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Thanks for listening 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.760 to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:07.240 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:08.840 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:11.840 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:18.720 your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:21.560 come into your homes and I hope you'll stay connected 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:24.720 with us throughout the week. We have a daily podcast 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:27.400 that you can download. You can go to our YouTube 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:30.520 channel and watch the messages anytime, or you can follow 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:32.720 us on social media. But we want to keep it 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:35.720 encouraged and inspired. But thanks so much for tuning in. 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.240 Thanks again for coming out. I like to start with 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:41.200 something funny, and I heard about this minister. He was 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:43.920 driving down the road when he got pulled over by 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:47.920 a policeman. The officer came to his window and smelled alcohol. 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:50.880 He saw a thermist and said, sir, what are you drinking. 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:54.720 The minister said, just water. Officer, he asked to see 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:57.880 the thermist. He took one sniff and said, this smells 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.720 like wine to me. The minister, what do you know? 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:04.920 Jesus did it again? Say it like you mean it. 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:08.560 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:11.320 I have what it says I have, I can do 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:14.040 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:18.160 taught the word of God I'll boldly confess my mind 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:21.480 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:26.880 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:30.959 to talk to you today about keep speaking victory. Our 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:34.360 words are setting the direction for our lives. If you 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:36.480 want to know what you're going to be like five 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:40.560 years from now, listen to what you're saying about yourself. Well, 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:44.000 I'll never get well. I'll never break this addiction. I'll 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:47.560 never meet the right person you are prophesying your future. 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:51.880 You can't speak defeat and have victory. You can't talk 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.760 sickness and have health. You can't speak lack and struggle 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:59.560 and have abundance. The scripture says you will eat the 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:03.760 fruit of your words. Pay attention to what you're saying 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:08.119 about yourself, your family, your finances, your health. You're going 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:12.040 to become what you're continually saying. That's why it's so 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:15.640 important to get in a habit of speaking victory over 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:19.320 your life all through the day. I am blessed, i 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:23.839 am strong, i am healthy, I'm surrounded by favor. Something 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:26.800 good is going to happen to me. The fruit of 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:31.320 those words are blessing, favor, abundance, and it's not enough 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:34.120 to just think it. We give life to our faith 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.760 by speaking it out. When you're in tough times, you 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:42.200 can complain, talk about the problem, I can't believe this happened. 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:45.320 Or you can say, Father, thank you that you're fighting 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:48.000 my battles, thank you that what was meant for harm, 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:51.240 you're turning to my advantage. Thank you that you always 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:53.600 caused me to triumph. That I'll come out of this 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:58.760 better than I was before. That's prophesying victory. That's prophesying 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:02.920 a breakthrough. Don't use your words to describe the situation, 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:07.039 use your words to change the situation. Well, I'll never 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:10.719 get out of this problem. You're inviting defeat. I'm not 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:16.040 that talented. You're inviting limitations. I'll never accomplish my dreams. 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:20.680 I don't have the connections. You're inviting mediocrity. You need 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:24.200 to send out some new invitations. You may be struggling 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:28.440 with depression. Your report should be this is only temporary. 