Twenty-First Day

0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:03.240 Victory and I are always honored to have you on 0:00:03.279 --> 0:00:06.120 the podcast. We're praying blessings in favor over you and 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:08.559 your family, and we appreciate your support and just being 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:10.840 a part of the ministry. We love you know we're 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:14.560 praying for you, and we believe God's best in your life. 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:16.080 Well, God bless you. 0:00:16.640 --> 0:00:19.120 It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:21.560 you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:24.079 a part of one of our services. I promise you 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:27.040 we'll make you feel right at home. I like to 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:30.360 start with something funny. One day up in heaven, God 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:33.199 said to the men, I want you to form two lines. 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:36.520 One line is for the men who were the head 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:39.440 of the house. The other line is for the men 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:42.120 who let the woman be the head of the house. 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:44.839 The line where the woman ran the house was one 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:45.920 hundred miles long. 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:49.760 There was only one man in the other line. God said, men, 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:52.400 I'm ashamed of you. I created you to be the head, 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:55.400 but only one man stood up. To make me proud. 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:57.360 He looked at him and says. 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:59.560 Son, tell them, how did you manage to be the 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.960 only one in this line. The man looked confused and said, 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:05.160 I don't know. My wife told me to stand here. 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:09.840 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:11.279 I am what it says. 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:11.680 I am. 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:14.679 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:17.399 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:21.440 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:24.880 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:25.440 the same. 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:28.399 In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:32.160 I want to talk to you today about the twenty 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:35.880 first day. We all have things that were believing, for 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:39.600 a dream to come to pass, our health to turn around, 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:42.840 to meet the right person. We've been praying for a 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:45.560 long time, standing on the promises. 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:47.319 We don't see anything happening. 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:50.840 Seems like God is on vacation, like it's not doing 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:55.960 any good. But what you can't see is behind the scenes. 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:56.600 God is at work. 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:00.480 He not only heard you when you prayed, he took 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:04.080 it one step further and put the miracle into motion. 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:08.880 The Psalmist said, the moment you pray, the tide of 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:12.400 the battle begins to turn. And just because you don't 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:14.840 see anything happening doesn't. 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:17.320 Mean the answer is not on the way. 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:21.000 And the people that see promise is fulfilled. The people 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.800 that see. Breakthroughs are the people that. 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:27.040 Keep praying, keep believing, keep standing in faith. 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:30.920 In First John, it says, this is the confidence we 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:35.560 have in God. If we ask anything according to his will, 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:39.560 we know that he hears us. Thoughts will tell you 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:43.120 it's not making a difference to pray. You're wasting your 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:46.960 time getting your hopes up believing that you'll get well. 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:50.440 You saw the medical report. You'll never break the addiction. 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:54.560 You've had it so long. Don't believe those thoughts. The 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:58.560 moment you prayed, the creator of the universe goes to work. 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:02.720 It may not have on your timetable or the way 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:06.560 you thought, but He is a faithful God. What he 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:10.560 promised you he will bring to pass. You may have 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:13.760 been waiting for a long time, but down in your 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:18.359 spirit there has to be a resolve, a confidence that says, 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:22.000 I know the answer is on the way. I know 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.959 the miracle is in motion. I've asked according to His will, 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:29.120 and I know it's just a matter of time before 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:32.920 it shows up. Don't talk yourself out of it. Don't 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:37.880 let delays, detours, disappointments cause you to give up on 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:40.720 what God has put in your heart. The healing is 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:44.760 en route. The promotion is on the way. The breakthrough 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:48.880 is own schedule. The right person is headed your way. 