Thank God In Advance

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But thanks so much for tuning in, 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:13.359 and thank you again for coming out. I like to 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:16.040 start with something funny and I heard about this husband 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:19.000 and wife were driving down the road and they saw 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:23.799 this sign that said Nacodochius forty miles ahead. They'd begin 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:27.560 to argue over how to correctly pronounce the name Nakodocus. 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:29.960 The husband got so upset. 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:32.480 He finally said, when we get to town, I'm going 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:35.480 to stop and prove to you that I'm right. They 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:38.440 drove silently for the next thirty minutes. When he got 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:42.040 to town, he pulled into the first fast food restaurant 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:45.079 he could find. They both marched up to the counter. 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.480 He said to the young lady working behind it, my 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:51.560 wife and I have been arguing for the last thirty minutes. 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:55.919 Can you please tell us, very slowly and very clearly, 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:58.440 how to pronounce the name of this place. 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:00.520 The young girl's eyes got real big. 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:04.680 She leaned over to the counter and said, Burger King, 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:09.520 hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:12.799 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:15.600 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:18.240 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:21.960 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:25.160 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:29.760 the same in Jesus's name, God bless you. Want to 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:33.960 talk to you today about thanking God in advance. We 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.960 all have dreams and goals that God's placed in our heart. 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:41.320 Things we're believing, for situations we're praying to turn around. 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:46.200 These promises start off like seeds. They don't come to 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:51.080 pass overnight. There's always a period of waiting involved, and 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:54.040 from the time we pray till the time we see 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:55.240 it come to fulfillment. 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:57.800 That's called the trial of our faith. 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:01.520 This is when many people get discouraged and give up. 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:06.040 They start believing the negative thoughts. It's never going to happen. 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:10.400 It's taken too long. Now that seed is lying dormant, 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:13.240 it's still alive, it still has potential. 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:16.320 But you have to do your part and start watering 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:16.880 the seed. 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:20.960 The way you water it is by thanking God in advance. 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:24.760 You can't wait till you receive the promise. You have 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:28.080 to thank God that the answer is on the way. 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:31.520 Maybe you're struggling in your health. The medical report doesn't 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:35.320 look good. Don't talk about how you feel. Say Father, 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.359 thank you that I'm healthy, thank you that I'm strong, 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:42.320 Thank you with long life. You're satisfying me. That's not 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:47.200 just being positive. That's watering the seed in your finances. 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:50.520 Maybe you're struggling. Business is slow all. 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:50.960 Through the day. 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:54.880 Father, thank you that whatever I touch prospers and succeeds. 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:57.479 Thank you that I'm coming out of debt. Thank you 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:01.359 that your favor surrounds me like a shield. When you 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:05.200 thank God in advance for the answer, it not only 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:09.440 waters the seed, but that strengthens your own faith. And 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:12.479 this is what Abraham did. God placed the seed in 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:16.000 his heart that he would have a baby. Twenty four 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:19.240 years went by, there was no sign of a child. 