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  • >> 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'LL MAKE YOU

  • FEEL RIGHT AT HOME.

  • I LIKE TO START

  • WITH SOMETHING FUNNY,

  • AND I HEARD ABOUT THIS COUPLE

  • THAT HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 60

  • YEARS AND THEY WERE SITTING

  • ON THE FRONT PORCH TOGETHER.

  • FEELING ROMANTIC, THE WIFE

  • SAID, "I REMEMBER WHEN YOU

  • USED TO ALWAYS HOLD MY HAND."

  • HER HUSBAND REACHED OVER AND

  • TOOK HER HAND.

  • SHE SAID, "I REMEMBER WHEN

  • YOU ALWAYS USED TO KISS ME ON

  • THE CHEEK."

  • HE LEANED OVER, KISSED HER ON

  • THE CHEEK.

  • SHE SAID, "I EVEN REMEMBER

  • WHEN YOU USED TO NIMBLE ON MY

  • EAR."

  • HE GOT UP AND STARTED WALKING

  • AWAY.

  • SHE SAID, "WHAT'S WRONG?

  • WHERE YOU GOING?"

  • HE TURNED AROUND AND SAID,

  • "TO GET MY TEETH."

  • 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 THE POWER OF THE

  • BLESSING.

  • WHEN YOU HONOR GOD WITH YOUR

  • LIFE, THERE IS A BLESSING

  • HE PUTS ON YOU

  • THAT GIVES YOU AN ADVANTAGE.

  • IT CAUSES YOU TO RISE UP WHEN

  • CIRCUMSTANCES ARE TRYING

  • TO PUSH YOU DOWN.

  • YOU WILL RECOVER FROM AN

  • ILLNESS WHEN THE EXPERT SAID

  • YOU WOULDN'T.

  • YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH DREAMS

  • THAT LOOKED IMPOSSIBLE.

  • IT WASN'T JUST YOUR TALENT,

  • YOUR SKILL, DETERMINATION.

  • THERE IS A FORCE BEHIND YOU

  • FIGHTING YOUR BATTLES,

  • OPENING DOORS

  • YOU COULDN'T OPEN, BRINGING

  • THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

  • THOSE WEREN'T JUST

  • GOOD BREAKS.

  • THAT'S THE BLESSING

  • ON YOUR LIFE.

  • THE BLESSING WILL CAUSE YOU

  • TO PROSPER WHEN OTHERS

  • ARE STRUGGLING.

  • THE BLESSING WILL BRING

  • PROMOTION WHEN YOU

  • WEREN'T NEXT IN LINE.

  • THE BLESSING WILL CAUSE

  • PEOPLE TO BE GOOD TO YOU

  • THAT DON'T EVEN LIKE YOU.

  • THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN

  • MALACHI, WHEN WE GIVE OUR

  • TITHES AND OFFERINGS, GOD

  • WILL POUR OUT A BLESSING THAT

  • WE DON'T HAVE ROOM TO

  • RECEIVE.

  • IT DOESN'T SAY "BLESSINGS,"

  • PLURAL.

  • IT SAYS "BLESSING," SINGULAR.

  • WHEN YOU HAVE THE BLESSING,

  • THEN ALL KINDS OF BLESSINGS

  • WILL COME.

  • YOU WON'T HAVE ROOM TO

  • RECEIVE ALL THE GOOD THINGS

  • GOD HAS IN STORE.

  • WHEN YOU FACE DIFFICULTIES,

  • THE MEDICAL REPORT, DOESN'T

  • LOOK GOOD.

  • YOU DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD

  • EVER GET OUT OF DEBT, EVER

  • BREAK THE ADDICTION.

  • ORDINARY PEOPLE WOULD

  • COMPLAIN.

  • ORDINARY PEOPLE WOULD BE

  • WORRIED.

  • HERE'S THE KEY, YOU'RE NOT

  • ORDINARY.

  • YOU HAVE THE BLESSING.

  • GOD'S FACE IS SMILING ON YOU.

  • HE'S GOING BEFORE YOU RIGHT

  • NOW MAKING CROOKED PLACES

  • STRAIGHT, MOVING THE WRONG

  • PEOPLE OUT OF THE WAY,

  • ARRANGING THINGS IN YOUR

  • FAVOR.

  • WHEN YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE

  • BLESSING, YOU DON'T GO AROUND

  • UPSET 'CAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T

  • TREATING YOU RIGHT, WORRIED

  • ABOUT YOUR FINANCES,

  • FRUSTRATED OVER A CHILD.

  • YOU STAY IN PEACE KNOWING

  • THAT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF

  • TIME BEFORE THINGS CHANGE.

  • YOU KNOW GOD BEING FOR YOU IS

  • MORE THAN THE WORLD BEING

  • AGAINST YOU.

  • WHEN YOU'RE TEMPTED TO BE

  • DISCOURAGED, THINK IT'S NEVER

  • GOING TO WORK OUT, TURN IT

  • AROUND.

  • "FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE

  • BLESSING ON MY LIFE.

  • THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE

  • BREATHING IN MY DIRECTION.

  • THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE TAKING

  • ME WHERE I COULD NOT GO ON MY

  • OWN."

  • THIS IS WHAT DAVID DID.

