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It helps keep the ministry going. 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:57.920 Enjoy the message. 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:03.000 Well God, it's always a joy to come into your homes. 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:05.960 And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:08.080 and be a part of one of our services. I 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:10.560 promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:12.800 thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you again 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:15.000 for coming out today. And I like to start with 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:18.680 something funny. I heard about this family that lived way 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:22.600 out in the backwoods. They never left their little town, 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:26.280 never watched television, never listen to the radio, and one 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:29.840 day they decided to take a vacation to New York City. 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:32.359 The first day, the father took his son to see 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:36.760 a famous skyscraper. They were so impressed. They were especially 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.520 intrigued by the elevator. They didn't know what it was. 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:44.079 This older woman walked up and punched the button. The 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:47.400 walls opened up. She stepped into this little room, and 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:51.280 the walls closed back. They sat there contemplating what they 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:54.360 had just seen. A few seconds later, the same walls 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:58.119 opened back up and outstepped this beautiful twenty four year 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:03.079 old woman. In disbelief, the son said, Dad, what just happened? 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:05.240 The dad said, I don't know, son, but go get 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:09.240 your mother. Hold up your bibles. Say it like you 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:12.000 mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:14.320 says I am. I have what it says I have. 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.400 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:20.760 I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:24.480 My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:28.160 never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:32.400 I want to talk to you about today is your day. 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:36.200 A lot of times we have faith for the future. 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:40.000 We believe one day we'll get a good break, one 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:43.440 day we'll feel better, one day the problem will turn around. 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:47.400 And if we're not careful, we're always putting our faith off, 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:51.400 believing that in the future something good is going to happen. 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:56.160 But true faith is always in the present. God is 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:59.840 called the Great, I am not the great I will be. 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:03.240 He wants to show you his goodness, his favor, his 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:07.000 mercy today and if this is going to happen, you 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:09.880 can't just have faith for the future. You have to 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:13.839 believe today is my day. This could be the day 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:16.720 my health improves. This could be the day I get 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.320 the phone call I've been waiting for. This could be 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:22.200 the day my child comes back home. There has to 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:26.480 be an expectancy that something good is going to happen. 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:30.000 Not next week, not next year, not in the sweet 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:34.000 by and by no. Today I could be promoted today, 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:37.560 I could break this addiction. Today, I could get a 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:40.920 contract on the house I've been trying to sell. Today, 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:44.520 I could meet the person of my dreams. You don't 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:48.240 know it could happen before you leave this auditorium. Quit 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:52.640 looking around. When we get up in the morning, we 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:56.360 should make the declaration something good is going to happen 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:59.400 to me today. You need to set the tone at 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.880 the start of the day. You may have been dealing 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:05.720 with the problem for twenty years. Your attitude should be today. 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:10.040 I'm expecting it to turn around today. I'm expecting good 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:14.000 breaks to chase me down. Today, I'm expecting to see 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:18.960 God's goodness. When you have this expectancy, this now faith, 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:23.599 then God will do things suddenly. Suddenly you get the 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:27.839 break you need, Suddenly you feel better, Suddenly your marriage 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:31.599 is restored. God has some suddenlyes in store for you. 