The Hand Of Blessing

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You're 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:44.800 a marked man, a marked woman. Not by defeat, not 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.560 by failure, but you are marked by the hand of 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:51.480 Almighty God. What other people do cannot stop the blessing. 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:54.320 Here's the key. They didn't give it, so they can't 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:56.880 take it. It didn't come from people. It came from 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:59.840 your father in heaven. Hi, this is Joel and vic 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:02.960 tis He. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:04.280 for supporting the ministry. 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:06.800 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:08.360 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:11.400 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:16.480 your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:19.280 you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:22.960 during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:27.280 social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I'd like 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:30.079 to start with something funny, and I heard about this man. 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.440 He called the church office and said to the secretary, 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.320 I want to speak to the head hog at the trough. 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:40.160 The secretary was offended. She said, if you mean the pastor, 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:42.519 you're going to have to call him pastor, but you 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:44.760 may not call him the head hog at the trough. 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:47.720 He said, well fine, but I was thinking about making 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.799 a ten thousand dollars donation to your church. She said, 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:54.720 hang on, poor k you just walked in say didn't 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:57.640 like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:00.000 what it says I am. I have what it's says 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.639 I have. I can do what it says I can do. 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:05.840 Today I will be taught the word of God. I 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:10.160 boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:14.000 I will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:17.600 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:21.560 the hand of blessing. In the Old Testament, when the 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:24.280 father was up there in years and about to pass, 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:27.720 he would call his children in and place his hand 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:31.680 on their head. He would speak loving, faith filled words 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:35.400 over them. These words would help set the direction for 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.920 their lives. It was called the blessing. It was so 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:43.600 valuable that when Jacob tricked his father Isaac into giving 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:48.040 him the blessing that belonged to his older brother Esau, wept. 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.640 He knew he was at a disadvantage. His life would 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:55.480 be limited. Isaac couldn't believe it. He was so distraught. 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:58.760 He said, I have given the blessing and I cannot 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:02.800 take it back. The blessing would determine whether they would 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:08.200 live a victorious life filled with favor abundance, overcome whatever 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:11.080 came their way, or whether it would be a life 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:15.360 of struggle, hardship, not able to get ahead. Sons and 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:19.320 daughters looked forward to this blessing. They longed for the 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:22.600 day where they would fill their father's hand on their head. 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:26.640 It was a destiny moment. Some of us have received 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.680 this blessing from our fathers. We had great fathers that 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:34.760 spoke faith into us. Others their father wasn't around. Maybe 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:38.159 he spoke discouraging words, telling you what you couldn't become. 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:41.720 You could think you're at a disadvantage, you're limited. You 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:45.280 didn't get this blessing. That's the way David felt in 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:48.920 the scripture. His father looked down on him, saw him 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:53.040 as too small, not that talented. David could have let 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:56.080 that sour his life. Thought, I can't do anything great. 