good morning my friends I'm pastor
Stephen Brooks and welcome today to our
online Internet church service I'm so
happy that you're here and I believe
today that you're going to really love
today's message I found it fascinating
studying it and I believe that as we
jump into it in just a few minutes
you're really going to receive something
from the Lord that you can put to work
immediately and I believe we're going to
hear some amazing testimonies come in
from those of you that are watching and
making good application of God's Word
but Before we jump into today's message
let's first honor the Lord by bringing
the tithes and offerings into the
storehouse of God now Genesis chapter 28
verse 16 it says then Jacob awoke from
his sleep and said surely the Lord is in
this place and I did not know it now
today we're going to be talking about
Jacob and so it's good to look at him
also as we understand God's covenant
principle of tithing verse 17 and he was
afraid and said how awesome is this
place this is none other than the house
of God and this is the gate of heaven
then Jacob rose early in the morning and
took the stone that he had put at his
head set it up as a pillar and poured
oil on top of it and he called the name
of that place Beth L but the name of
that plate of that city had been loves
previously then jacob made a vowel
saying if god will be with me and you'll
see that of course god definitely was
with him and keep me in this way that i
am going and give me bread to eat and
clothing to put on and of course god
does all of that for him he says so that
i come back to my father's house in
peace and eventually he does then the
lord shall be my god and this stone
which i have said as a pillar shall be
God's house and of all that you give me
I will surely give a tenth
that's a tithe not it's not a tie pastor
Stephen yes you're saying to bring in
the tithe I'm gonna send you a tie not a
TI e a TI th e although
the ties are I sometimes people do send
in ties also along with their tithes
that's nice praise the Lord
and and I usually wear them to praise
God you know unless I get something
that's like really bizarre but usually
the ties are very nice spray used to
Lord but look at this one more time in
this stone which I have set as a pillar
shall be God's house and of all that you
give me I will surely give a tenth to
you now the word give in the Hebrew
right there
is a verb that describes frequent
multiple actions what he's doing is he's
making literally a lifetime commitment
to be at either praise God and it's the
tithe it's the tide that ties you in to
the fullness of God's destiny plan for
your life because you'll notice that
with Abraham Isaac and Jacob that
although God would speak to them and
make promises to them it was after
engaging God on a platform of tithing
that then destiny begins to unlock to
them because you know Jacob he's had
some amazing experiences with the Lord
but he still needs some things worked
out in his life and once he commits to
tithing then you see he's already on the
way to a character change which ends in
a major name change he even got renamed
by God praise the Lord so the fullness
of the Destiny's plan that God had
formed was unlocked so it is tithing
that secures your destiny praise the
Lord and this stone which I have said as
a pillar shall be God's house and of all
that you give me I will surely give a
tenth
that's the tithe I will give a tenth to
you praise the Lord my friends it's time
to bring the tithes and offerings into
the storehouse of God now if you would
like to mail them in please send your
tithes and offerings to Steven Brooks
International Peale box
seven one seven Moravian Falls
North Carolina our zip code is two eight
six five four if you prefer to bring
them in online because it's very safe
it's very secure and of course is fast
and convenient you can do so at the
ministry website Steven Brooks org there
is a link on the home page called tithes
and offerings and you can click on that
it will bring them right into the
storehouse of God also if you click on
the header called projects we have two
projects that we're focused on we have
the fence project to put a fence
entirely around the property we are one
third of the way through and then we
have the hangar project for the future
aircraft for the ministry so if you
would like to sow seed along with giving
your tithes if you would like to sow
seed those two projects are available as
well thank you for sowing into that
because the Lord is blessing mightily
those projects and those who are sowing
into that praise the Lord
Heavenly Father I pray for your people
that just as Jacob made covenant with
you through tithing and had the beth-el
encounter I pray father God that your
people have the encounter with light
with illumination that they know that
this is part of their destiny package
which is that in order for all of those
wonderful things to be accomplished
Lord we must look at our forefathers our
spiritual forefathers and see that they
were tithers and we must emulate them by
faith so father I'm praying for your
people that as they tied as they sow
seed father God that you give them ideas
from heaven to create and generate
wealth for your kingdom purposes now we
thank you for this in the name of Jesus
I thank you I speak over their lives
that their full destiny assignments will
be accomplished in the name of Jesus and
no enemy from Hell no devil can throw at
it in the name of Jesus amen
praise God now let's move just a few
chapters over let's go over to Genesis
chapter 30 just one chapter we're going
to stay in this area today
Genesis chapter 30 and we're gonna look
at some fascinating things that I really
believe can just almost like stop you in
your tracks they're so amazing such an
incredible revelation that we're going
to be jumping into our I want your
spiritual antennas to really be up today
okay the catch these things that are in
the Word of God Heavenly Father we ask
that as we jump into today's message
that your Holy Spirit would grant unto
your people the spirit of wisdom and
revelation in the knowledge of Jesus
thank you Father for the knowledge of
Jesus his ways his principles the way
his kingdom operates his supernatural
power and ability father let the light
shine into the minds into the
understanding of your people today we
thank you for this beautiful ministry of
your Holy Spirit in action right now in
Jesus name let us all agree and say amen
Genesis chapter 30 verse 25 and it came
to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph
that Jacob said to Laban that would be
of course his father-in-law because he
married
Laban stood auteurs now he said to Laban
send me away that I may go to my own
place and to my country
give me my wives and my children and the
course they had the children those
children would grow up later to become
what we know us the patriarchs okay give
me my wives and my children for whom I
have served you and let me go for you
know my service which I have done for
you now he has completed his time of
service let's not sugarcoat it it was a
time of indebtedness and while he did
pay off the debt seven years for the
life of working to get Laban daughter
and then you know the old switch in the
middle of the night and he wakes up the
next morning and it's not Rachel it's
Leah you know the story well he works
another seven years you know to the pay
off the debt of getting Rachel and now
so he has worked his way out of the hole
