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I want to give you five prayers to pray

this week real quick and I that God can

speak to you and he can bless you if you

will release your faith for these five

things I almost felt like I wanted to

give advice to especially young people

and to college students and

businesspeople you know that listening

to me God has a plan for your life and

there are five things that I want to

give you today that are necessary for

that plan to be fulfilled that God has

for your life you might want to jot them

down you might want to pull out your

iPhone and take notes and really do it

don’t be don’t be checking your grocery

list really do it but I want to give you

quickly some thoughts and they all begin

with a P so that it would be easy for

you to remember how to pray this week

first thing I want you to pray about is

I want you to get God’s perspective on

your life and on what you’re facing

right now God’s perspective it’s what

the Prophet said to the servant when the

servant came running in to Elisha and he

said we’re surrounded by the Assyrians

they’re coming from every direction what

are we gonna do what are we gonna do and

he said God opened his eyes in other

words change his perspective he’s

looking at the enemy but God if you’ll

open his eyes he’ll see the big picture

he’ll get God’s perspective and when God

opened his eyes he looked at the same

situation but this time he saw the enemy

but he also saw a band of angels coming

down from the heels in Chariots of Fire

and he wasn’t surrounded by the

Assyrians God had the enemy surrounded

and was about to deliver them into their

hand you’re either looking at the enemy

or you’re looking at the angels you’re

looking at the problem or you’re looking

at the promises and one thing that we

need if we’re going to live a victorious

powerful life is the right perspective

you have to see what God sees No

what you’re going through don’t get your

eyes on the littleness of your problem

he’s working all things there’s a big

picture to every trial to every

challenge to every adversity we go

through there’s a big picture and he’s

working all things together for the good

to them that are called according to his

purpose perspective is important and

pray every day God showed me the big

picture show me and help me to keep

seeing the big perspective of what you

see not just the temporal situation that

is that is causing me to be fearful and

worried get God’s and see God’s

perspective number two be a person a

prayer if you want victory in your life

you got to constantly pray Lord open my

eyes and let me see the best and let me

see the good and let me see the bigness

of what your plan and purpose is for my

life secondly you got to be a person a

prayer be prayerful what other people

call a coincidence when we pray

coincidences happen when we don’t they

don’t happen would you repeat that after

me when we pray coincidences happen when

we don’t pray they don’t happen and

that’s why you need to take on the push

philosophy in your prayer life push

stands for pray until something happens

because when we pray coincidences happen

what a coincidence that I was needing

the car and somebody gives me a car or I

find a great deal on a car what a

coincidence has come to some people’s

lives and other people never have them

and I am convinced that I could stand up

here and tell you time after time after

time when I have prayed for the very

thing and God made it come into my life

be prayerful everybody say be prayerful

don’t quit praying pray until something

happens push don’t just pray a day don’t

just pray a week don’t just pray a month

but pray until something happens

gain God’s perspective see the big

picture see what God sees number two be

prayerful be a person of prayer and then

number three you have to you have to

develop your potential God has given

every one of you amazing potential but

that does not mean that you will reach

your potential there is a Japanese fish

called the koi KO I fish the koi fish is

an amazing fish because it is majorly

influenced by its environment let me

tell you what I mean

do you know that they can take a koi

fish and put it in a small fish tank and

that koi fish will not grow any bigger

than four inches but if you take that

same fish out of the fish tank and put

it in a larger fish tank it’ll grow

eight inches if you take it and put it

in a pond it’ll grow 18 inches even

though it stayed the same size as long

as it was in the smaller fish bowl and

if you take it out of the pond and put

it into a lake it will grow

42 inches the point is this it has every

koi fish has the potential to be 42

inches long but many of them only grow

to 4 inches because of the environment

that they are kept in and the same is

true for us we have enormous potential

but if you don’t ever get exposed to

greater things and ever get challenged

to greater things and if all you do is

