Living With Expectancy

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Apply now at Mentalhealth Coach 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:59.880 dot org again that's Mentalhealth Coach dot Org. 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:05.760 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast. 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:08.840 We enjoy spending this time with you. I hope you'll 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:12.239 leave Inspire. Make sure you subscribe to get new messages 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:15.320 every week. We appreciate your support. It helps keep the 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:31.560 ministry going. Enjoy the message. Hey, God bless you. Always 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.080 a joy to come into your home. We come with 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.560 good news, knowing that God is on your side and 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.840 He's got a great plan for your life. And if 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:41.040 you're ever in our area, I hope that you'll stop 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:43.280 by and see us. We give you a personal invitation. 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:45.679 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.320 But thanks so much for tuning in today. I'd like 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:50.200 to get started with something kind of funny each week, 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:53.079 so listen to this one. A woman parked her brand 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.600 new Lexus in front of her office, wanting to show 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:58.320 it off. As she got out, a truck passed too 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:02.720 closely and toward the door, completely off. When the police arrived, 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:05.040 they found the woman ranning and raving about how her 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:07.760 new car would never be the same. The officer shook 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:11.000 his head and said, lady, you are so materialistic, don't 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:13.919 you realize when the truck hits your car, it ripped 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:17.240 your arm off from the elbow down. Oh my goodness, 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:21.640 she screamed, where's my tennis Bracelet? You know some people 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:24.600 like that, come on, hold your bibles up and say 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.160 it like you mean it. Ready, this is my Bible. 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.160 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:32.840 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:36.080 I can do. Today, I'll be taught the word of God. 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:41.120 I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:44.160 I will never be the same. I am about to 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:49.880 receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever living seed of the Word 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:53.600 of God. I'll never be the same, never, never, never, 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:58.120 I'll never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:58.120 --> 0:04:00.800 You sound great as usual. I want to talk to 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:04.280 you today about living with expectancy and believing for more 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:07.560 of God's favor in your life. Too many people are 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:11.440 stuck in a rut and they're not really expecting anything good. 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.920 They don't expect to rise higher, they don't expect to 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:18.360 get any breaks, they don't expect things to change. They 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:21.039 go out each day sort of expecting to get the 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:24.279 short end of the stick. Their attitude is nothing good 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:26.599 ever happens to me. I don't see how I could 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.400 ever get out of debt. I'll never get married, I'll 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:32.240 never be promoted. I don't think I could ever afford 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:35.120 a nice house. But no, you've got to change what 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:39.760 you're expecting. God meets us at the level of our expectations. 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.240 If you don't expect anything good, you don't expect to 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.760 rise higher, and you don't expect those negative situations to 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:50.760 turn around, then, unfortunately, your own wrong thinking is going 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:53.000 to set the limits for your life. Now. I want 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:56.599 to challenge you today to raise your level of expectancy, 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:59.880 get your hopes up, start believing for more of God. 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:03.320 God's favor. God has so many great things in store 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:06.599 for you. He wants to promote you, to increase you. 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:10.200 God can turn any situation around, but we have to 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.799 do our part and take the limits off of God. 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:16.159 And so, instead of always expecting the worst, why don't 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:19.240 you start expecting the best? Instead of going out each 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.240 day expecting to just barely get by, why don't you 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:25.880 start expecting to live God's abundant life. When we get 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:27.479 up in the morning, one of the first things we 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:31.320 should do is ask ourselves, what am I expecting today? 