JOEL: GOD BLESS YOU!
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH
US TODAY. I HOPE YOU'LL
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BUT THANKS FOR LETTING US
COME INTO YOUR HOMES AND
THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING
OUT TODAY.
I LIKE TO START WITH
SOMETHING FUNNY.
I HEARD ABOUT THIS MAN.
HE CALLED THE CHURCH OFFICE
AND SAID, "I WANT TO SPEAK
TO THE HEAD HOG AT THE
TROUGH."
THE SECRETARY WAS OFFENDED.
SHE SAID, "IF YOU MEAN THE
PASTOR, YOU HAVE TO CALL
HIM PASTOR. BUT YOU MAY
NOT CALL HIM THE HEAD HOG
AT THE TROUGH."
HE SAID, "WELL, FINE BUT
I WAS THINKING ABOUT
MAKING A $5,000 DONATION
TO YOUR CHURCH."
SHE SAID, "HANG ON. PORKY
JUST WALKED IN."
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' NAME.
GOD BLESS YOU.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY
ABOUT OVERFLOWING WITH HOPE.
WE ALL HAVE SITUATIONS THAT
DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
GOING TO WORK OUT.
WE DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN GET
WELL, HOW WE CAN ACCOMPLISH
A DREAM, HOW OUR FAMILY WILL
BE RESTORED.
ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES SAY
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT PAUL SAID IN ROMANS 15,
"MAY YOU OVERFLOW WITH HOPE
THROUGH THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT."
IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE HOPE
BUT PAUL PRAYED THAT WE
WOULD OVERFLOW WITH HOPE.
WHEN YOU OVERFLOW WITH HOPE,
YOU'RE NOT MOVED BY WHAT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES LOOK LIKE.
YOU'RE NOT DISCOURAGED
BECAUSE IT HASN'T HAPPENED
YET.
YOU'RE NOT WORRIED BECAUSE
YOU DON'T SEE A WAY.
YOU KNOW GOD IS ON THE
THRONE, YOU KNOW HE'S
ORDERING YOUR STEPS, YOU
KNOW HIS PLANS FOR YOU ARE
FOR GOOD, SO YOU CAN'T BE
TALKED OUT OF IT.
THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU,
BUT YOU DON'T STOP
BELIEVING.
YOU DON'T SEE A WAY,
BUT YOU KEEP THANKING GOD
THAT HE HAS A WAY.
PEOPLE TELL YOU THAT IT'S
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, JUST
ACCEPT IT.
YOU LET THAT GO IN ONE EAR
AND OUT THE OTHER.
YOU KNOW WHAT GOD STARTED
HE'S GOING TO FINISH.
"WELL, JOEL, I HOPE I'LL
GET WELL. I HOPE MY
BUSINESS MAKES IT;
THIS PANDEMIC IS ROUGH.
I HOPE I MEET THE RIGHT
PERSON; IT'S BEEN A LONG
TIME."
THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S BETTER
THAN BEING NEGATIVE, BUT
WHEN YOU OVERFLOW WITH
HOPE YOU TAKE IT ONE STEP
FURTHER. INSTEAD OF,
"I HOPE I GET WELL,"
"I KNOW I'LL GET WELL.
I KNOW GOD IS RESTORING
HEALTH BACK UNTO ME."
INSTEAD OF, "I HOPE I
MEET THE RIGHT PERSON,"
"I KNOW A DIVINE CONNECTION
IS COMING, SOMEBODY BETTER
THAN I'VE IMAGINED."
"YOU'VE BEEN SAYING THAT
FOR FIVE YEARS, YOU REALLY
THINK IT'S STILL GOING TO
HAPPEN?"
"I DON'T THINK SO,
I KNOW SO."
YOU GO THROUGH A
DISAPPOINTMENT, YOU COULD
BE UPSET, BITTER,
BUT WHEN YOU OVERFLOW
WITH HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT
WAS MEANT FOR HARM GOD
IS TURNING TO YOUR
ADVANTAGE.
WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR
A NIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW
JOY IS COMING.
WHAT ARE YOU OVERFLOWING
WITH?
OVERFLOWING WITH WORRY?
"WHAT IF IT DOESN'T WORK
OUT?"
OVERFLOWING WITH DOUBT?
"I DON'T SEE HOW THIS
PROBLEM CAN RESOLVE."
OVERFLOWING WITH
DISCOURAGEMENT?
"IT'S BEEN SO LONG; THIS
CHALLENGE IS TOO BIG."
YOU'RE OVERFLOWING WITH
THE WRONG THING.
IF YOU'LL START OVERFLOWING
WITH HOPE, BELIEVING DESPITE
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, THANKING
GOD WHEN YOU COULD BE
COMPLAINING, EXPECTING
THINGS TO CHANGE IN YOUR
FAVOR, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE GOD SHOW OUT IN YOUR
LIFE. PROBLEMS THAT LOOK
PERMANENT ARE ONLY
TEMPORARY.
