Yes Is Coming

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She came to church one Sunday morning. 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:51.600 A friendly usher met her at the back door, said, ma'am, 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:53.960 where would you like to sit? She said, I want 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:57.080 to sit on the very first row. He said, oh, no, man, 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:59.880 you don't want to do that. Our pastor is very boring. 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:02.680 He'll put you to sleep. Let me seek you somewhere else. 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:05.800 She looked at Paul, said, sir, do you know who 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.639 I am? He said, no, ma'am. She said, I am 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:12.760 the pastor's mother. He hung his head in embarrassment. He 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:14.880 finally looked up and said, ma'am, do you know who 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:18.120 I am? She said no. He said, Thank God, I 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:22.160 say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:24.800 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:27.240 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:29.960 I can do. Today I will be talked the word 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:33.920 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:38.240 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.600 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:46.320 about yes is coming. Sometimes we've gone through so many 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:49.960 no's that we get discouraged and give up on our dreams. 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:53.880 Maybe the loan didn't go through, you didn't get the promotion, 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:57.280 You tried to break the addiction, but you couldn't do it. 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:01.360 Young couple told me how they've had four miscarriages, haven't 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:04.240 been able to have a baby. You may have had 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:07.239 a lot of nose in the past, your dreams haven't 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:10.880 come true yet. I believe God is saying this is 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:14.600 going to be a year of yes. Yes to the healing, 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:18.720 Yes to the promotion, Yes to the breakthrough, yes to 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:22.400 having that baby. What hasn't worked out in the past, 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:26.520 is suddenly going to fall into place. Doors you thought 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:31.080 were closed are suddenly going to open. Dreams you've given 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.560 up on promises, you've let go of thought. There's no way. 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:38.400 God is about to make away. In this year of Yes. 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:42.240 God is going to reverse the nose the times you've 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:46.520 been denied, turned down, told no, thanks, that's not the end. 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:51.200 It just wasn't the right time. Yes is coming. Yes 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:54.800 to the dream you quit pursuing. Yes to the child 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:58.240 getting back on the right course. Yes to the business 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:01.800 you've been wanting to start. Now. People may tell you, no, 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:05.960 you can't get well. Look at the medical report. No, sorry, 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.480 you don't have the experience we need. No, you're not 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:11.480 talented enough. Know that idea is not going to work 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:16.440 for us. Their no doesn't cancel out God. Yes, don't 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:19.520 let them talk you out of your dreams. God has 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:24.000 the final say. He's saying, get ready for yes. Yes 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:28.560 to increase, Yes to freedom from the addiction, Yes to 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:33.719 see in your family restored, Yes to new opportunities. God 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.120 is going to put you at the right place at 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:40.560 the right time. He's going to send divine connections people 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:42.680 that will go out of their way to be good 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:45.520 to you. You couldn't make it happen. It was the 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:49.839 favor of God bringing you into your Yes. I talked 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:51.839 to a lady that had been out of work for 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:56.320 over a year. She worked as an executive in cells, 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:03.120 very successful after many years, unexpectedly her contract was not renewed. 