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:34.880 What am I believing our attitude should be. I believe 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.560 this is going to be a great day. God's favor 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:40.720 surrounds me wherever I go. I know God is making 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:44.080 my crooked places straight, and I believe that something good 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.680 is going to happen to me today. See, we need 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:49.520 to get our mind going in the right direction. Let's 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:52.599 start believing that we can rise higher. Believe that you 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:56.919 can accomplish your dreams. Believe that that situation can turn around. 0:05:57.120 --> 0:06:00.359 Put your faith out there, and start expecting good things. 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:03.719 Things the scripture says they're in Isaiah thirty, verse eighteen 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:07.200 from the amplified God is longing to be good to 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:11.520 people that are looking for his goodness, his favor, and 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:14.960 his victory. Notice. God wants to be good to you, 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:18.039 but it's only going to happen if you are looking 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:22.400 for his goodness, if you are expecting his blessings in favor. 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:26.280 In other words, we should actively be releasing our faith 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:29.840 for more of God's favor. And I don't say it arrogantly, 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:32.400 but when I go out each day, I'm expecting to 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:35.440 get good breaks. I'm expecting to be at the right 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:39.320 place at the right time. I'm expecting some supernatural doors 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:42.080 to open. I'm expecting people to want to be good 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:45.279 to me. I'm expecting a few advantages, not because of 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:48.240 who I am, but because of whose I am. I 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:50.520 know I'm a child of the Most High God, and 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:53.320 God is longing to be good to me. I know 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.640 God wants to pour out his blessings in favor. It 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:59.320 says in the Book of Psalms that God has crowned 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:03.640 us with glory and honor. Another word for honor is favor. 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:08.680 Favor means to assist, to provide with advantages, and to 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:12.600 receive preferential treatment. God is simply saying he wants to 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:15.600 make your life easier. He wants to assist you. He 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:18.560 wants to give you advantages. And what a shame to 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:23.600 go through life, negative, defeated, never expecting anything good. When 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:26.960 Almighty God has already crowned us with his favor. Now 0:07:27.040 --> 0:07:30.240 we need to hold our shoulders back and live with confidence, 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:33.000 knowing that we have a right to walk in victory. 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:35.840 We have a right to expect good things. We have 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:38.720 an advantage in life. We have the favor of God. 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:42.920 One translation says God wants to show us his far 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:48.000 and beyond favor. He wants to do unusual, unprecedented things. 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:50.760 But if that's going to happen, we've got to start 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:55.040 living more favor minded. That simply means we're not only 0:07:55.200 --> 0:08:00.320 expecting favor, but we're also declaring God's favor. And every 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:02.760 day we should say, Father, I thank you that I 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:05.560 have your favor. Thank you that I have favor with 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.960 my boss. Thank you that I have favor with my clients. 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:12.240 Thank you that my children have favor with their teachers. 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:15.360 When you get to the office, just under your breath, Father, 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:18.440 thank you that I have favor in this place, everywhere 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:21.480 you go all day long. Father, thank you that your 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:24.920 hand of favor is upon me. See. Learn to declare 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:27.880 God's favor. Really, it's not enough to just believe this. 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:30.200 It's not enough to just think about it. You need 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:33.520 to speak it out words, give life to our faith. 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:36.840 And we should get in a habit of declaring favor. 