THE EXPERTS SAID YOU WOULD
NEVER GET WELL BUT GOD HAS
THE FINAL SAY.
YOU DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN
ACCOMPLISH THAT DREAM,
THERE ARE GOOD BREAKS
ALREADY LINED UP FOR YOU,
THE RIGHT PEOPLE, FAVOR.
GOD WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN YOU
THE PROMISE, HE WOULDN'T
HAVE PUT THAT DREAM IN YOUR
HEART IF HE DIDN'T HAVE A
WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THE SCRIPTURE TALKS ABOUT
BEING FULLY PERSUADED THAT
GOD WILL DO WHAT HE
PROMISED.
IT'S ONE THING TO BE
PERSUADED, BUT WHEN YOU'RE
FULLY PERSUADED, YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO CHANGE YOUR MIND.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET
PEOPLE TALK YOU OUT OF IT,
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET
CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSE YOU TO
QUIT BELIEVING.
BEFORE YOU SEE THE PROMISE,
BEFORE THE PROBLEM TURNS
AROUND, THERE'S A WAITING
PERIOD.
WHERE YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING
HAPPENING; THERE'S NO SIGN
THAT IT'S GOING TO CHANGE.
EVERY THOUGHT WILL TELL YOU,
"YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.
JUST ACCEPT IT.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET
WELL, YOU'LL NEVER BREAK
THAT ADDICTION, YOUR
BUSINESS IS NEVER GOING
TO TAKE OFF."
THAT'S A TEST. GOD IS
SEEING WHAT YOU'RE
MADE OF.
ARE YOU GOING TO GET
TALKED OUT OF IT,
NEGATIVE, "I KNEW IT
WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN."
OR ARE YOU GOING TO BE
FULLY PERSUADED.
ARE YOU GOING TO DIG DOWN
DEEP AND SAY, "I'M NOT MOVED
BY WHAT'S NOT CHANGING.
I'M NOT DISCOURAGED BECAUSE
IT'S TAKING SO LONG.
I'M NOT WORRIED BECAUSE
NOTHING IS IMPROVING.
I KNOW GOD IS A FAITHFUL
GOD.
I'VE SEEN HIM DO IT IN THE
PAST, I KNOW HE'LL DO IT
AGAIN IN THE FUTURE."
THIS IS WHAT ABRAHAM DID.
GOD GAVE HIM THE PROMISE
THAT HIS WIFE SARAH WAS
GOING TO HAVE A BABY, BUT
THEY WERE BOTH WAY TOO OLD.
ABRAHAM WAS EIGHTY.
SARAH HAD BEEN BARREN HER
WHOLE LIFE, NOT ABLE TO
HAVE CHILDREN.
SOMETIMES GOD WILL PUT
THINGS IN YOUR SPIRIT THAT
DON'T MAKE SENSE.
DREAMS THAT SEEM TOO BIG,
PROBLEMS THAT LOOK
IMPOSSIBLE, "HOW CAN I
GO TO COLLEGE?
I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS."
"HOW CAN I START THAT
BUSINESS? I DON'T HAVE
THE EXPERIENCE."
"HOW CAN I GET THE COMPAQ
CENTER? IT'S DAVID
VERSE GOLIATH."
HERE'S THE KEY, GOD DOESN'T
ASK US TO FIGURE IT OUT, HE
DOESN'T ASK US TO COME UP
WITH A PLAN, RESEARCH IT,
SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
HE SIMPLY ASKS US TO
BELIEVE.
ROMANS 4 SAYS, "ABRAHAM WAS
ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THAT
GOD WAS ABLE TO DO ANYTHING
HE PROMISED."
OUR ATTITUDE SHOULD BE, "I
AM ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THAT
AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE WE
WILL SERVE THE LORD.
I AM ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED
THAT MY CHILDREN WILL BE
MIGHTY IN THE LAND.
I AM ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED
THAT WE WILL LEND AND NOT
BORROW, THAT WE ARE ABOVE
AND NOT BENEATH.
I AM ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED
THAT I WILL IMPACT THIS
WORLD FOR THE GOOD, THAT MY
GIFTS WILL COME TO THE FULL,
THAT I WILL LEAVE MY MARK,
THAT GOD IS OPENING DOORS NO
PERSON CAN SHUT, THAT THIS
MINISTRY WILL SHINE BRIGHTER
AND BRIGHTER."
THOSE DREAMS GOD HAS PUT IN
YOUR HEART, THOSE PROMISES
HE'S WHISPERED TO YOUR
SPIRIT, THEY MAY SEEM
UNLIKELY.
YOU DON'T SEE HOW IT COULD
HAPPEN, NO ONE IN YOUR
FAMILY HAS DONE IT.
YOU COULD EASILY TALK
YOURSELF OUT OF IT.
YOU'RE RIGHT WHERE ABRAHAM
WAS.
THAT'S A CRITICAL TIME.