he's climbed up out of the pit of debt
by having work now for 14 years
and not too much to show for it and you
know that's not a good feeling and so he
realizes he needs to get out from this
situation with Laban now we're gonna
look at some things today there is an
overriding story in the midst of many
beautiful things that are popping out in
these two chapters of chapter thirty
thirty-one but you have to understand
that Jacob was a deceiver that name
could even be translated as swindler I
wouldn't call him a conman no I would
call Laban definitely a conman
Laban was just like he cheats you just
as bad as he could long as he thought he
could get away with it and even if he
thought he couldn't get away with he
would still try and so Jacob with his
means and methods of deceiving and
trickery for his own personal interest
regardless of a harm or hurt that it
would cost somebody else really ran into
somebody that when he met him it was a
little bit like looking in the mirror
that could be very hard to face when you
realize God's working on things in your
life and somebody aggravates you and you
realize it aggravates you because you're
the same way well glory thank God for
the Holy Spirit thank God for the word
which is a mirror that as we look into
it really shows us not the condemnation
but shows us through illumination hey
this is something that is not Christ's
like it needs to be dealt with and so we
praise God for the word that reflective
mirror and most importantly for the Holy
Spirit to help us get healed and so that
we're hold
we're whole on the inside and not all
messed up praise God so that's the
overall story of God working with Jacob
and God's gonna work through Laban Laban
is gonna get indirectly blessed but
Laban is an outsider he's a Syrian he's
a Gentile he's a pagan he's an idol
worshiper and he has no interest in the
God of Abraham Isaac or Jacob no
interest at all so God works on covenant
basis always remember that and God is
going to really help Jake
in the midst of this very unfavorable
situation which he's gotten himself into
now first twenty seven and Laban said to
him please stay if I have found favor in
your eyes for I have learned by
experience that the Lord has blessed me
for your sake then he said name me your
wages and I will give it so the last
thing that old Laban wants is for Jacob
to be leaving because he knows hey God's
blessing that guy but I've got him under
my hand and I can really in a sense you
know get all the blessing out of him
because he's an agreement you know where
it's all got to come over to me so he's
like I don't want this guy to leave
because this is the goose that lays the
golden egg and he doesn't want anything
to do with Jacobs God but he'll have
dealings with Jacob because he can in a
sense at that point control the flow of
the blessing is coming into his pocket
now then he said Mamie your wages and I
will give it and he probably thinks he's
gonna have to really wheel and deal he
has no idea that Jacob is going to lay
something out that Laban is gonna think
this is absurd I've got him for sure I
want to do a total checkmate on this guy
but but something's going on
praise the Lord name of your wages and I
will give it so Jacob said to him you
know how I have served you and how your
livestock has been with me for what you
had before I came was little and it has
increased to a great amount the Lord has
blessed you since my coming and now when
shall I also provide for my own house
okay so Jacob was thinking like any good
husband would and any good father would
like hey I've made you wealthy well I
don't really have anything to show for
it myself and now I'm in a situation
where you know Leah and Rachel my two
wives you know we got all these kids now
and I'm he's like I got to take care of
my own household I you know you
used me long enough you made enough
money off me I'm gonna have to leave and
go find somewhere or something to do or
I can make an income and bring in money
that's worthy of taking care of my
family the way I the way I want to
brothers and sisters in the Lord
understand that you should have a heart
to see your family blessed masters team
and I want to win the world for Jesus
that's good you're gonna take you take
good care of your kids are they gonna
walk around wore out shoes and you know
tore britches and stuff like that you
need to take care of your of your family
men you take care of your of your spouse
take care of your wife take care of your
kids praise God hallelujah and ladies
even the Bible speaks of proverbs 31
where there's things that you can do to
generate wealth and what does she do the
proverbs 31 woman with that wealth she
honors the Lord and she clothes
beautifully handsomely her children and
her husband praise God oh yes Amen you
want to see your family blessed because
the family is a great image of the
family of God before the world and if
sinners see your family all goofed up
all messed up they're like I don't
really want anything to do with this
so-called family of God it doesn't look
like the family of God's doing too good
to me so we want to have good family
image praise the Lord not tour from the
floor up as some people have endeavored
to do now he said and now when shall I
also provide for my own house so he said
this is Laban talking what shall I give
you I'm he really he really wants to cut
a deal what shall I give you and Jacob
said you shall not give me anything
if he will do this thing for me I will
again feed and keep your flocks
well Laban is probably starting to
salivate he's probably thinking uh hey
you know this guy's noticed yeah I know
he's sharp but maybe there's a sharper
as he thinks he is I think I've already
got him let's watch what's coming and by
the way we're going to jump into some
things that this chapter was very
difficult for the translators to work
through with uh striped and spotted and
speckled and all of this stuff that's
going on I want to try to simplify that
for you today so that you can get a good
grab
what's taking place now here's what he's
going to ask Laban for let me pass
through all your flock today that would
be his goats his sheep his life stock
basically let me pass through all your
flock today removing from there all the
speckled and spotted sheep and all the
brown ones among the lambs and the
spotted and speckled among the goats and
these shall be my wages
what is Jacob asking Laban for he's
asking for the oddballs he's asking for
the things that would be the exception
to the rule because with sheep most
sheep are white but he's asking for the
ones that would be speckled and spotted
and for the lambs he's asking for ones
that can be brown now in the Hebrew also
that that color can also be translated
even in the direction of black and
that's really where we get the phrase
also from you know the black sheep why
because the black is like the oddball
it's the odd one out but nevertheless
Jacob is saying hey I'll take the brown
ones I'll take the black ones and with
the goats
you know most goats because I've only
goats before most goats are white and
what you know what their fur and their
coat but he says I'll take the spot it
and the speckled okay so he's telling
Laban look you keep all the
normal-looking livestock everything
that's normal the way that it should be
with their Pelt color you keep those and
I'll take the oddballs verse 33
so my righteousness will answer for me
in time to come when the subject of my
wages comes before you everyone that is
