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If you enjoy 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:02.560 today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.120 it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray for 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:12.639 God's very best in your line. Well, God bless you. 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:15.560 It's great to have you with us today, and I 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.359 hope you'll stay connected all through the week. You can 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:22.240 download our daily podcast, our YouTube channel. You can listen 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:25.440 to the messages anytime, or follow us on social media. 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:28.919 We'll keep it encouraged and inspired. But thanks for letting 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.120 us come into your homes, and thanks again for coming 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:34.000 out today. I like to start with something funny, and 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:36.920 I heard about this man. He called the church office 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:39.320 and said, I want to speak to the head hog 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:43.200 at the trough. The secretary was offended. She said, if 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:45.320 you mean the pastor, you're going to have to call 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:47.880 him pastor, but you may not call him the head 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.720 hog at the trough. He said, well fine, but I 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:53.480 think it about making a five thousand dollars donation to 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:56.800 your church. She said, hang on, Porky just walked in. 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:01.160 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:03.960 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:06.480 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:09.240 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:13.480 of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:17.919 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:21.640 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:26.440 about overflowing with hope. We all have situations that don't 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:29.000 look like they're going to work out. We don't see 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:32.040 how we can get well, how we can accomplish a dream, 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:36.320 how our family will be restored. All the circumstances say 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:40.280 it's not going to happen, But Paul said in Romans fifteen, 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:44.120 may you overflow with hope through the power of the 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:47.640 Holy Spirit. It's one thing to have hope, but Paul 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:51.640 prayed that we would overflow with hope. When you overflow 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:55.160 with hope, you're not moved by what the circumstances look like. 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:59.080 You're not discouraged because it hasn't happened yet. You're not 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:02.680 worried because you don't see away. You know God is 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:05.920 on the throne. You know he's ordering your steps. You 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.800 know his plans for you are for good. So you 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.680 can't be talked out of it. The odds are against you, 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:15.280 but you don't stop believing. You don't see away, but 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:18.320 you keep thanking God that he has a way. People 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:21.200 tell you that it's not going to happen, just accept it. 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:24.000 You let that go in one ear and out the other. 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:28.560 You know what God started, He's going to finish well, Joel. 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:31.640 I hope I'll get well. I hope my business makes it. 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:34.880 This pandemic is rough. I hope I meet the right person. 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:38.440 It's been a long time. That's good, that's better than 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:42.080 being negative. But when you overflow with hope, you take 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:45.400 it one step further. Instead of I hope I get well, 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:48.640 I know I'll get well. I know God is restoring 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.800 health backato me, instead of I hope I meet the 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:56.000 right person. I know a divine connection is coming somebody 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:59.800 better than I've imagined. You've been saying that for five years. 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:02.480 You really think it's still going to happen. I don't 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:06.240 think so. I know. So you go through a disappointment, 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:10.800 you could be upset, bitter, But when you overflow with hope, 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:13.800 you know what was meant for harm, God is turning 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:16.800 to your advantage. Weeping may endure for a night, but 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:20.880 you know joy is coming. What are you overflowing with? 