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You're going to become what you're seeing. 45 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 6: Hi. 46 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 4: This is Joel and Victoria. 47 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 48 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 5: the ministry. 49 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 7: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 50 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 7: blessing and share it with a friend. 51 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 52 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 5: your life. 53 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 4: Well, God, bless you. 54 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 5: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 55 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 5: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 56 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 5: daily podcast, YouTube channel, social media. 57 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 4: We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. 58 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 5: I'd like to start with something funny and I heard 59 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 5: about these three men. They were out in the wilderness 60 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 5: and they came upon this violent, raging river. Needed to 61 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 5: get to the other side. The first man prayed, God, 62 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 5: please give me the strength to make it across poof. 63 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,959 Speaker 5: God gave him big arms, strong legs. He was able 64 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 5: to swim across two hours. The next man prayed, God, 65 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 5: please give me the strength and the tools to make 66 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,519 Speaker 5: it across poof. God gave him a boat. He was 67 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 5: able to roll across in thirty minutes. The next man prayed, God, 68 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 5: please give me the strength, the tools, and the intelligence 69 00:02:58,360 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 5: to make it across. 70 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 4: God turned him into a woman. 71 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 5: She looked at the map, hiked five minutes upstream, and 72 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 5: walked across the bridge. All right, I feel like the 73 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 5: women are cheering there. Here we go, men, this is 74 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 5: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 75 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 5: have what it says I have. I can do what 76 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 5: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 77 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 5: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 78 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 5: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 79 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 80 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 5: to you today about the right mirror. 81 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 4: It's so important how we see ourselves. 82 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 5: Your self image will determine whether you reach your full potential. 83 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 5: If you see yourself lacking at a disadvantage, not attractive, 84 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 5: it will limit your life. It's not that you don't 85 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 5: have great potential, it's your self image is distorted. We 86 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 5: have the big Rodeo here in town once a year. 87 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 5: We always go early to the carnival. One of the 88 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 5: attractions is. 89 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 4: This room filled with mirrors. You walk in front of. 90 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 4: One mirror makes you a couple feet taller. 91 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 5: Another one makes your chest real big, your arm's exaggerated. 92 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 5: There are mirrors that leave your body normal, but your 93 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 5: head is shrunk. Your mouth, nose features all out of whack. 94 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 5: Certain mirrors make you look one hundred pounds heavier, body, 95 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 5: all out of proportion. 96 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 4: None of these images are true images. It's not who 97 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 4: you really are. They're all distorted. We're smart enough to 98 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 4: know it's just for fun. We get a good laugh, 99 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 4: move on. 100 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 5: But how many of us in real life don't recognize 101 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 5: when we're looking at a distorted mirror, we see ourselves 102 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 5: as not talented, not attractive, unqualified. Now that distorted image 103 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 5: is holding us back. What would happen if we got 104 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 5: rid of the wrong mirror. The scripture says, you've been 105 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 5: made in the image of God. He made you talented, beautiful, smart, confident. 106 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 5: You are fully equipped for the purpose he's laid out 107 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 5: for you. But the trick of the enemy is to 108 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 5: distort your self image. He doesn't want you to see 109 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 5: yourself the way you really are, Like that Carnival, he'll 110 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 5: put up these distorted mirrors. The Psalmist said, you've been 111 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 5: fearfully and wonderfully made. But when you look in his mirror, 112 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 5: you'll see all your flaws. Everything you don't like will 113 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 5: be exaggerated. You've been forgiven, redeemed, But when you look 114 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 5: in that mirror, you'll see all your mistakes, failures, times 115 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 5: you don't measure up. 116 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 4: Looking back at you is a guilty, unworthy, undeserving person. 