not speckled and spotted among the goats
and brown among the lambs we will be
considered stolen if it is with me well
that's you know layman's loving this
because he's like okay so all the goats
you know that of the normal color that
are white if I ever see one over there
and Jacobs pin
while no he stole it because those
belong to me so it's everything really
is massively stacked right now in
laymen's favor and watch what Laban is
going to do he's not even going to give
Jacob what Jacob is asking for he's
gonna lure it even more and make it even
more difficult for him the prosper by
the time this deal is done and they both
agree on it Jacob Jacobs walking away
with inside information but Laban is
walking away in his head thinking this
guy will serve me for the rest of my
life this guy's gonna make me so wealthy
and all the money's gonna flow into my
pocket and so this is this is really
amazing now verse 34 and Laban said oh
that it were according to your word in
other words man let's sign this dis fast
as we can get the papers all I'll have
the papers drawn up right now let's
shake on it let's get the elders witness
citizens yeah I'm all I'm all in and
watch watch what Laban does to kind of
launch the plan verse 35 this is solo
this is this is like con man I mean this
is slick greasy nasty con man look at
Laban first very next verse so he that's
Laban not Jacob he Laban removed that
day the male goats that were speckled
and spotted all the female goats that
were speckled and spotted everyone that
had some white on it and all the brown
ones okay in other words all the
oddballs
okay brown ones black whatever all the
speckled spotted things like that Laban
removes them all and gave them into the
hands of his sons then he put three days
journey between himself and Jacob and
Jacob fed the rest of Laban flocks what
does that mean basically break it down
for me pastor Steven okay
so you're already within this large
flock that Laban has which you have the
majority of the normal-looking animals
but because Laban flocks are so big
that out of that you're going to have
some odd balls just because you know
even if there's one out of ten hey he's
got a lot of them so you got to have
already some odd balls in there so the
deal is that Jacob gets the odd balls
okay but Laban says well the ones that
are already odd balls I'm gonna take
those I'm not even gonna give you a
running start I'm gonna take those and
remove them you know like a couple days
journey from here so you can't even
touch those so really what's happening
with Jacob he's starting from Ground
Zero he has to look at all of these
normal-looking animals now remember a
normal looking animal mating with
another normal looking animal they're
gonna produce genetically another animal
that's going to look just like them
there it's gonna be it would be super
rare for those animals to produce the
speckled and the spotted but
nevertheless that's what Jacob is going
to believe that's going to happen and so
Laban has him in a place where Jacob has
to start working with the livestock from
ground zero in the sense there's not one
speckled animal out there there's none
spotted there's no brown there's no
black they're all normal so Laban
already made it extra worse he took the
oddballs away so well since I've already
got some odd balls I'll keep those now
now let's start and so Jacob has to
start with absolutely nothing while you
know you may have nothing but as long as
you have God you have the potential to
tap in to unlimited resources now watch
what happens now I need to probably prep
you a little bit before this because
what we're about to get into is really I
remember you know years back I would
read it in in somebody's that'd be kind
of like you know Lord I I don't quite
get it but I kept studying it kept
diving into it and then I believe the
Holy Spirit began there show me some
things let me give me an example years
back let's go all the way back to the
1950s there was an organization that was
formed under the leading of the Holy
Spirit through
man that God raised up named Dimas
shakaar Ian and Dimas sir carrion
started this Christian businessmen's
organization called
Full Gospel business men's fellowship
international and he was an immigrant
from Armenia and he came to America
fleeing the basically the annihilation
of the Christians that was taking place
in that part of the world and so the
Holy Spirit told him and his family to
escape and they did they made it safely
immigrated to America and he was a
cattle baron and so he starts a small
dairy farm in California he has a son
named Richard Richard would become later
the president after a GB MFI the
organization after his father passed on
but Richard also was a cattle baron
genius and they had very large cattle
industry not a matter of fact Richard
said that he could walk out onto the
area where all the cattle were at and he
said there could be a listen to this
there he said there could be a thousand
cows out there just you know they're all
walking around there could be a thousand
of them but he said I could look at any
one of those cows and I can tell you
exactly who the father of that cow was
he know because you've got so many bulls
and stuff like that he said I just
because I grew up in it and it was all
my life he said I could look at that cow
and I could tell you I couldn't find the
bull from where that count came from
just by the way it looks and he was very
very good the family was very very
successful in this but what we're about
to see this type of very unusual
selective breeding of livestock that
Jacob is going to get into I want you to
understand that this is not scientific
it was never meant to be in other words
if it's scientific you should be able to
replicate it we if if it is truly
scientific we should be able to put it
in the laboratory do the same formula
and get the same results over and over
and over
again then we would have a scientific
principle or you know something that's
not a theory but something that's
established but I need you to understand
what we're about to get into is not
scientific method of selective breeding
of livestock it may look like it is but
you have to understand it the whole
thing is being overridden by God and
what's going on is supernatural and I
will show you in a few minutes that
Jacob knew it was and he is using his
faith on this assignment and watch what
it does in his life let's continue on
now verse 34 Laban said oh that it were
according to your word and so you know
the deal is cut and Laban removes all of
the speckled ones so Jacob is left
having to watch the flocks of Laban that
are all normal animals that look like
you know like they should okay now watch
what he does verse 37 now Jacob took for
himself rods of green poplar three types
of trees okay rods of green poplar and
of the almond and chestnut trees too bad
the chestnut tree is now extinct we've
got we have two chestnut trees on our
property I can't stand them ayat that
this is my home property but they're
they're Chinese chestnuts and because
the American chestnut I think it went
extinct I don't know when but decades
ago so we don't have anymore so the
Chinese chestnuts are um they put up
these awful pods that are so Stickley
that if you walk across them and you
don't have some thick soles you could
really do some damage to your feet and
they're not good for pets and things
like that so anyhow we see these three
types of trees that are mentioned now