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:59.600 I didn't get the blessing. But David said and saw 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:03.920 one thirty nine. God, you have placed your hand a 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:08.120 blessing on my head, as powerful as the blessing is 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:12.800 from your natural father. Imagine your heavenly father placing his 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:17.280 hand a blessing on you. In the scripture, Jesus laid 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:21.200 hands on people and healed the sick. Paul laid hands 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:25.320 on Timothy to ignite his gifts. Fathers laid hands on 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:29.080 children to bless them. Laying on of hands was a 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:33.800 significant moment, a transfer of power in healing. When the 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:37.560 most tigh God placed his hand a blessing on your head, 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:41.560 he marked you for favor, He marked you for greatness, 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:46.000 He marked you to overcome obstacles. You're a marked man, 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:50.480 a marked woman. Not by defeat, not by failure, but 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:54.200 you are marked by the hand of Almighty God. What 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:58.360 other people do cannot stop the blessing. Here's the key. 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:01.440 They didn't give it, so they can't take it. It 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:04.719 didn't come from people. It came from your father in heaven. 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:09.120 Sometimes it's good to close your eyes and see that 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:13.360 hand of blessing on your life. When dreams seem impossible, 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:17.160 the obstacle too big, you're weary, you don't think you 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:20.440 could go on. Just picture the creator of the universe, 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:24.919 the God who spoke worlds into existence, laying his hands 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:31.120 on your head, releasing favor, healing, strength, breakthroughs. You are 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:35.640 not limited, You're not lacking God's hands. A blessing will 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:38.920 cause you to defeat giants. It will keep you safe 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.760 in a fiery furnace. It will part of red sea 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:44.440 when you're at the dead end. It will close the 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:48.480 mouths of hungry lions. God's hand of blessing is a 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:53.160 supernatural favor. Doors will open that you couldn't open. It's 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:56.640 a hedge of protection, keeping you safe from what should 0:06:56.680 --> 0:07:01.480 harm you. It's a divine empowerment. You'll discover ability that 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:04.600 you didn't know you had. It wasn't good luck, It 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:07.560 wasn't you're so skilled. It was the most High God 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:11.680 putting his hand a blessing on your life. In the 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:15.960 Amplified version of the Bible, it describes this blessing when 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:19.600 you see the word blessed many times in parentheses. It 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:26.200 says happy, fortunate, to be envied, prosperous. Jesus said, blessed 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:31.480 are the peacemakers. The Amplified says blessed, Happy, fortunate to 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:35.880 be envied, prosperous are the peacemakers. This is the way 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:43.360 you need to see yourself blessed, happy, fortunate, to be envied, prosperous. See, 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:46.200 the blessing doesn't do you any good. If you think 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:50.120 you're limited. You've been through too much. Your family didn't 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:54.200 support you. You never get any good breaks. Limited thinking 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:58.720 will lead to a limited life. A blessed mindset will 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:02.280 lead to a blessed life. You may have obstacles that 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:05.440 look too big. You don't see how you can accomplish 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:08.960 your dream, But the blessing on your life is more 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:12.880 powerful than any force that tries to stop you. I 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:16.120 know today I'm not looking at average people. I'm looking 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:22.320 at blessed, happy, fortunate, to be envied, prosperous people. See, 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:25.680 we use the word blessed so commonly these days, we 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:27.360 don't always realize. 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:27.679 What it means. 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:31.920 How you doing, I'm blessed? Someone sneezes bless you, and 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:34.760 that's all good, But we need to understand what the 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:38.800 blessing is. It's an empowerment where you can live happy, 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:43.880 not dragged through the day, defeated, but joyful, with a 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:46.840 spring in your step, a song of praise in your heart. 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:53.199 Despite the circumstances. You can live fortunate, You see good breaks, opportunities. 