WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.240 --> 00:00:08.160 All right, and good morning, good morning, good morning, welcome to the Prosper Power 2 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:08.560 Hour. 3 00:00:08.980 --> 00:00:14.620 Of course, this is every week as we're bringing heaven and earth together. 4 00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:20.560 As part of the Prosper Leader membership, we've got both of those dimensions, the heaven 5 00:00:20.560 --> 00:00:21.220 and the earth. 6 00:00:21.580 --> 00:00:28.260 Wednesdays, 8 a.m., that's the heaven side of things, and that's what we do today, four 7 00:00:28.260 --> 00:00:34.660 15-minute segments of promise, of principle, of prayer, and of practice. 8 00:00:34.860 --> 00:00:36.920 So I'm thrilled seeing all of you. 9 00:00:37.300 --> 00:00:42.920 Those of you that are here live, I'm so excited to see your faces and do this together. 10 00:00:43.340 --> 00:00:48.560 Those of you listening to the recording, you missed stuff, like I cannot play the music, 11 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:53.800 copyrighted music in the recording and so on, and we just did a really fun blues song 12 00:00:53.800 --> 00:01:00.840 about putting God first, which, of course, our principle last week was Matthew 6.33, 13 00:01:01.300 --> 00:01:08.460 about seeking God first, and I loved in that song how it's saying, your first word, your 14 00:01:08.460 --> 00:01:14.100 first thought, of course, the first fruit, and I love doing that. 15 00:01:14.140 --> 00:01:21.280 I love the minute I wake up, just immediately praising God, putting God first that way. 16 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:22.860 Thank you for a great night's sleep. 17 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:24.040 Thank you for my bed. 18 00:01:24.260 --> 00:01:25.380 Thank you for waking me up. 19 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:27.360 Thank you for a new day, right? 20 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:33.020 We're starting, instead of going straight into, ah, what do I have to do today, or starting 21 00:01:33.020 --> 00:01:37.880 with lack, you know, I don't have enough time, I don't have enough money, I don't have enough, 22 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:44.720 you know, instead of starting with lack, we're starting in the fullness of putting God first. 23 00:01:45.860 --> 00:01:46.740 So yay. 24 00:01:46.960 --> 00:01:48.500 So welcome, welcome, welcome. 25 00:01:48.500 --> 00:01:57.020 Um, we have, um, a praise report, you know, an answer to last week's prayer, uh, Joy and 26 00:01:57.020 --> 00:02:01.120 Renee, important paperwork got signed, so we're celebrating that. 27 00:02:01.240 --> 00:02:07.140 Um, I don't see that Christy was able to make it, and if you guys see anybody in the waiting 28 00:02:07.140 --> 00:02:15.020 room, so I don't miss it, but she has a praise report, um, the progress in healing the cancer 29 00:02:15.020 --> 00:02:22.280 is absolutely incredible and astounding, the doctors, and so we're super celebrating Christy's 30 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:26.460 healing, um, of course Kim is always right in the middle of that, so if anything you 31 00:02:26.460 --> 00:02:29.960 want to fill in and represent her to share, that's always awesome. 32 00:02:30.340 --> 00:02:36.700 We continue to pray for her and lift her up, and if you have any prayer requests that we're 33 00:02:36.700 --> 00:02:43.000 going to cover, uh, we're continuing to pray, of course, for Dana and finding the right 34 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:49.120 business lane for her, and for Elen, for complete healing, and also for those of you 35 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:54.360 that just joined for Kim, welcome Kim, welcome back Kim, she's been a Prosper Leader member 36 00:02:54.360 --> 00:03:02.680 many years, welcome back, and, um, for her daughter Chelsea, and just clarity, um, in, 37 00:03:02.740 --> 00:03:09.520 uh, in the diagnosis, confirming the diagnosis, and let's just pray complete and 100% healing. 38 00:03:09.720 --> 00:03:11.420 She's a beautiful woman of God. 39 00:03:11.420 --> 00:03:18.100 Uh, I threw my daughter in there, Kristen, and I know Rose, I can speak for you, we'll 40 00:03:18.100 --> 00:03:28.640 throw your daughter in there, cover her absolutely, um, because so much in that, oh look, Christy 41 00:03:28.640 --> 00:03:37.280 just joined, she's gonna get to speak herself, yay, you guys get to hear this, um, let's 42 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:45.760 see, she's coming in, did she make it in? 43 00:03:46.860 --> 00:03:47.200 We'll just check. 44 00:03:50.180 --> 00:03:52.460 Christy, welcome, welcome, welcome. 45 00:03:53.020 --> 00:03:54.560 Thank you, Brenda, nice to see you. 46 00:03:54.760 --> 00:03:59.080 Oh my goodness, you're, you're, like, your grand entrance, the timing was, like, perfect, 47 00:03:59.200 --> 00:04:06.160 we were just, oh my gosh, we were just celebrating your healing that is happening, and I'm trying 48 00:04:06.160 --> 00:04:10.780 to speak for you, but you're here, so do you want to just share a praise report? 49 00:04:11.720 --> 00:04:18.360 Yeah, um, well, I mean, God has told me from the very beginning, I went to, uh, Bethel 50 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:24.160 Church right after I found out to receive, you know, healing and prayer and all that, 51 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:29.100 and God said, you've got a long life ahead of you, you're gonna be absolutely fine, and 52 00:04:29.100 --> 00:04:35.900 that is not what the doctor's report said, so, and I, I don't speak about what that is, 53 00:04:35.900 --> 00:04:36.880 because it doesn't matter. 54 00:04:37.980 --> 00:04:44.160 Anyway, it was very cool, because, uh, yesterday I went in for, um, my, one of my treatments 55 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:54.500 for, uh, chemo, and my doctor said, your numbers are amazing, he said, I see you being in remission 56 00:04:54.780 --> 00:04:59.400 in two more sessions, and they had originally told me six months. 