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:06.599 She had an impressive resume and she applied at a 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:10.120 couple dozen companies, but no one was interested. She was 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:14.480 turned down again and again. Several months later, a company 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:17.080 called and asked her to come in for an interview, 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:20.560 and she was excited. It looked like something had finally 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:23.839 opened up and the interview went well. She thought she 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:26.520 had it, but they called back and said she just 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:30.400 wasn't the right fit. This happened four more times where 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:33.279 she went in and interviewed, looked like she was the 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.960 front runner. Then she was told no, one no. After 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:41.720 another few months later, a company from out of state called. 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:45.960 They were very interested. It was between her and another man, 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:49.400 and she flew to that city for an interview. On 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:52.760 the way to the office, the taxi cab driver struck 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:56.400 up a conversation. She was very friendly and told how 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:59.440 she was there to go on a job interview and 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:02.360 how she'd been praying and believing that something would open up, 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:05.280 and out of all the offers, this was the one 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:08.159 she wanted the very most. He dropped her off and 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:11.320 told her that he was pulling for that he believed 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:14.240 that she was going to get it. Later that day, 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:18.600 the lady that interviewed her had to catch a plane. 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:21.919 It just so happened this same man came back to 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:24.440 the office and picked her up when she called for 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:28.160 a taxi. Being the friendly taxi cab driver that he was, 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:32.120 he asked her how her day was going. She explained 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:35.320 how she had been interviewing two people, a man and 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:39.680 a woman, and couldn't decide between the two. The taxicab 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:42.400 driver said, let me tell you who you should pick. 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:45.800 She said, what do you mean? He said, I picked 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:48.600 up that lady you interviewed and brought her this morning, 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:53.320 and you won't find a better person. She's smart, she's talented, 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:56.720 she's articulate. Plus she wants to work for you. He 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.680 went on and on, singing her praises. The lady said, 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.919 you don't what I just made my decision. When she 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.800 called the lady in the other state and told her 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:08.720 that she got the position. She said, if you ever 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:12.040 see that taxicab driver again, you need to thank him 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.640 because he's the reason I chose you. What are the 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:20.000 chances in a large city that the same taxicab driver 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:24.560 would pick up both ladies. That wasn't a coincidence. That 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:27.920 was the hand of God. In this year of Yes, 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.920 God is going to have the right people put in 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:33.720 a good word for you. You may not think you 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:38.080 have the connections. Don't worry. You have friends in high places. 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:42.240 God is not only guiding and directing your steps. He's 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:45.680 lining up the people you need. He's arranging things in 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:50.280 your favor. Paul said in Second Corinthians from the message translation, 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:56.320 whatever God has promised gets stamped with yes. That means 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:59.680 the dreams God's placed in your heart, the promises he 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:04.160 spoke over you have already been stamped with yes. God 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:07.240 has already set the date to bring it to pass. 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:11.200 It's already on the schedule. But there's one more thing 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:15.080 that God needs. It goes on to say, God, yes 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:20.800 with our yes together makes it a sure thing. God 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:24.520 is saying yes. Now he needs your yes to make 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:29.280 it happen. God Yes by itself is not enough. God 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:32.720 works where there's faith. If this lady would have gone 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:36.240 around thinking I'll never get the position, nothing good ever 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:39.120 happens to me, that would have kept it from happening. 