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This is not an 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:29.759 offer to buy your self security snor is it investment, 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:30.760 legal or tax advice. 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:33.640 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:36.360 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:38.920 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:40.479 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:43.520 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:50.880 your life. God bless you. It's great to have you 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:53.520 with us today and I hope you'll stay connected with 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.880 us throughout the week. We have a daily podcast that 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:59.600 you can download. You can go to our YouTube channel. 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:03.800 The messages anytime, or you can follow us on social media. 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:07.120 I promise you this, We'll keep it encouraged and inspired. 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:10.200 Thanks for tuning in. Thanks again for coming out in person. 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.119 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.160 about this couple. They were driving down the road when 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:20.360 they came across a sign that said Nakodochius forty miles ahead. 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.760 They begin to argue over how to correctly pronounce the 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:27.840 name Nakodochius. The husband got so upset he told his 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:30.120 wife when they got to town he was going to 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:32.799 stop and prove to her that she was wrong. They 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:36.240 drove silently the next thirty minutes. When he arrived in town, 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:39.200 he pulled into the first fast food restaurant. They both 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:41.600 marched up to the counter. He said to the young 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.400 lady working behind it, my wife and I have been 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:48.000 arguing the last thirty minutes. Would you please tell us, 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:52.120 very slowly and very clearly, how to pronounce the name 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:54.800 of this place. The young girl's eyes got real big. 0:02:55.000 --> 0:03:00.760 She leaned over the counter and said, Burger keen, say 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:03.560 it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:06.240 am what it says, I am, I have what it says. 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:06.520 I have. 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:09.600 I can do what it says I can do. Today, 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:12.680 I will be taught the word of God. I'll boldly 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:16.800 confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:20.960 will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:25.280 I want to talk to you today about swing your sword. 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:29.120 It's easy to let life just happen to us when 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:33.359 we've been through enough disappointments. People against us. We tried, 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:36.800 but couldn't break the addiction over time that can wear 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:39.800 us down to where we lose our fight. We lose 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:43.480 our passion. But you can't be passive and just take 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:47.160 whatever comes your way. We're in a fight. There are 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.960 forces that are trying to keep you from your destiny. 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:54.720 This scripture says God's word is the sword of the spirit. 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:57.840 When you have his promises coming out of your mouth, 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:01.880 you are swinging your sword. When you swing, God will 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:05.480 fight for you. But as long as you're passive, can't 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:08.880 believe this happened, I never get any good breaks. I'll 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:12.600 probably never get well. The problem is your sword is 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:15.640 in its sheep. It's not doing you any good. You 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:18.840 have to get your sword out. Father. Thank you that 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:21.960 no weapon formed against me will prosper Thank you that 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:24.599 you being for me is more than the world being 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:27.680 against me. You know what you just did. You swing 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:32.000 your sword. When you swing, when you declare his promises, 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:35.480 angels go to work, forces of darkness are pushed back. 