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I like 44 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 4: to start with something funny and one Sunday morning, this 45 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 4: man walked into church wearing blue jeans, T shirt and 46 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 4: an old cowboy hat. Some of the members were appalled. 47 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 4: They sent notes to the pastor expressing their concern. Afterwards, 48 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 4: the pastor told the man he needed to pray and 49 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 4: ask God what he should wear when he came back 50 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 4: to his church. Next week, the man came back wearing 51 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 4: the exact same thing. Pastor said, I told you to 52 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 4: ask God what you should wear before you come back 53 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 4: to my church. The man said, I did ask God, 54 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 4: and he told me he didn't know what to wear 55 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 4: because he's never been here before. Hold up your Bible, saying, 56 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 4: like you mean it, this is my Bible. I am 57 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 4: what it says I am. I have what it says 58 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 59 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God. I'll 60 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 4: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 61 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 62 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 63 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 4: who's the boss. There's a battle taking place in all 64 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 4: of us. It's a battle between the flesh and the spirit. 65 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 4: The flesh is our natural carnal desires, that's what we were 66 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 4: born with. Have you ever noticed how you don't have 67 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 4: to teach a child to be impatient, to be selfish, 68 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 4: to get upset? Or is it? A grocery store and 69 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 4: this little boy, probably two years old, was there shopping 70 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 4: with his mother. She looked like a businesswoman, very professional, 71 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 4: well dressed. Her little boy was as cute as can be, 72 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 4: and he went over and got something off the bottom shelf. 73 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 4: His mother said, very lovingly, no, son, we have to 74 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 4: put that back. 75 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 3: Up. 76 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 4: To that point, he'd been happy, in a good mood. 77 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 4: But when she took that away, it was like he 78 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 4: turned into a different person. He started screaming. He fell 79 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 4: down on the floor, flailing his hands and legs, stilling 80 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 4: this big fit. You thought he was dying. Of course, 81 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 4: his mom was kind of embarrassed, and she tried to discreetly, 82 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 4: quietly pick him up. He screamed even louder. Here's my point. 83 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 4: Nobody had to teach him how to throw a fit. 84 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 4: That's what we're born with. The Scripture calls it the flesh, 85 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 4: or our carnal nature. It's things like pride, selfishness, impatience, 86 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 4: getting upset. And here's the key. The flesh wants to 87 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 4: be in control. The flesh is not going to be 88 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 4: happy unless it gets its way. The easy way is 89 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 4: to do like that little boy and give in. And 90 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 4: that's okay. When we're two years old, we're growing, we're learning, 91 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 4: people understand why we're childish. The problem is not when 92 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 4: we're two, but when we're forty two and we're still 93 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 4: throwing a fit. We're still being ruled by our feelings. 94 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 4: We think. I feel like being rude, I'm going to 95 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 4: tell them off. I feel like being lazy. I'm going 96 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,799 Speaker 4: to skip work. I feel like being impatient, I feel 97 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 4: like compromising. As long as you're allowing your feelings to 98 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 4: be the boss, it will limit how high you can go. 99 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 4: The scripture talks about dying to the flesh. That means 100 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 4: not giving in to what we feel. If you live 101 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 4: on that shallow level of always having to please your flesh, 102 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 4: you'll never discover what's really in you. The best of you, 103 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 4: your gifts, your talents, your potential won't come out. You 104 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 4: have to go beyond the surface. If you'll get past 105 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 4: the temporary pain of not having your way and choose 106 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 4: to follow the spirit instead of the flesh, God will 107 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 4: release more of his favor, you'll continue to rise higher 108 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 4: and higher. But too many people live on this surface 109 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 4: level of letting their feelings their emotions run their life. 110 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 4: The problem is our feelings will lead us down the 111 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 4: wrong path. Your feelings will tell you you're tired. You 