57 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:06.680 And so it's been like the time was cut in half and I know that you know my 58 00:05:07.240 --> 00:05:11.680 my journey with this as soon as like I was waiting for my diagnosis and and 59 00:05:13.180 --> 00:05:14.300 everything was 60 00:05:14.300 --> 00:05:15.000 Okay, God 61 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:15.920 if you're gonna 62 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:18.340 Allow me to walk through this journey on this path 63 00:05:18.340 --> 00:05:23.960 and I expect at least a million people to be touched by what I'm going through because it's not gonna be for not and 64 00:05:23.960 --> 00:05:31.300 And I'm telling you like I can't I mean I've been telling clients and friends and they're like, oh I was just telling my mom 65 00:05:31.300 --> 00:05:34.080 I was just she was telling her this and you know 66 00:05:34.080 --> 00:05:39.220 and it's it's I was on live TV and they we were they were praying over me and so like 67 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:45.840 There's another how many ever people so I know that God is doing so much. He's transformed my family and 68 00:05:47.300 --> 00:05:48.200 it's just 69 00:05:49.280 --> 00:05:54.300 You know, I'm in awe of I know God is gonna complete the work 70 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:56.360 but to 71 00:05:56.460 --> 00:06:00.340 like to be walking through it and 72 00:06:00.340 --> 00:06:04.160 Have that news yesterday, I just wanted to stand on my roof and say 73 00:06:06.880 --> 00:06:09.280 You know, I 74 00:06:09.280 --> 00:06:11.800 Love it. Thank you for sharing. I 75 00:06:12.060 --> 00:06:18.180 Course, I always love your heart and your beautiful heart of love 76 00:06:18.200 --> 00:06:20.720 for people and for God and 77 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:27.920 your courage and your faith and from day one when you first told me this and 78 00:06:29.660 --> 00:06:36.720 You're such a great example of what we talk about in these Bible studies about whose report 79 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:39.680 Are you going to believe whose report? 80 00:06:39.960 --> 00:06:44.980 Are you going to stand on the report of the Lord or the report of whatever? 81 00:06:44.980 --> 00:06:53.100 Yeah statement your diagnosis your doctor your whatever because negative reports come always and 82 00:06:54.580 --> 00:07:02.560 Whose report are you standing on and so you've been standing on faith and you're not just standing on faith about 83 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:05.420 Healing for you, but you're standing on faith 84 00:07:05.420 --> 00:07:11.960 We just got done listening to a song about seeking first the kingdom of God and you're standing on faith 85 00:07:11.960 --> 00:07:14.220 That this is gonna touch a million lives 86 00:07:14.220 --> 00:07:20.480 So I hope you all are as inspired by this as I am 87 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:22.400 And of course, this is the purpose 88 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:28.940 this is why the Bible says forsake not the gathering together because we need to 89 00:07:29.540 --> 00:07:31.580 encourage one another and be 90 00:07:32.140 --> 00:07:38.220 encouraged by one another and so whatever you're going through I 91 00:07:39.530 --> 00:07:45.430 Strongly know and stand on faith that we're gonna see so many 92 00:07:45.430 --> 00:07:51.550 Miracles here in this community. We we opened the entire 93 00:07:52.090 --> 00:07:57.850 Season, whatever it's been now four or five times ago. We opened with this 94 00:07:58.410 --> 00:08:03.650 Idea, right this this idea of mountain moving 95 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:08.300 Prayers that get answered about moving beyond 96 00:08:09.320 --> 00:08:14.800 What I've kind of coined now pray and go moving beyond just the quick 97 00:08:16.340 --> 00:08:21.640 You know prayers, I mean, they're fine, you know God, you know, thank you for the food. Keep me safe driving 98 00:08:21.640 --> 00:08:23.880 You know take care of my kids, etc, etc 99 00:08:24.020 --> 00:08:31.020 But we're we're going deeper together. And so I'm so honored to be able to do that with you together 100 00:08:31.020 --> 00:08:34.320 So let's keep moving so we don't run out of time 101 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:37.500 today's promise and 102 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:45.220 I hope I hope you're going back over the promises until they become part of every fiber of your being 103 00:08:45.660 --> 00:08:46.340 especially 104 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:53.420 Psalms was it 103 or 105? I don't have it in front of me about forget not his 105 00:08:54.060 --> 00:08:59.880 Benefits right because this is this is it the benefit first. He forgives our sin 106 00:08:59.880 --> 00:09:05.380 The second is he heals all our diseases. That's his word. We're standing on that, right? 107 00:09:05.380 --> 00:09:08.260 he pulls us out of the pit right and 108 00:09:08.760 --> 00:09:14.880 he satisfies us with good things and with long life and he restores our youth and 109 00:09:15.620 --> 00:09:21.560 I hope you're getting good at looking at different translations. So it really gets in you 110 00:09:21.680 --> 00:09:27.720 I like to use Bible gateway, although it doesn't have the passion translation 111 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:31.760 So sometimes I also have to just look up the passion translation 112 00:09:31.760 --> 00:09:36.240 But all of these are online and so you can go between 113 00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:38.540 different 114 00:09:39.760 --> 00:09:46.240 Translations because it's going to go deeper and deeper when when you do that today's promise 115 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:48.140 comes from Isaiah 116 00:09:48.380 --> 00:09:50.020 55 11 117 00:09:50.540 --> 00:09:52.960 My eyes are trained to see 118 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:59.860 Numbers God's order of creation and the way everything's numbered and I'm always in awe even how scripture is numbered 119 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.840 So, 5511, five is the number of grace in Scripture. 120 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:10.740 So we've got double grace, and then we've got double one, right, the one, right? 121 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:13.860 And so, I just love that. 122 00:10:14.260 --> 00:10:22.540 So 5511, and let me read it really quick in the Amplified and in the New Living Translation, 123 00:10:23.300 --> 00:10:29.980 then we'll move it straight into applying it in the principle and then actually pray 124 00:10:29.980 --> 00:10:32.780 it out, and then we'll come back and do the application. 125 00:10:33.660 --> 00:10:37.820 So the promise, because the promise and the principle go together today. 126 00:10:37.940 --> 00:10:45.040 So the promise is essentially that God's Word never returns void. 127 00:10:46.040 --> 00:10:53.800 So, why do we need to be getting God's Word in us, and then also God's Word through us 128 00:10:53.800 --> 00:10:58.440 and speaking His Word and declaring His Word and standing on His Word? 129 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:02.220 There's three spiritual technologies. 