>> 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?
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."