Praying Bold Prayers

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I 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:08.560 like to start with something funny each week. And I 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:11.240 heard about this eighty five year old man. He was 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:14.160 out fishing one day and he heard this voice saying, 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:17.720 pick me up. He looked around, didn't see anybody, thought 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:20.160 he was dreaming. He heard it again, pick me up. 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:24.160 He looked down and saw a frog. In amazement, he said, 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:27.000 are you talking to me? The frog said yes, pick 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:30.520 me up and kiss me, and I'll become a beautiful bride. 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:33.080 He quickly picked the frog up and put him in 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:35.200 his front pocket. The frog said what do you do, 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:37.919 and I said, kiss me and I'll become a bride. 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.359 The man looked at him and said, no, thanks. At 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:45.799 my age, I'd rather have a talking frog. All right. 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:48.840 Hold up your bible. Say it like you mean it. 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:52.320 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:55.480 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:58.120 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:02.280 taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:05.880 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:10.519 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:14.960 to talk to you today about praying bold prayers. God's 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.840 dream for your life is so much bigger than your own. 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:21.640 He wants to do extraordinary things, and if we're going 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:24.480 to see his favor, we have to learn to pray 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:27.919 bold prayers. A lot of times we think we're not 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:31.239 supposed to ask for too much. After all, we don't 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:34.000 want to be greedy, we don't want to be selfish. 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:37.040 I have people tell me, Joel, if God wants me 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:40.400 to be blessed, he'll bless me He's God. But that's 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.400 not the way it works. God expects us to ask. 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:47.480 The scripture says you have not because you ask not. 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:51.960 And if you're not asking for God's favor, his blessings, 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.960 his increase, then you're not releasing your faith. And I 0:03:56.040 --> 0:04:00.120 know people that ask, but they pray such small prayers. God, God, 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:02.880 if you'll just give me a fifty cent raise, you 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:05.400 better be careful. That's probably what you're going to get. 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:08.720 Is that really what you want? God? I change my mind. 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:12.760 Give me that twenty dollars raise. That's more like it. God. 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:15.840 If you just help my marriage survive. God, if you'll 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:18.440 just help me to make ends meet this month, if 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:21.240 you'll just help my child to stay in school. No, 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:24.440 you've got to be bolder than that. There to pray. God, 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:28.279 I'm asking not to just supply my needs, but that 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:30.800 I'll have plenty left over so I can be a 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:34.560 blessing to others. God, I'm asking that my marriage not 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:37.960 just survive, but that we would be happier and more 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:42.080 fulfilled than ever before. God, I'm asking that my child 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:45.719 not just stay in school and barely graduate. God, you 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:48.719 said my children would be mighty in the land, So 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:51.599 I'm asking that he would excel, that he would become 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:55.800 a leader and fulfill his God given destiny. Jesus put 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:59.240 it this way, according to your faith, it will be 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:02.760 done under you. That means if you pray little, you're 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:05.200 going to receive little. But if you can learn to 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:09.680 pray bold prayers and big prayers, and expect big and 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:13.039 believe big, that allows God to do big things in 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:16.039 your life. And some of you have a dream deep 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:19.400 down on the inside, but you've never asked God for it. 