Receive Your Inheritance

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We love you, We know God has great 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:02.120 things in store. 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:04.880 And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:06.800 and be a part of one of our services. 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:09.040 I promise you it will make you feel right at home. 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:10.239 Thanks so much. 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:12.639 Though for tuning in today, and thanks again for coming out. 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:14.840 And i'd like to start with something funny each week. 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:17.960 And I heard about this college professor. He was going 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:20.519 to prove to his class that there is no God. 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:24.560 He said, God, if you're real, knock me off this platform, 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:25.480 and I'll give. 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:28.359 You fifteen minutes to do it. With every minute that. 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:31.520 Went by, he taunted God, God, I'm still here, God, 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:35.120 I'm still waiting the last minute. A three hundred pound 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:38.400 football player out in the hall overheard what he was saying. 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.480 He took off toward him, put his shoulders down full force, 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:43.720 and he hit that professor, sending him. 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:45.000 Flying off the platform. 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:47.040 The professor got up in a daze and said, what 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:49.760 in the world to do that for? Football player replied, 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:54.480 God said he was busy, so he sent me, all right, 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:55.600 hold up your Bible. 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.560 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:01.200 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:01.920 it says I have. 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:05.000 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:07.919 I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:12.040 confess my mind is alert, my heart is recepted. I 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:15.920 will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:20.639 I want to talk to you today about receiving your inheritance. 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:24.480 I read where there are billions of dollars worth of 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:29.440 unclaimed inheritances in the United States alone. People have loved 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:36.480 ones that have died and left them houses, property, jewelry, stocks, bonds, cash, 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:40.480 all kinds of assets. The only problem is the relatives 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:44.840 didn't know anything about it. The authorities, the people in charge, 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:48.360 weren't able to track them down. Now, these billions and 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:52.560 billions of dollars that rightfully belong to these people, that 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:55.520 clearly have their name on it, because they don't know 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:58.839 anything about it, it's not doing them any good. You've 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:01.720 heard the saying but you don't know won't hurt you. 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:06.760 That's not necessarily true. Sometimes what we don't know will 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:09.560 keep us from living an abundant life. 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:10.280 Here's the key. 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:13.720 It's not up to the authorities to make sure you 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:15.000 get what belongs to you. 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.120 It's up to you, even though it has. 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.800 Your name on it, if you don't rise up and 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:23.880 claim it, if you don't say yes, that's me, here's 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:27.599 my identification. If you don't take action, you'll miss out 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:31.560 on what belongs to you. The good news today is 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:35.839 you have been named in a will two thousand years ago, 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:39.640 your older brother died, and he's left a whole lot 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:41.039 that belongs to you. 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:43.640 This bible is the Will. 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:48.400 It's full of promises after promises that have your name 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:52.200 on it. They are rightfully yours. But unless you rise 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.559 up and act, it's not going to do any good. 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:58.920 You have to receive your inheritance. It says in Ephesians 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:04.520 that God has blessed us past tense. He's already done it. 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:08.080 Now. You may not feel blessed, may not look blessed. 