0:26:36.920 --> 0:26:40.760 it to pass. Four hours later, right after the service, 0:26:41.359 --> 0:26:45.320 they got a phone call unexpectedly from their business manager 0:26:45.400 --> 0:26:49.440 in another state, asking if they would be interested in 0:26:49.600 --> 0:26:53.640 adopting a baby that was about to be born. Years earlier, 0:26:53.800 --> 0:26:56.359 they had had a dream that they had a blonde haired, 0:26:56.800 --> 0:27:01.119 blue eyed baby boy. Eight weeks later, they were in 0:27:01.280 --> 0:27:04.600 the delivery room when their little baby was born. Just 0:27:04.680 --> 0:27:07.720 so happened, he was a blue eyed, blonde haired baby 0:27:07.760 --> 0:27:10.280 boy like they had seen in the dream. That baby 0:27:10.560 --> 0:27:13.919 had been stored up for them. It was on their shelf. 0:27:14.600 --> 0:27:18.000 You gotta go get what already belongs to you. Don't 0:27:18.080 --> 0:27:21.680 leave any packages in your warehouse. I don't want to 0:27:21.720 --> 0:27:24.880 be greedy. I just want everything that has my name 0:27:24.960 --> 0:27:32.000 on it. Friends, healing belongs to you. Children that are 0:27:32.119 --> 0:27:35.760 mighty in the land belonged to you. A beautiful debt 0:27:35.840 --> 0:27:41.199 free house belongs to you. Joy, peace, happiness, abundance, lending 0:27:41.359 --> 0:27:45.040 and not borrowing belongs to you. What would happen if 0:27:45.080 --> 0:27:50.919 we'd all go to God with the currency of heaven, faith, boldness, confidence, expectancy. 0:27:51.400 --> 0:27:54.919 That's what gets God's attention. Knowing that he loves us, 0:27:55.200 --> 0:27:57.480 knowing that he wants to be good to us, That's 0:27:57.520 --> 0:28:00.960 what causes God to do more than can ask or think. 0:28:01.560 --> 0:28:04.639 Why don't you stir your faith up? Remember you're not 0:28:04.840 --> 0:28:07.960 going to be blessed. You've already been blessed. You're not 0:28:08.160 --> 0:28:10.600 going to have a crown of favor. You already have 0:28:10.720 --> 0:28:12.960 a crown of favor. Make sure you put it on 0:28:13.160 --> 0:28:16.879 each day. God says yes, Now add your amen to it. 0:28:17.520 --> 0:28:20.840 If you'll do this, I believe and declare everything that 0:28:21.000 --> 0:28:23.639 has your name on it is coming in the health, 0:28:24.160 --> 0:28:27.879 the children, the contracts, the businesses, the houses. You need 0:28:27.960 --> 0:28:30.520 to get ready. You're going to see God's goodness in 0:28:30.640 --> 0:28:35.080 a new way, new opportunities, explosive blessings. You're going to 0:28:35.119 --> 0:28:38.960 step into the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. 0:28:39.200 --> 0:28:41.280 If you receive it, Can you say it? Men? Today, 0:28:43.640 --> 0:28:46.280 we never like to close our broadcast without giving you 0:28:46.360 --> 0:28:49.240 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:49.600 --> 0:28:53.880 Would you pray with me? 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