You Are Blessed

0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:03.600 Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:07.240 to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:11.160 believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 0:00:11.320 --> 0:00:15.080 and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:18.119 God bless you. It's great to be with you today, 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:20.520 and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:24.360 week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, and social media, 0:00:24.760 --> 0:00:27.360 and you can come visit us in person. We'd love 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:29.840 to have you be a part of one of our services. 0:00:30.320 --> 0:00:32.599 I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:37.440 about these five relationship tips for women. Number one, it's 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:40.000 important to find a man that loves you and disloyal. 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:43.400 Number two, it's important to find a man that's fun 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:46.400 and makes you laugh. Number three, it's important to find 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:48.800 a man that's a hard worker provides a good living. 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:51.360 Number four, it's important to find a man that's a 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:54.880 great father and good with children. And number five, it's 0:00:54.920 --> 0:00:57.600 important that none of these four men know each other. 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:01.760 I mean, all right, y'all say it like you mean it. 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:05.000 This is my Bible. I am what it says, I am, 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:07.840 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:10.480 what it says I can do. Today, I will be 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:14.440 taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:17.959 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:23.400 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:27.119 to talk to you today about you are blessed. When 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:29.880 you gave your life to Christ. He puts something on 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:34.040 you that causes you to stand out, to overcome obstacles, 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:38.880 to accomplish dreams. It's a divine enablement. I can do 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:43.240 power a favor that propels you into your destiny. And 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:47.600 it's simply called the blessings. With this blessing, You'll go 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:51.320 up when others are going down. You'll recover from an 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.240 illness when the medical report says you won't get well. 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:58.800 You'll accomplish goals that were over your head. Wasn't just 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:02.600 your talent, Thank gil your determination that will take you 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.960 so far, but to reach the fullness of your destiny. 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:10.160 God put on you the blessing. See when he chose you, 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:13.440 he didn't say good luck, you're on your own. Let's 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:17.080 see what you can do. No, he anointed you. The 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:21.160 word anoint means he marked you, He sets you apart. 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:25.160 How did he do it by putting this blessing on you. 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:31.280 You're a marked man, a marked woman. Not marked for defeat, negativity, failure. 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:35.040 You are marked for favor where people would be good 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:38.120 to you and they don't even know why. Where doors 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:41.760 will open that weren't supposed to open. Where you'll be 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:45.640 promoted when you weren't the next in line. Well, opportunity 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:48.680 will come looking for you. It's not a lucky break, 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:52.399 it's not a coincidence. It's the blessing on your life. 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:56.800 You are marked to break generational limitations that have held 0:02:56.840 --> 0:03:03.480 your family back, mark to put an end to function. Depression, anger, poverty. 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:06.760 May have been that way in the past, but God 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:10.000 raised you up to do something about it. You're the 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:13.200 difference maker. You're the one to set a new standard. 