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:23.800 It looked impossible. Abraham and Sarah were nearly one hundred 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:27.520 years old. Every voice said it wasn't going to happen. 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:30.599 They could have easily talked themselves out of it. But 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:35.719 the scripture says Abraham grew strong in faith by giving 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:40.400 praise to God. Notice when you give God praise, it 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:44.359 gives you strength. When you thank God in advance for 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:46.240 the answer, that's. 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:47.560 What keeps you encouraged. 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:51.560 You're not going to stay strong in faith by complaining. 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:54.840 You're not going to stay determined. If you're talking about 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:58.200 how bad it is, Well, God, you promised me this baby. 0:05:58.240 --> 0:05:59.960 But seems like I'm too old. 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:02.839 God, you said you wanted me to be blessed, but 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:06.400 my business is so slow. God, you said you'd bring 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:08.719 me out of this trouble, but these people are so 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:12.839 much more powerful than me. No switch over into praise. 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:16.240 Business may be slow, but Lord, I want to thank 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:19.400 you that you prosper me even in a desert. These 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.440 people may be powerful, but Lord, I. 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:23.279 Want to thank you that You're all powerful. 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:28.919 Praise makes you strong, Praise keeps you moving forward. So 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.880 often we think I'll give God praise after the problem 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:36.919 turns around. I'll thank God after business picks up, after 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:39.919 I see the solution. Now, if you don't learn this 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:43.479 principle to thank God in advance, you won't have the 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:47.559 strength you need to wait for the promise. What keeps 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:50.640 us strong is getting up in the morning saying, Father, 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:53.520 thank you that my dreams are coming to pass. Thank 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:56.159 you that this problem is turning around. Thank you that 0:06:56.200 --> 0:07:00.000 you're bigger than this obstacle. I'm sure Abraham got up 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:04.919 many mornings, was tempted to be discouraged. The negative thoughts came, saying, 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:07.479 come on, Abraham, you're an old man. 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:10.000 It's not going to happen. You've been waiting. 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:14.239 Five years, ten years, twenty years. You must have heard 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:18.320 God wrong. If Abraham would have dwelled on those thoughts, 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:22.880 went around worried thinking maybe I am too old, maybe 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:25.760 I did hear God wrong, maybe I'm wasting my time, 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:29.640 he would have given up. The way he stayed in faith, 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:32.520 day after day, month after month. 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:34.800 For twenty four years, is he would get. 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:37.640 Up each morning and say, Father, thank you for the 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:41.000 son you promised, thank you that Isaac is on his way, 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:43.040 thank you that Sarah will conceive. 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:45.360 Thank you that you are true to your word. 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:49.920 When you give God praise, God gives you strength to 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:54.240 keep believing that what he promised will come to pass now. 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:56.000 All through the day, just like with. 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:59.760 Abraham, negative thoughts will come to try to get us 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:01.280 to abort our dreams. 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:03.120 Here's the key. 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:06.160 Every time you're tempted to worry, let that be a 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:09.400 reminder to thank God that the answers on the way. 