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:11.080 All the circumstances may tell you that you're not blessed, 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:13.280 But you've got to be bold enough to say no, 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:15.520 I see it right here in the Will. 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.680 This is a part of my inheritance. I am blessed. 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:23.760 It says in Colossians that God has made us worthy 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:27.479 again past tense. He's already done it. You may not 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:30.280 feel worthy. You may have made a lot of mistakes. 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:34.400 Guilt and condemnation is trying to weigh you down, telling 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:37.239 you how bad you are, how you'll never be happy. 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:39.600 The choice is up to you. 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:42.800 Are you going to receive your inheritance, shake off the 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:47.480 guilt and condemnation, knowing that you're forgiven, redeemed, restored, knowing 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:48.880 that the past is the past. 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:51.240 Or are you going to let that. 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:54.440 Package that inheritance sit up on a shelf and go 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:56.960 around defeated, depressed, guilty, condemned. 0:05:57.480 --> 0:06:00.599 No go get what belongs to you as your name 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:00.960 on it. 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:05.320 Two Timothy one point seven says God has not given 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:09.080 us a spirit of fear, but of power and of 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:10.360 love and of. 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:11.520 A sound mind. 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:16.919 Notice, God has already given us a sound mind. Every 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:19.760 day we should say, Father, thank you that I have 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.800 your wisdom to make good decisions. Thank you that I 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:26.080 have clear direction that you're opening the right doors. Lord, 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:29.919 Thank you for peace in my mind. You don't have 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:35.760 to live confused, frustrated, anxious, worried. The price has been 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:39.000 paid for you to have a sound mind. That means 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:42.159 for you to live in peace. When those negative thoughts 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:45.479 come negative forces, right then you need to say, Father, 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.240 I want to thank you that I am free from 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:51.480 a spirit of fear, a spirit of depression, a spirit 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:55.280 of confusion. You promise me a sound mind, and I 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:58.960 believe I have it right now. By faith, that's how 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:03.760 you receive what already belongs to you. This will says 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:08.599 that God has crowned you with favor. Favor is a 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:11.400 part of our inheritance. It's a part of what God 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:14.960 has left us. The problem is some people. 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:16.320 Never go pick up their crown. 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:19.960 They go through life thinking nothing good ever happens to me. 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:23.600 I'll never get promoted, I'll never get well, I'll never 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:26.360 get married. No, you need to go pick up what 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:30.160 already belongs to you. You need to start declaring I 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.520 have the favor of God. Blessings are chasing me down, 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:37.360 Goodness and mercy are following me. Twenty eleven is going 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:40.200 to be my year. No I has seen, heard or 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:43.440 imagine blessings are come in my way. When you do that, 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:47.400 you are putting on your crown of favor. You're receiving 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:51.280 your inheritance. I was headed to the airport last week. 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:54.320 We were in New York coming home, and we were 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:57.520 in a big hurry, running very late. There was a 0:07:57.560 --> 0:08:01.120 snowstorm coming in that night, trying to catch the last 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:03.720 flight out, and if we missed that when we would 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:05.600 have gotten stuck there for a day or two, and 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:08.200 I really needed to get back now. I've taken this 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:13.000 flight many times before. The line for security usually takes 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:16.120 at least thirty minutes to get through it can easily 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:17.440 have a couple hundred. 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:17.760 People in it. 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:20.760 We weren't even at the airport yet. Our plane was 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:21.840 about to start boarding. 