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:17.440 Thoughts will whisper it's never gonna change. You're not that strong, 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:21.200 you don't have the talent. Don't believe those lies. You've 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:24.840 been marked for this time. God has put his blessing 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:29.400 on your life, a divine empowerment. You're not doing things 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:33.320 on your own. There is a supernatural force breathing in 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:37.400 your direction. What others have done in your family line 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.680 may have put you at a disadvantage. They left you 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:44.280 with negative baggage to deal with. The good news is 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:48.600 the blessing always overrides the curse. That is not how 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:52.840 your story ends. You're about to see a shift. Strongholds 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:59.280 that have held your family back are coming down. Negativity, lack, compromise, addictions. 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:03.200 Those forces are being broken. You're going to step into 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:08.080 a new level of freedom, joy fulfillment, abundance. It's the 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:11.680 blessing God put on your life. You've been marked to 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:16.400 excel in whatever environment you're in. When people are for 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:20.160 you and when people are against you, when the economy 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.160 is up, and when COVID hits and things shut down, 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:27.599 when you're getting good breaks, doors are opening, and when 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:31.039 doors have closed the contract didn't go through, you lost. 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:36.040 A client says in Psalms, even in famine, the righteous 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:39.400 will have more than enough. It doesn't say that God 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:41.360 will get you out of the famine so you can 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.200 have more than enough. He'll stop the people at work 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:48.360 from doing you wrong, stop the injustice. Then you'll be blessed. No, 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.560 you are blessed in the trouble. You are blessed in 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:55.480 the famine. The blessing is why the enemy cannot defeat you. 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:59.360 The blessing is why that trouble is not softened your destiny. 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:02.719 The blessing is why that sickness can't take you out. 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.760 The blessing is the reason you keep rising up when 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:10.719 circumstances have tried to keep you down. The blessing doesn't 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:14.919 stop the adversity, doesn't stop the famine, but it causes 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:18.440 you to prosper in the famine, to triumph in the trouble, 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:22.160 to have a smile in the sickness, to keep praising 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.960 when nothing seems like it's working out. Deep down, you 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:29.080 know that God being for you is more than what's 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:33.359 trying to stop you. Isaiah said, God will make streams 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.000 in the desert. We all want to get out of 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:40.240 the desert, out of this difficulty, but sometimes God will 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:44.200 leave you in an uncomfortable situation. He won't turn around 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:47.440 what you don't like, but he'll make a stream in 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:50.880 that desert. He'll bless you in the middle of the trouble. 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:55.360 The blessing on your life doesn't come and go. You're 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:57.880 blessed when you're see in good breaks. People are for you. 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:01.560 That's good. But this blessing on you in the desert, 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:05.640 in the hospital, in the trouble, in the fiery furnace, 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:10.600 facing Goliath, when Pharaoh is chasing you down, says in Deuteronomy. 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.640 When you honor God, you are blessed in the city 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:16.520 and blessed in the country. You are blessed when you 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.200 come in and blessed when you go out. You are 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:23.080 blessed in your uprising and in your down city. That 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:25.480 means in the good times and in the tough times. 