Living Breakthrough Minded

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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 --> 0:01:56.000 put God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:59.080 It's always a joy to come into your homes. We 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:02.160 love you, and we know God has great things in store. 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:05.080 He rewards people that seek after Him and I believe 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:07.520 that's you and I know it's all of you. Whenever 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:09.360 you're in our area, I hope you'll stop by and 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:11.840 be a part of one of our services. I promise 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:14.280 you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:16.880 so much for tuning in today, and thanks again for 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.680 coming out. I like to start each week with something 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:22.800 kind of funny, and I heard about this minister. He 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:26.400 noticed a dead mule on the church grounds. He called 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:28.880 the health department and they said they couldn't pick it 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:32.600 up without authorization from the mayor. Well, the mayor was 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.240 known to be very rude and very hard to get 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:38.960 along with. When the minister called, the mayor didn't disappoint. 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:43.040 He started ranting and raving, and finally he said, why 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.840 are you even bothering me? Isn't it your job to 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:48.880 bury the dead? The minister asked God to give him 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:51.480 the right response. He said, yes, Mayor, it is my 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:54.160 job to bury the dead, but I always like to 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:58.800 notify the next of ken. First. All right, hold up 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:01.440 your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This is 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:03.480 my Bible. I am what it says. 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:03.839 I am. 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:06.720 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:09.320 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:13.359 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:16.760 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:21.760 the same. In Jesus' name, God, bless you. I want 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:26.360 to talk to you today about living breakthrough minded. A 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:30.280 breakthrough is a sudden burst of God's favor. It's an 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:34.320 explosion of his goodness. It's when all of sudden God 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:38.080 releases his power in such a way that you're overwhelmed. 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.760 Maybe you've been praying about a child for years and 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:45.120 suddenly they get back on the right course. That's a breakthrough. 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:47.760 Or you were trying to get in a certain college. 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:50.560 They said they were full, but all of a sudden 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:52.560 they call back and say they have room for you. 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:56.920 Another breakthrough. Perhaps in your finances. You've struggled for a 0:03:56.960 --> 0:04:00.880 long time, then you get a good break to get promoted. 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:04.880 Now it's not a struggle anymore. Those are all breakthroughs. 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:08.560 It's like a flood of God's power where you look 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:12.480 up and think, I'm overwhelmed by God's goodness. I had 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:14.760 a lady tell me last week how she was in 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:18.160 town at the cancer center. Earlier, she had gotten very 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:21.640 bad news concerning her health. It looked like her world 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:25.440 was crumbling. But the doctors ran some more test and 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:29.520 they discovered she didn't have what they originally thought she had. 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:33.760 It was something much more treatable. She was so relieved, 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:37.160 so excited. She said, Joel, I feel like I've been 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:41.039 given a new lease on life. That's the God we serve. 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:45.480 He's called the God of the Breakthrough. And no matter 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:49.599 what you're facing, no matter how impossible it looks, know this, 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:53.400 the God of the breakthrough wants to visit your house. 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:57.400 You may have struggled in your finances for a long time, 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:00.240 but if you'll stay in faith, the God of the 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:04.680 Breakthrough is coming your way. Your health may be going downhill, 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:08.800 but don't get discouraged. The God of the Breakthrough can 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:13.400 breathe healing into your body. Your dreams may look impossible, 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:17.159 but right now, the God of the Breakthrough is working 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:21.720 behind the scenes arranging things in your favor. Here's the key. 