YOU CAN DISMISS IT, THINK
IT'S TOO BIG, IT'S BEEN TOO
LONG, OR YOU CAN DO LIKE HIM
AND SAY, "GOD, I AM
ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO TURN MY
CHILD AROUND.
I'M ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED
THAT I'M GOING TO GET WELL,
I'M ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED
THAT MY DREAMS ARE GOING
TO COME TO PASS."
YOU MAY NOT SEE ANY SIGN OF
THIS HAPPENING; YOU DON'T
HAVE ANY REASON IN THE
NATURAL TO BELIEVE.
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO
OVERFLOW WITH HOPE.
NOTHING IN YOUR LOGIC, YOUR
REASONING, SAYS IT'S
POSSIBLE; BUT DOWN IN YOUR
SPIRIT, IN YOUR HEART YOU
FEEL THAT PASSION, THIS
KNOWING, THIS EXPECTANCY,
THAT GOD IS GOING TO DO
SOMETHING OUT OF THE
ORDINARY, SOMETHING THAT YOU
COULDN'T MAKE HAPPEN.
THOUGHTS WILL TELL YOU,
"IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
WHY ARE YOU EVEN BELIEVING?
YOU KNOW THAT PROBLEM IS NOT
GOING TO WORK OUT."
THE SAME THOUGHTS CAME TO
ABRAHAM, "YOU CAN'T HAVE A
BABY, YOUR WIFE IS EIGHTY
YEARS OLD.
THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED
BEFORE."
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "AGAINST
ALL HOPE, ABRAHAM HOPED ON
IN FAITH."
WHEN IT DOESN'T LOOK
HOPEFUL, YOU DON'T SEE ANY
SIGN OF IT HAPPENING, EVERY
THOUGHT SAYS YOU'RE WASTING
YOUR TIME, YOU HAVE TO DIG
DOWN DEEP AND AGAINST ALL
HOPE, HOPE ON IN FAITH.
AGAINST THE ODDS DARE TO
BELIEVE.
WHEN THE MEDICAL REPORT SAYS
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET
WELL, HOPE ON IN FAITH.
THAT'S ONE REPORT BUT GOD
HAS ANOTHER REPORT.
WHEN YOUR BUSINESS SEEMS
STUCK, YOU LOST A CLIENT,
FUNDS ARE DOWN, YOU COULD
SETTLE THERE AND THINK IT'S
NOT MEANT TO BE; NO, HOPE ON
IN FAITH.
GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.
THIS IS WHAT MY MOTHER DID.
IN 1981 SHE WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH TERMINAL LIVER CANCER.
THE DOCTORS TOLD HER SHE
ONLY HAD A FEW WEEKS TO
LIVE.
THERE WAS NO TREATMENT THEY
COULD GIVE HER AT THE TIME.
AS FAR AS MEDICAL SCIENCE
WAS CONCERNED, THEY HAD DONE
EVERYTHING THEY COULD.
MY MOTHER HAD NO HOPE IN THE
NATURAL, BUT LIKE ABRAHAM,
AGAINST ALL HOPE, SHE HOPED
ON IN FAITH.
I WOULD HEAR HER ALL THROUGH
THE DAY QUOTING SCRIPTURE.
"I WILL LIVE AND NOT DIE,
GOD IS RESTORING HEALTH BACK
UNTO ME, THE NUMBER OF MY
DAYS HE WILL FULFILL."
SHE COULD HAVE BEEN
DEPRESSED, COMPLAINING, BUT
SHE OVERFLOWED WITH HOPE.
THOUGHTS TOLD HER THAT SHE
WAS DONE, SHE WOULD NEVER
SEE HER GRANDCHILDREN.
"YOU CAN WEAR THAT PINK
DRESS AT YOUR FUNERAL."
SHE TUNED THAT OUT AND TUNED
IN WHAT GOD SAID.
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT
BUT LITTLE BY LITTLE, SHE
GOT BETTER AND BETTER.
HER SKIN COLOR CAME BACK TO
NORMAL.
SHE STARTED REGAINING
WEIGHT.
A FEW YEARS LATER THE
DOCTORS SAID, "WE CAN'T
EXPLAIN IT BUT YOU DON'T
HAVE CANCER ANYMORE."
THAT WAS ALMOST FORTY YEARS
AGO.
TODAY SHE'S EIGHTY-SEVEN
YEARS YOUNG AND STILL GOING
STRONG.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "IS
THERE ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR
THE LORD?"
WHAT ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY
CONVINCED OF?
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST BE
CONVINCED, YOU HAVE TO HAVE
A MADE-UP MIND.
I WILL GET WELL.
I WILL BEAT THIS DEPRESSION.
I WILL COME OUT OF DEBT.
I WILL ACCOMPLISH MY DREAMS.
NOT MAYBE; NOT, "I HOPE SO.
IF SOME PEOPLE HELP ME, IF I
GET THE RIGHT BREAKS."