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.120 This is not who I am. I am free, I 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:34.760 am happy. I have a bright future. The dream may 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:37.640 look too big, but I know with God, all things 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:41.200 are possible. New doors are about to open, good breaks 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:44.720 are looking for me. Divine connections. The right people are 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:49.000 headed my way, Paul said in Ephesians. Let everything you 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:53.160 say be good and helpful, so that your words will 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:56.960 be an encouragement to those that hear them. One person 0:05:57.000 --> 0:06:00.080 that hears your words is you. They go out of 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:03.120 your mouth and back into your own ears. If you 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:06.239 hear them long enough, they'll take root in your spirit. 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:10.159 You believe what you say about yourself more than what 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:14.039 anyone else says. And there's nothing more powerful than you 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:18.080 speak in victory over your own life. When my father 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:20.200 went to be with the Lord and I stepped up 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:23.320 to pastor the church, every thought told me that I 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:27.800 couldn't minister Joe. You don't have the experience, you're not qualified, 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:31.640 You're not that talented. One thing I've learned is to 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:36.000 not verbalize the negative. Don't give those thoughts life by 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:39.320 speaking them out. And instead of talking about how I 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:45.120 felt insecure, unqualified, intimidated, I said what God said about me. 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:48.839 I can do all things through Christ. I am strong 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:53.880 in the Lord, I'm equipped, empowered, anointed. The whole time 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:57.320 I was saying that I didn't feel confident, I didn't 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:01.240 feel qualified. I felt just the opp it. But as 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:05.000 I kept speaking victory. As I kept calling myself who 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:08.200 God says I am, it took root on the inside. 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:13.160 Over time, I started to feel strong, confident, well able. 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:17.040 I started to see favor new doors opening, God taking 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:20.800 me where I've never imagined. What happened. I ate the 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:24.480 fruit of my words. It may not happen overnight. But 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:28.679 you have to keep speaking victory, Keep calling yourself healthy, 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:32.280 Keep declaring your children are mighty in the land, Keep 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:36.559 declaring those dreams are coming to pass. James Cha three. 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:40.320 It compares the tongue to a rudder of a ship. 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:44.680 Verse four says, although a ship is large and driven 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:48.400 by strong winds, it is steered by a small rudder 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:51.920 wherever the pilot wants it to go. It's the same 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:54.880 way with the tongue. Even though it's a small part 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:59.080 of the body. It's steering your life. What you're saying 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:03.280 is determining which direction you go. The good news is 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:07.600 you have control over the rudder. You control your tongue. 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:11.000 Are you sending your words out in the direction you 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.920 want your life to go? I don't think I'm gonna 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:17.480 get well. The medical report doesn't look good. That's the 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:21.080 wrong direction. Why don't you say what God says about you. 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:24.840 God is restoring health back in the meed by his stripes. 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:28.520 I am healed. I will live and not die. My 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:31.360 child's been off course so long. I don't think he'll 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:35.360 ever make good decisions. Change your rudder. You're headed the 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:39.080 wrong way. Father, Thank you that my children are mighty 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:41.800 in the land. You said, the seed of the righteous. 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.600 My seed is blessed. As for me and my house, 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.600 we will serve the Lord. Well, I don't see how 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:51.280 I can get ahead, Joel. Nobody in my family's been successful. 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:55.880 This pandemic's gonna put my business under. When you talk defeat, 0:08:56.120 --> 0:09:00.840 you're headed toward defeat. When you talk failure, lack, mediocrity, 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:04.520 you're headed that way. I'm praying that God will help me. 