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:43.200 When it comes to God, be a yes man, be 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:48.280 a yes woman. God says he's restoring health back into you. 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.360 You can think of all the reasons why you're not 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:53.160 going to get well, or you can be a yes man, 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:56.800 Yes God, I agree, think you that I'm getting healthier, 0:08:56.840 --> 0:09:00.000 thank you that I'm getting stronger. God said in Soul 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:03.600 sixty five that he's going to crown your year with 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:07.800 a bountiful harvest. You can go around not expecting good breaks, 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:11.120 not expecting to get ahead, or you can be a 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:15.079 yes man. Yes God, I agree, thank you that it's 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:20.120 going to be a blessed, prosperous, abundant, bountiful year. That's 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:24.200 not just being positive, that's putting your yes with God. Yes, 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:28.400 God said, what was meant for your harm, He's going 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:31.959 to turn and use to your advantage. You can dwell 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.720 on all your hurts, what didn't work out, the people 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:37.920 that did you wrong, or you can be a yes man, 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:42.600 Yes God, I agree. Thank you for beauty for these ashes. 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:45.000 Thank you that you're my vindicator. Thank you that you're 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:50.000 fighting my battles. Is God waiting for your yes? Are 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:53.960 you letting the nose? The disappointments, the delays convince you 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:56.800 that it's not going to happen. You may not have 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:00.160 seen it yet, but this is a new day. You 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:03.800 are coming into a year of yes. I'm asking you 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:07.840 to put your yes with God, yes, and watch what happens. 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.239 There was a young lady in the scripture named Hannah. 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:14.360 She was married to a man, but she wasn't able 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:18.520 to have children. She kept praying and believing, but the 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:23.400 scripture says the Lord had shut Hannah's wound. Year after 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:26.880 year went by. She was so discouraged, didn't look like 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:29.720 she'd ever be able to have a baby. To make 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:33.800 matters worse, her husband was married to another woman as well, 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:38.440 and she kept having children. She didn't have any problem conceiving, 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:42.480 and this other wife would make fun of Hannah, try 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:45.360 to make her feel like she was inferior. Something was 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.280 wrong with her, and Hannah would end up in tears. 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:52.040 So upset, one day, Hannah went to the temple and 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:55.360 she was crying and asking God to give her a baby, 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:59.000 and the prophet Eli saw and asked what was wrong. 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.880 Explained how she was bearing and she was asking God 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:06.959 to open up her wound. Eli said, cheer up. The 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:10.720 God of Israel has granted your request. You're going to 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:14.520 have a baby. Hannah went back home like a different person. 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:18.120 She had a spring in her step, a smile on 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:22.559 her face. On the outside, nothing had changed, no baby, 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:26.240 no sign of a child. But on the inside she 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:30.000 put her yes with God. Yes. At that point she 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:33.360 believed she was going to have a baby. When that 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:37.160 other wife made fun of her, too bad, Hannah, you'll 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:41.040 never have a child. Instead of getting upset, instead of crying, 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:44.600 her new attitude was I may have had some nose, 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:49.000 but I have some inside information. I know my yes 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:52.600 is coming. The God of Israel has spoken it over me. 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.720 I may not see it yet, but I walk by 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:59.160 faith and not by sight. I know my baby is coming. 