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>> VICTORIA: HALLELUJAH.
WE LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THIS IS OUR YEAR OF
ACCELERATION.
LET’S BELIEVE THAT AS WE
GO INTO THIS YEAR OF
ACCELERATION, THAT
GOD IS GOING
TO DO EXTRAORDINARY
THINGS IN OUR LIFE.
LET’S DON’T LIMIT GOD
BECAUSE OF OUR OWN ABILITY,
BECAUSE OF OUR RESOURCES,
BECAUSE
WE DON’T FEEL LIKE
WE HAVE WHAT
IT TAKES TO DO SOMETHING
EXTRAORDINARY.
SEE, GOD HAS DESIGNED YOU AND
CREATED YOU TO
BE SPECIAL, TO BE DIFFERENT.
HE’S PLACED SOMETHING ON YOUR
LIFE THAT GIVES YOU THE
ADVANTAGE.
TOO OFTEN, WE LIMIT GOD
BECAUSE WE ONLY LOOK AT
OURSELF.
WE DON’T LOOK AT GOD,
WE LOOK AT OURSELF.
I’VE FALLEN INTO THIS TRAP
BEFORE, WANTING TO
PRAY A BIG PRAYER, WANTING TO
BELIEVE FOR SOMETHING
SPECTACULAR
IN MY LIFE BUT
STOPPING AT THE
MOMENT OF FAITH
BECAUSE I LOOK AT
MYSELF AND WONDER, COULD THAT
REALLY HAPPEN TO ME?
COULD I REALLY
ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING LIKE
THAT?
SEE, OUR VICTORIES ARE NOT
GOING TO BE WON BY OUR OWN
STRENGTH.
OUR VICTORIES ARE GOING TO BE
ACCOMPLISHED BY GOD’S
FAVOR.
HIS GRACIOUS HAND OF FAVOR ON
OUR LIFE IS WHAT’S GOING
TO BRING ABOUT THE
EXTRAORDINARY
IN OUR LIFE.
I THINK ABOUT JOSEPH, MOSES,
NEHEMIAH, ESTHER,
JUST TO NAME A FEW,
THEY BELIEVED
THAT THEY WERE ANOINTED AND
THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE
CALLED BY GOD
TO DO GREAT THINGS.
NOW, IN THE NATURAL ON PAPER,
THEY DIDN’T
HOLD A GREAT POSITION.
THEY DIDN’T HAVE PLENTY OF
RESOURCES.
THEY DIDN’T
NECESSARILY COME FROM
THE RIGHT FAMILY, BUT THEY
BELIEVED THIS ONE THING,
THAT GOD HAD ANOINTED THEM
TO DO SOMETHING GREAT.
THINK ABOUT JOSEPH
WHO’S A YOUNG BOY DOING
GREAT THINGS,
HAVING AN ENJOYABLE LIFE
WHEN HE
REALIZED HIS BROTHERS
DESPISED HIM SO MUCH THAT
THEY THREW HIM
IN A PIT AND THEY
SOLD HIM INTO SLAVERY.
HIS BROTHERS DESPISED HIM SO
MUCH, THEY THREW HIM IN A
PIT AND SOLD HIM
INTO SLAVERY.
LET ME ASK YOU
SOMETHING, HAVE
YOU EVER HEARD YOURSELF SAY,
“MY BOSS DOESN’T LIKE ME,
THAT’S WHY I CAN’T GET
THE PROMOTION.
OH, MY IN LAWS,
THEY’RE PUSHING ME
DOWN.
MY SISTER, THE REASON I’M THE
WAY I AM IS BECAUSE SHE’S
ALWAYS BEEN SO UGLY TO ME.
OH, MY HUSBAND,
HE NEVER ENCOURAGES ME.”
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD
YOURSELF SAY SOMETHING
LIKE THAT,
MAYBE MAKE UP ON EXCUSE
WHY YOU
COULDN’T DO SOMETHING?
WELL, JOSEPH WAS SOLD
INTO SLAVERY.
HE ENDED UP COMING
INTO POTIPHAR’S HOUSE.
POTIPHAR’S WIFE
ACCUSED HIM FALSELY OF DOING
SOMETHING HE
DID NOT DO.
HE LANDED HIMSELF IN PRISON.
SEE, THROUGH JOSEPH’S UPS AND
DOWNS, HE STILL BELIEVED
HE HAD THE ANOINTING OF GOD.