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:25.920 We have to live breakthrough minded. We have to get 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:29.200 up each day and say, Father, I know you're the 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:32.480 God of the breakthrough, and even though I don't see away, 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:35.880 I know you have a way. So I'm expecting you 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:40.160 to visit my house. I'm expecting you to overwhelm me 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:44.760 with your goodness. I'm expecting a sudden explosion of your favor. 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:49.280 That's what it means to live breakthrough minded you're expecting 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:52.840 God to show up and show out in amazing ways. 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:57.880 One time David needed a breakthrough. He faced an impossible situation. 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:01.480 He and his men were up against this huge army, 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:06.120 the Philistines. They were greatly outnumbered. They had little or 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:10.080 no chance of winning. David asked God for help, and 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:12.840 God gave David the promise that he would go with 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:16.640 them and they would defeat that army. So David and 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:19.919 his men went out, and that's exactly what happened. God 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:24.159 gave them a great victory, and David was so overwhelmed 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:28.120 by it he said, they're in First Chronicles fourteen, verse eleven. 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:33.520 God has broken through to my enemies, like the bursting 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:39.640 forth of water. He named the place bow Parism. Bow 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:45.520 Parism means the God of the breakthrough. Notice David likened 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:50.320 God's power to the bursting forth of waters. In other words, 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:54.279 he described it as a flood. He was saying, when 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:58.400 the God of the breakthrough shows up and releases his power, 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:03.240 it will be a flood of his goodness, a flood 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:07.320 of his favor, a flood of healing, a flood of 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:12.320 new opportunity. Think about how powerful water is. Three or 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:15.440 four feet of water can pick up a huge car 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:18.480 that weighs thousands of pounds and move it all around. 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:22.120 I've seen on the news in these big floods, whole 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:26.200 houses floating down the river. Nothing can stop the force 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:29.400 of that water. Anything in its way is moved out 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:34.640 of its path. You may have difficulties that look extremely large, 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:40.760 obstacles that look impassable, dreams that look unattainable. But know this, 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:45.440 when the God of the breakthrough releases a flood of 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:50.080 his power, nothing can stop it. That sickness may look big, 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:53.240 but it's nothing for the God of the breakthrough. It 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:57.000 doesn't have a chance when God releases a flood of 0:07:57.040 --> 0:08:02.680 his healing. Your opponents may look powerful. They may be bigger, stronger, 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:06.880 better equipped, better financed, but they don't have a chance 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:11.520 when God opens up the floodgates of his favor. You 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:14.240 need to get ready. Not for a trickle, not for 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:17.360 a stream, not for a river. No, get ready for 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:21.960 a flood of God's favor, a tidal wave of God's goodness, 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:27.080 a tsunami of his increase. Some of you are thinking 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:30.040 trickle when God's got a whole ocean to work with. 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:34.720 You're thinking stream when God's got a tidal wave. You've 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:38.560 got to enlarge your vision. Dare to stretch your faith. 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:43.240 God wants to release his favor like a flood. He 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:47.320 wants to overwhelm you with his goodness. The scripture says 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:50.679 in Isaiah, when the enemy comes in like a flood, 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:54.800 the spirit of God will raise up a barrier. Several 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:59.199 commentaries believe that the comma was placed in the wrong position. 