130 00:11:02.540 --> 00:11:11.740 There's three packets of power that God gives us, our thoughts, our feelings, and our words. 131 00:11:12.660 --> 00:11:18.620 And so, this one is that spiritual technology of our words, how that changes everything. 132 00:11:18.700 --> 00:11:24.500 And I've talked to you before about not letting our words cancel while we're praying. 133 00:11:24.700 --> 00:11:28.760 Many people will pray something, and then they go out and talk about the exact opposite. 134 00:11:28.920 --> 00:11:33.400 And so, their words are actually canceling out their prayer and stuff. 135 00:11:33.420 --> 00:11:36.680 So we have to be so careful to stand guard at our mouth. 136 00:11:36.680 --> 00:11:41.560 And so, one of the most powerful ways to use our word is to speak God's Word. 137 00:11:42.420 --> 00:11:47.740 And so, Isaiah 5511, does anybody have it that you want to read it out loud? 138 00:11:47.980 --> 00:11:51.040 Tell us the translation and read it out loud for us. 139 00:11:53.160 --> 00:11:55.960 Anybody have Isaiah 5511? 140 00:11:56.220 --> 00:11:58.440 Tell us the translation and then read it. 141 00:11:58.620 --> 00:12:00.060 Okay, I have it. 142 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:01.080 Okay. 143 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:01.620 All right. 144 00:12:01.640 --> 00:12:05.340 So it is, so shall my mouth be. 145 00:12:05.340 --> 00:12:07.240 This is the King James. 146 00:12:07.800 --> 00:12:08.360 Okay. 147 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:09.480 Today I'm reading King James. 148 00:12:10.400 --> 00:12:10.400 149 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:15.660 So, so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth. 150 00:12:16.060 --> 00:12:22.740 It shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall 151 00:12:22.740 --> 00:12:26.040 prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 152 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:27.440 153 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:28.800 I love that translation. 154 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:30.520 It's got the word prosper in there. 155 00:12:30.800 --> 00:12:32.820 Of course, I'm pretty attached to that word. 156 00:12:33.060 --> 00:12:34.240 So how cool. 157 00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:34.720 Thank you. 158 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:36.360 Anybody have a different translation? 159 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:40.240 That was the King James. 160 00:12:40.560 --> 00:12:40.780 Who else? 161 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:45.100 I have the new international version, the NIV. 162 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:50.680 It says, so is my word that goes out from my mouth. 163 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:58.980 It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for 164 00:12:58.980 --> 00:13:00.460 which I sent it. 165 00:13:00.860 --> 00:13:01.540 Love it. 166 00:13:01.900 --> 00:13:02.560 Beautiful. 167 00:13:02.560 --> 00:13:04.460 Anybody have another translation? 168 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:05.820 I have the Passion. 169 00:13:06.300 --> 00:13:06.680 Good. 170 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:07.760 Let's hear it. 171 00:13:08.140 --> 00:13:12.300 It says, so will my word be which goes out of my mouth. 172 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:19.260 It will not return to me void, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper 173 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:22.700 in the thing for which I sent it. 174 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:23.900 Love it. 175 00:13:23.920 --> 00:13:25.580 I like the Passion translation. 176 00:13:25.800 --> 00:13:28.040 Oh, it's always one of my favorite favorites. 177 00:13:29.100 --> 00:13:30.520 Anybody have the Amplified? 178 00:13:33.900 --> 00:13:35.080 Any Amplified? 179 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:38.140 Okay, I'll read it. 180 00:13:38.900 --> 00:13:39.620 Oh, go ahead. 181 00:13:39.700 --> 00:13:40.460 Do you have it, Lynn? 182 00:13:40.460 --> 00:13:40.760 Good. 183 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:41.180 Go. 184 00:13:42.140 --> 00:13:46.400 It says, so will my word be which goes out of my mouth. 185 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:56.440 It will not return to me void, useless, without result, without accomplishing what I desire, 186 00:13:56.440 --> 00:14:01.800 and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. 187 00:14:02.800 --> 00:14:02.800 188 00:14:03.940 --> 00:14:03.940 189 00:14:04.900 --> 00:14:12.560 So, as we speak God's word, it goes forth, and it is never void. 190 00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:15.240 It is never without result. 191 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:17.860 It is never without fruit. 192 00:14:18.140 --> 00:14:20.840 It's never useless, okay? 193 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:26.420 And so, you know, the note I'd love for you to make that is that God's word is never neutral. 194 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:30.840 That could be a teaching from that. 195 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:33.180 God's word is never neutral. 196 00:14:33.700 --> 00:14:35.240 It always carries power. 197 00:14:36.680 --> 00:14:46.820 It always has an assignment and an outcome, and this is a lot of what is so important 198 00:14:47.780 --> 00:14:53.820 is us learning to direct so that the assignment can be accomplished. 199 00:14:54.160 --> 00:14:59.980 So, we direct his word, and that's why I say find the promise, find the principles. 200 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:06.460 in your business and direct it, give it that assignment, that God's power goes there, right? 201 00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:13.300 We give an assignment to our money. It's a different way of looking at your profits or at 202 00:15:13.300 --> 00:15:21.080 money. Every dollar has an assignment, right? And so knowing that the word is never neutral, 203 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:27.600 it carries power, assignment, and outcome, your agreement. So now we get two or more in agreement. 