112 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 4: don't need to go to work today, Just sleep in. 113 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 4: Your flesh will tell you they were rude to you. 114 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 4: Don't let them have the last word. Be rude back 115 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 4: to them. Your feelings will tell you I want another 116 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 4: piece of pie. Don't make me wait, I'm hungry. If 117 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 4: you listen, you'll hear the spirit say no more pie. 118 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 4: Seven pieces was enough. The flesh likes to be comfortable, 119 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 4: but if you're always comfortable, you'll never grow. When you 120 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 4: discipline yourself to do the right thing, the harder it is, 121 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 4: the more you're growing in that area. Instead of seeing 122 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 4: it as all man, this is so painful. Turn it around. 123 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 4: This may be uncomfortable, but I know I'm growing a 124 00:06:55,240 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 4: whole lot. I'm making progress. The scripture says no discipline 125 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 4: at the time seems pleasant, but later on it will 126 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 4: produce a great harvest. We need to think more about 127 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 4: later on. Our feelings only tell us about right now. 128 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 4: But a mature person doesn't get caught up in the 129 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 4: emotion of the moment. They always take a step back 130 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 4: and think about later on. Your flesh will tell you 131 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 4: I want junk food. Colas, desserts make me comfortable. At 132 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 4: the time, it may taste good, but later on you 133 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 4: won't be as healthy as you could be. We get 134 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 4: upset and think, I'm gonna go tell my boss off. 135 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 4: I'm gonna give them a piece of my mind. You 136 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 4: can do that, but later on you won't have a job. 137 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 4: At home. We know we should bite our tongue not 138 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 4: say something to our spouse, but it feels good to 139 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 4: please the flesh. We say it anyway. Later on we're 140 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,239 Speaker 4: sleeping on the couch. Later on we've entered into World 141 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 4: War three. Even though it's difficult, it's much better to say, flesh, 142 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 4: you're not gonna rule my life. When you do that, 143 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 4: later on, you'll not only still have a job, have 144 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 4: a marriage, have good health, but your character is coming 145 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 4: up higher. God can entrust you with more. Maybe you're 146 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 4: at the sporting good store and you see those shiny 147 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 4: new golf clubs, the ones you know you can't afford 148 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 4: right now, You know those funds are set aside for 149 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 4: the monthly house note. But they're the latest, greatest clubs, 150 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 4: And wouldn't you know it, they're on sell this week. 151 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,959 Speaker 4: Only your flesh will tell you it's a sign from God. 152 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 4: You heard Joell talking your due season year. You can't 153 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 4: pass that up. Then you'll hear a still small voice, 154 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 4: the spirit whispering, don't do it, be disciplined, wait for 155 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 4: the right time. The flesh is always much louder, much 156 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 4: stronger of God to have it. They're on sale. Plus 157 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 4: there's a special rebate, and look today only if you buy, 158 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 4: you get a free umbrella, two packs of bubblegum. If 159 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 4: you give in and let the flesh be the boss, well, 160 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,959 Speaker 4: later on when you have to pay the bills, you'll 161 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 4: be depressed. It's much better if you'll pay the price 162 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 4: for discipline today. If you'll not get on board with 163 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 4: those feelings, make decisions based off of wisdom, then later 164 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 4: on there will be a great harvest. And when you 165 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:37,559 Speaker 4: see people that are blessed successful have good relationships, they 166 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 4: didn't get there because they were lucky. They were disciplined, 167 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 4: They did the right thing when it was hard. The 168 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 4: people that reach their highest potential are the people that 169 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:52,079 Speaker 4: are good at saying no to their flesh. Those friends 170 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 4: that want you to party all the time. Your feelings 171 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 4: will tell you just do it. It's fun, You'll have 172 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 4: a great time. But later on the can be addictions, 173 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 4: later on, trouble in relationships. If you want to see 174 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 4: the great harvest God's favor blessing increase, you have to 175 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 4: make the decision to choose discipline today. When I was 176 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,199 Speaker 4: in high school, I used to run