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Full text Days of Glory, Days of Flourishing, Days of Abounding, Part 4

And I want to take you into that service once again for the conclusion of that message. I want to read to you this prophetic word that the Lord gave me regarding 2018. He said, "These are indeed the days of my greater glory." Sayeth the Lord. "I will cause it to manifest for all who remain faithful to me, and faithful to my Word. And I will cause them to flourish and to abound, even as I have promised in my word." That's just a portion of this prophetic word. He said, "It will be days of glory, days of flourishing, and days of abounding." So, watch now, and get ready to be blessed. And get ready to be inspired by this powerful message. And then at the close, I'll have some things to share with you at that time. Watch now.

JERRY: Hallelujah. 2018, days of glory. The Psalmist said that God has done this before, and I believe he's ready to do it again. Psalm 65:11, "Thou crownest the year with thy goodness. And thy paths drop fatness." You crowned the year with your goodness. Hallelujah. One of the things that, as we keep marching toward the appearing of Jesus, we'll look back at 2018 and say, that was the year. I have testimonies of something that God has done in my life every year since 1969. And I have a great memory. Satan tried to take that away from me, but he failed, praise God. I remember the days, and places, and times when manifestations of God's goodness took place in my life. And I will look back on 2018 and say, that was the year that he crowned the year with his goodness. And his paths dropped fatness. That word fatness means prosperity and abundance. Hallelujah. God is leaving a path for us in 2018. And it will lead to prosperity and abundance. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Somebody give the Lord a good shout of praise. Amen.

Now, the New Living Translation says, "The pathways overflow with abundance." Is anyone ready for the overflow? No wonder the Psalmist promises, or proclaims rather, in Psalm 107 verse 8, "Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness." Notice this sounds like a plead. It's almost begging men, praise the Lord for his goodness. Praise the Lord for his goodness. Apparently, praising God for his goodness is so important that the psalmist repeats this in verses 15, verses 21, and verse 31, same phrase. "Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness." How could the body of Christ see a principle at least four times in one chapter, and don't pay any attention to it? Is God trying to get our attention? I really truly believe, and I've been more convinced in the last couple of days that praise and worship are monument to the greatest breakthroughs we've ever seen. In 1992, I was in Liberty, Texas and I had a visitation of the Lord. It was the second time that I had experienced a supernatural visitation. First one was 1981.

Carolyn was in the room with me when it happened. But, I was in Liberty, Texas in a little small motel. And I was getting ready to preach for a pastor friend of mine, and I believe this was November 1992. And I laid down on the bed there, set my alarm so I could take a one hour nap before I got ready to go into that service. And the moment I laid my head down, the Lord appeared to me. And he said these words, he said, "My people know me as Savior. Some of them know me as Baptizer in the Holy Ghost. Some know me as Healer. Some know me as Deliverer. But, most of them don't know me as the God of the breakthrough." He said, "If they did, they wouldn't be so quick to give up." And then he said this to me, he said, "You go over there and tell those people, and you preach it everywhere you go until I tell you otherwise. You go tell them the God of the breakthrough wants to visit their house." And then he said this, and I'll never forget it, I never forgot that part either, but he said this, "Tell them that the depth of their praise will determine the magnitude of their break through." I'd never heard that phrase before, never heard anything like that. He said, "The depth of their praise will determine the magnitude of their breakthrough." So, no wonder the psalmist says four times in one Psalm, "Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness."

So, perhaps, that's what we need to do right now. Just stop and praise God for his goodness. Can you do that? Just lift up your hands and praise God for his goodness. That doesn't sound like a whole lot of praise going on to me. Praise God for his goodness! Hallelujah! "Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness!" I'm pleading with you just like the psalmist did. "Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness!" Hallelujah! Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Lord for your goodness! Hallelujah! Amen! Be seated if you will. Did you know that praise and thanksgiving is one of the greatest expressions of faith? We should be praising him the moment we experience the manifestation of his goodness. But, also, we should be praising him in anticipation of his goodness. A few moments ago I asked the question, anybody experience the goodness of God in the last few days? Number of hands were lifted. How many of you in here are presently anticipating the goodness of God? Well, praise him. Hallelujah.

