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Ask Big ...
Joel Osteen
It's really Ask Big and he will give to you ...
Remember this forever
Joel Osteen
It's really Ask Big and he will give to you ...
Remember this forever
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00:00well god bless you and thanks for being with us today and if you're ever in our area please stop
00:18by and be a part of one of our services i promise you we'll make you feel right at home i like to
00:24start with something funny each week and they're just a joke don't be offended i heard about this
00:28man he was sitting in a dark restaurant and he said to the lady sitting next to him would you like to
00:34hear a blonde joke she said well before you tell me you should know that i'm blonde six foot tall
00:40and a professional bodybuilder the lady next to me is blonde six foot two and a professional wrestler
00:47and the lady next to her is blonde six foot five and the kickboxing champion of the world now do
00:54you still want to tell me he thought about it a moment said no not if i'm gonna have to explain
00:58it three times i'm gonna need a ride home today but anyway say it like you mean it this is my bible
01:07i 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
01:14the word of god i boldly confess my mind is alert my heart is receptive i will never be the same
01:21in jesus name god bless you i want to talk to you today about asking big when god laid out the plan
01:30for your life he didn't just put what you need to get by to survive to endure he put more than enough
01:38he's a god of abundance and we see this all through the scripture when jesus multiplied the
01:44little boy's lunch five loaves of bread and two fish after thousands of people ate there were 12
01:50baskets full left over and what's interesting is they had counted the people beforehand jesus knew
01:58how many were in the crowd that day if he wanted to be exact he could have made it where there would
02:04be no leftovers on purpose he made more than enough that's the god we serve david said my cup runs over
02:13he had an abundance more than he needed and yes we should thank god that our needs are supplied
02:19we should be grateful that we have enough but don't settle there that's not your destiny he is a more
02:26than enough god he wants you to have an abundance so you can be a blessing to those around you
02:32and this is where the israelites missed it they had been in slavery for so many years that they became
02:38conditioned to not having enough to barely getting by when pharaoh got upset with moses he told his
02:46foreman to have the israelites make the same amount of bricks without the hay and straw being provided
02:53for them i'm sure the israelites prayed god please help us to make our quotas god please help us to find
03:00these supplies that we need they prayed from a slave mentality from a limited mindset instead of
03:08asking to be free from their oppressors they were asking to become better slaves instead of praying
03:15for what god promised them the land flowing with milk and honey they prayed that god would help them
03:22function better in their dysfunction are you asking today to become a better slave are you asking for
03:31the abundant overflowing more than enough life that god has for you god says you are to reign
03:37in life that you are blessed and you cannot be cursed that whatever you touch will prosper and succeed
03:44don't pray to get by to endure dare to ask big ask for what god promised you the medical report may not
03:54look good that's okay there's another report god you said you would restore health back into me
03:59you said the number of my days you will fulfill maybe you've gone through a disappointment
04:05a bad break don't pray god help me to deal with this loneliness god help me to put up with this
04:11depression that's a slave mentality turn it around god you said you would give me beauty for these ashes
04:18joy for this morning that you would pay me back double for this unfair situation
04:23or your dream may look impossible you don't see how it could work out god you said your blessings
04:30would chase me down that i'm surrounded by favor that goodness and mercy are following me that you
04:36would give me the desires of my heart take the limits off of god and ask big not from a slave mentality
04:43not a limited mindset don't ask god to help you function better in your dysfunction ask him for your
04:51dreams ask him for new levels ask him for explosive blessings ask him to propel you into your purpose
04:59this is what a lady i know did she has four small grandchildren that she ended up having to raise
05:05she wasn't planning on it something happened with her daughter and at first she was a little
05:10discouraged not knowing how it was going to work out three of these children were in private school
05:15it was very expensive and this grandmother didn't have the extra funds she could have prayed from a
05:22slave mentality god is not fair i'll never be able to really provide for my grandchildren just help us to
05:29survive instead she had this boldness to ask big she said god i don't have the funds to keep my
05:37grandchildren in private school but i know you own it all you're a god of abundance god i'm asking you
05:44to make a way even though i don't see how it could ever happen she owed a small amount for them to finish that
05:51first year she went up to the school to pay and the secretary called up her records on the computer and said
05:58no you don't owe anything everything's all paid up she said that couldn't be i have the notice right here
06:03this says that i owe this amount secretary turned the monitor around and said no ma'am it says right here
06:11all three of these children's tuitions have been paid not only for the rest of this year but all the
06:18way through the eighth grade an anonymous donor stepped up prepaid it for years to come
06:26friends god can make things happen that you could never make happen he's already placed abundance in
06:33your future it's already lined up the right people the breaks you need doors to open that you could
