The Power of The Blessing

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Be a part of one 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.200 of our service says. I'll promise you we'll make you 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:05.320 feel right at home. I like to start with something funny, 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:07.880 and I heard about this couple. They had been married 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:10.760 for sixty years, and they were sitting on the front 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:15.639 porch together feeling romantic. The wife said, I remember when 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.800 you used to always hold my hand. Her husband reached 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.480 over and took her hand. She said, I remember, and 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.000 you always used to kiss me on the cheek. He 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.760 leaned over kissed her on the cheek. She said, I 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:29.440 even remember when you used to nibble on my ear. 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:33.360 He got up and started walking away. She said, what's wrong? 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:35.760 Where are you going? He turned around and said, to 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:40.760 get my teeth. Say it like you mean it. This 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:43.399 is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.280 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.919 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:52.840 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:56.160 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:02:56.240 --> 0:03:00.959 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:04.320 to talk to you today about the power of the blessing. 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:07.760 When you honor God with your life, there is a 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:11.480 blessing He puts on you that gives you an advantage. 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:15.800 It causes you to rise up when circumstances are trying 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:19.080 to push you down. You will recover from an illness 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:23.040 when the expert said you wouldn't. You will accomplish dreams 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:28.200 that looked impossible. It wasn't just your talent, your skill determination. 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:33.679 There is a force behind you fighting your battles, opening 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:37.920 doors you couldn't open, bringing the right people. Those weren't 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:41.760 just good breaks. That's the blessing on your life. The 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:45.520 blessing will cause you to prosper when others are struggling. 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:50.080 The blessing will bring promotion when you weren't next in line. 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:53.400 The blessing will cause people to be good to you 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.160 that don't even like you. The scripture says in Malachi, 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:01.320 when we give our tithes and offering, God will pour 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:04.680 out a blessing that we don't have room to receive. 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:11.200 It doesn't say blessings plural, it says blessing singular. When 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:15.000 you have the blessing, then all kinds of blessings will come. 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.360 You won't have room to receive all the good things 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:22.120 God has in store. And when you face difficulties, the 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:25.240 medical report doesn't look good. You don't see how you 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:28.000 could ever get out of debt, ever break the addiction. 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:33.719 Ordinary people would complain, Ordinary people would be worried. Here's 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:38.279 the key. You're not ordinary. You have the blessing. God's 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:42.839 face is smiling on you. He's going before you right now, 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:46.919 making cooked places straight, moving the wrong people out of 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:50.880 the way, arranging things in your favor. When you know 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:54.720 you have the blessing, you don't go around upset because 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:59.560 people aren't treating you right, worried about your finances, frustrated 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:03.400 over a time. Child, you stay in peace, knowing that 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:07.200 it's just a matter of time before things change. You know, 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:10.400 God being for you is more than the world being 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:14.640 against you. And when you're attempted to be discouraged, think 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:18.039 it's never going to work out. Turn it around. Father, 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:21.120 Thank you for the blessing on my life. Thank you 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:24.080 that you're breathing in my direction. Thank you that you're 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:26.919 taking me where I could not go on my own. 