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:57.800 Part of this blessing is to be envied. God wants 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:00.640 you to be so blessed that other people want what 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:06.200 you have, so healthy, so happy, so successful, so generous, 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:10.360 so stable, always in a good mood, that you stand out. 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:14.280 You're an example of God's goodness, not barely getting by, 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.280 but blessed in such a way that you can be 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:21.120 a blessing to others. You're not only accomplishing your dreams, 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:25.480 seeing overflow, setting new standards, but you're helping others to 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:30.880 rise higher. The scripture says that Abraham was very wealthy 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:34.960 with silver and gold. He had large flocks of cattle 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:39.320 and sheep, many staff and shepherds. He was so blessed 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:43.560 that people prayed to the God of Abraham. These were 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:47.600 people that didn't know Abraham's God, they didn't know Jehovah. 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:51.480 They weren't religious people. All they knew was this man 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:54.920 is so successful, so favored that we want to serve 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:58.599 his God. God wants to bless you in such a 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:03.000 way that others envious. They see the blessing on your life, 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:06.439 they see you standing out. That's what the scripture says. 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:09.040 You are the head and not the tale. You are 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:13.280 above and not beneath, lending and not borrowing. Don't have 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:18.000 a limited mentality, have a blessed mentality all through the day. Father, 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:22.760 thank you that I'm blessed. I'm happy, I'm fortunate, I'm 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:26.679 to be envied, I'm prosperous, which all that seems kind 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:29.439 of arrogant, doesn't it. No, we're not bragging on who 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:32.800 we are. We're bragging on what our heavenly Father has done. 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:37.839 He has placed his hand a blessing on us. You 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.920 have to get in agreement with God. God works where 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:44.520 there's faith, you can have this blessing and cancel it 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:49.160 out with doubt, negative thinking, I can't get well, I'll 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:51.959 never meet the right person, this dream will never come 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:55.160 to pass. Zip that up. There is a blessing on 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:59.480 your life that will override every negative force, A blessing 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.080 that will take you where you can't go on your own, 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:07.400 A blessing that will cause things to happen that are unusual, uncommon, 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:11.319 out of the ordinary. This is what happened with Isaac 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:15.120 Genesis chapter twenty six. There was a great famine in 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:18.800 the land. Food was very scarce, hadn't rained in months. 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:22.440 All the Philistines were just waiting it out, hoping things 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:26.400 would turn around. Isaac could have thought, too bad, I'll 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.559 just try to survive. This is a rough season. But 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:33.800 Isaac understood this principle that the blessing on his life 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:38.240 could cause him to prosper while others were struggling. See, 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:42.480 the Philistines didn't worship God. They worshiped idols. There's a 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:46.600 difference between you and those that don't honor God. They're 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:49.640 not bad people, But there is a blessing on your 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:53.480 life that will cause things to happen that defy the odds. 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:57.200 To where you stand out. People take notice that there's 0:11:57.280 --> 0:12:02.040 something different about you. When they're strung, you're succeeding. When 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:06.079 they're complaining, you're praising. When they're worried, you're in peace. 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:09.880 Isaac went out in the middle of the drought and 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:13.600 planted his crops. His neighbors thought, what's wrong with this guy. 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:17.079 Doesn't he realize there's no way to water the crops, 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:20.800 no way anything will grow. But Birch twelve says that 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:26.480 same year, Isaac's crops were tremendous. He harvested one hundred 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:30.520 times more than he planted because the Lord was with him. 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.440 Notice where the blessing came from. It wasn't the water, 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:38.880 the soil, the seed. It was because the Lord blessed him. 