1 00:00:11,755 --> 00:00:14,154 Hi, and welcome back to the Word Power 2 00:00:14,154 --> 00:00:16,635 podcast. My name is Michael Duver, and I 3 00:00:16,635 --> 00:00:18,094 am glad you're here. 4 00:00:18,769 --> 00:00:21,010 I My la In my last episode I 5 00:00:21,010 --> 00:00:22,870 talked about a friend named Tom. 6 00:00:23,329 --> 00:00:24,550 He was telling 7 00:00:25,250 --> 00:00:27,250 the story. He wrote it down and I 8 00:00:27,250 --> 00:00:28,454 was thinking about that. 9 00:00:28,934 --> 00:00:31,335 And I remember it. It was back in 10 00:00:31,335 --> 00:00:33,575 2008, and he was giving me this story 11 00:00:33,575 --> 00:00:34,554 again in 2022. 12 00:00:35,814 --> 00:00:38,890 And I remember it. His houses were in 13 00:00:38,890 --> 00:00:39,390 foreclosure, 14 00:00:40,329 --> 00:00:40,829 and 15 00:00:41,210 --> 00:00:43,070 he was behind $20,000 16 00:00:43,770 --> 00:00:45,929 The the banks were gonna foreclose on 4 17 00:00:45,929 --> 00:00:48,094 houses if he didn't come up with 20,000, 18 00:00:48,795 --> 00:00:49,295 and 19 00:00:49,675 --> 00:00:51,435 what happened was I got him He got 20 00:00:51,515 --> 00:00:53,195 I got him on the phone and he 21 00:00:53,195 --> 00:00:55,774 started confessing. I do not want 22 00:00:56,310 --> 00:00:56,969 the money 23 00:00:57,750 --> 00:00:58,489 to bring 24 00:00:58,789 --> 00:00:59,289 my 25 00:00:59,670 --> 00:01:01,450 houses current. To bring 26 00:01:01,829 --> 00:01:03,850 the to bring the notes 27 00:01:04,165 --> 00:01:04,665 current. 28 00:01:05,525 --> 00:01:08,484 And he's he wrote down that it was 29 00:01:08,484 --> 00:01:10,504 2 weeks when his sister called him, 30 00:01:10,805 --> 00:01:12,969 and I remember that it was about it 31 00:01:12,969 --> 00:01:15,129 was about 4 or 5 days. It was 32 00:01:15,129 --> 00:01:16,109 under a week. 33 00:01:16,569 --> 00:01:19,314 So just a little correction there. You can 34 00:01:19,314 --> 00:01:21,075 go back to my last episode and listen 35 00:01:21,075 --> 00:01:21,734 to that. 36 00:01:22,114 --> 00:01:24,215 I gotta tell you this. This is hilarious. 37 00:01:24,995 --> 00:01:27,890 So I do traffic. I I do this 38 00:01:27,890 --> 00:01:29,510 in traffic all the time. 39 00:01:30,769 --> 00:01:31,909 Just yesterday, 40 00:01:32,450 --> 00:01:33,890 I volunteered at this, 41 00:01:34,290 --> 00:01:36,094 facility for 12 hours. 42 00:01:36,895 --> 00:01:38,034 And I'm coming back 43 00:01:38,415 --> 00:01:40,355 to my house. It was 9 o'clock 44 00:01:40,734 --> 00:01:43,454 and there's a tunnel. There's a one lane 45 00:01:43,454 --> 00:01:43,954 tunnel 46 00:01:44,415 --> 00:01:46,170 that I have to go through in order 47 00:01:46,170 --> 00:01:48,329 to get back onto the narrow streets, and 48 00:01:48,329 --> 00:01:49,630 there's really no passing 49 00:01:50,090 --> 00:01:52,189 along these narrow streets to my house. 50 00:01:52,650 --> 00:01:54,805 And so I get to this light before 51 00:01:54,805 --> 00:01:57,045 the tunnel, and there's 2 cars in front 52 00:01:57,045 --> 00:01:58,424 of me. So 53 00:01:58,965 --> 00:02:01,500 I said out loud, I do not want 54 00:02:01,579 --> 00:02:03,519 I'm just by myself in the car. Okay? 55 00:02:03,899 --> 00:02:06,060 I do not want the 2 cars in 56 00:02:06,060 --> 00:02:08,000 front of me to turn to the right 57 00:02:08,060 --> 00:02:09,599 after they get through the tunnel. 58 00:02:09,955 --> 00:02:11,875 Okay. You can go left or right, and 59 00:02:11,875 --> 00:02:12,935 I'm going left. 60 00:02:13,634 --> 00:02:14,375 No joking. 61 00:02:15,074 --> 00:02:17,395 We go through the tunnel. The day turns 62 00:02:17,395 --> 00:02:19,729 green, and the 2 cars just take off 63 00:02:19,729 --> 00:02:21,569 to the right, and I'm off to the 64 00:02:21,569 --> 00:02:22,949 races. I love it. 65 00:02:24,770 --> 00:02:26,229 See we are operating 66 00:02:26,530 --> 00:02:29,784 on a higher principle here than the world, 67 00:02:30,805 --> 00:02:33,305 and we have to talk like God talks. 68 00:02:33,364 --> 00:02:35,844 I'm gonna read you a scripture out of 69 00:02:35,844 --> 00:02:36,344 Isaiah 70 00:02:38,050 --> 00:02:38,550 6550. 