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Speaking Favor Into Your Future

Joel Osteen
October 14, 2020 31m 31s

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The words you speak can either expand or limit your potential. Don’t just use your words to describe your situation. Use them to make a declaration for your future.  Your best days are still ahead, and together we can make a difference in this world with the message of God's hope and love. To give visit JoelOsteen.com/GiveHope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:06.240 know this. 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.480 God rewards people that seek after him. I believe that's you, 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:11.240 or you wouldn't be watching, or you wouldn't have come 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:13.440 out today. So thank you for coming. If you're ever 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:15.320 in our area, stop by and be a part of 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:16.280 one of our services. 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:18.239 We loved you and just appreciate you. 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:20.680 Tuning in, I like to get started each week with 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:23.040 something kind of funny, and I heard about these two 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:26.919 little boys. They were brothers, ages four and six. They 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:29.840 were spending the night at their grandmother's. Before they went 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:32.320 to bed, their grandmother told them to make sure that 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:34.799 they said their prayers. So they went to their room, 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:37.640 got down on their knees, and the youngest boy, he 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:41.040 began to pray at the top of his loans. God, 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:44.120 I pray for a new bicycle. I pray for a 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:47.440 new PlayStation. I pray for a new DVD. His brother 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:49.880 punched him and said, why are you screaming? God is 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:52.280 not death. The little boy said, I know that, but 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:56.960 grandmother is all right, hold up your Bible, say it 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:57.640 like you mean it. 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:01.079 This is my Bible. What it says I am. 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:04.079 I have what it says I have, I can do 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:06.760 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:10.920 taught the word of God, I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:14.400 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:19.040 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:22.639 to talk to you today about speaking faith filled words. 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:25.720 Our words have creative power. 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:27.640 If you want to know what you're going to be 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:30.560 like five years from now, just listen to what you're 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:35.440 saying about yourself. You are prophesying your future. Too many 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:39.080 people go around saying I'll never get well, I'll never 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:42.360 get out of debt, it's flu season, I'll probably get it. 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:45.800 This marriage is never going to last, and then they 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.360 wonder why they don't get any good breaks and why 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:52.720 they don't see situations turn around. It's because they're calling 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:57.600 in defeat. They're calling in mediocrity. With our words, we 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:01.760 can either bless our future or we can future. When 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:03.680 you get up in the morning, you may not feel 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.560 up to par. You may have some problems. It looks 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:09.040 like it's never going to change. But you need to 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.960 send your words out in the direction you would like 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:15.280 your life to go, instead of complaining and saying, oh, 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.000 this is going to be a lousy day. I can't 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:22.280 stand this job. My spouse never compliments me. No, don't 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:26.360 use your words to describe your situation, use your words 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:29.400 to change your situation. You may not feel up to 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:33.200 par but dare to make a declaration of faith and 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:34.800 just say, you know what, this is going to be 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:39.320 a great day. I have God's favor. He's directing my steps. 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:43.040 Whatever I touch is going to prosper and succeed. You 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:46.360 know what you just did. You blessed your future. You 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:50.400 called in favor, called in increase, called in good breaks. 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:53.360 Let me ask you what have you been calling in? 