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:22.640 You pray for everyone else, but you need to start 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.800 asking God for what he's put in you. It's not 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:29.960 wrong to ask, it's not selfish to ask. God expects 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:33.280 us to ask. In fact, the scripture says in Psalm two, 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:37.040 verse eight, ask of me, and I will give you 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:40.760 the nations. God is saying, ask me for big things. 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:44.040 Ask me for those hidden dreams that I've plant it 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:48.080 in your heart. Ask me for those unborn promises that 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.839 in the natural don't look like it's ever going to happen. 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:54.880 Ask me for that family member to be restored, even 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:57.680 though you haven't spoken to them in years. And in 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:00.920 your quiet time, when it's just between when you and God, 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:05.360 dare to ask him for your deepest hopes, your deepest dreams. 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:09.520 It may seem impossible, but just be honest and say, God, 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:11.920 I don't see how this could ever happen. But I 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:14.680 have a dream to start my own business. God, I'm 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.680 asking for you to help. Or God, I'd love to 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:19.839 go back to college, but I don't have the time, 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.279 I don't have the money. God, I'm asking you to 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:26.520 make a way. Dare to ask God for your greatest dreams, 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:30.479 your greatest desires. Some of you today you're settling for 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:34.359 a lesser dream. Deep down, you have a desire to 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.440 maybe write a book, a desire to get married, start 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:40.800 a family, a desire to break an addiction. But it's 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:44.239 been so long, and you've been through so many disappointments, 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:46.920 you don't see how it could ever happen. Now you've 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:50.320 lost your enthusiasm and you're praying what I call these 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.479 survival prayers. God help me to make it through the day. 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:55.920 God help me to put up with these children. God 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:57.960 help me to deal with the boss. God help me 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:00.480 to not run over anybody when I leave in traffic today. 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.240 Now you've got to get your fire back and start 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:08.320 asking God once again for the dreams and desires you've 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:11.240 let go of. He can still bring them to pass. 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:15.280 When you ask, you're releasing your faith, the scripture says 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:20.800 in Ephesians, God wants to do exceedingly abundantly above all 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:24.120 we can ask or think. My question to you today 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:27.960 is are you asking? And if so, are you asking 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:31.640 for enough? Are you putting your faith out there so 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:35.840 it's activating God's power? Or are you just praying these 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:39.200 barely get by prayers. I hear people say I don't 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:42.160 want to bother God. He's got bigger things to deal 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:45.520 within me. Now this may surprise you. But you are 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:48.600 God's biggest deal. You are the affle of his eye. 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:52.120 You are his most prized possession. He's longing to be 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:52.760 good to you. 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:53.400 Now. 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:55.760 I want you to have this new sense of boldness 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:59.720 to where you'll dare start asking God for bigger things. 