71 00:02:39,810 --> 00:02:40,949 I'm gonna Isaiah 72 00:02:41,409 --> 00:02:41,909 6516. 73 00:02:43,330 --> 00:02:44,150 King James 74 00:02:44,555 --> 00:02:46,715 says, that he who blesses himself in the 75 00:02:46,715 --> 00:02:48,334 earth shall bless himself 76 00:02:48,794 --> 00:02:50,254 in the God of truth. 77 00:02:50,875 --> 00:02:52,014 Okay and the amplified 78 00:02:52,989 --> 00:02:53,489 ampc 79 00:02:54,829 --> 00:02:57,549 says so it shall be that he who 80 00:02:57,549 --> 00:02:59,409 invokes a blessing on himself 81 00:03:00,084 --> 00:03:03,864 in the land shall do so by saying. 82 00:03:04,724 --> 00:03:06,965 What I'm doing I have to speak it 83 00:03:06,965 --> 00:03:09,340 out of my mouth. I do not want 84 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:11,599 those 2 cars to go to the right. 85 00:03:12,139 --> 00:03:13,819 I gotta tell you this. A few months 86 00:03:13,819 --> 00:03:14,319 ago, 87 00:03:14,780 --> 00:03:16,239 I was in Knoxville, 88 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:20,114 and I'm I'm I was showing a house 89 00:03:20,114 --> 00:03:21,655 on the west side of Knoxville, 90 00:03:22,194 --> 00:03:24,134 and it's like rush hour. 91 00:03:24,754 --> 00:03:26,055 And I'm coming up, 92 00:03:26,689 --> 00:03:29,090 and I'm coming east. I'm coming through there 93 00:03:29,090 --> 00:03:31,490 and then it's like we're 5 highways joined 94 00:03:31,490 --> 00:03:32,710 together. I 7581 95 00:03:34,364 --> 00:03:34,864 And 96 00:03:35,484 --> 00:03:38,284 it the traffic is 4 lanes one way, 97 00:03:38,284 --> 00:03:39,424 each way. Right? 98 00:03:39,805 --> 00:03:41,680 And it was just packed as far as 99 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,159 I could see. And I just started saying 100 00:03:44,159 --> 00:03:46,639 I do not want to get through this 101 00:03:46,639 --> 00:03:47,139 traffic 102 00:03:47,439 --> 00:03:47,939 fast 103 00:03:48,719 --> 00:03:51,134 in Jesus name. I always say in Jesus 104 00:03:51,134 --> 00:03:51,875 name right. And 105 00:03:54,574 --> 00:03:57,314 so because that's that's our power of attorney. 106 00:03:57,854 --> 00:03:58,675 And so 107 00:04:00,530 --> 00:04:02,629 it was it was like I was let 108 00:04:02,849 --> 00:04:05,009 the lord you know the holy spirit he 109 00:04:05,009 --> 00:04:06,949 was he was leading me 110 00:04:07,355 --> 00:04:09,194 and I was going to the left. And 111 00:04:09,194 --> 00:04:11,115 I'd go I'd see an opening there. I'd 112 00:04:11,115 --> 00:04:12,635 go to the right, and it's like I 113 00:04:12,635 --> 00:04:13,135 just 114 00:04:13,514 --> 00:04:16,235 kept on I just kept on going fast, 115 00:04:16,235 --> 00:04:17,939 and I got through the entire city 116 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,720 like really quick. I mean it was I 117 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,399 was laughing on the when I got to 118 00:04:22,399 --> 00:04:23,379 the other side. 119 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:25,435 So what's going on? 120 00:04:26,235 --> 00:04:27,855 I'm talking like God talks, 121 00:04:28,555 --> 00:04:29,055 okay. 122 00:04:29,834 --> 00:04:31,055 Isaiah 55, 123 00:04:31,675 --> 00:04:33,675 8, 9 and 10, I gotta read you 124 00:04:33,675 --> 00:04:34,040 those. 125 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,480 So verse 8 says this, for my thoughts 126 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,360 are not your thoughts, neither are your ways 127 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:41,980 my ways, saith the lord. 128 00:04:43,134 --> 00:04:44,435 For as the heavens 129 00:04:44,814 --> 00:04:46,354 are higher than the earth, 130 00:04:46,814 --> 00:04:49,375 so are my ways higher than your ways, 131 00:04:49,375 --> 00:04:51,314 and my thoughts than your thoughts. 132 00:04:51,959 --> 00:04:53,579 For as the rain comes down, 133 00:04:54,199 --> 00:04:57,000 and the snow from heaven, and returneth not 134 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:57,500 thither, 135 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,245 but waters the earth and makes it bring 136 00:05:01,245 --> 00:05:01,745 forth 137 00:05:02,205 --> 00:05:02,944 and bud 138 00:05:03,564 --> 00:05:05,745 that it may give seed to the sower 139 00:05:06,045 --> 00:05:08,525 and bread to the eater. So shall my 140 00:05:08,525 --> 00:05:11,000 word be that goeth forth out of my 141 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:11,500 mouth. 