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:43.319 God can favor you in a famine. He can prosper 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:47.439 you in a pandemic. The circumstances don't determine the blessing. 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:51.199 All the conditions may say you can't have a harvest man, 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:54.559 there's no water, you can't get well, you saw the 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:57.319 medical report. You'll never break the addiction. You've had it 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:01.080 so long. That would be true if you were the Philistines. 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:05.320 The difference is God has placed his hand a blessing 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:10.320 on you. The blessing causes supernatural things to happen. God 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:14.120 is not limited by your environment, by the economy, by 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:16.920 how you were raised, by who's not for you. He 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:21.320 controls the universe. You may be in a famine. Every 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:24.320 thought says you're stuck. It's never going to work out. 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:27.480 You keep doing the right thing, and your time is coming. 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:30.280 Like with Isaac, God is going to show out in 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:33.840 your life. You would think in the middle of a drought, 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:37.439 if Isaac got a normal harvest, that would be a miracle, 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:41.720 just enough to feed his family. But notice how God works. 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:47.200 Isaac's crops were tremendous. He had a banner year overflow. 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:53.000 Verse fifteen says, and the Philistines envied him. That's part 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:56.479 of the blessing. That you are blessed with such overflow, 0:13:57.120 --> 0:14:00.199 that your talent comes out in such great ways, that 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:03.920 your business sees such increase, that your children do such 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:07.360 awesome things that people look at you and shake their head, 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:10.360 thank How did that happen. We're in the same drought, 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:13.720 we had the same seed, the same soil. We can't 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:17.199 get anything to grow. It's not the environment, it's the 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:21.880 blessing on your life. But I wonder if you're living 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:25.680 with the blessing and don't know it, are you canceling 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:28.720 it out with limited thinking. It's not going to happen 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:31.280 for me, Joel, you don't know how it was raised. 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:34.160 My boss is not for me. I don't have a 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:39.560 great personality. That's not important. What's important is the creator 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:42.760 of the universe has placed his hand a blessing on you. 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:47.240 Now start thinking like you're blessed, like you have an advantage. 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:52.400 Sometimes we're envying everyone else. I wish I had their talent, 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:55.520 I wish I had her looks, I wish I was 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:59.440 as successful as my neighbor. As long as you see 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:03.040 yourself lacking at a disadvantage, it's going to limit you. 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:06.640 And yes, it's good to celebrate others. But the right 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:10.160 attitude is Father, thank you that the blessing on my 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:13.000 life is going to cause me to be envied, that 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:16.080 people are going to want what I have. That's what 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:19.560 allows God to do great things, to prosper you in 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:23.040 a negative environment, to promote you when you weren't the 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:26.040 next in line, to heal you. When the report says 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:29.040 there's no way to take you where no one in 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:32.600 your family has gone. I know a man named Robert. 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:35.960 He was raised by a single mother. He never knew 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:39.280 his biological father. When he was five years old, his 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:43.680 mother married a man, but he was very mean and condescending. 0:15:44.160 --> 0:15:46.920 He constantly told Robert how he was never going to 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:50.440 mount to anything. As a child, he didn't know any better. 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:55.160 He believed those lies and grew up very insecure, feeling inferior. 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:59.600 When he was a teenager, his mother remarried. This new 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:03.800 step father was just the opposite. He encouraged Roberton, told 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:06.240 him how talented he was and how he was going 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:09.600 to do great things. When he graduated from high school, 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.640 he was working as a janitor in a small town. 