06:39never open my question is are you asking big or are you letting your circumstances how you were raised
06:46what somebody said talk you out of it if you go through life only pray and barely get by prayers
06:53you'll miss the fullness of your destiny but when you get this in your spirit that the god who breathed
07:00life into you the god who called you set you apart crowned you with favor is a more than enough god
07:07an abundant god an overflowing god then you'll have this boldness to ask for big things not to
07:14just manage the addiction but to be free from the addiction not to just pay your bills but to be
07:20totally out of debt so you can be a blessing to others not to just see your child get back on the
07:26right course but that god would use him to make his mark in this generation matthew chapter 20 jesus was
07:33walking through a town and there were two blind men on the side of the road when they heard all the
07:38commotion they started shouting jesus have mercy on us jesus walked over to them and said what is it
07:46that you want me to do for you seemed like a strange question it's obvious what they needed they were blind
07:53why did jesus ask them he wanted to see what they were believing they could have said jesus we just need
08:01some help out here we're blind we just need a little better place to live if they would have asked
08:07from a limited mentality it would have kept them in defeat instead they asked big they said lord we want
08:14to see we want our eyes to be open they were saying we know you can do the impossible when jesus heard
08:22their bequest he touched their eyes and instantly they could see god is asking us the same thing he asked
08:29those two blind men what is it that you want me to do for you now how you answer is going to have a
08:35great impact on what god does don't say god i just want to make it through this year have you seen the
08:41price of oil god my family's so dysfunctional just help us to survive god i don't like my job just help
08:48me to endure it that is going to limit your destiny do like these blind men dare to ask big god i want to
08:55be free from this addiction god i want to meet the right person god i want to see my whole family serve you
09:02god i want to start my own business ask for your dreams ask for things that even seem impossible
09:08james chapter 4 the scripture says you ask and do not receive because you ask amiss
09:16that word amiss in the original language means sick weak miserable when we ask to become better
09:24slaves that's a sick prayer when we ask to get by to endure to barely make it that's a weak prayer
09:31that's asking amiss god is saying i created the whole universe i own it all don't come to me with a
09:40sick prayer a weak prayer asking me to help you live better in mediocrity endure the trouble survive
09:47another month no when you come to me ask big knowing that i'm a god of more than enough
09:53he's saying ask me to show out in your life ask me to heal you from that disease ask me to accelerate
10:02your goals when you ask big god calls that a healthy prayer that's when he says to the angels go to work
10:09release my favor loose those chains open up some new doors well joel i'm just praying that i'll make
10:15it through this tough times business is really slow can i say this respectfully that's a sick prayer
10:21that prayer has the flu that prayer is depressed but i'm just praying that i'll learn how to manage
10:28this addiction grandmother had it mother had it now i do too that's a weak prayer your attitude should be
10:35god this addiction keeps getting passed down in my family line but i believe this is a new day
10:42that you've raised me up to put a stop to it that i will be the one to break the generational curse
10:49and start the generational blessing don't ask to become a better slave ask to be the difference maker
10:56ask to set a new standard when you say god help me to get that scholarship so i can go to college
11:03that's not just being hopeful just being positive that's your faith being released that's what
11:09allows god to do great things or god i don't have the funds for the building project just yet but lord
11:16i want to thank you that opportunity is headed my way that blessings are chasing me down no more sick
11:22prayers take the limits off of god ask big this is the year for god to show out in your life
11:30to accelerate his goodness to propel you into your destiny this is what a man did in the scripture
11:36by the name of jabez his name literally means pain sorrow suffering every time someone said hello jabez
11:46they were saying hello trouble hello sorrow hello pain they were prophesying defeat and failure
11:52you can imagine how he could have let that keep him in mediocrity make him feel inferior insecure
11:58there was something different about jabez despite his rough upbringing despite what people labeled
12:05him he looked up to the heavens and said god i'm asking you to bless me indeed could have just said
12:13god bless me that would have been okay but he had this boldness to ask big here's a man that was
12:20supposed to have trouble heartache lived depressed defeated but he shook off the slave mentality
12:27his attitude it doesn't matter what people said about me doesn't matter what my circumstances look
12:33like i know who i am a child of the most high god he went on to say god enlarge my territories
12:42he was saying god help me to go beyond the norm let me see abundance let me see more of your favor
12:49i'm sure thoughts told him jabez god's not gonna bless you you come from the wrong family your own parents
12:57labeled you sorrow pain trouble but people don't determine your destiny god does the scripture says
13:03god granted jabez his request god blessed him indeed like jabez you may have plenty of reasons to settle
13:13where you are what you didn't get what people said how impossible it looks the odds may be against you
13:20but the good news is god is for you he is more powerful than any force that's trying to stop you
13:27he knows how to make up for what you didn't get he can thrust you further than you ever imagined