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:52.960 In Daniel, chapter ten, Daniel had been praying and fasting 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:57.400 for a long time, asking God for help. Day after day. 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:01.720 Didn't seem like it was doing any good. Nothing was changing. 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:06.000 But one morning Daniel was out at a river. He 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:09.920 saw a vision. An angel appeared to him. He said 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:14.240 in verse twelve, Daniel, since the first day you begin 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:17.400 to pray, your request was heard in heaven. 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:19.880 I was sent with the answer. 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:23.960 But for twenty one days, the Prince of Persia blocked me. 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:28.360 Then Michael, the archangel, came to help me break. 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:33.400 Through the opposition. Notice the first time Daniel prayed, God 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:34.200 heard him. 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:38.440 The first time he prayed, God sent the angel with 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:42.960 the answer. Like with Daniel, the first time you prayed, 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:46.240 God began to change things in your favor. He began 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:49.880 to move out the wrong people, line up the right people, 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:54.320 arrange healing, good breaks favor. It's right up in front 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:58.440 of you. What's the delay? What's taking it so long? 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:02.159 There are forces trying to keep you from your healing, 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:06.080 keep you from your abundance, keep you from your freedom. 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:09.720 The good news is the forces that are for you 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:12.320 are greater than the forces that are against you. 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:16.760 It took the Angel twenty one days to get to Daniel. 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:20.440 What you're praying about may be taking a long time. 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:23.960 You don't see anything improving. You think it's never going 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:25.720 to happen, or get ready. 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:29.799 Your twenty first day is coming. The Angel has already 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:34.039 been dispatched. God has already sent the healing. He's already 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:36.960 sent the vindication, already sent the promotion. 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:41.599 Right now. The Angel is fighting through the forces of darkness. 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:45.640 Every time you thank God that it's on the way, 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:49.320 every time you say Lord, I believe my healing is coming. 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:53.039 I believe the right person is coming. I believe a 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:55.880 new level is coming. When you stay in faith, you 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:59.120 know what's happening. The Angel is getting closer. It's just 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:02.680 a matter of time before that shows up. I talked 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:06.080 to a young man. He'd struggle with an addiction most 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:09.359 of his life. He's in his late twenties, and he 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.520 started listening to our messages about how God wants you 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.000 to be free and how you were created to live 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:19.359 a victorious life. Every day he started praying and asking 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.920 God to help him. He would make declarations I am free. 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:25.640 I am whole. This addiction doesn't control me. 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:32.080 Month after month, praying, believing, declaring the promises, but nothing 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:35.280 was getting any better. He went to rehab and that 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:38.159 didn't help. He could have thought, this is. 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.799 My lot in life. I'll always be addicted. 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:44.680 But from the time you pray till the time the 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:49.440 answer comes, that's called the trial of your faith. That's 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:53.000 when it's easy to get discouraged and give up. It's 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:54.840 easy to talk to yourself out of it. 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:58.880 I tried, I did my best. It's never going to happen. No, 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:01.240 keep praying, keep believing. 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:05.000 It may not have happened yet, but what God promised 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:07.160 you he's still going to bring to pass. 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:09.680 That twenty first day is on the way. 