track. One day, 177 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 4: we got out at noon for a special program, and 178 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 4: track practice didn't start until one point fifteen. It was 179 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 4: a hot summer day in Houston. I was very hungry 180 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 4: for Mexican food. I rounded up some of my friends 181 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 4: and we went down to the local Mexican restaurant. As 182 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 4: I was getting out of the car, very excited out 183 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 4: of school early that day, at my favorite restaurant, I 184 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 4: heard something down in here saying, you better not eat 185 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 4: this food. It's one hundred degrees outside and in a 186 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 4: few minutes you're going to be out on that hot 187 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 4: track running. I no more paid attention to that. I 188 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 4: didn't want to hear that. I had my mind already 189 00:10:54,200 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 4: made up. Now I ordered this big Mexican dinner. Cheloopah's, Enchilada's, Tomaly's, 190 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 4: the heat us chili, con case of rice. BE had 191 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 4: all this food. When it came out, it smelled so 192 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 4: good I could almost taste it. But once again I 193 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 4: heard something whispering, Joel, you better not eat this. This 194 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 4: is not a good idea. I thought, get behind me, Satan, 195 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 4: this is a good idea. I ate, and ate, and ate. 196 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 4: A few minutes later I was out on the track. 197 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 4: The coach said today we're going to run eighteen four 198 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:33,719 Speaker 4: hundred and forty yard sprints, not jogging, but sprinting. On 199 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 4: my fourth sprint, I started feeling dizzy, nauseated, sick to 200 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 4: my stomach. I went over coach, I can't run anymore. 201 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 4: He looked at me and said, you don't have a choice. 202 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 4: You have to run. I wanted to cast the devil 203 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 4: out of him too. I was so miserable. I'd run 204 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 4: a little wild, throw up, run a little wild. Same thing. 205 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 4: The funny thing when I was eating that Mexican food, 206 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 4: I never thought about later on my flesh, never once 207 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 4: said later on, this is gonna be a problem. Bro 208 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 4: It tastes good going down, but it's not gonna taste 209 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 4: so good coming back up. All my flesh told me 210 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 4: was give me Mexican food. Give it to me now, 211 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 4: don't make me wait. The spirit was trying to warn me. 212 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 4: God was saying, in effect, you better stay away from 213 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 4: Mama Niphus today. Go down there the subway, Get something easy, 214 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 4: something light. Here's my point. Your feelings will tell you 215 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 4: what you want, but that doesn't mean that's what's best 216 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 4: for you. Your feelings will tell you they hurt you, 217 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 4: hold a grudge, live bitter. The same time, you'll hear 218 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 4: a still small voice whispering, let it go, forgive, Let 219 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 4: God be your vindicator. The flesh and the spirit are 220 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 4: constantly at odds. You get to choose who's the boss. 221 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 4: Nobody can make this decision for you. Can encourage you, 222 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 4: cheer you on, tell you that you have what it takes, 223 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 4: but only you can make the decision. I am not 224 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 4: going to live at this surface level. I'm not going 225 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 4: to let the flesh control my life, taking the easy 226 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 4: way out. I'm gonna dig my heels in. Instead of 227 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 4: letting my feelings rule me, I'm gonna start ruling over 228 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 4: my feelings. You've heard little kids use the phrase You're 229 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 4: not the boss of me. Next time your flesh tell 230 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 4: you compromise, get upset, give into temptation, just answer back, 231 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 4: You're not the boss of me. I am not living 232 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 4: on that surface level. I'm going deeper. I'm gonna become 233 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 4: all God created me to be. Paul Seting Galatians. If 234 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 4: you sow to the flesh, you will reap decay, ruin, 235 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 4: and destruction. But if you sow to the spirit, you 236 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 4: will reap life and life eternal. Notice when you do 237 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 4: the right thing when it's hard, when you sow to 238 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 4: the spirit, you're going to reap blessings, favor increase, not 239 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 4: only eternal life, but abundant life here on this earth. 