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:31.440 This is what David did when he faced Goliath in 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:35.160 the natural. He didn't have a chance. Goliath was twice 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:39.000 his size, had all kinds of training and experience. He 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:42.200 was wearing a full set of armor. David didn't have 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:45.640 any of that. He could have been intimidated, stayed in 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:50.120 the shepherd's fields, complained, God, he's too big. But David 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:54.359 understood this principle. He knew the blessing on his life 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:58.240 gave him an advantage. He went out with a slingshot 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:03.080 and a few stones and defeated Goliath What you have 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:07.440 may seem small compared to what you're up against, but 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:11.600 a slingshot with the blessing is more powerful than a 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:16.359 tank without it. Your talent may seem small compared to 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:19.640 the dream God put in your heart, but that talent 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:24.160 with the blessing will take you further than you can imagine. Now, 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:27.880 don't discount yourself. Don't look at all the reasons why 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:31.080 you can't be successful, why you can't purchase a house, 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:34.560 why you can't break the addiction on your own. It 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:38.000 may not happen, but you're not on your own. There 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:41.440 is a blessing on your life, put there by the 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:46.880 God who spoke worlds into existence. This blessing is not natural, 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:51.160 it's supernatural. It will cause things to happen that you 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:57.120 couldn't make happen. The blessing will cause opportunity to find you. Good, 0:06:57.200 --> 0:07:01.839 breaks will chase you down. Promotion, he vindication. You don't 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:05.000 have to go after them. The blessing will cause them 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:08.599 to come to you. One Sunday morning, when my father 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:12.200 was the pastor, I was in the TV production area 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:15.720 right before service. I ran downstairs to see my father 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:18.920 and put his microphone on on my way back up. 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:22.080 I was in a big hurry. As I came around 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:25.480 a corner, this man was coming up. He stopped me 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:29.600 and said, Joel, my cousin has a construction permit for 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:34.440 the last full power commercial television station in Houston. He 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:37.040 wants you to be a part of it. There were 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:40.400 hundreds of people in the lobby that day. If I 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:43.520 would have been ten seconds earlier, I would have missed him. 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:46.280 If he would have caught one more red light on 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:49.800 the way to church or pass, wouldn't have crossed. God 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.640 had us at the right place at the right time. 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:57.440 I wasn't looking for a television station, but a television 0:07:57.480 --> 0:08:01.280 station was looking for me. Is that a coincidence, a 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:05.200 lucky break? No, that was the blessing on my life. 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:08.160 I can't take credit for it. All I was doing 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:12.400 was honoring God, being my best, and the opportunity found me. 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.679 We put the station on the air several years later 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:21.200 sold it for a huge profit. Those funds were instrumental 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:25.800 in us renovating this place, the former Compact Center. God 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:30.680 has the right breaks, the right people lined up for you. 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:34.560 You don't have to live frustrated trying to make things happen. 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:38.000 Worry that it's not going to work out. God is 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:41.360 directing your steps. He's going to have you at the 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:45.600 right place at the right time, down to the split second. 