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:57.240 What are you speaking over your family, over your children, 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:01.240 over your health, over your finances. It's not enough to 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.840 just think it. It's not enough to just believe it. 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:06.880 We give life to our faith when we speak it out. 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.040 Now you say, Joel, my child is never going to 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:13.120 do what's right. He won't listen to me. I don't 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:16.280 think he's ever gonna get back on course. No, that's 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:18.920 just calling in more of the same. You need to 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:22.680 change what you're saying. Start saying, Father, I thank you 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:26.520 that my child is blessed. He will make good decisions. 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:30.760 He is free from every stronghold. He will fulfill his destiny. 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:34.760 The fact is he may be as rebellious as can be. 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:38.279 But when you're with your friends, don't talk about how 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:41.080 bad he is and how he's never going to change. 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:45.359 Speak victory over his life. When they ask how he's doing, 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:46.279 Just say you know what. 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:47.200 He's blessed. 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:50.719 He makes good decisions, he's kind and respectful. 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:55.840 He just doesn't know it yet. Those words are like seeds. 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:57.840 That is your faith being released. 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.680 When God hears that, he says to the angels, do 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:05.479 you hear what she's saying. She's speaking faith, angels, I 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:08.080 have an assignment for you. Go down there and begin 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:09.520 to turn the situation around. 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:12.320 That's what it says in Romans four seventeen. 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:16.360 We have to call the things that are not as 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:20.480 if they already are. That means you may not feel well, 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:23.600 but you should not go around saying all my back's 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:24.800 been hurting me for years. 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:26.680 I'm getting so old. 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:28.559 I don't think I'm ever gonna get better. 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:29.000 Now. 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.679 You just spoke defeat into your future. Turn it around, 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:35.719 have a report of victory. I may not feel up 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:39.080 to par, but I know it's only temporary. God is 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:43.240 restoring health. Unto me, I'm getting stronger, healthier, younger. My 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:46.360 best days are still up ahead. You're gonna get what 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.080 you call in. I have a friend. We used to 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:52.000 play basketball a lot together, and he was always kind 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:55.760 of negative. He just saw the worst in every situation. 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:58.400 And when I'd see him and ask what's been going on, 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:01.880 he said, all, not much. I'm just getting old and 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:06.400 fat and bald. I've probably heard him say that five 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:09.760 hundred times. Here he was in great shape, he was 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:11.360 the star of the football. 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:13.080 Team, had this thick, curly hair. 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:15.800 And I know he was kind of just kidding. And 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:17.920 I like to kid a lot, but I don't kid 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:20.840 about that. I want to keep my hair. 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:24.360 I probably hadn't seen him in fifteen twenty years, and 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:26.720 I saw him one day. I nearly passed out. 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:30.800 He had prophesied his future. He was old and fat 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:34.600 and bald. I don't know about you, but I'm not 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:38.280 gonna speak defeat over my life. My declaration is I'm 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:41.920 getting younger. God is renewing my youth like the eagle. 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:47.440 I am getting stronger. Health and healing is flowing through me. 