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:35.839 And Second Corinthian sixth says now is the time for 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:39.960 God's favor. God wants to do something amazing in your 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:44.040 life now. And some of you believe that God's going 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.599 to do something good one day. You've got big dreams. 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:50.840 You know one day you'll meet the right person, one 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:54.440 day you'll get that break. And that's fine. But I'm 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:57.720 asking you to get out of a one day mentality 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:01.760 and come over to a today mantality. If God can 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:05.040 do it one day, he can do it today. If 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:07.120 he can do it in the future, he could just 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.839 as easily do it now. And I realize there's a 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:14.760 perfect timing. God knows when it's best for us. But 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:18.520 what if the reason it's not happening is because we're 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:23.280 not releasing our faith for today. When you have this attitude, 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:27.320 today is my day. God, I believe right now you're 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:30.279 at work in my life. Right now, you're lining up 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:33.760 the right people. Right now, you're making my cooked places straight. 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.359 Right now, you're fighting my battles for me. When you 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:41.400 have this right now faith, this today is my day. Faith, 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:45.000 That's when you'll see not the great I will be, 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:48.960 but the great I am show up and do amazing things. 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:51.680 That's when you'll see suddenly is in your own life. 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:56.000 But too many people live with this one day mentality. 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:59.760 The problem with one day is it's always in the future. 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:03.839 What if God answered your prayer and said, Okay, one day, 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:07.320 I'm going to do it next month, rose around. God 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:12.040 says one day, next year, one day, twenty years from now, 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:16.640 one day, friends, one day never comes. It's always tomorrow. 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:20.200 Why don't you have a boldness to say, God, I 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:23.960 believe today is my day. Today, I will see your 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:27.679 favor today. This problem will start to turn around. Today, 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.960 I'll meet the right person. This is what David did 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:34.240 said in Psalm one eighteen, this is the day the 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:38.400 Lord has made He was making this same declaration. Today 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:42.040 is my day. I'm expecting something good to happen to me. 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:46.280 We see his attitude in the next verse. He said, 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:52.000 Oh Lord, I beseech you send prosperity now. He could 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:56.320 have said, God, please send your favor next week or 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:58.680 next month when my bills are due, or God at 0:07:58.680 --> 0:07:59.920 the end of the year at least when I have 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:03.280 to pay my taxes. No, David didn't have a one 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:07.480 day mentality. He had a right now mentality. He had 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:12.440 the boldness, the audacity to say, God, I'm asking you 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:16.840 to do it today. Have you ever asked God to 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:21.760 do something now to show you his favor today? Well, Joel, 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:24.920 I wouldn't be that bold, that presumptuous. That wouldn't be right. 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:28.560 David did it, and he's called a man after God's 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:32.600 own heart. The scripture says, we have not because we 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:36.840 ask not. Sometimes we're too passive, we're too timid, we 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:39.680 don't want to be pushy, seem like that, we're proud. 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:43.840 But when you have this boldness to say, like David, God, 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:49.680 do it today. Heal me today, restore me today, show 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.880 me your favor today. God doesn't say, who do you 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:55.280 think you are? Get back down in your place. It's 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:59.800 just the opposite. Your faith gets God's attention. One time 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:03.000 Jesus was walking through a town. This man came up 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:06.840 and said, my assistant at home. He's like my son. 