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.160 You are not going to miss what belongs to you. 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:55.200 Opportunity is coming bigger than you've imagined. When we signed 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:58.600 a contract for the television station, I was so excited. 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:03.480 I never dreamed own a station. I couldn't fathom anything bigger. 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:07.920 I didn't realize that was just a step in what 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:11.679 God wanted to do. As great as I thought it was, 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.280 it wasn't even the main thing. That was just the 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:18.760 warm up act. Being up here owning the compact center 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:22.400 speaking to a lot of people. This is far beyond 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:25.840 what I ever dreamed. What am I saying? What you 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:30.520 think is the ultimate blessing God showing out in your life? 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:34.360 Can I tell you haven't seen anything yet that is 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:38.520 just a step in where God has taken you. There 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:44.040 are levels that you have not even fathomed, opportunities far 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:48.000 beyond what you think. You may have seen God's goodness 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:50.360 in the past. You can say, like me that God's 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:53.400 blessed you, but you haven't touched the surface of what 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:57.200 God has in store. I was in India. One time 0:09:57.280 --> 0:10:00.640 with my father, I met this young pastor that came 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:04.040 from a very poor family. They didn't have running water 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:07.960 or electricity. They lived out on this open field in 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:11.720 a little hut. The man next door was very wealthy. 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:16.040 He owned a huge farm, had thousands of cattle and 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:20.000 many crops. He sold milk and vegetables to people in 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:23.360 the village. But this man was very greedy in his 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:26.160 prices were so high that most of the poor people 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:30.600 couldn't afford anything. One day, about ten of his cows 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:33.880 got out and came over to the property where the 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.960 pastor and his family lived. The man heard about it 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:39.480 and had his workers come get the cows put them 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:42.440 back in the fence. The next day, ten more cows 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:45.720 got out came over to the pastor's property. This happened 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:50.520 again and again and again. The owner got so frustrated 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:54.000 he finally told the pastor to just keep the cows. 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:58.720 The pastor was so excited he started selling milk and 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:02.120 products to people in the village, but he sold them 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:05.760 for less than the other man. Before long, people were 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.600 lined up at his door. He was able to buy 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:13.320 more cows. His business got so large that that other 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:17.080 man came and said, I can't compete with you. Why 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:20.520 don't you take over my business? He purchased it for 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:24.600 a fraction of the value. Today, this young pastor has 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:30.080 a large business with several hundred employees. It all started 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:34.040 when those cows came to his property and wouldn't leave. 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:37.800 He couldn't have made that happen. That was the blessing 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:44.640 on his life. God controls the universe. He knows how 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:48.679 to have the cows find you. The good breaks, the property, 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:53.600 the contracts, the businesses, they're going to come looking for you. Well, Joel, 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:56.640 this is kind of far out. We serve a far 0:11:56.760 --> 0:12:00.520 out God. His blessing on your life. He's going to 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:05.480 do far out things. After all, it's far out having 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:09.559 church in the former Compact Center. It's far out that 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:13.320 my mom is still alive thirty seven years after being 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:18.320 diagnosed with terminal cancer. It's far out for me to 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:21.240 be up here in front of you having no formal training. 