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I like to start with something funny. I heard about this 85-year-old lady. She went on a blind date with a 90-year-old man. She returned to her daughter's home later that evening and seemed upset.

Daughter said, Mom, what's wrong? She said, I had to slap him three times. She said, you mean he tried to get fresh? She said, no, I thought he was dead.

Hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 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 the Word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus' name. God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about how you're coming in to a shift. One touch of God's favor can put you 50 years down the road.

You can be at a lower position at the office. You're going along, being your best, honoring God, and suddenly things change.

One good break, one idea, one person that likes you. You look up and find yourself at the top. You didn't see it coming. Things just fell into place.

That's God shifting things in your favor. God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings to where suddenly you meet the right person.

Suddenly your health improves. Suddenly you're able to pay your house off. What happened? You came into a shift. God breathed in your direction.

What used to be a struggle is not a struggle anymore. What should have taken years happened in a fraction of the time.

You may feel like you're stuck today. You could never accomplish a dream, never overcome a problem. It's been too long. You've missed too many opportunities. God is saying, no, get ready. I'm about to shift things.

Doors are going to open for you that have not opened in the past. The people that were against you are going to suddenly change their mind and be for you.

That problem that's dogged you for years looked like it never changed is going to suddenly turn around. This is the year of the shift.

Because you've honored God, He's going to put you in a position that you could have never attained on your own. It's not just your education, not just your talent or the family you come from. It's the hand of God shifting you to a new level of your destiny.

I'm not just trying to make you feel good today. I'm prophesying a shift is coming. A shift in your health, a shift in your finances, a shift in a relationship.

It may not look like it in the natural, but we serve a supernatural God. He's about to breathe in your direction in a new way.

The enemies you've seen in the past, you will see no more. The addictions, bad habits that are holding you back are being broken and God's favor is being released in a new way.

It's going to propel you forward. What should have taken you 40 years to accomplish? God's going to do in a split second.

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