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:39.760 Negative situations will turn around. Are you swinging your sword? 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:44.000 You have to initiate God's power. You can't sit back. 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:47.279 Hope I get well. I hope my child gets on course. 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:51.240 I hope this dream comes to pass. Hoping is good. 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:55.840 But that's not enough. You're in a battle not with people. 0:04:56.279 --> 0:05:00.880 The scripture says, we're fighting spirits without bodies. There's an 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:04.040 unseen realm where forces are trying to keep you from 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:09.279 your purpose. You can't fight an unseen enemy with physical weapons. 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:13.520 You have to use the sword of the spirit. God's 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:15.760 word coming out of your mouth is one of your 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:19.359 most powerful weapons. When Joel, I'm waiting on God to 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.520 help me, maybe God's waiting on you to get your 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:26.040 sword out. To accomplish your dreams. You have to swing 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:30.200 your sword. Father, you said, because I keep you first place, 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:33.480 you will crown my efforts with success. Thank you that 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:36.360 my business is taken off, that my gifts are coming 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:38.960 out to the full that you're opening doors that no 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:43.040 person can shut. That's not just being positive, that's swinging 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:46.760 your sword if you're single, believing to meet the right 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:50.440 person instead of being negative. It's been so long, I 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:53.320 don't think it's ever going to happen. Father, you said 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:56.920 no good thing? Will you withhold? Because I walk up rightly? 0:05:57.400 --> 0:06:00.400 You said you'd give me the desires of my heart. Well, Father, 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:04.440 thank you that someone awesome is coming my way. I 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:06.760 talked to a young couple. They'd been trying to have 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:10.080 a baby for many years with no success. They were 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:13.360 very disappointed. They said, I guess it just wasn't meant 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:18.279 to be. Sometimes we get worn down, we're tired of believing, 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.479 tried and it didn't work out. The next time we 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:24.039 have a challenge, we don't even get our sword out. 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:28.840 We get conditioned to it. No, don't accept defeat. Don't 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:34.600 let mediocrity, addictions, dysfunction become normal to where you think, 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.919 just my lot in life, all my family is depressed. 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:42.039 Get your sword out, Start declaring what God says about you, 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:46.120 Start expecting his favor, start thinking him when there's no 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:50.159 sign of it, praising when nothing is turning around. That's 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:53.680 what faith is all about. I told that couple all 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:57.599 through the day, you need to start declaring. Father. You said, 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:00.800 the fruit of my womb is blessed. You said you 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:04.000 would make the barren woman a happy mother of children. 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.919 You said children are a gift from God. That my 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:10.040 children will rise up and call me blessed. So Lord, 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:13.280 thank you that my baby is on the way. When 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:16.760 you start swinging your sword, God will make things happen 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:20.520 that you couldn't make happen. He'll fight for you, but 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:24.040 you have to activate his power. You have to activate 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:28.000 the miracle, activate the breakthrough. Jeorle I did this, but 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:31.920 nothing happened. Keep doing it. Things are happening in the 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:35.600 unseen realm. God is working. You may not see it, 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:40.040 but things are changing in your favor. Consistency is the key. 