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:25.520 Overflowing with worry? What if it doesn't work out? Overflowing 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:28.520 with doubt? I don't see how this problem can resolve. 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:32.960 Overflowing with discouragement. It's been so long, this challenge is 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:36.800 too big. You're overflowing with the wrong thing. If you'll 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:41.039 start overflowing with hope, believing despite what it looks like, 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:45.120 thanking God when you could be complaining, expecting things to 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.839 change in your favor, then you're going to see God 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:52.320 show out in your life. Problems that look permanent are 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:56.080 only temporary. The expert said you would never get well, 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.400 but God has the final say. You don't see how 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:02.359 you can accomp it's that dream. There are good breaks 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:06.560 already lined up for you the right people favor. God 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:09.040 wouldn't have given you the promise. He wouldn't have put 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.320 the dream in your heart if he didn't have a 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:14.680 way to make it happen. And the scripture talks about 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:18.800 being fully persuaded that God will do what he promised. 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:22.920 It's one thing to be persuaded, but when you're fully persuaded, 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:25.760 you're not going to change your mind. You're not going 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.120 to let people talk you out of it. You're not 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:32.440 going to let circumstances cause you to quit believing. Before 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:36.360 you see the promise, before the problem turns around, there's 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:40.279 a waiting period where you don't see anything happening. There's 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:43.240 no sign that it's going to change. Every thought will 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:46.800 tell you you're wasting your time. Just accept it. You're 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:49.400 not going to get well. You'll never break that addiction. 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:53.159 Your business is never going to take off. That's a test. 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:56.960 God is seeing what you're made of. Are you going 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.680 to get talked out of it negative I knew it 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.360 wasn't going to happen. Or are you going to be 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:05.760 fully persuaded? Are you going to dig down deep and say, 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:09.280 I'm not moved by what's not changing. I'm not discouraged 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:13.040 because it's taken so long. I'm not worried because nothing 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:16.840 is improving. I know God is a faithful God. I've 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.320 seen him do it in the past. I know he'll 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:22.640 do it again in the future. This is what Abraham did. 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:25.840 God gave him the promise that his wife Sarah was 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:28.160 going to have a baby, but they were both way 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:32.080 too old. Abraham was eighty, Sarah had been bearing her 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:36.720 whole life, not able to have children. And sometimes God 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.600 will put things in your spirit that don't make sense, 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:44.400 dreams that seem too big, problems that look impossible. How 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:46.680 can I go to college? I don't have the funds. 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:49.960 How can I start that business? I don't have the experience. 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.960 How can I get the compact center? It's David versus Goliath. 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:57.480 Here's the key. God doesn't ask us to figure it out. 0:07:58.040 --> 0:07:59.920 He doesn't ask us to come up with a plan, 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:04.080 research it, see if it's possible. He simply ask us 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:10.320 to believe Roman's force. Says Abraham was absolutely convinced that 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:14.760 God was able to do anything He promised our attitude 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:18.480 should be. I am absolutely convinced that as for me 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.640 and my house, we will serve the Lord. I am 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:25.760 absolutely convinced that my children will be mighty in the land. 