  • WHEN HE FACED GOLIATH IN THE

  • NATURAL, HE DIDN'T HAVE A

  • CHANCE.

  • GOLIATH WAS TWICE HIS SIZE,

  • HAD ALL KINDS OF TRAINING AND

  • EXPERIENCE.

  • HE WAS WEARING A FULL SET OF

  • ARMOR.

  • DAVID DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF

  • THAT.

  • HE COULD HAVE BEEN

  • INTIMIDATED, STAYED IN THE

  • SHEPHERD'S FIELDS,

  • COMPLAINED, "GOD, HE'S TOO

  • BIG."

  • BUT DAVID UNDERSTOOD THIS

  • PRINCIPLE.

  • HE KNEW THE BLESSING ON HIS

  • LIFE GAVE HIM AN ADVANTAGE.

  • HE WENT OUT WITH A SLINGSHOT

  • AND A FEW STONES AND DEFEATED

  • GOLIATH.

  • AND WHAT YOU HAVE MAY SEEM

  • SMALL COMPARED TO WHAT YOU'RE

  • UP AGAINST, BUT A SLINGSHOT

  • WITH THE BLESSING IS MORE

  • POWERFUL THAN A TANK WITHOUT

  • IT.

  • YOUR TALENT MAY SEEM SMALL

  • COMPARED TO THE DREAM GOD PUT

  • IN YOUR HEART, BUT THAT

  • TALENT WITH THE BLESSING WILL

  • TAKE YOU FURTHER THAN YOU CAN

  • IMAGINE.

  • NOW, DON'T DISCOUNT YOURSELF.

  • DON'T LOOK AT ALL THE REASONS

  • WHY YOU CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL,

  • WHY YOU CAN'T PURCHASE A

  • HOUSE, WHY YOU CAN'T BREAK

  • THE ADDICTION.

  • ON YOUR OWN, IT MAY NOT

  • HAPPEN BUT YOU'RE NOT ON YOUR

  • OWN.

  • THERE IS A BLESSING ON YOUR

  • LIFE PUT THERE BY THE GOD WHO

  • SPOKE WORLDS INTO EXISTENCE.

  • THIS BLESSING IS NOT NATURAL,

  • IT'S SUPERNATURAL.

  • IT WILL CAUSE THINGS TO

  • HAPPEN THAT YOU COULDN'T MAKE

  • HAPPEN.

  • THE BLESSING WILL CAUSE

  • OPPORTUNITY TO FIND YOU.

  • GOOD BREAKS WILL CHASE YOU

  • DOWN, PROMOTION, HEALING,

  • VINDICATION.

  • YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO AFTER

  • THEM, THE BLESSING WILL CAUSE

  • THEM TO COME TO YOU.

  • ONE SUNDAY MORNING WHEN MY

  • FATHER WAS THE PASTOR, I WAS

  • IN THE TV PRODUCTION AREA AND

  • RIGHT BEFORE SERVICE, I RAN

  • DOWNSTAIRS TO SEE MY FATHER

  • AND PUT HIS MICROPHONE ON.

  • ON MY WAY BACK UP, I WAS IN A

  • BIG HURRY.

  • AS I CAME AROUND A CORNER,

  • THIS MAN WAS COMING UP.

  • HE STOPPED ME AND SAID,

  • "JOEL, MY COUSIN HAS A

  • CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR THE

  • LAST FULL-POWER COMMERCIAL

  • TELEVISION STATION IN

  • HOUSTON.

  • HE WANTS YOU TO BE A PART OF

  • IT."

  • THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE

  • IN THE LOBBY THAT DAY.

  • IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN 10

  • SECONDS EARLIER, I WOULD HAVE

  • MISSED HIM.

  • IF HE WOULD HAVE CAUGHT ONE

  • MORE RED LIGHT ON THE WAY TO

  • CHURCH, OUR PATHS WOULDN'T

  • HAVE CROSSED.

  • GOD HAD US AT THE RIGHT PLACE

  • AT THE RIGHT TIME.

  • I WASN'T LOOKING FOR A

  • TELEVISION STATION, BUT A

  • TELEVISION STATION WAS

  • LOOKING FOR ME.

  • WAS THAT A COINCIDENCE, A

  • LUCKY BREAK?

  • NO, THAT WAS THE BLESSING ON

  • MY LIFE.

  • I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR IT.

  • ALL I WAS GOING WAS HONORING

  • GOD, BEING MY BEST, AND THE

  • OPPORTUNITY FOUND ME.

  • WE PUT THE STATION ON THE AIR

  • AND SEVERAL YEARS LATER, SOLD

  • IT FOR A HUGE PROFIT.

  • THOSE FUNDS WERE INSTRUMENTAL

  • IN US RENOVATING THIS PLACE,

  • THE FORMER COMPAQ CENTER.

  • GOD HAS THE RIGHT BREAKS, THE

  • RIGHT PEOPLE LINED UP FOR

  • YOU.

  • YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE

  • FRUSTRATED, TRYING TO MAKE

  • THINGS HAPPEN, WORRIED THAT

  • IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT.

  • GOD IS DIRECTING YOUR STEPS.

  • HE'S GOING TO HAVE YOU AT THE

  • RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME

  • DOWN TO THE SPLIT SECOND.

  • YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MISS

  • WHAT BELONGS TO YOU.

  • OPPORTUNITY IS COMING BIGGER

  • THAN YOU'VE IMAGINED.

  • WHEN WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT

  • FOR THE TELEVISION STATION, I

  • WAS SO EXCITED.

  • I NEVER DREAMED WE'D OWN A

  • STATION.

  • I COULDN'T FATHOM ANYTHING

  • BIGGER.

  • I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS

  • JUST A STEP IN WHAT GOD

  • WANTED TO DO.

  • AS GREAT AS I THOUGHT IT WAS,

  • IT WASN'T EVEN THE MAIN

  • THING.

  • THAT WAS JUST THE WARMUP ACT.

  • BEING UP HERE, OWNING THE

  • COMPAQ CENTER, SPEAKING TO A

  • LOT OF PEOPLE, THIS IS FAR

  • BEYOND WHAT I EVER DREAMED.

  • WHAT AM I SAYING?

  • WHAT YOU THINK IS THE

  • ULTIMATE BLESSING, GOD

  • SHOWING OUT IN YOUR LIFE,

  • CAN I TELL YOU?

  • YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING

  • YET.

  • THAT IS JUST A STEP IN WHERE

  • GOD IS TAKING YOU.

  • THERE ARE LEVELS THAT YOU

  • HAVE NOT EVEN FATHOMED,

  • OPPORTUNITIES FAR BEYOND WHAT

  • YOU THINK.

  • YOU MAY HAVE SEEN GOD'S

  • GOODNESS IN THE PAST.

  • YOU CAN SAY LIKE ME THAT

  • GOD'S BLESSED YOU, BUT YOU

  • HAVEN'T TOUCHED THE SURFACE

  • OF WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE.

  • I WAS IN INDIA ONE TIME WITH

  • MY FATHER.

  • I MET THIS YOUNG PASTOR THAT

  • CAME FROM A VERY POOR FAMILY.

  • THEY DIDN'T HAVE RUNNING

  • WATER OR A ELECTRICITY.

  • THEY LIVED OUT ON THIS OPEN

  • FIELD IN A LITTLE HUT.

  • THE MAN NEXT DOOR WAS VERY

  • WEALTHY.

  • HE OWNED A HUGE FARM, HAD

  • THOUSANDS OF CATTLE AND MANY

  • CROPS.

  • HE SOLD MILK AND VEGETABLES

  • TO PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE, BUT

  • THIS MAN WAS VERY GREEDY.

  • HIS PRICES WERE SO HIGH THAT

  • MOST OF THE POOR PEOPLE

  • COULDN'T AFFORD ANYTHING.

  • ONE DAY ABOUT TEN OF HIS COWS

  • GOT OUT AND CAME OVER TO THE

  • PROPERTY WHERE THE PASTOR AND

  • HIS FAMILY LIVED.

  • THE MAN HEARD ABOUT IT AND

  • HAD HIS WORKERS COME, GET THE

  • COWS, PUT THEM BACK IN THE

  • FENCE.

  • THE NEXT DAY, TEN MORE COWS

  • GOT OUT, CAME OVER TO THE

  • PASTOR'S PROPERTY.

  • THIS HAPPENED AGAIN AND AGAIN

  • AND AGAIN.

  • THE OWNER GOT SO FRUSTRATED,

  • HE FINALLY TOLD THE PASTOR TO

  • JUST KEEP THE COWS.

  • PASTOR WAS SO EXCITED, HE

  • STARTED SELLING MILK AND

  • PRODUCTS TO PEOPLE IN THE

  • VILLAGE, BUT HE SOLD THEM FOR

  • LESS THAN THE OTHER MAN.

  • BEFORE LONG, PEOPLE WERE

  • LINED UP AT HIS DOOR.

  • HE WAS ABLE TO BUY MORE COWS.

  • HIS BUSINESS GOT SO LARGE

  • THAT THAT OTHER MAN CAME AND

  • SAID, "I CAN'T COMPETE WITH

  • YOU.

  • WHY DON'T YOU TAKE OVER MY

  • BUSINESS?"

  • HE PURCHASED IT FOR A

  • FRACTION OF THE VALUE.

  • TODAY THIS YOUNG PASTOR HAS A

  • LARGE BUSINESS WITH SEVERAL

  • HUNDRED EMPLOYEES.

  • IT ALL STARTED WHEN THOSE

  • COWS CAME TO HIS PROPERTY AND

  • WOULDN'T LEAVE.

  • HE COULDN'T HAVE MADE THAT

  • HAPPEN.

  • THAT WAS THE BLESSING ON HIS

  • LIFE.

  • GOD CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE.

  • HE KNOWS HOW TO HAVE THE COWS

  • FIND YOU.

  • THE GOOD BREAKS, THE

  • PROPERTY, THE CONTRACTS, THE

  • BUSINESSES, THEY'RE GOING TO

  • COME LOOKING FOR YOU.

  • "WELL JOEL, THIS IS KIND OF

  • FAR OUT."

  • WE SERVE A FAR-OUT GOD.

  • HIS BLESSING ON YOUR LIFE IS

  • GOING TO DO FAR-OUT THINGS.