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:13.000 When the thought comes saying you're never going to get well, 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:16.800 instead of worrying, turn it around. Father, thank you, you 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:20.440 are restoring health back into me. When you do that, 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:24.720 you're getting stronger. Your faith is being built up. The 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:28.400 thought says, you've made too many mistakes. God will never 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:32.920 help you. There's nothing good in your future. Turn it around, Father, 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:36.000 Thank you that your mercy is bigger than any mistake 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.760 I've made. Thank you that the path of the righteous 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:42.240 gets brighter. Think you that my best days are still 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:45.760 out in front of me. This is how Abraham stayed 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:50.120 in faith. He thanked God for the promise long before 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:54.000 he saw the promise. When you give God praise, God 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:57.640 gives you strength to keep believing. When we were trying 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:03.120 to acquire this facility, my mind was bombarded with negative thoughts, saying, Joel, 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:06.600 it's impossible. The city's not gonna let a church have it. 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:10.280 You're just wasting your time. For three and a half years, 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:15.120 every morning, the same discouraging thoughts would come. When I 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:17.920 would give in and start thinking about them, I could 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:23.160 feel myself getting weak, discouraged, losing my joy. I did 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:26.160 what I'm asking you to do, I would catch myself 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.640 instead of worry in, I'd turn it around all through 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:33.080 the day. Father, Thank you that you've given us that building. 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:35.679 Thank you that it already has our name on it. 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:38.800 Thank you that You're bigger than any obstacle. Thank you Lord, 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:42.520 that you're fighting our battles for us. That's what kept 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:45.560 me strong those three and a half years when I 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:49.760 didn't see anything happening. God wants to bring the promise 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:53.280 to pass, but he's looking for people that will thank 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:58.000 him before the walls fall down, before Isaac shows up, 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:02.120 thank him, before the building is, before the healing comes, 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:02.840 before the. 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:04.840 Legal situation turns around. 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.679 The mistake we make so often is when these thoughts 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:11.560 of worry come and doesn't look like it's ever going 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:13.920 to change, we start begging God. 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:16.640 God, please help me. God. 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.400 I'm begging you to give us that building. God, please 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:23.720 give me that baby. No, begging doesn't get God's attention. 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:27.880 Once you pray and ask God to bring the promise 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:31.200 to pass, you ask God to heal you. You ask 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:35.240 him to restore a relationship. From then on, you don't 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:38.319 need to ask God one more time. He heard you 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:42.400 the very first time. Now, every time you think about it, 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.600 you should thank God that the answer is on the way. 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:49.040 I know people, and they're good people. 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:51.880 But they ask God for the same thing the same 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:55.600 way year after year. God, please get my children back 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:59.320 on track. God, please cause them to straighten up. There 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:03.560 since but the right approach, instead of asking for the 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:07.200 same thing the same way year after year, is switch 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:10.640 over into praise Lord. I believe you heard me the 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:12.880 first time, and I want to thank you that my 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:16.520 child is straightening up. Thank You that they'll fulfill their destiny. 