142 00:05:12,039 --> 00:05:14,620 It shall not return unto me void, 143 00:05:15,079 --> 00:05:17,579 but it shall accomplish that which I please, 144 00:05:18,154 --> 00:05:19,295 and it shall prosper 145 00:05:19,834 --> 00:05:22,334 in the thing whereto I sent it. 146 00:05:23,194 --> 00:05:23,694 Okay? 147 00:05:24,314 --> 00:05:26,254 I've heard people pray that prayer, 148 00:05:26,810 --> 00:05:29,129 and they they say something, decree is saying 149 00:05:29,370 --> 00:05:31,529 what does it say in Job? Decree a 150 00:05:31,529 --> 00:05:33,470 thing and it shall be established. 151 00:05:34,154 --> 00:05:36,414 And so they're declaring want. 152 00:05:36,875 --> 00:05:38,175 They're declaring poverty. 153 00:05:38,555 --> 00:05:40,654 When they say, lord, we want 154 00:05:41,250 --> 00:05:42,930 we want this son to come back to 155 00:05:42,930 --> 00:05:45,089 church. We want this to happen. We want 156 00:05:45,089 --> 00:05:46,930 that to happen. We want what we want. 157 00:05:46,930 --> 00:05:48,790 We want we want. Okay? 158 00:05:49,595 --> 00:05:50,735 What is that saying? 159 00:05:51,514 --> 00:05:53,675 God knows what they're saying when they say 160 00:05:53,675 --> 00:05:56,250 those things, but all he's hearing is they're 161 00:05:56,329 --> 00:05:59,230 we are impoverished, we're impoverished, we're impoverished. 162 00:05:59,689 --> 00:06:01,930 And then the thing doesn't happen. Right? And 163 00:06:01,930 --> 00:06:03,930 then they go they're getting angry at God 164 00:06:03,930 --> 00:06:06,995 because they're blaming God cause the thing didn't 165 00:06:06,995 --> 00:06:08,694 happen. Why don't you love me? 166 00:06:09,394 --> 00:06:10,535 The problem is 167 00:06:11,154 --> 00:06:12,615 we have been programmed 168 00:06:13,449 --> 00:06:15,069 by this world system 169 00:06:15,449 --> 00:06:17,689 living in this world. We're just hearing what 170 00:06:17,689 --> 00:06:20,490 everybody else talks. And the devil, again, has 171 00:06:20,490 --> 00:06:20,990 deceived 172 00:06:21,610 --> 00:06:22,110 people 173 00:06:22,664 --> 00:06:23,164 into 174 00:06:23,865 --> 00:06:26,444 believing that the word want means desire. 175 00:06:27,224 --> 00:06:29,439 I was here in in town and, there 176 00:06:29,519 --> 00:06:31,759 was like some church revival going on in 177 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:33,600 the meetings. And and there was this guy 178 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,000 named Bill, an older gentleman. He got my 179 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,384 book. He understood it. And we come out 180 00:06:38,384 --> 00:06:39,845 after the service, and 181 00:06:40,145 --> 00:06:42,485 his tire is flat in the parking lot. 182 00:06:43,025 --> 00:06:43,845 And so 183 00:06:44,849 --> 00:06:47,490 so he's out, he's looking all over his 184 00:06:47,490 --> 00:06:50,209 car for a pump and trying to figure 185 00:06:50,209 --> 00:06:51,829 out what I said Bill, 186 00:06:52,289 --> 00:06:53,349 we don't want 187 00:06:53,954 --> 00:06:56,915 a pump to pump up your tire. Well, 188 00:06:56,915 --> 00:06:58,535 no joking. My friend, Leonora, 189 00:06:58,915 --> 00:07:00,995 okay, she goes 2 cars over. This is 190 00:07:00,995 --> 00:07:03,590 within 30 seconds. She goes over and pulls 191 00:07:03,590 --> 00:07:05,050 a pump out of her car. 192 00:07:06,949 --> 00:07:08,009 Now what's interesting, 193 00:07:08,389 --> 00:07:11,370 there was a gentleman standing right beside me, 194 00:07:11,665 --> 00:07:12,404 and he's fluent 195 00:07:12,944 --> 00:07:13,845 in Arabic. 196 00:07:15,185 --> 00:07:18,404 And he goes, wow. That is really interesting. 197 00:07:19,330 --> 00:07:20,850 And I said, yeah. I wrote this book, 198 00:07:20,850 --> 00:07:22,790 you know, 30 odd years ago, whatever. 