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:03.120 Instead of saying when the enemy comes in like a 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:07.199 flood comma, they suggest the comma should have been placed 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:11.120 after the word end. It would read when the enemy 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:15.440 comes in comma like a flood, the Spirit of God 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:19.760 raises up a barrier. In other words, the emphasis on 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:22.800 the flood has to do with God's power and not 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:28.720 the enemies. When you face difficulties and situations that look impossible, 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:31.880 if you will stay in faith, the God of the 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:36.680 breakthrough says, like a flood, you'll see his power. Like 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:40.920 a flood. You'll see his vindication. Like a flood. God's 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:45.800 favor will overtake you. Suddenly, his blessings, his goodness will 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:49.880 overwhelm you. That's what happened to David in this passage 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:53.319 when he defeated this great Army. He was so impressed 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:57.480 by it he named the place bow parism the God 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:01.080 of the Breakthrough. Now, any time i'm David and his 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:04.800 men past that city, they would say, remember that, that's 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:08.000 where the God of the Breakthrough showed up. That's where 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:12.319 God released his favor like a flood. No doubt. Even 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:17.920 generations later, David's grandchildren, great grandchildren, when they passed through 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:21.319 that city, they say, oh, yeah, Granddaddy told us about 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:24.480 this place. This is where the God of the Breakthrough 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.839 gave them a great victory. This is where God helped 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:32.800 them defeat an enemy almost twice their size. Every one 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:36.360 of us should have some bel parisms. We should have 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:39.480 places where we can look back and say, that's where 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:43.120 the God of the Breakthrough did something amazing in my life. 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:46.120 That's where God healed me. That's where God promoted me. 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:49.719 That's where God protected me. That's where the God of 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:53.840 the Breakthrough visited my house. When I drive up to 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:57.280 this beautiful facility each week, I know this is a 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:01.319 bowel parism. I can say this is where the God 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:05.520 of the Breakthrough released his favor like a flood and 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:09.360 gave us a beautiful facility. Even though all the experts said, 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:12.880 we didn't have a chance. Every time I see my mother, 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:16.760 I know that's another bowel parism. I can say that's 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:20.080 where the God of the Breakthrough released his healing like 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:24.400 a flood. When I drive on the loop over by 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:27.640 the ship channel, I remember how years ago I lost 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:31.320 control of my car. It was raining extremely badly, and 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:35.200 I began to spend around and around, crossing five lanes 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.880 of traffic, and at one point I looked up. I 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:40.679 was going the wrong direction and an eighteen wheeler was 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:43.400 right in front of me. But that's where the God 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:47.839 of the Breakthrough released a flood of his protection. God 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:51.080 held back that truck. Here I am alive and well today, 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:55.560 a bowel parism in my life. Every time I passed 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.079 that place, I say, thank you Lord for your protection. 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:01.199 Every time I drive up to the facility, thank you 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:04.320 Lord for your favor. When I see my mother, thank 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:07.720 you Lord for your healing. There's an old country song 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:11.959 that says, let's give them something to talk about. Friends. 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:15.959 God wants to give you something to talk about. He 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:20.640 wants to overwhelm you in such a way that everywhere 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:24.240 you go you can tell your friends, your neighbors, your children, 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.719 your grandchildren, about the great things God has done for you. 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:32.240 We are not supposed to drag through life defeated, discouraged. 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:35.920 I never get any good breaks, Joel, I never get promoted. 