AND DO YOU KNOW JOSEPH
ENDED UP BEING
SECOND IN COMMAND OF ALL OF
EGYPT?
HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS
RUNNING THE SHOW.
HOW COULD THAT HAVE HAPPENED?
HOW COULD THAT HAVE HAPPENED?
HIS BROTHERS
THREW HIM IN A PIT.
HE BECAME A SLAVE.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
MOSES, HE WAS
NOT EVEN SUPPOSED
TO BE ALIVE.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE KILLED
AS SOON AS HE WAS BORN.
YOU SEE,
SOME PEOPLE SAY THIS,
“OUR GENERATION
IS NEVER GONNA DO
ANYTHING BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE’S TOO MUCH EVIL
OUT THERE.
THERE’S TOO MANY THINGS GOING
AGAINST THEM.
THIS INTERNET,
THESE EVIL PEOPLE, THIS
GENERATION
WILL NEVER MAKE IT.”
WELL, MOSES
WAS NEVER INTENDED TO
MAKE IT.
THE KING HAD PLANNED TO KILL
EVERY CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF
2 AND MOSES WAS THAT CHILD.
MOSES TRIED TO DO SOMETHING
GOOD, TURNED OUT BAD
AND HE FOUND HIMSELF
WANDERING IN THE
WILDERNESS FOR 40 YEARS,
40 YEARS
WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS.
SOME PEOPLE
THINK THEY’VE WASTED
THEIR LIFE.
THEY THINK, “MAN,
I JUST HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING.
NOTHING’S HAPPENED FOR ME.”
WELL, MOSES PROBABLY FELT
THE EXACT SAME WAY
BUT HE KNEW THIS,
HE HAD THE ANOINTING
OF GOD ON
HIS LIFE.
HE PERSUADES PHARAOH
TO LET THEM GO.
HE TALKED THEM INTO LETTING
THEM ESCAPE FROM
THEIR BONDAGE IN SLAVERY
AND JUST
ABOUT THE TIME
HE WRAPPED THEM UP
AND WAS HEADED OUT, HE FOUND
HIMSELF UP AGAINST
THE RED SEA.
HE LOOKED
BEHIND HIM, THE ENEMY’S
ARMY WAS COMING ON HORSES AND
CHARIOTS.
THEY WERE WAY
OVERPOWERED.
THE ISRAELITES WERE ON FOOT,
MAYBE HAD A FEW LITTLE
WAGONS WITH THEM,
TAKING THEIR CHILDREN,
THEIR OLDER FOLKS WITH THEM.
THEY LOOKED BEHIND THEM
AND HERE’S THESE YOUNG BUCKS
COMING WITH SWORDS
AND SPHERES,
GONNA TAKE THEM DOWN.
ALL OF A SUDDEN MOSES
RAISES HIS ROD AND
THIS BIG BODY
OF WATER, THAT BIG
OBSTACLE,
JUST SPLIT IN TWO, WAS
JUST AT THE WINDS
JUST BLEW IT BACK.
AND THOSE PEOPLE WALKED
THROUGH ON DRY GROUND
AND GOT TO
THE OTHER SIDE.
WHAT IS THAT?
IF YOU READ THAT IN THE PAPER
TODAY, YOU’D SAY, “THAT’S
SENSATIONALISM.
THAT COULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED.”
MOSES WASN’T
EVEN SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT
TO 3 YEARS OLD.
HE WASTED 40 YEARS
IN THE WILDERNESS.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
NEHEMIAH, HE WAS A CUPBEARER
IN THE KING’S HOUSE.
HE SERVED WINE
TO THE TABLE OF
THE KING,
BUT HE HAD A DESIRE IN
HIS HEART TO SEE THE WALLS OF
JERUSALEM REBUILT WHERE HIS
ANCESTORS WERE.
THEY WERE IN SHAME.
THEY WERE IN SHAMBLES.
HE WAS A CUPBEARER.
HE DIDN’T HAVE THE RESOURCES.
HE DIDN’T HAVE THE MONEY.
HE DIDN’T HAVE THE INFLUENCE.
HEHE WASN’T A CABINET MEMBER.
BUT HE WENT TO THE
KING AND THE KING,
HE NOT ONLY
GRANTED HIM THE TIME
TO TAKE OFF
TO GO, BUT HE SENT
WITH HIM THE
RESOURCES, THE TIMBER,
AND HE WAS
ABLE TO ROUND UP
THE MIGHTY MEN
TO REBUILD THOSE WALLS.