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:52.520 I'm getting better looking. I'm gonna keep my hair. We 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:55.840 need to pay attention to what we're saying. I know 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.960 people that are always tired and run down. You know 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:02.520 what They're constantly saying, I'm so tired, I don't have 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.680 any energy. They have said it so much it's become 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.680 a reality. The more we talk about it, the more 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.120 we're gonna call it in. If you wake up in 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:15.280 the morning and feel tired and feel lethargic, instead of complaining, 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:19.480 you need to start declaring. I'm strong. I'm full of energy. 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:22.680 God is renewing my strength. I can do what I 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:23.640 need to do today. 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:25.000 I know. 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:28.000 Sometimes when we've been traveling a lot, been very busy, 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:31.120 we'll come to church and Victoria will say, Joel, I 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:34.199 am so tired. Look at my eyes. Can you see 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:36.680 how red they are? I always say, no, Victoria, you 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:38.959 look great. You look just as beautiful as ever. 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:41.320 She said, no, I don't I know you. You just 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:43.880 won't say it. She's right. 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:45.600 I want to agree with that. I don't want to 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:49.559 speak defeat. I want to speak victory. I often wonder 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:52.320 what she would think if I ever said, oh, yeah, Victoria, 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:55.560 you don't look good at all. 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:58.520 You look so tired and you're gonna really wear that. 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:00.000 I'd have to find me a ride home. 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.439 The more we talk about being tired, the more tired 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:09.640 we're gonna become. The more we talk about being depressed, 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:12.480 the more depressed will be. The more you talk about 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:15.199 being overweight, the more out of shape you're gonna get. 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:18.880 Switch over into victory. Don't talk about the way you are, 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:21.760 talk about the way you want to be. There's a 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.240 young lady that works here on staff, and she told 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:27.560 our women's group one day how every morning before she 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:30.680 leaves the house, she looks in the mirror and says, girl, 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:32.480 you are looking good today. 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:35.840 I saw her a while back and ask if she 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:37.079 was still doing it. She says, yeah. 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.240 In fact, this morning, Joe, when I looked in that mirror, 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:41.199 I said, girl, some days you. 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.800 Look good, but today you're looking really good. 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:48.840 But I wonder how many of us would be bold 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:52.000 enough to look in the mirror and say something that 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:57.000 complimentary toward ourselves. Most people go around saying I don't 0:09:57.040 --> 0:10:00.400 look good today, I'm overweighed. I'm gonna try if I 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:03.600 can't do anything right now, don't speak that defeat over 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:06.920 your life. You are prophesying what you're going to become. 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:10.440 Let's be bold like her and dare to say I 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:13.400 look great today. I made in the image of Almighty God. 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:17.760 I am strong talented. I'm blessed, I am creative. I 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:21.600 am going to have a productive day. When our little 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:25.920 daughter Alexandra was about four years old, she overheard Victoria 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.959 and I talking about this little boy that was having 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:32.000 terrible headaches. It was causing him to miss a lot 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.040 of school and just giving him. 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:35.320 A lot of difficulties. 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:38.800 And little Alexandra spoke up and said, Daddy, I don't 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:42.720 have headaches and I never will have headaches. And I thought, 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.800 you are exactly right. You are prophesying the right thing. 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:48.680 And if we ever got off track back then with 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:52.360 our words, little Alexandra would straighten us out. One time, 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:55.400 I was working on the garage door to come off track, 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:57.040 and I was trying to get it to go up, 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:59.199 and it was stuck, and I was kind of frustrated. 