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:04.080 I can imagine in heaven there's a huge warehouse filled 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:07.440 with all these storerooms. As you walk down the halls, 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:10.760 you see door after door with different names on them, 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:14.000 thousands and thousands of doors. You finally come to a 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:17.320 door with your name that gets your attention. You quickly 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:21.080 stop and say to Saint Peter, what's in there? He 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:23.480 tries to downplay at all nothing. You don't want to 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:25.680 go in there? Sure I do, it's got my name 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:29.160 on it. After debating for a few minutes, you finally 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:31.760 convince him to let you go in, and Peter opens 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:35.199 the door. And in this room you see row after 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:38.920 row of boxes up on a shelf. You hurry over 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.440 there to open one up, and when you do, you 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:46.120 quickly realize these are blessings that belong to you that 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.600 have never been released. Here's a box of favor God 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:52.160 wanted me to have last week, but I never ask 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:55.360 here's a good break God wanted me to have last month, 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:58.480 but I forgot to ask. Here's that book I always 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.079 wanted to write, but I gave up on it. Here's 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:03.800 the business I wanted to start. Here's the healing that 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:09.160 belonged to me. Row after row of blessings, favor, good breaks, 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.920 good ideas. They all belong to you, but God never 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:16.960 released them because you never ask. I don't know about you, 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:19.600 but I want to make sure that my warehouse is 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:22.680 completely empty. I don't want to be greedy. I don't 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:25.839 want to be selfish. I simply want all that belongs 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:29.360 to me. I want to become everything God's created me 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:32.800 to be, and I want to have everything God's intended 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:36.240 for me to have. Some of you pastors watching, there's 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:40.440 another compact center in your warehouse. Don't give up on 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:44.080 that facility that you're hoping for. Keep asking, keep believing 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:48.640 for big things. Some of you, there's a business in 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:51.800 your warehouse. The good news is it's not too late. 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:54.400 God can still bring it to pass. Some of you, 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:57.280 there's a promotion. Some of you single people, there's a 0:09:57.360 --> 0:10:00.280 husband or a wife in your warehouse. Now I know 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:04.400 I've got your attention. I see one guy, he's already asking. 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.600 I think of it this way. What if God had 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:12.640 five blessings in store for you last week, A good break, 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:16.199 a good idea, the right person coming across your path, 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:19.160 on and on. But the problem is you never ask 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.880 those blessings. So to speak, go up in your warehouse 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.439 and some of you are so kind hearted and generous, 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:29.800 you would do anything for your family and friends. You're 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:33.320 always praying for others, but you never take time to 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:37.400 ask God for your dreams, for your desires. This course, 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:41.160 it's good to help others, but every morning, after you 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:43.960 thank God for what he's done, after you thank Him 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.280 for his goodness in your life, you should get in 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:50.199 a habit of saying, God, I'm asking for your favor today. 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:55.040 I'm asking for supernatural opportunities. God, that you'd bring every dream, 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:58.920 every desire, that you would bring that to fulfillment. Dare 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:02.200 to ask for big things. Some of you have never 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:05.800 once said God, I'm asking you to help me own 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:09.920 my own home, free and clear, without a monthly payment. 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:14.000 If we're not careful, our mind goes tell till tell Joel, 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:15.719 I'll never pay my house of It's gonna take me 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:19.079 thirty years. No, you're praying too small. You need to 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:22.040 get a bigger vision. God, I'm asking that i'd totally 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:25.439 be out of debt my home, my car, my business, 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:30.040 my credit cards. We should pray things that stretch our faith. 