117 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 4: It's a distorted mirror. Have you been through. 118 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 5: Disappointments, Life hasn't treated you fair? That distorted mirror will 119 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 5: come up. You'll see yourself defeated, at a disadvantage, nothing good. 120 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 4: In your future. 121 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 5: When the truth is, God has beauty for those ashes. 122 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 5: What was meant for harm? He's turning to your advantage. 123 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 5: What's the problem. You're looking in the wrong mirror. As 124 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 5: long as you're letting that define who you are, as 125 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 5: long as you're believing those distorted images, it will keep 126 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 5: you from rising higher. You have to get rid of 127 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 5: that mirror and go get the right mirror. James One 128 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 5: says that God's word is like a mirror. 129 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 4: It reflects who you really are. 130 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 5: What God says about you is the true image. 131 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 4: You need to keep in front of you. 132 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 5: You are not defined by people, by your past, by 133 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 5: how you were raised, by. 134 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 4: What didn't work out. 135 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 5: You are defined by your creator. When you look in 136 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 5: the mirror of God's word, you'll find that you are valuable, 137 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 5: You are talented, you are confident, favored, blessed, worthy. As 138 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 5: you see yourself the way God sees you, it begins 139 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 5: to heal damaged self in his word, will repair the hurts, 140 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 5: the scars, the unfair things that have caused you to 141 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 5: see yourself as lacking, inferior, unqualified. Keep this right mirror 142 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 5: in front of you. May not happen overnight, but if 143 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 5: you will keep seeing yourself the right way, little by 144 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 5: little you're changing. 145 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 4: You're going to become what you're seeing. 146 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 5: Maybe you're struggling with an addiction. As long as you 147 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 5: see yourself addicted, you're. 148 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 4: Going to stay that way. You need to change. 149 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 5: Mirrors, start seeing yourself whole, free, clean, restored. You have 150 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 5: to see it on the inside before it will happen 151 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 5: on the outside. You won't be successful with a negative 152 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 5: image of yourself lack a magnet. 153 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 4: How you see yourself will keep pulling you toward it. 154 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 5: If you see yourself struggling barely getting by scarcity mentality, 155 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 5: you're moving toward it. What would happen if you would 156 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 5: change mirrors, start seeing yourself as blessed, prosperous, talented, having 157 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 5: a bountiful year. 158 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 4: Then, because you have the right. 159 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 5: Image, because you're in agreement with God, you move intoward abundance, overflow, 160 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 5: good breaks, a bountiful life. If you see yourself as lonely, 161 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 5: not a good personality, inferior, you're moving toward loneliness, not 162 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 5: having friends, not meeting anyone. 163 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 4: Do yourself a favor. Change mirrors. 164 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 5: You're beautiful, you're attractive, You're want of a kind. You've 165 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 5: been crowned with favor. You're a prize. Whoever gets you, 166 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 5: it's like. 167 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 4: They won the lottery. 168 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 5: When you have the right mirror, you'll put your shoulders back, 169 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 5: You'll carry yourself like the royalty God created you to be. 170 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 5: I talked to a man recently. He told how his 171 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 5: business is down, how the pandemic has. 172 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 4: Set him back. 173 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 5: His company is making changes, his retirement is in jeopardy, 174 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 5: on and on. When he got finished, I was depressed too. 175 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 5: I was ready to give up. Oh it's a problem. 176 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 4: He's looking in a distorted mirror. 177 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 5: He sees himself as washed up, disadvantage, nothing good in 178 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 5: his future. That's pulling him toward lack, struggle, mediocrity. I 179 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 5: told him what I'm telling you. 180 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 4: You have to get a new mirror. 181 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 5: God's word, The right mirror says, many are the afflictions 182 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 5: of the righteous, but the Lord delivers us out. 183 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 4: Of them all. It says, when the enemy comes like 184 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 4: a flood, God will raise up a barrier. 