Praise him in anticipation for the goodness of God! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Thank you, Father! Thank you, Lord! Hallelujah! Amen. Praise God! David said in Psalm 145 verse 7, "They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy goodness." "They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy goodness." Like I said earlier, so many people forget so quickly when God manifests his goodness. People believe him for a financial miracle, God does it, and they may thank him the moment it happened, but they forget. Keeping in your memory manifestations of the goodness of God is vital to seeing it again. The reason David was able to slay Goliath is before he went out to battle, he remembered that this same God had delivered him from the lion and the bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine will be no different than them. See, he kept in his memory the goodness of God. He brought it up from time to time. He writes about it, he sings about it, he makes songs about it. When was the last time you wrote a song about the goodness of God? When was the last time you allowed a new song to come out of your spirit about the goodness of God? I do that a lot in my room. And in my room all alone, I sing as good as Cassie. I got up doing it this morning singing with her on her CD,- CONGREGATION: Yeah, thank you Father. JERRY: -praising God for his goodness, praising God for all the times that he's come through for me. Dear Lord, in 40, almost 49 years, I couldn't tell you in a month of services all that God has done for me. Hallelujah. The least I can do is attempt to express my thanks fully. Can you say amen? CONGREGATION: Amen. JERRY: Hallelujah. This is a key to experiencing days of greater glory. Can you say amen?

CONGREGATION: Yes. JERRY: Keep God's goodness in your memory. Look at your neighbor and say, "Don't forget the goodness of God." CONGREGATION: Don't forget the goodness of God. JERRY: Now, David also said in Psalm 27:13, "I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." Notice in a great trial he says that, "I would have fainted if I had not believed that I would see the goodness of God." In other words, he wouldn't have had the strength, the fortitude, the ability to keep standing in faith if he hadn't believed that he's going to see the goodness of God just like he'd seen in days past. Amen. That's important. Once again we see that the greatest expression of faith is praise and thanksgiving in anticipation of what you believe God's going to do. Anybody can praise Him after it happens. It takes great faith to praise Him while you're waiting for it to happen and great faith to praise Him when it looks like it'll never happen and great faith to praise Him when the devil screaming at you and it'll never happen. We'll just get up, jump out of bed, dance a jig before the Lord and say, "Just hide and watch devil. In the name of Jesus, He's never failed me. Hallelujah." Can you say amen? CONGREGATION: Amen. JERRY: Hallelujah. Amen. Now, notice in Psalm 27 where he said, "I would've fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord." What was he doing in the meantime while he's believing to see the goodness of the Lord? Verse six: "Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy. I will sing. Yeah, I will sing praises to the Lord." What was he doing while he was waiting to see this goodness manifest? He was praising God before it happened. He was singing unto the Lord and praising God. I'm telling you folks, if you want days of greater glory in 2018, you need to spend more time praising God and rejoicing and thanking Him and what He's already done and what He's about to do. Hallelujah. Practice praise. Hallelujah. Amen. Psalm 22, verse 3 says that "He inhabits the praises of his people." He inhabits the praises of his people. Inhabit means that He dwells in and He abides in our prayers. In other words, He comes down and settles in with us right in the midst of praise. You know what happens when God shows up? The enemy is stilled. The enemy stopped.

Every assignment of the devil against you is broken. Wouldn't that be a good reason to spend more time in praise and worship? CONGREGATION: Yeah. JERRY: Hallelujah. Amen. God shows up in the midst of our praise. Where He is, His glory is. Where the glory is, His goodness is. He's like American Express, He never leaves home without it. Hallelujah. His goodness always shows up where He is celebrated. I like that. His goodness always shows up where He is celebrated. Look at your neighbor and tell him, "His goodness always shows where He is celebrated." CONGREGATION: His goodness always shows where He is celebrated. JERRY: Psalm 67 verse 5-7: "Let the people praise Thee, O Lord. Let all the people praise Thee." I want you to go to that Psalm. I want you to see this, some very important principles here. Psalm 67, beginning in verse 5: "Let the people praise Thee, O God. Let all the people praise Thee. Then," next word's then. Everybody say then. CONGREGATION: Then JERRY: Do you know what then means? If the people will praise Him, they'll get a reaction from God. If the people will praise Him, then something happens. Talking about the power of praise. Then means for this reason, soon afterwards something will take place. Hallelujah. Let the people praise You, O Lord, and then something will take place. Notice what he says will take place here. He says, "Then shall the earth yield her increase, and God, even our own God shall bless us. God shall bless us and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him." Notice, the blessing came after the praise. The increase came after the praise. The glory came after the praise. The goodness came after the praise. Are you getting it this morning? CONGREGATION: Yeah.