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:25.520 Get ready for some far out favor, far out blessings, 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:30.240 far out opportunity, far out promotion. God said, you won't 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:34.079 have room to receive it. He's going to do things 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.360 so amazing in your life that you have to pass 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:40.840 it down to your children. You can't contain it. All 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:45.840 generational blessings are coming. Increase that goes to your children, 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:52.040 your grandchildren, your great grandchildren, businesses, contracts, real estate that 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:57.439 continue to bless people long after you're gone. Proverb says, 0:12:57.760 --> 0:13:02.360 a good person leaves an inherits to their children's children. 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:06.079 That's God's dream for you. Get rid of a barely 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:09.560 get by mentality. I'll be satisfied if I can just 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.280 pay my bills and make it through. That is not 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:16.320 your destiny. The blessing on your life is going to 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:19.600 cause you to lend and not hurry to have more 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:24.480 than enough. David said, my cup runs over. There are 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:28.320 some running over blessings in your future, blessings that you 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:34.480 cannot contain, increase that you can't use up in your lifetime. Well, Joel, 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:38.480 I haven't seen any of these far out blessings. Stay encouraged, 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:42.280 they're on the way. You wouldn't be hearing this if 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:46.720 God wasn't about to do something amazing. He's wanting us 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:51.840 to take the limits off of him enlarger vision. Quit 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:55.120 telling yourself all the reasons why it's not going to happen. 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:58.120 How you've had too many bad breaks. How your dream 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:01.280 looks impossible. It may be to you, but it's not 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:05.800 to our God. Start expecting his favor, Start believing for 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:09.480 new levels, Start talking like it's going to happen. Father. 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:12.960 Thank you that you're bringing me into overflow. Thank you 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:16.200 that generational blessings are coming my way. Thank you that 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:20.120 you're opening doors that no man can shut. We see 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:23.920 this blessing in the life of Joseph. As a teenager, 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:26.560 God gave him a dream that one day he would 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:29.640 lead a nation that people would bow down before him. 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:32.960 He knew something big was in his future, but his 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:36.880 brothers were jealous. They threw him into a pit. They 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:39.120 were going to leave him there to die, but they 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:42.720 saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming. They sold him as 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:46.080 a slave. He ended up working for a man named 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:50.680 potterfar Potterphar was a high ranking military official in the 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:55.960 Egyptian government. Joseph could have been bitter God, I thought 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:58.480 the blessing was on my life. Why did this happen 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:02.960 to me? Instead, he kept being his best, treating people 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:07.560 with respect, doing more than required. The scripture says the 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:11.920 Lord was with Joseph and blessed him greatly as he 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:16.680 served in the home of his Egyptian master. Notice God 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:21.600 was with Joseph in the unfair situation when he was mistreated, 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:26.400 when he was betrayed, the blessing was still on his life. 