again he took himself rods green popular
we also have the almond and chestnut
trees he peeled Y strips in them and
exposed the white which
in the rods this is kind of funny in the
Hebrew and you see a lot of this stuff
in the Hebrew when you dig into it this
is actually a play on words because the
word white in Hebrew is actually the
word Laban and so oftentimes the very
things that the enemy tries to use to
enslave God's covenant people God will
turn right around and he'll use
something that's connected to that form
of enslavement he'll actually use
something that symbolically lines up
with that and it'll use it to be
actually be a means of deliverance for
God's people and it's like it's like
it's like God mocking the devil it's
like God said oh you think you're gonna
save my people through the vehicle of
that person or through the vehicle of
that instrument well I'll turn right
around and I'll use something in in
relation to that and I'll set them free
through that Wow whoo he always does it
over and over it's amazing now verse 38
and the rods which he had peeled he set
before the flocks in the gutters in the
watering troughs where the Fox came to
drink so that they should conceive when
they came to drink okay well you get
these animals together got male/female
goats and you know if you you know the
the ladies were in heat then the the
male's the billy goats are gonna want to
mate same thing with the Sheep
or whatever it is and so what he's going
to do when they had their gathering
times around the water and you know you
have all of these uh hormones and
animals smell all of that and so they're
there they're at the watering hole which
is also an area where they're gonna be
mating at he's putting these wooden rods
in the ground with the white streaks in
them whoo praise the Lord the genius
mind of God mmm now remember this is not
something that you know you can go out
and get some cattle today or some sheep
today and and replicate this I want
get into that in a minute I'll explain
why but I will also explain why it's
working for him here in just a few
moments that's continuing on
so the flocks conceived before the rods
and the flocks brought forth streaked
speckled and spotted and a lot of it has
to do with what these animals are
looking at while they drink the water
and then they go mate with this image in
their mind of these streaked and these
speckled rods praise the Lord
so the flocks can see before the rods
and the flocks brought forth streaked
speckled and spotted
now watch Jacob push it watching push it
under the anointing of the holy spirit
after all something's working
keep on working it and work it to the
max who praised the Lord verse 40 then
Jacob
separated the lambs and made the flocks
faced toward the street and all the
brown in the flock of Laban but he put
his old flocks by themselves and did not
put them with Laban flock and it came to
pass whenever the stronger livestock
conceived that Jacob placed the rods
before the eyes of the livestock in the
gutters that they might conceive among
the rocks but when the flocks were
feeble he did not put them in so the
feebler were laid bands and the stronger
jacob's
okay what's going on alright so you have
you have sheep you have a male and a
female they show up and they're hanging
out getting some water and then remember
they're Laban
these are Laban animals the only ones
that are end up being Jacobs are what
the oddballs okay the ones that
respected spotted and they had that
model color the ones that would be brown
or black in other words all the oddballs
if there are any Laban think it hardly
any but if there are any that are born
they're gonna go to Jacob now all the
ones that are that are there originally
are the normal-looking ones but what
begins to happen is when the normal ones
come to drink and then to mate Jacobs
got these sticks in the ground that
that have the stripes in them and spot
it and all this stuff that he's setting
up for them to look at and then when
they mate letter they give birth they're
giving birth primarily now to you know
these these little babies that are
striped and spot it and mottled colored
and they have that summer popping out
brown some are popping out black and and
here's what he also realizes if Laban
flocks come and they're about to mate
but they're very very if some of the
ones that are coming are weak in other
words they don't they don't have good
genetics maybe you know the ones that
are showing up the drink today they're
not the best group they don't have
strong shoulders they they don't have
that good quality he pulls up all the
rods out of the ground and doesn't want
them to see the rods but and then he
moves him on down the line now when one
scum that he sees oh whoa look at that
look at that male coming look at the
shoulders on that one look at that wow
that is a majestic animal he gets all
those rods back out and sticks them in
the ground so what happens is the ones
that are flawed genetically that are not
that good to start with they mate and
they produce the normal-looking
lifestock Laban gets those but the ones
that are super strong that have the real
good genetic gene pool they're per dude
that they mate and because they're also
looking at those poplar sticks and the
almond sticks and the chestnut is when
all the stripes in it they're mating but
they're producing what we would call the
oddball skin colored livestock whoo
glory to God mm-hmm
so what happens Jacob is building a herd
that not only is large in numbers they
are genetically superior to the smaller
group that Laban has so not only is
Laban x' groups smaller but Laban x'
group is inferior compared to the ones
that Jacob has and if you are a person
who's out shopping
do you really want to buy the car that
has 80 horsepower or do you want to buy
the car that has 380 horsepower and the
one for the $380 it's just a little bit
higher in price and doesn't have any you
know the gas efficiency is the same your
to go for the superior product every
single time any consumer is going to do
that Oh
things are really really beginning to
turn for this man
now again verse 42 but when the flocks
were feeble he did not put them in so
the feebler were Laban z-- and the
stronger Jacobs 43 verse 43
thus the man Jacob became exceedingly
prosperous stop just for a moment
whether you're a man watching today or
whether you're a lady watching today
whether you're an adult or whether
you're a teenager because there are
multi-million teenagers out there today
listen to this I want you to do this
verse 43 when it says thus the man
became exceedingly prosperous when it
says the man put your name in there thus
John Smith or whatever your name is
thus john doe or thus you know Susy
favor
thus the man became put your name in
there personalize it
in other words thus says the Lord I have
become exceedingly prosperous I put your
name in there personalize it have become
exceedingly prosperous well pastor Steve
and I I don't know if I can I don't know
if I should say something like that
that's just an old religious spirit go
ahead and say it
go ahead and say it could also that also
be could be tangled up with a poverty
spirit go ahead and say it watch what
God can do in your life and then look
look this is a man that was in debt for
14 years and couldn't get out of the
debt pit and God saw his situation God
saw that this is a covenant man God saw
that this is a tithing man it's time for
me to move in his life
now remember overriding story primary