NO, IF YOU HAVE THE "IF'S"
YOU'RE GOING TO TALK
YOURSELF OUT OF IT.
"ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED" MEANS
GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION,
NOT BELIEVING IS NOT
SOMETHING YOU EVEN CONSIDER.
YOUR FACE IS SET.
YOU'RE NOT MOVED BY NEGATIVE
REPORTS, NOT DISCOURAGED BY
HOW IMPOSSIBLE IT LOOKS, NOT
COMPLAINING BY HOW LONG IT'S
TAKING.
YOU KNOW WHAT GOD PROMISED
IS ON THE WAY.
ABRAHAM HAD ALL KINDS OF
OPPORTUNITIES TO QUIT
BELIEVING.
GOD GAVE HIM THE PROMISE,
BUT NOTHING HAPPENED.
YEAR AFTER YEAR WENT BY, NO
SIGN OF A BABY.
THE WHOLE TIME SARAH WAS
GETTING OLDER.
IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE WHEN
GOD FIRST PROMISED IT BUT
NOW YEARS LATER EVEN MORE
SO.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "ABRAHAM
CONSIDERED NOT THE WEAKNESS
OF HIS OWN BODY NOR THE
DEADNESS OF SARAH'S WOMB."
IF YOU'RE GOING TO OVERFLOW
WITH HOPE, YOU CAN'T
CONSIDER ALL THE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
IF YOU STAY FOCUSED ON HOW
BIG THE PROBLEM IS AND WHAT
THE EXPERTS SAID AND HOW
IMPOSSIBLE IT LOOKS, YOU'RE
GOING TO BE DISCOURAGED.
QUIT CONSIDERING THE
CIRCUMSTANCES AND START
CONSIDERING YOUR GOD.
HE SPOKE WORLDS INTO
EXISTENCE.
HE PARTED RED SEAS.
HE CLOSED THE MOUTHS OF
HUNGRY LIONS.
HE HEALED MY MOTHER OF
TERMINAL CANCER.
HE BROUGHT MY FATHER OUT OF
POVERTY INTO INFLUENCE.
HE GAVE US THE COMPAQ CENTER
WHEN ALL THE ODDS WERE
AGAINST US.
NO PERSON CAN STOP HIM, NO
SICKNESS, NO BAD BREAK, NO
ADDICTION.
WHAT ARE YOU CONSIDERING?
HOW BIG YOUR PROBLEMS ARE OR
HOW GREAT YOUR GOD IS?
ONE TRANSLATION SAYS, "ALL
HUMAN REASON FOR HOPE WAS
GONE, BUT ABRAHAM HOPED ON
IN FAITH."
YOU MAY FEEL LIKE THERE'S NO
REASON TO HAVE HOPE, IN THE
NATURAL IT'S NOT POSSIBLE,
BUT WE SERVE A SUPERNATURAL
GOD.
WHEN YOU KEEP HOPING ON IN
FAITH, YOU ARE PAVING THE
WAY FOR GOD TO DO
EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
WHEN ABRAHAM WAS A HUNDRED
YEARS OLD, SARAH WAS NINETY.
THIS WAS TWENTY YEARS AFTER
HE RECEIVED THE PROMISE,
SARAH GAVE BIRTH TO A SON
THEY NAMED ISAAC.
SOME PROMISES TAKE TIME.
WHILE YOU'RE WAITING IT'S
EASY TO LOSE YOUR PASSION,
THINK IT'S NEVER GOING TO
HAPPEN, START BELIEVING
THOSE LIES THAT THE PROBLEM
IS TOO BIG.
"YOU CAN'T ACCOMPLISH YOUR
DREAMS; IT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED BY NOW."
YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR HOPE
STIRRED UP; YOU HAVE TO BE
ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED.
YOU'RE NOT MOVED BY THE
WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING, BY HOW
LONG IT'S TAKING, BY HOW
IMPOSSIBLE IT LOOKS, YOU
KNOW WHAT GOD PROMISED IS ON
THE WAY.
THAT'S WHAT PAUL PRAYED THAT
WE WOULD OVERFLOW WITH HOPE.
THAT WE WOULD BELIEVE WHEN
IT SEEMS TOO BIG, THAT WE
WOULD STAY IN FAITH WHEN
IT'S TAKING A LONG TIME,
THAT WE WOULDN'T CONSIDER
OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WE
WOULD CONSIDER OUR GOD.
DAVID SAID IN PSALM 5,
"SURELY, OH LORD, YOU WILL
BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS AND
SURROUND THEM WITH FAVOR
LIKE A SHIELD."
HE COULD HAVE JUST SAID,
"LORD, YOU WILL BLESS THE
RIGHTEOUS."
BUT HE ADDED THE WORD
'SURELY'.
HE WAS SAYING, "I'M
ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED, I'M
FULLY PERSUADED THAT WHAT
YOU PROMISED IS ON THE WAY."
YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME
'SURELY'S.' "SURELY, I'LL
GET WELL.
SURELY, I'LL PAY MY HOUSE
OFF.
SURELY, I'LL MEET THE RIGHT
PERSON.
SURELY, THIS PROBLEM IS
TURNING AROUND.
SURELY, NEW DOORS ARE
OPENING.
SURELY, I'LL COME THROUGH
THIS PANDEMIC BETTER THAN I
WAS BEFORE."
NOT, "MAYBE, THERE'S A GOOD
CHANCE, IF THE MEDICINE
WORKS, IF I GET THE
PROMOTION, IF THESE PEOPLE
LIKE ME."
NO, YOU NEED TO ADD THE
SURELY, YOU HAVE TO BE
CONVINCED.
DAVID SAID IN PSALM 23,
"SURELY, GOODNESS AND MERCY
WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS
OF MY LIFE."
HE WAS SAYING, "I AM
CONFIDENT THAT GOOD THINGS
ARE COMING, I AM CONFIDENT
THAT THIS SITUATION IS
TURNING AROUND."
IT'S VERY POWERFUL WHEN YOU
ADD THE SURELY TO WHAT
YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR.
THOUGHTS WILL TELL YOU THAT
YOU'LL NEVER GET WELL.
YOU SAW THE MEDICAL REPORT.
"SURELY, OH LORD, YOU WILL
HEAL ME.
SURELY, OH LORD, GOOD HEALTH
IS ON THE WAY."
"YOU'LL NEVER GET OUT OF
DEBT."
"SURELY, I WILL LEND AND NOT
BORROW."
"YOU'LL ALWAYS STRUGGLE WITH
THAT BAD HABIT."
"SURELY, I WILL BREAK THIS
ADDICTION, SURELY FREEDOM IS
COMING.
SURELY, I WILL ACCOMPLISH MY
DREAMS.
SURELY, I'LL SET A NEW
STANDARD FOR MY FAMILY."
WELL, HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?
NONE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES
LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
"YES, BUT I'M NOT MOVED BY
MY CIRCUMSTANCES, I'M MOVED
BY WHAT GOD PROMISED.
HE SAID, "SURELY, HE WILL
BLESS ME.
SURELY, HE WILL SURROUND ME
WITH HIS FAVOR."
WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST MAY
LOOK TOO BIG, YOU DON'T SEE
HOW IT COULD WORK OUT.
YOU COULD OVERFLOW WITH
WORRY, OVERFLOW WITH DOUBT,
OVERFLOW WITH FEAR.
TRY A NEW APPROACH, START
OVERFLOWING WITH HOPE.
START ADDING SOME 'SURELY'S'
TO WHAT YOU'RE BELIEVING
FOR.
START SHOWING GOD THAT
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED.
WHEN YOU HAVE THIS 'SURELY'
MENTALITY, YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE SOME 'SURELY'S' COME TO
PASS.
SURELY YOUR FAMILY IS GOING
TO BE RESTORED.
SURELY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
THAT BABY YOU'VE DREAMED OF.
SURELY, YOU'RE GOING TO MEET
THE RIGHT PERSON.
SURELY, YOUR BUSINESS IS
GOING TO EXCEL.
DON'T LET THE CIRCUMSTANCES
FOOL YOU.
SURELY, GOD IS ABOUT TO
BLESS YOU AND SHOW YOU FAVOR
THAT YOU'VE NEVER SEEN.
IN PSALM 27, DAVID HAD ALL
KINDS OF THINGS COMING
AGAINST HIM.
HE HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO
LIVE DEFEATED AND
DISCOURAGED.
HE SAID ENEMIES ARE WAITING
TO ATTACK ME, THEY ACCUSE ME
OF THINGS I'VE NEVER DONE.
THEY LIE ABOUT ME, THEY'RE
MEAN, VIOLENT, ON AND ON.
IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS
OVERFLOWING WITH TROUBLE,
OVERFLOWING WITH ADVERSITY.
BUT JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT HE
WAS DEFEATED, HE SAID IN
VERSE 13, "YET I AM
CONFIDENT I WILL SEE THE
GOODNESS OF GOD."
HE WAS SAYING, "ALL THESE
NEGATIVE THINGS HAVE COME
AGAINST ME BUT ONE THING I
AM CONFIDENT OF IS, SURELY,
GOD WILL DELIVER ME, SURELY,
GOD WILL VINDICATE ME.
I AM CONFIDENT I WILL SEE
HIS FAVOR."
HE DIDN'T DENY NEGATIVE
THINGS WERE HAPPENING, HE
JUST DIDN'T LET IT GET ON
THE INSIDE.
HE DIDN'T LET IT OVERWHELM
HIM.
"GOD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
I WAS BEING MY BEST.
WHY DID YOU LET THIS
HAPPEN?"
