>> JOEL OSTEEN: WELL,
GOD BLESS YOU.
IT'S A JOY TO COME INTO YOUR
HOMES, AND IF YOU'RE EVER IN
OUR AREA, PLEASE STOP BY
AND BE A PART OF ONE
OF OUR SERVICES.
I PROMISE YOU WE WILL MAKE
YOU FEEL RIGHT AT HOME.
I LIKE TO START WITH
SOMETHING FUNNY,
AND I HEARD ABOUT
THIS LADY, SHE SURPRISED
A BURGLAR IN HER KITCHEN
LATE ONE NIGHT.
SHE WAS HOME ALONE
AND DIDN'T HAVE A WEAPON,
AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
SHE WAS GOING TO DO.
SHE FINALLY THOUGHT, "I'LL
QUOTE A SCRIPTURE VERSE."
SHE SHOUTED OUT ACTS 2:38.
THE BURGLAR SUDDENLY FROZE IN
HIS TRACKS AND WOULDN'T MOVE.
SOON THE POLICE ARRIVED.
THEY WERE AMAZED THAT A WOMAN
WITH NO WEAPON COULD DO THIS.
THEY ASKED THE BURGLAR,
"WHAT WAS IT ABOUT
THAT SCRIPTURE THAT HAD
SUCH AN EFFECT ON YOU?"
HE SAID, "SCRIPTURE?
WHAT SCRIPTURE?
I THOUGHT SHE SAID SHE HAD
AN AXE AND TWO .38S."
SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT.
THIS IS MY BIBLE,
I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM,
I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE,
I CAN DO WHAT
IT SAYS I CAN DO.
TODAY I WILL BE TAUGHT
THE WORD OF GOD.
I BOLDLY CONFESS MY MIND IS
ALERT, MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE.
I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
IN JESUS'S NAME.
GOD BLESS YOU.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY
ABOUT MIRACLES IN YOUR MOUTH.
OUR WORDS HAVE
CREATIVE POWER.
WHEN WE SPEAK SOMETHING OUT,
WE'RE GIVING IT THE RIGHT
TO COME TO PASS.
IT'S ONE THING TO BELIEVE
THAT YOU'RE HEALED, BUT WHEN
YOU SAY, "I AM HEALED,"
THAT'S WHAT RELEASES
THE HEALING.
AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST
BELIEVE YOU'RE BLESSED,
BELIEVE YOU HAVE FAVOR.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
"THE SPIRIT OF FAITH IS
IN OUR WORDS."
WHEN YOU SAY, "I AM BLESSED.
I HAVE FAVOR.
I'M COMING OUT OF DEBT,"
ANGELS GO TO WORK.
GOOD BREAKS WILL FIND YOU.
THE RIGHT PEOPLE WILL TRACK
YOU DOWN.
AND YOU CAN THINK POSITIVE,
YOU CAN BELIEVE FOR FAVOR,
THAT'S GOOD, BUT NOTHING
HAPPENS TILL YOU SPEAK.
THE MIRACLE IS IN YOUR MOUTH.
THERE IS HEALING
IN YOUR MOUTH.
THERE IS FREEDOM
IN YOUR MOUTH.
THERE ARE NEW LEVELS
IN YOUR MOUTH.
IF YOU'RE FIGHTING AN
ILLNESS, IT'S EASY TO TALK
ABOUT THE MEDICAL REPORT
AND HOW BAD IT LOOKS,
"I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER
GET WELL."
WHEN YOU SPEAK THAT, YOU'RE
CALLING IN MORE SICKNESS,
MORE DEFEAT.
YOU NEED TO CHANGE
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
"LET THE WEAK SAY,
'I AM STRONG.'"
IT DOESN'T SAY,
"LET THE WEAK
TALK ABOUT THE WEAKNESS.
LET THE WEAK CALL FIVE
FRIENDS AND DISCUSS
THE PROBLEM."
THAT'S GIVING LIFE
TO THE NEGATIVE.
NOW, I'M NOT ASKING YOU
TO DENY THE FACTS, JUST SAY
WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT YOU.
YOUR REPORT SHOULD BE,
"GOD IS RESTORING HEALTH
BACK UNTO ME.
THE NUMBER OF MY DAYS
HE WILL FULFILL."
MY MOTHER WOULDN'T BE HERE
TODAY AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED
WITH TERMINAL CANCER IN 1981
IF SHE HAD NOT DONE THIS.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST NOT
SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE, YOU
HAVE TO BE ON THE OFFENSIVE.
ALL THROUGH THE DAY, I WOULD
HEAR HER QUOTING SCRIPTURES.