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:01.560 I didn't even know she was there, but I. 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.560 Said under my breath, this thing is never gonna work. 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:08.040 I heard this little voice speak up, Daddy, You're gonna 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:12.760 have what you say. Man is terrible when your own 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:17.480 children believe your messages. But the scripture says, let the 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:21.640 redeemed of the Lord say so. If you're gonna go 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:25.079 to the next level, you need to say so. If 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:27.800 you're gonna overcome that addiction, you have to say so. 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:31.160 If you're gonna have a blessed yeer, if you're gonna 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.760 get out of debt, if you're gonna accomplish your dreams, 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:35.080 start saying so. 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.000 Nothing happens until we speak it out. 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:41.040 Notice it doesn't say, let the redeemed of the Lord 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:45.240 think so, let the redeemed believe so. Of course it's 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:48.240 important to think right, it's important to believe right. But 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:52.360 something supernatural happens when we speak it out. You don't 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.280 have to say it to anybody else. Just say it 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:57.959 to yourself driving to work in the shower. The economy 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:01.080 may be low, but I am blessed. I am prosperous. 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:04.560 I will lend and not borrow. The hurricane may have hit. 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:07.760 I had some setbacks, but I know it was a 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:09.199 setup for a comeback. 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:11.400 This is still going to be my best year so far. 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:13.800 The favor of God is turning it around. 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:18.000 Or I may be a little lonely right now, but 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:21.120 I know this is just a season. God is bringing 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:24.560 somebody great into my life. I will get married. I 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:26.800 haven't met him yet, but he's on his way. And 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:31.440 let me tell you he's tall, dark, handsome, plus he's rich. 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:35.920 I know you were thinking it, I might as well 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:40.640 say it. Put your faith out there. You are prophesying 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:44.200 your future. I hope you take this in the right way. 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:48.119 But ever since I've been on television, I've said privately, 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:51.679 people like me, and when they turn me on, they 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:56.120 can't turn me off. You don't know how many letters 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:57.559 I get from people this. 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:01.040 Hey, Joel, I don't watch television and ministers. I am 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:03.760 not a religious person. But when I was flipping through 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:07.480 the channels and came across your program, once I turned 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:11.160 you on, I couldn't turn you off. I think to myself, 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:12.959 I know why I called you in. 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:18.960 There is a correlation between what we say and what 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:22.360 God does. You cannot be passing and say, all right, Joel, 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:25.400 I'm not speak anything negative. I'll make sure I don't 0:13:25.400 --> 0:13:28.320 say the wrong kind of words. That's good, but that's 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:31.120 not good enough. If you're going to see God's best, 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:34.600 you have to stay on the offensive and speak victory 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:38.320 over your life. If you're not putting your vision out 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:41.920 there with your faith filled words, it's limiting what God 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:45.679 can do. Every day, before we leave the house, we 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.679 should say, Father, I want to thank you that I 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:52.520 have your favor on my life today. Father, Thank you 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.560 that you are directing my steps, causing me to be 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:58.160 at the right place at the right time. Thank you 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:02.160 that your favor is bringing opera, tunity, bring an increase 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:05.360 and promotion, blessing me so I can be a blessing 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:09.559 to somebody else. You have to declare favor. Says in 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:13.720 Psalm ninety one, I will say of the Lord, he 