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:38.680 My back's been hurting for three years. I'll get over 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:43.240 into faith if you'll start living breakthrough minded. God promises 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:45.560 he's going to show up and give you something to 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:49.120 talk about. Not long ago, this lady came up to 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:52.680 me and she was so excited. Her family member needed 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:56.400 a series of surgeries. It was vital for this family 0:12:56.400 --> 0:13:00.360 member to continue living a productive life. But the problem 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.120 was it was going to cost four hundred thousand dollars 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.400 and it was not covered by her insurance. She didn't 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:09.480 have the funds. But this lady, month after month, just 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:13.480 kept praying, kept believing, trusting that the God of the 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:17.000 breakthrough would make a way. She didn't need a trickle, 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:19.720 she didn't need a stream, she didn't need a river. 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:23.560 She needed a flood of God's favor. And one day, 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:26.960 out of the blue, her employer called her in. She'd 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:29.480 worked for this company for nearly thirty years and she 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:33.240 didn't even know they knew about the situation, but they said, 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:36.880 you've been so good to our company. You've been so faithful. 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:41.000 We've decided we are going to underwrite the surgeries that 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:45.080 your family member needs four hundred thousand dollars. What was that? 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:49.320 The God of the Breakthrough releasing a tidal wave of 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:55.160 his favor like a flood. God's goodness came over her. 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:59.360 Now everywhere she goes, she can't keep quiet. She tells 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:02.880 everyone what God has done for her family. God gave 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:05.680 her something to talk about. He wants to do the 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:09.040 same thing for each one of you. What are you expecting? 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:13.040 What are you believing for? Would you ever release your 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:16.600 faith for something that big? Or would you think, Joel, 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:19.600 that never happened for me? Four hundred thousand dollars. I 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:22.440 never get any good breaks. Besides, my boss doesn't even 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:26.320 like me. Listen, it doesn't matter who likes you or 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:29.600 who doesn't like you. All that matters is God likes you. 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:34.720 He accepts you, He approves you. His favor surrounds you 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:39.720 like a shield. Promotion doesn't come from people, It comes 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:43.440 from God. And if you'll be bold enough to believe big, 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:47.200 then the God of the Breakthrough can release a tidal 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:50.720 wave of his goodness a tsunami of his favor in 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:54.280 your life. Here's how David put it, Psalm one twelve. 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:59.720 When darkness overtakes the righteous light will come bursting in. 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:04.000 At times in life it may seem dark. You may 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:06.720 not see how it could ever work out. You don't 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:10.840 have the funds, the problems look insurmountable. But if you 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:16.120 will stay breakthrough minded, God promises the light will come 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:20.000 bursting in. Notice it's not gonna trickle in. It's not 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:23.680 gonna barely get there. No, like a flood, like the 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:27.840 breaking forth of waters, it will come bursting in. That 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:32.520 means suddenly things will change in your favor. Suddenly you 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:35.800 get the break you need. Suddenly your health turns around, 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:40.840 Suddenly the problems resolved, Suddenly a new door opens. God 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:45.160 likes to do things suddenly when it's dark. Don't start complaining, 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:49.520 don't get all negative. Keep reminding yourself that the light 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:53.080 is about to come bursting in. It may be today, 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:57.560 maybe tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, But know this, 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:02.080 Suddenly things will change in your But I've learned when 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:05.440 it's difficult, things aren't going our way, that's when it's 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:09.160 the easiest to lose our joy, to lose our vision. 