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:15.360 His father asked him what he wanted to do with 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:19.360 his life. He had been beaten down so long. He said, 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:21.960 this is all I know how to do, just clean buildings. 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:24.560 And his father told Robert that he had so much 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:27.280 more in him, said, Robert, I'll make a deal with you. 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.720 If you'll go to college. I'll pay for every course, 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:35.920 every book, every degree you get. Something came alive in Robert. 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:39.320 He went back to school and got his bachelor's degree. 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:43.320 Then he got his master's degree and then his doctorate. 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:46.120 He liked it so much he went to seminary and 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:49.720 got another degree. After four degrees, the father said, I 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:56.520 think that's enough. Today Robert is very successful, fulfilling his purpose. Now, 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:59.880 don't let what people have spoken over you keep you 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:03.480 from your greatness. The enemy would love for you to 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:08.480 live limited, not go after your dreams, not feel attractive, 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:12.640 not think you can be successful. When those lies try 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:15.080 to push you down, you need to close your eyes 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:19.359 and imagine God's hand a blessing placed on your head. 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:23.639 This blessing is more powerful than what people have told you. 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:28.119 It's more powerful than the lies the enemy whispers. The 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:32.600 blessing on your life will override every negative force that's 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:35.520 trying to hold you back. The only thing that can 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:38.920 stop the blessing is if you believe the lies. If 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:42.240 you think you're limited, you can't go further. You're not 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:46.600 that talented. Everyone in my family struggles. That may be true, 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:50.119 but you're the difference maker. You're the one to defy 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:52.800 the odds. You're the one to set a new standard. 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:56.680 If you'll have the right perspective, knowing that you're blessed, 0:17:57.280 --> 0:18:01.000 you're fortunate, you're to be envied loss for us. Then, 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:03.320 like Robert, God is going to show out in your 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:08.200 life Numbers, Chapter twenty two. The king of Moab sent 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:11.520 word to Balem asking him to come and curse the 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:14.920 people of Israel. The Israelites were about to come through 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:18.760 the Moabites territory. When the king saw how many there were, 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:22.240 he was afraid. He sent his men with a large 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.520 amount of money. They said, Balim, we know God will 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:28.480 do what you ask. We'll pay you all these funds 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:31.399 if you will come and speak defeat over these people. 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:34.080 Balim asked them to spend the night so he could 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:37.800 pray about it. Verse twelve. God said, Balem, don't go 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:41.520 with these people, for I have blessed the Israelites. What 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:46.440 I have blessed, you cannot curse. God was saying, in effect, Balim, 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:49.840 there's no use going with them, because you can't cancel 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:53.000 out the blessing. The messengers went back and told the 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:55.960 king that he wouldn't come. The king sent more people 0:18:56.080 --> 0:19:00.240 and more funds. Finally Balim went back with them. Was 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:03.880 so happy he called everyone out. Got this big audience. 0:19:04.200 --> 0:19:07.480 Said go ahead, Baalim, do your thing. But instead of 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:11.560 cursing them, He blessed the Israelites. This happened three times. 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:15.120 The king was so furious he said, I didn't hire 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:17.760 you to bless them, I hired you to curse them. 