204 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:33.300 We come into agreement. Again, what are you coming into agreement with? What word? The 205 00:15:33.300 --> 00:15:38.600 negative report, are you coming into agreement, telling everyone, crying over it, envisioning it, 206 00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:44.740 picturing it? You know, this is what happens often in a diagnosis is we take that, we move it into 207 00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:50.480 our imagination, we speak it, we start seeing that this is where we're going, we add our faith to it 208 00:15:50.480 --> 00:16:00.740 to the negative report, or we can say, that's not my situation. I'm standing on the word and I'm 209 00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:07.100 going to put that into my imagination, that coming out in my words, that what I tell other people, 210 00:16:07.380 --> 00:16:11.780 that which I stand on prayer. Do you see the difference? And I wish I could stay here and 211 00:16:11.780 --> 00:16:17.720 tell you story after story after story, but we will as we go, but it's just so important. 212 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:23.600 Now, those of you students that want to cross-reference, let's put some other powerful 213 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:32.440 verses with that, then we'll move into the principle. Jeremiah 1.12 says that God watches 214 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:40.400 over his word to perform it. So when you're sending out his word on assignment, God is 215 00:16:40.400 --> 00:16:52.280 over his word to perform it. Then Hebrews 4.12 says that his word is alive and active. 216 00:16:53.680 --> 00:16:59.360 So this is not some, you know, dead thing that was written that just sits dusty on a shelf. 217 00:16:59.500 --> 00:17:10.380 His word is alive, it's active. Scripture says it cuts between the bone and the marrow. It's 218 00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:18.339 truth. And we combine it with today's principle. And today's principle, the principle of this week 219 00:17:18.339 --> 00:17:28.319 comes from the parable of the sower. So this parable is about a sower that goes out and sows 220 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:40.520 seed and has different kinds of soil that the seed lands in. The entire chapter of Matthew 13 221 00:17:40.860 --> 00:17:49.980 is about this. And so the first, like the chapter, the verses three through nine describe the four 222 00:17:49.980 --> 00:17:55.720 soils. Again, I would look at this in different translations. Matthew 13, three through nine 223 00:17:55.720 --> 00:18:07.040 describe. And then the verses 18 to 23, Jesus breaks it down and makes sure that they really 224 00:18:07.040 --> 00:18:14.880 understand what he meant. And so jumping ahead, I want you to notice two things. And then we're 225 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:21.020 going to go back and look at the soil and the seed. First of all, I want you to understand 226 00:18:21.020 --> 00:18:27.220 something that the seed is the word when he gets into explanation. And since we're talking about 227 00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:37.580 the word today, the seed is the word of God. And the soil is your heart, your spirit, where that 228 00:18:37.580 --> 00:18:45.840 word lands, what kind of soil is your heart for the word. And there's different kinds of soil. 229 00:18:45.840 --> 00:18:52.320 And that all comes together with understanding what I've been sharing with you so much. It's 230 00:18:52.320 --> 00:18:59.900 one of my huge passions is understanding that God is always giving. He's a giving God. He gave 231 00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:08.600 everything. He gave his son. He doesn't hold anything back. He is a lavish, lavishly generous 232 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:17.300 God. The sun is always shining on the just and the unjust, right? Like God is just always pouring 233 00:19:17.300 --> 00:19:24.080 out his light, his love. He loves to bless his children. So what's the difference? 234 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:30.680 This is what we're reading, what happens with God's generosity, with God's word, with God's 235 00:19:30.750 --> 00:19:38.790 promises. It's our capacity, our capacity to know the word. First of all, that's why I want us 236 00:19:38.790 --> 00:19:43.890 memorizing a new one every week. We've got to know this. First of all, it's got to be in our awareness 237 00:19:44.090 --> 00:19:52.290 and then our ability to hold it, to steward it, to like, to, when it talks about meditating on 238 00:19:52.290 --> 00:19:58.090 the word, it's a cow chewing its cud, like to, that's why I have you look at so many translations 239 00:19:58.090 --> 00:19:59.970 to like chew on it, to just... 240 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:07.500 digest it, to let it become part of you, to steward God's word, and then to release it, 241 00:20:07.780 --> 00:20:13.780 to speak it, to live it, and you know, opening with the song and opening with Christi's testimony 242 00:20:13.780 --> 00:20:20.220 is probably the best way, an example of that, taking God's word, standing on it, meditating 243 00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:26.940 on it, adding the promises to it, speaking it, and then adding faith and expectation. 244 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:34.400 Faith and expectation to the word, right? Many people don't have any expectation for their 245 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:39.400 prayers. They don't have any expectation for God. They don't have any expectation for the promises. 246 00:20:39.760 --> 00:20:45.780 Just like, let the chips fall where they may. If it's God's will, it'll be. That's not what the 247 00:20:45.780 --> 00:20:52.700 Bible says, right? In fact, there's a verse, and I'm not going to go into it right now, 248 00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:59.340 but there's a verse where it talks about that, two verses, one about the promises of God where 249 00:20:59.340 --> 00:21:05.920 they were not fulfilled because, that's from Hebrews, we didn't add our faith to the promises. 250 00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:11.360 We didn't add our expectation to the promises, right? Or another one where Jesus couldn't do 251 00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:18.460 any miracles in the town because they didn't mix their faith with the word, right? So the faith is 252 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:27.660 activate this word. So we're talking about four kinds of soil, okay? Matthew 13, and 253 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:34.480 before I read those four kinds of soil, I want to read from the Passion Translation 254 00:21:36.260 --> 00:21:41.380 something super deep that is in between. So you've got these two sections. You've got three through 255 00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:46.320 nine that describes the seed and the sower. Then you've got Jesus talking to his disciples because 256 00:21:46.320 --> 00:21:51.180 they're like, Jesus, why do you always talk in parables? Why can't you just like make it plain? 