WHEN SOMEBODY ASKED HOW
SHE WAS DOING, IT WAS NEVER
A SAD SONG, "IT'S HARD.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
I'M TIRED."
HER REPORT WAS, "I AM HEALED,
WITH LONG LIFE GOD
WILL SATISFY ME.
WHAT HE STARTED IN MY LIFE
HE'S GOING TO FINISH."
SHE DIDN'T FEEL HEALED,
SHE FELT WEAK, BUT SHE SAID,
"I AM STRONG."
THE MEDICAL REPORT SAID SHE
WAS DONE, BUT SHE SAID,
"I WILL LIVE AND NOT DIE."
SHE GOT IN AGREEMENT WITH GOD
AND RELEASED THE MIRACLE
IN HER MOUTH.
THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS LATER,
SHE'S STILL ALIVE
AND HEALTHY.
ARE THERE MIRACLES IN YOUR
MOUTH WAITING TO BE RELEASED?
"JOEL, WHEN I BREAK
THIS ADDICTION, THEN I'LL
TELL PEOPLE I'M FREE."
YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM FIRST.
EVERY DAY, YOU NEED
TO DECLARE, "I AM FREE.
I AM CLEAN.
THIS ADDICTION
DOES NOT CONTROL ME."
EVERY TIME YOU SAY, "I AM
FREE," IN THE UNSEEN REALM
CHAINS ARE BROKEN,
STRONGHOLDS ARE LOOSED,
FREEDOM STARTS HEADING
YOUR WAY.
YOU KEEP SPEAKING IT
AND YOU WILL BECOME
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU ARE PROPHESYING
YOUR FUTURE.
WHEN DAVID FACED GOLIATH,
A GIANT TWICE HIS SIZE, IT
WASN'T A COINCIDENCE THAT HE
LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID,
"THIS DAY I WILL DEFEAT YOU
AND FEED YOUR HEAD
TO THE BIRDS OF THE AIR."
HE WASN'T JUST BEING
POSITIVE, HE WASN'T
JUST TALKING SMACK.
HE UNDERSTOOD THIS PRINCIPLE,
THE MIRACLE WAS IN HIS MOUTH.
HE HAD TO RELEASE
THE VICTORY.
WHAT IF HE WOULD'VE SAID,
"WOW, I THOUGHT I WANTED
TO FACE GOLIATH,
BUT LOOK HOW BIG HE IS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ARMOR.
I DON'T FEEL QUALIFIED.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE
A CHANCE."
IF HE WOULD'VE TALKED DEFEAT,
WE WOULDN'T KNOW
WHO DAVID WAS.
IF HE WOULD'VE JUST
THOUGHT POSITIVE,
"I BELIEVE I CAN DO IT.
I BELIEVE I'VE GOT WHAT IT
TAKES," HE WOULDN'T
HAVE DEFEATED GOLIATH.
HE KNEW HE HAD TO SPEAK IT,
"I WILL DEFEAT YOU."
YOU MAY HAVE A GIANT IN
YOUR PATH, A GIANT OF DEBT,
A GIANT OF DEPRESSION,
A GIANT OF SICKNESS.
LIKE DAVID, YOU NEED TO
ANNOUNCE TO THAT GIANT,
"I WILL DEFEAT YOU.
YOU WILL NOT KEEP ME
FROM MY DESTINY.
THE FORCES THAT ARE FOR ME
ARE GREATER THAN THE FORCES
THAT ARE TRYING TO STOP ME."
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
"IF ANY TWO OF YOU AGREE,
ANYTHING YOU ASK
ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL,
IT WILL BE DONE."
THERE'S POWER IN AGREEMENT.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS DAVID
DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE
TO AGREE WITH HIM.
HIS BROTHERS LOOKED DOWN
ON HIM, THOUGHT HE WAS
TOO SMALL.
HIS FATHER SAW HIM AS LESS
THAN, LIKE HE'D NEVER
AMOUNT TO MUCH.
KING SAUL DIDN'T THINK
HE HAD A CHANCE.
HE EVEN TRIED TO GIVE DAVID
HIS ARMOR SO AT LEAST IT
WOULDN'T BE SO PAINFUL.
NOBODY WAS THERE TO ENCOURAGE
DAVID, TO SAY, "HEY, DAVID,
YOU CAN DO THIS.
WE BELIEVE IN YOU.
YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES."
THERE ARE TIMES,
LIKE WITH DAVID,
YOU CAN'T FIND ANYONE
TO AGREE WITH YOU.