  • AFTER ALL, IT'S FAR OUT

  • HAVING CHURCH IN THE FORMER

  • COMPAQ CENTER.

  • IT'S FAR OUT THAT MY MOM IS

  • STILL ALIVE 37 YEARS AFTER

  • BEING DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL

  • CANCER.

  • IT'S FAR OUT FOR ME TO BE UP

  • HERE IN FRONT OF YOU HAVING

  • NO FORMAL TRAINING.

  • GET READY FOR SOME FAR-OUT

  • FAVOR, FAR-OUT BLESSING,

  • FAR-OUT OPPORTUNITY, FAR-OUT

  • PROMOTION.

  • GOD SAID, "YOU WON'T HAVE

  • ROOM TO RECEIVE IT."

  • HE'S GOING TO DO THINGS SO

  • AMAZING IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU

  • HAVE TO PASS IT DOWN TO YOUR

  • CHILDREN.

  • YOU CAN'T CONTAIN IT ALL.

  • GENERATIONAL BLESSINGS ARE

  • COMING, INCREASE THAT GOES TO

  • YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR

  • GRANDCHILDREN, YOUR GREAT

  • GRANDCHILDREN, BUSINESSES,

  • CONTRACTS, REAL ESTATE THAT

  • CONTINUED TO BLESS PEOPLE

  • LONG AFTER YOU'RE GONE.

  • PROVERBS SAYS, "A GOOD PERSON

  • LEAVES AN INHERITANCE THAT

  • THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN."

  • THAT'S GOD'S DREAM FOR YOU.

  • GET RID OF A BARELY-GET-BY

  • MENTALITY.

  • "I'LL BE SATISFIED IF I CAN

  • JUST PAY MY BILLS AND MAKE IT

  • THROUGH."

  • THAT IS NOT YOUR DESTINY.

  • THE BLESSING ON YOUR LIFE IS

  • GOING TO CAUSE YOU TO LEND

  • AND NOT BORROW, TO HAVE MORE

  • THAN ENOUGH.

  • DAVID SAID, "MY CUP RUNS

  • OVER."

  • THERE ARE SOME RUNNING OVER

  • BLESSINGS IN YOUR FUTURE,

  • BLESSINGS THAT YOU CANNOT

  • CONTAIN, INCREASE THAT YOU

  • CAN'T USE UP IN YOUR

  • LIFETIME.

  • "WELL JOEL, I HAVEN'T SEEN

  • ANY OF THESE FAR-OUT

  • BLESSINGS."

  • STAY ENCOURAGED, THEY'RE ON

  • THE WAY.

  • YOU WOULDN'T BE HEARING THIS

  • IF GOD WASN'T ABOUT TO DO

  • SOMETHING AMAZING.

  • HE'S WANTING US TO TAKE THE

  • LIMITS OFF OF HIM.

  • ENLARGE YOUR VISION.

  • QUIT TELLING YOURSELF ALL THE

  • REASONS WHY IT'S NOT GOING TO

  • HAPPEN, HOW YOU'VE HAD TOO

  • MANY BAD BREAKS, HOW YOUR

  • DREAM LOOKS IMPOSSIBLE.

  • IT MAY BE TO YOU, BUT IT'S

  • NOT TO OUR GOD.

  • START EXPECTING HIS FAVOR.

  • START BELIEVING FOR NEW

  • LEVELS.

  • START TALKING LIKE IT'S GOING

  • TO HAPPEN.

  • "FATHER, THANK YOU THAT

  • YOU'RE BRINGING ME INTO

  • OVERFLOW.

  • THANK YOU THAT GENERATIONAL

  • BLESSINGS ARE COMING MY WAY.

  • THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE OPENING

  • DOORS THAT NO MAN CAN SHUT."

  • WE SEE THIS BLESSING IN THE

  • LIFE OF JOSEPH.

  • AS A TEENAGER, GOD GAVE HIM A

  • DREAM THAT ONE DAY HE WOULD

  • LEAD A NATION, THAT PEOPLE

  • WOULD BOW DOWN BEFORE HIM.

  • HE KNEW SOMETHING BIG WAS IN

  • HIS FUTURE, BUT HIS BROTHERS

  • WERE JEALOUS.

  • THEY THREW HIM INTO A PIT.

  • THEY WERE GOING TO LEAVE HIM

  • THERE TO DIE, BUT THEY SAW A

  • CARAVAN OF ISHMAELITES

  • COMING.

  • THEY SOLD HIM AS A SLAVE.

  • HE ENDED UP WORKING FOR A MAN

  • NAMED POTIPHAR.

  • POTIPHAR WAS A HIGH-RANKING

  • MILITARY OFFICIAL IN THE

  • EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT.

  • AND JOSEPH COULD HAVE BEEN

  • BITTER.

  • "GOD, I THOUGHT THE BLESSING

  • WAS ON MY LIFE.

  • WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME?"

  • INSTEAD HE KEPT BEING HIS

  • BEST, TREATING PEOPLE WITH

  • RESPECT, DOING MORE THAN

  • REQUIRED.

  • THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THE LORD

  • WAS WITH JOSEPH AND BLESSED

  • HIM GREATLY AS HE SERVED IN

  • THE HOME OF HIS EGYPTIAN

  • MASTER.