257 00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:55.120 Like, why do you make this so hard, right? They're coming to him, and they're going, 258 00:21:55.260 --> 00:21:58.960 what does this mean? Like, why are you always talking about stuff like this, right? Just talk, 259 00:21:59.100 --> 00:22:05.320 make it plain. And Jesus, there's this interim where Jesus explains why he talks in parables, 260 00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:10.280 and then he goes on to explain. Does that make sense? And so it's broken up into kind of three 261 00:22:10.280 --> 00:22:20.880 parts in this chapter. But I love what he says in the in-between that's so important about what 262 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:30.160 we're talking about here. And so he says, you've been given, I've got this highlighted so much, 263 00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:36.360 it's hard to even see it anymore. It's highlighted in so many different colors. But anyway, you've 264 00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:47.640 been given like the secrets to the kingdom, right? And he goes on to say, what are you doing with it? 265 00:22:48.300 --> 00:22:55.960 Because so many people are missing it, it's saying here, because it says their hearts 266 00:22:56.760 --> 00:23:03.900 are not teachable. This is what we're talking about in the soil. And so it says their hearts 267 00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:13.880 are closed. It goes on to say, it says that their minds are dull and slow to perceive. 268 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:19.020 So when we're not meditating on this, when we're not going deep with God, our hearts 269 00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:24.900 become closed and our minds become dull to spiritual things, to kingdom truths. 270 00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:33.400 Okay, so now we go into the four types of soil. So anybody want to read Matthew 3 through 9? 271 00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:40.580 Tell us the translation and the four types of soil. 272 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:52.460 Somebody want to read for us? So it's Matthew 13, 3 through 9. I can read for you. Okay. 273 00:23:53.400 --> 00:24:02.020 Let's see. He told them many things in parables saying, listen carefully, a sower went out 274 00:24:02.020 --> 00:24:10.620 to sow seed in his field and as he sowed, some seed fell beside the road 275 00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:18.440 between the fields and the birds came and ate it. Other seed fell on rocky ground where they did not 276 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:27.680 have much soil. And at once they sprang up because it had no depth of soil. But when the sun rose, 277 00:24:28.540 --> 00:24:32.860 they were scorched. And because they had no root, they withered away. 278 00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:42.880 Other seed fell among the thorns and thorns came up and took them out. Other seed fell on good soil 279 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:52.780 and yielded grain, some 100 times as much as was sown, some 60 times as much, and some 30. 280 00:24:54.280 --> 00:24:59.980 He who has ears to hear, let him hear and he 281 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:04.740 my words. Okay, beautiful. So there was four types of soil. So 282 00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:08.200 the solar is just scattering. Like I said, God is lavish. It's 283 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:11.960 just going out. The word is just boom, boom, boom. He's not doing 284 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:16.700 one little seed here, one little soy. He's not picking that. It's 285 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:22.180 just going out there. The word is out there. And so then it's 286 00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:26.320 where it's received. So who can tell me what's the what's the 287 00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:31.980 first soil? Describe the first soil of our heart. First one. 288 00:25:38.280 --> 00:25:41.120 The first soil that the seed lands on is 289 00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.380 gravel, 290 00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:52.500 hard, hard soil. The first one is hard soil. The second one is 291 00:25:52.500 --> 00:26:02.160 the gravel, the rocky or it's also shallow, shallow soil. And 292 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:03.620 the third one is 293 00:26:07.540 --> 00:26:10.060 what's the third type of soil? 294 00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.760 thorny, weeds, 295 00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:21.760 thorny, thorny. And the fourth? Good soil. Good soil. Good soil. 296 00:26:22.280 --> 00:26:28.400 So if we were going to, well, let's let let's let Jesus 297 00:26:29.040 --> 00:26:33.020 explain what each of those are. And then we'll just kind of wrap 298 00:26:33.020 --> 00:26:41.500 up with that and go into prayer. So going forward to verses 18 to 299 00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:47.300 23. When they finally say, Okay, Jesus, just make it plain. And 300 00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:52.660 he tells us the four soils who wants to read 18 through 23. And 301 00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:55.240 tell us what translation. 302 00:27:03.020 --> 00:27:06.340 I can read it. I don't know what translation I'm in. I'm in the 303 00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:11.560 Bible or Bible gateway. Okay. It's the new internal version. 