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:17.520 is my refuge, my fortress. The next verse says, and 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:22.080 he will cover me, deliver me, protect me. Notice the 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:26.600 connection I will say, and he will do. This tells 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:30.480 me if we're not saying of the Lord, he's not 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:33.680 going to do what we're asking him to do. If 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:37.280 you will find the promises in the scripture and say 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:41.160 of the Lord. For instance, it says in third John 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:45.240 two that God wishes above all things that you prosper 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:48.720 and be in health, you can take that promise and say, God, 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.240 you said you wanted me to be healthy. 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:53.600 You said you wanted me to be prosperous. 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.640 So I say, of the Lord, you are my healer, 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:59.680 you are my provider, you are my waymaker, you are 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:00.560 my vis indicator. 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:01.440 You are my. 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:06.280 Victory when you start saying, of the Lord, he shall do. 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.920 On the other hand, if we're not saying anything, we're 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:13.120 not releasing our faith. You could read the passage in 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:16.240 the reverse. I will not say of the Lord and 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:19.800 he will not do. Some of you today you are 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:23.720 not speaking enough victory over your life. You wonder why 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:26.600 you're not getting good breaks, why the situation is not 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:27.480 turning around. 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:30.120 Are you declaring favor every day? 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:33.120 Do you get up every morning and say, I am blessed, 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:36.800 I walk in divine health. The favor of God is 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:41.560 opening up new doors. I will fulfill my destiny. Well, Joel, 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:44.600 I'd love to do that, but I've got this sickness. 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:46.080 I hadn't been feeling well. 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:49.240 I just believe in telling it like it is now. 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.400 I'm not saying to deny the facts. I'm simply saying, 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:56.240 get in agreement with God. God said let the weak 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:59.560 say I'm strong. He didn't say, let the week talk 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:02.560 about the weakness. We're not supposed to talk about the 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:05.160 way we are. We're supposed to talk about the way 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:08.440 we want to be. Get in agreement with God. If 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:10.760 God says I'm more than a conquer I may not 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:13.560 feel like it. It may not look like it, but 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:15.600 if God says it, I'm gonna agree with him. I'm 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:17.800 gonna say it too. I am more than a conqueror. 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:21.760 You may be struggling in your finances. God says you 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:24.840 will lend and not borrow. He said you will run 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:28.240 over with his favor. Your report needs to be I 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:31.440 am blessed. God is supplying all of my needs. I 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:35.120 have more than enough, and the scripture says we will 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:38.640 eat the fruit of our words. You may not be 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:41.560 where you want to be today, but could it be 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:44.920 because of the words we've spoken in the past. We've 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:48.120 said things like I'll never rise any higher. I've gone 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:51.000 as far as I can go, and sure enough, we've 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.840 been stuck at the same place year after year. Or 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:57.200 maybe we've said I'll never break this addiction. I've had 0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:59.800 it too long, it's too hard, and just like we 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:03.000 said it, it still controls us today. 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:06.679 We need to change what we're saying. Our attitude should be. 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:09.040 This may be the way it's been in the past, 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:10.720 but this is not the way it's staying. 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.960 I'm coming up higher. I may feel weak, but my 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:15.960 declaration is I am strong. 