BUT I'VE LEARNED IF YOU'LL
COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH
YOURSELF, IF YOU'LL GET YOUR
HEART AND MOUTH IN AGREEMENT
AND START SPEAKING VICTORY,
DECLARING THAT YOU ARE WELL
ABLE, THAT YOU ARE BLESSED,
THAT YOU WILL DEFEAT THE
ADDICTION, THEN EVEN THOUGH
OTHERS DON'T AGREE BECAUSE
YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH
YOURSELF, YOU WILL SEE
GIANTS DEFEATED.
YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH DREAMS
THAT OTHERS THOUGHT
WERE IMPOSSIBLE.
NOW, DON'T BE DISCOURAGED
BECAUSE NOBODY IS CHEERING
YOU ON AND NOBODY SEES
WHAT YOU'VE SEEN.
SOMETIMES GOD PUTS THINGS IN
YOUR HEART THAT OTHER
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
SEEMS TOO BIG,
TOO IMPOSSIBLE.
INSTEAD OF ENCOURAGING YOU,
THEY'LL DO JUST THE OPPOSITE.
"YOU THINK YOU CAN BEAT
THAT SICKNESS?
I DON'T KNOW, MY GRANDMOTHER
DIED OF THE SAME THING.
YOU STILL THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE A BABY AFTER
ALL THESE YEARS?
YOU'RE KIND OF GETTING
UP THERE.
YOU REALLY BELIEVE YOU CAN
BUILD THAT ORPHANAGE, WRITE
THAT BOOK, LEAD YOUR COMPANY
IN SALES, MOVE INTO THAT
NICE NEIGHBORHOOD?
I JUST DON'T SEE IT."
THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY
DON'T HAVE TO SEE IT.
YOU DON'T NEED THEM
TO AGREE WITH YOU.
COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH
YOURSELF, GET YOUR HEART
AND WORDS GOING IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
START TALKING LIKE
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
YOU HAVE TO SAY IT
BEFORE YOU'LL SEE IT.
WHEN DAVID WENT OUT TO FACE
GOLIATH, ALL THE ISRAELI ARMY
AND ALL THE PHILISTINE ARMY
WERE WATCHING.
HERE WAS THIS TEENAGER WITH
NO MILITARY TRAINING,
NO EXPERIENCE, YOUNG,
SMALL, LOOKED LIKE A BOY.
IN FRONT OF ALL OF THEM, HE
HAD THE AUDACITY TO SAY WITH
CONFIDENCE, "GOLIATH,
I WILL DEFEAT YOU."
SOME OF THEM MADE FUN,
RIDICULED.
EVEN GOLIATH LAUGHED AND
SAID, "AM I A DOG THAT YOU'D
COME AT ME WITH A STICK?
SENDING THIS LITTLE BOY,
IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT?"
THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU MAY NOT
SEE THE GREATNESS IN YOU.
THEY'LL JUDGE YOU BY
THE OUTSIDE, BY YOUR SIZE,
YOUR EXPERIENCE,
YOUR BACKGROUND,
YOUR NATIONALITY.
DON'T LET THEM TALK YOU
OUT OF WHAT GOD PUT
IN YOUR HEART.
DO LIKE DAVID, KEEP SPEAKING
THE VICTORY IN SPITE OF WHAT
THE NAYSAYERS THINK.
KEEP DECLARING YOUR VISION
IN SPITE OF WHAT EXPERTS
ARE TELLING YOU.
THEY DON'T KNOW
WHAT GOD PUT IN YOU.
DON'T LET THEIR NEGATIVE
WORDS KEEP YOU FROM SPEAKING
POSITIVE, FAITH-FILLED WORDS.
WHEN WE WERE TRYING
TO ACQUIRE THIS PLACE,
THE FORMER COMPAQ CENTER,
IT WAS LIKE DAVID
VERSUS GOLIATH.
THE COMPANY WE WERE UP
AGAINST WAS THE LARGEST
TAXPAYER IN TEXAS, A HUGE
REAL ESTATE COMPANY.
AND THERE WERE PLENTY OF
PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T THINK
WE HAD A CHANCE,
NOT JUST OUR CRITICS,
BUT EVEN SOME
OF THE EXPERTS.
DEEP DOWN, I KNEW GOD PUT
THIS IN MY HEART,
SO I ANNOUNCED
TO THE CONGREGATION
THAT WE WERE GOING TO
PURCHASE THE COMPAQ CENTER.
OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS,
WE HAD ALL KINDS OF OPPOSITION,
PLENTY OF TIMES WHERE IT
DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT
WOULD EVER WORK OUT.
I WAS TEMPTED TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT I SAW.
"OUR OPPONENTS ARE SO STRONG,
THEY HAVE MORE FUNDS, I DON'T
SEE HOW THIS CAN HAPPEN."