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:08.800 He will help you, But you control the rudder. You're 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:12.359 setting the direction with your words. Are you in agreement 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:16.520 with God? He said you're blessed. Are you saying something else? 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:21.920 He said, you're fearfully and wonderfully made, a masterpiece, crowned 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:26.920 with favor. Are you calling yourself inferior, weak, not attractive? 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:32.480 Start declaring what he promised. Father, you said even in famine, 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:35.640 the righteous will have more than enough. You said, what 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:39.320 I put my hands to would prosper and succeed. When 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:41.959 someone asks you how you're doing, don't go through all 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:45.360 your troubles, how bad it is. Keep your ship going 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:49.080 in the right direction. I'm blessed, I'm strong, I'm valuable, 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:53.280 I'm favored. Think about a ship. It can be carrying 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:59.319 very valuable cargo, oil, minerals, equipment. But all that valuable 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:03.040 cargo is at the mercy of the small rudder of 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:06.080 the ship. If the captain didn't steer the ship the 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.320 proper way, if the rudder wasn't in the right position, 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:12.840 the ship would never make it to the intended destination. 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.960 All that cargo would go to waste. In the same way, 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:21.959 you are carrying valuable cargo. When God breeded his life 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:26.480 into you, he put gifts, talents, potential. You have seeds 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:29.840 of greatness. You are destined to leave your mark to 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:33.320 take your family to a new level. The question is 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.400 not are you equipped? Are you favored? Do you have 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:40.240 what it takes? Your ship is fully loaded. The question 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:43.520 is are you going to keep your rudder going in 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:47.800 the right direction? Are you going to speak victory abundance, 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:50.959 new levels or are you going to talk like your 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:54.880 average I can't get ahead. I never get any good breaks. 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:58.440 This addiction has been in my family for years. You're 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:02.199 not being limited by your circumstances, You're being limited by 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:05.680 your words. Your rudder is going in the wrong direction. 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:10.520 What you speak, you're moving toward. When you speak victory, 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:14.199 you're moving toward victory. When you speak health, you moving 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:18.200 toward health. When you speak overflow more than enough, you're 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:22.800 moving toward abundance. Here's the key. You have to speak 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:26.079 it before you see it. This is what faith is 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:29.560 all about. The Scripture says, let the weak say I 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:33.160 am strong. You may not feel strong, but when you 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:37.160 say I am strong, you're moving toward strength. You may 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:40.320 be fighting in illness, but when you say I'm healthy, 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:44.640 you're moving toward health. Perhaps you feel stuck in your career, 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:48.040 seems like you've reached your limits. But when you say, 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:51.520 new doors are about to open, something good is going 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:54.319 to happen to me. God has taken me from glory 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:58.640 to glory. You're moving toward a new levels favor, something 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:02.120 that you've never seen. Are you steering your ship in 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.800 the direction you want your life to go? Is your rudder, 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:11.240 your tongue taking you the blessing, increase abundance, or are 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:14.080 you talking about what's not working out? How you don't 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:17.520 feel that talented. The obstacles are too big. That's going 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:21.520 to keep you from your destiny. In the Scripture, God 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:24.480 told Jeremiah that he was going to become a great 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:29.280 prophet and speak to nations. But Jeremiah was young and afraid. 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.199 The first thing he said was, God, I can't speak 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:36.080 to nations. I'm too young. I wouldn't know what to say. 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:40.640 God could have said, Jeremiah, understand this seems over your head. 