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:20.680 Thank You that they're making good choices. That's what Abraham did. 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:25.160 He didn't grow strong in faith by praying every day. God, 0:11:25.200 --> 0:11:28.280 please bring this promise to pass. God, I'm begging you 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:31.480 to give me this baby. He prayed once, and he 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:35.360 spent the rest of the time thanking God. In the scripture, 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:39.439 there was a lady that came to Jesus and started 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:43.920 begging him to heal her daughter. She said, please, Jesus, 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:45.920 my daughter is so bad. 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:48.360 Would you please, I'm begging you to heal her. 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:53.360 Jesus was normally so compassionate throughout the scripture. He would 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:57.520 around healing everyone. A blind man said, Jesus, have mercy, 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:00.960 and Jesus went over and healed him. Soldier came up 0:12:01.000 --> 0:12:02.880 and said, my daughter is sick. When you come to 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:06.200 my house. Jesus went out of his way again and 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:10.199 again to heal so many different people. But what's interesting 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.600 is this lady that kept begging and begging. 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:17.680 Jesus ignored her, didn't give her the time of day. 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:21.440 After a while, she realized begging wasn't going to do 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:25.800 her any good. The scripture says she fell at Jesus' 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:30.640 feet and started worshiping him, started thinking him, started giving 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:34.360 him praise. All of a sudden, Jesus stopped what he 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:37.560 was doing, looked at the woman, and said, your daughter 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:39.000 is perfectly well. 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:40.160 You can go home. 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:45.000 Everything is okay. What begging won't do, praising will do. 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:49.600 I'm asking you, don't be a beggar, be a believer. 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:56.079 Once you pray, switch over into praise. None of this 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:59.559 year after year, God, please heal me. God, please give 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:01.760 me that prom God, I'm just begging you. 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:04.040 No zip that up all through the day. 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:06.960 Father, Thank you that I'm healthy, Thank you that my 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:08.080 business is blessed. 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:10.120 Thank you that promotion is coming. 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:13.920 When our son Jonathan got his driver's license a couple 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:18.480 of years ago, we bought him a used car. Our daughter, Alexandra, 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:21.960 is thirteen years old. A few months after he got 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:25.600 that car, Alexandra came up and said, Daddy, when I 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:27.880 get my driver's license, are you going to buy me 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.440 a car? She wanted to get this on record. 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:34.120 Early on. I said, yes, Alexandra, I'm gonna buy you 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:34.440 a car. 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:37.680 She said, you promise. I said, I promise. Do you 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:40.920 know since I have given her my word, she has 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:44.160 not asked me one time to buy her that car. 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:48.000 She is totally convinced that I will do what I said, 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:51.640 so much so that she talks about that car as 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:55.520 if it's already hers. She has no doubt that car 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:59.000 is coming. But how would I feel as a father 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:02.480 if she can up every day and said, Daddy, please 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:03.440 get me that car. 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:04.800 Daddy, I'm begging you. 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:07.520 When I get my driver's license, please get me a car. 