JERRY: No wonder most of God's people are not experiencing more of the goodness of God in their life. It's not God holding out. They're not participating. We do our part and God never fails to do His part. CONGREGATION: Right. JERRY: Hallelujah. Look at somebody and say, "If you just praise Him,-" CONGREGATION: If you just praise Him,- JERRY: "-then you'll experience increase," CONGREGATION: -then you'll experience increase. JERRY: "-then you'll experience goodness,-" CONGREGATION: -then you'll experience goodness,- JERRY: "-then you'll experience blessing." Well, why don't you just go ahead and praise Him right now. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Glory to God. In this particular verse, the word blessed means to make happy, to make successful, to prosper, and to cause good things to come into your life. Hallelujah. If we'll just praise Him, He'll cause good things to come into our lives. You want to know why I'm so blessed? I'm a praiser. Hallelujah. I give thanks to my God. I attribute ever success in my life to the God I serve. Hallelujah. Without Him, I'm nothing. Without Him, I can't do anything. Hallelujah.

I've got the ... I've got Jehovah. I've got El Shaddai. Hallelujah. He's on my side. Glory to God. Glory to God. Somebody shout a little bit. Praise God. This is one of the greatest desires of our Father is to bring happiness, success, and prosperity and causing good things to come into our lives. 3rd John 2, "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospers." Once again, perhaps one of the major reasons why that most Christians are not enjoying any more of the goodness of God than they are, they don't thank Him enough. They don't praise Him enough. They don't rejoice in Him enough. They don't express gratefulness enough. Can you say amen? CONGREGATION: Amen. JERRY: Now, before I close today, I'll remind you again that we have learned that the glory of God is the manifested presence of God, the manifested goodness of God, and the manifested power of God. Now, we'll keep talking about those things as time goes by. We've also learned that praise will not only bring the presence of God on the scene, but it also brings the goodness of God as well. However, it doesn't stop there. Praise will also bring the power of God at work in your life. When His power comes, then things change, even things that seem impossible. A great example of this is found in Acts Chapter 16 with Paul and Silas having been thrown in prison. It says in verse 25 and 26, "And at midnight, Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises." Did you notice the choir wasn't with them, and the choir director wasn't saying, "Now, let's all praise God." They did it on their own. How often do you do it on your own? The only time you praise God is when you come to church and Cassie stands up and begins to lead the praise and worship.

That's kind of like the question, how long has it been since you've had a good bowl of wolf brand chili? Well that's too long. Do you know I've watched the commercials? I don't watch TV. I watch the commercials. If you only wait to praise God, if you only wait to praise God when somebody leads you, you waited too long. Can you say amen? You remember the story in Acts. It says the prisoners heard them. When's the last time somebody heard you praise God? Well I have a praise in my heart but it doesn't come out of my mouth. Liar, liar, pants on fire. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. If you got a praise in your heart, you're not having a problem with it coming out. You're having a problem shutting up. Amen. The prisoners heard them and suddenly, how many of you would like some suddenlys in your life?

And suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's bands were loosed. Notice praise brought the presence of the power of God, and it changed what seemed to be impossible. It changed their circumstances and it will change your circumstances. How many of you want to see more of the glory of God in your life in 2018? How many of you want this word coming to pass in your life, hallelujah? Then I encourage you to spend more time praising God. Praise not only brings the presence of God, the goodness of God, but it will bring the power of God and it also disarms the adversary. Amen. Several times, it's recorded in the Old Testament that God would have the singers and the praisers to come up to the front lines when enemy forces where about to attack and God's people were totally outnumbered. What did God say? Bring those people that don't have any better sense than to praise me anyway. Bring all them praisers up front. Bring them singers up front and they'd go to praising God and it disarmed their enemy. It confounded the enemy. Satan don't know what to do with you when you're praising God and he thinks he's got you. He don't know what to do when you praise God and you're in the worst trial you've ever experienced. Praise him anyhow. Praise him anyway. Hallelujah. Can you say amen? Hallelujah. It disarms the adversary.