185 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,839 Speaker 5: It says, your latter days will be better than your 186 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 5: former days. 187 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 4: If you'll see yourself that way, as a. 188 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 5: Victor, not a victim, then even in tough times, you'll 189 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 5: stay confident, hopeful, expecting God's favor, knowing that He didn't 190 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 5: bring you this. 191 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 4: Far to leave you. 192 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,319 Speaker 5: He hasn't failed you in the past. He's not going 193 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 5: to start now. Have an image of victory. You're not weak, defeated, 194 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:06,599 Speaker 5: overcome by problems. 195 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 4: You're a warrior. 196 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 5: You've been armed with strength for every battle. You are 197 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 5: full of can do power. The forces that are for 198 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 5: you are greater than forces. 199 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 4: That are against you. 200 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 5: Don't go through life looking in distorted mirrors, mirrors that 201 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 5: are magnifying the wrong things, causing you to see yourself 202 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 5: as small, limited, Joe, this problem's too big. I'll never 203 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 5: overcome this sickness, never. 204 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 4: Get out of dead, never break this addiction. 205 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 5: The reason the enemy is trying to distort your image 206 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 5: is because he knows who you really are. He knows 207 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 5: you're a giant killer. He knows you're made in the 208 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 5: image of God. He knows you have seeds of greatness. 209 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 5: Don't let his phony mirror keep you from stepping into 210 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 5: your greatness. Don't let a wrong self image keep you 211 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 5: from leaving your mark. 212 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 4: How much further will you go, how much happier will 213 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 4: you live? 214 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 5: How much more confidence will you have if you'll get 215 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 5: rid of the distorted images and start seeing yourself the 216 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,839 Speaker 5: way God sees you. This is what the Israelites had 217 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 5: to do. They had been in slavery for many years. 218 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,199 Speaker 5: God brought them out parted the Red Sea. They were 219 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 5: headed toward the Promised. 220 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 4: Land in the desert. They didn't have a temple where 221 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 4: they could worship a big building. 222 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 5: They had a tent or what they called the tabernacle, 223 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,559 Speaker 5: where they would meet. Before the priests could go into 224 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 5: the altar area, they had to wash their hands and 225 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 5: feet in this large bowl of water at the entry 226 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 5: of the tent. What's significant is how this bowl was made. 227 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 5: Exodus thirty eight says Moses made the large wash basin 228 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,559 Speaker 5: from the bronze mirrors he melted down from the Israeli women. 229 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 5: Mirrors in that day weren't made out of glass. They 230 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 5: were made out of polished bronze. They would be so 231 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 5: shiny that you could see your reflection. The Israelite women 232 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 5: got these mirrors from the Egyptians as they were on 233 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 5: their way out of slavery. God caused them to have 234 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 5: favor with their captors, and they gave them their gold, 235 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 5: silver and fine clothing. These mirrors were valuable to the 236 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:23,439 Speaker 5: women had nothing special for all these years. Now they 237 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,839 Speaker 5: have these nice bronze mirror. Then Moses comes along says, 238 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 5: give me your mirrors. 239 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 4: I want to melt them down and make a bowl 240 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 4: with a priest will cleanse themselves. 241 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 5: He could have said, give me your pots and pans, 242 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 5: give me your hammers and chisels. 243 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 4: I'll make the wash basin out of that. 244 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 5: But God said to the women, give me your mirrors. 245 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 5: When these women looked in the mirror, they saw former slaves. 246 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,839 Speaker 4: They saw tired, defeated. 247 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 5: Unqualified people staring back. You can imagine being in bondage 248 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 5: for years, cannot and day mistreated. Those mirrors only reminded 249 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 5: them of all they'd been through, how unfar it was, 250 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 5: how unattractive inferior they were. 251 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 4: God showed up. 252 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 5: And said, give me those mirrors. He was saying, give 253 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 5: me your image. You can't become who I created you 254 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 5: to be looking in those mirrors, let me have them. 255 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 5: Notice what God did. He melted down the bronze mirrors, 256 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 5: signifying I'm melting down anything that does not reflect who. 257 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 4: I made you to be. I'm melting down the shame, the. 258 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:41,720 Speaker 5: Heartache, the guilt, the unworthiness. And the next time you 259 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 5: see this mirror is going to be in a bowl 260 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 5: for cleansing, meaning I'm washing away the negative things of 261 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 5: the past. I'm washing away what the enemy tried to do, 262 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 5: washing away mistakes you've made, the bad breaks, what wasn't fair, 263 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 5: And I'm going to give you a new way of 264 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 5: seeing yourself. God was saying, you can't reach your destiny 265 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 5: unless you give me your image. 