stay a small fish in a small bowl

instead of getting around people that

are smarter doing more of doing bigger

things stretching you causing you

reach and use your faith and equip

yourself you have enormous potential the

Bible puts it like this the same power

that raised Jesus from the dead dwells

in you

so don’t live in a fishbowl when God has

greater things for you do you know that

there was a there was a an ice factory

that caught on fire and yet they had to

call the firefighters to come put the

fire out even though they had at the ice

factory all the h2o that they needed the

problem was all of its assets were

frozen and I’m saying to you that you

have enormous potential but as long as

what you have is not being challenged

and it’s frozen and it’s not being

released you cannot be what God intended

you to be

everybody say God release my potential

release my potential you have huge

potential be prayerful then pray God

release my potential God keep

challenging me let me move from faith

under faith from victory under victory

don’t let me settle for a little

fishtank when you have greater things

from me and bigger things for me but

always be enlarging they always be

releasing my potential get God’s

perspective see the big picture be

prayerful I want you to believe for God

to release huge potential in you and

number four be positive when David saw

Goliath he had two possible reactions he

could have ran out and said he’s so big

I got a run for my life but instead he

ran out and he said he’s so big there’s

no way I can miss that big corn-fed

bigger headed fool I’m gonna take him

out with a rock

be positive be incredibly positive I’ll

tell you you’ll stand out in life if

bill and Sue have a problem and Bill and

Mary have a problem and Bill and Jack

have a problem and Bill and Sam have a

problem bill is the problem and anytime

I’ve learned this about negative people

if you see somebody hanging out with

negative people all the negative people

go to this person it’s because that

person is a negative person you can

count it you mark it down it’s always

true that’s alone you attract what you

are be positive positive things happen

don’t get down don’t get discouraged

don’t get depressed don’t get suicidal

don’t give up don’t it doesn’t matter

how life changes and what seasons happen

be positive be positive incredibly

positive then I want to say number 5

expect God’s provision expect your God’s

provision because God owns everything

say man I’m telling you when I started

out I didn’t have nothing I was broker

than the 10 commandments I didn’t have I

didn’t have anything but I have learned

that God owns it all there was a man in

an airport and he was waiting on his

flight and he had some time and it

wasn’t real hungry he just wanted a

little snack so he got him a cup of

coffee and bought him a little bag of of

little doughnuts and he started to sit

down he couldn’t find a table all the

tables were full and there was only one

table in the little area and he walked

over as many times you probably done

this if you’ve been on been in the

airport and it’s not uncommon for

somebody you don’t even know to be

sitting at one end of the table and and

you said at the other end and this guy

he walks over with his coffee sets it on

the table takes his coat off puts it on

the chair sets his bag down and sits

down in the chair takes the lid off

takes a sip

Coffee pulls out his newspaper reaches

over and grabs the bag of doughnuts and

takes a doughnut out it starts eating it

and sipping his coffee and all of a

sudden the guy on the other end of the

table reaches his hand across the table

into the man’s bag of doughnuts and

takes a doughnut and smiles and starts

eating one of the doughnuts well I have

never in my life can you believe the

audacity of this jerk eating my doughnut

so the man grabs the bag of the doughnut

and pulls it all the way to the edge and

turns his body to send a body posture

message as if to say you leave my

doughnuts alone and he straightens his

newspaper and reaches in and eats

another doughnut and all of a sudden the

man stands up stretches all the way

across the table grabs another doughnut

out smiles at the man and takes another

bite and starts eating another doughnut

he cannot believe in he really wants to

fight him and and say something to him

but he is pretty obvious the guy must

not all be there he is one banana short

of a fruit basket is something’s not

right with this felon he may be violent

so he holds his peace but he’s really

ticked and after the guy eats his second

doughnut he stands up and grabs his

stuff and and walks off to catch his

flight and the guy want you doughnut

thief he’s thinking what a jerk you are

and then he notices the time it’s time

for his flight so he stands up and puts

his coat on and starts to reach down to

pick up his bag and when he does on top

of his suitcase is his bag of doughnuts