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.640 Lose our enthusiasm, to not believe that things will ever 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:16.600 get better. We have to learn to do just the opposite. 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:20.240 Right in the midst of the challenge, God says that's 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:23.800 the time, more than ever, to expect a flood of 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:27.760 his favor, a flood of healing, a flood of vindication, 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:32.080 a flood of protection. Our attitude should be. It may 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:35.280 be dark, but I know the God of the breakthrough 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:38.320 is about to turn it around. My child may be 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:41.239 off course, but I know the God of the breakthrough 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:44.840 is about to bring him back. Business may be slow, 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:48.600 but I'm expecting the God of the breakthrough to release 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:52.080 a flood of his favor, a flood of new clients, 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:55.560 a flood of new cells, a flood of promotion. When 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:59.920 it's difficult, don't get negative. You are in prime position 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:03.400 and to see the light come bursting in. You're in 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:07.320 prime position for God to give you something to talk about. 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:10.960 I love the story that our children's pastor told not 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:15.640 long ago. Craig and Samantha have a son named Connor. 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:20.199 He's a very handsome, fun little boy. Connor has autism. 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:25.760 He's five years old and he's never spoken a full paragraph. Really, 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:29.760 he doesn't speak in complete sentences. He will speak phrases 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:33.119 here and there, maybe two or three four words together, 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:36.560 but nothing much more than that. Day after day, Craig 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:40.320 and Samantha just keeps speaking faith into Connor, telling him 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:42.679 that he's more than a conquer that he can do 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:47.240 all things through Christ. Every night at bedtime, either Craig 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:50.080 or Samantha will sit down and read two or three 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:53.200 books with little Connor, and then they'll pray together go 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:56.600 to bed. The other night, just as Samantha was about 0:17:56.600 --> 0:17:59.720 to turn off the light in Connor's room, she heard 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:03.320 him start speaking. He went on and on and on 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:06.960 so clearly, so fluently. She ran and got the video 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:10.639 camera and captured the first real paragraph that he had 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:14.280 ever spoken. Here's what he was saying, This is my Bible. 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:18.359 I am missus, I am, I have. It's as I have. 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:22.000 I can do it, since I can do. Good Night 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:26.760 at the real God and fools, the lies of word, 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:30.680 a heart at sceptic on a never be said, and 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:32.880 Jesus n Amen. 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:41.080 That was his first real paragraph. What was that? That 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:45.520 was the God of the breakthrough visiting their house like 0:18:45.680 --> 0:18:49.439 a flood. God's favor came on little Connor. A flood 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:52.920 of healing, a flood of restoration, a flood of wisdom. 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:57.440 Now Craig and Samantha have another bowel parism. That's a 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:02.040 night that they will never forget. Little Connor still doesn't 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:05.680 speak perfectly clearly, yet they know he is well on 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:11.040 his way. What God started he will finish. How it 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:15.159 happened is Craig and Samantha take the DVDs from my 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:19.240 messages home, and little Connor will put them in and watch. 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:22.840 They said that. Normally when he's looking at cartoons, he'll 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:25.200 only watch for five or ten minutes, but he'll sit 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:28.280 there all through the day and watch my whole thirty 0:19:28.400 --> 0:19:32.760 minute message. I told Craig later, when a five year 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:36.359 old chooses me over Barney, I know I have favor, 0:19:39.880 --> 0:19:43.240 but I love the fact that God gave them something 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:46.399 to talk about. They were so excited about it. They 0:19:46.520 --> 0:19:49.600 tell everybody what God has done for little Connor. It 0:19:49.800 --> 0:19:53.440 was dark, but the light came bursting in. And whenever 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:55.760 they're attempted to be discouraged, all they've got to do 0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:58.680 is go put that video in. They can see the 0:19:58.880 --> 0:20:02.200 favor of God like a flood. When I'm tempted to 0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:05.080 think that something's not going to work out. It looks impossible. 