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:33.600 If you can accomplish all your dreams in your own strength, 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:36.280 you don't really need God's help. You need to ask 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:38.800 for things that are so big. You know it's gonna 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:41.440 take God's blessings. It's gonna take his favorite to bring 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:44.480 it to past. Pray things like, God, help me to 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:47.560 not only own my own home, but God, one day 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:50.480 I'd love to be able to buy someone else a 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:54.440 new home. Till till tell Joel, that's impossible. Do you 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:58.320 know where I work? If you believe all things are possible? 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:02.120 Or how about this, God, I'm asking that you would 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.520 help me to give away each year more than my 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:08.880 whole income is right now, Well, Joel, you're kind of 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:11.800 far out today. Listen, we serve a far out God. 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:14.600 One touch in his favor can take you to a 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:19.200 new level. God is longing to be good to you, 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:21.560 but you've got to be bold enough to ask for 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:25.040 his goodness. And I'm not talking about being selfish. I'm 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:27.959 not talking about living me minded. If all you ever 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:31.000 asked for is yourself, that's out of balance. But I 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:34.600 know people that have the attitude my needs are supplied, 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:37.600 I'm blessed, Joel. I don't want to bother God by 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:40.439 asking him for anything else for me or my family. 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:43.920 But really, that's selfish. You're not supposed to just have 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:47.160 your needs supplied. Why don't you start asking for others 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.880 that God will bless you in such a way that 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.800 you can support the orphanages, that you can build clinics 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:55.400 in needy countries, or that you can help that single 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:58.440 parent mom that lives down the street from you. When 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:01.240 our needs are supplied, I won't stop there. We got 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:04.160 to keep stretching so we can be a blessing to others. 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:07.560 Are you praying any bold prayers? I know a young 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:10.800 man that grew up in Africa in the Congo, one 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:13.920 of the poorest nations. He was one of seven children. 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:18.000 Not only his family, but his relatives and cousins all 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:21.079 lived in this same small home and in their village. 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:24.360 There was so much sickness, so much disease, but there 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:26.839 was no place for the people to get cared for. 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:31.080 No hospital, no clinic within hundreds of miles. The people 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.320 were dying from things that were so easily treatable, and 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:38.040 as a young boy, his heart was stirred. He couldn't 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:42.000 stand seeing the suffering and sadness of his people. God 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:45.840 put a dream on the inside that one day, somehow, 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:48.600 some way, he would be able to help build a 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:52.800 hospital in that little village. But how could that be possible. 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:56.959 He was just as poor and underprivileged as the other ones. 0:13:57.240 --> 0:14:00.360 He didn't have the right connections, he didn't have any. 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:04.240 But there was something different about this young man. He 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:07.920 knew how to pray bold prayers even as a little boy. 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:11.600 He said, God, help me to help my people. God 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:14.559 give me a way to bring this dream to pass. 