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That's code iHeart fifty when 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:27.240 you sign up at unest dot co for a fifty 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:30.080 dollars bonus See terms and conditions at uness dot Co. 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:34.520 Doubt doesn't activate the power talking about how it's not 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:37.759 going to happen, how big the obstacles are, how you're 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:41.240 at a disadvantage that's going to keep you from your destiny. 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:45.440 Why don't you start mixing in faith? When you believe 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:50.120 angels go to work, when you believe supernatural doors will open, 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:54.200 when you believe you'll defeat giants, when you believe you'll 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:55.800 accomplish dreams. 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:59.280 Much bigger than your thought. Hi, this is Joel and Victoria, 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:02.720 thanks for down loading our podcast. We enjoy spending this 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:05.560 time with you. I know you're going to leave encouraged 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:06.360 and inspired. 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:09.600 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:12.359 and follow us on social media to stay connected. 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:15.959 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:17.480 Enjoy the message. 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:20.480 God bless you. It's great to have you with us today. 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:24.200 I know God has amazing things in your future. I 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:26.680 hope you'll stay connected with us all through the week. 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:30.600 You can download our podcast listen to the messages anytime, 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:33.000 or you can go to our YouTube channel. 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:34.239 But thanks for tuning in. 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:37.200 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:40.200 about this mom. She was cooking breakfast for her two 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:44.560 young boys. Ryan was five Kevin was three. They'd begin 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:47.840 to argue over who should get the first pancake. She 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:50.680 saw this as an opportunity to teach them a lesson. 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:54.880 She said, boys, boys, if Jesus were here, he would say, 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:58.560 let my brother have the first pancake. Ryan turned to 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.679 his younger brother, said, okay, Kevin, you be Jesus. 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:05.320 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:08.280 I am what it says, I am I have what 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:10.800 it says I have, I can do what it says 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:13.720 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:17.760 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:22.120 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:25.680 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:29.160 about mix your faith. God has given us all these 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:33.400 powerful promises in the scripture, promises that say we will 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.600 live an abundant life, we will be healthy and whole. 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:40.280 We can do all things through Christ, on and on 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:46.200 hundreds of promises of favor, increase, restoration. But as powerful 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:50.400 as these promises are, as encouraging and inspiring as they 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:54.640 can be by themselves, these promises won't do you any 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:58.440 good on their own. You won't see any change. They're 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:03.000 just nice, encouraging words. You have to add an ingredient 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:07.640 that activates the power. There's something you have when you 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:10.680 put it with the promise, that's what makes it come 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:15.840 alive and become what God said. Hebrews Ford says the 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:20.320 word did not profit them not being mixed with faith 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:21.480 when they heard it. 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:24.000 These people heard the promises. 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:28.800 God told them they were going to overcome opposition, defeat enemies, 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:32.240 and make it into the Promised Land. He told them 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:35.000 they would live in houses that they didn't build and 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:37.320 have vineyards that they didn't plant. 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:40.440 But just because God promised. 