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:25.239 In the car. Under my breath, I started saying, Father, 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:26.480 thank you for your favor. 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:30.320 Thank you that you're going before me making crooked places straight. Father, 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:31.120 thank you that you'll have. 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:32.720 The right people to help us. 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:35.160 When we pulled up at the curve of the airport, 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.280 it just so happened the man that always helps with 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:41.360 our baggage was standing right there like he was waiting 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:43.720 for us. He said, let me take the bags, go on, 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.440 and we took off toward the gate. When I got 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:49.240 around the corner, the line for security that normally has 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:51.880 a couple hundred people, there weren't ten people in it. 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:54.960 I've never seen it that short in five years. We 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.679 went straight through, got on the plane right before they 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:01.200 closed the door. That was the favor of God clearing 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:03.920 a path. That was God making a way when it 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:07.640 looked like there was no way. I sat on on 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:10.400 the plane next to Victoria said, hey, let me straighten 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:14.840 my crown of favor. Friend's favor is a part of 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.440 your inheritance. You don't have to beg God for it. 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:20.880 He's already put it on you. The way you activate 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.880 it is by saying, Father, thank you for your favor today. 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:25.880 Thank you that your favor is. 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.080 Causing me to be at the right place the right time. 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:30.880 Thank you that your favor is causing people to want 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:31.520 to be good to me. 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:33.160 See, you don't have. 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:36.240 To pray about something that you already have. You just 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:39.559 thank God for it. Before I come up here each week, 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:43.120 I never say God, please give me your annoying God, 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.319 please give me something to say. Now I simply say God, 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:49.200 thank you that I am anointed. Thank you that You've 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:52.840 already equipped me empowered me. See I know it's a 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:55.880 part of my inheritance, so I just act like it's true. 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:58.079 Now, you may not feel. 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:01.760 Blessed or confident or health are favored. But don't you 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:05.600 dare drag around with that weak, defeated mentality, Joel, I 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:08.520 just don't have what it takes. No, this will says 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:12.080 you are blessed, you are favored, you are forgiven, you 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:15.960 are redeemed. Not going to be someday in the sweet 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:19.480 by and bye. No, God has already blessed you. He's 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:22.760 already made you worthy, He's already given you that crown 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:25.640 of favor. Now start acting like it, talking like it, 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:26.439 thinking like it. 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:27.600 This is what. 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:31.200 Abraham did twenty years before he ever had a child. 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:35.600 God said to him Romans four seventeen, Abraham, I have 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:40.480 made you a father of many nations. Notice again, God 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:44.120 said it in the past, tense, like it had already happened. 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:48.560 I'm sure Abraham thought, God, you must have made a mistake. 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:51.880 I'm not a father. I don't even have one child. 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:56.240 In other words, Joel, I'm not blessed, I'm not confident, 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.640 I'm not healthy, I'm not favored. Abraham could have talked 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:00.679 to him so out. 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:04.959 Of it, but instead he chose to believe. When God 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:07.600 says you're blessed, don't try to figure it out. Just 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:11.680 agree with God. I am blessed. God calls you prosperous. 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:14.400 Don't go check your bank account, don't go look at 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.240 the stock report. Just agree with God. I am prosperous. 