If you’ll take a step of faith toward your dreams, God will fill you with His supernatural favor. Get ready for Him to do something new in your life!

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>> VICTORIA: YOU MAY BE

SEATED. YOU GUYS ARE

LOOKING GOOD, SOUNDED GOOD.

TWENTY-SIXTEEN IS OUR YEAR.

LAST AUGUST, WE WERE IN SAN

FRANCISCO. WE HAD OUR LARGE

AMERICA’S NIGHT OF HOPE

THERE, ONE OF- -WE DO ONE

IN A STADIUM EVERY YEAR.

AND LAST YEAR, WE WERE IN

SAN FRANCISCO AT THE AT&T

STADIUM, WHICH IS A

BEAUTIFUL STADIUM.

IT’S AMAZING. I HAD NEVER

BEEN THERE BEFORE.

NOW, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU

BASEBALL FANS KNOW EXACTLY

THE STADIUM I’M TALKING

ABOUT. YOU SEE THE BAY

VIEW, THE WATER IS

GLISTENING, IT’S GORGEOUS.

IT’S A WONDERFUL STADIUM.

I WAS AT THE STADIUM THE DAY

BEFORE THE EVENT, WALKING

AROUND WITH THE MANAGER.

AND HE WAS SHOWING ME THE

FEATURES OF THE STADIUM.

AND WE WALKED OUT FROM UNDER

THIS AWNING, AND WE WERE

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

STADIUM. I COULD SEE THE

WATER, I COULD SEE THE

SCOREBOARD, I COULD SEE

THE SEATS. IT WAS

MAGNIFICENT. BUT I NOTICED

ON THE FIELD WERE ALL OF

THESE BIRDS. AND I SAID TO

THE MANAGER, I TURNED TO HIM

AND I SAID, “WHAT ARE ALL

THESE BIRDS DOING ON THE

FIELD?” AND HE SAID,

“WELL, OUR WORKERS GO OUT

EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THEY

THROW OUT GRASS SEEDS.”

HE SAID, “WE WANT THE FIELD

TO GROW IN EVENLY. THE

LITTLE BROWN SPOTS WHERE

THE GRASS ISN’T GROWING,

WE WANT THAT TO GROW.

SO EVERY DAY, WE THROW

THESE SEEDS OUT.”

HE SAID, “YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE THROW SO MANY SEEDS OUT

THAT THE BIRDS CAN’T

POSSIBLY EAT THEM ALL, AND

THE GRASS BEGINS TO GROW.”

WELL, AS I STOOD THERE, I

THOUGHT THAT’S INTERESTING.

SOMETIMES, THAT’S LIKE OUR

LIFE. WE HAVE THESE

BEAUTIFUL GREEN AREAS,

BUT THEN WE HAVE SOME

BROWN PATCHES, SOME PATCHES

THAT WE NEED THE GRASS TO

GROW, WE NEED TO IMPROVE.

MAYBE WE NEED TO DEVELOP

OUR SKILLS. MAYBE WE NEED

TO BREAK A BAD HABIT.

EVERY ONE OF US HAVE AN AREA

OF OUR LIFE THAT WE WANT TO

GROW, WE WANT TO SEE IT

GREEN, WE WANT TO SEE IT

FLOURISH. IF WE’RE GOING

TO SEE CHANGES IN OUR LIFE,

IF WE’RE GOING TO SEE THOSE

PATCHES FILLED IN, WE’RE

GOING TO HAVE TO PLANT SEED.

WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP

PUTTING IT OUT THERE.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

SOMETIMES, YOU’VE BEEN DOING

IT SO LONG THAT YOU THINK,

“THIS IS NEVER GOING TO

CHANGE. YOU KNOW WHAT?

I HAVE BEEN PLANTING SEED,

VICTORIA, BUT I DON’T SEE

ANY DIFFERENCE.”

SEE, THOSE THOUGHTS OF

DISCOURAGEMENT COME.

BUT CAN I ENCOURAGE YOU WITH

THIS THOUGHT? AND THAT IS

THIS IS A NEW YEAR.