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:44.040 Don't worry. I'm going to help you. No, God said Jeremiah, 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.840 say not that you're too young. God told him to 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:51.840 zip it up. He knew if Jeremiah kept speaking those 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:56.439 negative words, telling himself that he was too young, not qualified, 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.480 didn't have what it takes, that he would never become 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:03.440 who he was created to be. Your tongue is the 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:08.280 rudder for your life. It's determining the direction next time 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:12.520 you're tempted to say something negative about yourself, your future, 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:17.319 your children, your finances. Zip it up. Don't steer yourself 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:22.040 toward defeat. Say not, you're too young. Say not, you 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:25.520 can't get well. Say not, you'll never meet the right person. 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:29.440 Say not, you can't accomplish your dreams. God wouldn't have 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:32.920 given them to you if you weren't well able. Verse 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:37.400 nine says God reached out his hands and touched Jeremiah's 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:41.360 lips and said, I have put my words in your mouth. 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:45.200 God was saying, in effect, Jeremiah, say what I say 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:48.840 about you. Don't say how you feel, don't say what 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:52.000 the experts say, don't say what it looks like. Start 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:55.959 saying what God says about you. God said in Psalms, 0:13:56.240 --> 0:14:00.280 he will crown the year with a bountiful harvest. Even 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:04.600 the hard places will overflow with abundance. You can go 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.559 around saying this is such a tough year, I can't 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:10.439 wait till it's over. Or you can say, Father, thank 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:13.200 you that even in hard times I will have more 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:16.800 than enough. Thank you that you're an overflow God, that 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:20.320 you're not limited by my circumstances. You're not limited by 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:23.320 the economy. Lord. I thank you that I'm blessed in 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:27.200 a down year. I'm favored in a famine. I'm prosperous 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:30.920 in a pandemic. I overflow I have more than enough joy, 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:34.840 more than enough strength, more than enough health. That's steering 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:39.720 your ship toward increase, steering your ship toward overflow. I 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:42.640 talked to a young lady. She was very successful in 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:46.080 her career, but when the pandemic hit, things started to 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:48.920 slow down and she was concerned about how it was 0:14:48.960 --> 0:14:52.160 going to work out. She heard me talking about how 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:55.040 this was going to be an overflow year, how the 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:58.320 economy is not our source, but God is our source. 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.600 Something came alive on the inside. She started saying that 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.840 all through the day, repeating it under her breath again 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:09.160 and again, Lord, thank you that the economy is not 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:11.880 my source, but you are my source. Thank you for 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:16.440 an overflow year. It looked just the opposite. Things were 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:22.120 going down, decreasing, Yet she was declaring increase, declaring favor, 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:25.320 talking about the greatness of our God. What was she 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:30.520 doing steering her ship in the right direction In difficult times, 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:34.760 it's easy to talk about the problem, complain, be negative. 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.440 That's when you have to dig down deep and say, now, 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:41.080 I'm going to keep speaking victory. God, You're my provider, 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:44.760 you're my healer, You're my waymaker. I may not see 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:48.000 how it can happen, but I know you're still in control. 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:52.120 She and her husband decided to start their own business. 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:57.120 Against all odds. It took off more than they ever imagined. 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:01.320 They just closed on their first house. Their business continues 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:04.840 to increase, she said. In the midst of all this uncertainty, 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:09.280 with people afraid, struggling, we've seen favor in ways we've 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:13.760 never dreamed. That's what the scripture says, even in hard times, 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:17.640 the righteous will have more than enough. But I don't 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:19.840 think this would have happened if she would have gone 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:24.720 around negative complaining. Pay attention to which way you're steering 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:29.000 your ship, what you're constantly talking about, you're drawing in. 