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.800 Some of you don't feel well today, but God says 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:22.240 he's restoring health. 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:24.240 Unto you, you will live and. 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:27.440 Not die with long life. God's going to satisfy you. 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:29.479 That's a part of your inheritance. 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:31.880 And don't try to figure it all out and talk 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.560 yourself out of it. Well, the medical report may not 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:38.000 look like it. It may say impossible, No way, that's 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:41.080 all right. That's the way Abraham felt. Just say God, 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:44.680 I agree with you. I'm healthy, I'm strong, I'm getting better. 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:50.040 When you agree with God, you're receiving your inheritance. The 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:53.400 scripture says that God calls the things that are not 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:58.240 as if they already were. I've learned God doesn't call 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:01.400 you what you are. He calls you the way he 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.720 sees you. When I stepped up to pastor the church 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:07.800 eleven years ago, after my father went to be with 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:11.960 the Lord and never ministered before, I was afraid. I 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:19.240 felt unqualified, inexperienced, intimidated. But the whole time, on the inside, 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:22.040 I could hear that still small voice saying. 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:25.520 Joel, you are well able. You can do all things. 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:26.920 You have what it takes. 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:30.480 You are strong in the Lord. God was calling me 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:34.520 something that I was not. I was not strong and 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:40.440 bold and confident. I was weak, insecure, intimidated. Somehow I 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:43.040 had the faith to believe what God said about me. 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:47.280 It didn't happen overnight, but little by little I became 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:51.840 what God called me In the scripture, God called Gideon 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:56.400 a mighty man of fearless courage. Get in, looked around, 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:59.800 said God couldn't be talking about me. I come from 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:04.240 the poorest family. I'm the least one in my father's house. 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:09.880 Gideon saw himself as weak, defeated, not able to but 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:14.120 God saw him as strong, confident, being more than a conqueror. 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:18.080 The question is are we going to believe what God 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:20.720 says about us? Or are we going to believe what 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:23.880 we feel, what we think, what the circumstances look like. 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:27.480 You may feel weak, but let me tell you, God 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:30.880 calls you strong. You may feel like a victim, but 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:35.239 God's calling you a victory. You may be childless like Abraham, 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:38.480 but God calls you a parent. You may be afraid 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:40.840 like I was, but God calls you confident. 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:44.680 You may be in debt. God calls you prosperous. You 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:48.280 may be sick. God calls you well. You may be addicted. 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:49.520 God calls you free. 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:53.240 You may feel inadequate, but God calls you well able. 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:55.199 Now get in agreement with God. 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:58.520 The circumstances may not look like it may tell you 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:00.679 it's never gonna work out, it's never. 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:03.680 Going to get better. Now let God be true in 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:05.760 every circumstance. Be Alie. 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.200 You got to dig your heels in and say God, 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:13.239 if you say it, I agree. I'm blessed, I'm prosperous, 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:16.720 I'm redeemed, I'm forgiven, I'm talented, I'm creative. 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:19.560 I've got that crown of favor on my head. 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:23.120 When you agree with God, you will see what God 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:28.160 says about you become a reality. Twenty years later, when 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.880 Abraham was around one hundred years old, that's when they 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:34.480 had the baby. But it didn't happen just because God 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:39.880 said it. It happened because Abraham came into agreement. He believed, 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:43.560 he acted like it was true. That's what allows God 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:47.920 to release the blessings that already have your name on it. 