BUT I UNDERSTOOD THIS
PRINCIPLE, WE GIVE LIFE
TO WHAT WE SPEAK.
IF YOU START SPEAKING
THE NEGATIVE,
AGREEING WITH THE DOUBT,
TALKING ABOUT HOW BIG
THE PROBLEM IS,
YOU ARE GIVING LIFE
TO THE WRONG THINGS.
YOUR WORDS CAN KEEP YOU
FROM YOUR DESTINY.
IN THE SCRIPTURE, AN ANGEL
TOLD A MAN NAMED ZECHARIAH
THAT HIS WIFE WAS GOING
TO HAVE A BABY.
HE WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE
THEY WERE TOO OLD
TO HAVE CHILDREN.
ZECHARIAH SAID TO THE ANGEL,
"ARE YOU SURE?
LOOK HOW OLD WE ARE."
THE ANGLE SAID, "YES,
ZECHARIAH, IT WILL HAPPEN.
BUT BECAUSE YOU DOUBTED,
YOU WILL REMAIN SILENT
AND NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK
UNTIL THE CHILD IS BORN."
THAT'S HOW POWERFUL
WORDS ARE.
GOD KNEW IF ZECHARIAH
WENT AROUND TALKING DEFEAT,
"I DON'T SEE HOW.
WE'RE TOO OLD,"
IT WOULD'VE KEPT THE BABY
FROM BEING BORN.
AND GOD HAS PUT DREAMS AND
PROMISES IN YOUR SPIRIT THAT
MAY SEEM TOO BIG, IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES,
THE EXPERIENCE,
THE CONNECTIONS.
DON'T DO LIKE ZECHARIAH
AND TALK YOURSELF
OUT OF THE MIRACLE.
GET IN AGREEMENT WITH GOD.
DARE TO DECLARE
WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT YOU.
MAYBE YOU'RE FACING
AN ILLNESS, THERE'S NO SIGN
OF IT GETTING BETTER.
YOU'RE RIGHT WHERE
ZECHARIAH WAS.
HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN?
THE MEDICAL REPORT SAYS,
"NO WAY."
GOD HAS DONE HIS PART,
NOW IT'S UP TO YOU.
FATHER, THANK YOU THAT
YOU'RE MY HEALER.
THANK YOU THAT YOU CAN DO
WHAT MEDICINE CANNOT DO.
PERHAPS YOUR DREAM
SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.
THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU.
IT'S EASY TO GET NEGATIVE,
DISMISSIVE.
NO, TURN IT AROUND.
FATHER, THANK YOU
THAT YOU'RE OPENING DOORS
NO MAN CAN SHUT.
THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE PUTTING
ME AT THE RIGHT PLACE.
THANK YOU THAT WHAT YOU
PROMISED IS ON THE WAY.
SOMETIMES YOU'RE SAYING
THE RIGHT WORDS,
YOU'RE SPEAKING FAITH,
BUT NOTHING'S IMPROVING.
THERE'S NO SIGN OF IT
GETTING BETTER.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
"HOLD FAST THE PROFESSION
OF YOUR FAITH."
IT IMPLIES SOMETHING'S GOING
TO TRY TO TAKE IT AWAY.
IT'S LIKE A TUG OF WAR, THE
ENEMY'S ON THE OTHER END
TRYING TO PULL AWAY
WHAT GOD PUT IN YOUR HEART.
YOU MAY HAVE HAD THAT
SICKNESS A LONG TIME,
HOLD FAST YOUR PROFESSION.
DON'T GET TALKED OUT OF IT,
KEEP SPEAKING VICTORY,
"I AM HEALED.
I AM WHOLE."
YOU MAY BE IN DEBT, YOU KEEP
SPEAKING ABUNDANCE.
IN TROUBLE,
KEEP SPEAKING FAVOR.
IN ADDICTIONS,
KEEP SPEAKING FREEDOM.
EVERY TIME YOU DECLARE
THE VICTORY, YOU'RE GETTING
CLOSER TO THE MIRACLE.
EVERY TIME YOU SAY,
"I AM HEALED,"
YOU'RE MOVING
TOWARD HEALING."
EVERY TIME YOU SAY,
"I AM BLESSED,"
YOU'RE MOVING TOWARD
INCREASE, PROMOTION.
EVERY TIME YOU SAY,
"I AM FREE.
I WILL NOT BE CONTROLLED
BY THIS ADDICTION,
BY THIS ANGER,
BY THIS ALCOHOL,"
YOU ARE MOVING
TOWARD FREEDOM,
BREAKTHROUGHS, WHOLENESS.
IT MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED YET,
KEEP RELEASING THE MIRACLE.
HOLD FAST YOUR PROFESSION.