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:30.240 I am absolutely convinced that we will lend and not borrow, 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:34.520 that we are above and not beneath. I am absolutely 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:37.560 convinced that I will impact this world for the good, 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:40.200 that my gifts will come out to the full, that 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:43.040 I will leave my mark. That God is opening doors 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:46.720 no person can shine. That this ministry will shine brighter 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:50.520 and brighter. Those dreams God has put in your heart, 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:55.000 those promises He's whispered to your spirit. They may seem unlikely. 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:57.720 You don't see how it can happen. No one in 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:01.800 your family has done it. Could talk yourself out of it. 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:06.280 You're right where Abraham was. That's a critical time. You 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.840 can dismiss it, think it's too big, it's been too long, 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:13.080 or you can do like him and say, God, i 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:16.840 am absolutely convinced that you're going to turn my child around. 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:21.040 I'm absolutely convinced that I'm going to get well. I'm 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:24.760 absolutely convinced that my dreams are going to come to pass. 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:28.320 You may not see any sign of this happening. You 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:31.600 don't have any reason in the natural to believe that's 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:35.559 what it means to overflow with hope. Nothing in your logic, 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:39.559 your reasoning says it's possible. But down in your spirit, 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:43.800 in your heart, you feel this passion, this knowing, this 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:47.199 expectancy that God is going to do something out of 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:51.280 the ordinary, something that you couldn't make happen. Thoughts will 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:55.000 tell you it's impossible. Why are you even believing? You 0:09:55.080 --> 0:09:57.920 know that problem is not going to work out, the 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:01.200 same thoughts came to Abraham. You can't have a baby. 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:05.000 Your wife is eighty years old. That's never happened before. 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:10.800 The scripture says, against all hope, Abraham hoped on in faith, 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:14.480 and when it doesn't look hopeful, you don't see any 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:17.959 sign of it happening. Every thought says you're wasting your time. 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.600 You have to dig down deep and against all hope, 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:26.000 hope on in faith against the odds. Dare to believe 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.520 when the medical report says you're not going to get well, 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:33.320 hope on in faith. That's one report, But God has 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:37.920 another report. When your business seems stuck, you lost a client, 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:41.320 funds are down, you could settle there, think it's not 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:44.640 meant to be. No hope on in faith. God is 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:48.840 still in control. This is what my mother did. Nineteen 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:53.200 eighty one, she was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. The 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:56.200 doctors told her she only had a few weeks to live. 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:58.800 There was no treatment that they could give her at 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:02.960 the time, as medical science was concerned they had done 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:07.040 everything they could. My mother had no hope in the natural, 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:11.840 but like Abraham, against all hope, she hoped on in faith. 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:15.520 I would hear her all through the day, quoting scripture, 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:19.079 I will live and not die. God is restoring health 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:22.280 back unto me, the number of my days he will fulfill. 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:28.280 She could have been depressed, complaining, but she overflowed with hope. 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:31.600 Thoughts told her that she was done, she would never 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:34.679 see her grandchildren. You can wear that pink dress at 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:37.920 your funeral. She tuned that out and tuned in what 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:41.960 God said. It didn't happen overnight, but little by little 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:45.199 she got better and better. Her skin color came back 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:49.200 to normal, she started regaining weight. A few years later, 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:52.600 the doctor said, we can't explain it, but you don't 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:57.960 have cancer anymore. That was almost forty years ago. Today 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:03.200 she's eighty seven years young, still going strong. The scripture says, 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:06.520 is there anything too hard for the Lord? What are 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:10.719 you absolutely convinced of? It's not enough to just be convinced. 