13:33but you have to do like jabez and pray bold prayers ask in spite of what the circumstances look like
13:42ask in spite of what people are telling you ask in spite of what the enemy keeps whispering in your
13:48ear jabez could have prayed a weak sick prayer thought god i've had some bad breaks had a rough
13:55upbringing god i'm just asking you to help me to survive if he would have done that we wouldn't be
14:00talking about him today if you're going to beat the odds stand out in the crowd if you're going to reach
14:06your highest potential you have to learn this principle to ask big god said in psalm 2 from the
14:13message translation you're my son and today is your birthday what do you want nations as a present
14:20continents as a prize you can command them all to dance for you notice how big god thinks what do you
14:28want nations as a present sometimes we're praying for a three dollar an hour raise god's talking about
14:34giving you nations we're praying for a promotion god's got a business for you to own we're praying
14:40to pay our bills god's planning on blessing you so you can pay other people's bills we're looking at
14:46the five loaves two fish god's thinking about the 12 baskets full left over what does that mean
14:52today is your birthday on your birthday more than any other time you feel entitled to ask for something
15:00out of the ordinary normally you don't want anybody to go out of the way for you but on your birthday
15:06you think okay i'm gonna ask for that favor i'm gonna ask for that new outfit for that set of golf clubs
15:12you know over time as we get older our enthusiasm may go down a little but think back to when you were
15:18a child you knew that was your special day you had a boldness to ask for what you really wanted
15:25a few months ago a little boy came up to me out in the hallway it's about five years old and i see
15:31him here all the time he came running up so excited said it's my birthday today i gave him a big hug and
15:38told him happy birthday and i walked about five steps away and came back and grabbed my leg and said it
15:44again it's my birthday but i know you just told me five seconds ago and we hugged and did it all again
15:51like it was the first time this happened again and again and again i could hardly get through the
15:57hallway about the seventh time he came up and grabbed my leg this time instead of telling me it
16:04was his birthday he looked up and said what are you going to get me for my birthday
16:08the reason he kept coming back is because he felt entitled to a present he knew it was his special day
16:17god is saying when you pray act like it's your birthday come to me with a boldness ask me for what
16:25you really want don't be shy don't hold back tell me your dreams tell me what you're believing for
16:33ask for the secret things i placed in your heart when our son jonathan was a little boy he liked power
16:40rangers he never asked for that much but on his sixth birthday he said dad i want that new power
16:46ranger that i saw on television you know a little action figure we went up to the toy store but they
16:52were out we drove to another one and they didn't have it and another and another and another normally
16:58i would have given up but it was his birthday i didn't want to disappoint him finally we found it
17:04like an hour away took half the day to get this little 14 dollar action figure but as a father
17:12i didn't mind going out of my way you know as parents you'll do anything for your children
17:17especially on their birthday how much more will your heavenly father make things happen for you
17:25ask him for your dreams ask him to turn that child around ask him for your healing you're not
17:32inconveniencing god well joel god's got bigger things to deal with than me no you are god's biggest deal
17:38you're the apple of his eyes you're his most prized possession just like i ran all over the city
17:44to find that action figure to give my son what he was dreaming about on his birthday god will move
17:51heaven and earth to bring about his destiny in your life dare to ask big too often instead of
17:59approaching god like it's our birthday believing that he'll do something special we do just the opposite
18:04oh i can't ask for what i really want that wouldn't be right that'd be greedy that'd be selfish
18:09the scripture says it is the father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom nothing makes
18:16god any happier than for him to see you step up to who you were created to be it says today
18:23is your birthday what do you want notice today is always in the present when you get up tomorrow
18:30morning god is saying today is your birthday two weeks from now today is your birthday seven years
18:36from now today is your birthday every morning when you get up just imagine god saying happy birthday son
18:43happy birthday daughter why does he do this so you'll have the boldness to ask for things that you
18:50wouldn't normally ask for when i received word that the compact center was coming available
18:55something ignited on the inside i knew it was supposed to be ours but every voice said it's
19:02never going to happen it's too big joel you don't deserve it who do you think you are to even ask for it
19:08instead of believing those lies i did what i'm asking you to do i went to god like it was my birthday
19:14i said god i know this is far out normally i'd never ask for it but god i believe you put this in
19:21our path this is the part of my destiny so god i'm asking you to make a way even though i don't see a
19:28way what's interesting all of the big things i've ever asked for i've never once felt like god has said
19:36joel you got a lot of nerve man what are you doing asking for that just the opposite down here i can feel
19:43god whispering joel i love the fact that you dare to ask big i love the fact that you believe that i can
19:50do the impossible and of course you know everything i've asked for hasn't come to pass but the point
19:56is if you'll go to god with childlike faith believing that it's your birthday asking for things that you