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:44.600 Keep swinging that sword, keep declaring the victory. Year and 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:47.160 a half later, that young couple came down to the 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:51.280 front to dedicate their beautiful baby girl. They both had 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:55.520 tears running down their faces, so grateful to God. I 0:07:55.600 --> 0:08:00.600 wonder if there are babies we're missing out on healing, freedom, 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:05.600 abundance simply because we're not swinging our sword. What's holding 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:09.560 you back? Are There areas you become complacent. You're just 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:13.280 accepting it, waiting on God to do something, when in 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.880 fact God is waiting on you. Get your sword out, 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:22.080 start believing again, Start expecting his favor, Start declaring what 0:08:22.160 --> 0:08:26.400 he says about you. The scripture says, let say I 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:29.800 am strong. Let the poor say I am well off. 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:33.640 Don't sit around in weakness. Don't just talk about how 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:38.480 bad life is. I'll probably always struggle. Talking defeat brings 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:42.160 more defeat. Talking about the weakness will keep you weak. 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:46.080 God has given you a sword that can break powers 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:48.600 that are holding you back. You have a sword that 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:52.720 can unleash your dreams, unlock your potential, thrust you to 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:55.440 a new level. Take it out of its sheath and 0:08:55.520 --> 0:09:00.240 start swinging it. I am blessed, I am prosperous, I 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:05.040 am healthy, strong, forgiven, favored. I am more than a 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:08.680 conquer You keep swinging your sword like that, and you'll 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:12.880 see God do things you couldn't do, favor, breakthroughs new 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:16.920 levels of your destiny. Well, Joel, I'm kind of discouraged 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:20.520 because I'm under attack. These people have come against me. 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:23.560 My health is not good. My child God, off course, 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:28.200 under attack is the wrong perspective, you're not under attack, 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:32.480 You're in a battle. Under attack implies I'm being bombarded. 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:36.800 It's not fair. I'm out numbered. You're not outnumbered. You 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:40.160 and God are a majority. You have the most powerful 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:44.360 force in the universe on your side. But a defeated 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:48.679 mindset is not going to move you forward. Thinking that 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:52.480 you were shortchanged, you're at a disadvantage, will keep you 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:56.520 from your destiny. The reason you have these challenges is 0:09:56.600 --> 0:10:00.679 because there's something amazing in front of you. The enemy 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:04.000 wouldn't be fighting you if you didn't have greatness in you. 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:07.640 He wouldn't waste his time if he didn't know you 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.480 were going to take new ground for the kingdom. He 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:14.199 consents you're a threat. That's why he's coming against you. 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:19.559 Don't fall apart, get your sword out, start swinging, start praising, 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:24.040 start declaring, start speaking his promises. This too shall pass 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:27.960 what was meant from my harm. I know this God 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:31.360 has turned into my advantage. What he's started in my life, 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:35.760 he's going to finish. God promised the Israelites he would 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:38.920 give them the land of Canaan. That was the promised land. 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:42.080 But he said you have to go in and possess 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:45.840 the land. The problem was there were giants living there. 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:49.480 The people were huge. Instead of taking their swords out 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:52.440 going in knowing that God would give them the victory, 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:56.280 they were intimidated by the opposition. They looked at how 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.600 big and how strong, and how they didn't have a chance. 