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:52.560 The scripture talks about how God has blessings stored up 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:56.120 that he keeps ready for those that love him. For 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.160 some of you, God has a business stored up with 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:01.640 your name on it. That's a part of your inheritance. 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.920 For some of you, there's a spouse that has your 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:08.160 name on them. Some of you, there's healing with your 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:10.640 name on it. There's a new home with your name 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:13.400 on it. There's promotion with your name on it. There's 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:16.760 a ministry with your name on it. There's vindication with your. 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:17.160 Name on it. 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:21.960 You have no idea the amazing things God has already. 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:25.320 Stored up for you in your future. I can imagine. 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:29.080 When we get to heaven, there are these huge warehouses. 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:34.040 You walk in and see acres and acres of boxes 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:35.040 up on shelves. 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:36.360 Everywhere you look. 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:39.080 As far as you can see, there are rows and 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:43.320 rows of boxes. You walk over closer and notice that 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:47.600 each box has an individual name on it. Out of curiosity, 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:51.160 you say to Saint Peter, what are all these boxes? 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:52.080 What does this mean? 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:56.840 Peter says, these are all the unclaimed blessings that. 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:59.960 God's people never came and picked up. There's a box 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.280 favor has Bill's name on it. 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:05.160 It belonged to him, part of his inheritance, but he 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:08.360 never believed, never came by and got it. Here's a 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:11.480 box of forgiveness that has Sharon's name on it, but 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:12.640 she never received it. 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:17.360 She went through life guilty, condemned, feeling unworthy. And see 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:17.960 that box. 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:22.040 That's the business Carlos dreamed about, but he never thought 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:24.640 he had what it took. And that box is the 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:27.520 promotion that Julie wanted, but she let her friends talk 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:31.120 her out of it. That box represents the husband that 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:34.080 Deborah was praying about, but she gave up friends. 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:36.400 There are boxes right now that. 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:39.280 Have your name on it. The good news is it's 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:43.520 not too late to claim what belongs to you. I 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.600 was talking to a young couple after the service last week, 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:48.520 and they've been trying to have a baby for a 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:52.520 long time. They're very discouraged. I told them what I'm 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:55.520 telling you. There's a baby that has your name on it. 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:59.480 That's a part of your inheritance. Here's the key. Instead 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:04.200 of complaining, instead of getting discouraged, Remind God what he said. 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:08.280 Remind God of what's in the will. God, you said 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:11.439 in Psalms you would give the bearing woman a child 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:13.160 and make her the happy. 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:13.720 Mother of children. 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.080 God that you said, the fruit of my womb is 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:20.240 blessed Father. You said children are a gift from the Lord. 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:22.679 So I want to thank you that that baby that 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:26.520 already has my name on it is coming in some 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:30.840 of you. There's vindication in your warehouse. That legal trouble 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:33.400 you're in looks like it's never going to work out, 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:37.240 looks like it's going to bury you now, don't quit believing. Father, 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:40.639 you said, the strength of the wicked is being cut off, 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:44.040 and the power of the godly is being increased. Lord 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:47.240 you said, when the enemy comes against me one way, 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:50.440 you would defeat them and cause them to flee seven ways. 