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:39.280 Just like you're in a habit of brushing your teeth, 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:42.320 you should get in a habit of speaking favor over 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:45.400 your life every single day. When you really walk in 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:49.079 God's favor, supernatural things are going to happen. The favor 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:51.520 of God will cause you to get a promotion even 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:54.440 though you're not the most qualified. The favor of God 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.040 will cause your house to sell even though nothing else 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:59.839 in the neighborhood is selling. The favor of God will 0:08:59.840 --> 0:09:02.880 call people to come into your business, even though another 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:06.720 business was much closer. When you have God's favor, he 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.840 causes his light to shine down on you. He causes 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.080 you to stand out in the crowd, and people are 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:14.200 gonna want to be good to you. They may not 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:16.360 even know why they're doing it, but they'll go out 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:18.920 of their way to help you. One time, I was 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.920 on an airplane and now the clear Blue the stewardess 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:23.959 came up and she got me out of my seat 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.000 and she took me to a seat up there in 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.560 first class. And I was so surprised. I said, why'd 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.080 you do that? She said, all the computer just randomly 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:35.400 selected you, And I thought, that's what you think. No, 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:38.400 when you have God's favor, He'll cause even computers to 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:41.600 be good to you. And listen when things like that happen, 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:44.640 don't take it for granted. Be a grateful person. Learn 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.720 to say Father, thank you for your favor. And sometimes 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.440 it's just the small things. You're in a crowded parking lot, 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:52.400 all of a sudden somebody backs out and you get 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:55.480 that front row spot. That's not a lucky break. That's 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:58.320 the favor of God. Maybe you're out there on the freeway, 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:00.720 it's all backed up, you're trying to get over, can't 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:02.640 seem to get in. All of a sudden, there's the path. 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.400 You just slide right in there. That's not a coincidence. 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.400 That's God's hand of favor on your life. I remember 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:10.319 one time I was at a mall and I was 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:12.680 up at the cast register, just standing there, minding my 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:15.400 own business. I was paying for something. Victoria had stepped 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:18.640 away and I was waiting there. The lady behind the register. 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.160 She said, oh, you know what, this goes on sale tomorrow. 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:22.960 It's okay with you. I'll go ahead and give you 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:26.960 the sale price. I said, I think that'd be okay now. 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:28.960 I told Victoria I need to go shopping with you 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:31.880 more often. I might save us some money. But she 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.320 didn't have to do that. She didn't know me. For Madam. 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.240 That's God's favor causing people to want to be good 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:40.040 to us. God's favor causing us to stand out in 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:42.640 the crowd. Well, you say, Joel, that never happens for me. 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:46.600 Well are you living favor minded? Are you expecting good things? 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:48.640 Are you declearing favor over your life? 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:49.200 Well? 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:51.280 I tried it for three days, but it didn't work. 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:55.360 Now I'm talking about living a lifestyle of believing for 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:59.360 the best, expecting the best, and thanking God all day 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:01.680 long for his goodness. When you do that, you will 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:04.600 see more of God's favor in your life. I know. 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:07.200 I talk to a young man several years ago. He 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:10.080 was a very successful businessman, and he came down to 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:12.760 the front for prayer about this job interview he was 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:15.200 going to. This was a chance for him to really 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:17.760 advance in his career. Seemed like a once in a 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:21.400 lifetime opportunity. And he told how executives were flying in 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:24.400 from all over the country to interview for this new position. 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:27.960 Most of these executives had much more experience than he did. 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:31.280 They were much more qualified in fact, on paper, their 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:35.200 resume was much more impressive. And he had already interviewed 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.760 several times at this company and he was going back 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:41.960 for his final evaluation later that week. And after we prayed, together. 