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.280 You have to have a made up mind. I will 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:16.959 get well, I will beat this depression. I will come 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:21.880 out of death. I will accomplish my dreams. Not maybe not, 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:25.480 I hope. So if some people help me, if I 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:28.600 get the right breaks. No, if you have the ifs, 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:32.200 you're going to talk yourself out of it. Absolutely convinced 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:36.560 means giving up is not an option. Not believing is 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:40.480 not something you even consider. Your face is set. You're 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:44.320 not moved by negative reports, not discouraged by how impossible 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:47.920 it looks, not complaining by how long it's taking. You 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:52.240 know what God promised is on the way. Abraham had 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:56.280 all kinds of opportunities to quit believing God gave him 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:59.840 the promise, but nothing happened. Year after year went by, 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:03.600 no sign of a baby the whole time Sarah was 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:07.800 getting older. It seemed impossible when God first promised it, 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:12.000 but now years later, even more so. The scripture says 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:16.839 Abraham considered not the weakness of his own body nor 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:20.760 the deadness of Sarah's womb. If you're going to overflow 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:24.880 with hope, you can't consider all the circumstances. If you 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:28.160 stay focused on how big the problem is, what the 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:32.120 expert said, how impossible it looks, you're going to be discouraged. 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:37.280 Quit considering the circumstances, and start considering your God. He 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:42.040 spoke worlds into existence, He parted red seas, He closed 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:45.080 the mouths of hungry lines. He healed my mother of 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:49.359 terminal cancer. He brought my father out of poverty into influence. 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:52.600 He gave us the compact center when all the odds 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:56.720 were against us. No person can stop him, no sickness, 0:13:56.920 --> 0:14:00.480 no bad break, no addiction. What are you cons considering 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:04.000 how big your problems are or how great your God is? 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:09.400 One translation says, all human reason for hope was gone, 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.920 but Abraham hoped on in faith. You may feel like 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.920 there's no reason to have hope in the natural it's 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:20.400 not possible, but we serve a supernatural God. When you 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.640 keep hoping on in faith, you are paving the way 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:27.840 for God to do extraordinary things. When Abraham was one 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:32.480 hundred years old, Sarah was ninety. This was twenty years 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:35.680 after he received the promise. Sarah gave birth to a 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:41.120 son that they named Isaac. Some promises take time. While 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:44.800 you're waiting, it's easy to lose your passion, think it's 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:48.080 never going to happen, start believing those lies, that the 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:51.440 problem is too big. You can't accomplish your dreams. It 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:54.320 would have happened by now. You have to keep your 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:58.640 hope stirred up. You have to be absolutely convinced. You're 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:02.360 not moved by what's not happening, by how long it's taking, 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:06.640 by how impossible it looks. You know what God promised 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:09.840 is on the way. That's what Paul prayed, that we 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:13.240 would overflow with hope, that we would believe when it 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.160 seems too big, that we would stay in faith when 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:20.280 it's taking a long time. That we wouldn't consider our circumstances, 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:25.960 but we would consider our God. David said in Psalm five, Surely, 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:30.000 O Lord, you will bless the righteous and surround him 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:33.800 with favor like a shield. He could have just said, Lord, 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:37.360 you will bless the righteous, but he added the word surely. 