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.520 And this is what this young man did about two 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:17.920 months ago. After being addicted for years, he woke up 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:22.120 one morning and had no desire for the drugs. When 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:25.680 his friends came over and started smoking, it made him 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:29.280 sick to his stomach. He said, Joel, I can't explain it. 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:33.240 I didn't do anything differently. I didn't try to gradually 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:38.040 cut back. Suddenly the addiction was broken. Suddenly he came 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:42.320 in to his twenty first day. You may have struggled 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:45.560 with an addiction for a long time, but that addiction 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.680 has a twenty first day. Your healing, your abundance has 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:53.320 a twenty first day. God has already set the time 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.760 to turn it around. When you come into your twenty 0:07:56.800 --> 0:07:59.520 first day, every force that's held you. 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:00.840 Back will be broken. 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.400 But when we've struggled in an area for a long time, 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:08.520 it's easy to accept it and think, maybe I'm not 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.800 supposed to accomplish this dream. I tried and it didn't 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:15.600 work out. I've been single a long time. Maybe I'm not. 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:16.600 Supposed to get married. 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:20.600 I've had this depression for years. Maybe I'm not supposed 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:23.679 to be happy now. That may have been your past, 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:27.280 but that is not your future. God is about to 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:32.640 break stubborn things, strongholds that look permanent you've dealt with 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:36.680 for years, those forces that have held you back. Like 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:41.120 with Daniel, God sent Michael to assist him. God is 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.880 going to send reinforcements to loose what belongs to you. 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:49.840 Suddenly it's going to turn around. Suddenly the depression is 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:53.360 going to break. Suddenly your business is going to take off. 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:56.600 What happened you came in to your twenty first day, 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:00.880 it's closer than you think. You're close to your healing, 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:05.000 You're close to meeting the right person, You're close to 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:08.320 a new level. Now, don't give up on what you're 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:12.120 believing for it may be taken a long time, but what. 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:15.439 You can't see is the Angel is on the way. 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:20.240 Your twenty first day could be this week, it could 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:20.960 be this month. 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:23.360 What if you knew your twenty. 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:27.480 First day was next Friday, you would quit worrying and 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.920 you would start worshiping. You'd quit being discouraged, and you'd 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.920 start thanking God, Lord, thank you that it's on the way. 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:37.200 Thank you for your goodness, thank you that you're. 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:38.360 At work in my life. 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:43.679 David said, each morning, I bring my request before God 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:48.720 and wait expectantly. He didn't just pray and say okay, 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:53.040 I did my part. He prayed and then waited with expectation. 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:57.559 He went through the day looking for God's goodness, believe 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:00.240 in for favor, talking like it was going to happen. 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:04.440 Not I'll never defeat this giant. Look how big he is. 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.880 It's twice my size. I don't have a chance. David 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:09.360 had a report of victory. 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:12.960 He looked at Goliath and said, this day I will 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:13.760 defeat you. 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:16.320 And feed your head to the birds of the air. 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:21.920 He expected God's favor, he said, Surely, goodness mercy follows 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:24.679 me everywhere that I go. He was saying, in effect, 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.760 I know my twenty first day is coming. I know 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:30.480 the Angel is on the way. I know the forces 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:33.200 that are for me are greater than the forces that 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:33.920 are against me. 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:37.880 What am I saying? It's not enough to just pray. 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:42.880 You have to follow it up with expectancy. 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:45.320 With a knowing that God not only heard you because you. 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:49.840 Prayed according to his will, but that he dispatched. 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:51.080 The angel with the answer. 