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:44.920 I told him basically what I'm telling you today, that 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:47.800 you need to start speaking favor over your life now. 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:50.079 I told him. Every day, whether you feel like it 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:52.840 or not, no matter how impossible it seems to you, 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:55.120 you just need to say, father, thank you that your 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:57.839 favor is causing this company to want to hire men. 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:00.240 Thank you that your favor is going to cause me 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:02.800 to stand out in the crowd. Father, I'm just thinking 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:05.080 that your favor is going to open up doors that 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:07.720 look impossible. I said, you not only do that, but 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:12.160 you expect to get that position, expect to hear good news. Well, 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:14.480 I saw him maybe three months later out here in 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:16.760 the front lobby and he was just beaming from ear 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.040 to ear. I mean, he had a glow on his face, 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:20.960 and I could already tell that he had gotten that 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:24.480 new position. But he said something very interesting. He said, Joel, 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.120 it was the most amazing thing. When I went into 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:30.400 that boardroom and those executives gave me the good news, 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.760 they were literally shaking their heads. They said, we don't 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:37.319 really know why we're hiring you. You're not the most qualified, 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:40.080 you don't have the most experienced, but they said, there's 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:43.640 just something about you that we like, they said, we 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.400 can't quite put our finger on it. But there's just 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.840 something about you that makes you stand out above those 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:53.439 other candidates. Friends, that's the favor of God. God's favor 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:55.839 is like a bright light shining down on you. It's 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:57.720 going to cause you to stand out in the crowd. 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:00.320 That's what it says in number six, verse twenty five. 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:03.400 The Lord will make his face shine on you and 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.560 give you favor, and you will be enlightened. And when 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.560 you really walk in God's favor, when you really know that, 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.199 you know that you've been crowned with glory and honor, 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.240 You're gonna go around beaming with joy. You're gonna go 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:18.560 around glowing with the glory of God. I think about 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.480 Moses when he came down off the mountain after he 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:24.840 had just received the Ten Commandments. The scripture says that 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:27.240 his face was so bright they had to put a 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:30.000 veil over it because people couldn't even stand to look 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:33.160 at it. I believe when God's favors really poured out 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:35.560 in your life, you're gonna go around with that glow. 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:38.200 You're gonna be shining. People may not even know what 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:40.720 it is, all they're gonna know is there's something different 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:43.400 about you for some reason, they want to help you. 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:47.280 Let's give him the promotion, Let's give her the preferential treatment. 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.400 What is that the favor of God causing you to 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:53.559 stand out? I know, ever since I became pastor, one 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:56.959 thing I've always done is I've really prayed and believed 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:59.880 that God would give me favor with people that were 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:03.160 on TV, in favor with the people that were flipping 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:06.640 by the different channels. And practically every day I say, Father, 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.600 thank you that your favor is causing me to stand out, 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.960 and it's supernaturally drawn people to where they want to 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.440 tune in. Well, it's funny. I got a letter a 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.360 few years back from this man and he told how 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:22.160 he could not stand TV ministers. He was very sarcastic 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:25.280 and very skeptical about everything, and as he would be 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.760 watching TV on Sunday nights and he'd see me on 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:30.400 the screen, he would flip by as fast as he could. 