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:10.680 He's very, very sick. Jesus, would you please pray for him. 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:15.040 Jesus said, yes, I'll come to your house. The man said, 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:18.280 I'm a captain in the army. I have a lot 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:22.320 of authority. When I speak, My soldiers obey me. You 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:25.319 don't need to come to my house. Just speak the 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:29.720 word and my assistant will be healed. This man had 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:35.160 now faith. He believed that today is my day. Like David. 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:39.679 He was saying, Lord, send healing now. Jesus didn't get 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:42.960 offended and say, you got a lot of nerve asking 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:44.200 me to do it right now. 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:45.000 Now. 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:48.360 Jesus looked at the man and said, I haven't seen 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:51.719 this much faith in all of Israel. You can go 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:56.200 back home. Your assistant will be perfectly well. That's what 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:59.480 happens when you have the boldness to say, God, do 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:03.360 it today. You will seize some suddenly's in your life. 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:05.800 And some of you have been praying a bout a 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:09.000 situation for a long time. You know one day God's 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:11.880 gonna work it out. You've got to come over into 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:16.920 now faith. Dare to say, God, heal me, now, deliver me, 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:20.600 Now bring my child back home. Now, God show me 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:25.080 the abundance of rain. Now, God has now blessings for you. 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:30.319 But you have to be bold enough to have now faith. Well, Joel, 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.120 what if I do this and get my hopes up? 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:36.240 I believe today is my day and it doesn't happen, 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:39.280 then I'll go to bed all discourage, all disappointed. You 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:41.640 know that's the wrong approach. You should go to bed 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:45.200 saying Father, thank you. Now I know I'm one step 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:48.400 closer to seeing it come to pass. You get up 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:52.160 in the next morning, be bold enough to say it again, Lord, 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:56.800 sin favor today. See. I'm not talking about something that 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:59.439 you try for a couple of weeks. I'm talking about 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:03.520 a life's die where you live with expectancy. You go 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:07.200 out each day looking for God's goodness. The truth is 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:11.439 we all have to wait. I'm not saying everything will 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:14.199 change in twenty four hours. It might, but it might 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:17.760 take a much longer. The key is to wait the 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:22.199 right way, with expectancy, knowing that it could happen today. 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:25.600 That's what a young couple did that I know. They 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:27.880 were trying to have a baby for many years with 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:32.480 no success. They went through all the fertility treatments, still nothing. 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:36.920 Instead of getting discouraged, they got up every morning and said, Father, 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:40.559 thank you. Today could be the day we conceive a child. 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:43.800 Today could be the day you bless us with a baby. 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:48.360 Month after month went by, they didn't see anything changing. 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:51.439 One year, two years, three years, four years. They just 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:55.319 kept saying, Lord, send healing, now, send that baby, Now, 0:11:55.679 --> 0:12:01.440 send favor. Now, living with expectancy, now faith. Five years later, 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:05.079 after being told they couldn't have a baby, they brought 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:08.640 their beautiful baby daughter for us to dedicate right here. 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:11.960 They were so excited about it. But I wonder what 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:15.760 would have happened if they had a thought, well, just 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:20.199 our luck just not meant to be. They had this attitude, 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:24.400 Today is our day. Nothing happened. The first month didn't matter. 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:28.240 Today is our day. Nothing happened the first year. They 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:31.880 didn't get discouraged, didn't change their mind. Today is our day. 