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:54.520 And I'm not saying that it's going to happen in 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:58.280 three weeks. God has his own timetable. The twenty one 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:02.840 days is symbolic. It means there is a set time 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:06.440 for God to break through with the answer to your prayer. 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:11.280 No person can stop him. No addiction, no sickness, all 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:15.559 the forces of darkness cannot stop what God has ordained 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:19.640 for your life. Now, I believe, even right now, as 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:24.800 faith is rising, strongholds are being broken, Promises are about 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:30.040 to spring forth, dreams are about to come to pass. Addictions, depression, 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:34.200 sicknesses are leaving. God is going to make things happen 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:35.720 that you couldn't make happen. 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:37.160 You're going to know you. 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:41.280 Came in to your twenty first day. Well you say, Joel, 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:45.079 this all sounds good, it's encouraging, But I don't believe 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:48.040 it's going to happen for me. I don't believe that 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.720 just because you said something, anything's going to change. 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:54.680 Then this is not for you. This is for believers. 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:58.040 This is for people that no God is in control. 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.480 That is said that the miracle into motion, that the 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:05.880 angels on the way, that the twenty first day is coming. 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:11.199 One time, I ordered some custom running shoes online. When 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:13.760 I clicked to purchase, it said there was a four 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:17.240 to six week delivery time. In a couple of hours, 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:21.400 I received an email with a confirmation number where I 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:24.040 could track the order. You could go on the company's 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:28.120 website anytime and find a status. The first couple of weeks, 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:31.960 when I tracked it, it said in production the shoes 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:35.520 were being made. About a week later, I received another 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:39.120 email that said that they had been shipped. This time, 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:42.000 when I went online to check the status, it said 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:46.680 in transit. I didn't know where the shoes were. I 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:49.240 didn't know when they were going to be delivered. All 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:52.280 I knew is that they were on the way. I 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:56.440 didn't worry about how they had been shipped, what route 0:12:56.480 --> 0:13:00.280 they had chosen. The shoes could have been made overseas ease, 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:03.400 put on a plane to New York City, put on 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.000 a truck down here to Houston, went to the main 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:10.200 post office. The routing didn't concern me. Why I knew 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:13.000 those shoes had my name on them. I had a 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:16.240 confirmation number. It was just a matter of time before 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:19.680 they were going to show up. In a couple of days, 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.000 there was a knock on the door and there were 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:25.720 the shoes. When God puts a promise in your heart, 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.960 you don't know how it's going to happen. You don't 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:31.520 know what route God is going to choose. You don't 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:35.360 know the exact time. But what you do know is 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:39.520 you have a confirmation number, so to speak. You can 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:44.080 find the promise in the scripture. God, you said you 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:47.520 would restore health back into me. You said I would 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.840 lend and not borrow. You said my children will be 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:51.920 mighty in the land. 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.560 You said you'd get beauty for these ashes. 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:59.000 When you let the promise take root, in effect, God 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:01.760 puts your name on it. If you could check that 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:04.559 promise on your computer, what you would see is. 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:07.000 In transit on the way. 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:10.400 Now you don't have to worry about how it's going 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:13.480 to be delivered, what route God is going to use 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:16.719 when it's going to happen. God knows how to get 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:19.360 it to you. What has your name on it is 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:24.880 headed your way. No disrespect to FedEx or ups, but 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:28.960 they can make a mistake, but God doesn't make any mistakes. 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:35.280 His delivery service is one hundred percent accurate, and it 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:39.280 will be one hundred percent on time if you will 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:43.400 stay in faith, if you will keep believing, what belongs 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:45.280 to you will come. 