266 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 4: You have to give God your mirror. Don't let how 267 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 4: you were raised, what. 268 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 5: Wasn't fair, create your image. Give it to God. He'll 269 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 5: melt down the wrong ways you see yourself. Don't let 270 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 5: other people determine your image. What someone said, parent, coach, and. 271 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 4: Expouse hurtful words. 272 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 5: You're not good enough, you're not talented, you're not attractive. 273 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 5: You'll never amount to much. That wrong mirror will keep 274 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 5: you in bondage. God knew if these women kept seeing 275 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 5: themselves the way they were, they would have lived defeated, insecured, 276 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 5: feeling less than. He had to get their mirror before 277 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 5: they could step into the fullness of what He had 278 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 5: in store. After all, it doesn't do any good to 279 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 5: go into the promised land if you still see yourself 280 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 5: as lacking, not enough. 281 00:14:59,440 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 4: I don't. 282 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 5: What's limiting some people is not the fact that God 283 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 5: doesn't have good breaks favor new relationships. It's that they 284 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 5: won't give God their image. If he takes you to 285 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 5: a new level, but you still see yourself the wrong way, you're. 286 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 4: Not going to enjoy it. You have to give him 287 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 4: your mirror first. 288 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 5: Let him have your image, see yourself the way he 289 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 5: sees you. Then you can go into your promised land. 290 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 5: But sometimes it's guilt holding us back. 291 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 4: I've made too many mistakes. I don't deserve it. We 292 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 4: see ourselves unworthy, not valuable. 293 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 5: We sit on the sidelines of life, no passion, not 294 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 5: pursuing goals. 295 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 4: Don't keep that old image. Give God your mirror. 296 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 5: His word will melt down all the guilt, the shame, 297 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 5: the insecurities. He sees you without fault. He calls you righteous, holy, blameless. 298 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 4: In the scripture, Jacob was known for. 299 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 5: Being dishonest, cheating people. He tricked his brother out of 300 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 5: his birthright, went around manipulating, conniving. His name even means swindlers, supplanter, deceiver. 301 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 4: He lived up to it. 302 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 5: You could imagine how he saw himself. That still small 303 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 5: voice whispered. 304 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 4: You're better than this, Jacob. I have a. 305 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 5: Destiny for you to fulfill. I put greatness in you. 306 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 5: God was saying, Jacob, give me your image. 307 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 4: Get rid of that distorted mirror. I'm sure thoughts told him, no, Jacob, 308 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 4: this is just who you are. You're a fraud, You're 309 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 4: a con man. Just accept it. 310 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 5: Years went by, nothing changed, But one day Jacob did 311 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 5: what I'm asking. 312 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 4: Us to do. 313 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 5: Despite his flaws, despite his mistakes, he went down to 314 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 5: the brook alone one night to be with God. 315 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 4: He thought, I'm tired of living this way. I want 316 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 4: to make a change. 317 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 5: He was saying, in effect, I've seen myself as a failure. 318 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 4: I've lived condemned. 319 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 5: I don't like who I am. I'm going to give 320 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 5: you my mirror. I'm going to see myself the way 321 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 5: you see me. That night, he wrestled with an angel. 322 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 4: He wouldn't let the angel go. 323 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 5: At daybreak, the angel said to him, you will no 324 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 5: longer be called Jacob. God is giving you a new name. 325 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 5: You will be called Israel. Israel means prince with God. 326 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 5: God was saying, I'm taking that mirror. It shows you 327 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:35,880 Speaker 5: as a deceiver, trickster, con man. I'm melting that all down. 328 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 5: I'm getting rid of all those impurities. Now, your new 329 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 5: image will be a prince with God. When he saw 330 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 5: himself as a prince, he started making choices that honored God. 331 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 5: Out of Jacob came the twelve tribes of Israel that 332 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 5: would have never happened if he had kept looking in 333 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 5: the wrong mirror. 