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:43.800 It doesn't mean it's automatically going to happen. He throws 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:47.120 the promise out like a seed. What kind of ground 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:50.040 is it going to fall on? Some people hear the 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:53.120 promise that God is restoring health back into them. 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:57.440 Instead of mixing faith, they think I'll never get well. 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:01.839 Did you see the medical report. They're mixing something. The 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:07.000 problem is it's the wrong thing. They're mixing doubt, mixing unbelief. 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:11.520 That's why God's word did not profit them. Prophet means 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:15.200 they didn't see increase. They didn't overcome the challenge. They 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:19.359 didn't have the favor. Not because God wasn't able, not 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:21.600 because the promise lost its power. 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:25.520 It's because the promise wasn't mixed with faith. 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:29.880 God brought the Israelites out of slavery. He parted the 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:33.039 Red Sea, drowned their enemies, and they made it to 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:34.039 the Promised Land. 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:35.919 They were camped next door. 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:39.080 You would think they would be full of faith, ready 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:41.880 to take the land, knowing that God brought them through 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:42.520 in the past. 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:43.840 And he would bring them through. 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:47.960 This time, Moses sent twelve men to spy out the 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:51.479 promised land. Ten of them came back and said, we 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:54.400 don't have a chance. The people are too big. We 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:59.280 felt like grasshoppers compared to them. God had already promised 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:03.120 them the victory. He'd already told them the land was theirs. 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:06.040 They just had to go in and possess it. They 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:09.479 had the promise. God had spoken to them. But the 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:14.080 promise alone is not enough. God does his part. Then 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:17.400 he waits to see what we're going to do. What 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:20.440 are you going to mix with the promise. There's only 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:24.919 one ingredient that activates the power, only one ingredient that 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:28.640 ignites what God said, and that's faith. How do we 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:32.599 mix our faith? We agree with what God promised. Lord, 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.400 thank you that as for me and my house, we 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:36.560 will serve the Lord. 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.480 Thank you that the number of my days you will fulfill. 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:44.960 That's not just being positive, that's mixing your faith. That's 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:50.359 what activates the promise. When the Israelites heard this negative report, 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:54.360 it began to spread all throughout the camp. Before long, 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:59.359 two million people were afraid, complaining, saying, Moses, let's go 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:02.919 back to eaith. Let's go back to being slaves. The 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:06.640 mistake they made is they mixed in doubt. They mixed 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:10.760 in unbelief. What happened the word did not profit them. 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.840 They never made it into the promised land. What are 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:19.120 you mixing with what God promised you? God said he'll 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:22.480 make streams in the desert. Even in famine, you will 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:26.400 have more than enough, Joel, I don't know. This pandemic 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:29.360 has slowed my business. I don't see how I could 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:32.560 ever get out of debt. You're mixing in the wrong thing, 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:36.400 the promise. Even though it's powerful, even though it can 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:39.440 cause doors to open, it's not going to profit you. 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:43.640 Doubt doesn't activate the power. Talking about how it's not 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:46.920 going to happen, how big the obstacles are, how you're 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:50.400 at a disadvantage that's going to keep you from your destiny. 