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:19.000 I may have had this addiction for years, But I'm 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:23.760 declaring I am free. When you start saying of the Lord, 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:27.000 you are healthy, you are whole, you are free, you 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:30.479 are blessed, you are prosperous. When you say it, God's 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:33.360 promised he will do it. Well, you say, jeel, I've 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:35.880 been saying it for a long time. But I don't 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:39.760 see anything happening. Doesn't look like anything's changing. But the 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:44.639 scripture says, hold fast the profession of your faith, for 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:49.000 he is faithful that promised. This is saying, if you 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:51.960 will keep saying the right thing, if you will keep 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:57.679 speaking victory, speaking favor, speaking health and wholeness, God is faithful, 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:01.639 And those seeds that you're sowing you will reap in 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:02.480 due season. 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:04.680 You will eat the fruit of your words. 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:08.239 You remember when Jesus was walking through a town. He 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:11.480 got hungry. He went over to the fig tree to 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:14.720 get something to eat. But the tree was bare, didn't 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:17.560 have any fruit on it, and Jesus spoke to the 0:18:17.640 --> 0:18:21.800 tree and said, you will not produce fruit anymore. Other 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:25.560 people heard what he said, no doubt, they thought, that's strange, 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:28.520 that man's talking to a tree. They went over and 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:31.800 examined it. It didn't look any different. Jesus said it 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:35.320 would wither and die. They must have thought he's lost 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:39.000 his touch. Didn't work this time. It looks just the 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:42.840 same as before he said anything. But what they didn't 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:47.560 realize was in the unseen realm, the moment Jesus cursed 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:50.800 the tree, something happened in the root system. 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:52.320 The life was cut off. 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:55.679 It was just a matter of time before what happened 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:59.280 on the inside showed up on the outside. Sure enough, 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:02.199 they came back a little later, and they saw Jesus was 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:05.840 exactly right. The tree was totally dead. It's the same 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:10.280 principle with us. When we speak God's word, the moment 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:14.160 his promises come out of your mouth, in the unseen realm, 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:17.320 something happens. You may not see it for a week, 0:19:17.720 --> 0:19:20.560 or for a year, or even ten years, but that 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:23.920 doesn't mean it's not going to happen. But too often 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:28.240 we cancel out our promises by speaking these negative words. 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:32.040 We start off right, but over time we don't see 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:36.200 anything happening, and we get discouraged. But we cannot speak 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:40.480 defeat and expect to have victory. You can't talk sickness 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:43.399 and expect to have health. You can't talk lack and 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:46.840 poverty and expect to live an abundant life. That's why 0:19:46.880 --> 0:19:51.240 it says hold fast the profession of your faith. You've 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:53.480 got to be determined that you're going to put a 0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:56.879 watch over your mouth, and no matter how long it's taken, 0:19:57.160 --> 0:19:59.440 no matter how bad it looks, you are not going 0:19:59.480 --> 0:20:03.560 to give in and start speaking doubt and unbelieve. Keep 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:09.000 declaring favor over your finances, keep speaking victory over that sickness, 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:12.600 freedom over that addiction. Some of you, you need to 0:20:12.640 --> 0:20:15.760 shift into a new gear. You're not speaking enough faith 0:20:15.840 --> 0:20:18.960 over your life. You've got big dreams. You've got to 0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:22.440 declare favor in a big, big way. It's not enough 0:20:22.440 --> 0:20:24.280 to say once a week, Oh God, I hope you'll 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:25.280 bless me this week. 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:27.880 No every day, all day. 