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:53.480 So Father, I want to thank you that the vindication 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:55.879 that already has my name on it is coming in. 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:59.240 How about this for some of you in that warehouse 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:02.159 is the hustle the wife you've been dreaming to me, 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:06.439 don't give up, don't quit believing. Father, you said, he 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:10.160 that finds a wife finds a good thing and finds. 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:10.800 Favor from the Lord. 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:13.080 So Lord, I want to thank you that my good thing, 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:16.400 that husband, that wife, the right person is coming into 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:20.080 my life. He said, Joel, I don't know if this works. 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:23.440 I've been believing a long time. When you're tempted to 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:26.520 get discouraged and give up, close your eyes and in 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:30.600 your imagination, see that warehouse with those boxes that. 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:31.720 Have your name on them. 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:36.040 Your dreams, your goals, your victories, your health, your husband, 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:39.800 your wife, your children. They've been stored up for you. 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:42.199 Don't believe those lies that are telling you it's not 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:45.280 going to happen. You stay in faith, and just like 0:18:45.359 --> 0:18:48.040 with Abraham, God will release. 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:49.920 What He's already stored up for you. 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:53.240 A couple of years ago, I was talking along these 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:56.679 same lines about the Year of jubileeing how everything that 0:18:56.720 --> 0:19:00.440 has your name on it is coming in. I mentioned property, 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:04.560 the real estate, the health, and I specifically said the 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:07.120 baby that has your name on it is coming in. 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:10.080 There was a couple here that attend all the time 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:12.879 and they'd been trying to have a child for six years, 0:19:13.240 --> 0:19:17.080 no success, gone through all the treatments and nothing had helped. 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:20.000 They were just about to give up and accept the 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:22.520 fact that it wasn't meant to be. But when I 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:25.959 said there's a baby that has your name on it, 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:29.280 something leaped on the inside. 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:30.440 Instead of saying. 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:33.080 This is not for us, We've been through too much, 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:34.840 it's never going to work out. 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:36.560 They let the seed take root. 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:40.119 They left that day with a new fire birthed in 0:19:40.160 --> 0:19:40.760 their spirit. 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:43.400 They knew this was a part of their inheritance. 0:19:44.119 --> 0:19:47.520 Four hours later, they got a call from their business 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:51.359 manager asking if they would be interested in adopting a 0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:55.360 baby that was about to be born. Years earlier, they 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:58.440 had a dream that they had this blonde haired. 0:19:58.400 --> 0:19:59.880 Blue eyed baby boy. 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:03.560 Eight weeks later, they were in the delivery room when 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:04.919 their little baby was born. 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:06.320 It just so happened. 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:09.119 He was blonde haired, blue eyed, just like they had 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:12.439 seen in the dream. That baby had their name on it. 0:20:12.440 --> 0:20:15.959 It was a part of their inheritance. I don't know 0:20:16.000 --> 0:20:18.720 about you, but I'm going to make sure I don't 0:20:18.760 --> 0:20:22.760 leave anything up in that warehouse. I'm not selfish, I'm 0:20:22.800 --> 0:20:26.280 not greedy. I simply want everything that has my name 0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:29.199 on it. I know the price has already been paid. 0:20:29.520 --> 0:20:32.720 I'm going to receive my inheritance. I'm encouraging you to 0:20:32.760 --> 0:20:37.600 do the same thing. I read a story about this 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:40.879 man over in Europe. He'd saved all of his money 0:20:40.960 --> 0:20:43.879 to come to America. This was years ago, before they 0:20:43.880 --> 0:20:47.520 had airplanes, and he saved and saved month after month. 0:20:47.920 --> 0:20:51.760 He finally had just enough to purchase the ticket. It 0:20:51.880 --> 0:20:54.080 was going to take two or three weeks to cross 0:20:54.119 --> 0:20:57.280 the ocean. So he got this big suitcase and he 0:20:57.359 --> 0:21:00.000 filled it full of cheese and crackers. 