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:07.320 All I've got to do is drive down here to 0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:10.480 our beautiful facility, and I'll thank God you did it 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:12.359 for us once I know you can do it for 0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:16.359 us again. Friends, God wants to release a flood of 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:20.320 his power, not a trickle, not a stream, not a river. 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:23.359 He'll get ready for a flood of favor, a flood 0:20:23.400 --> 0:20:26.480 of restoration, a flood of healing, a flood of promotion. 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:31.000 Some of you are thinking too small. You've settled where 0:20:31.040 --> 0:20:34.440 you are, thinking that you've reached your limits. Your child 0:20:34.520 --> 0:20:37.680 will never get well, and you'll never accomplish your dreams. 0:20:37.920 --> 0:20:41.680 You'll never overcome those obstacles. No, you need to get ready. 0:20:41.960 --> 0:20:45.159 I can see something in your future. Through my eyes 0:20:45.240 --> 0:20:48.880 of faith, I can see a tidal wave coming your way. 0:20:49.440 --> 0:20:52.720 It is not a wave of defeat, a wave of discouragement, 0:20:52.920 --> 0:20:55.480 a wave of more of the same. It's a wave 0:20:55.720 --> 0:20:59.919 of God's favor, a wave of promotion, a wave of deliverance, 0:21:00.200 --> 0:21:04.520 a wave of restoration. It's the God of the breakthrough, 0:21:05.200 --> 0:21:09.360 releasing his favor like a flood, causing you to overcome 0:21:09.480 --> 0:21:13.359 obstacles that you thought were insurmountable, causing you to accomplish 0:21:13.480 --> 0:21:17.520 dreams that you never thought possible. Dare to believe. If 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:20.920 you think trickle, you're going to receive trickle. If you 0:21:21.080 --> 0:21:23.720 think barely get by, then you're gonna barely get by. 0:21:24.480 --> 0:21:27.240 If you think that problem's too big, it will keep 0:21:27.280 --> 0:21:30.560 you defeating. But if you will learn to think flood, 0:21:31.040 --> 0:21:36.080 you will experience flood. If you think overflow, you'll experience overflow. 0:21:36.440 --> 0:21:39.760 If you'll dare think title wave, then God can release 0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:42.760 a title wave of his goodness in your life. This 0:21:42.960 --> 0:21:46.720 is what Jesus said, According to your faith, it will 0:21:46.760 --> 0:21:50.280 be done unto you. The other night, we were out 0:21:50.320 --> 0:21:54.000 to dinner with our son Jonathan. He's fourteen years old now, 0:21:54.119 --> 0:21:56.879 and when he went to order, he said to the waiter, 0:21:57.240 --> 0:22:00.359 I would like a stake. The waiter asked him, do 0:22:00.440 --> 0:22:03.399 you want a six ounce, a ten ounce or a 0:22:03.520 --> 0:22:07.680 fourteen ounce. Jonathan didn't think about it twice. He didn't 0:22:07.720 --> 0:22:10.720 ask me if it was okay, He didn't look at 0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:13.639 the menu to check the price. He immediately said I 0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:17.720 want the fourteen ounce. When it comes to food, he's 0:22:17.800 --> 0:22:21.520 not expecting a trickle or a stream. He's expecting a flood. 0:22:23.080 --> 0:22:26.639 He not only has a big appetite, but he knows 0:22:26.840 --> 0:22:30.200 who his father is. He knows I want to be 0:22:30.320 --> 0:22:33.080 good to him. That's the way we need to be 0:22:33.520 --> 0:22:37.760 concerning our heavenly Father. Don't have a small minded mentality. 0:22:38.240 --> 0:22:42.200 Don't have a narrow limited vision. Some people act like 0:22:42.560 --> 0:22:46.919 they're inconveniencing God. They don't think they can expect their 0:22:47.000 --> 0:22:49.560 dreams to come to pass. If they can just barely 0:22:49.600 --> 0:22:52.600 get through life, that's good enough. I don't expect to 0:22:52.640 --> 0:22:55.120 get out of this problem, God, if you'll just help 0:22:55.200 --> 0:22:58.120 me to endure it. I don't expect to ever meet 0:22:58.200 --> 0:23:01.080 someone and really fall in love. God, if you'll just 0:23:01.200 --> 0:23:04.400 help me to not be so lonely. No, you're expecting 0:23:04.480 --> 0:23:08.280 a trickle when God's got a flood. You're expecting six 0:23:08.400 --> 0:23:12.560 ounce when God's got fourteen ounces. You're thinking survived when 0:23:12.600 --> 0:23:16.840 God's thinking abundance. If you will think bigger, God will 0:23:16.920 --> 0:23:20.520 act bigger. If you'll dare to be bold and step 0:23:20.680 --> 0:23:23.920 up to the plate like Jonathan and say, God, I 0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:27.440 know you control the whole universe. I know you're longing 0:23:27.520 --> 0:23:29.600 to be good to me, So I want to thank 0:23:29.680 --> 0:23:33.560 you for releasing a flood of your favor in my life. 0:23:33.880 --> 0:23:35.920 In other words, God, I want to thank you that 0:23:36.080 --> 0:23:40.360 my little Connor one day will speak totally fluently. God, 0:23:40.400 --> 0:23:42.840 I want to thank you that I'll be totally free 0:23:43.119 --> 0:23:46.639 from this addiction, that I'll be totally healthy and hold 0:23:46.960 --> 0:23:49.119 that all my dreams and desires you put in me 0:23:49.560 --> 0:23:53.040 will come to pass. When you release your faith in 0:23:53.160 --> 0:23:56.320 a big way like that, in a fourteen ounce way, 0:23:56.840 --> 0:24:00.359 God doesn't say, who do they think they are? Of 0:24:00.400 --> 0:24:03.040 those people? Don't they know they don't deserve it? Now 0:24:03.119 --> 0:24:05.920 when you talk like that, it brings a smile to 0:24:06.040 --> 0:24:09.440 God's face. He says to the angels, listen to what 0:24:09.480 --> 0:24:13.399 they're saying. They