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:22.119 Baalim said it again. I cannot curse what God has 0:19:22.160 --> 0:19:26.680 already blessed. God was showing us that no matter how 0:19:26.800 --> 0:19:29.840 hard people try, no matter what they say or do, 0:19:30.600 --> 0:19:34.200 they cannot stop the blessing on your life. What God 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:39.440 has spoken over you overrides every negative voice, people telling 0:19:39.480 --> 0:19:44.040 you what you can't do. Bad breaks dysfunction. This hand 0:19:44.080 --> 0:19:48.440 of blessing will break every generational curse, things that keep 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:51.760 getting passed down. Now this is a new day. Freedom 0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:56.200 starts with you. Wholeness starts with you, Abundance starts with you. 0:19:56.960 --> 0:20:00.879 Victory starts with you. The blessing on your life is 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:03.240 going to cause you to go where no one in 0:20:03.320 --> 0:20:06.520 your family has gone. Forces that have held you back 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:10.359 are being broken right now. God is about to release 0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:14.400 you into new levels of influence, new levels of resources, 0:20:14.600 --> 0:20:19.080 new opportunities, new relationships. You're going to be able to say, 0:20:19.520 --> 0:20:23.080 not as faith, but as fact, I am blessed, I 0:20:23.200 --> 0:20:26.560 am happy, I am fortunate, I am to be indeed, 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:30.720 I am prosperous, Joel. Nobody would ever envy me. 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:31.040 Man. 0:20:31.359 --> 0:20:33.720 I've had a lot of bad breaks. I didn't have 0:20:33.800 --> 0:20:38.119 a good childhood. I'm struggling with this addiction company let 0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:40.359 me go, or this friend walked out of my life. 0:20:41.080 --> 0:20:44.120 That may be true, but that's not how your story ends. 0:20:45.040 --> 0:20:47.720 The blessing on your life is not just going to 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:50.359 make up for what went wrong, but it's going to 0:20:50.440 --> 0:20:54.120 catapult you ahead. Nobody is going to know what you've 0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:56.680 been through. When they look at you, You're going to 0:20:56.720 --> 0:21:00.919 be so blessed, so healthy, so happy, generous, they're going 0:21:01.000 --> 0:21:03.840 to be envs. Now you have to do your part 0:21:04.080 --> 0:21:07.960 and have a blessed mindset. Can't go around thinking that 0:21:08.040 --> 0:21:12.400 your average you've made too many mistakes, letting negative comments 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:15.200 talk you out of it. When you're tempted to think 0:21:15.280 --> 0:21:18.240 that way, you need to close your eyes and see 0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:22.560 that hand of God's blessing on your head. I have 0:21:22.680 --> 0:21:25.600 some friends that live in another state. They were trying 0:21:25.640 --> 0:21:28.880 to sell their home. The housing market in that area 0:21:29.040 --> 0:21:31.920 was very depressed. A large company had gone out of 0:21:32.000 --> 0:21:35.159 business where many of the employees lived. There were a 0:21:35.240 --> 0:21:38.919 surplus of homes for sale on their street alone, there 0:21:38.960 --> 0:21:42.359 were twelve houses on the market. The average time for 0:21:42.440 --> 0:21:44.480 a house to sell was a year and a half. 0:21:45.280 --> 0:21:47.680 Their relator had already told them to not get in 0:21:47.680 --> 0:21:50.960 a hurry. It'd be a long process. Their value would 0:21:50.960 --> 0:21:54.720 probably go down. Didn't look good in the natural. But 0:21:54.880 --> 0:21:58.520 God is supernatural. The blessing he put on your life 0:21:58.800 --> 0:22:02.479 will cause the right people to come to you. Instead 0:22:02.520 --> 0:22:06.240 of living discouraged, you know, just making plans for defeat. 0:22:06.640 --> 0:22:10.000 Every morning, this young couple would say, Father, thank you 0:22:10.600 --> 0:22:13.760 that you're causing our property to stand out. Thank you 0:22:13.840 --> 0:22:17.040 that you're bringing us the right buyers. Six weeks later, 0:22:17.480 --> 0:22:20.439 their agent brought them a contract for the full amount. 0:22:21.320 --> 0:22:24.919 At closing, the new owners told them that they had 0:22:25.000 --> 0:22:27.600 looked at the other houses in the area, all the 0:22:27.680 --> 0:22:30.960 houses on their street. Some were of better value, a 0:22:31.080 --> 0:22:35.480 more desirable location. But they said, there's just something about 0:22:35.520 --> 0:22:38.760 this house that stood out. We felt a peace here. 0:22:39.160 --> 0:22:42.119 We knew it was supposed to be ours. That's the 0:22:42.240 --> 0:22:45.920 blessing God put on you. It's on your property, on 0:22:46.080 --> 0:22:50.200 your business, on your savings, on your children, on your health. 0:22:50.920 --> 0:22:53.800 All those other neighbors, they were scratching their heads. How 0:22:53.840 --> 0:22:57.000 did that happen. God knows how to make you envy. 0:22:57.720 --> 0:23:01.080 He wants to bless you so others see his favor 0:23:01.200 --> 0:23:05.399 on your life. When the Israelites were in slavery, the 0:23:05.480 --> 0:23:09.080 Phaarah wouldn't let them go, even though God kept sending 0:23:09.119 --> 0:23:12.280 them the plagues. God said to the Phaia rogue, I 0:23:12.400 --> 0:23:15.440 have let you live for this one reason, so you 0:23:15.520 --> 0:23:19.240 will see my power and my fame will spread throughout 0:23:19.280 --> 0:23:22.879 the earth. Sometimes God will let you get in a 0:23:22.960 --> 0:23:27.840 difficult situation. Things you don't understand. It's not fair. That 0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:30.800 doesn't mean that you don't have the blessing. The blessing 0:23:31.040 --> 0:23:33.600 is what's going to bring you out. God is going 0:23:33.680 --> 0:23:36.760 to use that situation to show his power through you. 0:23:37.640 --> 0:23:41.320 When people see how it turns around, how you defied 0:23:41.359 --> 0:23:44.399 the odds, how you get a better position, how you 0:23:44.520 --> 0:23:47.080 come out without the smell of smoke, they're going to 0:23:47.160 --> 0:23:50.480 know the blessing is on your life. God will use 0:23:50.560 --> 0:23:55.200 you to spread his fame. God sent this huge hellstorm 0:23:55.440 --> 0:23:59.639 on their oppressors. Verse twenty six says the only spot 0:24:00.160 --> 0:24:03.880 without hell in all of Egypt was the land of Goshen, 0:24:04.280 --> 0:24:08.280 where the Israelites lived. The blessing on your life is 0:24:08.359 --> 0:24:12.240 a hedge of protection. A