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It helps keep the 39 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 6: ministry going. 40 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 4: Enjoy the message. God bless you. You sound great tonight. 41 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 4: You may be seated. 42 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about not letting 43 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 6: people label you. 44 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 4: Throughout life. 45 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 6: People are constantly telling us what we can or cannot become, 46 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 6: what we do or don't have. It's just like they're 47 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 6: sticking a label on us. Too short, too slow, too old, 48 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 6: too many mistakes, not talented enough most of the time, 49 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 6: these labels are not what God says about us. But 50 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 6: if we don't know any better, we'll wear them like 51 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 6: they're the truth. And the sad thing is, if we 52 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 6: keep them on long enough, they'll become so ingrained in. 53 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 4: Our thinking that will become. 54 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 6: What people have said rather than what God has said. 55 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 6: Albert Einstein's teacher told Einstein's father, no matter what Albert does, 56 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 6: he'll never be successful. Friends, people don't determine our destiny. 57 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 4: God, does I know a gentleman that. 58 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 6: Was told by his high school counselor that he was 59 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 6: not that talented and he should focus on the lowest 60 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 6: skilled job he could find. What happened That counselor stuck 61 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 6: a label on him, the low average, barely get by, 62 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 6: not talented. 63 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 4: He didn't know any better. 64 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 6: He wore the label year after year in his thinking, 65 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 6: I'm not that smart. 66 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 4: I just don't have what it takes. 67 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 6: He got a job at the local factory and stayed 68 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 6: at the lowest level year after year. One day the 69 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 6: factory closed and he went across town and applied at 70 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 6: another factory. This company had a policy that every applicant 71 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 6: had to take an IQ test. He took the test 72 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 6: and his IQ came back at the genius level. The 73 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 6: owner called him in and said, what are you doing 74 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 6: applying for this low level position. You've scored the highest 75 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 6: of anyone in our company's sixty three year history. That day, 76 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 6: a strong hold was broken in his mind. That day 77 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 6: he removed a label that had held him back for 78 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 6: seventeen years. He eventually started his own company and even 79 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 6: went on to invent several products that are now patented 80 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 6: and in the marketplace. 81 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 4: And some of you just like him. 82 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 6: If you're going to rise to the next level, if 83 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 6: you're going to become everything God's created you to be, 84 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 6: you've got to remove a label that's holding you back. 85 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 6: Somebody has convinced you that you've reached your limits, gone 86 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 6: as far as you can go, or you've made too 87 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 6: many mistakes. You're all washed up. You'll never accomplish your dreams. 88 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 6: You just don't have the resources. No, people don't determine 89 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 6: our destiny. 90 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 4: God does. 91 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 6: When I was growing up, I was very small. I 92 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 6: grew six inches after high school. When I played basketball, 93 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 6: At one point, I was practically a foot shorter. 94 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 4: Than my teammates. 95 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 6: Somehow I got the nickname everywhere I went. That's all 96 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 6: I heard, Hey Peanut, good morning Peanut. During the basketball games, 97 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 6: in front of the whole high school class. 98 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 4: Go Peanut, go. 99 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 6: The cheerleaders, big G, little O go go. I was 100 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 6: the little old and no one said it derogatorily. They 101 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 6: just said it in fun. But I have to tell 102 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 6: you it didn't help my self esteem. Every time I 103 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 6: heard it, it reminded me of what I was not. 104 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 6: I'm not as tall as everybody else. I'm below average, 105 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 6: I'm not up to par. I let that label stick, 106 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 6: and I became less and less outgoing, more quiet, more reserved, 107 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 6: all the cause of a label that I allowed other 108 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 6: people to put on me. One day, I did what 109 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 6: I'm asking you to do. I took that label off. 110 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 6: I realized when God made me, he didn't make a mistake. 111 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 6: He made me like I am on purpose. Now I 112 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 6: may be small, but I know dynamite comes in small packages. 113 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 6: In the same way, you are not too tall, too short, 114 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 6: too old, too young. 115 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 4: God says you are a masterpiece. 116 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 6: Now put your shoulders back, hold your head up high, 117 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 6: and wear that label proudly, child of the Most High God. 118 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 6: Today in our schools, there's a lot of bullying. I 119 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 6: had a parent tell me recently how her tenuere old 120 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 6: son was being teased because he's a very eager learner. 