believe I can do great things. They 0:24:13.520 --> 0:24:16.680 believe I can turn any situation around. They've got their 0:24:16.720 --> 0:24:19.600 trust and confidence in me. So I'm not going to 0:24:19.640 --> 0:24:23.200 disappoint them. Let me open up the windows of heaven 0:24:23.560 --> 0:24:26.280 and pour out a flood of favor, a flood of healing, 0:24:26.520 --> 0:24:31.520 a flood of promotion, a flood of vindication. The scripture says, 0:24:32.119 --> 0:24:35.760 it is our faith that pleases God. If you want 0:24:35.840 --> 0:24:38.200 God to smile down on you in a greater way, 0:24:38.840 --> 0:24:43.000 dare to believe Him for bigger things. Remember my father 0:24:43.160 --> 0:24:46.439 told how when he first started ministering, he would travel 0:24:46.520 --> 0:24:51.280 from town to town speaking at small auditoriums and small churches, 0:24:51.800 --> 0:24:53.920 and back in those days it would have been the 0:24:54.040 --> 0:24:57.360 nineteen fifties, he would carry all of his sound equipment 0:24:57.480 --> 0:24:59.480 in the back of his car. When he got to 0:24:59.520 --> 0:25:01.119 an auditory for him, he would set it up and 0:25:01.359 --> 0:25:04.560 be ready to go. This particular night, there were going 0:25:04.640 --> 0:25:07.200 to be a couple one hundred people there. It was 0:25:07.280 --> 0:25:09.800 a big deal. He was excited about it. He was 0:25:09.840 --> 0:25:13.120 this up and coming young minister, and so he got 0:25:13.200 --> 0:25:15.320 there a couple of hours early to make sure he 0:25:15.440 --> 0:25:18.000 had plenty of time to set up. But in the 0:25:18.080 --> 0:25:21.879 midst of all the excitement, he accidentally locked his keys 0:25:22.119 --> 0:25:24.800 in the trunk of the car. He knew he couldn't 0:25:24.840 --> 0:25:28.240 have his big service without that sound equipment. So he 0:25:28.440 --> 0:25:31.040 and the other people there, many of them he did 0:25:31.119 --> 0:25:34.200 not even know, They came over and tried to get 0:25:34.240 --> 0:25:36.280 the trunk of the car open. They shook it, and 0:25:36.440 --> 0:25:39.399 they wiggled it and got some coat hangers and some tools. 0:25:39.680 --> 0:25:42.199 They just could not get that trunk to open up. 0:25:42.880 --> 0:25:45.760 Time was running out. They were way back in the country, 0:25:46.240 --> 0:25:48.880 didn't have time to go get someone or to tow 0:25:48.960 --> 0:25:52.400 the car. It looked like his big evening was going 0:25:52.480 --> 0:25:55.000 to be ruined. And just when he was about to 0:25:55.080 --> 0:25:57.879 give up, it dawned on him that he had not 0:25:58.119 --> 0:26:00.840 prayed about it yet. One thing I can tell you 0:26:00.880 --> 0:26:05.120 about my father, he was always very bold. He would 0:26:05.200 --> 0:26:10.000 pray about anything. Growing up. He would pray over the lawnmower, 0:26:10.840 --> 0:26:14.199 he would pray over the car radiator. One time our 0:26:14.320 --> 0:26:17.280 washing machine wasn't working. I heard Daddy in there casting 0:26:17.320 --> 0:26:21.000 the devil out of that thing. He was not ashamed 0:26:21.040 --> 0:26:24.560 to pray about anything, so he announced to all those 0:26:24.640 --> 0:26:27.280 people that he was going to pray that God would 0:26:27.280 --> 0:26:29.960 help him to open up that trunk. They looked at 0:26:30.040 --> 0:26:32.920 him like he had lost his mind. They begin to 0:26:33.040 --> 0:26:35.800 snicker and laugh. They said, you've got to be kidding. 0:26:36.160 --> 0:26:38.679 You can't pray that God will help you open up 0:26:38.720 --> 0:26:41.520 a trunk. He said, sure, I can. You have not 0:26:41.880 --> 0:26:44.560 because you asked not. So my father went over there 0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:47.119 and put his hands on the trunk and he said, Father, 0:26:47.640 --> 0:26:50.840 I know there is nothing too difficult for you, And 0:26:51.000 --> 0:26:53.280 you know I need this sound equipment to have this 0:26:53.440 --> 0:26:56.680 meeting tonight. So I'm asking you to somehow, some way 0:26:56.960 --> 0:26:59.240 help me to get this trunk open. He began to 0:26:59.400 --> 0:27:03.040 shake it, rattle it more vigorously than ever, but it 0:27:03.200 --> 0:27:06.280 still would not open. As he turned and walked away, 0:27:06.720 --> 0:27:09.200 the laughter and the snickering got a little bit louder. 0:27:09.720 --> 0:27:12.359 But all of a sudden they heard this pop. They 0:27:12.440 --> 0:27:15.600 all turned around, lo and behold, the trunk had popped 0:27:15.640 --> 0:27:17.960 open on its own, And just like it was in 0:27:18.080 --> 0:27:21.240 slow motion, it began to rise up toward the heavens, 0:27:22.200 --> 0:27:28.080 just like God was saying. Just like God was saying, 0:27:28.280 --> 0:27:30.840 I told you I would do it. I'm the God 0:27:31.040 --> 0:27:37.000 of the breakthrough. Those other people nearly passed down. From 0:27:37.080 --> 0:27:41.840 then on. They did anything my father asked. It was yes, sir, no, sir, 0:27:42.000 --> 0:27:45.879 whatever you say, sir. That was a bowl parism in 0:27:46.000 --> 0:27:49.240 my father's life. Here we are fifty years later, still 0:27:49.280 --> 0:27:51.879 talking about it, But I don't believe it would have 0:27:51.960 --> 0:27:56.040 happened if my father had not been living breakthrough minded. 0:27:56.520 --> 0:27:58.920 You may not need a trunk to pop open. Maybe 0:27:58.960 --> 0:28:01.119 the doctors have told you there's nothing more they can do. 0:28:01.560 --> 0:28:04.320 Maybe it's a sickness trying to pull you down. Get 0:28:04.440 --> 0:28:06.560 ready for the God of the breakthrough to show up. 0:28:07.320 --> 0:28:10.200 Maybe it's a relationship that needs to be restored. A 0:28:10.320 --> 0:28:13.680 family member this off course, start declaring the God of 0:28:13.760 --> 0:28:17.359 the breakthrough is turning it around like a flood. His 0:28:17.600 --> 0:28:21.760 favor can overtake you like a flood. God can cause 0:28:21.800 --> 0:28:25.120 your employer to pay for the surgeries your family member 0:28:25.200 --> 0:28:28.120 needs like a flood. God can cause your little boy 0:28:28.240 --> 0:28:31.400 to start speaking clearly like a flood. God can cause 0:28:31.400 --> 0:28:35.240 a trunk to supernaturally pop open. I'm asking you to 0:28:35.400 --> 0:28:38.600 live breakthrough minded. 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