  • NOTICE, GOD WAS WITH JOSEPH

  • IN THE UNFAIR SITUATION WHEN

  • HE WAS MISTREATED.

  • WHEN HE WAS BETRAYED, THE

  • BLESSING WAS STILL ON HIS LIFE.

  • SOMETIMES WE THINK

  • WE'RE NOT BLESSED.

  • WE CAME DOWN WITH AN ILLNESS.

  • WE LOST OUR MAIN CLIENT.

  • A RELATIONSHIP

  • DIDN'T WORK OUT.

  • THAT DIDN'T STOP

  • THE BLESSING.

  • PEOPLE CAN'T CHANGE

  • WHAT GOD PUT ON YOU.

  • THE FAVOR DIDN'T CANCELED OUT

  • BECAUSE OF A BAD BREAK.

  • THE BLESSING IS WHY THOSE

  • ENEMIES CANNOT DEFEAT YOU.

  • THE BLESSING IS WHY

  • THAT SICKNESS CAN'T TAKE

  • YOUR LIFE.

  • THE BLESSING IS WHY THAT

  • SETBACK IS NOT THE END.

  • IT IS A SETUP FOR WHAT

  • GOD IS ABOUT TO DO.

  • DON'T GET DISCOURAGED WHEN

  • LIFE DOESN'T GO YOUR WAY.

  • THE BLESSING IS STILL ON YOU.

  • VERSE 3 SAYS, "POTIPHAR

  • NOTICED JOSEPH AND REALIZED

  • THE LORD WAS GIVING HIM

  • SUCCESS IN EVERYTHING HE

  • DID."

  • VERSE 4, "SO JOSEPH NATURALLY

  • BECAME THE FAVORITE OF

  • POTIPHAR."

  • JOSEPH WENT FROM BEING A

  • SLAVE, UNNOTICED,

  • INSIGNIFICANT, TO BEING THE

  • FAVORITE.

  • POTIPHAR WAS SO IMPRESSED

  • THAT HE PUT JOSEPH IN CHARGE

  • OF HIS WHOLE HOUSE.

  • THAT'S THE POWER OF THE

  • BLESSING.

  • WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO PUSH YOU

  • DOWN, IT WILL CAUSE YOU TO

  • RISE UP.

  • WHEN PEOPLE IGNORE YOU AND

  • TRY TO DISCOUNT YOU, IT WILL

  • CAUSE YOU TO BE NOTICED.

  • I'M SURE POTIPHAR HAD OTHER

  • PEOPLE WORKING FOR HIM THAT

  • HAD MORE EXPERIENCE, BUT THE

  • BLESSING ON JOSEPH'S LIFE

  • CAUSED HIM TO STAND OUT.

  • AND PEOPLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE

  • YOU YET.

  • YOUR BOSS DOESN'T GIVE YOU

  • CREDIT, RELATIVES DISCOUNT

  • YOU, THINK YOU DON'T MUCH TO

  • OFFER.

  • YOU MAY BE OVERLOOKED NOW,

  • BUT THE TIME IS COMING WHERE

  • YOU'RE GOING TO BE NOTICED.

  • PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE

  • YOUR GIFTS, YOUR TALENT, YOUR

  • VALUE.

  • GOD'S GOING TO CAUSE YOU TO

  • STAND OUT.

  • YOU'RE GOING TO GO FROM BEING

  • UNNOTICED TO BEING IN CHARGE,

  • FROM BEING NOT RECOGNIZED, TO

  • BEING THE FAVORITE.

  • HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?

  • THE BLESSING ON YOUR LIFE.

  • VERSE 5 SAYS, "THE DAY JOSEPH

  • WAS PUT IN CHARGE, GOD BEGAN

  • TO BLESS POTIPHAR FOR

  • JOSEPH'S SAKE."

  • YOU WOULD THINK THAT JOSEPH

  • WOULD BE BLESSED BECAUSE OF

  • POTIPHAR, THIS PROMINENT

  • OFFICIAL.

  • IT WAS JUST THE OPPOSITE.

  • THE BLESSING ON YOUR LIFE IS

  • SO POWERFUL, IT WILL NOT ONLY

  • CAUSE YOU TO BE PROMOTED, YOU

  • TO BE NOTICED, BUT PEOPLE

  • AROUND YOU WILL BE BLESSED.

  • YOUR COMPANY, YOUR COWORKERS,

  • YOUR FRIENDS SHOULD BE GLAD

  • TO HAVE YOU.

  • BECAUSE YOU'RE THERE, THEY'RE

  • GOING TO SEE FAVOR, THEY'RE

  • GOING TO SEE INCREASE.

  • THEY MAY NOT EVEN REALIZE THE

  • REASON THEY'RE BLESSED IS

  • BECAUSE THEY'RE CONNECTED TO

  • YOU.

  • GENESIS 30, JACOB HAD BEEN

  • WORKING FOR A MAN NAMED LABAN

  • FOR SEVEN YEARS.

  • LABAN PROMISED HIM IN RETURN

  • THAT HE COULD MARRY HIS

  • DAUGHTER, RACHEL.

  • WELL, AFTER THE SEVEN YEARS,

  • LABAN GAVE HIM HIS DAUGHTER

  • LEAH INSTEAD.