SEE, WORDS ARE LIKE SEEDS.
WHEN WE SPEAK SOMETHING OUT,
THEY TAKE ROOT,
THEY BEGIN TO GROW.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
"YOU WILL EAT THE FRUIT
OF YOUR WORDS."
FRUIT IS NOT FULLY DEVELOPED
OVERNIGHT, BUT EVENTUALLY
YOU'RE GOING TO BECOME
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
ARE YOU PLANTING GOOD SEEDS?
ARE YOU SPEAKING FAITH-FILLED
WORDS OVER YOURSELF,
OVER YOUR DREAMS,
YOUR CHILDREN,
YOUR HEALTH, YOUR FINANCES?
THE ODDS WERE AGAINST US,
BUT I KEPT DECLARING,
"THE COMPAQ CENTER IS OURS."
I WOULD TELL THE
CONGREGATION,
"IT WON'T BE LONG
TILL WE'RE DOWN THERE
AT OUR NEW FACILITY."
A MAN CAME UP AFTER SERVICE,
HE SAID, "JOEL, I'VE BEEN OUT
OF TOWN, CONGRATULATIONS.
I DIDN'T KNOW THE DEAL
WITH THE COMPAQ CENTER
WENT THROUGH."
I SAID, "WELL, OFFICIALLY IT
HASN'T GONE THROUGH YET,
BUT I KNOW IT'S JUST
A MATTER OF TIME."
WHAT AM I SAYING?
YOU HAVE TO TALK LIKE
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
NOT, "I'M GOING TO BE
HEALED ONE DAY."
"LORD, THANK YOU
THAT I AM HEALED."
"WELL, JOEL, THIS SOUNDS
GOOD, BUT I'M STRUGGLING.
I CAN'T SEEM TO GET AHEAD."
THE PROBLEM IS YOU'RE
PLANTING THE WRONG SEEDS.
THE FRUIT OF THOSE WORDS IS
LACK, NOT ENOUGH, MEDIOCRITY.
WHY DON'T YOU START
DECLARING, "I AM SURROUNDED
BY GOD'S FAVOR.
GOODNESS AND MERCY FOLLOWS ME
ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.
PROMOTION IS LOOKING FOR ME.
GOOD BREAKS ARE
TRACKING ME DOWN.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT MY FUTURE"?
YOU DO THAT, GET READY
FOR DOORS TO OPEN THAT
YOU COULDN'T OPEN.
GET READY FOR COMPAQ CENTERS
TO COME ACROSS YOUR PATH.
GET READY FOR GOD
TO SHOW OUT IN YOUR LIFE.
DAVID SAID IN PSALM 35,
"LET THEM CONTINUALLY SAY,
'LET THE LORD BE MAGNIFIED
WHO TAKES PLEASURE IN
PROSPERING HIS CHILDREN.'"
THEY WERE SUPPOSED
TO GO AROUND CONTINUALLY
SAYING THIS. SEEMED LIKE
IF THEY SAID IT ONCE,
THAT WOULD BE
GOOD ENOUGH.
BUT SOMETHING POWERFUL
HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO THROUGH
LIFE NOT TALKING ABOUT HOW
YOU NEVER GET GOOD BREAKS,
HOW YOUR BACK WILL NEVER QUIT
HURTING.
INSTEAD, ALL THROUGH THE DAY,
"GOD TAKES PLEASURE
IN PROSPERING ME.
NEW DOORS ARE OPENING.
I AM STRONG, HEALTHY,
ENERGETIC.
MY CHILDREN ARE MIGHTY
IN THE LAND.
AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE,
WE WILL SERVE THE LORD."
WHEN YOU CONTINUALLY
SAY THAT, YOU ARE
RELEASING MIRACLES.
JOSEPH WAS THE PRIME MINISTER
OF EGYPT FOR MANY YEARS.
WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO DIE,
HE MADE HIS FAMILY PROMISE
THAT THEY WOULD TAKE
HIS BODY OUT OF EGYPT
AND HAVE HIM BURIED
IN THE PROMISED LAND.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS HE WAS
SO SURE THAT GOD
WAS GOING TO BRING
THE ISRAELITES OUT OF EGYPT
THAT HE CONFIDENTLY SPOKE
OF IT BEFORE IT HAPPENED.
THERE SHOULD BE SOME THINGS
GOD PUT IN YOUR HEART, LIKE
JOSEPH, YOU CONFIDENTLY SPEAK
OF IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS.
THERE MAY BE NO SIGN OF IT
RIGHT NOW, BUT DOWN IN YOUR
SPIRIT, YOU KNOW YOU ARE
GOING TO GET WELL.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING
TO MEET THE RIGHT PERSON.