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:11.640 Would make me feel bad. I would say, Alexandra, don't 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:14.400 you believe what I said. You don't have to keep 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:17.120 asking me. You certainly don't have to beg me. Just 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:20.920 believe that I'll do what I said. This is how 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:25.240 God must feel when we ask him again and again 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:29.520 for the same thing. When we beg him, God says, 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:33.240 don't you trust me? Don't you have the confidence that 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:37.240 I will do what I promised? When Alexandra goes around 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:40.920 talking about that car, dreaming about what color it's going 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:44.440 to be excited about what's in her future that brings 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:47.800 a smile to my face. From time to time, she'll 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:51.400 come up and put her arm around me, long blonde hair, 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:54.720 blue eyes, as beautiful as can be, and she'll thank 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:58.680 me for that car that is to come. She'll tell 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:02.080 me how much she he loves me and how proud 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:03.520 she is to be my daughter. 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:06.320 When she does that, I think, do you want one car? 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:07.440 Or do you want to. 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:14.640 Thinking does a whole lot more than begging. When you're 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:19.240 constantly giving God thanks, telling him how much you love him, 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:20.800 how great he is. 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:22.960 How proud you are to be his child. 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:25.800 That causes God to want to go out of his 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:29.000 way to be good to get him. But if we 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:32.440 go around thinking, oh man, life's heart, God, canch you see, 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:35.640 I'm struggling God, I'm asking you, I'm begging you, God, 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:39.280 just help me get through this, that doesn't get God's attention. 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:41.359 Praise gets his attention. 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:45.120 Thanking him in advance for the answer, acting like it's 0:15:45.160 --> 0:15:49.640 on the way. That's what brings promises to pass. One time, 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:53.160 Daniel prayed and asked God to help him. Day after 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:56.000 day went by and nothing got better. It looked like 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:59.240 that God didn't even hear his prayer. But on the 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:03.600 twenty first day, and angel showed up and said, Daniel, 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:08.479 the first day you prayed, God heard you and dispatch 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:11.480 me with the answer. But it took me twenty one 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.960 days to fight through the forces of darkness. What I 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:17.760 want you to see is the first day you prayed, 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:21.160 God heard you. The first time you asked, God set 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:23.960 the miracle into motion the very first day. 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:25.480 The answer was on the way. 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:28.560 That's why you don't have to keep praying about the 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:33.240 same thing, begging God, asking again and again. The answer 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:37.320 is already on the way. The promise is already in motion, 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:41.560 The breakthrough is already en route. The right person is 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:45.480 already in your future. The victory is already. 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:47.480 Up ahead of you. You prayed about it. 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:51.800 Now switch over into praise. Start thanking God that is coming. 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:56.040 Start thanking him in advance for the healing, the restoration, 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:58.480 the promotion, the vindication. 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:00.480 The dream. It's headed you your way. 