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:19.360 And something happened. He started growing and growing and growing 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:24.119 six feet six feet five six feet ten seven feet 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:27.960 seven feet two inches. He got so tall he started 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:32.359 playing basketball on the little village dirt courts. He eventually 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:36.640 graduated from the local school and somehow he got an 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:41.640 academic scholarship to Georgetown University. That was unheard of, a 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:45.400 supernatural break. He went there to study medicine so he 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:48.080 could come back and help his people. But during his 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:52.240 second year, the basketball coach noticed him and asked him 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:54.840 to try out for the team. He not only made 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:58.120 the team, but he became a star player. Later, he 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:02.400 got drafted to play in the Professional Basketball League. Today, 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:07.040 Tom Matumbo is one of the great players of our time. 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:12.280 In fact, he still plays for the Houston Rockets. I've 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:14.720 seen him at our services from time to time. But 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:20.360 here's what's interesting. Several years ago, Matumbo donated fifteen million 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:23.520 dollars to help build that hospital, and in July of 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:27.320 two thousand and seven, he and some other players went 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:30.720 to the dedication of the new twenty nine million dollar 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:35.040 hospital there in his village in the Congo. Friends, God 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:37.600 has a way to bring your dreams to pass if 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:42.240 you'll dare be bold enough to ask. If God did 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:45.520 it for him, he can do it for you. What 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:48.240 is it that God has put in your heart? Are 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:53.280 you asking? Are you believing? Are you stretching your faith? Well, hell, Joel, 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:56.440 I've had some bad breaks. I come from the wrong family. 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:59.640 I'm not that talented. Now with that kind of attitude, 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.960 your warehouse is getting a little bit fuller. That's another 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.720 box up on that shelf. I'm trying to talk you 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:09.359 in today to not only believe in for your future blessings, 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:12.240 but to get stirred up enough to where you'll go 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:15.640 back and get some of those uncleaned blessings that you 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:19.560 let pass by, dreams that you've given up on, promises 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:22.240 that you thought would never come to pass. The good 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:25.080 news is they still have your name on it. They 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.000 still belong to you. Why don't you start asking God 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:31.120 for bigger things. I know, back in two thousand and four, 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.720 when I wrote my first book, I didn't really know 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:37.280 what to expect. I asked the publisher how many copies 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:40.200 it needed to sell to become a success, but they 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:43.000 wouldn't give me a number. And one of my dreams 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:45.800 is that it would make the New York Times bestseller list. 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:48.840 And I didn't tell it to anybody. Just between me 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.760 and God, I said, God, I'm praying and just asking 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:53.920 that you'd give me favor and let this book make 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:56.880 the list, just at least one week. God, I put 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.360 my faith out there. I didn't know. I'd never written 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:02.560 a book. My father had written fifty or sixty books, 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.159 and they're all great, but none of them made the list. 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:07.760 And so this was a real stretch for me. And 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.400 one day, not long after that, I got a call 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:13.200 from our publisher. He said, Joel, I got good news. 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:14.880 Your book is going to be on the New York 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:17.480 Times bestseller list this week. And of course I was 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:21.840 excited and thanking God. Another dream came true. But here's 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:25.000 the way God is. When you release your faith, when 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:28.040 you dare to pray bold prayers, God likes to do 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:31.000 more than you can imagine. The book made the list 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:33.639 not only that week, but the next week, and the next, 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:36.320 and the next, one hundred weeks in a row, and 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.679 over four or five million books later. It's still going strong. 