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:54.600 Why don't you start mixing in faith When you believe 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:59.680 angels go to work, when you believe supernatural doors will open, 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:04.880 you'll defeat giants. When you believe you'll accomplish dreams much 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:05.960 bigger than you thought. 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:07.360 Here's the key. 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:10.560 You don't have to have a lot of faith. The 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.800 scripture says, if you have faith the size. 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:16.040 Of a mustard seed. You can move a mountain. 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:20.320 What you're up against may seem impossible. The odds are 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:24.240 against you. But when you say, God, I know you 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:27.640 can do the impossible. You said, when the enemy comes 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:30.080 in like a flood, you would raise up a barrier. 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:33.720 You said, whom the sun sets free is free. Indeed, 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:34.880 you said. 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:37.760 My children will be mighty in the land. You know 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:42.160 what you did. You just mixed in faith. Faith ignites 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:44.200 the promise like a match. 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.559 Even though it's small, even though it doesn't look like much, 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:48.520 it's powerful. 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:50.320 There's fire in the match. 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:54.480 It can become a huge force, But nothing happens until 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.520 you ignite it. When you strike that match and it 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:00.480 catches fire, then the power is least. 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:04.520 It's the same way with the promises. They're powerful. 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:09.040 They can bring healing, they can restore relationships. They can 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.000 catapult you to a new level, but they won't do 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:16.199 you any good until you ignite them. When you mix 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:20.920 your faith with the promises, powerful things happen. A little 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:24.920 match can start a huge fire, A little faith can 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:28.880 start a huge blessing. Little faith can open big doors. 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:33.000 Little faith can bring you a compact center. Little faith 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:36.960 can heal you from terminal illnesses. Little faith can defeat 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:40.440 great giants. Don't believe those lies that you don't have 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:43.720 enough faith. You have the faith you need to get 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:47.360 you to your destiny. Now do your part. Start mixing 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:51.000 faith with the promises. It's easy to mix in doubt, 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:56.200 mix fear, mix self pity, mix complaining. But there's only 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.840 one ingredient that's going to profit you all. The other 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:03.640 won't do you any good. When I was growing up, 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.439 my mother always cooked for the family, and there were 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:07.560 five of us children. 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:08.960 She was a good cook. 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:12.080 I'm saying that by faith, remembering the meals that I 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:16.359 could eat. But my mother was interesting. She didn't necessarily 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:20.880 go buy the recipes. She just added whatever she had available. 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:23.520 One time I was in the kitchen with her, and 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:26.439 I was about seven years old, and she was making 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:29.960 a cake. She realized she didn't have any sugar. The 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:32.560 recipe called for a half a cup. I thought, what 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:34.920 are we going to do? She said, oh, Joel, it's 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:37.640 no problem. I'll just add a half a cup of 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:39.199 apple sauce instead. 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:42.480 You love apple sauce. She mixed up all the. 