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:01.080 That's all he could afford. 0:21:01.119 --> 0:21:04.120 And when the other people went into the big banquet 0:21:04.119 --> 0:21:07.480 hall to enjoy their fancy meals, he would go over 0:21:07.560 --> 0:21:09.920 in the corner and eat his cheese and crackers. 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:11.919 He could smell that other food. 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:14.719 He wanted to join them so badly, but he just 0:21:14.920 --> 0:21:18.240 didn't have any extra money. Toward the very end of 0:21:18.240 --> 0:21:21.760 the trip, a gentleman came over and said, I can't help, 0:21:21.800 --> 0:21:24.960 but notice you're always over here eating cheese and crackers. 0:21:25.240 --> 0:21:27.960 Why don't you come into the banquet haul and enjoy 0:21:28.080 --> 0:21:29.120 meals with all of us. 0:21:29.760 --> 0:21:31.159 Then was kind of embarrassed. 0:21:31.200 --> 0:21:33.760 He said, well, I saved up all the money that 0:21:33.840 --> 0:21:36.919 I possibly could, but I only had enough for the ticket, 0:21:37.320 --> 0:21:39.320 didn't have anything left over for the meals. 0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:41.800 This other man shook his head and. 0:21:41.800 --> 0:21:45.600 Said, didn't you realize the meals are included in the 0:21:45.640 --> 0:21:49.440 price of the ticket. Your meals have already been paid for. 0:21:50.800 --> 0:21:53.920 How many people today like that man? They are missing 0:21:54.000 --> 0:21:57.520 out on God's best because they don't know what's. 0:21:57.320 --> 0:21:58.479 Already been paid for. 0:21:58.960 --> 0:22:01.600 They don't know what's been included in the price of 0:22:01.640 --> 0:22:02.199 their ticket. 0:22:04.240 --> 0:22:06.520 Some of you today, you've made mistakes. 0:22:07.080 --> 0:22:10.119 You've asked God to forgive you a thousand times, but 0:22:10.200 --> 0:22:14.600 you're still going around guilty, condemned, feeling unworthy. You know 0:22:14.640 --> 0:22:18.280 what you're doing eating more cheese and crackers the price 0:22:18.359 --> 0:22:21.600 has already been paid. The first time you ask God 0:22:21.640 --> 0:22:24.560 to forgive you, he forgave you. Now step up to 0:22:24.600 --> 0:22:28.480 the dinner table, start acting like you're forgiven. No mistake 0:22:28.720 --> 0:22:32.000 is too much for the mercy of our God. Sometimes 0:22:32.160 --> 0:22:36.040 we think that it pleases God to go around depressed, defeated, 0:22:36.160 --> 0:22:39.240 no joy, to show God that we're really sorry for 0:22:39.320 --> 0:22:43.159 what we've done. But know what really pleases God is 0:22:43.200 --> 0:22:46.159 when you step up to the table and say, God, 0:22:46.440 --> 0:22:50.359 I receive your forgiveness. I receive your mercy. I know 0:22:50.480 --> 0:22:55.040 the price was paid two thousand years ago. After all, 0:22:55.680 --> 0:22:58.640 how would I feel as a parent if we had 0:22:58.640 --> 0:23:03.159 this big family dinner planned? Victoria worked hard, went to 0:23:03.200 --> 0:23:06.879 the grocery store and bought all these TV dinners and 0:23:07.960 --> 0:23:10.800 came home and microwaved them, and we had all this 0:23:10.920 --> 0:23:14.560 food on the table. But then one of our children 0:23:14.680 --> 0:23:17.760 comes up and says, Daddy, I don't deserve to sit 0:23:17.800 --> 0:23:20.240 at the table tonight. Let me just sit over here 0:23:20.240 --> 0:23:23.400 and eat some crackers. I've made mistakes. I'm so unworthy. 0:23:24.000 --> 0:23:27.000 I would say, what are you talking about? Put that down, 0:23:27.280 --> 0:23:28.359 come up here to the table. 0:23:28.400 --> 0:23:31.280 You're our child. That's how God. 0:23:31.080 --> 0:23:34.280 Feels when we go around thinking that we don't measure up, 0:23:34.560 --> 0:23:37.359 We're not good enough, made too many mistakes, We're just 0:23:37.400 --> 0:23:40.600 a weak worm of the dust. No, put down the crackers. 0:23:40.960 --> 0:23:44.760 Christ has already made you worthy. The price has already 0:23:44.800 --> 0:23:50.560 been paid. Heart of our inheritance is to rise up 0:23:50.800 --> 0:23:54.360 and say, I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. 0:23:54.880 --> 0:23:57.520 I may have made mistakes, I may have blown it 0:23:57.640 --> 0:23:59.760 more than a few times, but I am not a 0:23:59.800 --> 0:24:01.119 worm of the dust. 0:24:01.400 --> 0:24:01.840 I am a. 0:24:01.880 --> 0:24:07.679 Child of the most High God, forgiven, redeemed, restored. I 0:24:07.800 --> 0:24:10.240 was asked to pray at a big event several years ago, 0:24:10.359 --> 0:24:13.280 and there were several other ministers there to pray as well. 0:24:13.880 --> 0:24:17.120 The gentleman that prayed before me, it's a very fine man, 0:24:17.320 --> 0:24:20.880 respected leader in the community. But he prayed the most 0:24:20.920 --> 0:24:22.800 depressing prayer I think. 0:24:22.640 --> 0:24:23.359 I've ever heard. 0:24:23.960 --> 0:24:28.200 He said, God, I am so unworthy to even stand 0:24:28.240 --> 0:24:31.280 before you. God, I don't know how you could even 0:24:31.440 --> 0:24:32.879 listen to somebody like me. 0:24:33.040 --> 0:24:34.320 There's nothing good in me. 0:24:34.640 --> 0:24:37.920 I'm just a poor, wicked, undeserving sinner. 0:24:38.200 --> 0:24:38.800 On and on. 0:24:39.359 --> 0:24:41.639 By the time he got finished, I felt like I 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:42.520 needed to repent. 0:24:43.320 --> 0:24:47.600 I felt about that big. You know, he meant well. 0:24:47.400 --> 0:24:49.840 But you know what he was doing, eating more cheese 0:24:49.960 --> 0:24:53.720 and crackers. I wanted to ask him afterwards, do you 0:24:53.800 --> 0:24:56.840 really believe what you said about yourself? You said you 0:24:56.880 --> 0:24:59.680 were weak, defeated, depressed. 0:24:59.320 --> 0:25:03.000 Unworthy, loser, a sinner. Listen, I'm not going to declare 0:25:03.080 --> 0:25:05.359 that over my life. I'm gonna step up to the table. 