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:44.359 If you will ask, God will top what you ask. 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:49.359 He wants to do exceedingly abundantly more. It's interesting. My 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:52.240 second book came out not long ago, a few months back, 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:55.000 and everybody told me the second book will never do 0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:56.960 as good as the first book. They don't want me 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.399 to get my hopes up. One company gave me past 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:02.359 example between a first book and a second book, and 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:05.439 many times it was barely even half. And I don't know. 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:08.560 That just didn't set well with me. I'm either bold 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:12.160 enough or dumb enough to believe that God wants us 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:15.199 to increase he wants you to be more blessed this 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:17.919 year than you were last year. He wants you to 0:18:18.000 --> 0:18:22.000 have more influence, to be healthier. You have not seen 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:25.040 your greatest victories yet, but you've got to be bold 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:27.919 enough to ask, and you can't let people talk you 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:30.520 out of it. Don't listen to all the naysayers. And 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:33.320 so I simply started saying, God, I'm asking that this 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:36.680 second book will help more people than the first book. God, 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:39.119 let it make a bigger difference. Now, I've got to 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:42.159 report the other day that showed how this second book 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:45.119 in its first ten weeks sold at a rate of 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:50.320 three times what my first book had sold at. And 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:52.600 I don't say that to brag on me, but rather 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:55.120 to make the point. I don't know if that would 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:58.439 have happened if I had not released my faith. That 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:01.520 could have been just another bok up on that unclaim. 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:05.879 Blessing Shell, I'm asking you today to pray big prayers, 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:09.480 stir up your dreams and desires. God has so many 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:13.520 great things in your future. There to ask him. I 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:15.520 think about a man in the Old Testament by the 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:21.640 name of Jabez. His name literally meant pain, suffering, trouble, 0:19:22.040 --> 0:19:25.480 and heartache. And back in those days, a person's name 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:28.760 was much more significant than today, and in fact, their 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:32.280 name could indicate what kind of character they would have. 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:35.480 It could even predict what kind of future that person 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:40.120 would live. For instance, the name Jacob literally means deceiver, 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:44.040 and if you study the Bible, you'll find that Jacob, 0:19:44.359 --> 0:19:46.720 in his life he became just what he was named. 0:19:46.920 --> 0:19:51.359 He cheated and deceived people. The name Joshua means savior. 0:19:51.880 --> 0:19:55.440 Every time someone said Joshua, I'm sure courage and hope 0:19:55.520 --> 0:19:58.639 must have filled his heart, knowing that he was called 0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:02.320 to help deliver God's people. Well, knowing that, think about 0:20:02.320 --> 0:20:06.359 how Jabez must have felt. Every time someone said hey Jabez, 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:10.440 they were saying hey trouble, Hey sorrow, hay pain. They 0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:14.600 were prophesying more defeat and failure. We don't know why 0:20:14.680 --> 0:20:18.000 j Bez's parents named him this. Maybe it was because 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:21.679 the father abandoned the mother. She was so hurt and 0:20:21.760 --> 0:20:25.600 so angry she named him that. Maybe it's because during 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:29.240 the pregnancy was difficult, or during the childbirth there was 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:33.320 so much pain she just named him pain, heartache, trouble. 