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:03.080 A year later, she went back to the temple with 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:08.480 her baby boy, Samuel. She came in to her yes, like, Hannah, 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:11.360 you may have had a lot of nose. People have 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:14.040 tried to discourage you, make you think that it's never 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:17.360 going to happen. You need to get ready. Your yes 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:22.199 is coming. The same God that shut Hannah's womb opened 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:25.960 Hannah's womb. God may have said no in the past 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:28.800 doesn't mean it's going to be no in the future. 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:33.200 Just as God turned Hannah's no into a yes, God 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:36.520 is going to turn around some nose for you. Will 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:40.040 you do like Hannah and start acting like what God 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:44.079 told you is going to happen. All Hannah had was 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:46.680 a word from the prophet that she was going to 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:49.880 have a baby. She didn't have an ultrasound, she didn't 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:53.280 have a pregnancy's test, She just had what Eli said 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:56.440 to her. He could have been wrong. You have something 0:12:56.600 --> 0:13:00.040 so much more powerful. You have the promise from the 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:04.200 God who spoke worlds into existence. He's saying, if you'll 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:07.800 put your yes with my yes, I'll turn the nose 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:13.000 around those situations that seem permanent, the addiction you've dealt 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:16.000 with for years, health issue that won't go away, or 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:19.640 maybe a struggle in your finances seems like your stuff. 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:23.200 Thoughts tell you just accept the nose, just get used 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:27.080 to it. Don't believe those lies. God is about to 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:30.880 open up your womb. What you've been dreaming about, that 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.000 child to get back on course, that business to take 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:36.920 off that person to spend your life with. You need 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:40.160 to get ready. Your time is coming, Your yes is 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:44.200 headed your way. A young lady I know was working 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:47.360 as a news reporter. She was in her early twenties. 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:50.600 She had a problem with her skin. She had real 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:54.000 bad rosation. When she was out filming a report. If 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:57.560 she sweated or accidentally touched her face rubbed her makeup off, 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:01.400 that red would shine through so bright looked really bad. 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:04.480 She couldn't find any makeup that would cover it up 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:07.600 and last she ended up quitting her job as a 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:11.640 news reporter. She started working on a new makeup line 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:15.160 that would fix her problem. She developed a product that 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:19.160 she really liked. She believed it would be successful. She 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:21.920 and her husband went to bank after bank trying to 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:25.240 get funding, but they were turned down again and again. 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:29.800 Her husband started a website so you could order the product. 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:32.560 It was up for weeks and weeks with no activity, 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:36.600 no orders. Finally, an order came through. She went running 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:38.920 to her husband said, look, we got our first order. 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:41.160 He said, no, that was me. I was just testing 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:45.480 the website. She knew God had put this dream in 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:49.640 her heart, but all she kept getting were no's. Her 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:54.400 goal was to somehow get on a home shopping channel 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:59.080 like QVC. For years, she sent them product, She met 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:02.200 with representative IF trying to make it happen, but it 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:06.360 didn't work out. They were down to their last thousand dollars. 