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:03.120 They turned around and went back into the desert and 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:06.400 never did make it in. God could have given them 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:09.400 the land without a fight. He could have cleared out 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:13.920 the enemy handed to them without opposition. But most of 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:17.000 the time God will say, I'll give you the healing, 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:20.600 but you have to fight for it. I'll restore your marriage, 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:23.760 I'll break the addiction. I'll turn your child around, if 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.720 you'll get your sword out, if you'll not be passive, 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:31.240 if you'll start swinging. God asks the Israelites, how long 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:34.800 will you wait till you possess the land that I've 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:39.080 given you. It wasn't necessarily up to God. He said, 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:43.040 in effect, you initiate the blessing, the favor, the healing. 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:46.120 How long are you going to wait to go after 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:48.720 what God has put in your heart? Well, Joel, there 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:52.520 are giants in front of me, this medical report, this addiction. 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:55.839 I don't have the funds for my dream the connections. 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.200 Those giants may look big, but they're no match for 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.440 our God. You'll be amazed at what will happen when 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:06.760 you start swinging your sword. Hebrews says, God's word is 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:10.880 alive and full of power, sharper than any two edged sword. 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:14.280 His promise is coming out of your mouth. Will part red, 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:18.800 seas will break, addictions will defeat the sickness, will open 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:22.760 doors you never dream would open. Are you swinging your sword? 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:26.120 Are you declaring what God says about you? Are you 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:29.679 possessing your land, going after what He put in your heart? 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:35.160 Dreaming big, praying bold prayers, expecting his favor. God wants 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:38.240 to take you where no one in your family has gone. 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:44.040 He has influence, opportunity, favor like you've never seen. You 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:48.079 wouldn't be hearing this if there wasn't something bigger, something better, 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:52.120 come in your way. But with those new levels, there 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:56.800 will be new devils. There will be giants on your land, opposition, 0:12:57.520 --> 0:13:01.240 things you don't understand, things that are not people that 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:04.520 should be for you, that are against you. You don't 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:08.800 win these battles with just skill, strength, out maneuvering. It's 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:12.320 a spiritual battle. They are one with the sword of 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:16.600 the spirit, with declaring God's promises, with standing in faith, 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:21.559 unwavered and unmoved. I was in college in nineteen eighty 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:24.760 one when my brother Paul called and he said, mother 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:28.160 is very sick. I had never seen my mother sick 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:31.360 a day of her life, and that caught me off guard. Said, Paul, 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:33.559 what do you mean she's sick. She has the flu, 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.880 she has a bad called. He said, no, she's really sick. 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:39.599 What they weren't telling me is she had been in 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:43.360 the hospital for twenty one days. The doctors couldn't figure 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:46.080 out what was wrong with her. They finally told my 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:49.720 father that she had metastatic cancer of the liver and 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.400 only had a few weeks to live. There was no 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:55.280 treatment that they could give her. They'd come to the 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:58.199 end of what they could do medically speaking, and they 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:02.680 sent her home. News people don't have the final saying 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:07.840 God can do what medicine cannot do. I flew home 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:10.840 from college and when I saw my mother, I was 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:14.440 so shocked. She looked like a picture of death. She 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:18.280 was very frail, weighed only eighty nine pounds, Her skin 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:21.160 was as yellow as can be, her voice so shaky. 