YOU KNOW YOUR FAMILY'S GOING
TO BE RESTORED.
NOW, DO LIKE HIM,
SPEAK OF IT BEFORE
IT HAPPENS.
NOT AFTER, NOT WHEN THINGS
BEGIN TO IMPROVE.
YOU HAVE TO RELEASE
THE MIRACLE,
IT'S IN YOUR MOUTH.
PSALM 91 SAYS,
"I WILL SAY OF THE LORD
HE IS MY REFUGE,
MY FORTRESS,
MY GOD IN WHOM I TRUST."
THEN IT LISTS ALL THESE GREAT
THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN.
GOD WILL SHIELD YOU FROM
EVIL, HE WILL PROTECT YOU
FROM ENEMIES.
BUT THEN A FEW VERSES LATER,
IT PUTS A CONDITION ON IT.
VERSE 9 SAYS, "IF YOU SAY
THE LORD IS YOUR REFUGE,
THEN NO HARM WILL
OVERTAKE YOU, THEN HE
WILL GIVE HIS ANGELS
CHARGE OVER YOU."
IT IMPLIES IF YOU DON'T SAY
IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL
OCCURS WHEN YOU SAY,
"FATHER, THANK YOU
THAT YOU'RE MY PROTECTOR,
THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE
MY PROVIDER, MY HEALER,
MY WAY MAKER.
THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE BIGGER
THAN THIS PROBLEM.
THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE
BRINGING DREAMS TO PASS."
WHEN YOU SAY IT,
THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE
GOES TO WORK.
IN THE SCRIPTURE, A TEENAGE
GIRL NAMED MARY BECAME
PREGNANT NOT BY A MAN,
BUT BY A WORD FROM GOD.
AN ANGEL APPEARED, "MARY,
YOU ARE HIGHLY FAVORED.
YOU'RE GOING TO CONCEIVE,
HAVE A BABY WITHOUT KNOWING
A MAN.
HE WILL BE THE MESSIAH,
THE SON OF GOD."
WHEN GOD WANTS TO CREATE,
HE DOESN'T USE MATERIAL
THINGS, HE USES WORDS.
MARY COULD'VE LOOKED AT
THE ANGEL AND SAID, "NO WAY,
THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED
BEFORE."
INSTEAD, SHE SAID,
"BE IT UNTO ME EVEN
AS YOU HAVE SAID."
SHE GOT IN AGREEMENT
WITH GOD.
SHE USED HER WORDS
TO CONFIRM WHAT SHE HEARD,
NOT TO DEBATE WHAT
SHE HEARD.
WHEN GOD PUTS A PROMISE
IN YOUR HEART,
JUST AGREE WITH IT.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS BY HIS
STRIPES YOU WERE HEALED.
DON'T DEBATE IT,
"I DON'T FEEL HEALED.
THE MEDICAL REPORT
HASN'T CHANGED."
DO LIKE MARY, "LORD,
THANK YOU THAT I AM HEALED.
BE IT UNTO ME EVEN
AS YOU HAVE SAID."
GOD SAYS BECAUSE YOU
KEEP HIM FIRST PLACE,
YOU WILL LEND
AND NOT BORROW.
YOU WILL BE ABOVE
AND NOT BENEATH.
DON'T DEBATE IT,
"I NEVER GET GOOD BREAKS.
MY BOSS DOESN'T EVEN
LIKE ME."
"LORD, THANK YOU
THAT I'M PROSPEROUS.
THANK YOU THAT I HAVE MORE
THAN ENOUGH.
THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE
BLESSED ME SO I COULD BE
A BLESSING."
IT'S NOT COMPLICATED,
JUST AGREE WITH GOD.
YOU CAN'T TALK DEFEAT
AND HAVE VICTORY.
YOU CAN'T TALK LACK
AND HAVE ABUNDANCE.
YOU CAN'T TALK SICKNESS
AND HAVE HEALTH.
THE MIRACLE IS IN YOUR MOUTH.
GENESIS CHAPTER 1,
THE EARTH WAS WITHOUT
FORM AND VOID.
GOD SAID,
"LET THERE BE LIGHT,"
THERE WAS LIGHT.
THIS HAPPENED ON THE FIRST
DAY OF CREATION.
IT WASN'T UNTIL THE FOURTH
DAY THAT GOD CREATED
THE SUN AND THE MOON.
THAT MEANS FOR THREE DAYS,
WHETHER IT WAS A LITERAL DAY
OF 24 HOURS OR WHETHER
A DAY WAS LIKE
A MILLION YEARS,
FOR THREE OF THOSE DAYS
THERE WAS LIGHT WITHOUT
THE SUN OR THE MOON.