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:32.920 I mean he would not watch for five seconds. It 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:35.840 was like he didn't want to become contaminated. But one 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:39.000 Sunday night, as he was flipping through the different channels, 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:42.800 believe it or not, his remote control quit working. And 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:45.320 he got stuck on the channel that we were on, 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:48.000 and he could not change the channel. He couldn't turn 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:51.560 the volume down. Made him so aggravated. He changed the 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:54.680 batteries in the remote control, finagl with it here and there, 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:56.920 but he could not get it working. And he said, 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:59.680 as he was continuing to work on the remote control, 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.080 he couldn't help but listen to what I was saying, 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.920 and it just so happened. I was talking about exactly 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:07.720 what was going on in his life that God his attention. 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:10.360 He perked up and watched the rest of the program, 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:13.040 and he said, Joel, the most amazing thing happened the 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:16.240 moment the program was over. My remote control started working again. 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:20.600 He said, Now I never miss a broadcast. I got 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:23.600 my friends and family watching. I'm your most faithful viewer. 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.880 But see, that's God's favor causing us to stand out 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:31.080 in the crowd. That's God's favor causing you to be 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:33.720 at the right place at the right time. That wasn't 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:36.240 any accident. Don't you know. God knew when the remote 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:39.000 control was going to quit working. But I believe things 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:42.360 like that happen because I'm releasing my faith in that area. 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:45.880 I'm believing it, expecting it, and declaring God's favor. And 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.400 you can do the same thing. And really, every day 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:51.320 before you leave the house, you should declare favor over 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:55.760 your family, favor over your job, favor over your finances, 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:59.280 favor wherever you go. Just say, Father, I thank you 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:01.960 that your faith is going to make my crooked places 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.360 straight today. Thank you that your favor is going to 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:07.200 open up new doors of opportunity. Father, I thank you 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:10.360 that your favor is going to bring success and victory 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:13.320 into my life. Today. When you get in a situation 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:15.840 where you need favor, learn to just declare it, even 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:18.800 if it's under your breath. You don't have to broadcast 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:20.800 it out to the world. Maybe you're in a crowded 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:22.800 restaurant and you really need to get a table. Just 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:25.200 under your breath, Father, thank you for giving me favor 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:27.520 with these people. Or if you're in a long line 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:30.200 at the airport the plane's about to leave, Father, thank 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:32.440 you that your favor will help me make this flight, 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:35.080 your favor will open up a new line. Or like 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:37.520 I was talking about, you're in a crowded parking lot, 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:40.360 you can't find a space. Father, thank you that your 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:43.520 favor is just leading me and guiding me. You say, Joel, 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:45.840 what if I do that nothing happens? What if I 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:47.680 do that and I have to park a long way 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:49.840 off way back at the back. Well, what you do 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.000 is you get out and you walk, and with every 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:54.280 step of the way, you thank God that you're healthy. 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:57.200 You thank God that you're well able to walk, you're strong, 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:00.520 you're alive, you're full of faith and joy. But you 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:03.600 don't get all negative and start complaining. Well, I knew 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.040 it wouldn't work for me. That young preacher doesn't know 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:09.280 what he's talking about. No, no matter what comes your way, 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:12.600 just keep on believing, keep on expecting it, keep on 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:15.880 living favor minded, and really we need to start believing 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:19.040 for some of this far and beyond favor. I love 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:21.679 what it says in Ephesians two seven in the amplified 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:26.000 God wants to show us the immeasurable, the limitless, the 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:29.960 surpassing greatness of his favor. That tells me God wants 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:34.520 to do unusual, unprecedented things. We got to stir ourselves 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:37.879 up and start believing for more of that. I know 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:41.000 a couple that recently bought a new home. They had 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:42.800 looked for a long time, and all of a sudden 0:17:42.840 --> 0:17:45.600 this house became available and things just fell into place. 