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:36.960 Those five years, it didn't look like anything was happening. 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:40.760 But the truth is God was working behind the scenes. 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:45.000 Eventually they came in too there suddenly, and it's easy 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.960 to get discouraged. I think, well, my marriage is never 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:50.840 going to improve. It's been this way too long. I'll 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.719 never get out of debt, I'll never be well. No, 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:57.720 God is a god of the suddenlies. One touch of 0:12:57.760 --> 0:13:01.480 his favor and it suddenly turns around. You suddenly get 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.720 the break you need, You suddenly feel better, you suddenly 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:08.600 meet the right person. You may not see anything happening, 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:11.600 but that doesn't mean that God is not working. As 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:15.240 long as you believe, as long as you know, today 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:19.520 is my day. Behind the scenes, God is at work 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:23.160 getting it all lined up. In fact, every time you 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:28.280 say Lord, send favor, now, send healing, now, send freedom now. 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:33.320 In the unseen realm, God dispatches the angels. They're arranging 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:36.520 things in your favor, moving the wrong people out of 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:39.640 the way, lining up the breaks that you need. It's 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:43.000 just a matter of time before your suddenly shows up. 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.520 It's like this man. He was in his yard with 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:50.840 a big sledgehammer trying to break apart this huge boulder. 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:54.400 He swung at it again and again with all of 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:58.400 his might, didn't see the smallest dent, not even a 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.840 little crack. Every day, for a couple of hours, he 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:05.240 would go out and hit that boulders hard as he could, 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:09.280 never seeing any sign of things changing. A few weeks later, 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:11.360 he hit it, and all of a sudden, the whole 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:15.079 rock split right apart. He was surprised. He didn't think 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:19.240 he was making any progress. What he didn't realize was 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:23.520 on the inside of the rock. Every time he hit it, 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:27.200 it was weakening the integrity of the rock. There were 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:30.760 no signs on the outside, but on the inside changes 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:35.200 were taking place. When that rock finally split apart, it 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:37.960 wasn't that last blow that did it. It was a 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:41.560 culmination of all the times he had hit it before 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:46.800 in the same way. Every day you get up praying, believing, 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:51.360 expecting you may not see anything happening. It all looks 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:55.480 the same. Thoughts will tell you it's never going to change. 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:58.880 Your child's never going to straighten up, You'll never be 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:01.680 able to afford that house, Your health is never going 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:05.920 to improve. Don't believe those lives, keep saying, Lord Sin 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:10.280 favor now. Keep believing today is my day. Keep expecting 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:15.280 God's goodness every day you do that. Whatever's holding you 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:19.560 back is getting weaker. The sickness is getting weaker, the 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:23.520 addiction is getting weaker, The depression is getting weaker, the 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:27.320 lack is getting weaker. The family problem is getting weaker. 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:30.120 One day you're going to get up and say today 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:33.400 is my day. You're not gonna say it by faith. 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:38.080 Suddenly it'll turn around, Suddenly the dream comes to pass. 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:41.200 Suddenly you get the break. But it wasn't just that 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.840 one time. It was all those days you chose to 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:49.560 live with expectancy, believing that God was working even though 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:52.840 you didn't see anything happening. I met a lady a 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:55.200 few years ago out in the lobby. She was in 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:58.040 town at the medical center, and she had just been 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:02.040 approved to be on the list a liver transplant. She 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:05.160 was told it would take between three and five years. 