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:29.760 Sometimes we think we're not blessed. We came down with 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:33.800 an illness, we lost our main client, a relationship didn't 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:38.560 work out. That didn't stop the blessing. People can't change 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:42.280 what God put on you. The favor didn't get canceled 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:46.040 out because of a bad break. The blessing is while 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:49.880 those enemies cannot defeat you. The blessing is why that 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:54.080 sickness can't take your life. The blessing is why that 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:57.960 setback is not the end. It is a setup for 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:02.320 what God is about to do. Don't get discouraged when 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:06.040 life doesn't go your way. The blessing is still on you. 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:12.120 Verse three says potterpher noticed Joseph and realized the Lord 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:16.480 was giving him success in everything he did. Verse four, 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:22.000 So Joseph naturally became the favorite of Potiphar. Joseph went 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:26.400 from being a slave, unnoticed, insignificant to be in the 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:30.800 favorite Potterphar was so impressed that he put Joseph in 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:35.200 charge of his whole house. That's the power of the blessing. 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:38.440 When people try to push you down, it will cause 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:41.600 you to rise up. When people ignore you, try to 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:45.440 discount you, it will cause you to be noticed. I'm 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:49.160 sure Potipher had other people working for him that had 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:53.880 more experience, but the Blessing on Joseph's life caused him 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:58.880 to stand out. People may not recognize you yet, your 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:02.280 boss doesn't give you. Cry at it. Relatives discount you 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:05.040 think you don't have much to offer. You may be 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:09.120 overlooked now, but the time is coming where you're going 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:13.040 to be noticed. People are going to recognize your gifts, 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:17.000 your talent, your value. God's going to cause you to 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:20.879 stand out. You're going to go from being unnoticed to 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:24.800 being in charge, from being not recognized to be in 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:27.880 the favorite. How could this happen? The Blessing on your 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:32.960 Life Verse five says the day Joseph was put in charge, 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:38.080 God begin to bless Potter for Joseph's sake. You would 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:42.280 think that Joseph would be blessed because of potterphar this 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:47.040 prominent official. It was just the opposite. The Blessing on 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:50.919 your life is so powerful It will not only cause 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:54.520 you to be promoted, you to be noticed, but people 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:59.560 around you will be blessed. Your company, your co workers, 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:03.720 your fore she'd be glad to have you because you're there. 0:18:03.960 --> 0:18:06.720 They're going to see favor, They're going to see increase. 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:10.479 They may not even realize the reason they're blessed is 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:15.240 because they're connected to you. Genesis thirty. Jacob had been 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:19.240 working for a man named Laban for seven years. Laban 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:23.000 promised him in return that he could marry his daughter Rachel. 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:27.080 Well after the seven years, Laban gave him his daughter 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:31.680 Leah instead. He didn't keep his word. He said, Jacob, 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:34.600 if you'll work for me another seven years, then i'll 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:38.600 give you Rachel. Jacob could have been bitter, started a 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:42.120 big fight, left their angry, but he took the high 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:46.480 road and worked another seven years. He finally married Rachel 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:49.720 and was about to move back to his hometown with 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:54.760 his family. Verse twenty seven. Laban said, Jacob, please don't 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:58.480 leave me. I have learned the Lord has blessed me 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:04.440 because you are here. For years. He didn't treat Jacob right. 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:09.400 It was unfair, but now he's begging him to stay. 0:19:09.520 --> 0:19:15.320 He realizes he's blessed because of the favor on Jacob's life. 0:19:15.440 --> 0:19:18.520 You may have people that don't really value who you are. 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:23.080 They haven't kept their word. Don't be offended. Be a Jacob. 