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:29.159 Says the fruit of your womb is blessed. Your cattle, 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:33.280 your livestock is blessed. That's your business. This is saying 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:37.440 the blessing is not dependent on the circumstances, whether they're 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:41.120 good or bad. It's not dependent on the environment, the 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:45.040 location where you are. Whether you're in a fertile place 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:49.160 or a famine, you are blessed. Whether you're around friends, 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:53.200 people that love or support you, or enemies trying to 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:56.440 make you look bad discredit you. You don't have to 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:59.520 go somewhere else to have the blessing. The blessing is 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:03.920 on you when you get there. The blessing gets there now. 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:10.200 You may work in a negative environment. There's jealousy, backstabbing, politics, Joe. 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:12.320 When God moves me out of this place, then I'll 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.840 be blessed. When he gets rid of these jerks, I mean, 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:18.400 these co workers, then I'll have a good attitude. No, 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:22.040 you are blessed in the famine. The blessing didn't lead 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:26.760 because of the environment. Sometimes God will assign you to 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:30.480 difficult people. He'll put you in a situation with people 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:33.760 that are hard to get along with. Compromise it, take 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:37.840 the easy way out. You're not there by accidents. God 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:41.520 has you there to shine brightly. He's counting on you 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:45.680 to be a good influence, to be grateful when they're complaining, 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:49.840 to have integrity when they're compromising, to show mercy when 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:53.080 they're judgmental, to see the best in people when they're 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:58.680 finding fault. Light has the greatest impact in darkness. If 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:01.120 you're in the light all the time time, you're not 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:04.800 going to be that effective. Quit complaining about the dark 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:08.040 and let your light shine. They didn't stop the blessing. 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:11.680 They're not keeping you from your potential. God has you 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:15.520 there on purpose. He's not waiting to change your environment. 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.200 Then he's going to bless you. He's going to bless 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:20.400 you in the famine. He's going to make you a 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:23.200 stream in the desert. You're going to be an example 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:26.520 of his goodness so other people can see the hand 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:30.160 of God on your life. In the scripture, God told 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:33.280 Abraham to leave his country and go toward the promised land. 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:36.760 Traveled a great distance and came to this area and 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:40.160 set up camp. He had thousands of cattle and sheep, 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:43.720 and his nephew Lot was traveling along with him. He 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.640 had a large number of flocks as well, and after 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:49.920 a few weeks they realized the land couldn't support all 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:53.880 the animals. Abraham and Lot shepherds begin to argue over 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.960 who should get the land. There was strife and division. 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:01.000 Abraham said the Lot, we need to set rate. You 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:04.360 choose wherever you want to live, and I'll go somewhere else. 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:09.319 Abraham took the high road. He was older. He brought 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:11.679 Lot along out of the goodness of his heart. Should 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.200 have been his choice, but he let Lot choose. 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:14.920 Well. 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:18.280 Lot looked around, studied the terrain, and he found the 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:21.120 best part of the land. The scripture says it was 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:25.960 like a garden, with lush pastures, beautiful streams, quiet valleys. 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.600 All that was left for Abraham was a dry place 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:35.840 bearing hot dusty, nothing beautiful. You would think Abraham would 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:39.320 be worried, thinking, how are we gonna make it? He 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:42.199 got all the fertile land, all the streams, I'm stuck 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:46.400 out here in the desert. No, Abraham understood this principle 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:50.120 that the blessing wasn't on the location. The blessing was 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:53.800 on him, that wherever he went, the blessing was there. 