334 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 4: Why don't you give God your image? He sees your restore, 335 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 4: You're redeemed. He calls you a prince with God. 336 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 5: The enemy would love for you to go through life 337 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 5: with the wrong mirror, seeing yourself as a failure, focused 338 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 5: on your mistakes, feeling unworthy. You don't do better when 339 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 5: you have a negative image of yourself. 340 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 4: That cycle keeps repeating. When you give. 341 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 5: God your mirror, despite what you've done wrong, despite how 342 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 5: you feel, you start believing that you're forgiving that you're valuable, 343 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 5: that you're worthy, that you deserve to be blessed, not 344 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 5: because of who you are, but because of who you are, 345 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 5: then you will. 346 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 4: Step into your greatness. 347 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 5: Now you may have failed in the past, but that's 348 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 5: what you did. 349 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 4: That's not who you are. Failure is an event, not 350 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 4: a person. 351 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 5: You may struggle with an addiction, but you are not 352 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 5: an addict. 353 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 4: That's what you do. That's not who you are. Don't 354 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 4: let that image take root. 355 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 5: You are a child of the most tied God, God, Jacob, 356 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 5: you're Israel, You're a prince with God. 357 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 4: That's how he sees you. But too often we don't. 358 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 5: Realize that our self image has been damaged. We've been 359 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 5: through hurts and disappointments. 360 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 4: We've made mistakes. 361 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 5: We wonder why we can't rise higher. We're looking in 362 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 5: the wrong mirror. That's what happened with Gideon. He was 363 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 5: hiding in the wine press, afraid, intimidated. An angel showed 364 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 5: up and said, mighty Hero, the Lord is with you. 365 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 5: You are to lead the Israelites against the Midianites. Gideon 366 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 5: looked around, thought, who's he talking about. 367 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 4: No mighty Hero here. 368 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 5: You must have missed your assignment because I'm afraid. Gideon 369 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 5: said to the angel, I come from the poorest family. 370 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 4: I'm the least one in my father's house. 371 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 5: Notice the two mirrors, least one, poorest, defeated, can't do 372 00:19:55,359 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 5: anything great, then God's mirror, mighty hero, fearless, courage, history maker. 373 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 4: Here's the key. You can't keep your mirror and. 374 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 5: Have gods too. You have to give God your image. 375 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 5: Let him control how you see yourself, not the media, 376 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,880 Speaker 5: not your family, not your job, not your critics. Don't 377 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 5: give other people your mirror. If you do, you'll become 378 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 5: what they want. 379 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 4: You to be. They don't always have your best interest 380 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 4: at heart. Give God your mirror. He knows what's in you. 381 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 4: He can see things that you can't see. 382 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,440 Speaker 5: The reason we act like Gideon sometimes we don't see 383 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 5: ourselves as mighty and favored and influential is we don't 384 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 5: realize what's in us. Takes faith to say God, I 385 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,160 Speaker 5: feel afraid, I'm intimidated. 386 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 4: I don't see how I can do this. But if 387 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 4: you say I. 388 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 5: Can, then I'm going to get in agreement with you 389 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 5: and believe that I can. That's when you'll discover talent, ability, 390 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 5: courage that you've never seen. Yes, it's normal at times 391 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 5: to feel intimidated, to not think you can step up 392 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,160 Speaker 5: to a new level. This is where your faith has 393 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 5: to kick in. God, I'm giving you this week limited 394 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 5: can't do it. 395 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 4: Image. 396 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 5: I'm going to look in your mirror. I feel weak, 397 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,439 Speaker 5: but you see me as strong. I feel intimidated, but 398 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 5: you see me bold and courageous. I feel out numbered, 399 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 5: but you see me more than enough. I'm fighting this illness, 400 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 5: but you see me healthy and home. 401 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 4: Gideon got rid of that old mirror and. 402 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,719 Speaker 5: Started looking in the right mirror. He saw himself as 403 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 5: a mighty hero. He went out and defeated the Midianites. 404 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 5: Today he's listed as one of the heroes of faith. 405 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 4: Is a wrong mirror keeping you from your greatness? 