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:26.640 Keep doing the right thing. You don't have to convince 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:29.600 people to like you. Prove to them who you are. 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:33.800 They may discount you now, but one day, like Jacob, 0:19:34.200 --> 0:19:37.439 they'll be asking you to stay. They will realize the 0:19:37.520 --> 0:19:41.520 reason they are blessed is because of you. Laban said 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:44.639 to Jacob, I'll pay you whatever you want if you 0:19:44.680 --> 0:19:48.800 will stay. Jacob knew his time there was over. He 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:52.439 left not only a very wealthy man, but he left 0:19:52.520 --> 0:19:55.920 with the respect and honor that he had not been 0:19:55.960 --> 0:20:00.919 given for many years. God is your vindicator. He sees 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:04.360 what's happening. You. Keep doing the right thing, and one 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:07.480 day God will make it up to you. In the 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:11.600 late nineteen fifties, my father was pastoring a large church, 0:20:12.280 --> 0:20:16.160 very successful. They had just built a beautiful new sanctuary. 0:20:16.600 --> 0:20:19.600 He was on the state board for his denomination. His 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:24.080 future looked very bright, but he started teaching the people 0:20:24.119 --> 0:20:27.560 about how God is good and how he still heals 0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:31.320 and wants us to live a victorious life. Well, this 0:20:31.440 --> 0:20:35.120 new message didn't go overwell. It didn't fit into their 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:39.840 denominational mold, and there was so much opposition, so much pressure, 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:42.919 that he had to resign from that church. He and 0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:47.199 my mother went out and started Lakewood. For years, my 0:20:47.359 --> 0:20:52.800 father was ignored by his peers. He was overlooked, unnoticed. 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:55.520 Colleagues that he used to go to lunch with, they 0:20:55.600 --> 0:20:58.919 just dismissed him, acted like he was second class, like 0:20:58.960 --> 0:21:02.760 he wasn't up to Paul. My father never said anything 0:21:02.800 --> 0:21:06.280 about this, but a new deep down that it bothered him. 0:21:07.080 --> 0:21:11.840 Thirty five years later, that denomination was having their annual 0:21:11.920 --> 0:21:16.160 meeting here in Houston. The main speaker set in front 0:21:16.200 --> 0:21:19.760 of thousands of leaders. We need to stay more open. 0:21:20.200 --> 0:21:23.040 Think where we would be if we still had John 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:27.600 Ostein with us After all those years, they finally showed 0:21:27.680 --> 0:21:33.720 him respect and admiration. And no, you don't need people's approval, 0:21:34.160 --> 0:21:37.320 you don't have to have their support. But God is 0:21:37.359 --> 0:21:41.320 a god of justice. He sees what's happening. If you 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:45.000 will keep honoring him, there will be a day when 0:21:45.040 --> 0:21:48.439 those that have overlooked you, those that have discounted you, 0:21:48.960 --> 0:21:51.840 they will see you in a new light and give 0:21:51.880 --> 0:21:56.400 you the respect and honor that you deserve. When Joseph's 0:21:56.440 --> 0:22:00.840 brothers threw him into the pit, they took his read them, 0:22:01.000 --> 0:22:04.840 but they didn't take the blessing. When Potiphar's wife tried 0:22:04.840 --> 0:22:08.080 to seduce Joseph, she ripped his coat off and lied 0:22:08.119 --> 0:22:11.800 about and falsely accused him. She took his coat, but 0:22:11.880 --> 0:22:15.600 she couldn't take his calling. Somebody may have hurt you, 0:22:16.200 --> 0:22:19.359 they betrayed you, they left you out, but they didn't 0:22:19.400 --> 0:22:23.440 stop your destiny. And men told me recently how his 0:22:23.520 --> 0:22:27.800 company let him go after many years. Somebody was jealous 0:22:27.840 --> 0:22:31.399 and spread all these rumors, and long story short, he 0:22:31.560 --> 0:22:36.000 unfairly lost his position. I told him what I'm telling you. 0:22:36.440 --> 0:22:39.480 They may have taken your job, but they didn't take 0:22:39.560 --> 0:22:44.879 your blessing. People cannot stop what God put on you. You 0:22:44.600 --> 0:22:48.920 keep honoring God being your best, and the blessing will 0:22:48.960 --> 0:22:54.480 always override what people have done. The scripture says what 0:22:54.720 --> 0:22:59.520 God has blessed, no person can curse. The blessing on 0:22:59.720 --> 0:23:03.719 you is more powerful than any betrayal, than how you 0:23:03.760 --> 0:23:07.959 were raised, than people trying to discredit you. Quit focusing 0:23:08.040 --> 0:23:11.240 on what you've lost, and start focusing on what you 0:23:11.359 --> 0:23:14.760 have left. The blessing is still on your life. You 0:23:14.800 --> 0:23:17.920 are blessed in the city and blessed in the country. 