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:57.880 He knew the land was not his source, but God 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:03.000 was his source. It's natural he should have struggled, had hardships, 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:06.400 seen his crops dry up. It's just the opposite was 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:09.200 in any time before that barren land turned into a 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:13.960 beautiful oasis. His flocks and herds multiplied. The scripture says 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:17.800 Abraham was one of the wealthiest men of that day. 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.199 But we think, man, if I get that position, Joel, 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:23.120 then I'll be blessed. If I can get into this 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:26.840 friend group, if I can move into this neighborhood. Now 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:30.640 here's the whole key. The blessing is on you. It's 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:34.640 not dependent on your circumstances, your environment, who you know. 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:39.320 Quit looking to people, places, positions, and look to God. 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:43.520 He's the source. He's the one that made streams in 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:46.880 the desert. He's the one that knew you before you 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:49.880 were formed in your mother's wounds. He's the one that 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:53.760 called you, that anointed you, that march you for favor. 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:57.640 This blessing will cause you to blossom when you should 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:00.920 be drying up. It'll cause you to sell when you 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:04.880 should be stuck. The blessing will make up when people 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:07.920 do you wrong. When lot chooses the best part of 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:11.000 the land, someone you were good to put you at 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:14.960 a disadvantage. They may have taken your land, so to speak, 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:18.480 but they didn't take your blessing. They took the position, 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:21.680 but they didn't take the favor on your life. The 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.840 blessing will cause you to flourish in the famine, to 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:29.040 succeed in the struggle, to excel despite what tried to 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:31.720 hold you back. A few years ago, I went to 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:35.520 Africa to visit this orphanage and the man that started it, 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:38.839 he showed me around. They have several hundred acres. They 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.760 take care of five hundred children. When they were looking 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:44.839 for land to build the orphanage, they were told that 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.160 they wouldn't be able to grow any crops on this 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:50.880 property because the soil was not healthy enough, and there 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:54.480 wasn't enough water all around them for miles and miles. 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:57.839 That was true, there are no crops, no livestock's dry 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:01.480 and bearing. But when he saw the property, he felt 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.320 good about it. He knew it was supposed to be theirs, 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:07.720 And against the advice of all the experts, he purchased 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:11.920 the property. Not only built the orphanage, but he planted 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:15.720 over one hundred acres of crops. He designed his own 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:19.839 irrigation system. The neighbors, the local people, they thought he'd 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:23.800 lost his mind. Nobody could grow crops. But this man 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:27.480 knew when he got there the blessing got there. He 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:30.840 knew the land wasn't his source. God was his source. 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:35.520 That the blessing wasn't dependent on the environment, the rain, 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:39.959 the people, the economy. The blessing makes streams in the desert. 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:43.960 The blessing gives you more than enough in a famine. See, 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:48.360 the blessing is not natural, it's supernatural. It defies the odds. 