406 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 5: Have you believed the lies that you're too old, too young, 407 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:57,400 Speaker 5: not smart enough, wrong nationality. That's okay, you're right where 408 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 5: Gideon was. You can still become a mighty hero. Give 409 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,199 Speaker 5: God your image. See yourself the way he sees you. 410 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 5: From the time he was a five year old little boy, 411 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 5: Jim had a terrible problem with stuttering. Other kids at 412 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 5: school laughed made fun of him. He became very insecure 413 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 5: and isolated himself, wouldn't talk with others, wouldn't go play 414 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:22,880 Speaker 5: with friends. 415 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,919 Speaker 4: He didn't want to be ridiculed, but he loved to 416 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 4: write poetry. 417 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 5: When other kids were out playing sports, he stayed inside 418 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 5: and focused on his poems As a teenager, one of 419 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 5: his teachers loved poetry too. When she found out that 420 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 5: Jim was a gifted writer, she tried to get him 421 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,959 Speaker 5: to read his poems in the class. Jim wasn't about to. 422 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 5: He couldn't do that. He stuttered too badly. 423 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,640 Speaker 4: When he was nervous, he could hardly get one word out. 424 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 5: One day, this teacher came up with the plan. Jim 425 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 5: turned his writing assignment in. She was so brilliant, she said, 426 00:22:58,640 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 5: in part of the whole class. 427 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 4: Jim, I don't think you wrote this. 428 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 5: There's no way this is so good. He stuttered and said, no, ma'am, 429 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,919 Speaker 5: I did write it. She said, I don't believe you. 430 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 5: I've been teaching for years. I've never seen anything close. 431 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,880 Speaker 4: To being this good. He said it again, more. 432 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 5: Stuttering, more emphatically. Yes, I promise you I wrote this. 433 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 4: She said. 434 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 5: Then you're going to have to prove it to me. 435 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 5: You have to read it in front of the class, 436 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 5: so I can see that you know it. Jim reluctantly 437 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 5: walked up to the front. As he held the paper, 438 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 5: his hands were shaking so nervous. Other kids were snickering, 439 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:37,640 Speaker 5: whispering to each other. 440 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 4: Here comes the stuttering. 441 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 5: But when he began to read the poem, the rhythm 442 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 5: of what he wrote flowed out so naturally that he 443 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 5: never stuttered a word. 444 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 4: He couldn't believe it. The kids couldn't believe it. 445 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 5: The teacher was in awe As he continued reading, they 446 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 5: discovered that he had an amazing voice, deep, resonant, compelling. 447 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 5: He read with incredible passion and skill. From that time on, 448 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 5: Jim never stuttered again. Today we know Jim as James 449 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 5: Earl Jones, not only a great actor, but one of 450 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 5: the great voices of our day. I believe down deep, 451 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 5: you know God has put great things in you. You 452 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 5: know you can rise higher, you can set a new 453 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 5: standard for your family. You can beat the sickness, you 454 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 5: can break the addiction. But maybe, like Jim, you're stuck 455 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 5: letting fear, intimidation, your weaknesses convince you to live hiding 456 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 5: your gifts, hiding. 457 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,160 Speaker 4: What God put in you. Like that teacher. 458 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 5: God has sent me to help you get rid of 459 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 5: the wrong mirror. If you'll take this step of faith, 460 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 5: you'll discover there's. 461 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 4: A new mirror. 462 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,640 Speaker 5: Like Gideon, you're a mighty hero. Like James, you can 463 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 5: leave your mark. What held you back in the past 464 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 5: is not who you are. 465 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,959 Speaker 4: There is greatness in you. Now do your part. 466 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 5: Give God your mirror. When you let his word define 467 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:09,400 Speaker 5: who you are, it breaks limitations, freeze you from fears, 468 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 5: insecurity and what didn't work out, You will step in 469 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 5: to who you were created to be. When my father 470 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 5: went to be with the Lord in nineteen ninety nine, 471 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 5: I had never ministered before, and spent seventeen years behind 472 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 5: the scenes doing the television production. I thought that's what 473 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 5: I would do the rest of my life. My father 474 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 5: tried to get me up many times to speak, but 475 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 5: always told him no. I was more quiet, reserved. I 476 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 5: didn't want to get up in front of people. But 477 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 5: when he passed, I knew I was supposed to step up. 478 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:45,239 Speaker 5: I felt it so strongly. All these thoughts told me 479 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 5: you're too quiet. You don't have the right personality, the training, 480 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 5: the asperience. 