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.560 When you're always bragging on the greatness of our God, 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:36.160 talking about what he can do, declaring what he promised, 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:41.240 you're going to draw in blessings, favor increase. Psalm thirty 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:46.080 five says let them continually say, let the Lord be magnified, 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:50.840 who takes pleasure in the prosperity of his children. It's 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:54.840 interesting that they were supposed to continually say this. You 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.520 would think they could say it once twice that would 0:16:57.520 --> 0:17:01.120 be enough. But there's something powerful when you go through 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:04.439 the day not talking about how big the problem is, 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:07.720 how your back will probably never stop hurting, how you 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:10.680 don't see how that child's going to turn around. Instead, 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:15.119 you're saying, let God be magnified. Who takes pleasure in 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:19.000 prospering me, who takes pleasure in healing me, Who takes 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:23.640 pleasure in favoring me? Are you taking time to declare 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:27.760 God's goodness over your life? Are you speaking victory over 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.760 your future. It's not enough to do it every once 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:34.120 in a while. It needs to become a habit. We're 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:38.200 all through the day. We're declaring that we're blessed, we're strong, 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:41.399 we're healthy. When you wake up in the morning, Lord, 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:44.359 thank you for another beautiful day. And Lord, thank you 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:47.080 that something good is going to happen to me today. 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:51.080 Thank you that your favor is surrounding me. Blessings are 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:54.680 chasing me down, Angels are watching over me. That you 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.600 being for me is more than the world being against me. 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:02.440 That's setting your rudder in the right direction. You can't 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:06.719 be silent and reach your potential. Nothing happens until you 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:11.200 speak your words. Give life to your faith. Joshua was 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:13.800 said it this way, this book of the Law, these 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:18.040 promises shall not depart out of your mouth. You shall 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:21.879 meditate on them day and night. Then you will prosper 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:26.000 and have good success. It doesn't say they shouldn't depart 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:29.359 out of your mind. If you think positive, you'll be fine, 0:18:29.880 --> 0:18:33.000 not depart out of your eyes. If you read it enough, 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:36.760 it says they should not depart out of your mouth. 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:40.800 If you'll keep speaking what God says about you, then 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:45.000 you will have good success. Mark chapter five. There was 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:47.440 a lady that had been sick for twelve years, and 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:50.960 she'd spent all of her money going to different doctors, 0:18:51.160 --> 0:18:54.359 but still nothing had helped. One day, she heard that 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:58.679 Jesus was coming through town. The scripture says she kept 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:02.560 saying to herself, when I get to Jesus, I will 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:05.840 be made whole. In the midst of the sickness, she 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:10.159 was prophesying help all through the day, not just one time. 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:13.760 But she kept saying over it and over healing is coming, 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:18.840 restoration is coming, a breakthrough is coming. She saw Jesus, 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:22.240 but it was very crowded. People were packed in all 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:27.159 around him. She could have been discouraged complained. Instead she 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:30.520 kept saying, this is my time. Things are about to 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:34.240 change in my favor. As she kept speaking it, she 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:38.960 got closer and closer. She finally reached out and touched Jesus' rogue. 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:43.440 Instantly she was healed. But notice the principle. Whatever you're 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:48.240 constantly saying, you're moving toward. If you're always saying I'll 0:19:48.280 --> 0:19:51.920 never get out of debt, you're moving toward struggle lack. 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:55.159 If you're saying my marriage is not going to last 0:19:55.520 --> 0:19:59.720 we don't get along, you're moving toward separation, a breakup. 