121 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 6: He's always reading books and taking extra classes, and even 122 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 6: at recess when the other kids are out playing, he'll 123 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 6: go over to a table and work on his math, 124 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 6: and they're constantly giving him a hard time and calling 125 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 6: him different names. Listen, students, young people, when you work hard, 126 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 6: you study, you make good grades, you stay on the 127 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 6: high road. People may call you stiff, nerd, geek, bookworm, 128 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 6: but don't worry about it. In a few years they'll 129 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 6: call your boss. 130 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 4: They won't be talking about you. They'll be working for you. 131 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 6: Now, don't let their label keep you from becoming all 132 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 6: God's created you to be. 133 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 4: Most of the time, the reason people say. 134 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 6: Hurtful, critical things is simply because they are jealous of 135 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 6: who you are. 136 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 4: Let me make it real clear. 137 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 6: Most of the time, the reason you have haters is because, 138 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 6: down deep, they want to become just like you. 139 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 4: But the problem is. 140 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 6: They've allowed their own heart to become polluted, and since 141 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 6: God won't let them rise to your level, the only 142 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 6: way they can justify not being where you are is 143 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 6: to try to. 144 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 4: Find fault and criticize. 145 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 6: They think if they can push you down and make 146 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 6: you look smaller, it'll make them look bigger and they 147 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 6: won't feel so badly about themselves. 148 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 4: Eleanor Roosevelt said. 149 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 6: No one can make you feel inferior without your permission. 150 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 6: They may call you names, try to make you look small, 151 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 6: but you don't have to wear their labels. Now I've 152 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 6: learned you are not what people call you. 153 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 4: You are what you answer to. 154 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 6: They can call you dumb and old and fat and 155 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 6: loser and failure. 156 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 4: Don't answer to that. That's not who you are. 157 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 6: Just keep moving forward, being your best each day, doing 158 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,359 Speaker 6: great things in life. 159 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 4: You don't have to let their labels stick. 160 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 6: Every once in a while, my children and I will 161 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 6: make chocolate chip cookies. The instructions tell you to grease 162 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 6: the pan so the cookies want stick. We use a 163 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 6: product called PAM and you spread it on the pan 164 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 6: and keeps the cookies from sticking. In the same way, 165 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 6: when you keep your mind focused on what God says 166 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 6: about you, you go through the day dwelling on the 167 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 6: fact that I can do all things through Christ. I 168 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 6: am strong in the Lord. Favor surrounds me like a shield. 169 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 6: Goodness and mercy are following me. When you meditate on that, 170 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 6: it's just like your spray and pam all over you. 171 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 4: Nothing else can stick. Somebody tells you. 172 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 6: Well, you're too tall, you're too short, It. 173 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 4: Slides right off. 174 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 6: No, No, I know, I am fearfully and wonderfully made. 175 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 4: I'm one of a kind. That's the label I'm choosing 176 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 4: to wear. 177 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 6: Well, it looks like that problem is never going to 178 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 6: turn around. Looks like it's permanent. No, I know, this 179 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 6: too shall pass. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, 180 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 6: but the Lord delivers me out of them all. When 181 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 6: you think thoughts like that, what God says about you, 182 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 6: those wrong labels will not be able to stick. This 183 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 6: is what my father did. He went through a great 184 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 6: disappointment early in life. When he was a young man, 185 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 6: he got married. It wasn't a good choice and the 186 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 6: marriage didn't last. My father devastated. He thought his days 187 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 6: of ministry were over. Didn't think he'd ever have a 188 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 6: family again. He resigned his church, got out of the 189 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 6: ministry and started selling insurance. 190 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 4: Was the lowest point of his life, and. 191 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 6: Unfortunately the people around him were not very merciful. They 192 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 6: told him he was not welcome in their church anymore. 193 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 6: He had his chance, but he blew it. They stuck 194 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 6: the label on him failure, not usable, washed up. See, 195 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 6: sometimes when you're down, people will try to keep you down. 196 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 6: They'll remind you of all the reasons why you're never 197 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 6: gonna be what you could have been. 198 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 4: But don't believe those lies. 199 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 6: God knew every mistake you would ever make, and he 200 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 6: is already arranged a comeback. 