0:20:33.800 --> 0:20:36.439 You can imagine what Jabez had to put up with 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:40.040 in school those children probably gave him a hard time. Hey, 0:20:40.160 --> 0:20:43.120 j Bez, here comes trouble. What's up with you? Man? 0:20:43.160 --> 0:20:45.720 Why would your parents name you? That? That could have 0:20:45.840 --> 0:20:48.760 easily set the limits for his life, could have affected 0:20:48.760 --> 0:20:52.760 his self image, made him go around insecure and inferior. 0:20:53.280 --> 0:20:57.320 But the scripture says that Jabez was more honorable than 0:20:57.359 --> 0:21:00.800 any of his family. It doesn't tell us much about 0:21:00.880 --> 0:21:04.880 him except one little prayer that he prayed. But by 0:21:04.960 --> 0:21:07.920 this prayer we can see there was something special about 0:21:08.000 --> 0:21:12.600 jay Bez. In spite of his rough upbringing, in spite 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:16.400 of his self image constantly being attacked, j Bez looked 0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:19.760 up to the heavens and said, God, I'm asking that 0:21:19.880 --> 0:21:23.679 you would bless me. Indeed, think of the nerve of 0:21:23.720 --> 0:21:26.400 that prayer. He was saying, God, I've had a lot 0:21:26.440 --> 0:21:29.639 of things come against me. Life hasn't treated me fair. 0:21:30.000 --> 0:21:32.679 I've gotten off to a rough start. But God, I 0:21:32.760 --> 0:21:35.199 know you're a good God. I know you've got a 0:21:35.240 --> 0:21:38.399 great plan for my life. So I'm asking you to 0:21:38.520 --> 0:21:44.520 bless me. Indeed, notice that word, Indeed, it's significant. He 0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:46.600 wasn't saying, God, I'm asking you to bless me a 0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:50.800 little bit. Bless me average bless me ordinary. No, he said, God, 0:21:51.119 --> 0:21:56.160 I'm asking for abundance. I'm asking for overflow. Bless me. Indeed, 0:21:56.680 --> 0:21:59.680 do you see his boldness? I mean, what right did 0:21:59.680 --> 0:22:02.840 he have to pray that prayer? He was supposed to 0:22:02.880 --> 0:22:06.960 be destined for heartache, pain, trouble. He was supposed to 0:22:07.040 --> 0:22:11.320 live defeated and depressed. But old Jabez shook off that 0:22:11.480 --> 0:22:14.879 defeated mentality. He said, in effect, it doesn't matter what 0:22:14.960 --> 0:22:17.520 someone is named me. It doesn't matter what it looks 0:22:17.600 --> 0:22:20.360 like in the natural. I know who I am. I'm 0:22:20.400 --> 0:22:23.639 a child of the Most High God, and my destiny 0:22:23.800 --> 0:22:26.760 is to be blessed. I am a victor and not 0:22:26.880 --> 0:22:29.919 a victims. He went on to say, not only bless me, 0:22:30.520 --> 0:22:34.439 but God, enlarge my territory. He was saying, God, go 0:22:34.600 --> 0:22:39.560 beyond the norm, go beyond my borders. Give me extraordinary favor. God, 0:22:39.640 --> 0:22:43.200 let me see abundance in my life. The last thing 0:22:43.280 --> 0:22:46.840 we hear from this man named Jabez is found at 0:22:46.880 --> 0:22:50.160 the end of verse ten. Surely God would say, Jabez, 0:22:50.200 --> 0:22:52.880 would you quit bothering me? Do you know what your 0:22:52.960 --> 0:22:55.600 name means? You're not gonna be blessed. Your own parents 0:22:55.600 --> 0:22:59.240 said you're headed for trouble and heartache. No, it simply says, 0:22:59.720 --> 0:23:03.359 and God granted him his request. That's the kind of 0:23:03.400 --> 0:23:07.080 God we serve. If you pray bold prayers, God will 0:23:07.119 --> 0:23:11.240 do bold things in your life. Some of you, like Jabez, 0:23:11.480 --> 0:23:14.639 have gotten off to a rough start. Life hasn't treated 0:23:14.680 --> 0:23:18.560 you fair. You've had some setbacks. But if Jabez were 0:23:18.560 --> 0:23:21.960 here today, he would tell you don't settle where you are. 0:23:22.440 --> 0:23:26.639 If you'll dare ask, God will bless you. Indeed the 0:23:26.640 --> 0:23:29.960 Psalm As David was here, he would say, God can 0:23:30.040 --> 0:23:32.480 lift you out of that low place. He can put 0:23:32.520 --> 0:23:35.000 a new song in your heart. He can put a 0:23:35.040 --> 0:23:38.159 spring back in your step. He can set you on high. 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:41.119 You've got to get your fire back. Some of you 0:23:41.240 --> 0:23:45.400 have made mistakes, poor choices. You feel like you're washed 0:23:45.480 --> 0:23:48.440 up and you're supposed to just endure life. But God 0:23:48.480 --> 0:23:51.800 is saying, if you'll ask, I'll give you a new beginning. 0:23:52.080 --> 0:23:54.560 If you'll ask, I'll give you a fresh new start. 0:23:55.480 --> 0:23:58.520 Or maybe you've been hurt in a relationship, somebody did 0:23:58.560 --> 0:24:01.520 you wrong and it didn't work out. Now you think 0:24:01.560 --> 0:24:04.480 that you'll never really be happy. Why don't you be 0:24:04.600 --> 0:24:08.000 bold like Jabez and say God, I know it looks 0:24:08.000 --> 0:24:10.359 like it's over. It looks like my best days are 0:24:10.400 --> 0:24:13.720 behind me. But God, I believe when one door closes, 0:24:14.000 --> 0:24:16.879 you always open up another door. So God, I'm asking 0:24:17.080 --> 0:24:19.600 for you to bring somebody great into my life, the 0:24:19.720 --> 0:24:23.280 right person for me, no matter what's come against you. 0:24:23.720 --> 0:24:26.600 If you'll be bold enough to ask, the rest of 0:24:26.640 --> 0:24:29.960 your life can be better than the first part. When 0:24:29.960 --> 0:24:32.880 we get up each day and say, like Jabez, God, 0:24:32.960 --> 0:24:38.080 bless me, indeed, enlarge my territory, we're getting our mind 0:24:38.200 --> 0:24:41.680 going in the right direction. We're saying, in effect, God, 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:44.160 I know you love me. I know You've got good 0:24:44.200 --> 0:24:47.480 things in store. So I'm asking today for your favor, 0:24:47.800 --> 0:24:51.480 for your increase, for your blessings in my life. That's 0:24:51.560 --> 0:24:56.160 not being selfish. That's showing God that you're depending on him. 0:24:56.359 --> 0:24:58.560 And some of you are asking God to bless you, 0:24:58.880 --> 0:25:02.040 but you need to add the indeed. In other words, 0:25:02.040 --> 0:25:04.560 you need to get a bigger vision. God, I'm asking 0:25:04.600 --> 0:25:09.160 you to bless me in unusual ways, not average, not ordinary. God, 0:25:09.200 --> 0:25:13.639 I'm asking for supernatural increase. I pray every day for 0:25:13.760 --> 0:25:18.600 God's unprecedented favor. That's favor like we've never seen before. 