story character trumps everything
remember that the main thing that God
wants in you is not for you to be rich
not for you to have a bunch of money the
main thing that God wants in you and
it's gots highest purpose and he'll /
he'll overwrite everything else even
divine healing he'll overwrite
everything for this cost what's what is
that Pastor Steven that's to get you
into the image of his son Jesus and he's
more concerned with you having the image
of Christ and you being a
multimillionaire
he's more concerned with you being in
the image of Christ even than you having
health in your body praise the Lord
oh yes all the other stuff is part of
the Covenant package but but that's most
important that's that's why he's that's
why he's taking his time with Jacob
that's why truth be told he's been
taking this time with you he wants you
to be like Jesus
maybe that's puzzled you a little bit
maybe you've seen others pull ahead and
you think God what's up with that it's
not like I'm not trying gods like I'm
working on something in you that's more
important see a lot of people don't even
care about this they don't care about
they just give me money who care yeah la
because I'm a Christian I go to heaven
who cares hi Leah no no you have a heart
for God you have a heart for God God
will add those other things to your life
that's so easy for God to do but he
wants you to have that transformation
like he's working in Jacob where Jacob
goes from Jacob to Israel hmm Prince one
who has prevailed with God mmm praise
the Lord that's your destiny now let's
get back to this let's not ignore this
either verse 43 because finances are
very important in the life of any child
of God
anybody who acts like it's not it's
living in a hole somewhere in the ground
if if all you are is a person who's
interested in your own self and in the
needs of your own family and you care
about nothing else then maybe money is
not important to you but the moment you
have a heart of love that looks
beyond your own needs the moment you're
touched by the agape love of Christ and
remember agape is the selfless type of
love okay where you put others first the
moment you have a heart of God for agape
love and you love people and you want to
see the lost saved and you want to help
orphans and you want to you want to make
an impact for good
suddenly money becomes extremely
important because of the way that you
make those impacts is through a right
walk with God and through using
provision in a holy way so puts her name
in there personalize it and believe God
that just as he lifted up Jacob he could
also lift you up as well
thus the man became exceedingly
prosperous and had large flocks look at
this female and male servants and camels
and donkeys some of you need to stop
pressurizing pressure washing your house
trying to clean everything all the time
trying to do all of this little bitty
rinky-dink stuff you didn't hire
somebody you need to stay on task and do
what you're really good at and not
trying to still run every run everything
you got to do everything you know if
something breaks I can fix it no you
don't need to be fixing that call the
plumber you don't have time for that you
know you got to stay on what you're
called to do so that that prosperity
anointing flows hallelujah so what does
he have he has he has servants camels
campbell's camels
that's like saying he's got
mercedes-benz ISM and I mean it's it's
it's still the way the day if you go out
into you know if you see the Bedouin in
the Middle East if you want across the
desert you know you could only fill up a
4x4 off-road vehicle with so much gas
and there's no gas stations out in the
desert you're still gonna need to desert
limousine the desert Mercedes or the
desert Cadillac what is that pastor
Stephen that's the camel hallelujah yes
they still write them today the metal
ones out there whoo glory to God
well hold on just a moment how is Jacob
I mean I mean if he's got servants male
and female servants and he's got camels
he's got donkeys where's he getting all
this
money to buy now all of this accessories
of life servants
I mean Butler's to do all the lawn
mowing and to do all the work and to add
camels how you buying Campbell's and
doing all of this what is he doing
where's he getting all this money from
oh he's got so much premium livestock
now he's selling it he's selling it and
he's making a fortune and God's the one
who's blessing him so God obviously
doesn't have any problem with prosperity
mm-hmm Wow hallelujah glory to God well
verse 1 of chapter 31 let's roll into it
this shouldn't surprise us too much or
the next verse now Jacob heard the words
of Laban son saying Jacob has taken away
all that was our fathers and from what
was our fathers he is acquired all this
wealth and Jacob saw the countenance of
Laban and indeed it was not favorable
toward him that's before I'm sure it was
haha
Oh Laban that old God man loved it when
he was just ripping him off Laban but
the son I love you you just like a son
to me I know you my son-in-law but you
just like a son to me but suddenly
that's all gone why why because he's
can't burn him and take advantage of him
anymore now it's completely turned and
all the money is going into the pockets
of Laban and Laban sons Laban sons like
hey you know what they're looking at
what's going on with Jacob what does
that mean that means their inheritance
is going down they can literally watch
their inheritance get smaller every
single week it's getting smaller like
it's like they had stock in a company
and their stock is going down and the
other stock of another company that they
have no shares in is just skyrocketing
they're just like not only as his going
up ours is going down and they they
didn't like it they didn't like it and
of course because they are unsaved their
ungodly they have no covenant with God
what are they jealous and bitter
jealous and bitter mmm
verse 3 God really begins to move in the
life of Jacob then the Lord said to
Jacob return to the land of your
father's and to your family and I will
be with you that is a direct commandment
it is not a suggestion
go tell you ladies go tell your wives
hey let's pack up we're rolling out of
here I've heard from God it's time to go
but but I want you to see something that
Jacob lets out that he shares that
suddenly will give you a great
illumination of chapter 30 which we have
just read suddenly you got to see the
behind the scenes story of what Jacob
knew that Laban had no clue love and
really Jacob's wives didn't even know
but Jacob knew never remember when you
hear something from God guard it's be
very very careful
you steward a word from God like the
whole I don't really want to say like
gold because it's worth more than gold
because gold you can price but this this
work from God can take you into
unprecedented levels of breakthrough and
prosperity and blessing but I want you
to know what all this you know speckled
spotted mottled black brown I want you
to know what was going on with all of
that from the sight of the invisible
spiritual realm because Jacob when
talking with Rachel and Leah he let the
cat out of the bag will praise God this
is just so good Genesis 31 verse 10 let
me read verse 9 also so God has taken
away the livestock of your father and
given them to me this whole thing was
God Jacob realized it he's explaining it
to Rachel and Leah this is what he said
to him and it happened
at the time when the flocks conceived