So if you truly want 2018 to be a year in which you experience days of glory, then I strongly suggest again, spend more time praising your God. Jumpstart your battery. Don't walk around in sadness. Don't walk around without any joy. Don't walk around all sad and grieved and oppressed. No. God has given you the tools that will cause his presence, his power and his goodness to show up in your life. What did David say? All the days of my life. Every day of your life, can you say amen? I shouldn't have to say this but I'll go ahead and kind of help jumpstart you. Jump to your feet and begin to praise God. JERRY: I truly hope you were blessed by the message today and if you were, please write to me and let me know about it. I love hearing from our friends and partners, how that this ministry is blessing their lives and how that it's taking you to another level in your walk with God. Let me encourage you to be sure and place your order today for the four CDs on this subject, 2018 Days of Glory, Days of Flourishing and Days of Abounding. This message or these messages rather are so power-packed and full of the anointing of God and obviously, as I've said before, I can't cover all of that in a message on television, but you have the opportunity to listen to each and every message, all the way through and I believe, praise God, it's going to take your faith to a higher level and you're going to position yourself to experience just that. Days of glory, days of flourishing and days of abounding. So place your order right now. Don't delay. Place your order right now. All the ordering information is on your screen, so if you can call in or write in, however it's most convenient for you, but do it today. Once again, our special resource package today, days of glory, days of flourishing and days of abounding.

Four CDs, you won't regret ordering this information, these resources, and once you get them in your home and begin listening to them, I believe, praise God, it's going to position you to experience the greatest blessings that you've ever experienced. Once again I want to share some of the testimonies we've received. Here's one from Sandra. The Lord blessed me with a debt-free car, taxes and insurance and title paid for. It has full coverage insurance, paid in full, praise God. That is a great blessing Sandra, and we appreciate you sharing that with us. You know God's no respecter of persons. There may be others of you that are believing for cars, debt free. Well here's a testimony. Someone's experienced it. God can do it for Sandra. Then he can also do it for you. Here's one from Heather. I really like this.

She said almost 30 years ago, you spoke at my church in Perth, Western Australia. You spoke on the four Ds to success, decision, discipline, dedication and determination. I remember that sermon well. I have used those four Ds to shape my focus whenever I embark on a new project. You sowed the seed in my life when I was just 21 years old and now I'm a mother and teacher and I still reflect on those words of wisdom. They keep me focused. Thank you for your ministry. Heather, I remember that meeting well, and thanks for reminding me of it. Thanks for reminding me of that message and I rejoice with you at all the goodness you're experiencing from the Lord. Thank you Heather, once again. Don't forget next week we're going to begin a brand new lesson, so be sure and make your plans to join with me. Don't forget your faith will overcome the world, and this is your time for days of glory, days of flourishing and days of abounding. I'll see you again next week.

Full text Days of Glory, Days of Flourishing, Days of Abounding, Part 3

Then at the close, I'll make some closing remarks. Be sure and stay tuned for that. Watch now and be blessed. JERRY: Hallelujah. I wanna welcome our viewing audience into the service. I hope you've been watching it all, praise God, and I hope that same anointing has come into your living room, your bedroom, your car, wherever it is you're watching this service. People watching all over the world. I'm gonna continue speaking on the prophetic word the Lord's given me. I guess you would call this Part Two.

I wanna read that word once again. Now, prior to this, earlier in October when I went before the Lord asking Him about what He wanted me to focus on in 2018, He said, "I want you to keep preaching, teaching, and emphasizing faithfulness, and that the faithful shall flourish, just as you did in 2016." Then I flew to Alabama to do a meeting on October the 27th, and while I was in my hotel room preparing for that service, the Lord said this. "These are indeed the days of my greater glory," saith the Lord.

"I will cause it to manifest for all who have remained faithful to me and faithful to my word. I will cause them to flourish and to abound even as I have promised them in my Word. I will honor their loyalty to me by enabling them to overcome every attack of the evil one." Somebody shout, "Every attack." CONGREGATION: Every attack! JERRY: Not just a few, but every attack. CONGREGATION: Every attack! JERRY: "I will enable them to overcome every attack of the evil one and I will bring them into the greatest breakthroughs that they have experienced thus far. Rest assured that I am working in their behalf even now. They shall triumph and they shall be victorious, and all shall see that I am still the God of the breakthrough and I'm still the God who keeps covenant. Lift up your hands and lift up your voices and praise your God, the God who is unlike any other, the God who blesses all those who have been loyal and faithful to Him," saith the Lord. Hallelujah! Let's do it again! Lift up our hands and lift up our voices and praise the God who is still the God of the breakthrough. Say, "My God." CONGREGATION: My God!