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:31.200 Underneath your breath, you should be saying, Father, I want 0:20:31.240 --> 0:20:33.960 to thank you that your favor is surrounding me like 0:20:34.000 --> 0:20:37.040 a shield. Thank you that your favor is opening up 0:20:37.080 --> 0:20:40.399 doors that no man can shut. Your favor is bringing 0:20:40.480 --> 0:20:45.080 supernatural opportunities, divine connections, causing me to be at the 0:20:45.160 --> 0:20:49.200 right place at the right time, says in Zachariah chapter ten, 0:20:50.080 --> 0:20:54.399 ask for rain in the time of rain, rain in 0:20:54.480 --> 0:20:58.840 the scripture represents God's favor. This says, ask for rain 0:20:59.480 --> 0:21:02.800 even though raining. What does that mean? It's raining, doesn't 0:21:02.800 --> 0:21:05.120 seem like you need to ask for it. But God 0:21:05.200 --> 0:21:09.359 is saying, just because my favor is available, you're not 0:21:09.480 --> 0:21:14.040 gonna receive it unless you ask. Right now, God is 0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:19.040 showering down blessings, healing, promotion, good ideas. 0:21:19.160 --> 0:21:21.880 It's raining favor. Here's the key. 0:21:22.520 --> 0:21:24.880 If you don't get your words going in the right 0:21:24.920 --> 0:21:28.879 direction and start calling favor in, you're not going to 0:21:28.920 --> 0:21:33.520 experience it. Nothing happens unless we speak. You've got to 0:21:33.560 --> 0:21:37.359 release your faith with your words. This is a great 0:21:37.480 --> 0:21:40.680 day to be alive. God is pouring out his favor 0:21:41.119 --> 0:21:45.000 like no other time in history. Right now, it is raining, increase, 0:21:45.080 --> 0:21:47.480 it's raining good ideas, it's raining promotion. 0:21:48.080 --> 0:21:50.760 My encouragement to you is, don't let it pass you by. 0:21:51.720 --> 0:21:55.480 Instead of saying, ah, everybody gets blessed except me. I 0:21:55.520 --> 0:21:58.080 don't know why they get good breaks and I never do. No, 0:21:58.240 --> 0:22:02.800 start declaring it for yourself. I am blessed, I am prosperous, 0:22:02.840 --> 0:22:05.440 I am favored, I am healthy, I am free. 0:22:06.240 --> 0:22:09.560 You've got to ask for rain in this time of rain. 0:22:10.280 --> 0:22:13.840 Sometimes we are our own worst enemies. I heard somebody 0:22:13.880 --> 0:22:17.800 say the devil doesn't have to defeat us, We defeat ourselves. 0:22:18.359 --> 0:22:19.240 Don't let that be you. 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:23.440 When you speak faith, you're in agreement with God. When 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:27.399 you speak defeat, you're in agreement with the enemy. Understand, 0:22:27.800 --> 0:22:31.960 God talk brings God on the sin. Enemy talk brings 0:22:31.960 --> 0:22:35.120 the enemy on the sin. All through the day, there 0:22:35.160 --> 0:22:38.720 are two voices that compete for our attention, the voice 0:22:38.720 --> 0:22:42.000 of faith and the voice of defeat. You'll hear a 0:22:42.080 --> 0:22:45.880 voice saying you'll never rise any higher. You don't have 0:22:45.960 --> 0:22:47.760 what it takes. You've reached your limits. 0:22:48.320 --> 0:22:51.800 If you listen carefully, you'll hear another voice saying you 0:22:51.840 --> 0:22:53.840 are well able, you can do all. 0:22:53.760 --> 0:22:56.679 Things through Christ. Your best days are still up ahead. 0:22:57.560 --> 0:23:00.960 Now you get to choose which voice comes to life. 0:23:01.520 --> 0:23:04.040 The way you do it is by what you speak out. 0:23:04.840 --> 0:23:07.840 The moment you verbalize that thought, you give it the 0:23:07.920 --> 0:23:10.960 right to come to pass. If you're going around saying 0:23:11.480 --> 0:23:15.160 nothing good ever happens to me, I'm not that talented, Joel, 0:23:15.240 --> 0:23:17.679 I'll probably never get out of this problem. No, you 0:23:17.720 --> 0:23:20.399 are choosing the wrong voice. You've got to get in 0:23:20.440 --> 0:23:24.199 agreement with God. That other voice may be louder, but 0:23:24.240 --> 0:23:27.240 you can override it. You can take away all of 0:23:27.280 --> 0:23:32.000 its power by simply choosing the voice of faith. For instance, 0:23:32.240 --> 0:23:35.040 maybe you're going to a job interview. One voice will 0:23:35.040 --> 0:23:37.560 tell you you're not gonna get it, you're not qualified. 0:23:37.560 --> 0:23:39.879 They're not gonna like you. You're just wasting your time. 0:23:40.520 --> 0:23:43.240 If you'll listen, you'll hear another voice saying, you have 0:23:43.320 --> 0:23:46.520 the favor of God. You are talented, you are creative, 0:23:46.560 --> 0:23:49.160 you have what it takes. You are what they're looking for. 0:23:49.760 --> 0:23:51.760 If you get up in the morning and you tell 0:23:51.800 --> 0:23:54.439 your spouse, I don't really think ought to go on 0:23:54.480 --> 0:23:56.800 this interview, They're not gonna like me. I don't think 0:23:56.840 --> 0:23:59.920 I'm qualified. I don't think they're gonna choose me. No, 0:24:00.119 --> 0:24:03.760 with your own words, you are sealing your fate. The 0:24:03.760 --> 0:24:08.080 scripture says, whose report are you gonna believe? The report 0:24:08.119 --> 0:24:11.320 of victory or the report of defeat. There's a battle 0:24:11.359 --> 0:24:14.680 taking place in our minds now all through the day, 0:24:14.680 --> 0:24:17.560 we're gonna be tempted to talk about how bad it is, 0:24:17.960 --> 0:24:19.919 talk about how we're not going to get out of debt, 0:24:20.240 --> 0:24:23.240 talk about what the medical report says. You've got to 0:24:23.280 --> 0:24:25.720 dig your heels in and say, no, I am not 0:24:25.840 --> 0:24:29.240 giving life to that defeat. I am not speaking sickness. 0:24:29.359 --> 0:24:33.120 I'm not speaking lack. I'm not speaking fear. I'm choosing 0:24:33.119 --> 0:24:36.119 a different report. I believe the report of the Lord, 0:24:36.359 --> 0:24:38.879 and it says I am blessed, I am favored, I 0:24:38.920 --> 0:24:42.360 am prosperous, I am healthy, I am whole. I'm a victor, 0:24:42.800 --> 0:24:46.240 never a victima. Well, you say, Joel, I've got some 0:24:46.400 --> 0:24:49.640 major obstacles. I've got some big problems. I don't see 0:24:49.640 --> 0:24:52.040 how it could ever work out. Let me give you 0:24:52.080 --> 0:24:56.280 a key. Don't talk about your problems. Talk to your problems. 