that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream
and behold the rams which leaped upon
the rocks were streaked speckled
gray spotted then the angel of God spoke
to me in the dream saying Jacob and I
said Here I am
and he said lift your eyes now and see
all the rams which sleep on the flocks
are streaked speckled and gray spotted
for I've seen all that Laban is doing to
you I am the God of Bethel where you
anointed the pillar Oh remember that's
what also he said I'm locking in as a
tither whoo whoa glory to God God saw
that Val God reminds him of it working
for Laban all those years 14 years but
still on the little that he had he still
wasn't either and you know what there
could be times of testing absolutely
because God will watch can I promote
this person and will the person hold
steady or the person go cuckoo and get
back into their own selfish way of
living will they still honor me if I
lift them up so yes there could be times
of testing for that I am the god of
Bethel where you anointed the pillar and
where you made a vow to me what was
included in that Val tithing
I'm telling you tithing secures your
destiny and if you're not at either your
towing your touring with the tailor made
God design destiny uniquely prepared for
you and if you're not at either you're
telling God that that phenomenal crafted
plan that he made for your life it's not
that important to you mm-hmm
I am the god of Bethel where you
anointed the pillar and where you made a
Val to me he knows what that vowel is
about now arise get out of this land and
return to the land of your family mm-hmm
Wow okay Pastor Steven so what was going
on there okay Jacob explained to Rachel
and Leah hey you want to know how we
came into all of this wealth let me
explain to you what happened I had a
dream and in the dream the angel of God
spoke to me and showed me a male that
would be around like the Billy Goat and
leaping on the others with speckled and
spotted and I I saw it I knew what
meant to do and I I saw with the sticks
and I did that God showed me to do that
again remember I told you this was not
scientific selective method of animal
breeding this was supernatural
this was supernatural all faster Steve
but that won't really work if you try it
exactly it won't work unless God tells
you to do it if God tells you to do it
it'll work if he doesn't tell you to do
it no it won't work because God's Word
upholds natural law in God's Word if he
speaks it also has permission to
override natural law that's called a
miracle
so here Jacob reveals that in a dream
please get ready for your dream
encounter with the Lord I've I've been
getting your emails especially for many
of you that have been fasting and you're
like Pastor Steven I'm dreaming again
yes I have no doubt that you are now
when you have the dream get up out of
the bed that could have been the dream
that was like the Jacob experience where
he what he saw the speckled to spot it
and then implemented that okay take
these things seriously but it was just a
dream yeah and so was the dream of the
angel Gabriel speaking to Joseph telling
Joseph to get Mary and baby Jesus out of
the area because the child's life is in
danger yeah that was just a dream and
you better believe it was real
and it was here in this situation - it
was a dream and it was 100% accurate
would have been no different if God sent
a prophet down to tell it to him would
have been no different of God in the
form of a see off and it came down and
stood in front of him and said hey I
want you to get these poles and put
these poles down and you know you do
this you got to start having these
animals it'll be you know they'll start
to produce in your favorite what a bit
no different
God just decided through this message to
deliver it through a dream and I know
that many of you are hearing from the
Lord right now in dreams and I'm trying
to tell you today as a servant of God
that God can give you one dream with one
message that can make you so wealthy
that the next thing you know
you are in a level of finances that that
are beyond anything you even dream
possible hallelujah glory to God
thus the man became exceedingly
prosperous how how through a dream that
God gave him and in the dream the angel
of the Lord told him what to do and all
you have to do is when you get that is
implement it and it will work if Jesus
tells you yeah come on out come on out
of the boat and meet me out on the water
you can walk on the water long as you
believe it and do it yeah it'll work now
if you doubt it you'll start to go under
but Jacob believed it he knew that was
from God thought it was maybe kind of
crazy you and the natural hey this
wouldn't really work some people say
that's just a bunch of folk medicine it
is if you do it in your own strength and
it won't work you look stupid but if God
says to do it it will work for you now
technically what what this is is what
the Apostle Paul called
the word of wisdom this is one of the
nine gifts of the Holy Spirit by the way
out of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit
the one that's mentioned first is what
the word of wisdom why is it mentioned
first because it's the best gift out of
all of them it is the one gift that
overnight can make you a
multimillionaire
it is the one gift that if you get one
word from God one instruction remember
that's what wisdom is wisdom will always
have an instruction in it and if you
obey that instruction and you take it
and you do it it will work every single
time when it comes from God whew bit key
can I give you a big key that you may
even want to write this one down
you cannot take someone else's word of
wisdom that worked for him like with
Jacob
okay popular sticks and and you know the
chestnut and the almond sticks and go
out there and do they think you can't
take that word and think you're gonna go
do that and and build you know you're
going to be the next cattle bear it's
not going to work for you you cannot
take somebody else's word of wisdom that
God spoke to them and say I'll claim it
too no you can't do that
God spoke that to that person and that's
why it worked for that person and if you
tried to do it
gonna work for you let me give you an
example
we're in tax season right now and some
of you are going to get a refund from
the state from the government that's
good there may be others perhaps that
you owe some some money to the
government that's okay but let me ask
you this if you owe money to the
government are you actually in order to
pay that bill that tax bill you actually
got to go out with a fishing pole with
the hook on it at the end and with no
bait on the hook throw it into a lake
somewhere and expect to pull up a fish
with enough money and its mouth to go
pay your tax bill there's not one person
on the planet today that's going to do
that there's over 7 billion people on
the planet and probably 4 billion people
will have to pay taxes this year but
there will not be one person who does
that why everybody knows that won't work
unless unless God told you to do it if
God told you to do it
you better go fishing God told you the
bathe in the Jordan River seven times
even if you have a skin disease and even
if that's a muddy river and you think
that's really not a good place if you
have skin infections all that dirt and
debris who cares
God said it you better start bathing
hallelujah ok what are all those
examples words of wisdom if you get a
word from wisdom of God it'll work now
prophet Kenneth Copeland's said this
