You can't reach your potential, pray in small prayers, believe in for the ordinary, accepting the status quo.

God is counting on you to tap into His favor, to see the surpassing greatness of His power.

This takes bold prayers. This takes people that will take the limits of God, people that are not intimidated at the size of their dream.

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Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. If you're ever in our area, stop by and be a part of one of our services.

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I like to start with something funny and I heard about this man. He called the church office and said, I want to speak to the head hog at the trough.

The secretary was offended. She said, if you mean the pastor, you're going to have to call in pastor, but you may not call in the head hog at the trough.

He said, well, fine, but I think it about making a $5,000 donation to your church. She said, hang on, porcup, just walked in.

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'll 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 blessed indeed. Most of us believe that God has a good plan for our lives and we ask him to take care of us, to protect us, to give us the food that we need.

And that's good, but God doesn't just want to do the ordinary. Just do what's common. He has some uncommon blessings, some unprecedented favor.

But here's the key. If you're going to see the uncommon, you can't just pray common prayers. You can't just ask for the ordinary.

You have to ask for dreams that look impossible, for increase that seems out of reach, for favor to overcome obstacles that look too big.

If you only pray small prayers, you're going to see small results. If you only ask God to supply your needs, it's going to limit what he will do.

And the scripture says, you have not because you asked not. How many of your prayers are going unanswered because you never ask.

You never had the boldness to say, God, show out in my life. Take me where I can't go on my own. God opened this door that looks impossible. He owe me from this sickness that seems permanent. Turn my child around.

If God answered what you're praying about, would it be big enough? One reason we don't see God do big things is we only ask for small things.

If you're not asking for something that you can't accomplish on your own, then you're not asking big enough. If it's not something that's over your head, you don't have the resources, it's never happened in your family, then you're not asking for the far and beyond favor that God wants you to have.

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