HE COULD HAVE OVERFLOWED
WITH SELF-PITY, OVERFLOWED
WITH DISCOURAGEMENT, BUT
INSTEAD, HE TURNED IT AROUND
AND OVERFLOWED WITH HOPE.
HE SAID, "I AM CONFIDENT, I
AM ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED, I
HAVE NO DOUBT I WILL SEE THE
GOODNESS OF GOD."
I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF WE HAD THAT SAME
ATTITUDE.
IN THE MIDDLE OF
DIFFICULTIES, WHEN WE DON'T
SEE A WAY, WHEN IT'S NOT
FAIR, INSTEAD OF LIVING
DISCOURAGED, COMPLAINING, WE
WOULD DO LIKE DAVID.
"I KNOW I'M GOING TO SEE
GOD'S GOODNESS.
I KNOW HEALING IS COMING.
I KNOW BREAKTHROUGHS ARE
COMING.
I KNOW VICTORY IS COMING."
GOD BEING FOR YOU IS MORE
THAN THE WORLD BEING AGAINST
YOU.
WHEN MOSES SENT TWELVE MEN
TO SPY OUT THE PROMISED
LAND, TEN CAME BACK AND TOLD
HOW THE LAND WAS VERY
BEAUTIFUL AND VERY FERTILE.
THEY SAW CLUSTERS OF GRAPES
SO LARGE THAT IT TOOK TWO
PEOPLE TO CARRY.
IT WAS MORE THAN THEY EVER
DREAMED BUT THEY WENT ON TO
SAY, "THERE ARE GIANTS IN
THE LAND.
THE PEOPLE ARE TOO BIG, THE
CITIES ARE WALLED OFF, WE
DON'T HAVE A CHANCE."
GOD PROMISED THEM THE LAND,
BUT WHEN THEY CONSIDERED THE
CIRCUMSTANCES, HOW BIG THE
PEOPLE WERE, HOW IMPOSSIBLE
IT LOOKED, THEY OVERFLOWED
WITH DOUBT.
THEY WERE FULLY PERSUADED
THAT THEY COULDN'T DEFEAT
THE OPPOSITION.
NOW, ALL TWO MILLION PEOPLE
WERE DISCOURAGED AND
WORRIED.
THE TWO OTHER SPIES, JOSHUA
AND CALEB CAME HAD A
DIFFERENT REPORT.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "CALEB
QUIETED THE PEOPLE AND SAID,
'WE SHOULD BY ALL MEANS GO
IN AND TAKE POSSESSION OF
THE LAND, FOR WE WILL SURELY
OVERCOME.'" NOTICE JOSHUA
AND CALEB HAD A SURELY
MENTALITY.
"SURELY, WE WILL DEFEAT
THESE ENEMIES; SURELY, WE
WILL OVERCOME THIS TROUBLE;
SURELY, WE WILL LIVE IN THE
PROMISED LAND."
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THEY
WERE THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE OUT
OF THAT WHOLE GROUP THAT
EVER MADE IT INTO THE
PROMISED LAND.
ALL THE OTHERS WANDERED IN
THE DESERT YEAR AFTER YEAR.
DON'T GET TALKED OUT OF YOUR
DREAMS.
IT MAY LOOK IMPOSSIBLE.
THERE MAY BE GIANTS ON YOUR
LAND, A GIANT OF SICKNESS, A
GIANT OF DEBT, A GIANT OF
ADDICTION.
DO LIKE DAVID, DO LIKE CALEB
START PUTTING SOME SURELY'S
ON THE FRONT OF WHAT YOU'RE
BELIEVING FOR.
"SURELY, I WILL DEFEAT THIS
GIANT.
NOT IN MY OWN STRENGTH, NOT
IN MY OWN ABILITY; BUT LORD,
I KNOW YOU WILL BLESS ME,
THAT YOU WILL SURROUND ME
WITH YOUR FAVOR."
"SURELY, I WILL LIVE HEALTHY
AND WHOLE.
SURELY, I WILL FINISH
COLLEGE, SURELY, I WILL
CONCEIVE THIS BABY, SURELY,
MY BUSINESS WILL SUCCEED."
WELL JOEL, WHAT ABOUT THE
PANDEMIC, WHAT ABOUT
BUSINESS BEING SLOW?
WHAT ABOUT OUR GOD?
HE'S STILL ON THE THRONE.
HE'S NOT LIMITED BY THE
ENVIRONMENT, BY THE ECONOMY,
BY WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, BY
WHO'S AGAINST YOU.
HE HAS ALL POWER.
HE CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, HE'S ON
YOUR SIDE.
HE'S BREATHING IN YOUR
DIRECTION.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "BE
CONFIDENT OF THIS."
THAT MEANS HAVE NO DOUBT,
WHAT GOD STARTED HE WILL
FINISH."
THAT WHAT HE PROMISED WILL
COME TO PASS.
YOU NEED TO HAVE THIS SURELY
MENTALITY.
THIS MADE UP MIND.