0:23:18.280 --> 0:23:20.760 You are blessed when you go in and blessed when 0:23:20.760 --> 0:23:24.240 you come out. That means you are blessed when things 0:23:24.240 --> 0:23:26.920 are going your way and blessed when they're not going 0:23:27.000 --> 0:23:29.720 your way. You are blessed when you're in the palace, 0:23:30.080 --> 0:23:32.880 and you're still blessed when you're in the pen. Here's 0:23:32.920 --> 0:23:36.960 the key. The blessing did not come from people, so 0:23:37.119 --> 0:23:42.879 it cannot be taken away by people. In Numbers, Chapter 0:23:42.960 --> 0:23:47.120 twenty two, this king was trying to pay a prophet 0:23:47.480 --> 0:23:51.600 to curse the Israelites three times. The prophet told the king, 0:23:52.000 --> 0:23:55.680 no matter how much you pay, I cannot curse what 0:23:55.840 --> 0:24:00.240 God has already blessed. When you understand this, I won't 0:24:00.280 --> 0:24:04.639 live upset because somebody's talking about you, frustrated because you 0:24:04.680 --> 0:24:07.640 had a bad break, offended because they left you out. 0:24:08.160 --> 0:24:11.800 You know, every force that's trying to stop you is 0:24:11.960 --> 0:24:15.960 powerless to change the blessing on your life. In the 0:24:16.000 --> 0:24:20.320 fifteen hundreds, Queen Elizabeth the First was born. Her father 0:24:20.440 --> 0:24:23.840 wanted a boy so badly that he cursed her at birth. 0:24:24.480 --> 0:24:28.760 The Pope declared her illegitimate because her father had been divorced. 0:24:29.160 --> 0:24:32.920 Her half sister falsely accused her and had her imprisoned 0:24:33.000 --> 0:24:36.880 in the Tower of London. All these people came against 0:24:36.960 --> 0:24:42.320 her from childhood. But people don't determine your destiny. What 0:24:42.400 --> 0:24:46.600 they say about you cannot stop your purpose. And Elizabeth 0:24:46.760 --> 0:24:49.800 had a rough start, but that didn't keep her from 0:24:49.840 --> 0:24:52.919 becoming who she was called to be. She went on 0:24:53.119 --> 0:24:56.760 to serve as the queen for forty five years. She 0:24:56.880 --> 0:25:00.479 reformed the justice system to make sure people receive a 0:25:00.520 --> 0:25:04.840 fair trial. Perhaps people have tried to hold you back. 0:25:05.320 --> 0:25:09.080 Family hasn't supported you. You could be discouraged settle where 0:25:09.119 --> 0:25:13.199 you are, But like her, the blessing on your life 0:25:13.560 --> 0:25:17.600 is going to override what's trying to stop you. God 0:25:17.720 --> 0:25:23.080 said in Psalms, touch not my anointed, You are His anointed. 0:25:23.880 --> 0:25:28.200 When people come against you, they're not just messing with you, 0:25:28.720 --> 0:25:32.040 They're messing with the God who put the blessing on you. 0:25:33.280 --> 0:25:36.680 The good news is you don't have to fight those battles. 0:25:37.400 --> 0:25:40.240 You have a defender. Don't try to do it in 0:25:40.320 --> 0:25:44.040 your own strength. Stand still and you will see the 0:25:44.119 --> 0:25:49.040 deliverance of the Lord. I have never seen anyone who's 0:25:49.119 --> 0:25:53.160 tried to stop me, discredit me, keep me from my purpose, 0:25:53.600 --> 0:25:57.800 continue to succeed. It may have been a year, five years, 0:25:57.840 --> 0:26:02.240 ten years, but eventually they out and I'm still standing. 0:26:02.720 --> 0:26:07.240 It's because the blessing is more powerful than the curse. 0:26:09.280 --> 0:26:13.280 Whatever's coming against you, whatever people are trying to stop you, 0:26:13.320 --> 0:26:17.160 they may seem bigger, more powerful. The sickness, the addiction, 0:26:17.480 --> 0:26:21.600 it can be intimidating. Stay in peace. The blessing God 0:26:21.680 --> 0:26:25.359 put on you is more powerful than what's trying to 0:26:25.400 --> 0:26:30.080 stop you. In the scripture, King Saul was trying to 0:26:30.200 --> 0:26:34.240 kill David. David hadn't done anything wrong. In fact, David 0:26:34.320 --> 0:26:37.679 was being good to Saul, but Saul was jealous chased 0:26:37.760 --> 0:26:42.040 David through the desert, making his life miserable. Several times 0:26:42.359 --> 0:26:46.280 David had the opportunity to take Saul's life. He snuck 0:26:46.359 --> 0:26:48.320 up on him while he was sleeping. He could have 0:26:48.480 --> 0:26:52.280 ended the conflict, defended himself. Nobody would have blamed him. 0:26:52.400 --> 0:26:56.280 David wouldn't do it. He knew Saul had been anointed 0:26:56.320 --> 0:26:59.840 by God to be the king, and even though David 0:27:00.160 --> 0:27:03.840 was anointed to replace him, he still wouldn't harm soul. 0:27:04.480 --> 0:27:09.200 He understood. You don't touch God's anointed. You don't come 0:27:09.240 --> 0:27:14.280 against what God has blessed. When you face opposition, people 0:27:14.320 --> 0:27:17.560 come against you, you don't have to get upset try 0:27:17.560 --> 0:27:20.960 to pay them back. You can stay in peace knowing 0:27:21.040 --> 0:27:25.119 that when they come against you, they are touching God's anointed. 0:27:25.520 --> 0:27:29.040 That means it's not your battle. The battle is the Lord's. 0:27:29.359 --> 0:27:33.800 He's your defender, he's your vindicator. And you're like Joseph 0:27:33.840 --> 0:27:37.000 at times will get thrown into a pit. Somebody may 0:27:37.040 --> 0:27:41.200 betray you, but they cannot keep the blessing down. They 0:27:41.320 --> 0:27:43.920 meant it for harm. God's going to turn it for good. 0:27:44.520 --> 0:27:48.640 Keep your shoulders back. Live with confidence. You have an advantage. 0:27:48.840 --> 0:27:52.639 The blessing is on your life. Now believe and declare. 0:27:53.000 --> 0:27:56.760 This blessing is going to take you further than you've imagined. 0:27:57.160 --> 0:28:01.160 You're about to see far out opportunity, far out promotion, 0:28:01.800 --> 0:28:06.720 far out favor, the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, 0:28:07.200 --> 0:28:10.240 And if you receive it, can you say amen? Today 0:28:11.480 --> 0:28:14.600 I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 0:28:14.640 --> 0:28:17.159 the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 0:28:17.800 --> 0:28:23.240 Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 0:28:23.280 --> 0:28:27.040 into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 0:28:28.440 --> 0:28:30.920 If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:28:30.960 --> 0:28:34.200 born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 0:28:34.240 --> 0:28:37.920 God first place, Victoria. 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