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:48.399 But now they needed to sell their other house, and 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:51.399 they debated for some time about what price they should 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:53.960 list it for on the market, and after talking with 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:59.000 several knowledgeable people and studying the neighborhood themselves, they decided 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:01.720 to list it for quite a bit more than anyone 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.840 had suggested. They just felt like it was worth more money, 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:08.000 and they needed it to not only sell quickly, but 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:10.160 they needed it to sell close to what they were 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:13.080 asking for so this other deal would work out. Now, 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:15.000 I was talking to this young lady about it, and 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:17.760 she said, Joel, we just decided that we were going 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:21.320 to believe for some of God's unprecedented favor. We were 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:23.439 going to believe that the house was not only going 0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:25.840 to sell quickly, but it was going to sell close 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:28.120 to what we were asking for. And when she told 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:30.000 me that, that just stuck out in my mind. I 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:33.880 like that unprecedented favor. See, they put their faith out 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:36.960 there for some of that far and beyond favor. And 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:39.639 do you know, on the first day that the house 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.639 was officially on the market, a realator brought this couple 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:44.879 by and they fell in love with the house, and 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:47.600 they said, if you'll take the house off the market today, 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:50.600 we'll not only write you a contract, but we'll pay 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:53.760 you more money than you're asking. They sold the house 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:56.560 the very first day for more money than they had 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:58.840 it listed for it. And you know that's not normal. 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:02.359 That's some of that far and beyond favor. That's God 0:19:02.480 --> 0:19:05.320 doing more than we can ask or think. But my 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:07.080 point to you is, I don't believe in a million 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:09.359 years that would have happened if they had not put 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:11.680 their faith out there in that area. I don't believe 0:19:11.680 --> 0:19:14.280 that it would have happened if they were not expecting 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:17.119 good things, if they had had the attitude, Well, this 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:20.280 house will probably never sell. The market's we price it 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:23.960 way too high. No, God is longing to be good 0:19:24.000 --> 0:19:26.679 to you, but you've got to be looking for his goodness. 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:29.840 I'm asking you today to believe for bigger things, put 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:32.800 your faith out there, start living more favored minded. God 0:19:32.880 --> 0:19:35.439 wants to be good to you. And no, I'm not 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:37.919 saying this is gonna work every single time. I'm not 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:40.359 saying this is some kind of magic formula. But what 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:43.120 I am saying is if you don't get your hopes up, 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:46.320 if you don't start believing for bigger things, if you 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:49.400 don't live more favored minded, then you can rest assured 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:51.760 you're not gonna see much of this happen in your life, 0:19:51.880 --> 0:19:56.000 because faith is what activates God's supernatural power. In other words, 0:19:56.160 --> 0:19:58.959 don't put your house on the market not expecting it 0:19:59.000 --> 0:20:02.280 to sell. When nobody's gonna buy this whole thing. Just watch, 0:20:02.280 --> 0:20:04.800 it's gonna take forever. I know it. No, you've already 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:07.440 defeated yourself. You put it on the market and say, Father, 0:20:07.680 --> 0:20:10.119 I thank you that your favor is causing my house 0:20:10.160 --> 0:20:13.080 to stand out. I think that your favor is drawing 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:15.240 people to it, and you're gonna bring me a buyer. 0:20:15.840 --> 0:20:18.320 That's the kind of attitude you need to have some 0:20:18.359 --> 0:20:20.720 of you today, though you are not believing for big 0:20:20.840 --> 0:20:24.520 enough things. You are not expecting things to go your way. 