0:20:00.480 --> 0:20:03.720 If you're saying I'll never get well, this sickness will 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:07.719 be the end of me. You're moving toward defeat and mediocrity. 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:10.960 But if you'll send your words out in a different direction, 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:15.000 your life will go in a different direction. When you 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:19.159 say I am blessed, you're moving toward blessing. When you 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:22.560 say I have the favor of God, you're moving toward increase. 0:20:23.359 --> 0:20:26.920 When you say I'm excited about my future, something good 0:20:27.000 --> 0:20:30.720 is going to happen to me, you're moving toward new opportunities, 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:34.679 divine connections. Or when you say I'm going to break 0:20:34.720 --> 0:20:37.760 this addiction, I am not going to live bound by 0:20:37.760 --> 0:20:41.680 this alcohol, by this anger, by this bad habit. When 0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:46.680 you say that you're moving toward freedom, breakthroughs, victory. Pay 0:20:46.720 --> 0:20:50.239 attention to what you're saying. Your life is going in 0:20:50.280 --> 0:20:55.000 that direction. God gave Abraham the promise that his wife 0:20:55.080 --> 0:20:58.680 Sarah would have a child. The problem was they were 0:20:58.680 --> 0:21:03.159 both way too old. Abraham was eighty and Sarah was bearing, 0:21:03.840 --> 0:21:06.640 never able to have children. She had already gone through 0:21:06.640 --> 0:21:10.480 the change of life. And sometimes God will give you 0:21:10.560 --> 0:21:14.920 a promise that seems impossible. You're too young, too old, 0:21:15.359 --> 0:21:18.480 you don't have the connections, the medical report's not good. 0:21:19.119 --> 0:21:21.480 You don't have to figure out how it's going to happen. 0:21:21.840 --> 0:21:25.119 Just get in agreement with God. Father. You said that 0:21:25.160 --> 0:21:27.560 I'm going to have a baby, So Lord, thank you 0:21:27.760 --> 0:21:31.240 that my baby is on the way. The mistake we 0:21:31.320 --> 0:21:34.280 make too often is we send our words out in 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:38.040 the wrong direction. I can't have a baby, I can't 0:21:38.040 --> 0:21:42.640 get well, I'll never start my business. Negative words can 0:21:42.720 --> 0:21:46.640 stop what God has for you. God told the Israelites 0:21:46.840 --> 0:21:49.720 that they would live in the Promised Land, the land 0:21:49.720 --> 0:21:53.400 flowing with milk and honey, but negative words kept them 0:21:53.400 --> 0:21:56.840 from going in. The Ten Spires said the people are 0:21:56.880 --> 0:22:01.040 too big. There are giants in the land. The opposition 0:22:01.160 --> 0:22:05.359 didn't defeat them. Their negative words defeated them. They said 0:22:05.359 --> 0:22:08.320 we're not able, we don't have what it takes. They 0:22:08.359 --> 0:22:12.679 became what they said. They prophesied their future. They turned 0:22:12.720 --> 0:22:17.000 around and wandered in the desert for forty years. When 0:22:17.040 --> 0:22:20.040 God puts something in your heart, don't start talking about 0:22:20.040 --> 0:22:22.560 how it's not going to happen, what you don't have, 0:22:22.840 --> 0:22:26.800 how big the opposition is. Abraham had this promise that 0:22:26.880 --> 0:22:31.400 seemed impossible. God did something interesting. He changed his name 0:22:31.720 --> 0:22:37.960 from Abram to Abraham. Abraham means the father of many nations. 0:22:38.440 --> 0:22:41.320 He didn't feel like a father, but every time someone 0:22:41.359 --> 0:22:45.560 said hello Abraham, they were saying hello, father of many nations. 0:22:46.119 --> 0:22:48.399 He could have thought they have the wrong person. I 0:22:48.400 --> 0:22:51.520 don't have any children. When he met someone new, he 0:22:51.520 --> 0:22:55.040 would say hello, I am Abraham. He was saying, I'm 0:22:55.080 --> 0:22:59.840 the father of many nations. He said that over and over. Month. 0:23:00.040 --> 0:23:02.879 After a month, it began to get down in his spirit. 0:23:03.600 --> 0:23:06.439 He had to see himself a new way before the 0:23:06.560 --> 0:23:09.560 promise could come to pass. The way God changed his 0:23:09.640 --> 0:23:13.879 self image was through his words. That's why it's so important. 0:23:14.119 --> 0:23:17.520 All through the day, under your breath, you need to 0:23:17.520 --> 0:23:22.480 be saying, I'm blessed. I'm healthy, I'm strong, I'm successful, 0:23:22.680 --> 0:23:27.080 I'm talented, I'm attractive. That's helping to determine how you 0:23:27.119 --> 0:23:32.640 see yourself. God changed Sarah's name from Sarah to Sarah 0:23:33.040 --> 0:23:36.760 Sarah means princes. She didn't feel like a princess. She 0:23:37.000 --> 0:23:40.720 was barren. Women in that day that didn't have children 0:23:40.760 --> 0:23:44.680 were looked down on. She could have felt inferior, ashamed. 0:23:45.160 --> 0:23:49.040 But when someone said hello Sarah, they were saying hello princes, 0:23:49.680 --> 0:23:53.679 Good morning Sarah, Good morning princes. When she told people 0:23:53.720 --> 0:23:57.920 her name, she was saying, in effect, I'm chosen, I'm favored, 0:23:58.040 --> 0:24:01.960 I'm blessed. She said all this while she was still bearing. 0:24:02.840 --> 0:24:06.520 Your tongue is the rudder. It's deciding which direction in 0:24:06.520 --> 0:24:09.919 your life is going to go. Every time Abraham and 0:24:10.000 --> 0:24:14.080 Sarah said their names, their rudder was pointed toward the promised. 0:24:14.560 --> 0:24:17.879 They kept declaring it year after year. When Sarah was 0:24:18.000 --> 0:24:21.520 ninety years old, she gave birth to a son. God 0:24:21.560 --> 0:24:25.600 did the impossible. What are you saying about your dreams, 0:24:25.960 --> 0:24:29.640 your finances, your children. I'm too old, I've made too 0:24:29.640 --> 0:24:33.000 many mistakes. I don't have the talent that's going to 0:24:33.119 --> 0:24:37.119 keep you from giving birth you can't speak, defeat and 0:24:37.160 --> 0:24:40.440 reach your potential. Why don't you start saying what God 0:24:40.520 --> 0:24:44.200 says about you. He calls you what you are before 0:24:44.240 --> 0:24:48.879 it happens. I don't feel blessed, healthy, favored. That's okay. 0:24:49.280 --> 0:24:52.000 Just get in agreement with God and he'll make things 0:24:52.040 --> 0:24:55.520 happen that you couldn't make happen. I talked to a 0:24:55.560 --> 0:24:58.560 young man that came from a small town in Mississippi. 