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:09.040 Didn't know what she was going to do. She went 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:12.960 to a large cosmetic convention. All of the major companies 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.520 were there and she had a three foot booth where 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:19.560 she was showing people her product. Across the way, QVC 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:24.640 had a huge booth. This older lady came over and said, Honey, 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:27.960 I love your product. I'm going to tell my buyers 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:31.360 at QVC, we need to have you on our channel. 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:35.640 That lady was an on air personality that had been 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:39.520 there for over seventeen years. She used her influence to 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:43.600 open the door. This young lady went on QVC. Her 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:47.880 product was a huge hit. Today, our friend Jamie Kern, 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:52.280 the founder of IT Cosmetics, goes on QVC two hundred 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:55.160 times a year. Her company has become one of the 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:59.560 largest cosmetic companies in the world. But like Hannah, for 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.920 ye years, it was as if the wound was shut up. 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:07.840 No good breaks, no favor, very little progress. Then one 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:11.840 day she came into her yes that one good break 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:16.800 thrust her further. Did she ever imagine? Years later, she 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:19.280 was talking to the lady that put in a good 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.840 word for her that day, and she asked her why 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:24.720 she did it. The lady said, well, I like your product, 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:27.640 but it wasn't about the cosmetics. When I saw you 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:31.200 that day, I felt like God said to me, go 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:35.520 help that young lady. God has the right people lined 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:39.800 up for you. In this year of Yes, You're going 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:43.240 to see doors open that you haven't been able to 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:47.240 open for years. The dream God has placed in your 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:51.880 heart has already been stamped with yes. Are you adding 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:53.080 your yes to God? 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:53.440 Yes? 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:57.640 Are you doing like Hannah and thanking God even though 0:16:57.680 --> 0:17:01.360 you don't see anything happening? Will you be bold enough 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:04.760 to believe that you're still going to give birth even 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:08.600 though it feels like your womb has been shut? Heaven 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:12.720 is saying yes, Yes to your dream, Yes to your healing, 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:16.359 Yes to the freedom, yes to the breakthrough. Well, Joel, 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:20.040 this sounds good today. It's encouraging, but I don't think 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:22.120 I'm going to have a year of yes. I've had 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:26.640 so many no's. You're right where Hannah was. The problem 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:30.280 is if you keep adding your no to God's yes, 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:34.680 you can cancel out what God has in store. Other 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:38.720 peoples know cannot stop you. What they say, what they do. 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:42.680 They don't control your destiny. The enemies know cannot stop you. 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:47.520 What you believe is what matters. God needs your yes. 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:51.639 He has amazing things in your future. He's going to 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:55.240 give you more influence and favor than you've ever imagined. 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:58.480 Now keep adding the yes. Thoughts may tell you no, 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:02.919 Circumstances may tell you it's never going to happen, but 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:06.760 you're yes, and God's yes makes it a sure thing. 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:12.199 Why Because God controls the universe, one touch of his 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:15.879 favor can turn a no into a yes. From no, 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:18.320 we don't need you to yes. You have the position 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:21.360 from no you'll never get well, to good news you'll 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:25.520 cancer free, from going to interview to interview with no success, 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:28.840 to having a taxi cab driver put in a good 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:31.440 word for you. Friends. You need to get ready. Your 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:34.760 yes is on the way, Like Hannah, God is about 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:38.840 to open up your wound. The Book of Second Kings, 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:42.600 there was a king named Hezekiah that was told no. 