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I like to get started with something funny each week and I heard about these three men, a Hindu priest, a Jewish rabbi, and a televanjalist. They were traveling together and they stopped at this small farmhouse for lodging.

The farmer said, I only have room for two. One of you will have to stay out in the barn. The Hindu priest said, I'll do it. A few minutes ago there was a knock on the door. He said, I can't stay out there. There's a cow and cows are sacred in our religion.

The Jewish rabbi said, okay, I'll do it. A few minutes ago there was a knock on the door. He said, I can't stay there. There's a pig and that wouldn't be kosher. The televanjalist said, all right, I'll do it. A few minutes ago there was a knock on the door. It was the cow and the pig.

All right, 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 new seasons of increase. It's easy to get stuck in a rut to where we're not expecting anything better.

We're not growing. We're not pressing forward. That's when those negative thoughts come. Telling us we've reached our limits. We're never going to accomplish our goals. It's all downhill from here.

But don't ever believe those lies. God is a God of increase, not decrease. He never wants us to go backwards only forward.

You say, God said to Job, the Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Yes, that's true. But when it was all said and done, Job ended up with twice what he had before. God restored back to him double.

There are seasons where we're not seeing a lot of growth. Seasons where we have to dig our heels in and fight the good fight of faith. But I can sense in my spirit that we were entering in to new seasons of increase. New seasons of favor.

You have to do your part and let this seed take root. You have to believe that no matter what's come against you, no matter how unfair it was, things are shifting in your favor.

Every setback is simply a set-up for a comeback. God not only wants to bring you out, he wants to bring you out better off than you were before.

In fact, God said he would make your enemies your footstools. That means the obstacles in your path. Instead of being a stumbling block to hold you back, God will use them as a stepping stone to take you to a higher level.

It's like somebody stuck out their foot to trip you, but God caused you to step right on top of it and instead of going down, you went up. You may be facing a sickness today. It was meant to harm you. It was meant to bring you down.

But let me speak faith into you. That sickness is not going to defeat you. You have been armed with strength for every battle.

The forces that are for you are greater than the forces that are against you. I wanted to clear over you a new season in your health. The winds are shifting.

It may have held you down for a little while, but it's not going to last forever. When it's all said and done, you're not going to be decreased, you're going to be increased.

You're going to step on top of it and come out stronger, more determined, with a greater faith than you've ever had before. Get a vision for it. Let these seeds take root.

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