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:46.280 Ingredients and poured them into one of those tall containers 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.720 about six inches high, like a bunk cake. It was 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:53.720 supposed to rise and fill the container. Thirty minutes later, 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:55.880 she took it out of the oven. It was about 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:59.320 an inch tall. You think I'm an optimis, my mother 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:03.040 said Joel. It will still be delicious. I took one bite. 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:05.040 It tasted like washing detergent. 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:06.040 Thank God. 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:08.960 The scripture says if you eat any deadly thing, it 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:13.360 will not harm you. What's my point? When you're cooking, 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:18.480 the right ingredients matter. You can substitute apple sauce for sugar, 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:21.480 but you're not going to get the result you're looking for. 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:25.760 In the same way, God has a recipe, so to speak, 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:30.200 to bring his promises to pass. There's a specific ingredient 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:31.440 you have to add. 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:34.080 It's called faith. If you put. 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:37.000 Something else in, you're not going to get the right results. 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:42.360 Too often we're mixing in doubt, fear, worry. We wonder 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:44.160 why our cake is not rising. 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:47.160 It's never gonna happen. I'm too old. 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:51.680 This problem's too big. Everybody in my family has this addiction. 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:55.839 Do yourself a favor. Go back to the recipe. Quit 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:59.720 adding all these ingredients that are not called for. Start 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:03.920 at in fad Father, Thank you that what you started 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:06.960 in my life you will finish. Thank you that I 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:09.559 am strong in the Lord. Thank you that I can 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:12.640 do all things through Christ. Thank you that the enemies 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:16.160 I see today I will see no more. You keep 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:19.000 doing that, and you're going to see those promises come 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:23.800 to pass. The other two spies, Joshua and Caleb, came 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:27.040 back from the Promised landed. They had a different report. 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:31.640 They said, Moses, we are well able to take the land. Yes, 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:35.120 the giants are big, but we know our God is bigger. 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:36.880 Let us go in at once. 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:41.679 Unlike the other spies, these two men chose to mix 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:46.520 faith with the promise. They saw the same giants, same obstacles, 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:50.520 same problem. I'm sure they were tempted to complain, we 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:52.280 don't have a chance, but. 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:54.000 They understood this principle. 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:57.440 If the promise is going to be fulfilled, you have 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:01.640 to add the right ingredient. You can't go around talking defeat. 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:04.560 You can't live worried, think it is never going to 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:07.480 work out, afraid that you're not going to get well. 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:10.800 That's not going to activate the promise. You have to 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:14.960 mix in your faith. Maybe a child is off course, 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:18.400 not making good decisions. Running with the wrong crowd. 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:23.280 God promises the seed of the righteous. That means your 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:27.720 children will be mighty in the land. That promise gives 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.640 us hope. It lets us know that God's favor is 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:35.520 on our children, that they will be influential, successful history makers. 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.760 But although this promise is powerful, although it has the 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:44.000 potential to thrust our children into their destiny, to break 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:46.640 chains that are holding them back, to set them on 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:50.559 course to rise higher, it won't do them any good. 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:53.680 Unless we mix our faith with it. You have to 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:54.560 make it personal. 