201 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 4: Now you've got to do your part. 202 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 6: You cannot sit around in self pity, wearing these wrong labels, 203 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 6: thinking you're washed up. You got to sit on the 204 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 6: sidelines of life. That's what my father did for several years. 205 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 4: He believed those. 206 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 6: Lives and live defeated, depressed, no passion for life. One 207 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 6: day he realized what I'm telling you, that people don't 208 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:14,319 Speaker 6: determine our destiny. 209 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 4: God does. We don't have to wear. 210 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 6: The labels that they try to stick on us. Don't 211 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 6: get me wrong, I am not for divorce, but I 212 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 6: am for divorced people. You may have gone through some setbacks, 213 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 6: some failures, you may have made some poor choices, but 214 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 6: know this God is a god of another chance. His 215 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 6: mercy is from everlasting to everlasting. His calling will never 216 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 6: leave your life. Jesus came to lift the fallen, to 217 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 6: restore the broken, to heal the hurting. Some of you 218 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 6: are still wearing those old labels, guilt, condemnation, washed up, 219 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 6: not usable. God has some new labels for you tonight. 220 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 6: Will you dare wear them? The label God has for 221 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 6: you says forgiven, restored, new beginning, beauty for ashes, joy 222 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 6: for mourning. 223 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 4: My father began to let these new labels stick. 224 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 6: One day he met my mother and they got married, 225 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 6: eventually had five children. My father got back in the 226 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 6: ministry and went on to pastor churches for over fifty years, 227 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 6: was married to my mother for nearly forty seven years. 228 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 6: He saw God restore him in amazing ways, do great 229 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 6: things with his life. God will do the same thing 230 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,119 Speaker 6: for you if you will simply wear. 231 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 4: The right labels. 232 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 6: I think about a young lady in the scripture. 233 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 4: Her name was Rayhab. She was a prostitute. 234 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 6: She'd made a lot of poor choices in life. I'm 235 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:54,079 Speaker 6: sure plenty of people had written her off and seen 236 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 6: her as a scorn on society. No doubt she was 237 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 6: wearing the label failure. Out came asked, not valuable, no future? 238 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 6: Surely God wouldn't have some new labels for her to wear. No. 239 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 6: People may give up on us, but God never gives 240 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 6: up on us. One day, Joshua, the people of Israel 241 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 6: were about to go into Jericho, across the Jordan River. 242 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 6: Jericho was where Rehab lived, so Joshua set two men 243 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 6: in to spy out the land. Word got out that 244 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 6: the spies were there, and Rahab took the men into 245 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 6: her home and hid them. In other words, she took 246 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 6: a stand for what was right. She felt the God 247 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 6: of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob calling out to her, and 248 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:43,439 Speaker 6: she responded in faith. When the security forces came looking 249 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 6: for the two men, she covered for them and said, hey, 250 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 6: they're not here, they've already gone. She risked her own 251 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 6: life by sticking up for these men. The two spies 252 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 6: told her, we were going to wipe out the whole city, 253 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 6: but because you've honored God by show in us favor, 254 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,319 Speaker 6: we're going to spare you and anyone in this home. 255 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 6: Rahab and her family were the only ones that were saved. 256 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 6: But here's what's interesting. Rayhab went on to marry a 257 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 6: Jewish man. They had a son, named Boaz Boas married 258 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 6: Ruth and had a son named Obed. 259 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 4: Obed had a son named Jesse. Jesse had a son 260 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 4: named David. 261 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 6: That means Rayhab, a former prostitute, is in the family 262 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 6: line of Jesus Christ. 263 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 4: What am I saying? 264 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 6: You are not what people label you. You are what 265 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 6: God labels you. People labeled Rahab outcast, failure, not usable. 266 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 6: God labeled her chosen, restored, valuable, masterpiece. Some of you today, 267 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 6: if you could just get rid of the wrong labels, 268 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 6: if you just quit thinking about what people have said 269 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 6: about you, things like he'll never amount too much, He 270 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 6: just too far out. 271 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 4: She'll never have a position of influence. I know what 272 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 4: she used to do. 273 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 6: He'll never accomplish his dreams. He comes from the wrong family. Now, 274 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 6: you don't know the amazing things God has in your future. 275 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 6: You may consider yourself kind of like Rayhab, too far out, 276 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 6: too far gone, not religious enough. Now, let me tell 277 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 6: you God loves to take people just like you and 278 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 6: pour out his mercy and favor in amazing ways. 279 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 4: But it all starts with you. 280 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 6: You've got to get rid of the wrong labels. Quit 281 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 6: telling yourself I'm washed up, I've made too many mistakes. 