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:26.000 She could have gone to bed, depressed, given up on life. 0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:29.120 I guess my time is up. This giant is too big. 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:33.520 But Mother understood this principle. She didn't see herself as 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:37.560 under attack, as this one sided opposition where she was 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:40.880 at the mercy of the sickness. She saw herself as 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:44.560 in a battle. She got her sword out. All through 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:47.520 the day, I would hear her quoting scripture, I will 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:50.920 live and not die. God is restoring health. Beckon to me, 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:53.760 I am strong in the Lord. The number of my 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:58.040 days he will fulfill. She felt weak, but she kept 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:01.720 declaring she was strong. She looked sick, but she kept 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:05.240 declaring she was well. The cancer looked like it was winning, 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.800 but she kept declaring. God always causes me to triumph. 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:13.640 She kept swinging her sword, believing God was working when 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:17.840 she didn't see anything changing, expecting his favor, talking like 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:21.120 healing was on the way. When you swing your sword, 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.920 God goes to work. I can imagine every time she 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:28.320 said I am healed, that cancer got a little weaker. 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.200 Every time she said I will live and not die, 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:34.120 it got a little bit weaker. Every time she declared 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:36.760 what the psalmist said, the strength of the enemy is 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:39.280 being cut off, but the power of the Godly is 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:44.840 being increased. The cancer got weaker, weaker and weaker. This 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:48.600 went on months and months, Against all odds, she started 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:53.440 getting better and better. Today, forty years later, she's healthy, hole, 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:59.400 still going strong. How long will you wait till you 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:04.600 possess your healing, your freedom, your peace, your abundance, Start 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:08.800 swinging your sword. It's very powerful when you have God's 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:12.720 promises coming out of your mouth. The scripture says, God 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:17.080 watches over his word to perform it. He's not obligated 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.800 to bring the past what we say, but he is 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:23.320 obligated to bring the past what he says. That's why 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:26.800 it's so important to get in agreement with God. Speak 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:30.080 what he says about you, not how you feel, not 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:32.880 how big the problem is, not how it's never going 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:37.840 to work out. Speak victory, speak, abundance, speak healing. Like 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:41.440 my mother, you may be fighting a battle in your health, 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:45.680 your finances, a relationship. The good news is you have 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:49.920 a weapon. Get your sword out. I am healthy, I 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:53.280 am whole, I am strong. I will run and not 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:56.720 be weary. I will walk and not faint. If you're 0:16:56.720 --> 0:17:00.680 struggling in your finances, set of complaining never get any 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:04.439 good breaks. I'll always be in need. Everyone in my 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:07.640 family has struggled. That's just who we are. Get your 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:11.560 sword out. Lords. You promise whatever I touch will prosper 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:14.520 