0:25:06.040 --> 0:25:08.960 I may not always feel worthy, but I know God 0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:12.520 has made me worthy. I'm going to put on my 0:25:12.720 --> 0:25:17.280 robe of righteousness. One translation says, put on the robe 0:25:17.520 --> 0:25:21.240 of God's approval. No, I'm not perfect, but I know this. 0:25:21.400 --> 0:25:26.680 God approves me. God accepts me, God is pleased with me. Now, 0:25:26.760 --> 0:25:31.200 you say, Joel, we're just all sinners saved by grace. Now, 0:25:31.280 --> 0:25:34.720 the truth is, we used to be sinners, but once 0:25:34.720 --> 0:25:37.840 we came to know Christ, we're not sinners anymore. We 0:25:37.920 --> 0:25:42.960 are sons and daughters of the Most High God. And 0:25:43.080 --> 0:25:46.840 sure we may sin every once in a while, but 0:25:46.920 --> 0:25:50.760 we've been born into a new family. We've been changed. 0:25:51.040 --> 0:25:54.679 You are a new creation. You have royal blood flowing 0:25:54.680 --> 0:25:58.119 through your veins. Put down the crackers and come into 0:25:58.160 --> 0:26:01.520 the banquet hall. Get rid of that we defeated unworthy 0:26:01.560 --> 0:26:05.439 mentality and start acting like the royalty. God created you 0:26:05.480 --> 0:26:08.800 to be in our bedroom at home. We have these 0:26:08.840 --> 0:26:13.240 two big lazy boy chairs that are very comfortable. Sometimes 0:26:13.280 --> 0:26:15.399 when I want to watch a ball game, I'll go 0:26:15.480 --> 0:26:18.199 in there and shut the door and just relax and 0:26:18.200 --> 0:26:20.920 be by myself. It's a great place that I can 0:26:20.960 --> 0:26:24.760 be alone, just kind of get refreshed. Years ago, when 0:26:24.760 --> 0:26:27.920 our son Jonathan was just a little boy, probably four 0:26:28.000 --> 0:26:31.240 years old or so. He's fifteen now, one day I 0:26:31.280 --> 0:26:34.320 came home and I couldn't find Jonathan anywhere. And I 0:26:34.359 --> 0:26:36.960 knew he was at home, but I looked in his bedroom, 0:26:36.960 --> 0:26:39.880 he wasn't there. And I checked the playroom and the kitchen, 0:26:40.080 --> 0:26:42.320 even went outside and looked in the backyard, looked in 0:26:42.320 --> 0:26:42.760 the garage. 0:26:42.760 --> 0:26:43.800 Still couldn't find him. 0:26:44.200 --> 0:26:46.760 Finally, I went toward the back of the house and 0:26:46.840 --> 0:26:49.960 I noticed that the bedroom door was closed, and that 0:26:50.080 --> 0:26:52.320 was funny because it's never closed during the day. I 0:26:52.359 --> 0:26:55.480 opened it up and there was Jonathan laying back in 0:26:55.560 --> 0:26:58.719 my big lazy boy He had his feet propped up, 0:26:59.160 --> 0:27:02.480 the remote control in one hand, popcorn in the other hand. 0:27:02.760 --> 0:27:05.440 He looked at me and said, Daddy, this is the life. 0:27:07.960 --> 0:27:08.320 Do you know? 0:27:09.080 --> 0:27:11.400 As a father? That made me feel good. 0:27:12.200 --> 0:27:15.080 I was glad he felt confident to go right into 0:27:15.119 --> 0:27:15.520 our room. 0:27:16.240 --> 0:27:18.720 I was glad that he knows he's a part of. 0:27:18.720 --> 0:27:22.800 The family and everything we have belongs to him. You 0:27:22.840 --> 0:27:25.920 know what he was doing, receiving his inheritance. He's good 0:27:25.920 --> 0:27:30.360 at that. You want to make your heavenly father happy. 0:27:30.720 --> 0:27:34.560 Start stepping up to the table, Start enjoying his blessings. 0:27:35.040 --> 0:27:38.120 Put out the crackers, and come on into the banquet hall. 0:27:38.600 --> 0:27:42.240 The price has already been paid. It's included in your ticket. 0:27:42.560 --> 0:27:46.919 Now start receiving your inheritance. Friends, this will says that 0:27:47.000 --> 0:27:50.840 you are blessed, you are prosperous, you are redeemed, you 0:27:50.880 --> 0:27:54.120 are forgiven. You have a sound mind, You're more than 0:27:54.160 --> 0:27:57.320 a conquer You've got a crown of favor. All these 0:27:57.359 --> 0:28:02.199 blessings already belonged to you. My challenge to us today is, 0:28:02.240 --> 0:28:04.800 don't leave them sitting up on a shelf. 0:28:05.480 --> 0:28:08.040 Don't let your inheritance go unclaimed. 0:28:08.760 --> 0:28:11.480 Dare to be bold and say God, if you say it, 0:28:11.760 --> 0:28:12.840 then I agree with you. 0:28:13.080 --> 0:28:13.320 God. 0:28:13.400 --> 0:28:16.639 You say I'm blessed, I believe I'm blessed. God you 0:28:16.680 --> 0:28:18.679 say I'm forgiven. I may not feel like it, but 0:28:18.720 --> 0:28:21.320 I believe I'm forgiven God. You say I've got a 0:28:21.359 --> 0:28:25.040 crown of favor, then I believe I'm highly favored. If 0:28:25.040 --> 0:28:27.720 you do this, then all these blessings that already have 0:28:27.800 --> 0:28:30.919 your name on it, the promotion, the increase, the healing, 0:28:30.960 --> 0:28:34.120 the good breaks, the spouse, the baby, they won't stay 0:28:34.200 --> 0:28:37.320 up on the shelf. Just like with Abraham. God will 0:28:37.359 --> 0:28:41.080 release them to you. I believe and declare you will 0:28:41.120 --> 0:28:44.280 become everything God's created you to be, and you will 0:28:44.360 --> 0:28:46.640 have everything God's created you to have. 0:28:46.720 --> 0:28:47.720 Do you receive it today? 0:28:49.680 --> 0:28:52.320 We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 0:28:52.360 --> 0:28:55.120 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:55.440 --> 0:28:59.520 Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 0:28:59.600 --> 0:29:00.760 repent of my sins. 0:29:01.840 --> 0:29:05.560 Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 0:29:06.800 --> 0:29:09.160 Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 0:29:09.240 --> 0:29:12.240 got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 0:29:12.560 --> 0:29:13.800 keep God first place. 0:29:14.080 --> 0:29:16.440 He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 0:29:17.080 --> 0:29:20.520 Thank you for listening to the joel Oustine podcast. Help 0:29:20.600 --> 0:29:22.000 us continue to share. 0:29:21.760 --> 0:29:24.400 The message of hope with those all over the world. 0:29:24.680 --> 0:29:28.360 Visit joeloustein dot com slash give Hope to give a 0:29:28.400 --> 0:29:29.120 gift today. 0:29:30.360 --> 0:29:32.840 Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 0:29:32.960 --> 0:29:37.000 I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast. 0:29:36.600 --> 0:29:39.600 To keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying 0:29:39.680 --> 0:29:42.280 for you. I know God's best is still ahead. 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