  • HE DIDN'T KEEP HIS WORD.

  • HE SAID, "JACOB, IF YOU'LL

  • WORK FOR ME ANOTHER SEVEN

  • YEARS, THEN I'LL GIVE YOU

  • RACHEL."

  • JACOB COULD HAVE BEEN BITTER,

  • STARTED A BIG FIGHT, LEFT

  • THERE ANGRY, BUT HE TOOK THE

  • HIGH ROAD AND WORKED ANOTHER

  • SEVEN YEARS.

  • HE FINALLY MARRIED RACHEL AND

  • WAS ABOUT TO MOVE BACK TO HIS

  • HOMETOWN WITH HIS FAMILY.

  • VERSE 27 LABAN SAID, "JACOB,

  • PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME.

  • I HAVE LEARNED THE LORD HAS

  • BLESSED ME BECAUSE YOU ARE

  • HERE."

  • FOR YEARS, HE DIDN'T TREAT

  • JACOB RIGHT.

  • IT WAS UNFAIR, BUT NOW HE'S

  • BEGGING HIM TO STAY.

  • HE REALIZES HE'S BLESSED

  • BECAUSE OF THE FAVOR ON

  • JACOB'S LIFE.

  • YOU MAY HAVE PEOPLE THAT

  • DON'T REALLY VALUE WHO YOU

  • ARE AND THEY HAVEN'T KEPT

  • THEIR WORD.

  • DON'T BE OFFENDED, BE A

  • JACOB.

  • KEEP DOING THE RIGHT THING.

  • YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONVINCE

  • PEOPLE TO LIKE YOU, PROVE TO

  • THEM WHO YOU ARE.

  • THEY MAY DISCOUNT YOU NOW BUT

  • ONE DAY, LIKE JACOB, THEY'LL

  • BE ASKING YOU TO STAY.

  • THEY WILL REALIZE THE REASON

  • THEY'RE BLESSED IS BECAUSE OF

  • YOU.

  • LABAN SAID TO JACOB, "I'LL

  • PAY YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT IF

  • YOU WILL STAY."

  • JACOB KNEW HIS TIME THERE WAS

  • OVER.

  • HE LEFT, NOT ONLY A VERY

  • WEALTHY MAN, BUT HE LEFT WITH

  • THE RESPECT AND HONOR THAT HE

  • HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN FOR MANY

  • YEARS.

  • GOD IS YOUR VINDICATOR.

  • HE SEES WHAT'S HAPPENING.

  • YOU KEEP DOING THE RIGHT

  • THING AND ONE DAY GOD WILL

  • MAKE IT UP TO YOU.

  • IN THE LATE 1950S, MY FATHER

  • WAS PASTORING A LARGE CHURCH,

  • VERY SUCCESSFUL.

  • THEY HAD JUST BUILT A

  • BEAUTIFUL NEW SANCTUARY.

  • HE WAS ON THE STATE BOARD FOR

  • HIS DENOMINATION.

  • HIS FUTURE LOOKED VERY

  • BRIGHT, BUT HE STARTED

  • TEACHING THE PEOPLE ABOUT HOW

  • GOD IS GOOD, AND HOW HE STILL

  • HEALS, AND WANTS US TO LIVE A

  • VICTORIOUS LIFE.

  • WELL, THIS NEW MESSAGE DIDN'T

  • GO OVER WELL.

  • IT DIDN'T FIT INTO THEIR

  • DENOMINATIONAL MOLD AND THERE

  • WAS SO MUCH OPPOSITION, SO

  • MUCH PRESSURE THAT HE HAD TO

  • RESIGN FROM THAT CHURCH.

  • HE AND MY MOTHER WENT OUT AND

  • STARTED LAKEWOOD.

  • FOR YEARS, MY FATHER WAS

  • IGNORED BY HIS PEERS.

  • HE WAS OVERLOOKED, UNNOTICED.

  • COLLEAGUES THAT HE USED TO GO

  • TO LUNCH WITH, THEY JUST

  • DISMISSED HIM, ACTED LIKE HE

  • WAS SECOND CLASS, LIKE HE

  • WASN'T UP TO PAR.

  • MY FATHER NEVER SAID ANYTHING

  • ABOUT THIS, BUT I KNEW DEEP

  • DOWN THAT IT BOTHERED HIM.

  • THIRTY-FIVE YEARS LATER, THAT

  • DENOMINATION WAS HAVING THEIR

  • ANNUAL MEETING HERE IN

  • HOUSTON.

  • THE MAIN SPEAKER SAID IN

  • FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF

  • LEADERS, "WE NEED TO STAY

  • MORE OPEN.

  • THINK WHERE WE WOULD BE IF WE

  • STILL HAD JOHN OSTEEN WITH

  • US."

  • AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS, THEY

  • FINALLY SHOWED HIM RESPECT AND

  • ADMIRATION.

  • AND NO, YOU DON'T NEED

  • PEOPLE'S APPROVAL.

  • YOU DON'T HAVE TO THEIR

  • SUPPORT, BUT GOD IS A GOD OF

  • JUSTICE.

  • HE SEES WHAT'S HAPPENING.