and succeed. Think you that my cup will run over, 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:17.720 that I will have a bountiful year. That because I 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:24.240 fully obey, I walk under the commanded blessing, good breaks, opportunities, resources, 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:27.600 The right people are chasing me down. Now you may 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:31.160 not see anything happening, but as you keep swinging that sword, 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:35.080 behind the scenes, things are changing. God is lining up 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:39.560 the right people, moving out the wrong people. Opportunities are coming, 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:44.440 healing breakthroughs. He watches over his word to perform it. 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:48.520 Pay attention to what's coming out of your mouth. Are 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:51.560 you speaking the problem or are you speaking the promises? 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:54.640 Are you talking to God about how big your problems 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.800 are or are you talking to your problems about how 0:17:57.800 --> 0:18:01.760 big your God is? How any battles are we not winning? 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:05.199 Because our sword is in the cheap We have it, 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:08.600 but we're not swinging it. We're not activating God's power, 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:13.000 his favor, his healing. Get that sword out. We're in 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:17.120 a battle. There are giants on your land. God promised 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:20.560 you the victory, but you can't be passive. I hope 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:23.239 it happened, Joel. If God wants me to have it, 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:26.040 he'll give it to me. No, he's waiting on you 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:29.680 to possess it. If you'll start swinging your sword, then 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:33.119 he'll step in help you accomplish what you can accomplish 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:36.840 on your own. When David went out to face Goliath, 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:40.160 before he ever slung a rock, he got his sword out. 0:18:40.720 --> 0:18:43.560 He looked at Goliath and said, this day I will 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:46.600 defeat you and feed your head to the birds of 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:51.359 the air. He declared victory. He declared God's favor. He 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:54.280 could have said, God, why is this giant in my path? 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:57.720 He's twice my size. I don't have the training. This 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:01.080 is not fair. If Dave would have talked like that, 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:04.159 we wouldn't be talking about him. David knew how to 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:07.480 swing his sword. He went out and slung that rock, 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:11.360 hit Golith in the forehead, knocked him out. Here's the point. 0:19:11.520 --> 0:19:14.600 If you'll swing your sword, God will direct the rock. 0:19:15.080 --> 0:19:19.720 If you'll declare victory, he'll bring down the giants. Years ago, 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:22.920 I was watching this boxing match. It was the two 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:26.880 best boxers in the world, heavyweight boxers. They were scheduled 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:29.640 for a twelve round fight. There had been all this 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:33.000 height leading up to it. The opening bell finally rang. 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:38.120 We expected this exciting, high energy match, but the boxer 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:41.960 that was the favorite heartily threw any punches. First round 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:45.720 he was very passive, just playing defense, trying to stay 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:49.600 away from his opponent, almost like he was scared. Second round, 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:53.159 it was the same way third round. In the fourth round. 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:56.719 In the fifth round, he got knocked out. Was a 0:19:56.800 --> 0:20:01.480 huge upset. He told afterwards. His strategy was to be 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:05.679 defensive for the first five rounds, save all his energy, 0:20:06.200 --> 0:20:09.560 not throw many punches, so in the later rounds when 0:20:09.560 --> 0:20:12.480 the other boxer was tired, he would have the advantage. 0:20:12.920 --> 0:20:16.000 The problem is he never made it to the later rounds. 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:20.000 Are you being passive just taking what comes your way. 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:23.400 You're in a fight. There are forces that don't want 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:28.080 you to succeed. They're after your health, your finances, your children. 