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.880 When the experts said he's wasting his time, making a 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:56.080 big mistake. Now they're all scratching their heads out there 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:59.240 in the middle of this barren dry land. You come 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:02.640 to his property and it's like an oasis. It's so 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:07.800 green and fertile, all these crops and animals. The university 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:11.520 sent experts out to take soil samples to try to 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:15.120 figure out how he can grow crops, and next door 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:18.360 they won't grow how his soil can be so rich 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:22.280 and healthy. But across the street it's just the opposite. 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:26.400 Their land is so successful. They are not only self sufficient, 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:29.960 but they produce so many crops that they sell part 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:33.000 of their produce to the local grocery stores. That's how 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:36.720 they fund their orphanage. When this man was telling me this, 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.480 he smiled real big and said, Joel, it's the blessing 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:44.319 of God on our life. This blessing will cause you 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:48.200 to defye the odds. The blessing is not dependent on 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:52.280 the land, on the position, on what the experts say. 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:55.400 The blessing is on you. It's the power of the 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:59.720 most high his favor causing you to excel. That's what 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:04.480 it's in Psalms, that whatever you touch will prosper and succeed. 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:08.040 That land may be bearing, but when you touch it 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:11.839 it'll come to light. That job you're at may be difficult, 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:15.760 but when you get there, the blessing gets there. That 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:18.720 sickness may look like it's going to defeat you. The 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:21.080 experts say you're not going to make it. What they 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:24.360 don't realize is there is something on you that defies 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:28.440 the odds, that causes you to overcome, that moves sickness 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:31.680 out of your body, that prospers you in a dry place, 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:36.120 that turns people who are against you into being for you. 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:39.240 You can't explain it, it doesn't make sense. It's the 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:43.040 blessing of God on your life. And here's the great news. 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:46.760 You're not waiting to be blessed, hoping to one day 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:52.120 get this blessing. You are blessed. It's already happened. When 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:55.080 you understand that you have the blessing, you'll put your 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:59.120 shoulders back and pray bold prayers. You'll believe for things 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:02.240 that seem impossible, as you won't be bitter over who 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:05.440 did you wrong and upset over that door that closed. 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:09.840 You know, the blessing overrides every bad break. The blessing 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:13.000 will cause you to flourish in the famine, to succeed 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:16.840 despite the negative report, to blossom when the odds are 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:20.560 against you. Well, what about Ruth. She was a widow, 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:24.720 she'd lost her husband and was out gathering grain in 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:28.560 a foreign country trying to survive. When a man named 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:32.000 bo As, the owner of the field, saw Ruth. They 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:34.960 eventually fell in love and were married. They had a 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:40.680 baby boy. Ruth became the great great grandmother of King David. Here. 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:44.160 She had gone through a big disappointment, losing her husband. 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.360 Looked like she was stuck in the fields, no future 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:51.960 to speak of. But the disappointments, the setbacks, the loss, 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:55.680 they don't stop the blessing. The blessing will cause the 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:59.080 right people to notice you. The blessing will take it 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:01.640 from working in the company to own in your company. 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.960 The blessing will give you a legacy greater than you've 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:09.480 ever imagined. Out in those fields, picking up left over grain. 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:13.720 That was just an ordinary place until Ruth got there. 