  • IF YOU WILL KEEP HONORING

  • HIM, THERE WILL BE A DAY WHEN

  • THOSE THAT HAVE OVERLOOKED

  • YOU, THOSE THAT ARE

  • DISCOUNTED YOU, THEY WILL SEE

  • YOU IN A NEW LIGHT AND GIVE

  • YOU THE RESPECT AND HONOR

  • THAT YOU DESERVE.

  • WHEN JOSEPH'S BROTHERS THREW

  • HIM INTO THE PIT, THEY TOOK

  • HIS FREEDOM BUT THEY DIDN'T

  • TAKE THE BLESSING.

  • WHEN POTIPHAR'S WIFE TRIED TO

  • SEDUCE JOSEPH, SHE RIPPED HIS

  • COAT OFF AND LIED ABOUT HIM,

  • FALSELY ACCUSED HIM.

  • SHE TOOK HIS COAT, BUT SHE

  • COULDN'T TAKE HIS CALLING.

  • SOMEBODY MAY HAVE HURT YOU,

  • THEY BETRAYED YOU, THEY LEFT

  • YOU OUT, BUT THEY DIDN'T STOP

  • YOUR DESTINY.

  • A MAN TOLD ME RECENTLY HOW

  • HIS COMPANY LET HIM GO AFTER

  • MANY YEARS.

  • SOMEBODY WAS JEALOUS AND

  • SPREAD ALL THESE RUMORS AND

  • LONG STORY SHORT, HE UNFAIRLY

  • LOST HIS POSITION.

  • I TOLD HIM WHAT I'M TELLING

  • YOU, THEY MAY HAVE TAKEN YOUR

  • JOB, BUT THEY DIDN'T TAKE

  • YOUR BLESSING.

  • PEOPLE CANNOT STOP WHAT GOD

  • PUT ON YOU.

  • YOU KEEP HONORING GOD, BEING

  • YOUR BEST, AND THE BLESSING

  • WILL ALWAYS OVERRIDE WHAT

  • PEOPLE HAVE DONE.

  • THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "WHAT GOD

  • HAS BLESSED, NO PERSON CAN

  • CURSE."

  • THE BLESSING ON YOU IS MORE

  • POWERFUL THAN ANY BETRAYAL,

  • THAN HOW YOU WERE RAISED,

  • THAN PEOPLE TRYING TO

  • DISCREDIT YOU.

  • QUIT FOCUSING ON WHAT YOU'VE

  • LOST AND START FOCUSING ON

  • WHAT YOU HAVE LEFT.

  • THE BLESSING IS STILL ON YOUR

  • LIFE.

  • YOU ARE BLESSED IN THE CITY,

  • AND BLESSED IN THE COUNTRY.

  • YOU ARE BLESSED WHEN YOU GO

  • IN AND BLESSED WHEN YOU COME

  • OUT.

  • THAT MEANS YOU ARE BLESSED

  • WHEN THINGS ARE GOING YOUR

  • WAY AND BLESSED WHEN THEY'RE

  • NOT GOING YOUR WAY.

  • YOU ARE BLESSED WHEN YOU'RE

  • IN THE PALACE AND YOU'RE

  • STILL BLESSED WHEN YOU'RE IN

  • THE PIT.

  • HERE'S THE KEY, THE BLESSING

  • DID NOT COME FROM PEOPLE SO

  • IT CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY BY

  • PEOPLE.

  • IN NUMBERS CHAPTER 22, THIS

  • KING WAS TRYING TO PAY A

  • PROPHET TO CURSE THE

  • ISRAELITES.

  • THREE TIMES THE PROPHET TOLD

  • THE KING, "NO MATTER HOW MANY

  • YOU PAY, I CANNOT CURSE WHAT

  • GOD HAS ALREADY BLESSED."

  • WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, YOU

  • WON'T LIVE UPSET 'CAUSE

  • SOMEBODY'S TALKING ABOUT YOU,

  • FRUSTRATED 'CAUSE YOU HAD A

  • BAD BREAK, OFFENDED BECAUSE

  • THEY LEFT YOU OUT.

  • YOU KNOW EVERY FORCE THAT'S

  • TRYING TO STOP YOU IS

  • POWERLESS TO CHANGE THE

  • BLESSING ON YOUR LIFE.

  • IN THE 1500S, QUEEN ELIZABETH

  • I WAS BORN.

  • HER FATHER WANTED A BOY SO

  • BADLY THAT HE CURSED HER AT

  • BIRTH.

  • THE POPE DECLARED HER

  • ILLEGITIMATE BECAUSE HER

  • FATHER HAD BEEN DIVORCED.

  • HER HALF SISTER FALSELY

  • ACCUSED HER AND HAD HER

  • IMPRISONED IN THE TOWER OF

  • LONDON.

  • ALL THESE PEOPLE CAME AGAINST

  • HER FROM CHILDHOOD, BUT

  • PEOPLE DON'T DETERMINE YOUR

  • DESTINY.

  • WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT YOU

  • CANNOT STOP YOUR PURPOSE.

  • AND ELIZABETH HAD A ROUGH

  • START, BUT THAT DIDN'T KEEP

  • HER FROM BECOMING WHO SHE WAS

  • CALLED TO BE.

  • SHE WENT ON TO SERVE AS THE

  • QUEEN FOR 45 YEARS.