282 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 6: I'm not talented, I'm not attractive. Now put on some 283 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 6: new labels. I'm restored, redeemed, anointed, equipped, and empowered. This 284 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 6: is what David had to do when the Prophet Samuel 285 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 6: came to his home to anoint one of his father 286 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 6: sons as the next king of Israel. His father, Jesse, 287 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 6: didn't even bother bringing David in from the shepherd's fields, 288 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 6: where he was out taking care of the sheep. In 289 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 6: other words, Jesse thought, I'm. 290 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 4: Sure it's not David. He's too young, he's. 291 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 6: Not as talented as his brothers, he's not that smart. 292 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 4: I know it's not him. 293 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 6: Prophet Samuel looked over the other seven sons and one 294 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 6: by one said, not this one, not this one, not 295 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 6: this one. Finally got to the last one, said Jesse, 296 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 6: don't you have another son. Jesse said, Oh, yeah, David's 297 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 6: out there in the fields. 298 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 4: But I'm sure it's not him. 299 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 6: Friends, God doesn't label us the way people label us. 300 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 6: People look on the outside, but God looks in the heart. 301 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 6: God knows the destiny he's already planned. 302 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 4: Out for you. 303 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 6: God loves to take the most unlikely people and use 304 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 6: them in amazing, extraordinary ways some of you have let 305 00:16:56,360 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 6: your mistakes, what you think you don't have, and how 306 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 6: you haven't measured up to someone else in your family 307 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 6: keep you from rising up and really believing in yourself. 308 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 6: As long as you're wearing those labels, it limits what 309 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 6: God can do. Even Rahab, in spite of all of 310 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 6: the mistakes she made, in a moment of faith, she 311 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 6: dared to believe. She dared to say, I've been raised 312 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 6: up for such a time as this. I can do 313 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 6: something great. I can help save God's people. She not 314 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 6: only believed in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, 315 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 6: but she believed in herself that she was a person 316 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 6: of destiny called and chosen by Almighty God. When David 317 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 6: came in from the shepherd's field, Samuel saw him and said, 318 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 6: that's the right son. He's the next king of Israel. 319 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 6: Right then and there, David had to get rid of 320 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 6: the old labels. He had heard them a thousand times. 321 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,640 Speaker 6: He's just a shepherd boy. He's not as talented as brothers, 322 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 6: he's not big enough. He had to remove the wrong labels, 323 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:06,400 Speaker 6: and he put some new labels on anointed, equipped empowered. 324 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 6: It's interesting even though his other brothers saw Samuel annoyed 325 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 6: him king, they still tried to stick their old labels 326 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 6: on him. When David was out where the army had gathered, 327 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 6: his oldest brother, Eliab said, Hey, David, what are you 328 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 6: doing out here? And with whom have you left those 329 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 6: few sheep you're supposed to be taken care of. What 330 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,360 Speaker 6: was Eliab doing trying to stick his old label on him? 331 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 6: Not talented, weak, intimidated, inferior, David could have thought, yeah, right, 332 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 6: what was I thinking? He could have let those wrong 333 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 6: labels keep him from his destiny, but not this time. 334 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 6: He rose up in faith and said, Eliab, it doesn't 335 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 6: matter what you. 336 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 4: Say about me. That doesn't change what God has said 337 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 4: about me. You're still sticking those old labels of wheat, defeated, 338 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 4: not able to you. 339 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 6: Don't realize I've removed those, and Almighty God, the creator 340 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 6: of the universe, has put some new labels on me. 341 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 6: They say giant killer, more than a conqueror, destined for greatness. 342 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 4: King of Israel. 343 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,679 Speaker 6: See, sometimes the people that have known us the longest 344 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 6: will be the least likely ones to accept change and 345 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 6: celebrate the new things God is doing in our lives. 346 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 4: When Jesus went back to where he grew up. 347 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 6: This was after he had done many miracles, after he 348 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 6: had started his ministry. He went back to his hometown, 349 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 6: saw his old friends, that people he knew way back when, 350 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 6: they said, is this not the carpenter's son noticed they 351 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 6: had an old label on him. They were trying to 352 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 6: keep him in his box. They were saying, in effect, 353 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 6: he's nothing special. Don't believe what you hear about him. 354 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 6: We grew up with him. He's just a plain, old, 355 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:01,120 Speaker 6: ordinary guy. Jesus could do no miracle in his own hometown. 