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:17.880 When she showed up, the blessing showed up. That's when 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:22.400 supernatural things begin to happen. The co workers dropped left 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:27.080 over wheat on purpose for Ruth, uncommon increase. Bo Az 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.520 noticed Ruth. He could have been busy out of town 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:34.200 looking the other way. But the blessing on your life 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.800 will cause the right people to not only see you, 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:41.360 but to be good to you. The apostle Paul was 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:44.840 shipwrecked on a deserted island. He went to pick up 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:48.960 some firewood when a poisonous snake bit his arm. The 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:51.960 natives had seen it happen again and again in a 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:55.280 few minutes. He should swell up and die. When Paul 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:58.600 just shook it off went about his business. It never 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:02.560 did affect him. Those natives were so in awe that 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:05.280 they thought he was a god. How could you be 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:08.960 bit by something poisonous and it not harm you. That's 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:12.520 the blessing of God. They had seen many people die 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:16.359 from snake bites. But there's a difference between you and 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:21.080 people that don't honor God. Part of this blessing is protection. 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:25.480 It's God pushing back darkness and keeping you from evil, 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:30.360 and angels guarding you and defending you. It says in Exodus, 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:34.320 the only spot without hell in all of Egypt that 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:38.760 day was the land of Gshen, where the Israelites lived. 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:44.200 There was this huge hailstorm, wiping out people, animals, destroying 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:48.200 the crops, but the only place that wasn't harmed was 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:52.119 where the Israelites were. That's the blessing. It's not on 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:55.840 the land, it's not on the position the blessing is 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:59.800 on you. The more you recognize it, the more peaceful 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:02.360 you going to live, the more faith you're going to have, 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:05.600 and the more favor you're going to see. In the 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:09.600 amplified version of the Bible, when it says the word blessed, 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:17.040 many times it describes the word in parentheses. It says happy, fortunate, prosperous, 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:20.760 and to be envied. If you want to activate the blessing, 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:24.639 then you need to have a blessed mindset. You're not 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:26.879 going to see the blessing if you go around thinking 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:29.919 I never get any good breaks and these people at 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:33.080 work are never gonna treat me right. You can cancel 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:37.320 out the blessing with the wrong mentality. Try a new approach, 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:41.560 a blessed mindset. I'm happy. I'm not going to go 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:45.800 around discouraged, bitter over what didn't work out, and upset 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.719 over who hurt me. I know God's on the throne. 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:53.720 I know he's fighting my battles. I'm fortunate. That means 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:57.400 I have an advantage. God's favor is on my life. 0:18:57.520 --> 0:19:00.880 He's going before me, opening the right pace doors and 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:04.359 bringing the right people. Part of the blessing is you 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:08.200 are to be envied. That means you should be so blessed, 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:13.359 so peaceful, so kind, so generous, so influential that people 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:16.520 want what you have. God wants to make you an 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:21.600 example of his goodness. Abraham was so blessed that people 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:25.879 that didn't even know God, people that didn't worship Jehovah, 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:30.160 they prayed to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 0:19:30.760 --> 0:19:33.520 They thought, we want what he has. We want his peace, 0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:39.200 his joy, his attitude, his resources. Don't have a limited mentality, 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:43.439 a defeated, mediocre let me get by in life attitude, 0:19:43.840 --> 0:19:48.679 have a blessed mindset. I'm happy, I'm fortunate, I'm to 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:52.400 be envied. And I don't mean this arrogantly, but there's 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:56.120 a big difference between I'm fortunate and nothing good ever 0:19:56.200 --> 0:20:00.360 happens to me. I'm to be envied verse get any 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:04.720 good breaks. Nobody would want what I have. I'm prosperous. 