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:04.720 Even Jesus, when he was on the earth, he thanked 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:09.040 his heavenly father for the answer before it came. His 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:12.760 friend Lazarus had been dead for four days. Jesus stood 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:15.879 at the tomb, looked up to the heavens and said, Father, 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:19.119 I want to thank you that you have heard me 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:25.080 past tense. Lazarus was still dead, yet Jesus was thinking 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:29.960 his heavenly father that he was alive. If Jesus thought 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:33.520 it was important enough to thank God before the answer came, 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:36.480 then we should certainly get in a habit of not 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:40.760 only asking, not only making our request known. But let's 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:44.199 take it one step further and start thanking God for 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:47.879 the answer even when we don't see any sign of 0:17:47.920 --> 0:17:51.280 it happening. I mean, Lazarus was still wrapped up in 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:55.560 grave clothes, been dead for four days. I'm sure the 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:59.280 people around Jesus must have thought Jesus had lost his mind. 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:03.280 He's thanking God for life when the man was still 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:07.320 clearly dead. This is what faith is all about. You 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:09.120 can't just look at it with. 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:10.080 Your natural eyes. 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:14.000 And some of you today have situations that look dead, 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:18.960 your health, finances, a relationship, a dream. Your mind tells 0:18:19.000 --> 0:18:23.199 you it's impossible, no use even believing. But would you 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:26.720 dare be as bold as Jesus and say, Father, I 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:29.399 want to thank you in advance that you have a 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:30.560 resurrection coming. 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:31.200 God. 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:33.919 I know you can bring things back to life. You 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:37.040 have the final say I may not see away, but 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:40.480 I want to thank you in advance that every promise 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:43.960 you've spoken over me will come to pass. This is 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:46.800 what Elijah did. There had been a drought in the 0:18:46.880 --> 0:18:49.879 land for three and a half years. People were struggling, 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:53.560 barely making it. But Elijah didn't complain. 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:57.359 He didn't start begging. He understood this principle. 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:01.240 He went on the top of Mount Carmel and started 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:03.679 thanking God for the rain that was coming. 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:07.000 He thanked God that the answer was on the way. 0:19:07.520 --> 0:19:10.840 He thanked God that the clouds were already starting to form. 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:13.720 Six times, his assistant went. 0:19:13.600 --> 0:19:16.560 Out to check for rain, came back each time said 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:20.359 no rain, not a cloud in the sky. Elijah didn't 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:24.080 get discouraged. He didn't start begging, come on, God, I've 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:25.639 been asking you again and again. 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:26.040 No. 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:28.680 He just kept saying, Lord, thank you for the rain 0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:31.880 that's coming. I may not see away in the natural, 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:34.600 but I want to thank you that you're a supernatural god. 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:36.040 You know the story. 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:39.200 On the seventh time, that assistant came back and said, 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:41.800 I saw a cloud up in the sky. This time 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:45.080 Elijah said, you better get ready. I can hear the 0:19:45.119 --> 0:19:47.240 sound of the abundance of rain. 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:47.879 Now. 0:19:47.960 --> 0:19:52.680 As he kept thanking God, before long the heavens opened up, 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:56.320 the promise came to pass. You may be in a 0:19:56.400 --> 0:20:00.720 drought today. Don't complain about it. Don't keep begging God 0:20:00.760 --> 0:20:03.399 to change it. Don't ask again and again for the 0:20:03.440 --> 0:20:08.359 same thing. Do, like Elijah, switch over into praise every 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:11.520 time you're tempted to word it, tempted to get discouraged, 0:20:11.640 --> 0:20:14.480 tempted to complain. You've got to dig your heels in 0:20:14.760 --> 0:20:17.480 and say, Father, thank you for the rain that's coming, 0:20:18.040 --> 0:20:20.359 thank you for the healing that's coming, thank you for 0:20:20.400 --> 0:20:22.320 the favor that's coming, thank you for. 0:20:22.280 --> 0:20:24.359 The restoration that's coming. Lord. 0:20:24.359 --> 0:20:26.640 I want to thank you not for just a little bit, 0:20:27.160 --> 0:20:30.400 not for barely get by, but like Elijah, thank. 