WHEN GOD SPEAKS,
HIS WORDS ARE SO POWERFUL,
THINGS WILL HAPPEN WHERE
THERE IS NO EXPLANATION.
HOW CAN YOU HAVE LIGHT
WITHOUT A SOURCE?
GOD IS SUPERNATURAL.
WHEN HE SPEAKS THINGS OVER
YOUR LIFE, THEY MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO BE EXPLAINED.
THE MEDICAL REPORT SAID THAT
MY MOTHER HAD NO CHANCE
TO LIVE BACK IN 1981.
BUT GOD SAID, "YOU WILL LIVE
AND NOT DIE."
GOD HAS THE FINAL SAY.
MEDICALLY SPEAKING,
IT COULDN'T BE EXPLAINED.
THE ONLY EXPLANATION
IS WE SERVE A GOD WHO
IS ALL POWERFUL.
GOD WILL SPEAK THINGS
TO YOUR HEART THAT DON'T MAKE
SENSE TO YOUR MIND.
EVERY THOUGHT WILL SAY,
"THERE'S NO WAY.
YOU'LL NEVER GET WELL.
THERE'S NO WAY, YOU COULDN'T
REACH THAT LEVEL."
DO LIKE MARY,
GET IN AGREEMENT WITH GOD.
HE CAN GIVE YOU LIGHT WITHOUT
THE SUN, WATER WITHOUT RAIN,
HEALING WHERE THERE
IS NO SOURCE.
IN THE NATURAL,
NO EXPLANATION.
IF YOU'LL AGREE WITH WHAT'S
IN YOUR SPIRIT AND DECLARE
WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT YOU,
GOD WILL DO THINGS THAT ARE
UNUSUAL, UNCOMMON--
PROMOTION, HEALING,
BREAKTHROUGHS--
THAT YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN.
THAT'S GOD GIVING YOU LIGHT
WITHOUT THE SUN, GOD MAKING
THINGS HAPPEN THAT SHOULDN'T
HAVE HAPPENED.
NOW, DON'T TALK YOURSELF OUT
OF IT, TALK YOURSELF INTO IT.
LIKE MARY, "THIS SEEMS
IMPOSSIBLE, BUT GOD,
BE IT UNTO ME EVEN
AS YOU HAVE SAID."
HIS WORDS CAUSED A DEAD MAN,
LAZARUS, TO COME BACK
TO LIFE.
HIS WORDS CAUSED LEPROSY
TO DISAPPEAR.
HIS WORDS OPENED PRISON DOORS
FOR PAUL AND SILAS.
HIS WORDS ARE ABOUT TO BREAK
CHAINS THAT HAVE HELD YOU
BACK, OPEN NEW DOORS,
THRUST YOU FURTHER
THAN YOU'VE IMAGINED.
WHEN THE ISRAELITES WERE
HEADED TO THE PROMISED LAND,
THEY WERE IN THE DESERT
WITH NO WATER TO DRINK.
GOD TOLD MOSES TO TAKE OUT
HIS STAFF AND STRIKE
THIS ROCK.
WHEN HE DID, WATER CAME
GUSHING OUT, NO EXPLANATION.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT,
SUDDENLY THEY HAD THIS FRESH,
CLEAN WATER.
THEY WERE THRILLED.
THIRTY-NINE YEARS LATER, THEY
WERE IN THE DESERT AGAIN,
SAME SITUATION, NO WATER.
THIS TIME, GOD TOLD MOSES
TO SPEAK TO THE ROCK.
MOSES GOT HIS STAFF OUT
AND DID IT THE OLD WAY,
STRUCK IT.
WATER CAME OUT,
BUT GOD TOLD HIM
BECAUSE HE DISOBEYED,
BECAUSE HE STRUCK THE ROCK
AND DIDN'T SPEAK TO IT,
THEY WOULDN'T GO
INTO THE PROMISED LAND.
THIS WAS SYMBOLIC.
THE FIRST TIME GOD TOLD MOSES
TO STRIKE THE ROCK,
THAT REPRESENTED
THE OLD COVENANT,
WHERE THE PEOPLE HAD TO WORK
FOR GOD'S GOODNESS,
KEEP ALL THE LAWS,
SACRIFICE ANIMALS
TO COVER THEIR SINS.
IF THEY DIDN'T PERFORM ALL
THESE REQUIREMENTS,
THEY WOULDN'T BE BLESSED.
THE SECOND TIME, GOD TOLD
MOSES TO SPEAK TO THE ROCK.
THAT REPRESENTS THE NEW
COVENANT WHERE WE LIVE.