304 00:27:11.780 --> 00:27:14.520 New International. Okay. Okay. You want me to read it from 305 00:27:14.520 --> 00:27:17.420 that? It's fine. Whatever, whatever you want to grab. 306 00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:21.420 That's just what I popped up when I put it in. Listen, then 307 00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:24.940 to what the parable of the sower means. When anyone hears the 308 00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:27.780 message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil 309 00:27:27.780 --> 00:27:33.380 one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is 310 00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:37.680 the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground 311 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:41.620 refers to someone who hears the word, and it once receives it 312 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:47.300 with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short 313 00:27:47.300 --> 00:27:50.680 time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the 314 00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:54.560 word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among thorns 315 00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:57.960 refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of life 316 00:27:57.960 --> 00:28:01.260 and deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it 317 00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:06.100 unfruitful. But the seed falling on good ground refers to someone 318 00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:10.660 who hears the word understands it. This is the one who produces 319 00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:16.520 a crop yielding 160 or 30 tons of sown. 320 00:28:17.040 --> 00:28:23.080 I love it. Okay. So we've got hard soil. And depending on the 321 00:28:23.080 --> 00:28:25.940 translation, if you're really looking at that, just think 322 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:30.380 about it. Think about packed soil, like it's hard. Like the 323 00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:33.540 seed never even gets below the surface. It's just right there 324 00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:37.360 on the top, right? And the hard soil looking at different 325 00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:41.380 translations. That's when there's so many distractions, so 326 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:46.140 much busyness, never quiet, never still. The seed can't get 327 00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:49.560 in your heart. There's no time, there's no room, there's no 328 00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:54.260 space, there's no margin. It's packed, it's packed tight, it's 329 00:28:54.260 --> 00:28:58.260 packed hard. God's word can't get in and do this work. And so 330 00:28:58.260 --> 00:29:02.040 the birds come and just pick it off. So the word comes and boom, 331 00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:04.600 it just gets carried away. You don't even you don't even 332 00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:09.180 remember. It's not changing your life. Right? It's just 333 00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:13.500 surface hard level. That's the first type of, again, we're 334 00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:17.860 talking about our capacity to receive. Okay. The second one, 335 00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:24.240 the rocky soil or also it's called the shallow soil. This is 336 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:29.520 where there's no deep root. And I love it. It's described this 337 00:29:29.520 --> 00:29:34.400 way, shallow soil, shallow experience. Like your 338 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:39.180 experience with God, like, you just barely surface, you get a 339 00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:42.740 15 minute sermon, you get a little devotional, you catch a 340 00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:47.940 little word here, a little shallow soil, right? But no 341 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:53.060 root is going in there. Okay. And so that, of course, never 342 00:29:53.060 --> 00:29:56.360 develops root. So then hard times, the sun comes and it 343 00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:59.980 the drought comes, you know, it can't 344 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:04.360 stand because there's no root system. A plant without a root system can't stand. 345 00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:09.580 Your faith can't stand with no roots, right? That's why scripture talks about being rooted 346 00:30:09.580 --> 00:30:19.980 and grounded. Okay, then the thorny soil, okay, that's when the thorns, all the weeds come and 347 00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:27.840 crowd it out, right? If you've ever had blackberry or boysenberry bushes, like those of you that live 348 00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:34.140 up in hill country. I grew up in Placerville. That was our punishment growing up as kids, 349 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:37.920 having to get rid of all those blackberries. Of course, I like going out and picking them and 350 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:42.860 making blackberry cobbler and all that, but those things spread and they kill anything. They take 351 00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:48.620 over everything, right? And that's what this is describing, is that what is it that's coming into 352 00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:58.040 your life? And some translations use worry, is worry crowding out the word? Some use like money 353 00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:04.560 pressure, life's demands, like is that what's crowding out the word? Like the thorns take over, 354 00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:13.220 right? And so when the soil, here's what I want you to leave with this. When the soil is tended, 355 00:31:13.780 --> 00:31:23.360 the word grows. So when we tend, that's why Jesus said, above all, guard your heart, 356 00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:31.680 for out of it flow the issues of life, right? God says that everything happens in the heart. 357 00:31:32.060 --> 00:31:37.680 Says man judges on the outside, God judges by the heart. The Bible says out of the heart, 358 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:45.580 the mouth speaks. Out of the heart, like your experience is coming from your heart. And so 359 00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:53.640 that's the soil for the word. And so scripture's talking about our stewardship of our heart, 360 00:31:53.800 --> 00:32:00.660 of our spirit, our stewardship of God's word, right? And so when the soil is tended, the word grows. 361 00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:09.140 And when the word grows, the kingdom expands. So when the soil's tended, the word grows. 