THIS IS A YEAR THAT GOD IS

GOING TO DO NEW THINGS WITH

THE SEED THAT YOU SOW.

HE’S GOING TO ACCELERATE THE

SEED THAT YOU SOW THIS YEAR.

BUT YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE THIS

ACCELERATION MINDSET.

YOU CAN’T FALL INTO THE PREY

OF YOUR OWN THOUGHTS.

YOU CAN’T SAY, “THIS ISN’T

FOR ME, VICTORIA.”

NO, THIS IS FOR YOU IF

YOU’LL CAPTURE IT,

IF YOU’LL TAKE HOLD OF IT,

AND IF YOU’LL CONTINUE TO

THROW OUT THOSE SEEDS EVERY

SINGLE DAY. YOU KNOW,

MAYBE YOU HAVE THIS

IN YOUR HEART, “I’M GOING TO

SAVE MONEY. YOU KNOW, I’M

GOING TO SAVE MONEY THIS

YEAR, AND I’M GOING TO GET

AHEAD.”

AND YOU SEE YOUR SAVINGS

ACCOUNT, IT’S STARTING TO

STACK UP. YOU’RE GETTING

A LITTLE MONEY IN THERE.

THEN YOUR CAR BREAKS DOWN

AND YOU GO, “OH, I GOT TO

USE MY SAVINGS TO FIX MY

CAR. THIS ISN’T HAPPENING

FOR ME.” CAN I ENCOURAGE YOU

TO NOT BE DISCOURAGED?

DON’T BE DISCOURAGED.

JUST KEEP SOWING YOUR SEED.

GOD IS THE GOD OF

ACCELERATION. HE’S THE ONE

THAT CAUSES YOUR SEED TO

GROW. IN THE HANDS OF

GOD, YOUR SEED IS POWERFUL.

MAYBE YOU WANT TO IMPROVE

SOME OF YOUR RELATIONSHIPS.

YOU’VE HAD SOME HURTS IN

YOUR LIFE, AND YOU THINK,

“YOU KNOW WHAT? I’M TRYING

TO LET THIS STUFF GO.

I JUST WANT–I JUST WANT

TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP

WITH MY FAMILY, WITH MY

HUSBAND.” SO YOU SAY,

“I’M COMING TO CHURCH.”

YOU GET IN CHURCH, YOU

PRAISE, IT’S AWESOME.

YOU HEAR AN AMAZING MESSAGE.

YOU FEEL STRONG, SO YOU GO

OUT TO YOUR CAR, YOU GET IN

IT, AND YOUR HUSBAND SAYS

SOMETHING THAT YOU DON’T

LIKE.

THE BIRDS OF OFFENSE COME

TO EAT YOUR SEED.

SEE, THERE MAY BE BIRDS ALL

AROUND. THERE MAY BE THINGS

IN LIFE THAT ARE ALWAYS

TRYING TO STEAL YOUR SEED.

BUT CAN I ENCOURAGE YOU TO

FOCUS ON THE SEED?

CAN I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT

MORE EFFORT IN YOUR SEED

THAN YOU DO IN THE BIRDS?

YOU SEE, WE’VE GOT TO KEEP

THROWING SEED OUT, JUST LIKE

THAT MANAGER OF THE STADIUM

TOLD ME. HE SAID, “IT

DOESN’T MATTER, WE CONTINUE

TO THROW THAT SEED OUT

EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND WHEN

WE DO THAT, THAT SEED WILL

GROW IN.”

SEE, DON’T LOOK AT THE

BIRDS, LOOK AT THE SEEDS.

THE SEEDS THAT YOU ARE

SOWING WILL OUTLAST ANY

BIRDS, ANY TRIALS, ANY

DIFFICULTIES THAT YOU

FACE IF YOU WILL HOLD ONTO

THOSE SEEDS. DON’T TALK

ABOUT THE BIRDS, TALK ABOUT

THE SEEDS, BECAUSE GOD IS

WHAT’S GOING TO–GOD IS

THE ONE WHO IS GOING TO

CAUSE THOSE SEEDS TO GROW

AND FLOURISH.