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:31.400 You can't stay on the defensive and live in victory. 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:35.080 You have to start throwing some punches. Well, Joe, my 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:38.120 children are running with the wrong crowd. I've been praying. 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:41.480 I don't think they'll ever get back on course. Praying 0:20:41.640 --> 0:20:44.480 is important, But you need to do more than pray. 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:47.760 You need to get your sword out. Start declaring what 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:51.240 God said. Father, you said, as for me and my house, 0:20:51.359 --> 0:20:54.360 we will serve the Lord. You said. My children will 0:20:54.400 --> 0:20:56.800 be mighty in the land. You said, the seed of 0:20:56.880 --> 0:20:59.800 the righteous is blessed. Lord, Thank you that my children 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:03.280 will become all that You've created them to be. Keep 0:21:03.359 --> 0:21:07.120 swinging that sword. Every time you do is pushing back 0:21:07.200 --> 0:21:10.840 forces of darkness. For your own life. Every day you 0:21:10.920 --> 0:21:15.879 need to declare victory, purpose destiny. Father, thank you that 0:21:15.920 --> 0:21:18.560 you've raised me up for such a time as this. 0:21:18.960 --> 0:21:21.560 Thank you that you've crowned me with your favor. That 0:21:21.640 --> 0:21:26.600 I will defeat every giant, overcome every obstacle, accomplish every dream, 0:21:27.000 --> 0:21:30.360 that the greatness you put in me will come out. 0:21:30.840 --> 0:21:33.480 I wonder where you would be at this time next 0:21:33.560 --> 0:21:37.639 year if you'd start swinging your sword, not talking about 0:21:37.640 --> 0:21:41.560 the problem, but talking about the promise. Not wishing things 0:21:41.600 --> 0:21:45.800 would change, but declaring God's favor. Speaking strength when you 0:21:45.840 --> 0:21:50.080 feel weak, speaking abundance when you're seeing lack, Speaking new 0:21:50.200 --> 0:21:53.560 levels when you feel stuck and you may have big 0:21:53.600 --> 0:21:57.080 obstacles coming against you today, let me remind you we 0:21:57.119 --> 0:22:00.560 serve a big God. The sword he's given you is 0:22:00.680 --> 0:22:04.240 sharper and more powerful than any force that's trying to 0:22:04.280 --> 0:22:07.760 stop you. Many of you have been using your sword. 0:22:08.160 --> 0:22:12.119 You've been faithful, swinging when the depression comes. The joy 0:22:12.280 --> 0:22:15.200 of the Lord is my strength. Swinging in the face 0:22:15.280 --> 0:22:18.920 of the illness by his stripes, I am healed, swinging 0:22:19.000 --> 0:22:22.320 in the middle of a pandemic. Father, you said, even 0:22:22.400 --> 0:22:26.200 in famine, the righteous will have more than enough. Get ready, 0:22:26.600 --> 0:22:29.879 giants are about to come down. Your health is about 0:22:29.920 --> 0:22:32.800 to turn around. That child is about to get back 0:22:32.840 --> 0:22:36.880 on course. New doors are about to open. That family 0:22:36.960 --> 0:22:41.880 issue is about to resolve. It's going to be unusual, uncommon, 0:22:42.320 --> 0:22:46.800 something better than you were expecting. God sees your faithfulness. 0:22:47.200 --> 0:22:51.280 He hears you bringing his word back to him, not complaining, 0:22:51.520 --> 0:22:54.600 but speaking the promises. He's about to watch over his 0:22:54.760 --> 0:22:58.720 word to perform it. I talked to a gentleman during 0:22:58.720 --> 0:23:02.320 the pandemic. His business went down to nothing. He fell 0:23:02.400 --> 0:23:05.960 behind on rent and other bills. He was ten thousand 0:23:05.960 --> 0:23:09.080 dollars in depth, didn't have any of it. He was 0:23:09.119 --> 0:23:11.960 so discouraged, didn't know what he was going to do. 0:23:12.720 --> 0:23:15.679 Serious Radio was having a special where they'd give you 0:23:15.760 --> 0:23:19.160 three months of free subscription. He signed up and came 0:23:19.200 --> 0:23:22.920 across our station. He felt so much hope. He started 0:23:22.960 --> 0:23:26.280 listening day and night. He would even leave it on 0:23:26.400 --> 0:23:29.520 at night while he slept. I've always been good at 0:23:29.520 --> 0:23:32.520 putting people to sleep, he said. I came to the 0:23:32.600 --> 0:23:35.640 point where I said, God, I'm not going to worry anymore. 0:23:36.160 --> 0:23:39.760 I believe you're supplying my needs. You feed the birds 0:23:39.760 --> 0:23:42.480 of the air, you clothed the lilies of the fields. 0:23:42.680 --> 0:23:45.680 I know you'll take care of me. When he could 0:23:45.680 --> 0:23:50.200 have been depressed complaining, he started swinging his sword. Father, 0:23:50.320 --> 0:23:53.800 thank you that you're Jehovah Jihrah, the Lord, my provider. 0:23:54.200 --> 0:23:56.600 Thank you that the economy is not my source, but 0:23:56.640 --> 0:23:59.199 you are my source. Thank you that you're opening the 0:23:59.240 --> 0:24:04.600 windows of having pouring up blessings. I cannot contain one scripture, 0:24:04.640 --> 0:24:08.680 says put God in remembrance of what he said, find 0:24:08.720 --> 0:24:12.080 the promises that apply to your situation, and thank him 0:24:12.160 --> 0:24:15.960 that he's bringing them to pass. Fifteen years ago, he 0:24:16.040 --> 0:24:20.000 had bought two penny stocks. They were worth about twenty dollars. 0:24:20.400 --> 0:24:22.920 He would check them every once in a while. One 0:24:22.960 --> 0:24:25.600 time they went up to several hundred dollars. Then they'd 0:24:25.600 --> 0:24:28.879 come right back down to a few dollars. They were, basically, 0:24:28.880 --> 0:24:32.640 in his words, worthless. He hadn't checked on them in years. 