356 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 6: One reason is because the people would not accept who 357 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 6: he had become. Some of the people that knew you 358 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 6: way back then, they may never accept you for who 359 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 6: you are now. They may never give you their approval 360 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 6: or the credit that you deserve. The good news is 361 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 6: you don't have to have their approval. God gives you 362 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 6: his approval. 363 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 4: Now here's the key. 364 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 6: Don't get frustrated if they keep labeling you the old way. 365 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,479 Speaker 4: You don't have to prove to anyone who you are. 366 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 6: Your reputation, your actions will speak for themselves. They may 367 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 6: try to discredit you, knock you, keep you in a box. 368 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 6: Your attitude should be no big deal. I am not 369 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 6: who you say I am. That's who I used to be, 370 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 6: But now I've come up higher. In other words, I'm 371 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,959 Speaker 6: not a shepherd boy anymore. Now I'm a king of Israel. 372 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 6: I'm not a woman of the streets anymore. Now I'm 373 00:20:58,320 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 6: a woman highly favored by God. 374 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 4: I'm not a failure. I'm not a loser. Yeah I 375 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 4: had some setbacks, but that's over and done. 376 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,159 Speaker 6: Now I'm redeemed, restored, and on my way to an 377 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 6: amazing future. 378 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 4: I think about a young man in the scripture. His 379 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 4: name is Jabez. 380 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 6: His name actually means pain, trouble sorrow. We don't know 381 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 6: why his mother would name him this. Maybe she was 382 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 6: very poor and didn't need another mouth to feed. Maybe 383 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 6: she had a terrible time giving birth. But no doubt 384 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 6: this mother was a very bitter woman, because instead of 385 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 6: celebrating the birth of her son and being happy for 386 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,879 Speaker 6: his life, she tried to project her own bitterness and 387 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 6: hurt onto him by naming him pain trouble sorrow. You 388 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 6: can imagine how this could have affected ja Bez. He 389 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:58,199 Speaker 6: could have lived a life very defeated upset. I mean, 390 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 6: every time someone said hello, Jabez, they were saying, hello, pain, 391 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 6: here comes Jabez, here comes trouble. He could have gone 392 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 6: year after year. 393 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,120 Speaker 4: We're in those labels that his own mother put on him. 394 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 6: No, Jabez understood this principle, he said, in the fact, 395 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 6: my mother may have said I'm a pain, she may 396 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,880 Speaker 6: have called me nothing but trouble. But God, I believe 397 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 6: that I'm a person of destiny, called and chosen by you. 398 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 6: And God, you said that your plans for me are 399 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 6: for good and not evil. So God, I'm asking you 400 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 6: to bless me. Not a little, not mediocre, not average. No, God, 401 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 6: I'm asking that you would bless me. Indeed, think of 402 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 6: the nerve of Jabez. What right did he think he had, 403 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,880 Speaker 6: with all these wrong labels to think that God would 404 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 6: still do something great with his life. I can imagine 405 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 6: God saying to the Angel Gabriel, look down there at Jabez. 406 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,639 Speaker 6: All the odds against him. His own mother has labeled 407 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 6: him a pain, a failure, a loser. But listen to 408 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 6: what he's saying. He still believes he has a great future. 409 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 6: He still believes he's a person of destiny. He believes 410 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 6: what I've said about him more than what his own 411 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 6: mother said about him. Friends, that's the kind of faith 412 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 6: that gets God's attention. Like Jbz, you may have gotten 413 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,120 Speaker 6: off to a rough start in life, had some negative 414 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 6: things spoken over you. But if Jabez were standing before 415 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 6: us tonight, he would look in the eyes and say, 416 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 6: don't let what other people have said about you keep 417 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 6: you from your destiny. 418 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 4: Don't wear their labels. 419 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 6: Because ja Bez was bold enough to get rid of 420 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 6: the wrong labels, because he enlarged his vision. The scripture 421 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 6: says that God granted him his request. In other words, 422 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 6: God took in places that he never dreamed of. That's 423 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 6: what God wants to do for each one of you. 424 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 6: You may have had some negative things spoken over you, 425 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 6: maybe just your own thoughts. The voices in your own 426 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 6: head are labeling new things that would hold you back. 427 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,640 Speaker 6: There's a great promise we can stand on now. Isaiah 428 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 6: fifty four seventeen. It says no weapon formed against you 429 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 6: will prosper. Here it is but every tongue raised against 430 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 6: you in judgment. That means every wrong label you will 431 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 6: show to be in the wrong. 432 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 4: Notice. 