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:32.520 You for the abundance that you have in store. 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:34.120 Now. 0:20:34.160 --> 0:20:36.320 You may not see anything. 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:41.480 Happened for a week, a month, a year, or like Abraham, 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:42.639 for many, many years. 0:20:43.080 --> 0:20:45.359 The question is what are you made of? 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:50.480 Anybody can quit, anybody can get discouraged and give up. 0:20:51.160 --> 0:20:51.840 Here's the key. 0:20:52.520 --> 0:20:56.840 As you keep thanking God, your faith is getting stronger. 0:20:57.400 --> 0:21:01.359 If you'll keep thanking Him in advance, and like Elijah, 0:21:01.440 --> 0:21:05.400 you won't get discouraged. Even though you don't see anything happening. 0:21:06.080 --> 0:21:09.840 Sometimes it is difficult, you may not feel like doing it. 0:21:10.480 --> 0:21:14.920 Jeremiah said, if you will offer up the sacrifice of praise, 0:21:15.560 --> 0:21:18.639 that means, if you'll do the right thing when it's hard, 0:21:19.280 --> 0:21:22.280 then God will cause the captivity of the land to 0:21:22.359 --> 0:21:26.840 be reversed and the fortunes to be restored. This is saying, 0:21:27.440 --> 0:21:31.119 if you'll thank God in advance, even when you don't 0:21:31.160 --> 0:21:35.320 see anything good happening, if you'll offer up that sacrifice 0:21:35.359 --> 0:21:38.520 of praise, then two things are going to take place. 0:21:38.840 --> 0:21:42.399 God is going to reverse negative situations. 0:21:41.920 --> 0:21:44.439 And he's going to restore what should have been yours. 0:21:45.280 --> 0:21:48.960 This doesn't happen by complaining, doesn't happen by begging. 0:21:49.560 --> 0:21:50.960 It happens when you get. 0:21:50.880 --> 0:21:53.280 Up in the morning and say, I don't see how 0:21:53.320 --> 0:21:54.600 this could ever change. 0:21:54.720 --> 0:21:55.320 But Lord, I. 0:21:55.280 --> 0:21:57.280 Want to thank you that the answer is on the way. 0:21:57.960 --> 0:22:00.679 Thank you that healing is coming. Thank you that the 0:22:00.720 --> 0:22:04.480 problems turning around. Think you that my children will fulfill 0:22:04.520 --> 0:22:07.960 their destiny. If you live like that, you might as well. 0:22:08.000 --> 0:22:10.840 Get ready. God is going to reverse and he's going 0:22:10.880 --> 0:22:15.040 to restore. He's going to reverse finances that were going down. 0:22:15.760 --> 0:22:19.120 He's going to reverse a business that was slow. He's 0:22:19.160 --> 0:22:22.119 going to reverse a bad medical report. He's going to 0:22:22.200 --> 0:22:26.240 reverse a legal situation. Not only that, God is going 0:22:26.280 --> 0:22:29.119 to restore what should have been yours. He's going to 0:22:29.200 --> 0:22:33.000 restore the years you've lost because somebody did you wrong, 0:22:33.280 --> 0:22:38.040 an unfair situation. He's going to restore a relationship, restore 0:22:38.080 --> 0:22:41.040 a dream. It's going to happen because of your praise, 0:22:41.440 --> 0:22:45.920 because you're thanking God in advance. Friends, don't lose your praise. 0:22:46.480 --> 0:22:49.840 The battle may be tough, but keep praising. People do 0:22:49.960 --> 0:22:53.800 you wrong, Keep praising. The report doesn't look good, keep praising. 0:22:54.240 --> 0:22:58.080 Finances go down, keep praising. As long as you have 0:22:58.280 --> 0:22:59.800 praise coming out of your mouth. 0:23:00.200 --> 0:23:01.119 That it's not over. 0:23:01.480 --> 0:23:05.040 I've learned God won't let a praiser be defeated. 0:23:05.160 --> 0:23:06.200 Don't lose your praise. 0:23:08.880 --> 0:23:12.800 First Samuel seventeen, the Philistines were on one side of 0:23:12.840 --> 0:23:16.600 a mountain. The Israelites were on one side of another mountain. 0:23:16.880 --> 0:23:19.480 There was a valley in between them that they were 0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:23.680 fighting over. The scripture says the valley belonged to Judah. 0:23:23.880 --> 0:23:28.560 It belonged to the Israelites. Judah means praise. Every morning 0:23:28.720 --> 0:23:33.440 and every evening. For forty days, Goliath would come out 0:23:33.480 --> 0:23:36.280 and stand on the Philistine side of the mountain, this 0:23:36.440 --> 0:23:41.000 huge giant, and he would shout threats and insults toward 0:23:41.080 --> 0:23:45.440 the Israelites, trying to intimidate them bring fear caused them. 0:23:45.440 --> 0:23:45.960 The panic. 0:23:46.440 --> 0:23:49.560 First thing they heard in the morning was Goliath shouting, 0:23:49.920 --> 0:23:52.719 your days are numbered. You don't have a chance. 0:23:53.440 --> 0:23:56.159 The last thing they heard before they went to bed. 0:23:56.359 --> 0:23:59.159 Was I'm so much bigger than you, you might as 0:23:59.200 --> 0:24:02.639 well give up. The enemy works the same way today. 0:24:03.320 --> 0:24:06.080 When you first get up, you'll hear his threats. You're 0:24:06.119 --> 0:24:06.879 not gonna make it. 0:24:07.359 --> 0:24:08.040 You don't have the. 0:24:08.040 --> 0:24:11.159 Money, your health is not good. Your children are never 0:24:11.200 --> 0:24:12.080 gonna straighten up. 0:24:12.920 --> 0:24:15.520 Last thing you hear before you go to bed is 0:24:15.560 --> 0:24:18.360 not gonna work out. Too much is coming against you. 0:24:18.920 --> 0:24:22.720 For forty days, the Israelites couldn't sleep at night. They 0:24:22.760 --> 0:24:27.199 were intimidated, worried, living in fear. But one day a 0:24:27.240 --> 0:24:31.600 young man showed up named David. He had a secret weapon. 