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:07.680 There were many people on the list ahead of her. 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:11.120 She didn't know if she could live that long. I 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:14.440 told her, God, can heal you with the transplant or 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:18.920 without the transplant. Just keep believing today is my day. Lord, 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:23.320 Send Healey now, Send favor now. About three months later 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:26.600 she was back at the services. I noticed she had 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:30.400 a wristband on her wrist from the hospital. Thought maybe 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:33.280 she had to have some additional test. She had the 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:36.640 biggest smile on her face. She said, Joey, you're looking 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:40.480 at a lady with a brand new liver. Two days 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:43.480 after she went on the list, she received a call saying, 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:46.400 we have a liver available for you. Supposed to take 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:51.080 years and years. She had the operation, the transplant, everything 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:55.320 went well, and today she's healthy and whole. What was 0:16:55.360 --> 0:17:00.280 that suddenly? You may think it's going to take years 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:03.000 for you to get well, years to get out of debt, 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:06.879 years to accomplish your dreams. How do you know, like 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:10.399 with this lady, that God doesn't have a suddenly lined 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.240 up for you. You don't know what God has around 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:16.359 the corner. You need to get ready. God is about 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:20.000 to turn some things around. He's about to release an 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:23.680 abundance of rain. He's going to speed up what should 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:24.560 have taken years. 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:25.040 Now. 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.679 You've got to get up every morning in faith saying God, 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.200 I want to thank you. Today is my day. Then 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:34.400 go out expecting one of these suddenlys to chase you down. 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:38.160 There was a man in the scripture that was crippled. 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:41.800 He'd been lying by the pool of Bethesda, and whenever 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:45.600 an angel stirred the waters, the first person that got 0:17:45.640 --> 0:17:48.920 in would be healed. Now I can imagine the first 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:53.240 week he was there, he was very excited, thinking, today 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:55.639 is my day. I'm going to be the one to 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:59.520 get healed. But a month goes by and he doesn't 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:02.600 see anything happening. A year goes by, still nothing. He 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:05.240 gets a little more discouraged. In five years well, he's 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:10.000 finally completely convinced that it's never going to happen. One day, 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:13.399 Jesus shows up and says to the man, do you 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:16.919 want to get well? Instead of saying of course I do. 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:20.840 I knew it was going to happen, he started making excuses. 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:24.840 He said, Jesus, I've been here a long time. I 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:26.840 don't have anybody to help me get in the water, 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:29.480 and you know my legs don't work. Hear the Son 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:33.400 of God, Jesus stands before him, the one that has 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:36.399 the power to make him home. But the man is 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:39.560 so focused on all the reasons why it's not going 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:42.399 to happen. What am I saying? You can be at 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:46.040 the right place in the wrong frame of mind and 0:18:46.080 --> 0:18:49.440 miss what God wants to do. You may have been praying, 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:53.160 believing about a situation for many years. You don't see 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:56.520 anything changing. You could easily talk yourself out of it. 0:18:57.080 --> 0:19:00.560 But I believe, like with this man, God is passing 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:03.879 by today. You're at the right place. Here's the real question. 0:19:04.280 --> 0:19:07.000 Are you in the right frame of mind? Do you 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:10.879 believe that today could be your day? Do you believe 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:14.240 that God could still turn it around? Still? Bless you? 