481 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 4: Nobody's going to listen to you like Gideon. 482 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,199 Speaker 5: I could hear God telling me to lead the people 483 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 5: step into new levels. But I was afraid, intimidated, thinking 484 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,719 Speaker 5: of all the what if What if I do it 485 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 5: and fail? What if I get up and don't have 486 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 5: anything to say? What if nobody likes me? What if 487 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 5: the church goes down. I've learned you can talk yourself 488 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 5: out of your dreams, or you can talk yourself into 489 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,640 Speaker 5: your dreams. I had to do what I'm asking us 490 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 5: to do. I gave God my image, I said, God, 491 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,919 Speaker 5: I see myself as unqualified. I feel insecure. This doesn't 492 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,400 Speaker 5: make sense to me. But I'm going to take your 493 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 5: mirror and let what you say about me create my 494 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 5: image all through the day. I am strong in the Lord. 495 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 5: I can do all things through Christ. I am surrounded 496 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 5: by favor, Goodness, and mercy are following me. I'm equipped, empowered, 497 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 5: and anointed. That played so long that I started believing 498 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:52,400 Speaker 5: what I was saying. Those words created a. 499 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 4: New image on the inside. 500 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 5: God didn't just help me do it, but he exceeded 501 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 5: my expectations. He's taken me where I've ever dreamed. Who 502 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 5: knows where you'll go if you'll get the right mirror. 503 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 5: Now see yourself, how you feel, how you were raised, 504 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 5: what other people say, but how God. 505 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 4: Sees you give him your image. This is what David did. 506 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 5: His father overlooked him, left him out in the shepherd's fields. 507 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 5: When Samuel came to anoint one of Jesse's sons as 508 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 5: the next king, David could have been insecure, low self esteem. Man, 509 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 5: my own father doesn't even believe in me. But David's 510 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 5: attitude was I've already looked in the right mirror. 511 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 4: I know who I am. I'm a giant killer. 512 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 5: He may not see it, but that doesn't change it. 513 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 5: When he took lunch to his brothers on the battlefield, 514 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 5: one brother made fun of him, tried to make him 515 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:51,919 Speaker 5: feel small. David could have been offended, upset, but he said, no, thanks, 516 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 5: you don't determine my image. I'm not getting my value 517 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 5: from you. My value comes from my creator. I'm looking 518 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 5: in his mirror. When he told King Saul that he 519 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 5: wanted to face Goliath, Saul said, David, don't be ridiculous. 520 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 4: You're just a boy. 521 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,479 Speaker 5: Most people would have been discouraged, talked out of it. 522 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 4: Not David. He didn't let other people control his image. 523 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,880 Speaker 5: When Goliath saw how small, David was. Goliath started laughing, 524 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 5: making fun. David said, Goliath, what you say doesn't bother me. 525 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,200 Speaker 5: I've already looked in the right mirror. Your threats, your 526 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 5: insults have come too late. I know who I am. 527 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:36,640 Speaker 5: Slung that rock, Goliath came tumbling down. What mirror are 528 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 5: you looking at today? Are you letting people you're past, 529 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 5: what you're up against determine your image? 530 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 4: Joel, this giant is big. 531 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 5: I'm afraid I've had disappointments. I can't ever accomplish my dreams. 532 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 5: That's a distorted mirror. That's not who you really are. 533 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 5: Get rid of that mirror and go to God's word. 534 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 4: Let him define your image. 535 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 5: If you will see yourself the way God sees you, 536 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 5: it will begin to heal damaged self images. That's the 537 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 5: only thing that's holding some people back the way they 538 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 5: see themselves. 539 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 4: I believe and declare today is a new day. 540 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 5: Because you have the right mirror, Like Gideon, you're about 541 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 5: to see greatness come out of you. Like David, You're 542 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 5: about to defeat some giants like Jacob. You're going to 543 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 5: become Israel, not defined by your mistakes, but a. 544 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 4: Prince with God in Jesus' name. 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