thousand may fall at your side, 0:24:12.600 --> 0:24:15.640 ten thousand at your right hand, but the blessing will 0:24:15.720 --> 0:24:18.320 keep it from you. You don't have to live worried, 0:24:19.040 --> 0:24:21.480 afraid of what might happen. God has you in the 0:24:21.560 --> 0:24:25.720 palm of his hand. Nothing can snatch you away. The 0:24:25.760 --> 0:24:29.000 Book of Job, God said to Satan, have you seen 0:24:29.080 --> 0:24:32.240 my servant Job. There's none like him in all the land. 0:24:32.640 --> 0:24:37.440 He's faithful, he has integrity, he doesn't compromise. Satan answers 0:24:37.480 --> 0:24:41.720 something that gives us great insight. He said, why shouldn't 0:24:41.760 --> 0:24:45.880 he serve you. You've always protected him and his family, 0:24:46.359 --> 0:24:50.240 his home, his property. You've made him prosper us in 0:24:50.400 --> 0:24:54.440 everything he does. He was saying, you have this blessing 0:24:54.640 --> 0:24:58.040 on his life that keeps me from him. And yes, 0:24:58.240 --> 0:25:01.439 we all have difficulties, we all go through tough times. 0:25:01.920 --> 0:25:05.600 But like with Job, the enemy can't touch you without 0:25:05.640 --> 0:25:09.640 God's permission. God is in control, not just of your life, 0:25:09.840 --> 0:25:14.560 He's in control of your enemies. The apostle Paul experienced 0:25:14.600 --> 0:25:17.840 this blessing. He was on his way to Rome when 0:25:17.880 --> 0:25:20.879 he was shipwrecked on a deserted island. He went to 0:25:20.960 --> 0:25:23.840 pick up some wood to make a fire. When he 0:25:23.920 --> 0:25:27.960 reached down, a poisonous snake bit his arm as it 0:25:28.080 --> 0:25:31.639 hung there. The natives of the island knew exactly what 0:25:31.840 --> 0:25:34.680 was going to happen. They had seen it again and again. 0:25:35.359 --> 0:25:39.680 The scripture says he should have swollen up, gotten sick, 0:25:39.840 --> 0:25:43.920 and died. They waited and waited whole time. Paul just 0:25:44.000 --> 0:25:47.880 went about his business. Nobody told him he was supposed 0:25:47.880 --> 0:25:51.399 to die. Nobody told him the snake was poisonous and 0:25:51.520 --> 0:25:54.760 he wasn't going to make it. It's amazing what happens 0:25:55.000 --> 0:25:58.480 when we don't let fear and doubt and negative thinking 0:25:58.640 --> 0:26:02.440 in our minds. After watching him a few hours, that 0:26:02.600 --> 0:26:06.040 snake not having any effect, they decided that he was 0:26:06.119 --> 0:26:09.280 a god. They weren't far off. He was a son 0:26:09.359 --> 0:26:13.520 of God. It says he should have swollen up and 0:26:13.720 --> 0:26:17.520 died because you have this hand of blessing you're going 0:26:17.600 --> 0:26:21.560 to have. Some should have that illness should have taken 0:26:21.640 --> 0:26:24.960 your life, but you're a healthy and home how you 0:26:25.119 --> 0:26:29.359 were raised should have limited you, but you're successful confident. 0:26:30.040 --> 0:26:34.520 That addiction should have controlled you, but look at you now, free, clean, 0:26:34.800 --> 0:26:38.800 helping others. This pandemic should have taken you under, but 0:26:38.960 --> 0:26:42.360 you're still standing. You should have been lonely, but God 0:26:42.440 --> 0:26:46.640 said someone awesome. Isaac should have been stuck in the famine, 0:26:46.920 --> 0:26:52.120 but he saw uncommon increase. Robert should have been insecure, limited, 0:26:52.320 --> 0:26:55.560 but he has four degrees. My mother should have lost 0:26:55.600 --> 0:26:58.679 her life to cancer, but she's still here. Forty one 0:26:58.800 --> 0:27:03.440 years later, when we were trying to acquire the Compact Center, 0:27:03.680 --> 0:27:08.080 the opposition was bigger, stronger. They should have overpowered us, 0:27:08.440 --> 0:27:11.840 out maneuvered us. But like David and a slingshot, we 0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:15.440 defeated the giant. Get ready for some should haves. It's 0:27:15.480 --> 0:27:20.040 going to be unusual, uncommon. You couldn't have made it happen. 0:27:20.960 --> 0:27:25.480 It's the hand of God's blessing showing out, making you 0:27:25.560 --> 0:27:28.600 an example of his goodness. Other people are going to 0:27:28.680 --> 0:27:32.480 see his favor on your life. Now, don't cancel it 0:27:32.560 --> 0:27:35.680 out by living negative thinking. Your problems are too big. 0:27:36.320 --> 0:27:40.320 Here the disadvantage. You can't accomplish that dream. That would 0:27:40.359 --> 0:27:43.680 be true for ordinary people. I would believe that if 0:27:43.720 --> 0:27:46.800 you were average, But I know who you are. Like 0:27:46.920 --> 0:27:50.639 the patriarchs of old laid hands on their children and 0:27:50.800 --> 0:27:54.800 blessed them, the most High God has placed his hand 0:27:54.960 --> 0:27:58.040 a blessing on your head. It's a blessing that will 0:27:58.119 --> 0:28:00.600 cause you to go where you can't go on your own, 0:28:01.160 --> 0:28:05.000 to overcome what seems too big, to accomplish dreams that 0:28:05.119 --> 0:28:09.400 look impossible. All through the day, Just imagine that hand 0:28:09.480 --> 0:28:12.960 of blessing on your head. Father, thank you that I'm blessed. 0:28:13.520 --> 0:28:17.920 I'm happy, I'm fortunate, I'm to be envied, I am prosperous. 0:28:18.480 --> 0:28:22.360 If you will do this, I believe and declare, like Isaac, 0:28:22.600 --> 0:28:25.960 you're going to prosper in the famine. Like Paul, what 0:28:26.240 --> 0:28:29.760 was meant to harm you will have no effect. Like Robert, 0:28:30.160 --> 0:28:33.800 any negative words spoken over you are being broken. The 0:28:33.920 --> 0:28:38.080 blessing is overriding the curse in Jesus' name. If you 0:28:38.160 --> 0:28:42.200 receive it, Can you say amen, I'd like to give 0:28:42.240 --> 0:28:45.360 you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:46.000 --> 0:28:50.200 Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 0:28:50.360 --> 0:28:55.320 repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 0:28:55.400 --> 0:28:59.680 you my lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 0:29:00.120 --> 0:29:03.000 believe you got born again. We'd love to send us 0:29:03.000 --> 0:29:05.240 some information on your new walk with the Lord. You 0:29:05.280 --> 0:29:06.960 can text the number on the screen or go to 0:29:07.080 --> 0:29:10.240 the website. 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