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.360 To you at the exact right time. 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:51.000 And some of the things you think will never happen. 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:54.800 It's been too long, The situation has gotten too bad. 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:58.880 If you could check the promise on the heavenly computer, 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:04.760 you wouldn't see canceled, disregard too late. You would see 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:07.960 on schedule, on time to be delivered. 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:09.160 It's not too late. 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:13.120 You haven't made too many mistakes. You haven't missed too 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:16.520 many opportunities. God put the promise. 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:16.920 In your heart. 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:20.600 It has your name on it, and God doesn't change 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:25.080 his mind. He's not moved by negative circumstances, by how 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:27.560 long it's been by who doesn't like you? 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.640 What has your name on it? God is going to 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:31.520 bring to you. 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:36.160 The Psalmist said, God has blessings stored up. 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:37.000 For the righteous. 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:40.520 There is healing with your name on it. There's a 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.480 baby a spouse with your name on them. There is 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:46.160 a business abundance with your name on it. 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:49.760 Here's the beauty. We didn't have to pay for it. 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:53.640 God sent his son to pay the price so that 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:58.600 we could live an abundant, faith filled, victorious life. Why 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:02.120 don't you start believing for what already. 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:02.600 Belongs to you. 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:07.840 God has some twenty first days for you, not singular. 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:11.680 Poor old God has blessings stored up for the righteous. 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:15.160 When you're tempted to get discouraged and give up on 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:18.800 what you're believing for go get your confirmation number out. 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:21.160 Find the promise. God. 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:24.640 You said I can do all things through Christ. You 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:27.520 said I am strong in the Lord. So Father, thank 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:31.960 you that strength is intransit. Thinking that breakthroughs are intransit. 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:36.440 The reason you need your confirmation number, the reason you 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:40.360 need the promise is God is not obligated to bring 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:44.160 the past what we say, but he is obligated to. 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:45.880 Bring the past what he says. 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:50.440 When you can say, God, you said, as for me 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:54.000 and my house, we will serve the Lord you're believing. 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:57.120 For a child, God, you said in Psalms, you would 0:16:57.200 --> 0:17:01.480 make me the happy mother of children. When you remind God. 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:04.240 What he said, you're going to see some twenty first days. 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:09.400 God is faithful to his word. God kept a promise 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:14.080 to David. Hundreds of years after David had died. God 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:17.200 could have thought he's gone. He'll never know. But God 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.639 is so true to what he said. Three hundred and 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:24.320 five years after David had died, one of his relatives 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:28.480 was on the throne, not making good decisions. God said, 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:31.960 in effect, I would have taken away the throne, but 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:35.280 for David's sake, I will not do it. That's how 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:39.840 committed God is to what he promised. Imagine what happens 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:44.159 when God hears you praying the promises, declaring the promises, 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:48.040 thanking him for the promises. I can imagine that's when 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:51.639 Heaven comes to attention. That's when God says to Michael, 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:54.920 go down there and break through the forces of darkness. 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:56.600 Give them what they're praying about. 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:59.080 They believe I will do what I promise. 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:03.960 There was a salesman going door to door selling vacuum cleaners. 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:07.000 He came to a house and a young man answered 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:10.480 the door. The salesman went through his pitch. The young 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:13.600 man says, Sir, I don't need a vacuum cleaner. I 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:17.280 need a kidney. I'm waiting for a transplant. There were 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:20.480 five hundred people in line in front of him. The 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:23.320 salesman said, I understand. I'm sorry to have bothered you. 