YOU'RE NOT MOVED BY THE
CIRCUMSTANCES, BY HOW LONG
IT'S TAKING, BY WHAT'S NOT
CHANGING, YOU KNOW GOD IS A
SURELY GOD.
"SURELY, YOU WILL BLESS ME.
SURELY, YOU WILL DO WHAT YOU
SAID."
IT'S EASY TO DOUBT, IT'S
EASY TO GIVE UP ON DREAMS.
DOUBTERS ARE A DIME A DOZEN.
NEGATIVE PEOPLE, DISCOURAGED
PEOPLE, YOU CAN FIND THEM
EVERYWHERE.
GOD IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE
THAT HAVE A MADE-UP MIND,
PEOPLE THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY
CONVINCED, PEOPLE THAT
OVERFLOW WITH HOPE.
THAT BELIEVE WHEN THE ODDS
ARE AGAINST THEM, THAT
BELIEVE WHEN THEY DON'T SEE
A WAY.
YOU MAY HAVE CHALLENGES
COMING AGAINST YOU NOW.
YOU COULD OVERFLOW WITH
WORRY, WITH DISCOURAGEMENT,
WITH SELF-PITY, BUT LOOK AT
YOU, YOU'RE OVERFLOWING WITH
HOPE.
YOU'RE THANKING GOD WHEN YOU
COULD BE COMPLAINING.
YOU'RE BEING GOOD TO PEOPLE
THAT ARE NOT BEING GOOD TO
YOU.
YOU'RE BELIEVING WHEN YOU
DON'T SEE ANYTHING CHANGING.
YOU'RE TALKING VICTORY,
DECLARING GOD'S PROMISES,
YOU HAVE A SONG OF PRAISE.
YOU NEED TO GET READY.
INSTEAD OF OVERFLOWING WITH
TROUBLE, OVERFLOWING WITH
SICKNESS, OVERFLOWING WITH
BAD BREAKS, YOU'RE ABOUT TO
OVERFLOW WITH FAVOR,
OVERFLOW WITH HEALING,
OVERFLOW WITH ABUNDANCE,
OVERFLOW WITH FREEDOM.
BECAUSE YOU OVERFLOW WITH
HOPE, SURELY GOD IS GOING TO
BLESS YOU, SURELY GOD IS
GOING TO TURN IT AROUND;
SURELY, HE'S GOING TO TAKE
YOU INTO YOUR PROMISED LAND.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE
SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE NEVER
SEEN, SOMETHING OUT OF THE
ORDINARY, UNUSUAL THAT
THRUST YOU TO A NEW LEVEL.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, WHERE
TWO OR THREE AGREE,
ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL,
THEY WILL HAVE WHATEVER THEY
ASK.
SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T FIND
ANYONE TO AGREE WITH YOU.
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU;
THEY THINK WHAT YOU'RE
BELIEVING FOR IS TOO BIG;
THAT PROBLEM COULD NEVER
CHANGE.
I WANT TO COME INTO
AGREEMENT WITH YOU.
I WANT TO PUT MY FAITH WITH
YOURS AND TELL YOU THAT I AM
ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE THE GOODNESS OF
GOD.
I AM FULLY CONVINCED THAT
FORCES THAT ARE HOLDING YOU
BACK ARE BEING BROKEN RIGHT
NOW.
I AM FULLY CONVINCED THAT
THE SICKNESS, THE TROUBLE,
THE ANXIETY, THE DEPRESSION
IS NOT PERMANENT, IT'S ON
ITS WAY OUT.
I AM FULLY CONVINCED THAT
YOU ARE COMING INTO
INCREASE, PROMOTION,
ABUNDANCE, OVERFLOW, THAT
YOU WILL HAVE MORE THAN
ENOUGH.
I AM FULLY CONVINCED THAT
YOUR DREAMS, YOUR GOALS,
WHAT GOD WHISPERED TO YOU IN
THE NIGHT ARE ON THE WAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE BIGGER THAN
YOU THOUGHT, MORE FULFILLING
THAN YOU'VE IMAGINED.
NOW GET UP EVERY MORNING
WITH A SURELY MENTALITY.
"SURELY, OH LORD YOU WILL
BLESS ME.
SURELY, GOODNESS AND MERCY
WILL FOLLOW ME."
THAT'S NOT BEING ARROGANT,
THAT'S OVERFLOWING WITH
HOPE.
THAT'S WHAT DAVID DID,
THAT'S WHAT CALEB DID, AND
THAT'S WHAT ABRAHAM DID.
FOR TWENTY YEARS WHILE HE
WAITED FOR THE BABY, WITH NO
SIGN OF IT, THE SCRIPTURE
SAYS, "HE GREW STRONG IN
FAITH BY GIVING PRAISE TO
GOD."
I CAN SEE HIM ALL THROUGH
THE DAY, "SURELY, OH LORD
WHAT YOU PROMISED WILL COME
TO PASS; SURELY, THAT BABY
IS ON THE WAY."