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:58.360 Father, Thank you that my children will be mighty in 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.000 the land. Thank you that you're the hand of favor 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:04.080 is upon them. Thank you that they will become who 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:07.959 You've created them to be. You just ignited the promise. 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:10.680 That's when you're going to see the word profit you. 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:14.480 And it may not happen overnight. But keep mixing faith, 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.920 keep declaring what God said, keep talking like it's on 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:22.800 the way. God is faithful to his word. What's interesting 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:27.360 is Joshua and Caleb, we're the only two out of 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:31.240 that whole group of over two million people that ever 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:35.080 made it into the Promised Land. It's because they were 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:38.200 the only two that mixed faith with the promises. 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.840 The only two that saw the word profit them. 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:46.440 Now, I wonder how many promises are not profiting us 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:49.160 simply because we're not mixing. 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:49.960 Faith with them. 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:52.520 Well, if God wants to heal me, he'll heal me. 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:55.640 If he wants to bless me, he'll bless me. No, 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:59.440 even though God is all powerful, even though he controls 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:04.560 the universe, he needs an ingredient from you. The scripture says, 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:10.080 without faith, it's impossible to please God. He doesn't necessarily 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:13.200 need your talent, your ability, your education. 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:14.840 He needs your faith. 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:18.080 He needs you to get in agreement with him, to 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:21.440 take that promise and believe that it will come to pass. 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:24.400 I talked to a young lady that was trying to 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:27.680 have a baby. Years had gone by with no success, 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:31.840 and she had taken the fertility treatments. Now medically speaking, 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:35.160 she was told it was not possible. It's easy to 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:38.240 accept it and think it's not meant to be, But 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:41.800 there are promises you need to activate. It, says in 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:45.680 Psalm one thirteen, God will make the barn woman a 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:49.920 happy mother of children. God can bring your wound back 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:53.000 to life. It's not too late. He can cause you 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.520 to defy the odds and give you a child. But 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:59.560 this promise on its own won't do you any good. 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:04.760 It's just a hopeful statement. It needs another ingredient, your faith. 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.560 I can declare it over you. Other people can pray 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.800 that God will give you a child, and that's good. 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:14.840 But there's nothing more powerful than when you mix your 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:18.080 faith with the promise. That's when angels go to work. 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:22.040 That's when miracles are set into motion. Instead of thinking 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:25.200 it will never happen. All through the day, Father, thank 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:28.760 you that the fruit of my womb is blessed. Thank 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:31.600 you that there's a baby that already has my name 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:34.440 on them. Thank you for what you promise that you 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:39.600 will make me the happy mother of children. Find promises 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:42.640 that have to do with what you're believing for and 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:47.600 start mixing your faith with them. There are blessings, healing, freedom, 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:51.320 new levels that God has for you, but they're only 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:56.400 activated when you get in agreement. Psalm thirty says God 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.200 has blessings stored up for the righteous. 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:01.520 Want to activate that promise. 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:05.600 I need God's favor to fulfill my destiny. Every day 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:08.800 I say Lord, thank you for those blessings you have 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.960 stored up for me. Thank you that you're opening doors 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.880 that no man can shut. Thank You that your favor 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.880 surrounds me like a shield. Thank You that no good 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.600 thing will you withhold because I walk up rightly. 