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:27.280 You're not expecting to get any breaks. I want to 0:20:27.400 --> 0:20:30.240 challenge you to make a decision today that you're gonna 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:33.800 get rid of that negative, limited mentality and you're gonna 0:20:33.800 --> 0:20:37.679 start believing for some of that unusual, unprecedented, far and 0:20:37.720 --> 0:20:41.040 beyond favor God is longing to be good to you. 0:20:41.480 --> 0:20:44.960 My question is are you looking for God's goodness? Are 0:20:45.000 --> 0:20:49.159 you expecting any advantages? Are you living favor minded? Now? 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:51.359 I could tell you we would not be where we 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:54.240 are today as a church if we didn't believe strongly 0:20:54.280 --> 0:20:57.480 in the favor of God. When the Compact Center became 0:20:57.560 --> 0:21:00.680 available and we signed the agreement with the city, that 0:21:00.760 --> 0:21:04.160 took most of our resources to secure the facility. Most 0:21:04.200 --> 0:21:06.880 of you know, we prepaid the lease. When we met 0:21:06.880 --> 0:21:10.320 with the architects about remodeling it, redesigning it and adding 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:13.320 the children's facility and the broadcast center and all of that, 0:21:13.600 --> 0:21:15.439 they told us it was going to cost close to 0:21:15.480 --> 0:21:18.280 eighty million dollars. Well, we didn't have that much money 0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:20.480 at the time, and I didn't want to wait several 0:21:20.560 --> 0:21:22.840 years while we raised the funds because we need the 0:21:22.920 --> 0:21:25.200 room now. And so I told our team we need 0:21:25.240 --> 0:21:27.879 to meet with the bank about getting a construction line. 0:21:28.119 --> 0:21:30.040 So they got it all lined up and one dal 0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:32.880 I went to this meeting and these people were very 0:21:33.040 --> 0:21:36.880 very nice people, but they were very negative. They told 0:21:36.960 --> 0:21:39.520 us all the reasons why it wouldn't work and why 0:21:39.560 --> 0:21:42.159 they couldn't be involved, and all the risks that they 0:21:42.160 --> 0:21:45.560 would have to take, and on and on and on. Finally, 0:21:45.640 --> 0:21:47.520 at the end of the meeting, they said, well, just 0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:51.080 maybe there's a slight chance we could offer you about 0:21:51.119 --> 0:21:53.840 one fifth of what you really need. And Man, I 0:21:53.920 --> 0:21:56.560 left that meeting kind of discouraged. I thought, God, how 0:21:56.640 --> 0:21:59.080 is this ever going to work out? The next morning 0:21:59.080 --> 0:22:01.439 when I woke up, it dawned on me that I 0:22:01.480 --> 0:22:04.760 needed to start believing for God's supernatural favor. And so 0:22:04.840 --> 0:22:07.560 I just started declaring every day, Father, thank you that 0:22:07.640 --> 0:22:10.400 your favor is leading us to the right people. Thank 0:22:10.440 --> 0:22:13.280 you that your favor will bring people across our path 0:22:13.480 --> 0:22:16.639 that want to help us, people that get behind the vision, 0:22:16.800 --> 0:22:19.399 people that are excited about this project. And I just 0:22:19.480 --> 0:22:22.760 kept doing that day after day. Well, several weeks later, 0:22:23.000 --> 0:22:25.240 we met with another bank and it was like night 0:22:25.280 --> 0:22:28.680 and day difference. This group was excited about being involved. 0:22:28.960 --> 0:22:31.760 In fact, in the first meeting they brought a letter 0:22:31.840 --> 0:22:35.440 already written offering us twice as much as the other bank, 0:22:35.560 --> 0:22:37.880 and they hadn't even seen our records. They hadn't even 0:22:37.920 --> 0:22:40.639 seen our finances. I mean, their attitude was, we'll do 0:22:40.720 --> 0:22:43.919 whatever it takes to be involved. Wasn't a struggle. We 0:22:43.960 --> 0:22:46.960 didn't have to convince them it was the favor of God. 0:22:47.520 --> 0:22:49.680 I believe it's that same favor. It's going to help 0:22:49.760 --> 0:22:51.880 us to pay off that construction loan. But the point 0:22:51.920 --> 0:22:54.040 I'm making to you is maybe you've been trying to 0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:57.000 get another house, or maybe you need some credit so 0:22:57.040 --> 0:23:00.160 your business can really grow. But everybody has told you 0:23:00.359 --> 0:23:02.920 how impossible it is, how it's never going to work, 0:23:02.960 --> 0:23:04.639 and you might as well just forget it. But no, 0:23:04.760 --> 0:23:07.359 you need to hear God saying that God has the 0:23:07.440 --> 0:23:10.639 resources for you, He has the people that can help you. 0:23:11.000 --> 0:23:13.240 God can make a way even when it looks like 0:23:13.280 --> 0:23:15.400 there is no way. But you've got to put your 0:23:15.480 --> 0:23:17.840 faith out there. You've got to do like we did 0:23:17.880 --> 0:23:21.080 and start saying, Father, thank you that your favor is 0:23:21.119 --> 0:23:24.720 bringing the right people across my path. When you do that, 0:23:24.720 --> 0:23:28.160 that's when supernatural doors are going to open. Well, you say, Joel, 0:23:28.200 --> 0:23:30.000 I've tried and tried, and they just tell me it's 0:23:30.040 --> 0:23:33.119 against the policy, it's against the regulation, against the rules. 0:23:33.320 --> 0:23:35.760 Now listen to what I've discovered. The favor of God 0:23:35.800 --> 0:23:38.200 can bend the rules for you. The favor of God 0:23:38.240 --> 0:23:40.960 can make exceptions for you, if you'll just keep believing 0:23:41.520 --> 0:23:45.840 keep declaring it, keep expecting it, and supernatural doors are 0:23:45.880 --> 0:23:47.960 going to open. And I know some of you today 0:23:48.160 --> 0:23:50.760 are going through great difficulties. You've got a lot of 0:23:50.760 --> 0:23:53.200 obstacles in your path, and you're kind of thinking, man, 0:23:53.280 --> 0:23:55.200 I don't want to hear about favor. I want to 0:23:55.200 --> 0:23:57.119 know how to get out of my problems. But let 0:23:57.200 --> 0:23:59.880 me tell you, the favor of God can turn your situation. 0:24:00.920 --> 0:24:04.040 God's favor can bring you out of that adversity. I 0:24:04.080 --> 0:24:06.920 love what David said and Saw forty one eleven. He said, 0:24:06.960 --> 0:24:10.760 the favor of God keeps my enemies from triumphing over me. 0:24:11.320 --> 0:24:13.480 The favor of God can do the same thing for you. 0:24:13.760 --> 0:24:17.160 And all through the Bible there are examples of where 0:24:17.160 --> 0:24:20.120 people were in a great time of need, yet God's 0:24:20.160 --> 0:24:23.560 favor showed up and turned everything around. I think about Noah. 0:24:23.960 --> 0:24:26.480 He was facing the greatest challenge of his life. The 0:24:26.520 --> 0:24:28.879 whole world was about to be destroyed by the flood. 