199 00:07:23,250 --> 00:07:25,089 Well, this is just a a couple years 200 00:07:25,089 --> 00:07:25,589 ago. 201 00:07:25,889 --> 00:07:26,389 And 202 00:07:27,534 --> 00:07:30,334 I explained how the word want is so 203 00:07:30,334 --> 00:07:32,354 misused in the English language. 204 00:07:33,534 --> 00:07:35,939 And he goes, this is really interesting. He 205 00:07:35,939 --> 00:07:38,439 didn't explain. He was fluent in the Arabic 206 00:07:38,580 --> 00:07:40,420 language. And he said, do you know that 207 00:07:40,420 --> 00:07:41,639 there is a word 208 00:07:42,834 --> 00:07:44,295 in the Arabic language, 209 00:07:44,754 --> 00:07:46,355 just like the word want, you know, like 210 00:07:46,355 --> 00:07:47,654 I want a cup of coffee, 211 00:07:48,035 --> 00:07:50,819 okay, that they use. And that word, I 212 00:07:50,819 --> 00:07:53,300 couldn't repeat it to you because I don't 213 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:54,120 speak Arabic. 214 00:07:54,580 --> 00:07:55,080 But 215 00:07:55,620 --> 00:07:58,120 he said that word is translated 216 00:07:58,944 --> 00:07:59,444 destitution. 217 00:08:01,105 --> 00:08:04,004 And he goes, those people over there, 218 00:08:04,545 --> 00:08:06,004 they are destitute. 219 00:08:06,944 --> 00:08:08,085 Isn't that interesting? 220 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,520 There's there's a couple other languages that I 221 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,839 know that they're using the word while I'm 222 00:08:13,839 --> 00:08:17,279 on that topic. Yo Quiaro Taco Bell. Okay? 223 00:08:17,279 --> 00:08:18,865 That commercial. Quiaro. 224 00:08:19,564 --> 00:08:21,084 I was When I was in Denver, I 225 00:08:21,084 --> 00:08:22,704 had some Spanish friends, 226 00:08:23,245 --> 00:08:26,384 and, the one cousin was from Mexico City. 227 00:08:26,845 --> 00:08:28,259 So we're talking 228 00:08:28,959 --> 00:08:31,539 and I explained in this and she researched 229 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,919 and she said sure enough that the word 230 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:34,419 Quiero. 231 00:08:35,225 --> 00:08:35,725 She 232 00:08:36,184 --> 00:08:37,325 said quiero 233 00:08:37,945 --> 00:08:39,565 actually means lack. 234 00:08:39,945 --> 00:08:42,740 And I looked into the Spanish Bible in 235 00:08:42,740 --> 00:08:45,240 Psalm 23. It says, not a me falterra. 236 00:08:46,340 --> 00:08:48,580 I shall not want. I shall not be 237 00:08:48,580 --> 00:08:49,080 impoverished. 238 00:08:50,315 --> 00:08:52,634 So what are we doing here when we're 239 00:08:52,634 --> 00:08:55,295 talking like this? I shall not want. Okay. 240 00:08:55,595 --> 00:08:57,340 We're talking like God talks. 241 00:08:58,540 --> 00:09:00,379 I just I just looked up a scripture 242 00:09:00,379 --> 00:09:01,200 on biblehub.com, 243 00:09:02,620 --> 00:09:03,120 and 244 00:09:03,500 --> 00:09:04,320 there are 245 00:09:05,500 --> 00:09:07,085 I I don't know how many 246 00:09:07,485 --> 00:09:09,825 translations of the Bible there are there, but 247 00:09:09,965 --> 00:09:12,945 I've looked through many different translations. 248 00:09:13,884 --> 00:09:14,384 And 249 00:09:14,870 --> 00:09:15,529 the translators 250 00:09:15,830 --> 00:09:18,250 are translating that word want 251 00:09:19,429 --> 00:09:20,089 to mean 252 00:09:20,950 --> 00:09:21,450 desire. 253 00:09:21,975 --> 00:09:24,054 Like in one scripture, I think it was, 254 00:09:24,054 --> 00:09:26,394 you know, Jesus is talking to blind Bartimaeus. 255 00:09:26,455 --> 00:09:27,355 And he said, 256 00:09:27,735 --> 00:09:30,315 in King James, he says, what wilt thou 257 00:09:30,629 --> 00:09:31,929 that I do unto you? 258 00:09:32,389 --> 00:09:34,009 Lord, that I might have my sight. 259 00:09:34,549 --> 00:09:35,769 And another translation, 260 00:09:36,389 --> 00:09:38,549 it says, Jesus said, what do you want 261 00:09:38,549 --> 00:09:39,404 me to do for you? 262 00:09:40,605 --> 00:09:42,445 What do you want me to do for 263 00:09:42,445 --> 00:09:44,384 you? This is how they have 264 00:09:44,764 --> 00:09:45,264 mistranslated. 