240 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 4: But when we give into our natural carnal desires, keep 241 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 4: doing what we feel. I feel like being lazy. I'm 242 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 4: going to be lazy, I feel like compromising. I'm going 243 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 4: to give into this temptation. I feel like staying up 244 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 4: all night watching television. When we sow to the flesh, 245 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 4: we won't reap anything good. But when you discipline yourself 246 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 4: to take the high road, to say no to your feelings, 247 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 4: you are sowing to the spirit. It may not happen overnight, 248 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 4: but If you'll keep making those choices, you will come 249 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 4: in to a great harvest. Romans talks about those who 250 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 4: follow the dictates of the flesh. That's saying, the flesh 251 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 4: wants to be a dictator. The flesh wants to control 252 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 4: your life. What does a dictator do? Tells you what 253 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 4: to do, when to do it, how to do it. 254 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 4: They make all the decisions. You just sit back and 255 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 4: follow the orders. In other words, you get stuck in traffic. 256 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 4: Your flesh tells you get upset, be stressed out. So 257 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 4: many people follow the dictates of the flesh, just like 258 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 4: a good soldier. When they hear those orders, yes, sir, 259 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 4: right away, sir, they get upset, go through the day 260 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 4: stressed out. Or you wake up in the morning. Your 261 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 4: feelings may tell you you're depressed, nothing good is in your future, 262 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 4: feel lousy. Some people get on board. They go around depressed, 263 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 4: no passion. When you say, Joel, I can't help what 264 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 4: I feel. I'm not asking you to not feel anything. 265 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 4: That's not reality. God made us as emotional beings. All 266 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 4: through the day, you will feel things. But just because 267 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 4: you feel it doesn't mean you should act on it. 268 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 4: David said, be angry and sin not. You may feel 269 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 4: the emotion of anger, that's okay, just don't act on it, 270 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 4: don't fly off the handle. You may feel offended, just 271 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 4: don't give in. I'm not getting on board with those feelings. 272 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 4: Or you may feel tempted to compromise so strong you 273 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 4: don't see how you could control it. But God wouldn't 274 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 4: ask us to feel something and not give in if 275 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 4: we couldn't do it. Yes, the feelings are real, but 276 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 4: you have to ask yourself. Is what I'm feeling going 277 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 4: to move me toward my destiny? Is it going to 278 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 4: help me improve? Or is it just my natural fleshly 279 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 4: desires that are going to keep me from rising higher? 280 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 4: Who's the boss you or your feelings? Are you going 281 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 4: to let the flesh stay on the throne be the dictator? 282 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 4: My flesh said, get upset, so I got upset. My 283 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 4: flesh said don't clean the house. So I didn't clean 284 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 4: the house this week, this month, this year. My flesh said, 285 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 4: hook up with this other person. So I kind of 286 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 4: messed up in my relationship. Living what we feel is 287 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 4: a very shallow way to live. I'm asking you to 288 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 4: dethrone the flesh. It's time to have a change in authority. 289 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 4: You've seen how in foreign countries when they have a 290 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 4: dictator that's very oppressive, pushing the people down. They can't 291 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 4: vote him out of the office. They don't have a democracy. 292 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 4: They have to take drastic measures. They rise up and 293 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 4: overthrow the dictator. They forcefully throw him out of office. 294 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 4: In the same way, your flesh wants to rule your life, 295 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 4: wants to stay in control, tell you how to feel, 296 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 4: leads you down the wrong path. Let me warn you, 297 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 4: it's not gonna go down easily. When you don't give 298 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 4: it what it wants. It's gonna throw a fit, get upset. 299 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 4: You have to dig your heels in, be determined, and 300 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 4: say enough is enough. Flesh, You're not the boss of 301 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 4: me anymore. Feelings. You are not going to rule my life. 302 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 4: I am taking you off the throne. From now on, 303 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 4: I'm going to start being ruled by the spirit. See 304 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 4: the apostle, Paul said, I die daily. He was saying, 305 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,360 Speaker 4: every day I have to say no to my flesh. 306 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 4: Every day. I have to take my feelings off the throne. 