I’ll wait on you

he thought the man was taking from him

when really the man was sharing because

the donuts were not his he had all the

doughnuts and he was sharing his

doughnuts with a smile with a jerk now I

want to make the point here it is God

owns all the doughnuts what do you mean

you won’t one out of my 10 doughnuts God

owns we look at God like he’s some kind

of freak and saying give me 1 out of 10

I give you 10 doughnuts every week all I

want in return is one doughnut God come

on say it with me God owns all the

doughnuts if he wants to he can take all

the doughnuts off your plate and just

walk away but he’s a good god and he

keeps blessing you and blessing you and

you eat five six seven eight nine

doughnuts and then you say that’s too

much to give to the one who owns them

all you eat and eat and eat and all you

have is the crumbs off the Krispy Kreme

and when the offering bag comes by you

do like that when God owns it all he

owns it all we’re supposed to give him

all of our time all of our talent all of

our treasure what does that mean that

means that that we’re just stewards of

it and Lord I put you first in these

areas of my life

what I’m saying to you that it’s more

than mouth service that if you want him

to be your provider if you will put God

first he will bless your life and all of

these things will follow you there are

five questions that you need to ask if

you want to know if Jesus is first in

your life if you want to know if he’s

first in your

no no playing games this morning we all

say he’s first I love him if he is not

first in these areas of your life he is

not first in your life and let’s use the

word first F IR s T is he first in your

finances four out of the scripture said

for where a man’s Treasury is there his

heart will be is he first in your

finances don’t say he’s first if he’s

not first in your finances do you honor

him with the tithe do you honor him with

your giving do you honor him this is not

a commercial this is not a preacher

asking for your money this is the Word

of God

16 out of 38 parables that Jesus taught

dealt with money dealt with stewardship

dealt with what you do with your

resources because he understood the love

of money is the root of all evil and the

tenth commandment is thou shalt not

covet which is another word for covet is

materialism there’s nothing wrong with

having things but God does not want you

to worship things he wants you to put

him first and we are stewards of

everything that he gives us he owns all

the donuts is he first in your the I the

elf is finance is he first in your

interest in your interest the I in first

I mean what are you interested in what

what what preoccupies your whole week

what what are you what kind of books and

magazines and stuff and how much time do

you spend is he a major part of your

interest if he’s not a major part of

your interest if you don’t have interest

in him all week long he’s not first in

your life if you if you’ve got eight

hours for Facebook and in seven hours

for this in three hours for that and all

of these interests that we have but

somehow Jesus gets lost

the trunk he’s first in your finances

he’s first in your interest he’s first

in your relationships the R stands for

relationships in the in the letters of

first is he first in your relationship

is he first do you put him first do you

just date anybody you won’t and it has

nothing to do you say with your

spiritual life that is not making Jesus

first be not unequally yoked with

unbelievers and if he’s not first in

your relationship he’s not first in your

life well I’m going to flirt to convert

and that he’s a heathen but but I

believe I can just flirt and convert and

he’ll get saved that’s not what the

Bible teaches I don’t care how many

muscles he has I don’t care how good she

looks I don’t care how rich they are I

don’t care how pretty they are if they

don’t love Jesus Christ you have no

business being with them first in your

finances first in your interest first in

your relationships first the S stands

for in your schedule what’s your

schedule like what’s your day like if

he’s not in your day if he’s not in your

schedule if there’s no prayer time if

there’s no Bible reading if there’s no

feeding of your spirit if there’s

nothing that hardly acknowledges God all

week long all you are is a it is a true

Christian you you have him in the car in

the trunk and you pull him out happy

hour every Sunday morning I’m telling

you that he will affect your schedule

every day there ought to be a prayer

place every day there ought to be time

spending the word did you know that if

you read the Bible 15 minutes a day you

can read the entire Bible through every

year it doesn’t take huge amounts of

time but it’s just scheduling it in and

saying

I must read the Bible and I must pray

these are important things and if you’ll

do it if you’ll read the word the word

will read you and dusty Bibles lead the