many years back heavy weights statement
that's still true today one word from
God can change your life forever that's
all it takes but this is what I'm trying
to tell you today that word can come
through a dream and you could have a
dream and in that dream God shows you
something or you see a vision I mean he
saw like a ram you know a billy goat
jumping over hell and as it jumps on the
other side they turned spotted and
speckled and all of that he understood
it he understood it God can give you one
dream and in that dream you can get one
idea from God and if you go and
implement it it will work but anything
that's from God will work ok but my
friends this this is supernatural this
is this is miraculous and I'm so glad
that Jacob explained it to his wives
Leah and Rachel I'm so glad that this
was recorded
the scripture so that we could know what
was going on with all of that maybe we
could call it even bizarre stuff that he
was doing now we know it's not bizarre
because God told him to do it but if
you're just in the natural you're gonna
look at that think that's crazy and this
is the kind of stuff that God does like
when he told Isaac Jacob's father when
he told Isaac what Isaac was in the
midst of a famine and the land was dry
and barren in the ground this cracked
and the sun's beating down and it's not
raining and it's not going to rain and
Isaac goes out there to start sowing
seed well you would have to think that
the Philistines who were his neighbors
probably thought this guy's a total nut
what is he doing in other words this is
not scientific this makes no scientific
sense this says they make good farming
sense but what happened with Isaac he
reaped one hundredfold that year like
God showed him to do it God told him to
do it God said don't don't go to Egypt
stay right here and he did what God told
him to do if you get one word of wisdom
from God you're off to the races
woo and your whole scenario will turn
the next thing you know you'll be riding
on the camel whoa whoa Helen lujah
Pastor Steven I'm gonna buy you a camel
I don't know if I really want a camera
hallelujah hallelujah but you need to
honor the Lord when the gut when God
blesses you but hallelujah my friends be
open
I mean he was buying camels he bought a
camel for for Leah bought a camel for
Rachel bought a camel for all the all
the boys all the kids loaded everybody
up on camels when they hit it out they
weren't walking they're riding camels
praise God thank you Lord Jesus
Pastor Steven I just prayed and praying
and asking God for a car don't ask God
for a car and ask ask God for an idea
ask God for a word of wisdom I mean even
the Apostle Paul said desire with a
burning desire that you would operate in
the spiritual gifts mmm-hmm
thank you Lord Jesus praise God these
things are very very important Lord we
give you praise today hallelujah let me
show you something very interesting
before I pray for you today some things
in the Bible you look at you think
that's just an incredible statement and
then you see it also in real life and
you just think it's amazing Lord it is
absolutely amazing how some of these
things are look at this with me same
chapter of Genesis 31 look what God does
for Laban now watch this but God had
come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by
night now remember he's Laban the Syrian
he's not an Israelite he's outside of
the Covenant promises with God he's a
total sinner he worships idols I mean we
actually find out unfortunately later
that after you know during the escape
process I wouldn't call it escaped but
they did kind of like leave in a flight
type situation with Jacob and his family
well we found out later that Rachel
stole Laban her father's idols that
tells us Rachel had a little bit of she
had some things to work out in her life
too but nevertheless we know that Laban
he did not worship the true God but look
at this but God had come to Laban the
Syrian in the dream by night and said to
him be careful that you speak to Jacob
neither good nor bad God can speak to
sinners if he so chooses or all sinners
nasty sinners yep God can speak to them
if he wants to if he wants to even in
verse 29
when Laban catches up with Jacob Laban
said it is in my power to do you harm
but the god of your father spoke to me
last night saying be careful that you
speak to Jacob neither good nor bad now
you would read that and you would think
that after Laban a total sinner has a
dream has a valid genuine God encounter
that he might be like hey uh God who are
you I I've heard about you through this
guy Jacob who served me and you know
what you've really blessed him I I'd
like to know you but Laban has no
interest in the true God
isn't that amazing not one bit of
interest in him at all hmm it is
absolutely just so sad so sad to see
some of these things that even later
when Jacob Burleigh Laban are talking
almost like quarreling basically Laban
Steele and his stubborn self says those
are still my daughters and all of this
livestock that you're leaving with it's
still all mine
I mean you just can't convince the guy
he's a total he's a total kook in many
ways and he's just a lost person that
didn't want anything to do with the true
and living God and you think how sad
that God gave the man a dream and even
communicated to him in the dream and
Laban has no interest still and that
doesn't like doesn't even say like hey
who are you or thank you for talking to
me or while you're really real like I've
heard a lot about you but Wow
that none of that just no interest at
all just all he wants his stuff just
thinking about how we can rip somebody
off or cheat somebody or steal for
somebody and it's true like it says in
Proverbs so you take a fool and place
him in a mortar and grinding with the
pestle you still just can't grind the
foolishness out I think he's just a fool
and there are some people that are like
that they will go to their grave they
will perish and their sins lot be lost
and separated from God for all eternity
because they just didn't want anything
to do with God and I would call it the
mystery of lawlessness and we're told
not to look into the mystery of
lawlessness because it's just a downward
spiral but you just think how sad now
we're very much encouraged to look into
the mystery of godliness who it's so
wonderful it's so beautiful praise God
so those
Laban if they want to perish let them go
ahead you do the best you can and they
will
they will get what they deserve praise
the Lord but my friends I believe it's
dream season I believe God would like to
speak to you and share something with
you where you could have a testimony
like verse 43
thus the man became exceedingly
prosperous okay well you can put your
name in there that's the woman you know
Mary Jo became exceedingly prosperous
you know put your name in there
thus you know the teenager sullen so it
came here seemingly prosperous whew
all it takes is one one dream one word
one message from God and he's still
talking today praise God praise God get
closer to God nudge up real close to God
let God speak to you Pastor Steven I'm
not I'm not perfect I don't know if God
would talk to me neither was Jacob I
mean he still had things God was really
working with him on I mean lying he
would just sometimes just come out until
just bold blatant lies because of you
know fear of man spirit of fear whatever
got still working on him but God's not
justifying those things but he realized
hey this is not an overnight project you