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:25.359 That's not just quoting scripture. That's not just making hopeful statements. 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:29.760 That's mixing my faith. That's adding an ingredient. 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:32.879 That causes what God said to become profitable to me. 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:35.160 A couple of weeks ago. 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:39.480 An opportunity came that was more than I could imagine. 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:42.600 I wasn't looking for it. I didn't know the people, 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:45.440 wasn't trying to make it happen. It was one of 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:47.879 those blessings God had stored up for me. 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:49.960 It was his favor. 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:52.840 Causing me to stand out. It was his goodness chasing 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:56.120 me down. But I don't believe it would have happened 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:59.760 if I had not been mixing my faith with the promises. 0:18:00.240 --> 0:18:03.159 It wasn't a coincidence. I didn't just get lucky. 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.920 That was the word profiting me because I mixed it 0:18:06.960 --> 0:18:11.440 with faith. Maybe you've been through a disappointment, a bad break. 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:15.080 It's easy to live down discourage. Why did this happen? 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:16.680 Try a different approach? 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:20.160 Father? Thank you for what you promised that you will 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:22.119 give me beauty for these ashes. 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:25.399 Thank you that you said all things are working together 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:28.919 for my good. You said no weapon formed against me 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:32.400 will prosper. This may have formed, but Lord, I thank you. 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:34.000 That it's not going to prosper. 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:37.639 When you're in tough times, the enemy would love for 0:18:37.720 --> 0:18:41.600 you to mix in self pity. God, I don't understand it. 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:45.920 Mix in bitterness, it's not fair, mix in doubt. I'll 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:48.760 never meet the right person. That's when you have to 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.880 dig down deep and say, God, I know you are 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:54.760 still on the throne. I know your plans for me 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:57.679 are for good. I know what was meant for harm. 0:18:57.720 --> 0:19:01.280 You're turning to my advantage. My my latter days will 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:05.200 be better than my former days. What you're mixing with 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:09.119 the promises will determine whether they come alive and you 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:12.760 see God's favor and blessings, or whether the promise is 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:16.760 will not profit you. I know a young lady that 0:19:16.920 --> 0:19:19.879 was graduating from high school. Her dream was to be 0:19:19.920 --> 0:19:23.880 in theater. She loved acting and singing, being a part 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:27.120 of plays. There was a prestigious school that she really 0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:31.320 wanted to attend. She applied for a scholarship. The problem 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:35.560 was there were only twelve positions available, but twenty six 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:39.600 hundred other students applied as well. The chances of her 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:42.960 getting in were so small she could have been discouraged, 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:46.840 thought just my luck, it's never going to happen. But 0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:50.480 instead of mixing doubt with the promises, thinking she didn't 0:19:50.520 --> 0:19:53.280 have a chance, she did what I'm asking us to do. 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:57.160 All through the day, Father, thank you that your favor 0:19:57.320 --> 0:20:00.119 is causing me to stand out, you said, because as 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:02.720 I delight myself in you, you will give me. 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:04.600 The desires of my heart. 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:08.600 She kept mixing faith, thanking God that he was working, 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:12.160 declaring favor, believing the right doors would open. 0:20:12.640 --> 0:20:15.520 A few months later, she received an email. 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:20.720 It said, congratulations, out of the twenty six hundred students, you're. 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:22.480 One of the twelve that we've chosen. 