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:42.840 He was saying, I'm absolutely convinced. I'm fully persuaded that 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:46.160 what you promised is on the way. You need to 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:50.760 have some surelyes. Surely I'll get well, Surely I'll pay 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:54.560 my house off. Surely I'll meet the right person. Surely 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:58.560 this problem is turning around. Surely new doors are opening. 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:03.680 Surely I'll come through this pandemic better than I was before. Not. 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:08.680 Maybe there's a good chance if the medicine works, if 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:11.880 I get the promotion, if these people like me. No, 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:15.320 you need to add the surely. You have to be convinced. 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:20.120 David said in Psalm twenty three. Surely goodness and mercy 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:23.600 will follow me all the days of my life. He 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:26.880 was saying, I am confident that good things are coming. 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:31.640 I am confident that this situation is turning around. It's 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:35.800 very powerful when you add the surely to what you're believing. 0:16:35.880 --> 0:16:39.080 For thoughts will tell you that you'll never get well. 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:42.720 You saw the medical report. Surely, oh Lord, you will 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:45.920 heal me. Surely, Oh Lord, good health is on the way. 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:49.680 You'll never get out of debt. Surely I will lend 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:53.160 and not borrow. You'll always struggle with that bad habit. 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:57.480 Surely I will break this addiction. Surely freedom is coming. 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:01.480 Surely I will accomplish my dream. Means, Surely I will 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:04.760 set a new standard for my family. Well, how can 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.920 you say that none of the circumstances look like it's 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:11.680 going to happen. Yes, but I'm not moved by my circumstances. 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:15.359 I'm moved by what God promised. He said. Surely he 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:19.400 will bless me. Surely he will surround me with his favor. 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:23.360 Once you're up against may look too big. You don't 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:26.760 see how it could work out. You could overflow with worry, 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:31.120 overflow with doubt, overflow with fear. Try a new approach. 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:35.359 Start overflowing with hope. Start adding some surelyes to what 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:39.840 you're believing for. Start showing God that you're absolutely convinced. 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:43.280 When you have this surely mentality, you're going to see 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:47.160 some surelyes come to pass. Surely your family is going 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.240 to be restored. Surely you're going to have that baby 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:53.560 you've dreamed of. Surely you're going to meet the right person. 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:57.520 Surely your business is going to excel. Don't let the 0:17:57.560 --> 0:18:01.360 circumstances fool you. Surely God is about to bless you 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:05.520 and show you favor that you've never seen. In Psalm 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:09.360 twenty seven, David had all kinds of things coming against him. 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:14.440 He had every opportunity to live, defeated, discouraged, he said, 0:18:14.600 --> 0:18:18.080 enemies are waiting to attack me. They accuse me of 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:22.680 things I've never done. They lie about me, they're mean, violent, 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:26.400 on and on. Seemed like he was overflowing with trouble, 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:30.960 overflowing with adversity. But just when you thought he was defeated, 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:35.560 he said in verse thirteen, Yet I am confident I 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:39.120 will see the goodness of God. He was saying, all 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:42.600 these negative things have come against me, but one thing 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:47.040 I'm confident of is surely God will deliver me. Surely 0:18:47.080 --> 0:18:50.760 God will vindicate me. I am confident I will see 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:55.720 his favor. He didn't deny negative things were happening, He 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:58.640 just didn't let it get on the inside. He didn't 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:02.240 let it overwhelm him. God, I don't understand it. I 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:04.800 was being my best. Why did you let this happen? 