0:24:29.359 --> 0:24:31.760 Don't you know he could have easily gotten discouraged. He 0:24:31.800 --> 0:24:34.080 could have easily just given up and thought it was hopeless. 0:24:34.400 --> 0:24:37.560 But the Bible says that Noah found favor in the 0:24:37.600 --> 0:24:41.320 eyes of God. In other words, God's supernatural ability came 0:24:41.359 --> 0:24:44.040 on him. It assisted him and helped him to build 0:24:44.080 --> 0:24:46.879 that huge arc which saved he and all of his family. 0:24:47.440 --> 0:24:49.920 I think about Ruth. She and her mother in law 0:24:49.920 --> 0:24:52.840 were widows. They hardly had any money. They were just 0:24:52.920 --> 0:24:55.880 barely surviving. Ruth would go out into the fields each 0:24:55.960 --> 0:24:58.639 day and pick up the leftover grain. They were just 0:24:58.680 --> 0:25:02.439 barely making it. The Bible says, the favor of God 0:25:02.520 --> 0:25:06.040 came on Ruth, and she found favor with Boaz, the 0:25:06.119 --> 0:25:09.320 owner of that field, and he told his workers to 0:25:09.440 --> 0:25:12.840 leave handfuls of grain on purpose for little Ruth. And 0:25:12.880 --> 0:25:15.880 now they had all their needs supplied. You think about that. 0:25:16.280 --> 0:25:18.800 Here they were in that time of crisis, the favor 0:25:18.800 --> 0:25:21.800 of God changed, and all of sudden things turned around. 0:25:22.240 --> 0:25:25.360 One more example, Joseph. You know, he was sold into slavery. 0:25:25.760 --> 0:25:28.639 He was so mistreated, so taken advantage of. But the 0:25:28.640 --> 0:25:31.960 Bible says the favor of God was upon Joseph, and 0:25:32.080 --> 0:25:35.200 every place they put him, he continued to prosper. Even 0:25:35.200 --> 0:25:37.480 when they lied and threw him into prison, they couldn't 0:25:37.520 --> 0:25:40.000 keep him down. The favor of God caused him to 0:25:40.080 --> 0:25:42.800 rise to the top. And in each of these examples, 0:25:42.960 --> 0:25:46.000 God's favor came in the midst of a storm. It 0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:48.880 came in a famine, came in a flood, came when 0:25:48.920 --> 0:25:51.679 somebody was being mistreated. And when you're in one of 0:25:51.720 --> 0:25:54.760 life's challenges. Maybe you've got a difficult thing going on 0:25:54.840 --> 0:25:58.439 right now. Somebody's mistreating here, you're struggling financially. It's so 0:25:58.600 --> 0:26:01.040 tempting to get negative in this scourage and just to 0:26:01.080 --> 0:26:04.000 expect the worst. But you need to more than ever 0:26:04.160 --> 0:26:08.480 become favor minded. That means expect the situation to change 0:26:08.640 --> 0:26:12.360 and start speaking favor over that difficulty. Maybe you've got 0:26:12.359 --> 0:26:14.679 a child that's just running with the wrong crowd. You 0:26:14.720 --> 0:26:17.359 need to say, Father, thank you that your favor is 0:26:17.440 --> 0:26:19.880 keeping him from getting into trouble. Thank you that your 0:26:19.960 --> 0:26:22.520 favor is going to bring good people across his path. 0:26:23.040 --> 0:26:25.640 Or if you're struggling financially, Father, thank you that your 0:26:25.680 --> 0:26:28.400 favor is opening up new doors. Think you that your 0:26:28.400 --> 0:26:31.000 favor is going to help me to prosper. See it 0:26:31.000 --> 0:26:33.919 says in Firs Peter, to hope to the end for 0:26:34.000 --> 0:26:37.360 the divine favor that is coming. God is saying, if 0:26:37.359 --> 0:26:40.360 you can just keep your hopes up, then divine favor 0:26:40.480 --> 0:26:42.879 is on its way. You may not be able to 0:26:42.920 --> 0:26:45.760 see it right now in the natural, your situation may 0:26:45.800 --> 0:26:49.000 look pretty impossible. But if you can just keep believing, 0:26:49.400 --> 0:26:53.200 keep expecting, he promises that favor is going to show up. 0:26:53.520 --> 0:26:55.280 And let me tell you, when God's favor comes on 0:26:55.359 --> 0:26:58.600 to sing, things are going to change. Like David, the 0:26:58.640 --> 0:27:01.879 favor of God will keep your enemies from defeating you. 0:27:02.000 --> 0:27:04.480 Like Joseph, the favor of God will cause you to 0:27:04.560 --> 0:27:07.840 always rise to the top. God's favor will open up 0:27:07.880 --> 0:27:10.920 doors to you that men say are impossible. So let 0:27:10.920 --> 0:27:13.160 me challenge as we go into this new year. Live 0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:17.880 more favor minded, expect it, Declare it every day, Say Father, 0:27:18.080 --> 0:27:20.720 thank you that I have your favor. Don't just sit 0:27:20.800 --> 0:27:23.959 back and take what life brings your way. Be aggressive 0:27:24.240 --> 0:27:27.159 and believe for big things. God wants to show you 0:27:27.440 --> 0:27:31.119 the surpassing greatness of his favor. He's longing to be 0:27:31.200 --> 0:27:33.159 good to you, but you've got to be looking for 0:27:33.200 --> 0:27:37.040 his goodness. When you're tempted to just shrink back and 0:27:37.160 --> 0:27:40.200 just kind of settle for mediocrity and not expect anything good, 0:27:40.480 --> 0:27:43.360 you got to remind yourself you have been crowned with 0:27:43.440 --> 0:27:46.160 glory and honor, you are a child of the Most 0:27:46.200 --> 0:27:49.240 High God. God wants you to be favored. He wants 0:27:49.280 --> 0:27:51.960 to assist you. He wants you to have advantages in 0:27:52.040 --> 0:27:55.000 life and friends, if you will do your part and 0:27:55.080 --> 0:27:57.760 just make a decision with me that you're gonna consistently 0:27:58.160 --> 0:28:01.480 expect good things and you're going to God's favor, then 0:28:01.520 --> 0:28:04.520 God promises he'll make his face shine down on you. 0:28:04.800 --> 0:28:07.080 He'll give you his favor, He'll meet all your needs 0:28:07.080 --> 0:28:10.199 in abundance, and I believe you'll experience the victory that 0:28:10.280 --> 0:28:12.560 He has in store. Amen, how many of you receive 0:28:12.600 --> 0:28:16.879 it this morning? Can you say him in today? We 0:28:17.000 --> 0:28:19.800 never like to close our broadcast without giving you an 0:28:19.840 --> 0:28:23.080 opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 0:28:23.119 --> 0:28:27.639 you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I repent 0:28:27.680 --> 0:28:32.320 of my sins, Come into my heart. 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