0:24:33.080 --> 0:24:35.560 He went to his account and thought it was a mistake. 0:24:36.040 --> 0:24:39.720 It said they were worth sixteen thousand dollars. He tried 0:24:39.760 --> 0:24:42.520 to sell them before, when it was a few hundred dollars. 0:24:42.800 --> 0:24:45.480 He could never get it to go through. This time 0:24:45.560 --> 0:24:49.080 he had a buyer offer him not sixteen thousand, but 0:24:49.200 --> 0:24:53.080 twenty thousand dollars. He said, only God can take a 0:24:53.119 --> 0:24:56.639 penny stock that I thought was worthless and turn it 0:24:56.760 --> 0:25:01.080 into twenty thousand dollars. When you swing your sword, God 0:25:01.160 --> 0:25:04.240 goes to work. He won't just bring you out. He'll 0:25:04.280 --> 0:25:09.120 exceed your expectations. The scripture says he'll make a river 0:25:09.240 --> 0:25:12.800 in the desert. He'll take five lobes and feed five thousand. 0:25:13.080 --> 0:25:16.000 He'll part a red sea. He'll heal you from the cancer. 0:25:16.240 --> 0:25:19.560 He'll give you a compact center. I'm asking you to 0:25:19.600 --> 0:25:24.480 get your sword out. Complaining doesn't get his attention. Begging 0:25:24.640 --> 0:25:28.479 doesn't cause him to act. Yes, he's concerned about our needs, 0:25:28.720 --> 0:25:32.639 but he's moved by our faith. Start declaring what he 0:25:32.720 --> 0:25:37.960 says about your situation Joshua. Chapter ten. Five kings had 0:25:38.040 --> 0:25:42.080 joined together to come against Joshua and the Israelites. They 0:25:42.119 --> 0:25:45.000 were about to attack the city of Gibbeon. These were 0:25:45.080 --> 0:25:49.640 Joshua's friends. The Gibbean kings sent messengers to Joshua saying, 0:25:49.680 --> 0:25:53.720 please come and rescue us. What's interesting is these five 0:25:53.840 --> 0:25:58.000 kings didn't even like each other before. They were all enemies. 0:25:58.240 --> 0:26:02.080 But when they saw how powerful and favored Joshua was, 0:26:02.480 --> 0:26:05.720 they put down their dislikes for one another, and they 0:26:05.760 --> 0:26:10.120 formed this huge army. Some people will be so against you, 0:26:10.640 --> 0:26:13.440 they'll join forces with their enemies to try to make 0:26:13.480 --> 0:26:17.240 you look bad. Don't worry. They can't stand against our God. 0:26:18.040 --> 0:26:21.119 They came against Joshua, thinking they had so many people, 0:26:21.359 --> 0:26:25.080 surely he would back down. They didn't know Joshua. Joshua 0:26:25.240 --> 0:26:29.119 was a warrior. He got his men together. They hurried 0:26:29.160 --> 0:26:32.920 down to Gibeon with their swords drawn. When the enemy 0:26:33.080 --> 0:26:37.400 armies saw them coming, they panicked and got confused. Joshua 0:26:37.440 --> 0:26:40.760 and his men started defeating them left and right. Some 0:26:40.800 --> 0:26:44.040 of them ran into the hills trying to escape. They 0:26:44.040 --> 0:26:48.800 would have gotten away, but God sent a huge hellstorm hell. 0:26:48.920 --> 0:26:52.000 I can imagine the size of baseballs raining down from 0:26:52.040 --> 0:26:55.919 the heavens. The scripture says the hell destroyed more of 0:26:55.960 --> 0:26:59.560 the enemy's troops than Joshua and his men did with 0:26:59.640 --> 0:27:03.280 the sword. Lord. God was showing us, if you'll swing 0:27:03.359 --> 0:27:06.920 your sword, then God will throw his hell. If you'll 0:27:06.960 --> 0:27:10.480 speak his promises, God will make things happen that you 0:27:10.520 --> 0:27:14.040 couldn't make happen. Well, I'm waiting on the healthstorm, John, 0:27:14.520 --> 0:27:17.520 waiting on God to deliver me, promote me, restore me. 0:27:18.080 --> 0:27:21.520 God is waiting on you to swing the sword. When 0:27:21.520 --> 0:27:24.160 you have his word coming out of your mouth, when 0:27:24.160 --> 0:27:27.760 you're declaring his promises, then he'll step in and do 0:27:27.880 --> 0:27:31.439 what you can't do. Swing your sword and you'll defeat 0:27:31.480 --> 0:27:35.280 giants much bigger. Swing your sword and doors will open 0:27:35.320 --> 0:27:38.480 you could never open. Swing your sword and you'll break 0:27:38.520 --> 0:27:42.040 the addiction. You'll beat the depression. You'll see those dreams 0:27:42.080 --> 0:27:46.760 come to pass. God has the healthstorm, he has the favor, 0:27:46.800 --> 0:27:50.040 the healing, the abundance. He's just waiting on you to 0:27:50.080 --> 0:27:54.000 get your sword out. Don't be passive. You're in a battle. 0:27:54.240 --> 0:27:57.640 Get your fight back, get your passion back. You have 0:27:57.680 --> 0:28:03.000 to initiate the blessingitiate the healing, initiate the favor. If 0:28:03.040 --> 0:28:06.919 you'll start swinging your sword, I believe and declare, like 0:28:07.000 --> 0:28:10.359 with Joshua, God is going to show out in your life. 0:28:10.920 --> 0:28:17.200 Negative situations are about to turn around. Breakthroughs are coming, healing, promotion, 0:28:17.480 --> 0:28:22.080 the right people, new levels of your destiny in Jesus' name. 0:28:22.400 --> 0:28:26.520 If you receive it, can you say amen? Today? I'd 0:28:26.560 --> 0:28:29.280 like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 0:28:29.320 --> 0:28:33.880 Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:28:34.960 --> 0:28:39.760 I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 0:28:39.920 --> 0:28:43.600 make you my Lord and savior. If you've prayed that 0:28:43.680 --> 0:28:46.920 simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd love 0:28:47.000 --> 0:28:49.280 to send you some free information on your new walk 0:28:49.280 --> 0:28:51.479 with the Lord. 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