JERRY: Is still! CONGREGATION: Is still! JERRY: The God of the breakthrough! CONGREGATION: The God of the breakthrough! JERRY: Hallelujah! CONGREGATION: Hallelujah! JERRY: So the Lord said to me that 2018 will be days of glory, days of flourishing, and days of abounding. Have we got it up there? Praise God. Get that into your spirit. Have we printed this yet so everybody can have a copy of it? If not, we're working on it. Praise God. Few Christians realize that God has always been committed to bringing goodness, joy, happiness, prosperity, and health to His people. That was the primary reason why He sent His Son to shed His blood and to die the death of the cross. One of the most famous Scriptures in the Bible, you learned it as a child, John 3:16. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son."

Later, this same John wrote in 1 John 4:9, "In this was manifested the love of God toward us." In what Jesus did at Calvary, it was God manifesting His love toward us. God sent His only Son, His only begotten Son, into the world, that we might live through Him. Prior to Jesus going to the cross, as you well know, mankind was under the dominion of Satan. That was certainly not the way that God had intended for man to live. John also wrote in 1 John 3:8, "For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil." Amen. That's the reason He came, out of love and for the purpose of destroying the works of the devil in our lives. We don't have to be under Satan's dominion any longer. "Whom the Son sets free is free indeed." Look at somebody and say, "And thank God I'm free."

CONGREGATION: Thank God I'm free. JERRY: That's what being redeemed is all about. He paid the price for our redemption through His shed blood. We're no longer under Satan's control. Now, go with me to Ephesians, chapter two. Ephesians, chapter two, one of the great letters in the Bible regarding what Jesus did at Calvary, what He did on our behalf, the love that he displayed and demonstrated on our behalf. Verse one says, "And you had He quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins." The Amplified Bible says, "And you He made alive." I'm not spiritually dead anymore. I said I'm not spiritually dead anymore. "The law, the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, hath made me free from the law of sin and death." I'm free! I'm free and I'm alive. Hallelujah! Praise God! Not just physically, but I'm alive in my spirit. Hallelujah! Praise God! Verse two says, "Wherein times past, you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience." The Amplified Bible says, "You were under the control of the demon spirit that still constantly works in the sons of disobedience."

Verses four and five say, "But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He saved us. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ by grace, ye are saved." The Amplified says, "But God," listen to this statement, "in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us. The great, the wonderful, and the intense love with which He loved us, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ." Did you catch that phrase? "In order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us." This kind of love doesn't stand around forever and watch a spiritual outlaw named Satan run over His children, attempt to keep them bound, limited, and restricted, so that they can't live the way that God intended for them to live.

That's not the God we serve, and that's the reason He made the decision to send Heaven's best, His only son. Real love doesn't stand around and watch His children suffer. I wouldn't do that with my children. I don't do that with my children. Amen. You may have an issue with them, but they're my children. You may not love them like I do, but nothing will ever change my love. Not only that, I will spend the rest of my life proving my love for them. My love language is gifts. Amen. A lot of people, it's just words. That's fine. Praise God. I tell them I love them. I tell my wife I love her. But I also do it with gifts. Hallelujah. "God so loved, He gave." I've been hanging around God so long I'm acting just like Him. I so love, I give. Hallelujah. That's one of the ways I express my love. Carolyn was telling Richard and Lindsay Roberts this weekend while they were here in this conference we had that many times when we would go on vacation. I'd kind of sneak around, and I watch Carolyn when she's at the mall. She thinks I'm in the men's section, but I'm hiding. Sometimes, a lot of times I am in the men's section, but I'm hiding to watch something that gets her attention. If I see her express, in any way, some kind of attraction to it, then I make a mental note of that. Soon as she leaves that area, I go buy it. Then we'll come back to the hotel, and she don't know I bought it, and I'll hide it under her pillow, or I'll hide it in the closet, or sometimes I wait until we start flying back and I've got it in my suitcase. I've got it overhead, and while she's doing something else, I'll reach up to get my briefcase out of the overhead, and she'll think I'm getting something out to read or something. I'll just pull that out, and lay it in her seat. She comes back and says, "What's this?"