0:24:32.080 --> 0:24:35.600 He came from the tribe of Judah, the tribe of praise. 0:24:36.359 --> 0:24:40.240 David knew the valley they were fighting for didn't belong 0:24:40.320 --> 0:24:45.320 to Fear didn't belong to discouragement, didn't belong to intimidation. 0:24:46.000 --> 0:24:50.480 He knew that valley belonged to praise. His attitude was 0:24:51.000 --> 0:24:53.480 I may be in a low spot, I may be 0:24:53.560 --> 0:24:55.879 in a tough time. I don't see a way out, 0:24:56.160 --> 0:25:00.720 but I know this valley doesn't belong to discouragement. Intimidation 0:25:01.000 --> 0:25:03.679 is not going to keep me up at night. Goliath, 0:25:03.960 --> 0:25:08.199 You're not coming into my valley. This valley belongs to praise. Now, 0:25:08.200 --> 0:25:11.959 I can imagine David began to thank God for what 0:25:12.000 --> 0:25:14.520 he had done in the past, and then he switched 0:25:14.560 --> 0:25:17.600 over and started thanking God for what he was about 0:25:17.640 --> 0:25:17.960 to do. 0:25:18.400 --> 0:25:20.600 He said, Goliath, this day. 0:25:20.480 --> 0:25:23.080 I will defeat you and feed your head to the 0:25:23.080 --> 0:25:25.520 birds of the air. He was saying, Lord, I want 0:25:25.560 --> 0:25:28.560 to thank you for the answer that's coming. Thank you 0:25:28.600 --> 0:25:32.000 that things are changing in my favor. David went on 0:25:32.119 --> 0:25:36.880 to conquer that enemy. When you're in a valley like David, 0:25:37.240 --> 0:25:40.680 fear will try to occupy that valley in the morning. 0:25:41.440 --> 0:25:44.920 Anxiety will try to come into that valley at night 0:25:45.040 --> 0:25:49.960 before you go to bed, Stress, doubt, intimidation will try 0:25:49.960 --> 0:25:52.960 to keep you up at night. But know this, that 0:25:53.080 --> 0:25:57.200 valley doesn't belong to the enemy. It belongs to praise. Now, 0:25:57.200 --> 0:26:00.600 you've got to take your valley back through the day 0:26:00.800 --> 0:26:03.560 when the thoughts come saying it's not going to work out, 0:26:04.000 --> 0:26:05.879 the problem's never going to turn around. 0:26:06.119 --> 0:26:10.000 Don't dwell on that. Don't let that occupy that valley. 0:26:10.280 --> 0:26:13.399 Turn up your praise. Father, Thank you that you're still 0:26:13.400 --> 0:26:16.480 on the throne. Thank you that you're bigger than this obstacle. 0:26:16.600 --> 0:26:19.080 Thank you that you're fighting my battles. Think you that 0:26:19.160 --> 0:26:22.760 the answer is already on the way. When you learn 0:26:22.880 --> 0:26:26.000 to give God praise in the valley, you will defeat 0:26:26.080 --> 0:26:30.040 every giant. Doesn't matter how big that obstacle is. You 0:26:30.240 --> 0:26:33.639 and God are a majority. He will always cause you 0:26:33.720 --> 0:26:38.680 to triumph. And really, any of us can give God 0:26:38.800 --> 0:26:42.120 praise when we're on the mountaintop. That's easy when everything's 0:26:42.160 --> 0:26:44.800 going our way. But it takes a man or woman 0:26:44.920 --> 0:26:48.200 of great faith to say, God, nothing's going my way. 0:26:48.720 --> 0:26:52.320 I don't feel well, I'm tired. These people are doing 0:26:52.359 --> 0:26:52.840 me wrong. 0:26:53.200 --> 0:26:54.159 Business is slow. 0:26:54.720 --> 0:26:57.879 I could easily be discouraged, I could easily complain, But 0:26:58.000 --> 0:27:02.240 I know a secret. This valley belongs to praise. So God, 0:27:02.280 --> 0:27:04.520 I want to thank you that I'm coming out. I 0:27:04.560 --> 0:27:07.479 want to thank you that you're restoring and reversing. I 0:27:07.520 --> 0:27:10.160 want to thank you that things are changing in my favor. 0:27:11.160 --> 0:27:13.679 You do that, and you won't stay in the valley. 0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:18.280 Praise causes God to go to work. Praise breaks chains 0:27:18.320 --> 0:27:22.080 that are holding us back. Praise opens up supernatural doors. 0:27:22.359 --> 0:27:26.360 Praise causes things to fall into place. Some of you 0:27:26.440 --> 0:27:29.359 have prayed about the situation long enough, you got to 0:27:29.400 --> 0:27:33.080 switch over into praise. Get up every morning, Father, thank 0:27:33.119 --> 0:27:34.840 you that my dreams are coming to pass. 0:27:35.200 --> 0:27:37.560 Thank you that healing is coming. Thank you that. 0:27:37.480 --> 0:27:40.520 Promotion is on its way. That's what's going to keep 0:27:40.520 --> 0:27:45.360 you strong. Not begging, not praying again and again. No, Remember, 0:27:45.440 --> 0:27:48.840 like Daniel, the first day you prayed, God heard it 0:27:49.000 --> 0:27:50.440 and set the miracle into motion. 0:27:50.760 --> 0:27:55.120 It's already on the way. As you keep giving God praise, 0:27:55.600 --> 0:27:58.960 he's going to keep giving you strength to believe. And yes, 0:27:59.080 --> 0:28:00.320 sometimes it's difficult. 0:28:00.520 --> 0:28:03.359 You may be in that valley, but don't you dare 0:28:03.720 --> 0:28:07.959 let fear occupy that valley. Don't let intimidation in that valley. 0:28:08.160 --> 0:28:10.960 Don't let doubt and complaining come into your valley. That 0:28:11.080 --> 0:28:14.160 valley belongs to praise. If you'll dig your heels in 0:28:14.440 --> 0:28:18.560 and offer up that sacrifice of praise. God promises he's 0:28:18.600 --> 0:28:22.359 going to reverse and restore. Like Abraham, you'll see the 0:28:22.480 --> 0:28:25.840 dream come to pass. Like David, you'll defeat every giant. 0:28:26.280 --> 0:28:29.119 Like Elijah, the drought will come to an end. 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