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:18.320 Still restore You don't be like this man and come 0:19:18.440 --> 0:19:21.880 up with a bunch of excuses why you can't be successful, 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:25.119 why you can't get well, why you'll never get married. No, 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:29.199 shake off the doubt, turn off the negative voices, have 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:32.639 the attitude today is my day. It may not have 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:35.639 happened in the past, but I know now is the 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:40.280 time for God's favor. I'm expecting some suddenlies in my life. 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:45.119 See the scripture tells us to be prisoners of hope. 0:19:45.720 --> 0:19:48.800 That means we're chained to hope. We can't get away 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:52.840 from it. In other words, I should be discouraged. It's 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:55.719 taken a long time, but I can't help it. I 0:19:55.800 --> 0:19:59.159 still believe God can turn it around. I still believe 0:19:59.200 --> 0:20:02.800 a suddenly coming. I still believe that today could be 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:06.480 my dame. That thought says you're never going to get 0:20:06.480 --> 0:20:09.640 out of debt. Business is slow, looks like you're going 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:13.440 to go under Just answer back, yes, that may be true. 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:16.000 In the natural, I don't see a way. But you've 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:20.920 got to understand. I'm in a prison, not physically but mentally, 0:20:21.119 --> 0:20:26.119 a prison of expectancy. I believe now God is working 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:29.000 in my life. Now is the time for God's favor. 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:31.920 Whenever those thoughts try to talk you out of it, 0:20:32.400 --> 0:20:36.879 just tell them you're too late. I've already seen suddenly's 0:20:36.920 --> 0:20:40.000 in my life. And go back and remember all the 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:43.800 things God has done for you. I've seen God heal 0:20:43.920 --> 0:20:47.439 my mother of terminal cancer. I've seen God give us 0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:50.720 this beautiful facility when all the odds were against us. 0:20:50.920 --> 0:20:55.159 I've seen God increase me in ways that I've never imagined. Listen, 0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:57.560 if God did it for us once, he'll do it 0:20:57.600 --> 0:21:01.200 for us again. That's a prisoner of hope. You don't 0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:06.240 get talked out of it. Isaiah thirty says God is 0:21:06.359 --> 0:21:10.200 longing to be good to you. God wants to show 0:21:10.240 --> 0:21:13.720 you his favor. But there's a requirement. God is going 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:17.840 to be good, not necessarily to everyone. The rest of 0:21:17.880 --> 0:21:22.320 the verse tells us who blessed are those who look for, 0:21:22.960 --> 0:21:28.480 who long for, who expect his goodness, his favor, his victory. 0:21:28.960 --> 0:21:31.679 God is going to be good to the people that 0:21:31.720 --> 0:21:36.280 are looking for his goodness, people that are expecting his favor. Now, 0:21:36.280 --> 0:21:39.720 my question, what are you looking for? What are you 0:21:39.840 --> 0:21:43.080 expecting to barely get by this year or are you 0:21:43.280 --> 0:21:47.040 expecting an abundance of rain? Do you think your situation 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:50.119 will never change or do you know that now is 0:21:50.160 --> 0:21:53.200 the time for God's favor. Well, Joel, I've had a 0:21:53.240 --> 0:21:56.320 lot of disappointments. I never get any good breaks. I 0:21:56.359 --> 0:21:59.080 don't see how it could get well. No, if you're 0:21:59.119 --> 0:22:02.200 not looking for God God's goodness, if you don't develop 0:22:02.280 --> 0:22:06.320 this attitude that today is my day, then even though 0:22:06.359 --> 0:22:09.119 God is longing to be good to you, he'll back 0:22:09.160 --> 0:22:13.480 off and put his blessings on hold. Faith causes God 0:22:13.520 --> 0:22:18.639 to act your expectancy believing that things are changing, saying Lord, 0:22:18.760 --> 0:22:23.920 send favor now, send healing, now, send restoration now. That's 0:22:24.000 --> 0:22:28.160 not just being positive, that's your faith being released. That's 0:22:28.200 --> 0:22:31.439 what causes the creator of the universe to go to 0:22:31.480 --> 0:22:34.480 work in your life. Now I've heard the saying you 0:22:34.560 --> 0:22:38.800 probably have to don't expect too much. That way, when 0:22:38.800 --> 0:22:42.320 it doesn't happen, you won't be disappointed. That's no way 0:22:42.359 --> 0:22:46.800 to live. God meets you at the level of your expectations. 0:22:47.320 --> 0:22:50.440 If you expect this to be an ordinary year, it'll 0:22:50.480 --> 0:22:54.040 be an ordinary year. If you expect the problem to 0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:57.720 get worse, it will get worse. If you expect the sickness, 0:22:57.800 --> 0:23:01.840 the trouble, the lack, the depression to continue, it will continue. 0:23:01.920 --> 0:23:05.960 You've got to change what you're expecting. God wants to 0:23:06.000 --> 0:23:09.280 be good to you, but he's waiting for you to 0:23:09.400 --> 0:23:13.920 start looking for his goodness. Our attitude should be I'm 0:23:14.000 --> 0:23:17.920 expecting this year to be better than last year. I'm 0:23:18.000 --> 0:23:21.560 expecting good breaks to chase us down and overtake us. 0:23:21.960 --> 0:23:25.720 I'm expecting divine connections, the right people to show up. 0:23:26.359 --> 0:23:29.679 I'm expecting our children to be mighty in the land, 0:23:29.840 --> 0:23:34.440 to excel in school. I'm expecting us to live debt free, 0:23:34.600 --> 0:23:36.879 to lend and not borrow, to be the head and 0:23:36.920 --> 0:23:41.520 not the tail. I'm expecting to overcome every challenge that 0:23:41.640 --> 0:23:46.520 no weapon formed against us will prosper I'm expecting some suddenlies. 