dirty lives and if you’ll read this book

it’ll clean you it’ll cleanse you it’ll

sanctify you it’ll set you free it’ll

help you it’ll strengthen you and you

may not need that word that you read

that morning you it may mean are that

night when you go to bed and you open it

up it may mean nothing to you you just

read it but the next day at about three

o’clock when all hell’s breaking loose

and the Holy Spirit of remind you of the

very words you read last night no weapon

formed against you shall prosper and

suddenly a confidence comes because

you’ve had him in your schedule and then

lastly boy this may be the biggest test

of whether or not God is first in your

life the T in the word first stands for

is he first in your trouble what do you

do in trouble comes do you turn to a

bottle do you turn to appeal do you turn

to screaming do you turn to anger do you

turn to depression do you turn to fear

and worry and anxiety the real sign that

Jesus is first in your life you you meet

someone who he’s first and it’s not that

they’re exempt from trouble but when

trouble comes they know who to run to I

will lift up my heat my eyes unto the

hills from which cometh my help I’ll run

and cling to him in trouble my first

salt is not the bank my first thought is

not the doctor my first thought

it’s not this or that my first thought

is Jesus who do you run to in trouble

that’s a real sign of whether or not

he’s first and if he’s first then you

get his perspective you’ll see what he

sees if he’s first you’ll be prayerful

if he’s first you realize that you have

huge potential if he’s first you’ll be

positive

and if he’s first you will see his

miraculous provision because he owns all

the donuts

and when he’s first he will bless you in

ways that will astound you so I’m

speaking that over your life and I’m

telling you pray this this week God make

me positive God let me see from your

perspective

let me see what my natural eye is not

focusing on let me see what you see God

show me things show me Lord show me how

to be prayerful let me be prayerful this

week let me be positive let me be Oh God

see that provision that I know you have

I’m telling you if you’ll pray it God

can do it I don’t believe any of you are

here by accident today I believe today

can be the most significant day as it

was in the first service in many

people’s lives if you will turn your

life over to Jesus Christ if you will

make him first if you will say Lord you

don’t deserve a second place a back seat

a trunk or out on the side of the road

hitchhiking but I want you to be my

sovereign Lord I will put you first in

my life I’m telling you if you’ll do

that you’ll see the potential and the

miracle that God has for your life if

you believe that say man I want to pray

with you today as you are watching this

program I don’t believe it’s by chance I

believe in Kingdom connections I believe

that God can can know what you’re going

through and send a preacher into your

life to speak a message that speaks to

that situation in your life and I

believe why you’ve been listening today

that God has done that in your life so

why not open up your heart why not why

not just start all over today and give

your life completely to Jesus Christ

sell out maybe you never prayed that

prayer I want to pray with you right

where you are

you can experience the power and

presence of Jesus Christ he always comes

where he’s invited so open up and invite

him pray this prayer say Lord Jesus I

give you my life I surrender everything

to you forgive me cleanse me of my sins

through your precious blood I receive it

by faith I believe in you I believe you

died and rose again and I believe you’ve

come to live in me today with me you’ll

never leave me

you’ll never forsake me in Jesus name

that’s a powerful name in Jesus name and

I speak healing and health over your

body today if you’re sick just be healed

by the stripes of Jesus Christ amen life

has a way of weighing us down we want to

live in life’s full of hope and joy but

the problems we face often lead only the

hopelessness but we can overcome God

offers a promise instead of a problem

all we have to do is pray in faith and

watch as he opens our eyes to his

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ago God led me to come and begin a

church here in Orange County free chapel

Orange County we’ve seen that church

explode and now thousands of people call

free chapel home I’m standing in the

Bren Center at the University of

California and Irv

right here in Orange County and we are

believing that God is going to give us a

harvest in this room as a matter of fact

on September the 21st at 6:00 p.m. we’re

coming together as a church family all

of our services and all of our people

are coming but we’re opening up free of

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my friend is we’re hoping multi Grammy

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