know I'm gonna work on this guy and help
get this guy getting to where I want him
to be because he has a phenomenal
destiny his name's gonna be changed to
Israel I mean what at what a destiny
glory to God and there's a lot riding on
those promises
so my friends get close to God we're in
a season where the glory is going to be
poured out and you're going to see it in
the most beautiful ways financially it's
going to be wholly finances it's going
to be heavy finances and it's gonna flow
like rivers of warm rich oil straight
from heaven the the the wealth of the
Gentiles the wealth of the nation's is
going to flow there's going to be a
shifting a shaking it's going to begin
to move into the position of God's holy
Covenant tithing faithful people praise
God if you want to be a candidate for
that and
would like for the Lord to speak to you
through a dream lift your hands right
now Heavenly Father I really sense your
anointing today in your presence on this
program and I'm asking father that you
would speak to your people and father
perhaps there are quite a few that are
watching that maybe they're not in a
deep hole of debt maybe they're like
Laban where they've climbed up out of it
quite a bit but they're just not at the
place of their prosperity and they're
certainly not at the place where he
ended up being at in verse 43 so father
I pray that you would give them a dream
that you would give them the wisdom of
knowing this is highly restrictive
information this is proprietary
knowledge out of the throne room of
heaven and father they might not even be
able to share it with anybody maybe just
one person at the most for years
and so father we know that it appears
that this period of great increase was a
six year span where all of this
livestock explosion went on for about
six years before he could even tell his
wives so father I just thank you let
this prepared proprietary knowledge from
heaven this word of wisdom be guarded be
guarded with the life of your people the
thank you Father for wise implementation
of it we thank you for wisdom
surrounding it thank you ladies get
ready I get a great quickening in my
spirit that some some of you ladies
you're going to get hit with such a
clear dream from God such a clear
revelation such a clear word from God
spoken out from heaven that you might
even you know if it happens when you're
awake you might even turn around to say
who said that but it'll have come from
the heavenly realm okay it could come
through a dream it could come from a
visionary experience but it's coming men
be encouraged as well young people be
ready as well if you're willing if
you're willing God can bless you -
praise the Lord
glory to God glory to God
glory to God hallelujah father let it be
done in the name of Jesus shalt amen and
amen
whoo praise the Lord let's take
communion and seal this word that the
enemy would never steal it from your
heart but that this word will come to
pass in your life praise God hallelujah
I'll tell you this mr. Libin maybe he
didn't want anything to do with God
but there's millions who do and there's
going to be a revival of such strength
and power so you have to remember in in
revivals and in moves of the Spirit it's
very easy to catch fish and it's
regardless of the revival you know Jesus
Movement revival Welsh revival or it is
when that revival is rolling fish or
almost they almost jump into the boat
and it's just very easy to get people
saved when the move of God is going but
my friends let the Lord position you to
be on the forefront so we can pull some
huge huge dragnets
praise God hallelujah mmm praise God
Father we thank you I want to I want to
ask first if there's anybody watching
today you don't know Christ as your Lord
and Savior you're unde Ange round you're
separated from God just like Laban
because of your sins you may not be a
con man you may not be a cheat or a
deceiver but nevertheless sin stains
your life and separates you from God the
Brits between lost mankind and God it's
the Lord Jesus Christ and there is no
other way to God except through him so
if you would like to receive forgiveness
of your sins and eternal life in Christ
please right now pray this prayer after
me say Lord Jesus I come before you as a
sinner Jesus I give my heart to you save
me now wash my sins away write my name
in your book of life I receive
view now into my heart as my lord my
Savior my king and my god thank you
Jesus for saving me you've got a big
shot of praise
say Amen hallelujah because God has
saved your soul lay man let us all take
holy communion together grab some
unleavened bread we take unleavened
bread because leaven in the Bible is a
symbol of sin that's why we take
unleavened bread for our communion and
grab some grape juice praise God
let's pray over it father we bless our
communion we consecrate it in other
words we set it apart as Holy Father
this is now the flesh and the blood of
our Lord and Savior we thank you father
God we thank you for the covenant of
salvation through Christ father we thank
you for his body his word and today as
we receive his body we thank you that
just as Jacob became exceedingly
prosperous father you have a plan for
our prosperity as well we thank you for
dreams and supernatural messages being
sent from on high that we can hear and
obey and then see the amazing results
father we believe it we receive it in
Jesus name Amen now let us receive his
body
Heavenly Father thank you for the blood
of Jesus thank you for forgiveness of
sins thank you for the beautiful story
of how you worked and the life of Jacob
helping him to face his shortcomings his
sins my seeing them and another man who
was behaving just like he was father we
thank you for the transformation into
the image of Jesus not always easy
not always pleasurable but father so
necessary and so required by you thank
you father so we yield to the work of
your spirit will yield to the mirror
image of your word we yield to the
process of you making us into the mature
image of Christ your son we thank you
for it so that we could be good stewards
of all that you put in our hands father
we thank you for the blood of Jesus
washing away all of our sins all of our
shortcomings we thank you that our sins
and our iniquities you remember no more
we thank you for forgiveness we confess
them we thank you for full forgiveness
and that you also forget them according
to your word as you promised us in the
book of Hebrews and also in 1st John 1:9
father we thank you we receive the
cleansing blood of Jesus now with great
Thanksgiving and praise amen let us
receive
praise God praise the Lord hallelujah
thank you Lord Jesus again when you get
a word from God through a dream whatever
write it down
guard it protect it implement it or to
work on it it's foolproof when it's from
God just like it was for Jacob just like
any other word of wisdom in the Bible
when put the put the use it produced
every single time it's perfect that's
the Word of God my friends till next
time stay blessed be looking for the
dream when you have a dream and you get
up and you're like oh I'll just go back
to sleep I'll remember it later
don't do that get up that could have
been the one get up go sit down have a
notepad always by the side of your bed
or where you sit at praise God and write
it down look after the dream after you
write it down then you go back to bed
okay but get up write it down while it's
gonna be very exciting father bless your
people in Jesus name Amen
see you next time bye-bye