265 00:09:46,125 --> 00:09:49,080 And that was my question. Do words change 266 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,580 meaning just because we use them differently? 267 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,840 Okay. And the answer I came to was 268 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:55,340 no. 269 00:09:55,934 --> 00:09:58,514 Jesus said I'm the same yesterday, today, and 270 00:09:58,735 --> 00:10:02,975 forever. I change not. So back to going 271 00:10:02,975 --> 00:10:03,794 through the tunnel, 272 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:05,460 What was I saying? 273 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,639 I was saying I do not lack, and 274 00:10:08,639 --> 00:10:09,620 I'm not impoverished, 275 00:10:10,639 --> 00:10:13,825 and I'm not deprived of those 2 cars 276 00:10:13,825 --> 00:10:14,725 turning right. 277 00:10:17,664 --> 00:10:18,804 And my angels 278 00:10:19,184 --> 00:10:20,644 picked up on that word 279 00:10:21,049 --> 00:10:23,549 And the thought that I actually had was, 280 00:10:23,690 --> 00:10:25,690 okay, angels go to work. This is this 281 00:10:25,690 --> 00:10:27,450 is what I was thinking. Angels go to 282 00:10:27,450 --> 00:10:29,235 work. And even if the person was gonna 283 00:10:29,235 --> 00:10:31,154 turn left, just have them turn right by 284 00:10:31,154 --> 00:10:31,654 accident. 285 00:10:33,554 --> 00:10:36,595 So you might think that's bad, but they 286 00:10:36,595 --> 00:10:37,495 turned right. 287 00:10:38,049 --> 00:10:38,549 So, 288 00:10:38,929 --> 00:10:41,410 but I'm declaring the end from the beginning. 289 00:10:41,410 --> 00:10:44,450 I love this verse, in Isaiah 46:10. It 290 00:10:44,450 --> 00:10:46,684 says, I'll read I'll read the whole thing. 291 00:10:47,325 --> 00:10:49,804 Actually, I'll start in verse 9. Remember the 292 00:10:49,804 --> 00:10:52,044 former things of old for I am God 293 00:10:52,044 --> 00:10:54,365 and there is none else. I am God 294 00:10:54,365 --> 00:10:56,039 and there is none like me. 295 00:10:56,519 --> 00:10:59,100 Declaring the end from the beginning. 296 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:00,620 Okay? 297 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,199 And from ancient times, the things that are 298 00:11:04,199 --> 00:11:07,524 not yet done. Say my castle shall stand 299 00:11:07,524 --> 00:11:09,144 and I will do all my pleasure. 300 00:11:09,764 --> 00:11:11,625 And then that relates to actually, 301 00:11:12,004 --> 00:11:13,064 in the new testament, 302 00:11:13,444 --> 00:11:14,745 Romans 4 17. 303 00:11:15,759 --> 00:11:18,320 Right? Where god calls those things which be 304 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,339 not as though they were. He's calling 305 00:11:20,639 --> 00:11:23,839 he's calling it done because before the foundation 306 00:11:23,839 --> 00:11:25,575 of the world, it was already done. 307 00:11:26,375 --> 00:11:27,995 So when I was at the tunnel, 308 00:11:28,615 --> 00:11:29,595 I'm declaring 309 00:11:29,975 --> 00:11:31,754 the end. I'm declaring 310 00:11:32,215 --> 00:11:33,595 that they're turning right. 311 00:11:34,215 --> 00:11:34,715 Alright? 312 00:11:35,300 --> 00:11:37,540 I'm not saying I desire to say I 313 00:11:37,540 --> 00:11:39,559 desire. I'm expressing a desire. 314 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:42,600 But something I've noticed over these years 315 00:11:42,934 --> 00:11:45,014 is that when I say I do not 316 00:11:45,014 --> 00:11:46,075 want something, 317 00:11:46,535 --> 00:11:49,575 it's like I'm pulling it in because I'm 318 00:11:49,575 --> 00:11:50,075 declaring 319 00:11:51,029 --> 00:11:53,669 the opposite of poverty. What's the opposite of 320 00:11:53,669 --> 00:11:54,169 poverty? 321 00:11:54,870 --> 00:11:55,370 Abundance. 322 00:11:55,990 --> 00:11:56,490 Alright? 323 00:11:57,589 --> 00:11:58,089 So 324 00:11:59,154 --> 00:12:02,274 I I challenge you. Start experimenting with this. 325 00:12:02,274 --> 00:12:03,414 You're out in traffic. 326 00:12:03,794 --> 00:12:04,294 Hey. 327 00:12:04,754 --> 00:12:07,090 Just start. Just start saying, I don't wanna 328 00:12:07,090 --> 00:12:08,629 get through this traffic quick. 