BUT YOU’VE GOT TO KEEP DOING

WHAT’S RIGHT.

YOU’VE GOT TO KEEP COMING TO

CHURCH.

YOU’VE GOT TO KEEP PRAYING.

YOU CAN’T GET DISCOURAGED,

YOU CAN’T BE DISAPPOINTED.

HEY, YOU MAY LET AN OFFENSE

COME, BUT YOU CAN LET IT GO

AS QUICKLY AS IT COMES.

YOU CAN POUR THOSE SEEDS OUT

THERE AND SAY, “I’M NOT

GOING TO TAKE IT. IT MAY

TRY TO COME, BUT IT ISN’T

GOING TO STICK. YOU KNOW

WHAT? I MAY HAVE HAD TO

DIP INTO MY BANK ACCOUNT,

BUT THAT’S OKAY BECAUSE

MY GOD IS BIGGER THAN

MY BANK ACCOUNT.

HE CAN DO THINGS THAT I

CAN’T EVEN POSSIBLY DO.

I’M STANDING ON YOUR WORD,

GOD, THAT YOU CAN DO MORE

THAN I CAN EVEN THINK

OR IMAGINE.”

YOU KNOW WHAT?

GOD SAYS, “I’LL CROWN YOUR

EFFORTS WITH SUCCESS.”

HE KNOWS YOUR HEART.

HE KNOWS WHAT YOU’RE DOING.

BUT WHEN YOU PRAY AND LET

THE PRAISES OF GOD COME

OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, YOU

KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING?

YOU’RE NOT ONLY SPREADING

YOUR SEED, BUT YOU’RE

PREPARING THE SOIL OF YOUR

HEART.

IN THE GOSPEL, JESUS TOLD A

STORY ABOUT THE MAN WHO GOES

OUT AND SOWS HIS SEED.

AND THERE WAS SEED SOWN ON

DIFFERENT GROUND.

BUT HE TALKS ABOUT ONE

GROUND, AND HE TALKS ABOUT

THE FERTILE GROUND.

HE DIDN’T TALK ABOUT THE

BIRDS COMING, AND I’M SURE

THEY DID. HE DIDN’T TALK

ABOUT TRIALS AND

TRIBULATIONS COMING, AND

I’M SURE THEY DID. BUT WHAT

HE WANTED YOU TO SEE IS IF

YOU KEEP THROWING THOSE

SEEDS OUT AND YOU KEEP YOUR

GROUND FERTILE, THEY’RE

GOING TO TAKE ROOT AND

GROW. HE’S SAYING DON’T

LOOK–DON’T LOOK AT THE

BIRD, LOOK AT YOUR SEED.

WATER YOUR GROUND WITH

PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING.

THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE

BIRDS. CAN’T DO ANYTHING

ABOUT THE BIRDS. THEY’RE

ALWAYS GOING TO TRY TO

STEAL OUR SEED. BUT WE’RE

GOING TO THROW OUT MORE

SEED THAN THEY CAN EAT.

AND GOD, THE CREATOR OF THE

UNIVERSE, THE ONE THAT HOLDS

OUR SEED IN HIS HAND, DON’T

FORGET HE CAN REDEEM LOST

TIME. HE CAN OPEN

SUPERNATURAL DOORS.

HE CAN CAUSE YOUR FINANCES

GO FURTHER. HE CAN CAUSE

THINGS TO HAPPEN THAT YOU’VE

NEVER EVEN THOUGHT TO

HAPPEN IF YOU’LL DO YOUR

PART, AND THAT IS HAVE THIS

ACCELERATION MINDSET.

BE DETERMINED, “I’M NOT

GOING TO FOCUS ON THE

INTRUSION. I’M NOT GOING

TO FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT

I FEEL LIKE MY SEED IS

GETTING EATEN. NO, I’M

FOCUSING ON THE FACT THAT MY

GOD IS ABLE TO TAKE THE SEED

SOWN AND DO MORE THAN I CAN

ASK, THINK, OR IMAGINE.”

AMEN? HE’S AN AWESOME GOD.

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