I love doing stuff like that. She's the object of my love. We've been married 51 years, hallelujah. Amen. She's still the object of my love, and you're the object of God's love. He didn't stop giving when he sent Jesus to the cross. That's probably the first time we were aware that God's love language is giving. He's still a giver. In fact, you could never out-give him. Can you say, "Amen"? So this is what redemption is all about, God showing his great, wonderful and intense love. So I've learned to do that with my own children. I would do anything in my power to get my children free from someone who intended to hurt them or harm them, I'd do anything in my power. In fact, I might forget that I'm a preacher. Praise God. I don't live like that anymore, but if someone was endeavoring to harm or hurt one of my children, they would see a side of Jerry Savelle they've never seen before. I know I'm not as big as my daddy, but I got his Spirit I think. You don't mess with my children. You don't mess with my children. Amen. God don't want you messing with his kids either, not you necessarily but the devil. This kind of love that he's talking about, he's not going to just stand around and watch his people suffer and not do anything about it. That's exactly why Jesus went to the cross; he was willing to shed his own blood, pay the price in order that we might be free from this tyrant named Satan, and Jesus didn't fail in his mission. Can you say, "Amen"?

John chapter 15 in verse 13 says, "Greater love hath this than no man." "Greater love hath no man than this," rather, "than a man be willing to lay down his life for another." That's what Jesus did. Doesn't that sound like someone who's deeply committed for our well-being? It was never his will for us to live in bondage. It was never his will for us to be controlled by sin or fear or sickness or disease or poverty or lack or want. His will was, and still is, for us to live like David described: Psalm 23, "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life." Amen? "Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life and I'll dwell in the house of the Lord forever." What did we learn about goodness? It's one of the manifestations of the glory of God. These are days of glory, folks. I said, "These are days of glory." Days of the manifested goodness of God like we have never experienced before. Amen. How often should we be experiencing it? All the days of our life. Amen. God does something good for me every day. I don't know where you folks been living, but he does something good for me every day. Amen.

Sometimes, it's big major stuff and sometimes it's small stuff, but nevertheless, if it's good, it's God. Amen? But he's doing something good for me every day. That's not to say that I don't have adversity. That's not to say that I never come under attack, but somehow, because God is good, he'll make something good out of it. Can you say, "Amen"? What Satan means for bad, God will turn it into something good. Hallelujah. So we are to experience the goodness of God in our lives every day in some way. Hallelujah. The Revised Standard Version says, "Surely goodness and mercy shall pursue me all the days of my life." The goodness of God is chasing us down. Some of you need to stand still and let it come on you. Amen? It's pursuing you all the days of your life. I like to do this, and I travel all the time as you well know, but everywhere I go, I don't care where it is, Italy, Sicily, Canada, wherever it is, when I get off that airplane, I say, "Blessings, if you're looking for me, I'm in Canada now. Come on me. Overtake me. Hallelujah." Amen. So, get up every day thinking, no matter what you're going through, "Goodness is looking for me.

Goodness is pursuing me." Hallelujah. Expect it. Amen. In other words, God is doing everything he possibly can to get his goodness into your life. We were created to enjoy the goodness of God. Amen. I wasn't created to experience the wrath of God. I was created to experience the goodness of God. Amen. Throughout the Psalms, David talks about the goodness of God. God is good. He praises him for his goodness. Amen. In fact, David once referred to the goodness of God as a blessing.

In Psalm 21:3, "For thou preventist," the word preventist here means to go before or to precede, he says, "You go before me with the blessing of goodness." Hallelujah. Get up every morning and expect God to go before you, wherever you might be going. He's preparing a trail of goodness for you to follow. Hallelujah. Amen? "You precede me with your goodness." The New International Version says, "You came to greet me with rich blessings." The New Living Translation says, "You welcomed me with success and prosperity." So apparently, success and prosperity are characteristics of the goodness of God. Get that deep down into your spirit, that God's goodness is a blessing, and that he wants you to enjoy it every day of your life. Once again, apparently the blessing of goodness includes prosperity and success. The Bible tells us in Exodus chapter 18, verse nine, talking about Jethro, the father-in-law, father-in-law of Moses, it says that Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done for Israel. I don't think God's people are rejoicing enough. Let's try over here. I don't think God's people are rejoicing enough. It's almost like, we observed one time our grandchildren at Christmastime, and they'd have so many gifts from their mom, their dad, their aunt, their uncle, Carolyn and I. We always celebrate Christmas New Years Eve night, New Years Eve. Pardon me? MALE: Christmas Eve. JERRY: Christmas Eve.