307 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 4: This is not something that we do one time and 308 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 4: then we're done. It's an ongoing process. Paul wrote over 309 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 4: half of the New Testament. It's one of the great 310 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 4: heroes of faith. Yet he still had to deal with 311 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,360 Speaker 4: his flesh. You never get to the point where you're 312 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 4: so mature, you're so spiritual, you don't have any of 313 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 4: these fleshly carnal desires. Like Paul. Every day we have 314 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 4: to learn to say no to certain feelings. One time, 315 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 4: my father had a disagreement with my mother, and it 316 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 4: was really no big deal, but my father was put 317 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,120 Speaker 4: out over it. He knew the right thing to do 318 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 4: was just to let it go and move forward, but 319 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 4: he felt like being offended. He felt like feeling sorry 320 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 4: for himself. Instead of ruling his feelings, he let his 321 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 4: feelings will him. He put them back up on the throne, 322 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 4: and he decided to give my mother the silent treatment. 323 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 4: She would walk by him in the house and he 324 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 4: would ignore her, act like he didn't see her. She 325 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 4: would ask them something. He would answer back in the shortest, 326 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 4: most unfriendly way he possibly could. He liked how it 327 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 4: made him feel. When you give into the flesh, there 328 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 4: is pleasure. Feels good to have a pity party, feels 329 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 4: good to eat the twelfth bowl of ice cream, feels 330 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 4: good to skip school, go down to the beach. The 331 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 4: flesh loves to have its way, loves to stay on 332 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 4: the throne. A couple of hours later, my mom got 333 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 4: tired of having the cold shoulder treatment and decided to 334 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:47,439 Speaker 4: do something about it. She went and hid behind the 335 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 4: door and stayed there as quietly as she could. My 336 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 4: father looked and looked and looked everywhere throughout the house. 337 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 4: It's hard to ignore somebody when you can't find him. 338 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 4: The longer he looked, the more worried he became. He thought, 339 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 4: dear Lord, maybe the rapture took place and I got 340 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 4: left behind. A few minutes later he passed that door 341 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 4: where my mother was hiding. She jumped out on his back, 342 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 4: put both legs around him, said, John, I'm not getting 343 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 4: off until you cheer up. They laughed so much my 344 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 4: father forgot what he was mad about. No matter how 345 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 4: mature you are, every day to have to take those 346 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 4: feelings off the throne, Paul said in First Corinthians, everything 347 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 4: is permissible for me, but everything is not profitable. I 348 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 4: will not become a slave to anything. See, there are 349 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 4: a lot of things we can do and get away with. 350 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 4: We can go through life. Bad attitude, hot temper, compromising impatience. 351 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 4: That's permissible, but it's not very profitable. If you live 352 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,400 Speaker 4: at that shallow level, letting your feelings you you can 353 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 4: only go so high. Yes you'll survive, but it will 354 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 4: be much less than you were created for. I'm talking 355 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 4: today about reaching the fullness of your destiny. Paul said, 356 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 4: I won't become a slave to anything. When we let 357 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 4: our feelings rule us. We become a slave to anger, 358 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 4: a slave to luss, a slave to self pity. Because 359 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 4: we're letting our flesh stay on the throne. It's like 360 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 4: we're serving those things held by their power. But I 361 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 4: believe this is a new day. The flesh is being dethroned. 362 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 4: No more living as slaves. We're rising up and saying, flesh, 363 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 4: you're not gonna control us. We're gonna take the throne. 364 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 4: We're gonna make decisions that honor God and move us 365 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 4: toward our destiny. The scripture says we are unspiritual when 366 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 4: we are under the control of ordinary impulses. It doesn't 367 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 4: say that these ordinary impulses will go away. The feelings 368 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 4: will always be there. The problem is when we give in, 369 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 4: we come under their control. When you say Joel, I've 370 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 4: always had a problem with my temper. I've always been impatient. 