0:24:56.760 --> 0:25:00.640 You've got to speak to those mountains, declare faith over 0:25:00.680 --> 0:25:04.840 those situations. Too often we talk to God about how 0:25:04.840 --> 0:25:07.920 big our problems are. We should be talking to our 0:25:07.960 --> 0:25:11.920 problems about how big our God is. In the scripture, 0:25:11.960 --> 0:25:14.639 there's a man by the name of Zeruba Bell. He 0:25:14.720 --> 0:25:18.359 had a major challenge. He was in charge of rebuilding 0:25:18.359 --> 0:25:22.240 the temple. It looked impossible. Everything was coming against him. 0:25:23.000 --> 0:25:26.159 He said in Zachariah four to seven, who are you, 0:25:26.640 --> 0:25:30.679 o great mountain that stands against me? You shall become 0:25:30.760 --> 0:25:34.720 a plain, a mere mole hill, and I will finish 0:25:34.760 --> 0:25:39.160 the temple by shouting grace, grace to it. Notice this 0:25:39.200 --> 0:25:42.160 is saying a mountain will be turned into a mold hill. 0:25:42.560 --> 0:25:46.760 How by speaking grace to it. Another word for grace 0:25:47.040 --> 0:25:50.280 is favor. In other words, he went around talking to 0:25:50.359 --> 0:25:54.000 his mountains, saying, I've got the favor of God. I 0:25:54.000 --> 0:25:57.320 can do all things through Christ. I will fulfill my destiny. 0:25:58.040 --> 0:26:00.840 I love the way it starts. You Are you, o 0:26:01.000 --> 0:26:05.000 great mountain? He was saying, you can't defeat me. Don't 0:26:05.040 --> 0:26:07.600 you know who I am? I have an advantage. I 0:26:07.640 --> 0:26:11.199 have the favor of God. When he looked at his mountain, 0:26:11.320 --> 0:26:14.880 he didn't get discouraged. He knew it wasn't permanent. He 0:26:14.960 --> 0:26:18.720 understood this principle. He could speak favor to his mountain, 0:26:19.040 --> 0:26:23.159 and God promised they would become mere mole hills. In 0:26:23.200 --> 0:26:27.480 the same way, when you face challenges, don't start talking defeat, 0:26:27.560 --> 0:26:31.239 don't start complaining. Dare to do like he did and 0:26:31.320 --> 0:26:35.240 start declaring favor. You may be struggling in your finances, 0:26:35.400 --> 0:26:37.840 get that check book out and speak favor over it. 0:26:38.400 --> 0:26:40.720 You may have a child that's not doing right, Speak 0:26:40.840 --> 0:26:44.879 favor over him. Perhaps a situation at work is very difficult. 0:26:45.359 --> 0:26:49.560 Start speaking to that mountain. If you will declare God's favor, 0:26:49.880 --> 0:26:53.040 He's promised your mountains will turn into mole hills. 0:26:53.560 --> 0:26:54.280 It's interesting. 0:26:54.640 --> 0:26:57.480 When Moses was leading the people of Israel there through 0:26:57.480 --> 0:27:01.119 the wilderness and they needed water, God told him to 0:27:01.240 --> 0:27:04.640 strike the rock, and when he struck this rock, water 0:27:04.760 --> 0:27:07.720 began to flow out of that. Some time later they 0:27:07.720 --> 0:27:11.880 needed water again. This time God told him to speak. 0:27:11.640 --> 0:27:14.479 To the rock. So you know what Moses did. He 0:27:14.520 --> 0:27:16.600 went back to doing it the old way, and he 0:27:16.680 --> 0:27:21.480 struck the rock again and again. Eventually water did come out, 0:27:22.040 --> 0:27:24.919 but it took a lot more effort than was needed. 0:27:25.680 --> 0:27:27.040 We do the same thing today. 0:27:27.640 --> 0:27:30.200 We try to solve our problems all in our own 0:27:30.280 --> 0:27:33.480 strength and make things work out. We're trying to fix 0:27:33.520 --> 0:27:35.800 a child and correct something at work. 0:27:35.920 --> 0:27:37.440 So stressed, so frustrated. 0:27:38.040 --> 0:27:41.119 But God is saying, you don't have to strike the 0:27:41.200 --> 0:27:44.639 rock anymore. My son came so you could live an 0:27:44.680 --> 0:27:45.520 abundant life. 0:27:45.960 --> 0:27:47.240 Just speak to the rock. 0:27:47.400 --> 0:27:51.359 Just a clear favor over that situation. Get up every 0:27:51.440 --> 0:27:55.240 day and say I am blessed. No weapon formed against 0:27:55.240 --> 0:27:57.440 me is ever going to prosper. What is meant for 0:27:57.560 --> 0:28:01.200 my harm? God's using to my advantage. This problem will 0:28:01.240 --> 0:28:05.200 not defeat me. Friends, we don't have to live life frustrated. 0:28:05.760 --> 0:28:08.639 God wants you to enter into an anointing of ease. 0:28:09.359 --> 0:28:11.760 If you'll get your words going in the right direction, 0:28:12.119 --> 0:28:14.600 you're going to see obstacles that have held you back 0:28:14.640 --> 0:28:16.399 for years begin to clear out. 0:28:16.240 --> 0:28:16.800 Of your path. 0:28:17.400 --> 0:28:20.720 You're going to see family difficulties that look permanent begin 0:28:20.840 --> 0:28:23.760 to turn around. That situation at work where you've been 0:28:23.800 --> 0:28:28.280 constantly struggling, God's going to smooth it out, giving you wisdom, favor, 0:28:28.640 --> 0:28:31.240 taking away the wrong people, bringing in the right people, 0:28:31.480 --> 0:28:34.720 making your crooked places straight. Some of you today you've 0:28:34.720 --> 0:28:37.480 been striking the rock, but it's time to speak to 0:28:37.560 --> 0:28:40.920 the rock. Don't talk about your problem. Talk to your 0:28:41.000 --> 0:28:44.479 problem every morning when you wake up. To clear God's favor. 0:28:45.280 --> 0:28:47.640 Learn to call things that are not as if they 0:28:47.720 --> 0:28:51.120 already are. Get in agreement with God. Say what he 0:28:51.240 --> 0:28:54.280 says about you. His words coming out of your mouth 0:28:54.400 --> 0:28:56.400 is one of the most powerful things you can ever do. 0:28:56.840 --> 0:28:58.720 And remember, it's not enough to think it, it's not 0:28:58.840 --> 0:28:59.600 enough to believe it. 0:28:59.840 --> 0:29:02.320 You gotta give life to your faith by speaking it out. 0:29:03.160 --> 0:29:05.920 If you'll get in a habit of declaring favor and 0:29:06.200 --> 0:29:10.000 speaking these faith filled words. You're gonna see negative situations 0:29:10.000 --> 0:29:13.360 turn around. Your mountains are gonna turn into mold hills. 0:29:13.560 --> 0:29:17.280 God's gonna fight your battles for you. You're gonna overcome obstacles, 0:29:17.320 --> 0:29:20.920 defeat every enemy and every dream, every promise God put 0:29:20.920 --> 0:29:21.440 in your heart. 0:29:21.680 --> 0:29:24.800 I believe and declare it will come to pass. Amen. 0:29:24.840 --> 0:29:25.880 Do you receive that today? 0:29:27.640 --> 0:29:31.280 Thank you for listening to the Joelustine podcast. Help us 0:29:31.320 --> 0:29:34.200 continue to share the message of hope with those all 0:29:34.200 --> 0:29:38.240 over the world. 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