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:09.520 He could have overflowed with self pity, overflowed with discouragement, 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:13.760 but instead he turned it around and overflowed with hope. 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:18.359 He said, I am confident, I am absolutely convinced. I 0:19:18.440 --> 0:19:21.159 have no doubt I will see the goodness of God. 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:25.080 I wonder what would happen if we had that same 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:29.000 attitude in the middle of difficulties, when we don't see 0:19:29.040 --> 0:19:34.040 away when it's not fair. Instead of living discouraged, complaining, 0:19:34.280 --> 0:19:37.000 we would do like David. I know I'm going to 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:40.679 see God's goodness. I know healing is coming. I know 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:45.080 breakthroughs are coming. I know victory is coming. God being 0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:47.879 for you is more than the world being against you. 0:19:48.960 --> 0:19:52.359 When Moses sent twelve men to spy out the Promised Land, 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:55.600 ten came back and told how the land was very 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:59.959 beautiful and very fertile. They saw clusters of great solong 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:02.840 guards that it took two people to carry. It was 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:06.040 more than they ever dreamed. But they went on to say, 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:10.199 there are giants in the land. The people are too big, 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:13.359 the cities are walled off. We don't have a chance. 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:18.480 God promised them the land. But when they considered the circumstances, 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:22.400 how big the people were, how impossible it looked, they 0:20:22.480 --> 0:20:26.679 overflowed with doubt. They were fully persuaded that they couldn't 0:20:26.720 --> 0:20:31.600 defeat the opposition. Now, all two million people were discouraged 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:36.080 and worried. The other two spies, Joshua and Caleb, had 0:20:36.119 --> 0:20:40.560 a different report. The scripture says Caleb quieted the people 0:20:41.160 --> 0:20:44.439 and said, we should, by all means go in and 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:50.000 take possession of the land, for we will surely overcome. Notice, 0:20:50.080 --> 0:20:54.600 Joshua and Caleb had a surely mentality. Surely we will 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:58.960 defeat these enemies. Surely we will overcome this problem. Surely 0:20:59.040 --> 0:21:03.000 we will live in the promised land. What's interesting is 0:21:03.040 --> 0:21:05.720 they were the only two people out of that whole 0:21:05.760 --> 0:21:09.520 group that ever made it into the promised Land. All 0:21:09.560 --> 0:21:13.480 the others wandered in the desert year after year. Don't 0:21:13.520 --> 0:21:17.760 get talked out of your dreams may look impossible. There 0:21:17.800 --> 0:21:21.000 may be giants on your land, a giant of sickness, 0:21:21.240 --> 0:21:25.040 a giant of debt, a giant of addiction. Do like David, 0:21:25.320 --> 0:21:28.960 do like Caleb, start putting some surely's on the front 0:21:29.000 --> 0:21:32.880 of what you're believing. For Surely I will defeat this giant. 0:21:33.280 --> 0:21:36.080 Not in my own strength, not in my own ability. 0:21:36.359 --> 0:21:39.320 But Lord, I know you will bless me, that you 0:21:39.400 --> 0:21:43.120 will surround me with your favor. Surely I will live 0:21:43.200 --> 0:21:47.680 healthy and home. Surely I will finish college. Surely I 0:21:47.720 --> 0:21:52.280 will conceive this baby. Surely my business will succeed. Well, Joe, 0:21:52.359 --> 0:21:55.639 what about the pandemic? What about business being slow? What 0:21:55.800 --> 0:21:59.080 about our God? He's still on the throne. He's not 0:21:59.280 --> 0:22:03.320 limited by the environment, by the economy, by what you 0:22:03.440 --> 0:22:06.879 don't have, by who's against you. He has all power. 0:22:07.440 --> 0:22:11.159 He controls the universe. The good news is he's on 0:22:11.240 --> 0:22:15.919 your side. He's breathing in your direction. The scripture says 0:22:16.400 --> 0:22:20.800 be confident of this. That means have no doubt. What 0:22:21.000 --> 0:22:25.080 God started he will finish, that what he promised will 0:22:25.119 --> 0:22:28.640 come to pass. You need to have this surely mentality, 0:22:29.119 --> 0:22:32.560 this made up mind. You're not moved by the circumstances, 0:22:32.960 --> 0:22:36.560 by how long it's taking, by what's not changing. You know, 0:22:36.960 --> 0:22:40.520 God is a surely God. Surely you will bless me. 0:22:41.040 --> 0:22:44.800 Surely you will do what you said. He's easy to doubt, 0:22:45.320 --> 0:22:48.040 it's easy to give up on dreams. Doubters are a 0:22:48.119 --> 0:22:52.040 dime a dozen negative people discourage people. You can find 0:22:52.040 --> 0:22:55.119 them everywhere. God is looking for people that have a 0:22:55.200 --> 0:22:59.159 made up mind, people that are absolutely convinced, people that 0:22:59.359 --> 0:23:03.360 overflow with hope, that believe when the odds are against them, 0:23:03.680 --> 0:23:07.040 that believe when they don't see away. You may have 0:23:07.160 --> 0:23:10.760 challenges coming against you. Now, you could overflow with worry, 0:23:11.119 --> 0:23:14.640 with discouragement, with self pity. But look at you. You're 0:23:14.680 --> 0:23:18.840 overflowing with hope. You're thanking God when you could be complaining. 0:23:19.280 --> 0:23:21.720 You're being good to people that are not being good 0:23:21.800 --> 0:23:25.520 to you. You're believing when you don't see anything changing. 