362 00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:20.140 When the word grows, the kingdom expands. When the kingdom expands, fruit is inevitable. 363 00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:28.320 Harvest, like the good soil, tenfold, hundredfold, thousand. It doesn't just come back like one seed 364 00:32:28.320 --> 00:32:38.920 doesn't produce one plant. One seed can produce a whole orchard, right? And so it expands. 365 00:32:39.520 --> 00:32:46.160 So as you're thinking about this week, we're going to add a practical application to that. 366 00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:55.460 But let's stop and pray right now. And so remember, as we pray, we learned in Psalms 100, 367 00:32:56.180 --> 00:33:02.880 we enter his gates. We enter, we come into prayer, we enter his gates with thanksgiving. 368 00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:08.000 So we're going to start our prayer with thanksgiving. So begin to think of the things 369 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:15.420 you're so thankful for, so grateful for. Gratitude just opens up the pipelines. And it says we enter 370 00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:24.540 his courts with praise. So thankful what God has done. Praise who God is. So we open with prayer, 371 00:33:24.540 --> 00:33:31.540 with our prayer, with thanksgiving, with praise, and then with petition, asking him, 372 00:33:32.340 --> 00:33:40.740 right? Believing that we've already received. So I'm going to open it up for anybody to pray, 373 00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:46.940 remembering, of course, the prayer request, remembering the gratitude. Just pray what's 374 00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:53.860 on your heart, and we'll all be touching and agreeing, and then I'll close our prayer 375 00:33:53.860 --> 00:34:01.360 when we're done. So anybody can go in any order, okay? This is the power of community, 376 00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:08.760 the power of agreement, the power of layering our faith on each other's faith, right? 377 00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:14.480 Or two or more agreed, there God is. 378 00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:19.820 Anybody can go first. 379 00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:31.159 Lord, I just thank you for all that you have done and are doing in not only my life, 380 00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:36.540 but in all the people that are connected to me. And Father, I just release 381 00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:45.280 praise for you. I thank you, and I'm in awe of who you are, and how much you love us, 382 00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:52.659 how much your passion is just oozing over us like honey. And all you want to do is say yes. 383 00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:59.980 So we just need to stand in that place of yes, as we look to you and your 384 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:04.400 a word that says, by Your stripes we were healed. 385 00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:10.220 And all the things that You're doing are just beautiful. 386 00:35:10.700 --> 00:35:20.000 So I just, I release an abundance of faith over these women and over all the people who 387 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:28.680 are not here, Lord, to just have the courage and the excitement to know that You can do 388 00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:31.860 all things, because You're our God and Your Father. 389 00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:48.000 Father, I just thank You for this time of community with these incredible women, 390 00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:51.840 those that You see as dearly loved and chosen, Lord. 391 00:35:52.620 --> 00:36:00.740 I'm so grateful to be part of a community that honors You and that we are trusting in You 392 00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:04.480 step by step so that the harvest will be mighty, Lord. 393 00:36:05.040 --> 00:36:09.520 We know that there are many that do not know Your name, Father. 394 00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:16.220 And I am so grateful and thankful that we have Your word in our hearts 395 00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:24.840 and that it sets us up to be a catalyst to Your good news, Lord, that we can spread it 396 00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:32.400 like wildfire, Lord, so that more can live in Your living waters, the spring of life, Lord. 397 00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:41.220 I am thankful, Lord, that You are in the healing process of our daughters, of our mentors, 398 00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:47.600 of the generations to come, Lord, as You speak that our generations upon generations 399 00:36:47.600 --> 00:36:49.660 will be healed in Your mighty name, Lord. 400 00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:57.740 So for all illness, disease, lack of trust and faith, Lord, I just cover us. 401 00:36:58.460 --> 00:37:05.460 I just ask that You would cover us in Your healing, Your redemption, and Your 402 00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:07.880 incredible eternal love for us, Lord. 403 00:37:08.600 --> 00:37:15.180 Not only during this season, but day to day, Father, that You would just unite us, 404 00:37:16.600 --> 00:37:20.780 Lord, that You would anoint us and You would appoint us in Your mighty name. 405 00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.540 Amen. 406 00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:28.260 I just thank You for today, Lord. 407 00:37:28.680 --> 00:37:30.260 Today is the day the Lord's made. 408 00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.920 We're going to rejoice and be glad in it. 409 00:37:32.100 --> 00:37:37.200 I just declare and decree over our group, for miracles, signs and wonders, I thank You, 410 00:37:37.200 --> 00:37:38.620 Lord, that You will show up. 411 00:37:39.040 --> 00:37:43.040 And Your word says it's by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony that we 412 00:37:43.040 --> 00:37:43.540 overcome. 413 00:37:44.060 --> 00:37:47.040 And the dark world needs the light of us in our testimony. 414 00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:49.820 I pray that we are that light in every connection. 415 00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:56.160 I pray right now I release in the name of Jesus, divine connections, divine provision 416 00:37:56.160 --> 00:37:59.960 for the vision on their heart, but in divine healing. 