433 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 6: Number one of the good news, what they said about 434 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 6: you is not going to prosper, And number two very important, 435 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 6: God's not going to do it. You've got to do it. 436 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 6: You will show to be in the wrong. That means 437 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 6: we have to get rid of the old labors. Does 438 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 6: it matter what the coach said, the counselor said, the 439 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 6: ex spouse said, or like Jabez, even what your mother said. No, 440 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 6: God has the final say, and he says that His 441 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 6: plans for you are for good and not evil, to 442 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 6: give you a future and a hope. That means nothing 443 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 6: that was spoken over you can define you, even if 444 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 6: it was from your own mother or father. It means 445 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 6: that nothing that's happened in your past has to keep 446 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 6: you from your God given destiny. Even if you failed 447 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 6: are gone through unfair situations, you can show it to 448 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 6: be in the wrong by rising up in faith, shaking 449 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 6: off the self pity, and moving forward with your life. 450 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 4: Friends, you are not who people say you are. 451 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 6: You are who God says you are, and he says 452 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:42,399 Speaker 6: you have seeds of greatness on the inside. Will you 453 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 6: dare be bold like Jabez and don't just remove the 454 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 6: old labels, but in larger vision, dare to say, God, 455 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 6: I'm asking you to bless me. Indeed, God, in spite 456 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 6: of the mistakes I've made, in spite of what they 457 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 6: said about me, God, I believe that you can take. 458 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 4: Me places that I never thought possible. You say, Joel, 459 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 4: I don't know how that could happen for me. I've 460 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 4: been through a lot. 461 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 6: I just don't have the resources, the connections, the education 462 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 6: to accomplish my dreams. Now, you may not see away, 463 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 6: but God has a way. I think about the bumblebee. 464 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 6: All the laws of physics say the bumblebee cannot fly. 465 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 6: Its body is too big for its wings. Technically it 466 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 6: needs a larger wingspan. For years, experts in aerodynamics have 467 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 6: studied the bumblebee and their conclusion is it cannot fly. 468 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 6: They stuck a label on it. Grounded has to walk 469 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 6: wherever it goes. The only problem is the bumblebee could. 470 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 4: Not understand what the experts were saying. Therefore the label 471 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 4: would not stick. 472 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 6: Now, against all the odds of aerodynamics, in spite of 473 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 6: what the experts, engineers, scientists have said, the bumblebee flies 474 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 6: wherever it wants to do you know why the bumblebee 475 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 6: can fly because God told it to fly. God is 476 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 6: not limited to the laws of nature. If you will remove, 477 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 6: if you will remove the wrong labels, you will be 478 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 6: amazed at how far your wings can take you, much 479 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 6: farther than people have said about you. It's because God 480 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 6: breathed his life into you. You have ability talent that 481 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:40,400 Speaker 6: goes beyond the natural. Some of you today you're not flying, 482 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,360 Speaker 6: and it's not because you weren't created to, but because 483 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 6: somebody put a label on you that you believed. Now 484 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 6: it's become a stronghold in your own thinking. It's limiting 485 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 6: what God can do. I'm asking you to remove the 486 00:27:56,280 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 6: old labels and start relabeling yourself and your future with 487 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 6: what God says about you. 488 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 4: That label that says you've reached your limits, remove it. 489 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 6: Put on a new label. The path of the righteous 490 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 6: gets brighter and brighter. My best days are still in 491 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 6: front of me. That label that says you're too short, 492 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 6: too old, not talented enough, you come from the wrong family. 493 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 4: Remove it. The new label is I am fearfully and 494 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 4: wonderfully made. Well. 495 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 6: You're never going to be successful. All the experts says 496 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 6: you're never going to get off the ground. 497 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,640 Speaker 4: Remove it. The new label is God. 498 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 6: You said I would mount up with wings like the eagles. 499 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 6: I know I was destined to shore to live a 500 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 6: victorious abundant, fulfilled light. If you will remove the wrong labels. 501 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 6: I believe, like Jabez, God will bless you. Indeed, like 502 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 6: my father, you will see God restore you and give 503 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 6: you beauty for ashes. Like David, God will take you 504 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 6: from the background and put you in a position of influence. 505 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 6: And like Rehab, God will break a curse and help 506 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 6: you make a mark for generations to come. I want 507 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 6: to declare over each one of you, because you're wearing 508 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 6: the right labels, You're going to see Ephesians three twenty 509 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 6: come to pass in your own life. God is going 510 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 6: to promote you. He's going to increase you. He's going 511 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 6: to open up supernatural doors. He's going to bring divine connections. 512 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 6: He's going to turn negative situations around. 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