0:20:23.600 --> 0:20:26.240 God can make a way where you don't see a way. 0:20:26.840 --> 0:20:29.879 He's not limited by what you don't have. He's not 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:33.840 intimidated by what you're up against. The odds being against 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:37.919 you doesn't stop his plan. God is about to open 0:20:37.960 --> 0:20:41.000 a door that you can't open. He's about to turn 0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:44.920 that illness around. He's about to free you from that addiction. 0:20:45.520 --> 0:20:48.560 That child is about to get back on course. God 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:54.560 has blessings stored up for you, healing, freedom, favor, breakthroughs. 0:20:55.640 --> 0:20:58.159 Jod I don't think this will happen for me. I 0:20:58.280 --> 0:21:00.600 never get any good breaks. You're right. 0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:05.560 You can't mix doubt and see God's promises profit you. 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:08.800 You can't mix negative talking. Think it is not going 0:21:08.880 --> 0:21:12.880 to happen. Start mixing faith. You don't have to see 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:15.680 how it's going to happen. God has ways you've never 0:21:15.720 --> 0:21:18.399 thought of. All you have to do is get in 0:21:18.520 --> 0:21:22.399 agreement with him. Father, you said in Ephesians that we 0:21:22.400 --> 0:21:26.720 would see the surpassing greatness of your favor. You said 0:21:26.920 --> 0:21:30.680 whatever I touch would prosper and succeed. You said you 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:34.240 would always cause me to triumph. I don't see a way, 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:36.880 but I know you have a way. The odds are 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:40.320 against me, but I know you are for me. You 0:21:40.440 --> 0:21:43.959 keep mixing faith like that. God will make things happen 0:21:44.200 --> 0:21:47.119 that you can't make happen. He'll take you where you 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:51.600 can't go on your own. In John chapter four, Jesus 0:21:51.680 --> 0:21:53.000 was traveling through Galilee. 0:21:53.480 --> 0:21:55.080 He came to the town of Canaan. 0:21:55.680 --> 0:21:58.920 There was a government official in another city that had 0:21:58.960 --> 0:22:01.680 a son that was very he's sick, close to death. 0:22:02.320 --> 0:22:05.440 When he heard Jesus was in cana he rushed over there, 0:22:05.800 --> 0:22:09.040 fell at Jesus' feet and begged him to heal his son. 0:22:09.920 --> 0:22:14.240 Jesus didn't go at first, but the man pleaded, said please, Jesus, 0:22:14.359 --> 0:22:17.879 come now. My little boy is about to die. Jesus 0:22:17.960 --> 0:22:20.720 looked at the man and said, you can go back home. 0:22:21.080 --> 0:22:25.480 Your son is healed. The scripture says the man believed 0:22:25.560 --> 0:22:29.880 Jesus's word and started back home. The man could have thought, 0:22:30.000 --> 0:22:33.359 I'm not leaving Jesus. You didn't even pray for my son. 0:22:33.720 --> 0:22:36.360 You didn't even speak healing to him. I'm saying here 0:22:36.400 --> 0:22:37.280 till you come with me. 0:22:38.320 --> 0:22:41.600 His attitude was, I've heard the word, I've heard what 0:22:41.720 --> 0:22:45.080 God promised, that my son is well. I'm not going 0:22:45.160 --> 0:22:48.040 to mix in doubt. I'm not going to mix in worry, 0:22:48.359 --> 0:22:50.679 think it is not going to happen. He didn't do 0:22:50.720 --> 0:22:53.720 it my way. I'm going to mix in the right ingredient. 0:22:53.920 --> 0:22:56.919 I'm going to add my faith. Lord, I believe what 0:22:57.040 --> 0:23:01.240 you said. He turned around and headed home. No sign 0:23:01.320 --> 0:23:05.600 that anything changed, nothing looked any different. All he had 0:23:05.720 --> 0:23:08.720 was a promise. But he did what I'm asking us 0:23:08.800 --> 0:23:09.160 to do. 0:23:09.480 --> 0:23:10.840 He mixed faith with it. 0:23:11.359 --> 0:23:14.840 He wasn't moved by what he saw. He wasn't discouraged 0:23:14.840 --> 0:23:19.360 because Jesus didn't come. He wasn't complaining that it seemed impossible. 0:23:19.760 --> 0:23:23.359 He just kept thanking God for what he heard. Every 0:23:23.440 --> 0:23:26.240 thought told him that his son would never get well. 0:23:26.760 --> 0:23:30.680 It's too late. Jesus wouldn't come. You should be disappointed. 0:23:31.280 --> 0:23:34.840 He had a thousand reasons to doubt, to worry, to 0:23:34.880 --> 0:23:38.560 be upset, but he kept mixing his faith with the promise. 0:23:38.800 --> 0:23:42.439 I believe he's healed. I believe what Jesus said, that 0:23:42.600 --> 0:23:46.879 my son will live. While he was walking home, people 0:23:46.880 --> 0:23:50.640 from his house came running toward him. I can imagine 0:23:50.720 --> 0:23:54.879 him seeing them in the distance. Thought started bombarding his mind. 0:23:55.119 --> 0:23:58.240 They're coming with the bad news. Your son didn't make it. 0:23:58.240 --> 0:23:58.960 It's too late. 0:24:00.119 --> 0:24:03.359 Down he kept playing those words, thank you Jesus, that 0:24:03.480 --> 0:24:06.879 my son will live. Lord, I believe what you promised. 0:24:07.400 --> 0:24:09.919 The people finally made it to him. They had a 0:24:09.920 --> 0:24:13.159 big smile. They said, we have good news. All of 0:24:13.160 --> 0:24:16.879 a sudden, your son got better. Now he's perfectly well, 0:24:17.160 --> 0:24:21.560 running around, playing like nothing was ever wrong. That's what 0:24:21.800 --> 0:24:25.359 happens when you add the right ingredient to the promises. 0:24:25.920 --> 0:24:30.320 Not doubt, not worry, not fear, mix in your faith. 