20:03wouldn't normally ask for there will be times that you see god show out in your life in ways greater
20:11than you ever imagined this is what solomon did in psalm 72 he prayed what seemed to be a very
20:18self-centered prayer he asked god to make him well known that his fame would spread throughout the land
20:25that wealth and honor of other nations would be brought to him that kings and queens would bow down
20:31before him you would think god would say solomon what's wrong with you i'm not going to make you
20:36famous i'm not going to give you this honor wealth influence you need to learn some humility
20:42but god didn't rebuke him god didn't tell him he was selfish and greedy god did exactly what he asked
20:49for solomon became one of the most famous people of his day the queen of sheba came bowed down before
20:56him brought him gold and silver here's the key the reason god answered that bold prayer is because
21:04solomon went on to say god if you'll make my name famous if you'll give me influence and wealth then i
21:12will use it to help the widows to take care of the orphans to bring justice to the oppressed to give a
21:19voice to those that don't have any voice he asked big not just so he would look impressive drive the
21:26fanciest chariot live in the biggest palace it was so he could lift the fallen restore the broken help
21:33the hurting to advance god's kingdom god has no problem giving you influence honor wealth even
21:40fame as long as your dream in some way is connected to helping others to making this world a better
21:48place and god is raising up a new generation of solomons people that have the boldness to say
21:54god make me famous in my field let my gifts and talents stand out let my work be so excellent
22:02so inspiring that people all around me know who i am not for my glory but so i can use my
22:10influence to advance your kingdom whatever field you're in medicine sales construction accounting
22:18teaching i dare you to pray god make me famous in my field let me shine give me influence if you're an
22:27architect god give me ideas creativity designs that stand out then use your influence to design the
22:35boys home design the orphanage you're a mechanic god make me famous let me be so skilled have so much
22:42expertise that people come to me to see how it's done then use your influence to fix the single mom's car
22:49to mentor other young men teach them how to do it you're in the medical profession god make me famous
22:55let me develop procedures that benefit mankind then use that influence to help those that can't afford it
23:02there's no limit to what god will do for you if you'll use what he's given you to help others
23:09one time i was playing basketball with some friends and i had to leave early to go to a doctor's appointment
23:15a teammate of mine works in the medical field and he asked me who i was going to see him
23:20i said dr price a friend of mine he kind of looked up and said the dr price i said no just dr price
23:29i've known him for 30 years he said is it the dr price that's in infectious medicine i said yes that's
23:35him he said oh man he's the best he's famous people come to see him from all over i thought man i should
23:42start treating him better but you know what dr price does with his quote fame his wealth his influence
23:49he uses it to help needy people in third world countries every time you turn around he and his
23:56family are coming back from africa the organization that he started has donated over a billion dollars
24:02worth of medical supplies they vaccinated millions of children a few years back tom's shoes gave him
24:09a million pairs of children's shoes dr price never dreamed he would be where he is today
24:16god made him famous not tmz famous famous in his field i wonder what would happen if you would dare pray
24:24god make me famous god make me to stand out so i can make a big difference in this world
24:31there's a young man that attends here named troy he comes from a single parent family and his mother
24:38has brought him and his brother to church since they were a little child from the time he was a
24:44little boy he's always had a dream to go to college in the natural didn't seem like this single mom would
24:51be able to afford that all the odds were against them but through prayer hard work god's favor good
24:57grades both he and his brother received scholarships troy's was to georgetown university not only a scholarship
25:05for his undergraduate work but for his master's degree and his doctorate degree he's studying
25:12political science his goal is to one day become the secretary of state of the u.s like solomon he's
25:20prayed god give me influence give me notoriety so i can make the world a better place a while back i was
25:27driving on the freeway and i saw this billboard from a junior college it's a picture of troy the caption
25:33reads meet troy our future secretary of state
25:36friends god can make things happen that you could never make happen he'll make you famous so you can
25:46use your influence not only to reach your goals so you can help others along the way now do your part
25:53no more sick prayers no more weak prayers get rid of that slave mentality go to god like it's your
26:00birthday ask him for your dreams like jay best dare to say god bless me indeed if you'll do this i believe and
26:09declare like solomon god is going to give you more influence more resources more notoriety you're going to
26:17accomplish your dreams rise higher than you ever thought possible and become everything god created
26:23you to be in jesus name if you receive it can you say amen today we never like to close our broadcast without giving you
26:32an opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life would you pray with me just say lord jesus i repent of my sins
26:41come into my heart i make you my lord and savior if you prayed that simple prayer we believe you got
26:50born again get in a good bible-based church keep god first place he's going to take you places that you've
26:56never dreamed
26:57never dreamed
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