329 00:12:09,570 --> 00:12:10,070 Okay? 330 00:12:10,450 --> 00:12:10,950 Now 331 00:12:11,410 --> 00:12:13,570 this is a cool thing. I was down 332 00:12:13,570 --> 00:12:16,045 in a a town called Roan Mountain here 333 00:12:16,045 --> 00:12:16,705 in Tennessee, 334 00:12:17,165 --> 00:12:19,325 and it was a long way. I was 335 00:12:19,325 --> 00:12:19,825 finished, 336 00:12:20,365 --> 00:12:21,345 showing a house, 337 00:12:21,884 --> 00:12:22,870 and I come back, 338 00:12:23,830 --> 00:12:26,250 And I'm I'm headed back to my house. 339 00:12:26,950 --> 00:12:28,789 And there was roughly I was thinking about 340 00:12:28,789 --> 00:12:31,289 this last night. There was roughly about 20 341 00:12:31,429 --> 00:12:32,975 lights, traffic lights. 342 00:12:33,434 --> 00:12:36,154 And I just experimented with this. And I 343 00:12:36,154 --> 00:12:37,215 said out loud, 344 00:12:37,675 --> 00:12:39,134 I do not want 345 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:42,519 every light to be green 346 00:12:42,899 --> 00:12:43,959 all the way home. 347 00:12:44,740 --> 00:12:45,240 Okay? 348 00:12:45,699 --> 00:12:47,834 I do not want every light to be 349 00:12:47,834 --> 00:12:50,254 green all the way home, and no joking. 350 00:12:51,434 --> 00:12:53,754 Every light was green. Now I did get 351 00:12:53,754 --> 00:12:54,495 to 1, 352 00:12:55,389 --> 00:12:58,929 and it was red. And I slowed down. 353 00:12:59,710 --> 00:13:01,389 I think I said as well. I that 354 00:13:01,389 --> 00:13:03,075 so that I don't have to stop. I 355 00:13:03,075 --> 00:13:05,075 got to 1. I was slowing down and 356 00:13:05,075 --> 00:13:08,195 it turned green. And every every light, even 357 00:13:08,195 --> 00:13:10,595 that light at the tunnel was was green 358 00:13:10,595 --> 00:13:12,615 when I got there. I mean it was, 359 00:13:13,190 --> 00:13:14,169 I going hallelujah, 360 00:13:14,789 --> 00:13:15,289 hallelujah. 361 00:13:15,990 --> 00:13:17,529 Now if you try this, 362 00:13:18,149 --> 00:13:21,334 okay, the devil hates this word. I can 363 00:13:21,334 --> 00:13:23,754 give you that's a whole another topic. 364 00:13:24,695 --> 00:13:27,414 And I've been attacked because of this because 365 00:13:27,414 --> 00:13:28,954 I'm I am exposing 366 00:13:30,570 --> 00:13:31,070 Satan's 367 00:13:32,090 --> 00:13:32,590 tactics 368 00:13:33,450 --> 00:13:37,230 to destroy people's lives. They're declaring poverty. 369 00:13:37,975 --> 00:13:39,195 They don't know it. 370 00:13:39,894 --> 00:13:42,154 And it's creating havoc. 371 00:13:42,695 --> 00:13:45,274 Like I said before, it's when when somebody 372 00:13:45,654 --> 00:13:47,274 says that they want something. 373 00:13:47,769 --> 00:13:50,889 Okay, they'll struggle. They'll go and struggle to 374 00:13:50,889 --> 00:13:51,629 get it. 375 00:13:52,410 --> 00:13:54,330 And they might get it, but it'll be 376 00:13:54,330 --> 00:13:56,330 a struggle. But I I term it like 377 00:13:56,330 --> 00:14:00,394 this, that they're putting roadblocks, hindrances, and obstacles 378 00:14:00,455 --> 00:14:02,535 to the very thing their hearts desires. I'll 379 00:14:02,535 --> 00:14:04,615 give you another example, and then I'll cut 380 00:14:04,615 --> 00:14:05,915 it off for this episode. 381 00:14:06,789 --> 00:14:09,509 Back in Canada after I graduated, just in 382 00:14:09,509 --> 00:14:10,730 the last term 383 00:14:11,110 --> 00:14:11,850 of engineering, 384 00:14:12,470 --> 00:14:14,629 my friends and I were taught at, law 385 00:14:14,629 --> 00:14:16,409 school library there. 386 00:14:16,745 --> 00:14:18,285 And what I did 387 00:14:18,664 --> 00:14:20,424 was well, this is the language we talked. 388 00:14:20,424 --> 00:14:22,424 Where do you wanna live? And I go 389 00:14:22,424 --> 00:14:23,565 on and I said, 390 00:14:24,220 --> 00:14:26,399 I want to go to Calgary. 391 00:14:27,259 --> 00:14:28,080 I mean, 392 00:14:28,460 --> 00:14:29,200 it's sunshine, 393 00:14:29,820 --> 00:14:30,320 skiing. 394 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:32,725 I love the snow. Right? 