417 00:38:00.080 --> 00:38:01.780 I just thank You, Lord. 418 00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:05.620 Your word says the Jabez prayer. 419 00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:12.020 I just feel led to pray that over our group today in agreement. 420 00:38:12.520 --> 00:38:17.080 It says, Lord, that You bless us indeed and enlarge our territory, that Your hand would 421 00:38:17.080 --> 00:38:20.940 be with us, that You would keep us from evil, that we may not cause pain. 422 00:38:21.060 --> 00:38:23.320 And You granted that for Jabez. 423 00:38:23.600 --> 00:38:28.580 And Lord, I'm asking in the name of Jesus that You grant it over our sisters on this 424 00:38:28.580 --> 00:38:29.400 Zoom call today. 425 00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:36.240 I pray that as we come back together, I break any distractions that have been holding any 426 00:38:36.240 --> 00:38:36.860 of us back. 427 00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:39.140 And we just thank You, Lord. 428 00:38:39.540 --> 00:38:43.500 Your word says we thank You for the closed doors and we thank You for the new open doors. 429 00:38:43.660 --> 00:38:47.320 So we just give You all the praise and glory today in Jesus name. 430 00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.320 Amen. 431 00:39:01.020 --> 00:39:07.340 Father, I thank You so much for another beautiful day, for this beautiful group, for these beautiful 432 00:39:07.080 --> 00:39:12.500 women, for the purposes and plans and all of the things that You intend for us. 433 00:39:12.700 --> 00:39:13.920 Your plans are good. 434 00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:18.060 We trust You completely and holy God, knowing that Your word is true. 435 00:39:18.080 --> 00:39:20.460 It can do anything but fail. 436 00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:24.820 Lord, I am so grateful that You are breaking new ground with us. 437 00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:30.400 You are sowing new seed, Lord, that it would not fall to the wayside or fall upon cement, 438 00:39:30.560 --> 00:39:37.020 but that it would take root and it would grow and it would prosper and it would never return 439 00:39:37.020 --> 00:39:37.720 to You void. 440 00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:38.760 It is impossible. 441 00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:41.280 God, I just pray for every prayer request. 442 00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:43.940 Lord God, it's already been opened up in the windows of heaven. 443 00:39:44.540 --> 00:39:49.240 Lord God, that Your blood that was poured out for such a time as this has covered every 444 00:39:49.520 --> 00:39:50.480 need, Lord. 445 00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:54.480 And I just thank You so much, especially for Brenda, Lord. 446 00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:59.980 Her heart for You and to grow with You and in You and through You and those around You. 447 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:05.800 and just around her are just inspired, Lord God, as your Holy Spirit rests upon her and 448 00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:11.260 this entire group, those that love in their hearts that pant for you is the dear thirst 449 00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:12.260 for water, God. 450 00:40:12.520 --> 00:40:18.300 I pray, Lord God, and thank you, Father, in advance for every prayer request, every miracle, 451 00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:23.520 every word that comes back that glorifies you and magnifies you. 452 00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:29.080 We stand on that, Father, and help us, Lord God, to be deaf to the whispers of the enemy. 453 00:40:29.080 --> 00:40:31.280 We don't recognize his voice. 454 00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:38.220 You are the Good Shepherd, and we know and recognize your voice and receive those things 455 00:40:38.220 --> 00:40:39.780 which you have for us. 456 00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:46.520 Thank you for your generosity and your love, God, and just every need that we have that's 457 00:40:46.520 --> 00:40:51.140 been met, whether we know it or not, God, we give you glory for it and we thank you 458 00:40:51.140 --> 00:40:55.360 and I praise you and I ask you to give us direction and purpose and continue to lead 459 00:40:55.360 --> 00:41:01.260 us and guide us down the path of righteousness that we might stand and see you one day face 460 00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:06.960 to face, God, and help us to bring those in that are lost, those that don't believe, that 461 00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:08.740 we might be a light in a dark place. 462 00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:11.000 In your name, Jesus, we pray. 463 00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:15.280 In Jesus' name, Lord, we just seal this. 464 00:41:15.540 --> 00:41:17.100 We seal all the prayer requests. 465 00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:19.620 We touch and we agree. 466 00:41:20.300 --> 00:41:23.080 We love you and we give thanks. 467 00:41:23.080 --> 00:41:28.460 In Jesus' name, amen and amen. 468 00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:36.900 Okay, we've got to run, so I'm going to give you just super, super fast your practical 469 00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:38.940 application this week. 470 00:41:39.640 --> 00:41:47.160 Every morning this week, speak Isaiah 55, 11, and speak the word over the parts of your 471 00:41:47.600 --> 00:41:57.460 life and business that need fruit and then ask the Lord what rocks or thorns or distractions 472 00:41:57.460 --> 00:42:06.320 need to be removed from this area and then take action in what he shows you. 473 00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:08.380 I love you all. 474 00:42:08.620 --> 00:42:09.320 I bless you. 475 00:42:10.080 --> 00:42:15.260 Those of you Prosper Leader members, of course, tomorrow we get into the practical side in 476 00:42:15.260 --> 00:42:15.880 the business. 477 00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:23.140 I'm going to be talking about the three disconnects that are happening in business and how to 478 00:42:23.140 --> 00:42:23.760 repair them. 479 00:42:24.240 --> 00:42:25.740 So lots of love. 480 00:42:26.260 --> 00:42:28.220 We'll see you either tomorrow or next week. 481 00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.540 God bless you.