When God breathed His life into you, He equipped you with everything you would need to fulfill your destiny. Because of His favor, you have a supernatural advantage!

>> 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.”