0:25:19.160 --> 0:25:23.360 Now I've learned. Don't pray small prayers that sets the limits. 0:25:24.160 --> 0:25:27.159 You may be living in a little apartment today, but 0:25:27.280 --> 0:25:30.639 deep down, something on the inside says, I'm made for 0:25:30.720 --> 0:25:33.480 more than this. I'm supposed to own my own home. 0:25:33.760 --> 0:25:37.800 Dare to ask. Maybe you're struggling in your health and 0:25:37.880 --> 0:25:40.280 you could easily learn to live with it, but down 0:25:40.320 --> 0:25:43.400 in here something says, I'm supposed to be well. I'm 0:25:43.440 --> 0:25:46.479 supposed to be free from this pain, dare to ask. 0:25:47.200 --> 0:25:49.360 Or maybe you're working at a certain company. You got 0:25:49.359 --> 0:25:52.200 a good job, but in your heart of hearts, you 0:25:52.240 --> 0:25:55.240 know one day you're supposed to own your own business. 0:25:55.600 --> 0:25:58.520 Don't settle where you are every day. Just say, Father, 0:25:58.600 --> 0:26:02.640 I'm asking for super natural opportunities. God give me ways 0:26:02.760 --> 0:26:05.280 to bring this dream to pass. And it may not 0:26:05.359 --> 0:26:09.199 happen overnight. But stay in faith. One scripture says to 0:26:09.359 --> 0:26:12.920 ask and keep on asking, knock and keep on knocking. 0:26:13.280 --> 0:26:15.480 If we have to ask for twenty or thirty years, 0:26:15.520 --> 0:26:19.399 we should keep asking, keep believing, keep hoping on in faith. 0:26:20.320 --> 0:26:22.879 I love the story of a friend of mine. His 0:26:23.040 --> 0:26:27.080 mother became pregnant with him at seventeen. She was white, 0:26:27.440 --> 0:26:30.520 the father was black. This was in Iowa, in the 0:26:30.600 --> 0:26:35.359 early nineteen seventies. The parents of this teenage girl strongly 0:26:35.520 --> 0:26:38.560 encouraged her to have an abortion. In fact, they gave 0:26:38.600 --> 0:26:42.240 her an ultimatum either abort the baby or be kicked 0:26:42.240 --> 0:26:45.639 out of our home. She chose to have the little baby. 0:26:46.119 --> 0:26:50.600 She ended up in San Diego eight months pregnant, alone 0:26:50.840 --> 0:26:54.960 and confused, battling a drug addiction. One day on the street, 0:26:55.400 --> 0:26:59.040 a lady talked to her about God's love and forgiveness, 0:26:59.200 --> 0:27:02.240 and that day she made a decision for Christ. The 0:27:02.320 --> 0:27:05.239 lady gave her a Bible. That young lady, as she 0:27:05.320 --> 0:27:08.840 was flipping through it, saw the name Israel time and 0:27:08.920 --> 0:27:12.439 time again. She thought to herself, I'm gonna name my 0:27:12.600 --> 0:27:15.879 baby Israel. She didn't know much about God, she didn't 0:27:15.920 --> 0:27:18.399 know how to pray, but she said, in effect, God, 0:27:18.560 --> 0:27:21.639 I'm committing my little baby to you. I'm asking you 0:27:21.720 --> 0:27:25.160 to use him to do great things. That little boy 0:27:25.200 --> 0:27:28.600 grew up with an incredible musical gift. He could play 0:27:28.680 --> 0:27:33.080 practically any instrument, he could write songs, he could arrange music. 0:27:35.080 --> 0:27:38.960 As he got older, he began writing worship songs and 0:27:39.080 --> 0:27:42.720 songs that declare God's goodness, and he started his own 0:27:42.800 --> 0:27:46.680 band and supernatural doors begin to open today. We all 0:27:46.720 --> 0:27:48.879 know him and love him. But Israel Hoton is one 0:27:48.920 --> 0:27:51.800 of the great worship leaders, great songwriters of our time. 0:27:54.640 --> 0:27:59.000 In fact, Israel just one, not his first Grammy, but 0:27:59.080 --> 0:28:05.240 his second Grammy. That's what happens when you pray bold prayers. 0:28:06.640 --> 0:28:09.880 You think about it. Israel could have become a statistic 0:28:10.320 --> 0:28:13.120 He could have just floundered around, never found his purpose. 0:28:13.359 --> 0:28:17.399 But I believe because this mother dared pray a bold prayer, 0:28:17.600 --> 0:28:22.119 it helped set the course for his life. Friends, God 0:28:22.200 --> 0:28:26.520 wants to bless you. Indeed, he wants to enlarge your territory. 0:28:27.160 --> 0:28:30.359 My question today is will you be bold enough to 0:28:30.480 --> 0:28:34.960 ask every morning, ask for more influence, Ask God to 0:28:34.960 --> 0:28:37.320 help you be a bigger blessing, Ask him to bring 0:28:37.359 --> 0:28:41.120 your dreams and desires to pass. That's not being selfish. 0:28:41.320 --> 0:28:44.600 We have not because you ask not. Don't let another 0:28:44.640 --> 0:28:47.800 one of your blessings go up to that storeroom. In fact, 0:28:47.920 --> 0:28:50.040 make a decision with me that you're going to go 0:28:50.120 --> 0:28:53.560 back and get everything that belongs to you. The dreams 0:28:53.560 --> 0:28:56.240 you've given up on, the promises you've let go of. 0:28:56.600 --> 0:28:59.960 Why don't you start asking once again? If you'll learn 0:29:00.280 --> 0:29:03.720 to pray these bold prayers and ask God for big things. 0:29:04.000 --> 0:29:07.000 That's your faith being released, and that's when God will 0:29:07.000 --> 0:29:10.520 pour out his blessings in favor. You'll rise higher and higher, 0:29:10.800 --> 0:29:14.480 and I believe and declare you'll see every dream, every 0:29:14.520 --> 0:29:17.360 desire come to pass. Amen. Do you receive it today? 0:29:19.000 --> 0:29:21.920 And we never like to close our broadcast without giving 0:29:21.920 --> 0:29:24.880 you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:29:25.120 --> 0:29:29.440 Would you pray with me? 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