0:24:58.840 --> 0:25:02.320 He got a scholarship to play soccer at a major university, 0:25:02.720 --> 0:25:05.840 but his dream was to play football. His junior year, 0:25:06.160 --> 0:25:08.760 he talked to the coaches about it. They allowed him 0:25:08.760 --> 0:25:11.560 to switch from soccer and he joined the football team. 0:25:11.920 --> 0:25:14.320 He was the kicker. He was thrilled to be on 0:25:14.400 --> 0:25:17.520 the team, but the coaches never gave him a chance. 0:25:17.920 --> 0:25:21.000 For two years, he sat the bench, never kicked a 0:25:21.080 --> 0:25:24.840 single field goal. At the end of his last college season, 0:25:25.400 --> 0:25:29.280 there was a scout day where coaches came from professional 0:25:29.320 --> 0:25:31.760 teams and they would look at the different players and 0:25:31.960 --> 0:25:34.720 ask them to work out so they could evaluate them. 0:25:35.240 --> 0:25:37.640 He was hoping he would get some good leads, but 0:25:37.720 --> 0:25:40.560 no one was interested in him. It looked like his 0:25:40.720 --> 0:25:44.640 days of playing football were over. Driving home from college. 0:25:45.000 --> 0:25:47.880 He turned the radio on and came across our serious 0:25:48.040 --> 0:25:51.800 XM channel. He heard me talking about how a shift 0:25:51.880 --> 0:25:54.960 is coming, how you're just one phone call away from 0:25:55.000 --> 0:25:58.160 your destiny, and how one touch of God's favor can 0:25:58.240 --> 0:26:01.359 catapult you to the next level. When he heard that, 0:26:01.880 --> 0:26:05.440 something ignited in his spirit. He knew it was for him. 0:26:05.920 --> 0:26:08.480 He got his cell phone out and made a three 0:26:08.560 --> 0:26:12.159 minute video telling people that he was going to play 0:26:12.400 --> 0:26:16.359 that year in the NFL. Most people thought that he 0:26:16.359 --> 0:26:19.640 would lost his mind. He had never kicked one field goal, 0:26:20.080 --> 0:26:23.160 had no track record, and you're going to play professional football. 0:26:23.280 --> 0:26:26.080 That doesn't make sense. He let that go in one 0:26:26.119 --> 0:26:29.960 ear and out the other. He started speaking, victory Father, 0:26:30.080 --> 0:26:33.159 thank you that opportunity is coming my way, thank you 0:26:33.240 --> 0:26:36.119 that favor is causing me to stand out. He was 0:26:36.160 --> 0:26:40.320 setting his rudder in the right direction, prophesying his future. 0:26:41.160 --> 0:26:44.399 Four hours after he made the video, he received a 0:26:44.440 --> 0:26:48.200 phone call from the kicking coach of the Cincinnati Bengals 0:26:48.240 --> 0:26:51.640 football team inviting him to come try out for the team. 0:26:52.160 --> 0:26:55.080 He couldn't believe it. He had never spoken to the coach, 0:26:55.320 --> 0:26:58.240 never met him. He went to the camp, tried out, 0:26:58.480 --> 0:27:02.280 against all odds, made the team. He became the only 0:27:02.520 --> 0:27:06.560 African American football kicker in the NFL at that time. 0:27:07.200 --> 0:27:10.600 When you speak victory over your life, God will open 0:27:10.680 --> 0:27:14.160 doors that no person can shut. He'll take you where 0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:17.320 you can't go on your own. The dreams he's put 0:27:17.359 --> 0:27:20.800 in your heart, the promises you're standing on. It's not 0:27:21.000 --> 0:27:25.160 enough to just believe them. That's important, But something happens 0:27:25.200 --> 0:27:29.440 when you speak. Angels go to work, forces of darkness 0:27:29.480 --> 0:27:33.400 are broken, good breaks come looking for you. What you're 0:27:33.480 --> 0:27:37.920 up against may seem permanent. Just keep speaking victory when 0:27:37.920 --> 0:27:41.720 the medical report is not good. Keep speaking health when 0:27:41.800 --> 0:27:46.080 business is slow. Keeps speaking abundance when the addiction seems 0:27:46.160 --> 0:27:49.760 like it will never change. Keep speaking freedom when your 0:27:49.760 --> 0:27:54.120 family member is off course. Keep speaking breakthroughs if you'll 0:27:54.200 --> 0:27:58.119 keep declaring what God promised, not Joel, I tried this 0:27:58.160 --> 0:28:00.960 for three days. It didn't work. I'm talking about a 0:28:01.000 --> 0:28:05.520 lifestyle where you've developed a habit of speaking hell speak 0:28:05.560 --> 0:28:09.720 in favor speaking abundance. When you continually do this, God 0:28:09.800 --> 0:28:14.040 said you will have good success. Friends, You're going to 0:28:14.080 --> 0:28:17.879 eat the fruit of your words. Make sure you're sending 0:28:17.920 --> 0:28:22.080 out words that you want to eat. If it's not positive, hopeful, 0:28:22.240 --> 0:28:26.080 faith filled. Zip it up. Say not that you can't 0:28:26.119 --> 0:28:29.399 get well. Our God is a healer. Say not that 0:28:29.440 --> 0:28:32.439 you can't accomplish your dreams. Our God is a waymaker. 0:28:33.000 --> 0:28:35.679 Say not that you'll never have enough. Our God is 0:28:35.720 --> 0:28:39.760 a provider. Now get in agreement with him. Start sending 0:28:39.800 --> 0:28:43.360 your words out in the right direction. If you'll keep 0:28:43.480 --> 0:28:48.280 speaking victory. I believe and declare like this football player, 0:28:48.600 --> 0:28:52.520 good breaks are coming like that woman. Healing is coming 0:28:53.000 --> 0:28:57.120 like Abraham. Promises that seem impossible are about to come 0:28:57.160 --> 0:29:00.840 to pass. Problems that look permanent are about to turn around. 0:29:01.200 --> 0:29:07.120 Favor is coming, breakthroughs, restoration, abundance, the fullness of your 0:29:07.200 --> 0:29:11.000 destiny in Jesus' name, If you receive it, can you 0:29:11.040 --> 0:29:14.680 say him in Today? I'd like to give you an 0:29:14.680 --> 0:29:18.440 opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 0:29:18.440 --> 0:29:22.840 you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent 0:29:22.880 --> 0:29:27.480 of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you 0:29:27.560 --> 0:29:31.480 my Lord and savior. If you've prayed that simple prayer, 0:29:31.600 --> 0:29:34.560 we believe you got born again. 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