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:27.640 He turned to leave. As he was walking away, something 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:30.480 said to him so strongly, you need. 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:32.240 To give that young man a kidney. 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:35.440 I sent you to this house for a reason, not 0:18:35.520 --> 0:18:38.160 to sell a vacuum, but to give him his health. 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:42.080 Back right there, standing in the front lawn, he called 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:44.920 his wife and asked what she thought about him donating 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:45.439 a kidney. 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:48.080 She was fine. He called his dad, he was fine. 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:51.240 Ten minutes later, went back to the door, told the 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:52.400 young man, let's. 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:54.640 Go see a doctor. I want to give you a kidney. 0:18:54.920 --> 0:18:57.960 It just so happened. He was a perfect match. Donated 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:03.960 the kidney today. Both men whole strong. What am I saying? 0:19:04.560 --> 0:19:08.000 That young man may not have realized there was a 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:11.040 kidney with his name on it and it was already 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:14.800 in transit. God knows what you need, and he knows 0:19:14.840 --> 0:19:16.520 how to get it to you. 0:19:16.520 --> 0:19:17.720 You don't have to. 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:20.960 Figure out how God's going to do it. This scripture says, 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:24.639 lean not to your own understanding. If you try to 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:27.760 figure it out, you're going to get confused. When we 0:19:27.760 --> 0:19:30.920 were trying to buy property to build a new sanctuary, 0:19:31.280 --> 0:19:32.359 everything fell through. 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:34.000 I was disappointed. 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:36.160 I didn't see how it could work at I thought 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:41.080 we were stuck. But I was thinking one way, natural ordinary. 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:44.520 God was thinking supernatural, extraordinary. 0:19:45.040 --> 0:19:48.240 What I couldn't see is the compact center. 0:19:48.760 --> 0:19:52.040 This place was in transit and it had our name 0:19:52.080 --> 0:19:52.920 on it. 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:55.040 It was more than I could ever ask or think. 0:19:55.800 --> 0:19:59.360 What God brings you It may not be exactly what 0:19:59.400 --> 0:20:02.160 you thought the way you thought, but I can tell 0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:06.800 you firsthand what God has in store will be bigger, better, 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:11.720 more rewarding than you ever imagine. Don't put God in 0:20:11.800 --> 0:20:14.679 a box. You may not see how it can happen. 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:16.760 The medical report is not good. 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:19.520 You don't have the finances, the connections. 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:22.639 God has ways to do it that you've never thought of. 0:20:23.520 --> 0:20:27.720 David used a slingshot to defeat Goliath. He didn't have 0:20:27.800 --> 0:20:32.760 the training, the experience, the equipment, But a slingshot with 0:20:32.880 --> 0:20:36.560 the favor of God is more powerful than a whole. 0:20:36.359 --> 0:20:37.280 Army without it. 0:20:38.480 --> 0:20:43.159 This young man probably never dreamed somebody would come knocking 0:20:43.280 --> 0:20:43.720 on his. 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:45.640 Door to give him a kidney. 0:20:46.600 --> 0:20:49.879 If you knew all the things that are in transit 0:20:50.000 --> 0:20:53.399 for you right now, all the things that not only 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:56.720 have your name on them, but they're already on the way, 0:20:57.520 --> 0:21:00.440 you wouldn't live worried, wondered if it's going to happen, 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:05.320 frustrated because you didn't get the promotion. When it's your time, 0:21:05.760 --> 0:21:08.880 when you come into your twenty first day, the promotion 0:21:09.040 --> 0:21:11.720 will come to you. The kidney will come to you, 0:21:12.200 --> 0:21:15.200 The compact center will come to you. You single people, 0:21:15.200 --> 0:21:17.080 the husband, the wife, they'll come to you. 0:21:17.320 --> 0:21:18.040 Quit worrying. 0:21:18.440 --> 0:21:22.639 They're intransit, they're right on schedule, and they're good looking. 0:21:23.359 --> 0:21:27.080 Might as well throw that in. I can't find that 0:21:27.080 --> 0:21:28.280 in the scripture, but I like it. 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:33.200 But while you're waiting for the promises, while you're waiting 0:21:33.240 --> 0:21:36.240 for the twenty first day, do your part. Keep praying, 0:21:36.720 --> 0:21:40.119 keep believing, keep expecting, too often we give up on 0:21:40.160 --> 0:21:41.240 what we're believing for. 0:21:42.080 --> 0:21:44.640 In Luke eighteen, Jesus. 0:21:44.160 --> 0:21:48.080 Told his disciples a story, the scripture says to show 0:21:48.119 --> 0:21:52.480 them that they must keep praying until the answer comes. 0:21:53.200 --> 0:21:53.880 That's the key. 0:21:54.440 --> 0:21:58.600 Maybe taking a long time, keep praying, Joey, you're saying 0:21:58.600 --> 0:22:01.679 twenty one days. I've been believing for my child to 0:22:01.720 --> 0:22:05.560 get back on course for twenty one years. Don't stop praying. Now. 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:09.960 God's working on him. He's in transit. Behind the scenes. 0:22:10.040 --> 0:22:13.760 Things are happening that you cannot see that twenty first. 0:22:13.600 --> 0:22:14.680 Day is on the way. 0:22:15.480 --> 0:22:19.680 I read about an American Indian tribe that were known 0:22:19.760 --> 0:22:23.880 for their rain dances. They had a reputation that anytime 0:22:23.960 --> 0:22:28.160 they danced, it would rain. When the surrounding community needed water, 0:22:28.840 --> 0:22:31.159 they would call on this one particular. 