0:23:46.920 --> 0:23:50.840 Suddenly you get promoted, suddenly you get well, Suddenly you're 0:23:50.840 --> 0:23:54.359 thrust into overflow. Listen, you can wake up one morning 0:23:54.560 --> 0:23:57.800 with the same problem you've had for the last twenty years. 0:23:58.040 --> 0:24:00.760 Nothing looks any different, But then today is your day 0:24:00.960 --> 0:24:03.920 and you go to bed and the whole situation is resolved. 0:24:04.400 --> 0:24:09.560 One touch of God's favor one Suddenly are you expecting it? 0:24:10.160 --> 0:24:14.199 Some of you are stuck. You're not expecting enough. You 0:24:14.240 --> 0:24:17.320 need to get your expector out. You haven't used that 0:24:17.359 --> 0:24:20.359 thing in fourteen years. It needs to be overhauled. Start 0:24:20.400 --> 0:24:25.360 expecting to rise higher. Start expecting every enemy in your 0:24:25.400 --> 0:24:29.080 life to be defeated. Start expecting your mountains to be 0:24:29.200 --> 0:24:33.760 flattened into mole hills. Start expecting new doors of opportunity, 0:24:34.080 --> 0:24:37.679 Favor in your career, favor in your health, favor in 0:24:37.720 --> 0:24:41.560 your finances. God is long to be good to you. 0:24:41.920 --> 0:24:44.960 He's looking down from the heavens right now. But you 0:24:45.119 --> 0:24:50.280 have to be in position. What's the position expectancy? Believing 0:24:50.320 --> 0:24:53.960 that today is my day, something good is going to 0:24:54.000 --> 0:24:58.000 happen to me. That's what gets God's attention. Somebody says, 0:24:58.280 --> 0:25:01.760 you're still not feeling well. Yes, that's true, but this 0:25:01.840 --> 0:25:05.040 could be the day it turns around. You're still looking 0:25:05.080 --> 0:25:07.400 for that job, yes, but this could be the day 0:25:07.400 --> 0:25:10.760 I find it. You're still struggling with that addiction, yes, 0:25:10.880 --> 0:25:13.400 but this could be the day I break it. You're 0:25:13.440 --> 0:25:16.320 still in a drought, Yes, but this could be the 0:25:16.359 --> 0:25:18.880 day the heavens opened up. This could be the day 0:25:18.920 --> 0:25:22.000 I see an abundance of reign suddenly in my life. 0:25:22.280 --> 0:25:26.000 Today a dream could come to pass. Today, a marriage 0:25:26.000 --> 0:25:30.840 could be restored. Today, you could be thrust into overflow. Friends, 0:25:30.880 --> 0:25:35.959 our God is the Great. I am present, tense. He's saying, 0:25:36.320 --> 0:25:41.320 I am healing, I am restoration, I am breakthroughs I 0:25:41.359 --> 0:25:45.359 am abundance, I am victory. Now, if you're going to 0:25:45.400 --> 0:25:48.440 see the Great I Am show up, you can't treat 0:25:48.480 --> 0:25:50.959 him like the great I will be. You can't have 0:25:51.000 --> 0:25:53.800 a one day faith. You got to have a today faith, 0:25:53.840 --> 0:25:57.200 a now faith. That's what a lady did in the scripture. 0:25:58.160 --> 0:26:01.840 She had been sick for twelve years with the bleeding disorder. 0:26:02.280 --> 0:26:05.240 She spent all of her money, went to many doctors, 0:26:05.400 --> 0:26:08.679 but continued to get worse. She could have gotten discouraged 0:26:08.680 --> 0:26:11.160 and thought, well, just wasn't meant to be. I guess 0:26:11.240 --> 0:26:14.440 that's it now. This lady must have been coming to Lakewood. 0:26:14.800 --> 0:26:18.679 Her attitude was, today is my day. I may not 0:26:18.800 --> 0:26:21.600 see how it can work out, but Lord send healing, 0:26:21.680 --> 0:26:23.280 Now send favor. 0:26:23.400 --> 0:26:23.720 Now. 0:26:24.520 --> 0:26:28.200 She heard that Jesus was traveling through her city. She thought, 0:26:28.600 --> 0:26:31.520 if I can just get to him, I know I 0:26:31.600 --> 0:26:35.600 will be healed. She had this expectancy. She knew God 0:26:35.640 --> 0:26:39.520 could suddenly turn it around. She pressed her way through 0:26:39.560 --> 0:26:43.000 the crowd. I can hear her saying, excuse me. I 0:26:43.040 --> 0:26:45.880 don't mean to be rude, but today is my day. 0:26:46.480 --> 0:26:49.320 This is my time. Things are about to change in 0:26:49.440 --> 0:26:53.399 my favor. As Jesus passed by, she reached out and 0:26:53.480 --> 0:26:57.960 touched the edge of his robe, and instantly she was healed. 0:26:58.800 --> 0:27:04.320 Jesus stopped, said to the disciples who touched me. They said, Jesus, 0:27:04.640 --> 0:27:07.480 everybody's touching you. It's crowded around here. He said, no, 0:27:08.000 --> 0:27:12.800 somebody touched me with such faith, with such expectancy, that 0:27:12.840 --> 0:27:15.840 they drew the miracle working power right out of me. 0:27:16.920 --> 0:27:21.280 About that time, Jesus' eyes met this woman's eyes. He 0:27:21.400 --> 0:27:25.480 smiled and said, daughter, your faith has made you whole. 0:27:26.200 --> 0:27:29.760 Notice it wasn't God's faith. God has all the faith 0:27:29.800 --> 0:27:34.240 in the world. When you believe, your faith can stop 0:27:34.320 --> 0:27:38.760 the Son of God in his tracks. Your expectancy can 0:27:38.840 --> 0:27:42.240 cause the creator of the universe to do amazing things 0:27:42.280 --> 0:27:47.480 in your life. My question, what are you expecting right now? 0:27:48.200 --> 0:27:53.080 Not tomorrow, not next week. Now is the time for favor. 0:27:53.760 --> 0:27:56.679 Don't have a one day faith. Do like this, lady, 0:27:57.000 --> 0:28:00.560 have a now faith. Go out each day looking for 0:28:00.640 --> 0:28:03.679 God's goodness. It may not have happened yet, but be 0:28:03.760 --> 0:28:07.600 a prisoner of hope. It can still happen even today. 0:28:08.359 --> 0:28:11.399 And if you will develop this attitude that today is 0:28:11.440 --> 0:28:15.120 my day, then you better get ready. Some suddenly's are 0:28:15.119 --> 0:28:18.119 coming your way. God is going to suddenly bring a 0:28:18.200 --> 0:28:23.280 dream to pass, suddenly restore what's been stolen, suddenly thrust 0:28:23.320 --> 0:28:27.560 you into overflow. My prayer for each of you is 0:28:27.600 --> 0:28:31.720 what David prayed in Psalm one eighteen. Lord, send favor 0:28:31.840 --> 0:28:36.760 now to your people. Send healing now, Send restoration now, 0:28:37.359 --> 0:28:42.480 Send abundance now, Send victory now. I believe and declare 0:28:42.720 --> 0:28:46.440 is coming your way in Jesus's name. If you receive it, 0:28:46.680 --> 0:28:50.360 can you say him in today? 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