395 00:14:33,684 --> 00:14:34,424 And so 396 00:14:34,884 --> 00:14:36,745 what I did was after university, 397 00:14:37,284 --> 00:14:38,664 I went out to Calgary. 398 00:14:39,605 --> 00:14:41,865 And at the time Calgary is called Cowtown, 399 00:14:41,924 --> 00:14:43,110 and it's known 400 00:14:43,570 --> 00:14:45,329 for the the oil patch. Right? All the 401 00:14:45,329 --> 00:14:47,009 oil industries. And I was gonna get an 402 00:14:47,009 --> 00:14:49,695 engineering job at, I was thinking I was 403 00:14:50,174 --> 00:14:52,835 I'm going after an engineering job 404 00:14:53,695 --> 00:14:54,595 in Calgary. 405 00:14:55,054 --> 00:14:56,735 Well, I get out there and there was 406 00:14:56,735 --> 00:14:58,434 a slump in the oil industry. 407 00:14:59,049 --> 00:14:59,549 No 408 00:15:00,090 --> 00:15:02,169 jobs. So I ended up working in, the 409 00:15:02,169 --> 00:15:02,669 hotels 410 00:15:03,049 --> 00:15:04,990 for about 5 months 411 00:15:05,610 --> 00:15:07,309 and had a great time skiing. 412 00:15:08,684 --> 00:15:09,184 But 413 00:15:09,644 --> 00:15:11,985 I didn't get a job 414 00:15:12,365 --> 00:15:13,504 out there in Calgary. 415 00:15:14,125 --> 00:15:15,919 Right? This is one of the memories. Now 416 00:15:15,919 --> 00:15:18,639 at the same time, I'm saying I want 417 00:15:18,639 --> 00:15:20,879 to go to the United States. I'm saying 418 00:15:20,879 --> 00:15:22,720 both of things. Right? Because I wasn't sure 419 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:23,245 where I'd 420 00:15:23,884 --> 00:15:25,245 like to go. But I'm saying I wanna 421 00:15:25,245 --> 00:15:26,625 go to Calgary. So then 422 00:15:27,325 --> 00:15:29,004 I get fed up out there, and I 423 00:15:29,004 --> 00:15:30,684 call my mom. And I say, hey, mama. 424 00:15:30,684 --> 00:15:32,065 I wanna come back to London 425 00:15:32,509 --> 00:15:34,290 and just work in London. 426 00:15:34,990 --> 00:15:37,009 And so I went back. 427 00:15:37,550 --> 00:15:39,250 Okay? It's not like 428 00:15:40,034 --> 00:15:41,714 there was like a brick wall in front 429 00:15:41,714 --> 00:15:43,554 of me by because I said I want 430 00:15:43,554 --> 00:15:44,694 to go back to London 431 00:15:45,394 --> 00:15:48,514 that I was physically stopped. But this is 432 00:15:48,514 --> 00:15:50,590 what happened. And then at the same time, 433 00:15:50,590 --> 00:15:51,990 I'm saying, ah, forget it. I don't want 434 00:15:51,990 --> 00:15:53,470 to go to I don't want to go 435 00:15:53,470 --> 00:15:54,990 to the states anymore. And then I said, 436 00:15:54,990 --> 00:15:56,429 I want to go back to London. Well, 437 00:15:56,429 --> 00:15:58,269 I went back to London. I could get 438 00:15:58,269 --> 00:15:59,945 in my car and I could drive to 439 00:15:59,945 --> 00:16:01,945 London. And that's what I did. So I'm 440 00:16:01,945 --> 00:16:03,004 back in my house, 441 00:16:03,384 --> 00:16:04,445 my mom's house, 442 00:16:05,065 --> 00:16:07,990 and I'm sitting at the table. This is 443 00:16:07,990 --> 00:16:09,910 the memories that I had. And I saw 444 00:16:09,910 --> 00:16:12,149 this preacher guy that I know. He's had 445 00:16:12,149 --> 00:16:12,889 his magazine, 446 00:16:13,590 --> 00:16:15,669 and he was at a church in Richmond, 447 00:16:15,669 --> 00:16:16,169 Virginia. 448 00:16:17,014 --> 00:16:19,414 So what happened was I said, mom, what's 449 00:16:19,414 --> 00:16:21,115 in Virginia? She goes, 450 00:16:21,975 --> 00:16:24,855 Mike. There's nothing in Virginia. You don't want 451 00:16:24,855 --> 00:16:25,674 to go there. 452 00:16:26,769 --> 00:16:29,250 And I simply said, you're right, mom. I 453 00:16:29,250 --> 00:16:31,330 don't wanna go there. I want to go 454 00:16:31,330 --> 00:16:32,070 to Texas. 455 00:16:33,250 --> 00:16:33,735 K. 456 00:16:34,134 --> 00:16:35,834 Because I knew people down there. 457 00:16:36,134 --> 00:16:38,294 So what happens? So in my mind, I'm 458 00:16:38,294 --> 00:16:39,274 headed to Texas. 459 00:16:39,575 --> 00:16:41,195 But I spoke those words. 460 00:16:41,710 --> 00:16:43,710 So I'm at my aunt's house in Ohio 461 00:16:43,710 --> 00:16:45,950 and then I leave there. And I'm I'm 462 00:16:45,950 --> 00:16:49,149 coming down through Cincinnati and I'm Columbus wherever 463 00:16:49,149 --> 00:16:51,695 and I pop on to I 70 West. 464 00:16:52,975 --> 00:16:54,754 Well, I cross I 75. 