0:22:30.680 --> 0:22:32.440 Tribe, and without fail, it would rain. 0:22:33.080 --> 0:22:36.679 A community leader said to the Indian chief, how is 0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:38.080 it that every. 0:22:37.840 --> 0:22:39.879 Time you dance it always rains. 0:22:40.480 --> 0:22:44.399 The chief said, it's very simple. We dance until it rains. 0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:48.520 If you're going to see everything God has in store 0:22:48.560 --> 0:22:52.000 for you, you have to pray until it rains, believe 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:57.359 until it rains, expect until it rains, not begging God. 0:22:57.560 --> 0:23:00.760 God Please help me. God, please this around. 0:23:01.280 --> 0:23:03.080 Turn your prayer into praise. 0:23:03.800 --> 0:23:06.359 Lord, Thank you that you're making a way right. I 0:23:06.359 --> 0:23:08.879 don't see away. Lord, Thank you that you're bringing the 0:23:08.920 --> 0:23:12.199 right person. Lord, thank you that you're increasing me so 0:23:12.320 --> 0:23:15.800 I can be a bigger blessing. Praise in the scripture 0:23:16.080 --> 0:23:20.240 brought down the walls of Jericho. Praise open prison doors 0:23:20.280 --> 0:23:24.520 of their own accord. Years ago, people didn't use credit 0:23:24.560 --> 0:23:27.239 cards as much as they do today, and when they 0:23:27.280 --> 0:23:30.840 wanted to purchase something they couldn't afford, many times. 0:23:30.600 --> 0:23:34.680 They would put it on layaway. A dishwasher, piece of furniture. 0:23:35.080 --> 0:23:38.480 They would put something down, but unlike a credit card, 0:23:39.040 --> 0:23:42.320 the store would keep the item until it was paid off, 0:23:42.800 --> 0:23:45.120 So every week or so they'd pay a little bit more, 0:23:45.200 --> 0:23:48.160 a little bit more, week after week, month after month, 0:23:48.280 --> 0:23:52.000 until it was paid off. In the same way, prayer 0:23:52.440 --> 0:23:55.520 is not a one time payment. God, I prayed for 0:23:55.560 --> 0:23:58.480 two minutes. I told you what I needed. Now, if 0:23:58.480 --> 0:24:01.960 you're serious about what you're believing for, you have to 0:24:02.040 --> 0:24:05.040 pay it down, so to speak. You have to show 0:24:05.119 --> 0:24:08.200 God that you're not going to give up because it's. 0:24:08.080 --> 0:24:09.640 Not happening on your timetable. 0:24:10.200 --> 0:24:12.920 You're not going to get discouraged because you don't see 0:24:12.960 --> 0:24:13.920 anything changing. 0:24:14.200 --> 0:24:15.600 You just keep paying it down. 0:24:16.200 --> 0:24:18.720 A better way to put it is praising it down 0:24:19.480 --> 0:24:20.240 every time you. 0:24:20.400 --> 0:24:22.280 Thank God, you're getting closer. 0:24:23.160 --> 0:24:25.760 Driving to work in the morning, Lord, thank you that 0:24:25.800 --> 0:24:28.399 you're restoring health back into me. You just made a 0:24:28.440 --> 0:24:31.960 payment at the office under your breath. Father, Thank you 0:24:32.040 --> 0:24:36.359 that you're fighting my battles. Another payment at home, cooking dinner. Lord, 0:24:36.480 --> 0:24:39.960 thank you that I'm getting better, stronger, healthier. You keep 0:24:40.000 --> 0:24:43.240 that up. Before long, you'll pay it off. This is 0:24:43.280 --> 0:24:46.840 what Abraham did. He waited twenty years to have the 0:24:46.920 --> 0:24:51.440 child that God promised him. The scripture says, Abraham grew 0:24:51.560 --> 0:24:56.080 strong in faith, giving praise to God. How did he 0:24:56.119 --> 0:25:00.440 wait twenty years? Complaining God, why is it taking so long? No, 0:25:00.800 --> 0:25:04.000 he kept thanking God. Lord, thank you that my baby's 0:25:04.000 --> 0:25:06.479 on the way. Thank you that you're faithful to what 0:25:06.520 --> 0:25:09.840 you promised. He paid it down, paid it down. Finally, 0:25:10.000 --> 0:25:15.000 little Isaac showed up the promised child. Like Abraham, many 0:25:15.040 --> 0:25:19.159 of you have done this. You're constantly thanking God. You 0:25:19.320 --> 0:25:23.040 live with faith and expectancy. God is saying to you 0:25:23.119 --> 0:25:25.320 today you are close. 0:25:25.240 --> 0:25:26.400 To seeing that promise. 0:25:26.880 --> 0:25:30.000 The Angel is about to break through with the answer. 0:25:30.520 --> 0:25:34.879 Don't stop praising, don't stop believing. What God put in 0:25:34.920 --> 0:25:39.560 your heart is intransit It's headed your direction. It's just 0:25:39.600 --> 0:25:42.880 a matter of time before it shows up. If you'll 0:25:42.880 --> 0:25:47.080 do this, I believe and declare like Daniel, You're going 0:25:47.119 --> 0:25:49.959 to come in to your twenty first day. You're going 0:25:50.040 --> 0:25:53.960 to see your healing, your promotion, your breakthrough, your victory. 0:25:54.440 --> 0:25:57.200 God is going to open doors no man can shut 0:25:57.680 --> 0:26:00.200 and take you to the fullness of your destiny. 0:26:00.400 --> 0:26:03.760 In Jesus' name, if you receive it, can you say amen? 0:26:03.840 --> 0:26:08.120 Today I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 0:26:08.240 --> 0:26:11.359 Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 0:26:11.920 --> 0:26:16.040 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 0:26:17.359 --> 0:26:21.480 Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 0:26:23.000 --> 0:26:25.560 If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:26:25.600 --> 0:26:28.919 born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 0:26:29.040 --> 0:26:30.399 keep God first place. 0:26:32.000 --> 0:26:35.600 It starts with just a tiny seed. From it tender 0:26:35.680 --> 0:26:39.520 bud sprout. The miracle of new life blooms and thrives. 0:26:39.880 --> 0:26:43.440 But how do you experience the same miraculous and extraordinary 0:26:43.480 --> 0:26:44.840 growth in your own life? 0:26:45.240 --> 0:26:48.880 Sometimes our life is limited because we're believing too small. 0:26:49.480 --> 0:26:50.640 Faith is like a seed. 0:26:51.160 --> 0:26:54.520 When you believe all things are possible, that's when you'll 0:26:54.560 --> 0:26:57.080 see new growth, opportunity, and healing. 0:26:57.400 --> 0:26:59.760 We don't have to figure out how it's going to happen. 0:27:00.119 --> 0:27:01.760 All we have to do is believe. 0:27:02.160 --> 0:27:04.480 There may not be away in the natural, but our 0:27:04.520 --> 0:27:08.080 God is supernatural. We'd like to send you this time 0:27:08.160 --> 0:27:10.200 next year Believe Big Journal. 0:27:10.600 --> 0:27:12.080 It will help you to enlarge. 0:27:11.760 --> 0:27:14.960 Your vision and stretch your faith. 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