  • SHE REFORMED THE JUSTICE

  • SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE

  • RECEIVED A FAIR TRIAL.

  • PERHAPS PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO

  • HOLD YOU BACK, FAMILY HASN'T

  • SUPPORTED YOU, YOU COULD BE

  • DISCOURAGED, SETTLE WHERE YOU

  • ARE, BUT LIKE HER, SHE

  • BLESSING ON YOUR LIFE IS

  • GOING TO OVERRIDE WHAT'S

  • TRYING TO STOP YOU.

  • GOD SAID IN PSALMS, "TOUCH

  • NOT MY ANOINTED."

  • YOU ARE HIS ANOINTED.

  • WHEN PEOPLE COME AGAINST YOU,

  • THEY'RE NOT JUST MESSING WITH

  • YOU, THEY'RE MESSING WITH THE

  • GOD WHO PUT THE BLESSING ON

  • YOU.

  • THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU DON'T

  • HAVE TO FIGHT THOSE BATTLES.

  • YOU HAVE A DEFENDER.

  • DON'T TRY TO DO IT IN YOUR

  • OWN STRENGTH, STAND STILL AND

  • YOU WILL SEE THE DELIVERANCE

  • OF THE LORD.

  • I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE

  • WHO'S TRIED TO STOP ME,

  • DISCREDIT ME, KEEP ME FROM MY

  • PURPOSE, CONTINUE TO SUCCEED.

  • IT MAY HAVE BEEN A YEAR, FIVE

  • YEARS, TEN YEARS BUT

  • EVENTUALLY THEY FADE OUT AND

  • I'M STILL STANDING.

  • IT'S BECAUSE THE BLESSING IS

  • MORE POWERFUL THAN THE CURSE.

  • WHATEVER'S COMING AGAINST

  • YOU, WHATEVER PEOPLE ARE

  • TRYING TO STOP YOU, THEY MAY

  • SEEM BIGGER, MORE POWERFUL.

  • THE SICKNESS, THE ADDICTION,

  • IT CAN BE INTIMIDATING.

  • STAY IN PEACE.

  • THE BLESSING GOD PUT ON YOU

  • IS MORE POWERFUL THAN WHAT'S

  • TRYING TO STOP YOU.

  • IN THE SCRIPTURE, KING SAUL

  • WAS TRYING TO KILL DAVID.

  • DAVID HADN'T DONE ANYTHING

  • WRONG.

  • IN FACT, DAVID WAS BEING GOOD

  • TO SAUL, BUT SAUL WAS

  • JEALOUS, CHASED DAVID THROUGH

  • THE DESERT, MAKING HIS LIFE

  • MISERABLE.

  • SEVERAL TIMES DAVID HAD THE

  • OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SAUL'S

  • LIFE.

  • HE SNUCK UP ON HIM WHILE HE

  • WAS SLEEPING.

  • HE COULD HAVE ENDED THE

  • CONFLICT, DEFENDED HIMSELF,

  • NOBODY WOULD HAVE BLAMED HIM.

  • DAVID WOULDN'T DO IT.

  • HE KNEW SAUL HAD BEEN

  • ANOINTED BY GOD TO BE THE

  • KING AND EVEN THOUGH DAVID

  • WAS ANOINTED TO REPLACE HIM,

  • HE STILL WOULDN'T HARM SAUL.

  • HE UNDERSTOOD YOU DON'T TOUCH

  • GOD'S ANOINTED.

  • YOU DON'T COME AGAINST WHAT

  • GOD HAS BLESSED.

  • WHEN YOU FACE OPPOSITION,

  • PEOPLE COME AGAINST YOU, YOU

  • DON'T HAVE TO GET UPSET, TRY

  • TO PAY THEM BACK.

  • YOU CAN STAY IN PEACE KNOWING

  • THAT WHEN THEY COME AGAINST

  • YOU, THEY ARE TOUCHING GOD'S

  • ANOINTED.

  • THAT MEANS IT'S NOT YOUR

  • BATTLE, THE BATTLE IS THE

  • LORD'S.

  • HE'S YOUR DEFENDER.

  • HE'S YOUR VINDICATOR.

  • YOU'RE LIKE JOSEPH AT TIMES,

  • WE'LL GET THROWN INTO A PIT,

  • SOMEBODY MAY BETRAY YOU, BUT

  • THEY CANNOT KEEP THE BLESSING

  • DOWN.

  • THEY MEANT IT FOR HARM, GOD'S

  • GOING TO TURN IT FOR GOOD.

  • KEEP YOUR SHOULDERS BACK,

  • LIVE WITH CONFIDENCE.

  • YOU HAVE AN ADVANTAGE, THE

  • BLESSING IS ON YOUR LIFE.

  • AND I BELIEVE AND DECLARE

  • THIS BLESSING IS GOING TO

  • TAKE YOU FURTHER THAN YOU'VE

  • IMAGINED.

  • YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE FAR-OUT

  • OPPORTUNITY, FAR-OUT

  • PROMOTION, FAR-OUT FAVOR, THE

  • FULLNESS OF YOUR DESTINY IN

  • JESUS'S NAME.

  • AND IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN

  • YOU SAY, "AMEN" TODAY?

  • I'D LIKE 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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