WHERE THAT WALL
SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A
YEAR OR TWO,
NEHEMIAH DID IT IN
52 DAYS, 52 DAYS.
IT WAS ACCELERATION
FOR NEHEMIAH.
WHAT WAS THAT?
ESTHER,
SHE WAS BORN AN ORPHAN.
SHE SHOULD
HAVE NEVER MADE IT.
SHE HAD NO FAMILY,
NO SUPPORT,
BUT SHE ENDED UP BEING
THE QUEEN OF THE LAND
AND SHE HAD
TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE
AND SHE SAVED
AN ENTIRE NATION,
THE JEWISH NATION.
WHAT WAS THAT?
IT WAS THE GRACIOUS HAND
OF GOD’S FAVOR.
IT WAS THE GRACIOUS HAND
OF GOD’S FAVOR IN THEIR LIFE,
AND YOU TOO HAVE
THE GRACIOUS HAND OF
GOD’S FAVOR IN YOUR LIFE.
DON’T EVER FORGET IT.
WHEN GOD BREATHED BREATH
INTO YOU, HE GAVE
YOU MORE THAN RESOURCES,
ABILITY.
HE GIVE YOU MORE THAN FRIENDS
AND THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS.
HE GAVE YOU AN ADVANTAGE.
HE GAVE YOU HIS FAVOR,
HIS FAVOR.
GOD IS LOOKING FOR MEN
AND WOMEN WHO
WILL TRULY BELIEVE
THAT THEY HAVE
THE FAVOR OF GOD
IN THEIR LIFE.
DON’T FALL INTO THE TRAP OF,
“WELL, I DON’T HAVE THE
RESOURCES.
I DON’T HAVE THE ABILITY.”
TAKE YOURSELF OUT OF
THE EQUATION IF YOU HAVE TO.
DON’T TIE THE HANDS OF GOD
BECAUSE YOU CAN’T BELIEVE.
LOOK AT ALMIGHTY GOD
AND REALIZE, “IT’S GOD’S
STRENGTH THAT’S GONNA
BRING THESE THINGS TO PASS.
IT’S HIS GRACIOUS HAND
OF FAVOR IN MY LIFE.”
EVERY DAY YOU HAVE TO
GET UP AND YOU
HAVE TO BE WILLING
TO RECEIVE THIS FAVOR.
THERE WILL
BE DAYS YOU GET UP AND
YOU’RE DOUBTING YOURSELF.
I’M SURE JOSEPH DID,
I’M SMOSES DID.
I KNOW ESTHER DID.
I KBUT LISTEN,
YOU’RE A QUEEN ON THE INSIDE.
YOU HAVE THE ROYAL CROWN
ON YOUR HEAD.
IF YOU GET UP EVERY MORNING
AND YOU SAY, “GOD,
I RECEIVE THIS FAVOR.
IT’S NOT WHAT I FEEL LIKE.
IT’S NOT IN MY OWN ABILITY
BUT I’M HERE TO HONOR YOU.
I’M HERE TO ACCEPT
THE FREE GIFT THAT YOU’VE
GIVEN ME,
THE ADVANTAGE TO LIVE
A LIFE OF VICTORY.
I RECEIVE YOUR FAVOR
AND I BELIEVE
THROUGH THE UPS AND
DOWNS, GOD,
YOU’RE GONNA GET ME
TO EXACTLY
WHERE I NEED TO BE.”
YOU SEE, WHEN YOU HAVE
AN ATTITUDE LIKE THAT,
IT IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU
TO DO THE MOST
EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
AND CAN I TELL YOU THIS?
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE
TO GET STARTED.
YOU HAVE NOT
WASTED YOUR LIFE.
MOSES THOUGHT HE DID
BUT GOD BROUGHT
HIM BACK AND GAVE HIM
A FLOURISHING FINISH.
KNOW TODAY
THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH
EXTRAORDINARY THINGS
IN YOUR LIFE.
I KNOW YOU’RE PROBABLY
A LOT LIKE ME AT THIS POINT
AND YOU CAN LOOK BACK
OVER YOUR LIFE AND
YOU CAN SAY, “GOD,
IF IT HAS BEEN
THE GRACIOUS HAND
OF FAVOR THAT’S
BROUGHT ME TO WHERE
I AM TODAY.”