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:46.639 But his no didn't come from people, It came from God. 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:51.199 He was very sick close to death. His mentor, the 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:55.320 prophet Isaiah, came to the palace to see him. Isaiah 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:58.080 was called the eagle eye prophet. He was the one 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:01.439 that spoke for God. He didn't make mistakes. Now I 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:05.520 can imagine when King Hezekiah heard the news that Isaiah 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:09.640 was at the palace, he brightened up, thinking, maybe there's hope. 0:19:10.080 --> 0:19:11.920 Maybe he's going to pray for me and I'm going 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:14.679 to get well, or maybe he'll give me an encouraging 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:18.440 word that I can stand on. Isaiah came in, said 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:21.600 King Hezekiah, I have a word from the Lord for you. 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:26.800 Hezekiah leaned in closer. Isaiah said, the Lord says, set 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:30.600 your house in order, for you will surely die. He 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:33.920 didn't say you might die. Isekiah doesn't look too good. 0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:37.240 Maybe you'll pull through. He said, you will surely die. 0:19:38.080 --> 0:19:42.120 What do you do when God says no. Heekiah could 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:44.480 have thought, well, too bad for me. I'm done. No 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:49.320 use even trying. The scripture says Hezekiah turned his face 0:19:49.359 --> 0:19:53.520 to the wall and started praying. He reminded God how 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:57.240 he had served him, how he'd torn down the pagan altars, 0:19:57.280 --> 0:19:59.880 and how he'd set a new standard for his family. 0:20:00.480 --> 0:20:04.080 He asked God for his mercy to give him more years. 0:20:04.600 --> 0:20:08.119 His attitude was if I die, I'm gonna die, asking 0:20:08.240 --> 0:20:12.760 for the yes. Before Isaiah could leave the palace grounds, 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:17.280 God said to him, Isaiah, go back to Hezekiah and 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:21.720 tell him I've heard his prayers and I've changed my mind. 0:20:21.960 --> 0:20:26.720 I'm gonna add fifteen years to his life. Even when 0:20:26.760 --> 0:20:30.400 you feel like God has said no, if you'll dare 0:20:30.520 --> 0:20:34.840 do like Hezekiah and ask God for the yes, your 0:20:34.920 --> 0:20:38.719 faith can cause God to change his mind. And in 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:41.560 this year of Yes, God is going to reverse some 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:45.840 nose mistakes that you've made. God is going to correct 0:20:45.840 --> 0:20:50.040 them and give you another chance. Opportunities that you've missed. 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:53.280 He's going to bring them back across your path. The 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:56.359 things that have been a struggle, the constant pressure is 0:20:56.400 --> 0:21:02.520 going to suddenly turn around. Hezekiahnah both faced situations where 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:07.240 God said no. God shut Hannah's wound, told Hezekiah that 0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:10.879 he was done. Hannah went to the temple and asked 0:21:11.000 --> 0:21:15.760 for a baby. Hezekiah asked for more years. The common 0:21:15.840 --> 0:21:20.359 denominator was they both asked for yes in the face 0:21:20.440 --> 0:21:25.000 of no. Every circumstance said forget it. God said no, 0:21:25.240 --> 0:21:29.520 just live with it. Their attitude was, God, we know 0:21:29.640 --> 0:21:32.879 you controlled the universe. And even though this seems like 0:21:32.920 --> 0:21:36.280 a no to us, we're asking in your great mercy 0:21:36.640 --> 0:21:40.640 to change your mind and give us a yes. Are 0:21:40.680 --> 0:21:44.000 you bold enough to ask for a yes even though 0:21:44.040 --> 0:21:48.360 all you keep getting are nose? Jesus told a parable 0:21:48.440 --> 0:21:51.960 in Looke twelve about a widow woman that went to 0:21:52.000 --> 0:21:55.080 see a judge to try to get relief from someone 0:21:55.119 --> 0:21:58.560 that had done her harm. He was an unjust judge. 0:21:58.640 --> 0:22:01.800 He wasn't fair, He didn't listen to the lady, didn't 0:22:01.840 --> 0:22:04.040 give her the time of day. He just dismissed her 0:22:04.200 --> 0:22:07.679 and sent her away. The next day, the lady was 0:22:07.760 --> 0:22:12.240 right back in his courtroom asking for justice. The judge said, lady, 0:22:12.720 --> 0:22:16.520 didn't I tell you no yesterday? She said, yes, you did, 0:22:16.880 --> 0:22:19.560 But I'm not going to leave you alone until you 0:22:19.600 --> 0:22:22.160 give me a yes. He had her put out again. 0:22:22.280 --> 0:22:24.239 She came back the next day, and the next and 0:22:24.280 --> 0:22:28.840 the next, asking for justice, pleading her case. Finally, that 0:22:28.920 --> 0:22:32.880 judge got so frustrated he said in verse five, this 0:22:33.000 --> 0:22:37.119 woman is driving me crazy. That's a message all on 0:22:37.160 --> 0:22:40.160 his own. That's next week He went on to say, 0:22:40.480 --> 0:22:43.720 I'm going to see that she gets justice because she 0:22:43.880 --> 0:22:48.359 is wearing me down with her constant request. She kept 0:22:48.480 --> 0:22:52.200 asking for yes in the face of no. If you're 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:55.280 going to see your yes, you have to be determined. 