0:24:31.000 --> 0:24:34.520 Dare to believe what God told you. Don't be moved 0:24:34.520 --> 0:24:37.600 by what you don't see, by how long it's taking, 0:24:37.840 --> 0:24:40.240 by how bad it looks, by what you don't have. 0:24:40.880 --> 0:24:45.200 God has the final say. There are promises He's spoken 0:24:45.240 --> 0:24:48.840 to you. You don't see anything changing. It's been a 0:24:48.840 --> 0:24:52.199 long time. You're tempted to give up. God has you 0:24:52.320 --> 0:24:56.560 hearing this because it's on the way. You are closer 0:24:56.640 --> 0:24:59.840 than you think. This is not the time to start doubting. 0:25:00.200 --> 0:25:01.200 Now more than ever. 0:25:01.359 --> 0:25:02.879 You need to stir up your faith. 0:25:03.400 --> 0:25:06.639 Keep thanking God for what he promised, Keep declaring what 0:25:06.720 --> 0:25:10.080 he said, Keep talking like it's on the way. Don't 0:25:10.119 --> 0:25:14.160 let those negative thoughts override what God has spoken. 0:25:13.760 --> 0:25:14.800 To your heart. 0:25:15.040 --> 0:25:17.879 When you're fighting the illness, Father, thank you for what 0:25:17.960 --> 0:25:21.680 you promised. I will live and not die and declare 0:25:21.720 --> 0:25:25.399 the works of the Lord. When you're struggling in your finances, Lord, 0:25:25.480 --> 0:25:28.359 thank you that I will lend and not borrow, that 0:25:28.440 --> 0:25:32.919 whatever I touch will prosper and succeed. That's what brings 0:25:32.960 --> 0:25:37.280 the promises to life. The scripture says, all of God's 0:25:37.320 --> 0:25:41.880 promises are yes and amen. God gives you the promise, 0:25:42.200 --> 0:25:44.720 he gives you the yes, says I'm going to do it. 0:25:45.320 --> 0:25:48.359 But the yes alone is not enough. You have to 0:25:48.440 --> 0:25:52.800 add the amen to it. Amen means I believe it. God, 0:25:52.840 --> 0:25:56.400 I'm in agreement with you. When Jesus told the man 0:25:56.640 --> 0:25:59.879 your son is well, he gave him the yes. But 0:26:00.000 --> 0:26:02.560 if the man had to add the amen, if he 0:26:02.560 --> 0:26:06.040 would have gone home discouraged, I can't believe Jesus wouldn't 0:26:06.080 --> 0:26:08.639 come with me. I don't know if it would have 0:26:08.680 --> 0:26:12.560 been the same outcome. God says, Yes. Now do your part. 0:26:12.640 --> 0:26:16.440 Add the amen to it. God said your children will 0:26:16.480 --> 0:26:19.840 be mighty in the land. Don't go by what you see, 0:26:20.320 --> 0:26:23.480 go by what God said. If you'll get in agreement 0:26:23.560 --> 0:26:27.359 with God, it will change what you see. God said 0:26:27.560 --> 0:26:30.800 he's going to bring you to a flourishing finish. Your 0:26:30.800 --> 0:26:35.680 response just three simple words, Lord, I believe God said 0:26:35.880 --> 0:26:39.040 he will open the windows of heaven pour out blessings 0:26:39.040 --> 0:26:40.240 that you cannot contain. 0:26:40.920 --> 0:26:44.000 I don't see how, Joel. You don't have to see how. Lord. 0:26:44.240 --> 0:26:48.600 I believe God said He's going to restore the years 0:26:48.680 --> 0:26:53.240 that were stolen. Lord, I believe God said, the enemies 0:26:53.280 --> 0:26:56.560 you see today you will see no more. You may 0:26:56.600 --> 0:26:59.399 think of a thousand reasons why that's not going to happen. 0:27:00.200 --> 0:27:03.199 Give you one great reason while it will happen. The 0:27:03.320 --> 0:27:07.800 creator of the universe, the God who spoke worlds into existence, 0:27:08.080 --> 0:27:11.639 has declared it. He doesn't go back on his word. 0:27:12.320 --> 0:27:16.480 I'm asking you to add the right ingredient. No more 0:27:16.560 --> 0:27:21.160 mixing in doubt, no more mixing in unbelief. Start mixing 0:27:21.240 --> 0:27:25.360 your faith so the promises will become profitable to you, 0:27:25.920 --> 0:27:29.080 so you will see the greatness of our God. He 0:27:29.160 --> 0:27:32.480 wants to show out in your life. He has awesome 0:27:32.560 --> 0:27:35.840 things in your future. I never dreamed I would be 0:27:35.960 --> 0:27:39.200 up here, never dreamed we would own the Compact Center. 0:27:39.760 --> 0:27:42.880 This didn't happen because I had the most talent, the 0:27:42.880 --> 0:27:47.040 most education, the most faith. The truth is I had 0:27:47.160 --> 0:27:51.399 mustard seed faith. But I dared to believe what God said. 0:27:52.000 --> 0:27:55.000 I dared to add the amen to what he promised. 0:27:55.359 --> 0:27:59.000 Doors have opened that I never dreamed would open. Can 0:27:59.040 --> 0:28:02.240 I encourage you. You're on the verge of something you've 0:28:02.280 --> 0:28:06.680 never seen. God is getting you prepared for the surpassing 0:28:06.840 --> 0:28:08.400 greatness of his favor. 0:28:08.880 --> 0:28:10.280 It's going to seem too big. 0:28:10.760 --> 0:28:13.000 You don't see how it can happen, how you could 0:28:13.000 --> 0:28:16.040 afford it, how you could accomplish it. It's not going 0:28:16.080 --> 0:28:19.600 to happen by your mind, by your power. The Most 0:28:19.680 --> 0:28:22.359 High God is going to breathe on you in a 0:28:22.400 --> 0:28:23.000 new way. 0:28:23.240 --> 0:28:26.920 He's going to make things happen that you couldn't make happen. Now, 0:28:26.960 --> 0:28:28.440 every day, thank Him for. 0:28:28.400 --> 0:28:32.480 The promise in Ephesians for the far and beyond favor. 0:28:33.040 --> 0:28:35.639 If you'll keep mixing faith with the promises. 0:28:36.080 --> 0:28:39.560 I believe and declare what God said, it's going to 0:28:39.600 --> 0:28:43.160 profit you. New doors are about to open. The right 0:28:43.240 --> 0:28:46.720 people are about to show up. Negative situations are about 0:28:46.760 --> 0:28:51.960 to turn around. Healing is coming, freedom, breakthroughs, abundance, the 0:28:52.080 --> 0:28:56.320 fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you 0:28:56.400 --> 0:28:59.640 receive it, can you say amen, I'd like to give 0:28:59.640 --> 0:29:02.719 you an hour opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 0:29:02.760 --> 0:29:06.960 your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:29:07.720 --> 0:29:09.120 I repent of my sins. 0:29:09.840 --> 0:29:13.520 Come into my heart. 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