I KNOW A YOUNG MAN THAT
ATTENDS OUR SERVICES.
HE'S A STUDENT FROM ANOTHER
COUNTRY.
HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIS
VISA.
WHEN HE WENT TO ENROLL FOR
THE NEXT YEAR OF SCHOOL, HE
WAS TOLD THAT HE COULDN'T
FINISH BECAUSE OF THIS
PROBLEM.
HE HAD ALREADY COMPLETED HIS
UNDERGRADUATE WORK AND HE
WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF GETTING
HIS MASTERS.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT WASN'T
GOING TO WORK OUT.
HE WAS TEMPTED TO GET
DISCOURAGED BUT HE DID WHAT
I'M ASKING US TO DO, AGAINST
ALL REASON FOR HOPE, HE KEPT
HOPING ON IN FAITH.
HE KNEW GOD AS AN "OH SURELY
GOD."
HE DIDN'T SEE A WAY, BUT HE
KEPT THANKING GOD THAT THERE
WAS A WAY.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER HE
WENT BACK TO CHECK IN WITH
THE SCHOOL ONE LAST TIME.
HE HAD BEEN TOLD AGAIN AND
AGAIN, THERE WAS NOTHING
THEY COULD DO, THAT IT WAS
OUT OF THEIR HANDS.
BUT THIS TIME THERE WAS A
DIFFERENT LADY WORKING IN
THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE.
THEY STARTED TALKING AND
FOUND OUT THEY BOTH COME TO
LAKEWOOD.
WHEN YOU FIND SOMEONE FROM
LAKEWOOD, YOU MIGHT AS WELL
GET READY, YOU'RE GOING TO
GET BLESSED.
LAKEWOOD HAS AWESOME PEOPLE.
SHE SAID, "I LOOKED AT YOUR
FILES.
I SEE YOUR PROBLEM.
LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN DO."
SHE CAME BACK A HALF HOUR
LATER WITH A BIG SMILE.
SHE SAID, "WE'VE FOUND A WAY
THAT WE CAN ENROLL YOU.
WE'LL GIVE YOU THIS LETTER
THAT WILL EXTEND YOUR VISA."
HE HAD THREE MORE YEARS TO
GO.
HE WAS SO HAPPY.
BUT SHE WASN'T FINISHED.
SHE SAID, "I HAVE A FUND
THAT I'M ALLOWED TO HELP
STUDENTS.
I JUST RECEIVED PERMISSION
TO AWARD YOU A FULL
SCHOLARSHIP FOR YOUR NEXT
THREE YEARS."
HE WENT ON TO FINISH SCHOOL
AT NO CHARGE.
"SURELY, OH LORD, YOU WILL
BLESS YOUR PEOPLE; SURELY,
YOU WILL SURROUND THEM WITH
FAVOR."
ARE YOU LOOKING AT HOW BIG
YOUR OBSTACLES ARE, OR ARE
YOU LOOKING AT HOW BIG YOUR
GOD IS?
YOUR SITUATION MAY SEEM
IMPOSSIBLE, LIKE IT COULD
NEVER WORK OUT, BUT ONE
TOUCH OF GOD'S FAVOR, ONE
GOOD BREAK, ONE HEALING,
MEETING ONE RIGHT PERSON AND
EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE.
IN LIFE, YOU'RE GOING TO
OVERFLOW WITH SOMETHING:
DOUBT, WORRY, STRESS.
WHY DON'T YOU OVERFLOW WITH
HOPE?
WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE THAT
SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY
ARE FOLLOWING YOU, WHY DON'T
YOU BE FULLY PERSUADED THAT
WHAT GOD PROMISED IS ON THE
WAY?
IT MAY BE TAKING LONGER THAN
YOU THOUGHT, DON'T BE TALKED
OUT OF IT.
LIKE CALEB THE GIANTS MAY BE
BIG BUT HAVE THAT ATTITUDE,
"SURELY, I WILL DEFEAT THEM;
SURELY, I WILL ENTER MY
PROMISED LAND."
NOT MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN,
I'M HOPING IT COULD CHANGE.
HAVE A NEW PERSPECTIVE.
"SURELY, OH LORD, YOU WILL
DO WHAT YOU PROMISED, I AM
CONFIDENT WHAT YOU STARTED,
YOU WILL FINISH."
I BELIEVE AND DECLARE IF YOU
WILL OVERFLOW WITH HOPE,
LIKE WITH ABRAHAM, PROMISES
THAT LOOK IMPOSSIBLE ARE
ABOUT TO COME TO PASS.
LIKE DAVID, BLESSINGS ARE
GOING TO CHASE YOU DOWN.
HEALING IS COMING,
BREAKTHROUGHS, FREEDOM,
ABUNDANCE, THE FULLNESS OF
YOUR DESTINY, IN JESUS'
NAME.
IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN YOU
SAY AMEN TODAY?
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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KEEP GOD FIRST PLACE.
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