0:23:25.880 --> 0:23:29.680 You're talking victory, declaring God's promises. You have a song 0:23:29.760 --> 0:23:33.119 of praise. You need to get ready. Instead of overflowing 0:23:33.119 --> 0:23:37.480 with trouble, overflowing with sickness, overflowing with bad breaks, You're 0:23:37.480 --> 0:23:42.000 about to overflow with favor, overflow with healing, overflow with abundance, 0:23:42.280 --> 0:23:48.320 overflow with freedom. Because you overflow with hope. Surely God 0:23:48.440 --> 0:23:51.119 is going to bless you. Surely God is going to 0:23:51.160 --> 0:23:54.320 turn it around. Surely he's going to take you into 0:23:54.359 --> 0:23:58.040 your promised land. You're about to see something that you've 0:23:58.080 --> 0:24:02.679 never seen something out of the ordinary, unusual that thrust 0:24:02.800 --> 0:24:06.560 you to a new level. The scripture says, where two 0:24:06.640 --> 0:24:11.000 or three agree according to God's will, they will have 0:24:11.200 --> 0:24:15.280 whatever they ask. And sometimes you can't find anyone to 0:24:15.400 --> 0:24:19.119 agree with you. People don't understand you. They think what 0:24:19.160 --> 0:24:22.800 you're believing for is too big, that problem could never change. 0:24:23.359 --> 0:24:26.280 I want to come into agreement with you. I want 0:24:26.280 --> 0:24:29.199 to put my faith with yours and tell you that 0:24:29.280 --> 0:24:32.840 I am absolutely convinced you're going to see the goodness 0:24:32.840 --> 0:24:36.680 of God. I am fully convinced that forces that are 0:24:36.680 --> 0:24:40.200 holding you back are being broken right now. I am 0:24:40.320 --> 0:24:44.239 fully convinced that the sickness, the trouble, the anxiety, the 0:24:44.280 --> 0:24:48.359 depression is not permanent. It's on its way out. I 0:24:48.400 --> 0:24:54.320 am fully convinced that you are coming into increase, promotion, abundance, overflow, 0:24:54.640 --> 0:24:57.880 that you will have more than enough. I am fully 0:24:57.920 --> 0:25:02.280 convinced that your dreams, your goals, what God whispered to 0:25:02.320 --> 0:25:05.160 you in the night, are on the way. It's going 0:25:05.200 --> 0:25:08.560 to be bigger than you thought, more fulfilling than you've imagined. 0:25:09.400 --> 0:25:13.320 Now get up every morning with a surely mentality. Surely, 0:25:13.359 --> 0:25:16.760 oh Lord, you will bless me. Surely goodness and mercy 0:25:16.800 --> 0:25:21.120 will follow me. That's not being arrogant, that's overflowing with hope. 0:25:21.240 --> 0:25:24.520 That's what David did, That's what Caleb did, and that's 0:25:24.520 --> 0:25:28.399 what Abraham did. For twenty years while he waited for 0:25:28.440 --> 0:25:32.040 the baby with no sign of it. The scripture says 0:25:32.119 --> 0:25:35.399 he grew strong in faith by giving praise to God. 0:25:36.160 --> 0:25:39.280 I can see him all through the day. Surely, Oh Lord, 0:25:39.720 --> 0:25:43.320 what you promised will come to pass. Surely this baby 0:25:43.680 --> 0:25:46.600 is on the way. I know a young man that 0:25:46.680 --> 0:25:50.520 attends our services. He's a student from another country. He 0:25:50.560 --> 0:25:53.280 had a problem with his visa. When he went to 0:25:53.440 --> 0:25:55.880 enroll for the next year of school, he was told 0:25:55.960 --> 0:25:58.760 that he couldn't finish because of this problem. He had 0:25:58.800 --> 0:26:01.919 already completed his undergraduate work and he was in the 0:26:01.920 --> 0:26:04.719 middle of getting his masters, and it looked like it 0:26:04.760 --> 0:26:08.040 wasn't going to work out. He was tempted to get discouraged, 0:26:08.320 --> 0:26:11.240 but he did what I'm asking us to do against 0:26:11.280 --> 0:26:14.520 all reason for hope. He kept hoping on in faith. 0:26:14.960 --> 0:26:18.200 He knew God as an Oh, surely God. He didn't 0:26:18.240 --> 0:26:20.720 see a way, but he kept thinking God that there 0:26:20.880 --> 0:26:23.880 was a way. A couple of weeks later, he went 0:26:23.960 --> 0:26:26.679 back to check in with the school one last time. 0:26:27.280 --> 0:26:29.800 He had been told again and again there was nothing 0:26:29.840 --> 0:26:32.000 they could do, that it was out of their hands. 0:26:32.359 --> 0:26:35.560 But this time there was a different lady working at 0:26:35.560 --> 0:26:39.119 the admissions office. They started talking and found out they 0:26:39.280 --> 0:26:42.680 both come to Lakewood. When you find someone from Lakewood, 0:26:42.760 --> 0:26:45.280 you might as well get ready. You're gonna get blessed. 0:26:45.760 --> 0:26:50.840 Lakewood has awesome people. She said, I looked at your files. 0:26:51.359 --> 0:26:53.440 I see your problem. Let me see what I can do. 0:26:53.960 --> 0:26:56.879 She came back a half hour later with a big smile. 0:26:57.400 --> 0:27:00.320 She said, we found a way that we can enroll you. 0:27:00.800 --> 0:27:03.320 Will give you this letter that will extend your visa. 0:27:03.760 --> 0:27:06.600 He had three more years to go. He was so happy, 0:27:06.960 --> 0:27:09.639 but she wasn't finished. She said, I have a fund 0:27:09.960 --> 0:27:13.359 that i'm allowed to help students. I just received permission 0:27:13.680 --> 0:27:17.160 to award you a full scholarship for your next three years. 0:27:17.840 --> 0:27:21.560 He went on to finish school at no charge. Surely, 0:27:21.640 --> 0:27:25.200 O Lord, you will bless your people. Surely you will 0:27:25.240 --> 0:27:29.240 surround them with favor. Are you looking at how big 0:27:29.280 --> 0:27:32.080 your obstacles are? Or are you looking at how big 0:27:32.119 --> 0:27:36.359 your God is? Your situation may seem impossible, like it 0:27:36.400 --> 0:27:39.280 could never work out, but one touch of God's favor, 0:27:39.720 --> 0:27:43.560 one good break, one healing meeting, one right person, and 0:27:43.680 --> 0:27:49.760 everything will change in life. You're going to overflow with something, doubt, worry, stress. 0:27:50.200 --> 0:27:53.280 Why don't you overflow with hope? Why don't you believe 0:27:53.320 --> 0:27:56.760 that surely goodness and mercy are following you. 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