0:22:55.720 --> 0:22:59.879 If you accept the first no, you weren't serious about it. No, 0:23:00.000 --> 0:23:03.399 those are a test. God wants to see how bad 0:23:03.440 --> 0:23:06.280 do you want it. If you get discouraged, give up. 0:23:06.520 --> 0:23:08.960 You didn't want it badly enough. You have to do 0:23:09.160 --> 0:23:13.480 like this woman, keep asking, keep praying, keep believing, keep dreaming, 0:23:13.560 --> 0:23:17.720 keep hoping. If one door closes, try another door. One 0:23:17.760 --> 0:23:20.960 company says no, try another company. If one bank turns 0:23:20.960 --> 0:23:24.080 you down, try another bank. Friend of mine wanted to 0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:27.040 start his business. He was turned down by thirty one 0:23:27.119 --> 0:23:31.600 banks thirty one times. He was told no, sorry, we 0:23:31.680 --> 0:23:34.720 can't help you. Doesn't seem like a good idea to us. 0:23:35.520 --> 0:23:39.560 He knew that dream had already been stamped with God yes. 0:23:40.000 --> 0:23:43.760 He just kept adding his yes, going through the closed doors, 0:23:43.960 --> 0:23:47.800 not getting discouraged. Bank number thirty two said, we think 0:23:47.880 --> 0:23:51.760 it's a great idea. He started his business. It's taken 0:23:51.800 --> 0:23:55.320 off and expanded all around the world. He told me 0:23:55.400 --> 0:23:58.159 how some of those same banks now are trying to 0:23:58.160 --> 0:24:03.760 get his account. He tells them, no, what am I saying? 0:24:04.400 --> 0:24:07.919 Don't get discouraged by the nose. The nose are a 0:24:07.960 --> 0:24:11.359 part of your destiny. They're leading you to the yes. 0:24:12.040 --> 0:24:15.000 You have to come to your closed doors before you'll 0:24:15.000 --> 0:24:17.679 get to your open doors. You may have had a 0:24:17.680 --> 0:24:20.240 lot of nose in the past. Things haven't worked out. 0:24:20.600 --> 0:24:24.000 You need to get ready. Your yes is coming. God 0:24:24.080 --> 0:24:26.960 is going to open doors that you could not open. 0:24:27.280 --> 0:24:30.199 He's going to cause people to change their mind and 0:24:30.240 --> 0:24:32.200 go out of their way to be good to you. 0:24:32.480 --> 0:24:36.439 It's going to be unprecedented favor. You will know it 0:24:36.560 --> 0:24:39.560 is the hand of God. I talked to a lady 0:24:39.640 --> 0:24:45.400 named Chari. She's a single parent living in Compton, California. Compton, 0:24:45.400 --> 0:24:49.160 of course, is known for being a rough environment, drugs 0:24:49.160 --> 0:24:53.639 and violence. Her husband was in the federal penitentiary. Chari 0:24:53.920 --> 0:24:57.800 is a school teacher for thirteen years. She raised her 0:24:57.840 --> 0:25:02.399 son Ej. By herself. There were a lot of negative influences, 0:25:02.560 --> 0:25:04.919 a lot of opportunity for him to get off course. 0:25:05.359 --> 0:25:09.280 But Shari is a praying woman. Every morning before school 0:25:09.359 --> 0:25:13.280 they would listen to our messages. Her goal was for 0:25:13.359 --> 0:25:16.800 her son EJ. To go to college, and even though 0:25:17.359 --> 0:25:20.800 looked like he had some disadvantages, a rough environment, the 0:25:20.920 --> 0:25:24.480 odds against him, they believed that God would open the 0:25:24.560 --> 0:25:26.840 right doors. They had had a lot of no's in 0:25:26.920 --> 0:25:30.680 the past, but they knew their yes was coming and 0:25:30.760 --> 0:25:34.200 they were waiting for different colleges to respond to see 0:25:34.200 --> 0:25:38.159 if he got accepted anywhere. Several weeks ago, on their 0:25:38.200 --> 0:25:41.400 way to school, they were listening to a message where 0:25:41.440 --> 0:25:45.119 I was talking about unprecedented favor and how God was 0:25:45.200 --> 0:25:48.280 going to do something unusual and out of the ordinary. 0:25:48.960 --> 0:25:53.080 When Shari heard that, something came alive on the inside, 0:25:53.240 --> 0:25:57.000 she told her son, EJ, that's for us. Later that day, 0:25:57.480 --> 0:26:02.480 EJ opened up an email. It said, congratulations, you have 0:26:02.600 --> 0:26:09.679 been accepted into Harvard University. Cherie says that EJ is 0:26:09.720 --> 0:26:14.720 the first African American from Compton to ever get accepted 0:26:14.760 --> 0:26:19.880 to Harvard. His goal is to become a neurosurgeon. You've 0:26:19.920 --> 0:26:23.160 heard that phrase straight out of Compton a lot of times. 0:26:23.160 --> 0:26:24.880 We think of the negative of the gangs the bout. 0:26:25.080 --> 0:26:28.000 How about straight out of Compton and straight to Harvard. 0:26:30.040 --> 0:26:33.600 Jesus came from the city of Nazareth, that was a 0:26:33.720 --> 0:26:38.160 poor Rundown City in those days. His critics said, can 0:26:38.200 --> 0:26:41.240 any good thing come out of Nazareth? That's not an 0:26:41.240 --> 0:26:45.000 important influential place. Yet the Son of God came out 0:26:45.000 --> 0:26:48.320 of Nazareth. Can any good thing come out of Compton? 0:26:48.560 --> 0:26:48.840 Yes? 0:26:48.920 --> 0:26:52.080 EJ. Yes Chari, Yes, a whole lot of others. Can 0:26:52.119 --> 0:26:55.040 any good thing come out of your neighborhood, Yes you can. 0:26:55.720 --> 0:26:59.680 You're the history maker, You're the exception. You have seeds 0:26:59.720 --> 0:27:05.000 of greatness. Like EJ. Cherie, there are yes in your 0:27:05.080 --> 0:27:08.800 future that are going to thrust you to the next level. 0:27:09.480 --> 0:27:13.240 God is going to open doors that no man can shut. 0:27:13.400 --> 0:27:17.000 He's going to bring divine connections people that will use 0:27:17.040 --> 0:27:21.199 their influence to push you into your purpose. You may 0:27:21.240 --> 0:27:23.320 have had a lot of nose in the past that 0:27:23.400 --> 0:27:26.639 you need to get ready. I believe and declare you 0:27:26.720 --> 0:27:30.080 are coming in to your year of yes. God is 0:27:30.119 --> 0:27:33.199 saying yes to the scholarship, Yes to the right person, 0:27:33.359 --> 0:27:36.840 Yes to the healing, yes to the breakthrough. Your yes 0:27:37.320 --> 0:27:41.679 is on the way. In Jesus' name, I'd like to 0:27:41.680 --> 0:27:44.800 give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of 0:27:44.840 --> 0:27:48.560 your life. Would you pray with me? 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