JESUS IS THE ROCK WHERE
THE WATER OF LIFE FLOWS.
SALVATION, HEALING, FREEDOM,
ABUNDANCE.
ONCE JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED
IN THIS SYMBOLISM,
MOSES DIDN'T HAVE TO STRIKE
THE ROCK AGAIN.
WHEN HE STRUCK IT TWICE,
GOD SAID IN EFFECT, "NO,
THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID.
JESUS HAS BEEN CRUCIFIED."
NOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK
FOR OUR SALVATION, TRY TO BE
GOOD ENOUGH, EARN GOD'S LOVE,
EARN HIS FORGIVENESS.
THIS NEW COVENANT IS NOT
BASED OFF OF WORKS,
IT'S BASED OFF OF GRACE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STRIKE THE
ROCK, JUST SPEAK TO THE ROCK.
DECLARE YOUR HEALING,
DECLARE YOUR FREEDOM,
DECLARE YOUR DREAMS
ARE COMING TO PASS.
JESUS SAID, "IF YOU HAVE
FAITH AS SMALL AS A MUSTARD
SEED, YOU CAN SAY TO THIS
MOUNTAIN, 'BE REMOVED,'
AND IT WILL MOVE.
NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE
TO YOU."
HE TIES NOTHING BEING
IMPOSSIBLE TO SPEAKING
TO A MOUNTAIN.
ARE YOU LIVING UNDER
THE OLD COVENANT,
THINKING YOU HAVE
TO STRIKE THE ROCK,
MAKE EVERYTHING HAPPEN
IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH?
WE'RE LIVING UNDER
A BETTER COVENANT.
IN THIS NEW COVENANT,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SPEAK.
MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING
HARD, DOING ALL YOU CAN
TO KEEP THINGS GOING.
YOUR HEART IS TO BE YOUR
BEST, BUT IT'S A STRUGGLE.
THOSE THINGS THAT ARE
STRESSING YOU, IF YOU'LL
START SPEAKING TO THEM,
YOU'RE GOING TO COME
INTO AN ANOINTING OF EASE,
WHERE THE WATER IS GOING
TO FLOW WITHOUT
ALL THE EFFORT.
DON'T DO LIKE MOSES
AND KEEP STRIKING IT.
GOD IS SAYING, "I PAID
THE PRICE, SPEAK TO IT.
DECLARE YOU'RE BLESSED,
DECLARE YOU HAVE FAVOR."
AND SITUATIONS WHERE YOU'VE
WORKED AND COULDN'T MAKE
CHANGE, THEY WILL BEGIN TO
SUPERNATURALLY TURN AROUND.
WHAT GOD PROMISED YOU
IS EN ROUTE.
HEALING IS ON THE WAY,
PROMOTION IS ON THE WAY,
BREAKTHROUGHS, IDEAS,
CREATIVITY.
YOU ARE CLOSE
TO YOUR MIRACLE.
THINGS YOU'VE BEEN BELIEVING
FOR, CONTRACTS, REAL ESTATE,
BUSINESSES, THAT HOUSE,
IT IS ON THE WAY.
NOW, I SPEAK TO THE UNBORN
PROMISES IN YOUR SPIRIT,
DREAMS THAT YOU THINK
ARE DEAD.
YOU WILL NOT ABORT THEM,
THEY ARE STILL ALIVE.
A BIRTH IS IN YOUR FUTURE.
NEW RELATIONSHIPS,
NEW OPPORTUNITIES,
NEW LEVELS, FRIENDS,
THE MIRACLE IS IN YOUR MOUTH.
GET IN AGREEMENT WITH GOD
AND DECLARE WHAT HE SAYS
ABOUT YOU.
LET ME HELP YOU GET STARTED.
WILL YOU SAY THIS AFTER ME?
"I AM BLESSED.
I AM PROSPEROUS.
I AM HEALTHY.
I AM FREE.
I HAVE THE FAVOR OF GOD.
MY CHILDREN ARE MIGHTY
IN THE LAND.
MY DREAMS ARE COMING TO PASS.
NEW DOORS ARE OPENING.
PROBLEMS ARE TURNING AROUND.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT MY FUTURE.
I WILL BECOME ALL GOD'S
CREATED ME TO BE
IN JESUS'S NAME."
IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN YOU
GIVE THE LORD AN AMEN TODAY?
AMEN.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS
THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE.
WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?
JUST SAY, "LORD JESUS,
I REPENT OF MY SINS.
COME INTO MY HEART.
I MAKE YOU MY LORD
AND SAVIOR."
IF YOU PRAYED THAT SIMPLE
PRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU
GOT BORN AGAIN.
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BIBLE-BASED CHURCH.
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