What'd I say? MALE: New Years Eve. JERRY: New Years Eve. Christmas Eve, thank you sir. That's the reason he's pastor. So we always celebrate December 24th. That also happens to be my birthday. Amen. So we have my birthday first. I want two gifts. We have my birthday first, and then we celebrate Christmas. The kids ... We're extravagant. We're El Shaddai, pawpaw and mimi. We're the grandparents who do exceedingly, abundantly above all they can ask or think. So, they got a lot of presents. And what we observed was this. They'd open one with excitement, pull it out of there, throw it to the side and go to the next one. Pull it, throw it to the side, and looking for something else to open when it's all opened. And there was very little thanks. Very little rejoicing. It's the same way with God's people. God gives them a breakthrough, "Hallelujah," and they forget all about it, and then the next time they need another breakthrough, they stay down and depressed until something happens. God is pouring out gifts, but he'd like to receive some thanks every once in a while. He'd like to hear some rejoicing every once in a while.

The Bible says once again that Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness, for all the goodness. How many of you have ever experienced the goodness of God? Have you experienced the goodness of God in some way just in the last few days? Well, rejoice. Rejoice. Now, let me say something here, and I'm not trying to be critical, but if you have a hard time rejoicing in public, it's because you're not practicing it in private. Amen. So, I'll give you one more opportunity. If you've experienced any of the goodness of God in some way in the last few days, rejoice. Rejoice. Hallelujah. Rejoice. Amen. Amen. So, we should be rejoicing regarding the goodness of God, since God wants it to manifest in our lives every day of our lives, then there should also be some rejoicing every day. Be thankful. Be thankful. I think a lot of Christians fail to experience the goodness of God primarily because they don't show enough thankfulness. They don't rejoice enough. It's like spoiled kids. Touched a nerve there, didn't I? CONGREGATION: That's good preaching, pastor. JERRY: It's like spoiled children. Let's not become spoiled children.

David in one of his psalms declared, in Psalm 31:19, "Oh, how great is thy goodness which thou has laid up for them that fear thee." Laid up. Everybody say laid up. Eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard. Neither has entered into the heart of men the things that God has prepared for those that love him. Amen. So, there's goodness stored up that you and I haven't even seen yet. I feel in my spirit, we're gonna see a whole lot more of it in 2018, praise God. Amen. Days of glory. Somebody shout "Days of glory". That's the manifested goodness, presence, and power of God. JERRY: I trust you were inspired by today's message and I want to encourage you, be sure and join me again next week for the conclusion of this message. It is gonna be powerful and I don't want you to miss it. God wants you to flourish, God wants you to abound. It's gonna be days of glory, praise God, and I believe by the time this year is ended, you're gonna be able to testify that you experience flourishing, abounding, and praise God, some of the greatest blessings that you've ever experienced in your life. Don't forget our special offer.

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Thank you for your prayers and agreement. We share your CDs with others and they are blessed as well." Thank you, Frank, for taking the time to write to us and we rejoice in the blessings that you're experiencing in your life. Here's one from Becky. "You visited our church recently in Montebello, California, with the Chariots of Light Christian Bikers. While hearing you speak, we started to believe that the same favor that is on your life would come on our life as well. We were notified that $100,000 was eliminated off of our mortgage. We call that the favor of God. We are that much closer to being completely debt free. God is good. God is faithful. Thank you for your faithfulness." Becky, we rejoice with you. That is a wonderful testimony and certainly is a testimony of the favor of God.

And you know, God's favor is available to each and every one of you. You know, I began to learn to walk in the favor of God way back in 1969, and it's increased in my life, and I'm telling you it's the only way to live. Start believing for the favor of God to manifest in your life each and every day. Once again, thank you for joining us today. Be sure and join us again next week. And until then, Jerry Savelle reminding you that your faith will overcome the world. ANNOUNCER: It's time to get excited about 2018: Days of Glory, Days of Flourishing, Days of Abounding. The Lord spoke to Jerry Savelle about the new year and what it will contain. In this power packed, four CD teaching, you can dive deep into the Word for 2018 and all God has for you. "These are indeed the days of my greater glory," sayeth the Lord. "I will cause it to manifest for all who remain faithful to me, and faithful to my Word. And I will cause them to flourish and abound, even as I have promised in my Word." 2018 can be your best year, ever. 2018: Days of Glory, Days of Flourishing, Days of Abounding. God is working on your behalf, and you shall triumph and be victorious. Don't wait. Call or go online now to JerrySavelle.org and request the powerful four CD teaching, 2018: Days of Glory, Days of Flourishing, Days of Abounding. Start the new year off in faith following the God of the breakthrough, and get ready to experience your greatest breakthrough yet.