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:07.120 Verse I don't know how I'm gonna make it. Things 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:10.560 have gotten so high. You have to change your mindset. 0:20:11.400 --> 0:20:14.159 Get in agreement with God all through the day in 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:18.600 your thoughts. I'm blessed, I'm fortunate, something good is going 0:20:18.680 --> 0:20:22.720 to happen to me. I'm expecting God's favor. You're gonna 0:20:22.800 --> 0:20:26.639 draw in what you're continually thinking about. Do you have 0:20:26.720 --> 0:20:31.159 a blessed mindset or a limited mindset. When Joseph was 0:20:31.160 --> 0:20:34.440 a teenager, God gave him a dream that he would 0:20:34.440 --> 0:20:37.399 be in leadership and he'd do great things. But his 0:20:37.520 --> 0:20:41.360 brothers were jealous. They didn't like his big dream. They 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:44.960 were in another city taking care of flocks, and Jacob 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:47.760 send his son Joseph to check them there. When they 0:20:47.760 --> 0:20:51.160 saw him in the distance, they said, here comes the dreamer. 0:20:52.440 --> 0:20:55.679 Sometimes the dream God put in you will stir up 0:20:55.760 --> 0:20:59.560 jealousy in others. Some people can't handle where God has 0:20:59.600 --> 0:21:03.760 taken you. They're too small minded to celebrate the favor 0:21:03.840 --> 0:21:07.159 and blessing on your life. They think God blessing you 0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:10.600 means that they're going to be left out. They don't 0:21:10.640 --> 0:21:14.520 realize what God has for you doesn't lessen what God 0:21:14.560 --> 0:21:17.919 has for them. But you will never see the fullness 0:21:17.960 --> 0:21:21.960 of what God has if you're jealous of other people. Now, 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:24.840 the test we all have to pass is to celebrate 0:21:24.920 --> 0:21:28.399 those that are going further. Be happy for people that 0:21:28.480 --> 0:21:31.840 are seeing increase in favor. That doesn't mean you're being 0:21:31.960 --> 0:21:35.800 left out. If you'll pass that test, then your time 0:21:35.920 --> 0:21:38.880 is coming. Then God can take you to new levels. 0:21:39.359 --> 0:21:45.080 I've never seen jealous people really succeed. People that find fault, criticize, 0:21:45.320 --> 0:21:48.480 try to discredit others. I've never seen them really take on. 0:21:49.359 --> 0:21:52.959 It's because of their narrow mindset, and that's what limited 0:21:53.040 --> 0:21:56.720 Joseph's brothers. They were so jealous that they threw Joseph 0:21:56.760 --> 0:21:59.320 into a pit. They were going to leave him there 0:21:59.359 --> 0:22:02.840 to die. They took his freedom, but they couldn't take 0:22:02.880 --> 0:22:06.240 his blessing. They took his coat of many colors, but 0:22:06.320 --> 0:22:09.879 they couldn't take his calling. Sitting in the bottom of 0:22:09.920 --> 0:22:14.040 the well, betrayed alone no way out, the brothers thought 0:22:14.240 --> 0:22:18.320 the location determined whether or not Joseph was blessed. They 0:22:18.320 --> 0:22:22.600 didn't realize the blessing was on Joseph. That's what God said. 0:22:22.640 --> 0:22:25.040 You're blessed in the city and blessed in the country. 0:22:25.600 --> 0:22:28.200 You're blessed when people speak well of you, and you're 0:22:28.240 --> 0:22:31.720 blessed when they throw you into the pit. Here's the key. 0:22:32.359 --> 0:22:35.560 They didn't give the blessing. That means they can't take 0:22:35.600 --> 0:22:38.840 the blessing. The blessing was put on you by your 0:22:38.920 --> 0:22:43.520 heavenly Father. No person can stop the blessing, the purpose, 0:22:43.680 --> 0:22:46.640 the destiny that God has laid out for your life. 0:22:47.040 --> 0:22:50.439 One time in the scripture, these people hired Balim, the 0:22:50.520 --> 0:22:54.560 prophet to curse the people of God, to speak against them. 0:22:54.880 --> 0:22:57.800 They kept offering him more and more money. But three 0:22:57.800 --> 0:23:02.240 times Balim said, I cannot curse what God has already blessed. 0:23:03.000 --> 0:23:06.960 Can I tell you? God has already blessed you. People 0:23:06.960 --> 0:23:10.200 can try to stop you, limit you discredit, you don't 0:23:10.240 --> 0:23:12.960 pay it any attention. They might as well be talking 0:23:13.000 --> 0:23:16.480 to the wall. God has already blessed you. He's already 0:23:16.680 --> 0:23:21.960 anointed you. He's already marked you, empowered you, destined you 0:23:22.119 --> 0:23:26.720 to fulfill your assignment. People can't stop you. The enemy 0:23:26.720 --> 0:23:30.240 can't stop you. The only one that can stop you 0:23:30.640 --> 0:23:35.280 is you. If you get bitter discourage, why did this happen? 