465 00:16:56,254 --> 00:16:58,214 Okay. And I looked down there. Yeah. There's 466 00:16:58,414 --> 00:16:59,634 Florida's down there. 467 00:17:00,179 --> 00:17:03,879 And I ran into a actual physical roadblock 468 00:17:04,099 --> 00:17:04,920 on the highway. 469 00:17:05,779 --> 00:17:08,500 The cars were stopped. All the lanes were 470 00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:09,000 stopped. 471 00:17:09,585 --> 00:17:11,345 There was a traffic jam. I had my 472 00:17:11,345 --> 00:17:13,424 engine turned off for 30 minutes. And I 473 00:17:13,424 --> 00:17:15,924 go, man, I gotta move. I gotta go. 474 00:17:16,464 --> 00:17:17,265 So I turned 475 00:17:17,744 --> 00:17:19,599 somehow, I turned around. I got back on 476 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:22,339 I 75 South, and I'm looking at my 477 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,500 road map. Okay. Didn't have 478 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,894 Google Maps. Oh my gosh. We just had 479 00:17:27,894 --> 00:17:28,394 paper 480 00:17:28,934 --> 00:17:30,934 paper maps, right, back then. So I got 481 00:17:30,934 --> 00:17:32,695 this big map, and I'm thinking, okay. There's 482 00:17:32,695 --> 00:17:34,715 Texas, and I could see I seventy 483 00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:37,029 one going off southwest. 484 00:17:37,650 --> 00:17:39,350 I'm thinking, okay. I'm going there. 485 00:17:40,049 --> 00:17:40,549 And, 486 00:17:40,850 --> 00:17:42,850 you know, because all the time I'm saying 487 00:17:42,850 --> 00:17:45,424 I want to go to Texas. I don't 488 00:17:45,424 --> 00:17:46,804 want to go to Virginia. 489 00:17:47,585 --> 00:17:48,804 And then I get to, 490 00:17:49,424 --> 00:17:52,859 Cincinnati, and I'm going 5 o'clock traffic jam. 491 00:17:52,859 --> 00:17:54,720 I'm gonna oh, there's a roundabout. 492 00:17:55,019 --> 00:17:57,580 So I'm going west. Then I'm going south, 493 00:17:57,580 --> 00:17:59,259 and I've been coming back east. And I 494 00:17:59,259 --> 00:18:01,494 get back on 75. I drove 495 00:18:01,894 --> 00:18:03,755 all day and got nowhere. 496 00:18:04,615 --> 00:18:05,115 Okay? 497 00:18:05,414 --> 00:18:08,535 And that's where using the word want the 498 00:18:08,535 --> 00:18:11,720 wrong way will do to you. And actually, 499 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,220 the proof is in your life already. 500 00:18:14,759 --> 00:18:16,299 The proof is already there. 501 00:18:16,839 --> 00:18:18,855 Because you can ask God to show you 502 00:18:18,855 --> 00:18:20,535 in your past too where you use the 503 00:18:20,535 --> 00:18:22,934 word want, except for getting a coffee. Okay. 504 00:18:22,934 --> 00:18:24,214 I want a coffee out. I got the 505 00:18:24,214 --> 00:18:25,755 coffee. Okay. Mike's wrong. 506 00:18:28,049 --> 00:18:30,529 Right? It's the big things. The things that 507 00:18:30,529 --> 00:18:32,289 are not in your control and not in 508 00:18:32,289 --> 00:18:33,029 your dominion 509 00:18:33,330 --> 00:18:35,785 that you will fight to get if you 510 00:18:35,785 --> 00:18:37,325 start saying you're impoverished. 511 00:18:37,705 --> 00:18:39,224 The next morning, I woke up and I 512 00:18:39,224 --> 00:18:42,410 just felt God speak to me and said 513 00:18:42,410 --> 00:18:44,829 go to Virginia. And I drove all day 514 00:18:45,369 --> 00:18:47,690 and had peace the whole way. That's how 515 00:18:47,690 --> 00:18:50,085 I got to Virginia. Anyways, that's enough for 516 00:18:50,085 --> 00:18:52,805 tonight. Thanks for listening to today's podcast. Be 517 00:18:52,805 --> 00:18:53,625 sure to subscribe 518 00:18:54,244 --> 00:18:56,664 so that you never miss another future episode. 519 00:18:57,460 --> 00:18:58,900 And if you'd like to order my book, 520 00:18:58,900 --> 00:19:00,740 you can go to my website, I shall 521 00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:01,559 not want.com. 522 00:19:02,660 --> 00:19:05,000 Thanks again. See you on the next episode.