0:23:35.640 --> 0:23:38.639 My own family turned on me. If you'll stay on 0:23:38.680 --> 0:23:42.120 the high road and keep doing the right thing, everything 0:23:42.160 --> 0:23:44.600 that was meant for your harm, God will turn to 0:23:44.640 --> 0:23:49.440 your advantage. The blessing will always override the curse. But 0:23:49.520 --> 0:23:52.080 they brought Joseph out of the pit and sold him 0:23:52.119 --> 0:23:54.639 as a slave in Egypt, and he worked for a 0:23:54.640 --> 0:23:58.879 man named Potterford running his household. Joseph was so excellent 0:23:59.080 --> 0:24:01.440 in what he did that he was put in charge 0:24:01.480 --> 0:24:05.840 of all the affairs of this house. Potterphar's wife lied 0:24:05.840 --> 0:24:08.680 about Joseph and said he was making advances at her. 0:24:09.200 --> 0:24:11.720 Joseph was put in prison for something he didn't do. 0:24:12.400 --> 0:24:15.320 Could have been bitter, God, where are you? Why did 0:24:15.320 --> 0:24:18.439 this happen? But he kept be at his best, so 0:24:18.600 --> 0:24:20.840 much so that he was put in charge of the 0:24:20.880 --> 0:24:25.000 whole prison. Eventually, he interpreted a dream for the Fayah. 0:24:25.640 --> 0:24:28.520 He was so impressed that he made Joseph the prime 0:24:28.560 --> 0:24:33.040 Minister of Egypt. Thirteen years after Joseph had that dream 0:24:33.119 --> 0:24:37.120 as a teenager. He saw it come to pass. Joseph 0:24:37.280 --> 0:24:41.359 was assigned to a difficult place with difficult people, but 0:24:41.440 --> 0:24:44.280 none of that stopped the blessing. He was blessed in 0:24:44.320 --> 0:24:47.920 the pit when his brothers betrayed him. He was blessed 0:24:47.920 --> 0:24:51.400 in Potterphar's house. As a slave in a foreign country. 0:24:51.800 --> 0:24:55.360 He was blessed in the prison, falsely accused and unfair. 0:24:56.240 --> 0:24:59.760 The blessing on his life not only sustained him kept 0:24:59.840 --> 0:25:02.960 him from being defeated, but it caused him to keep 0:25:03.080 --> 0:25:06.080 rising to the top. And yes, we all go through 0:25:06.080 --> 0:25:11.000 disappointments and betrayals, people that do us wrong. But nothing 0:25:11.040 --> 0:25:15.040 that's happened to you has taken the blessing. Joey, they 0:25:15.080 --> 0:25:17.359 threw me into a pit, They put me into a 0:25:17.400 --> 0:25:21.200 hard place. The blessing is not dependent on your location. 0:25:21.800 --> 0:25:25.720 The blessing is on you wherever you are. The blessing 0:25:25.800 --> 0:25:29.240 is there in these difficult times. You have to keep 0:25:29.240 --> 0:25:33.560 reminding yourself. I am blessed. I am blessed in the palace, 0:25:33.840 --> 0:25:36.760 and I'm blessed in the pit. I'm blessed when it's fair, 0:25:36.800 --> 0:25:39.720 and I'm blessed when it's unfair. I'm blessed when people 0:25:39.760 --> 0:25:42.439 are for me, and I'm still blessed when they are 0:25:42.480 --> 0:25:47.280 against me. Maybe someone has put you at a disadvantage. 0:25:47.560 --> 0:25:50.000 It doesn't look like it's ever going to change. But 0:25:50.080 --> 0:25:52.920 can I tell you, like Joseph, You're about to see 0:25:53.000 --> 0:25:56.840 the blessing override the curse people that tried to push 0:25:56.840 --> 0:26:00.800 you down. It's going to backfire. Vindication is coming. That 0:26:01.000 --> 0:26:04.879 sickness has been difficult. It's taking your energy. The tide 0:26:05.040 --> 0:26:08.960 is about to turn. Health and wholeness is coming. Are 0:26:09.000 --> 0:26:12.679 your child's been making poor choices. The enemy is whispering. 0:26:12.840 --> 0:26:16.560 It's permanent. They're never gonna change. They'll get ready. Things 0:26:16.560 --> 0:26:20.200 are about to shift. God is working behind the scenes. 0:26:20.560 --> 0:26:26.040 You've been marked for favor, mark to overcome, mark to outlast, mark, 0:26:26.119 --> 0:26:29.280 to rise from the pit to the palace. Now do 0:26:29.359 --> 0:26:32.959 your part and have this blessed mindset. No more. I 0:26:33.000 --> 0:26:35.960 never get any good breaks. No, I'm fortunate. I'm to 0:26:36.080 --> 0:26:39.520 be envied. I'm prosperous. The blessing of God is on 0:26:39.640 --> 0:26:42.960 my life. If you'll do this, I believe in declare 0:26:43.600 --> 0:26:48.400 like Abraham, You're gonna flourish into dry places. Like Joseph. 0:26:48.600 --> 0:26:51.600 You're gonna excel in the midst of the trouble, like 0:26:51.680 --> 0:26:54.720 my friends at the orphanage. You're gonna defy the odds 0:26:54.800 --> 0:26:59.440 and see abundance, favor, breakthroughs, healing the fullness of your 0:26:59.480 --> 0:27:03.640 destiny in Jesus's name, And if you receive it, can 0:27:03.720 --> 0:27:08.080 you say amen? I'd like to give you an opportunity 0:27:08.160 --> 0:27:11.080 to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 0:27:11.119 --> 0:27:15.040 pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of 0:27:15.119 --> 0:27:19.080 my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my lord. 0:27:19.240 --> 0:27:22.760 And Savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe 0:27:22.800 --> 0:27:25.400 you got born again. We'd love to send you some 0:27:25.440 --> 0:27:28.239 free information on your new walk with the Lord. You 0:27:28.280 --> 0:27:30.560 can text the number on the screen or go to 0:27:30.600 --> 0:27:33.200 the website. 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Start your day the Blessed Way. 0:28:04.880 --> 0:28:07.720 My challenge is, when you wake up, before you leave 0:28:07.760 --> 0:28:11.080 the house, take three minutes to speak blessings over your 0:28:11.119 --> 0:28:14.520 life and to declare God's favor get your mind going 0:28:14.640 --> 0:28:17.760 in the right direction. When you do that, you're setting 0:28:17.760 --> 0:28:20.520 yourself up for a blessed, victorious day. 0:28:21.240 --> 0:28:23.520 As our way of saying thank you for your gift 0:28:23.560 --> 0:28:26.240 of any size to the ministry this month, Joel and 0:28:26.359 --> 0:28:29.679 Victoria would like to send you this just released life 0:28:29.720 --> 0:28:33.600 giving new daily devotional before your feet hit the ground 0:28:33.800 --> 0:28:36.600 or go out the door, have your heard experience a 0:28:36.640 --> 0:28:39.560 bit of heaven. Set your mind on the things above 0:28:39.800 --> 0:28:43.200 with our new three Minute Mornings devotional. 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