371 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 4: I'll never change. Well, here's how you do it. You 372 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 4: have to quit feeding those feelings. Anything you feed is 373 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 4: going to grow when that emotion of anger comes. If 374 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 4: you keep giving in, getting upset, flying off the handle, 375 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 4: all you're doing is making it stronger. You're giving it 376 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 4: more power. If you keep feeding that self pity, going 377 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 4: around feeling sorry for yourself. It's just like a person 378 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 4: that's addicted to a drug. The more he takes it, 379 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 4: the more he has to have it. He craves it, 380 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 4: the desire becomes stronger. Whatever area you're letting your feelings rule, 381 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,400 Speaker 4: it's going to grow. If you get stressed out every 382 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 4: time you get stuck in traffic, you're feeding the impatience. 383 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 4: Just imagine you're serving it a meal. You get real up. 384 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 4: Here's a steak dinner. Here's some vitamins. If you want 385 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 4: to get out from under the control of the ordinary impulses, 386 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 4: you can't pray them away. They're a part of life. 387 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,640 Speaker 4: The way you break free is you quit feeding them. 388 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 4: Next time you're tempted to get upset, you feel that 389 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:24,479 Speaker 4: ordinary impulse, don't respond put on some good praise music. 390 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 4: Think about all you have to be grateful for what's happening. 391 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 4: You're feeding your spirit person instead of feeding your flesh. 392 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 4: As your spirit grows stronger, your flesh is getting weaker. 393 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 4: You have to starve the self pity, starve the anger, 394 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 4: starve the bad attitude. If you keep sowing to the flesh, 395 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 4: you'll reap defeat. But if you'll start sewing to the spirit, 396 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 4: you'll reap victory. And even though those fleshly normal impulses 397 00:23:56,080 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 4: still come, they won't control you anymore. This is how 398 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 4: you know that you're mature. Not that you don't have 399 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 4: any temptations, not that you prayed away everything that bothers you. 400 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 4: A sign of maturity is you still feel the negative emotions, 401 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 4: but you don't act on them. You don't put them 402 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,439 Speaker 4: back up on the throne. You're the boss of your life, 403 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 4: not your feelings. Proverb says, a person that doesn't rule 404 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 4: his own spirit is like a city with broken down walls. 405 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 4: When we keep giving into these ordinary impulses, our walls 406 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 4: are down. We have no protection. We're defenseless. The enemy 407 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,679 Speaker 4: can come in and have a heyday with our life. 408 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 4: Here's the solution. God has given each one of us 409 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 4: self control. Self control is like a muscle. If you 410 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 4: never use it, if you never discipline yourself, your self 411 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 4: controlled muscle is going to be very weak. You have 412 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 4: to start exercising it, start saying no to your flesh. 413 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 4: You have a destiny to fulfilled. God has amazing things 414 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 4: in your future. But the scripture says, as long as 415 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 4: the error is a child, he will never receive the inheritance. 416 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,400 Speaker 4: If you're throwing a fit at two years old, that's okay. 417 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,479 Speaker 4: But if you're twenty years old, forty years old, sixty 418 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 4: years old, still giving in to the ordinary impulses, God 419 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 4: is saying it's time to grow up. If you'll take 420 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 4: your flesh off the throne, God will start releasing some 421 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 4: of these amazing things that he has in your future. See, 422 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 4: spiritual maturity has nothing to do with how long you've 423 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 4: been in church, how long you've known the Lord. It 424 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 4: has everything to do with what kind of fruit are 425 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 4: you displaying in your life? Are you not living by 426 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:55,120 Speaker 4: your feelings? Are you saying no to these emotional impulses. 427 00:25:56,040 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 4: I read something interesting about mountain climbers when they're out climbing. 428 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 4: One of the main things they have to watch out 429 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 4: for are poisonous snakes. The snakes can be hidden behind 430 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 4: a rock, they move it and get bitten, Or the 431 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 4: snakes can be on the ground disguised they look just 432 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 4: like the terrain they accidentally step on them. A snake 433 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 4: bite way up in a mountain can easily be fataled, 434 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 4: can take hours even days to be rescued. So constantly 435 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 4: watching out for poisonous snakes it's always on the forefront 436 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 4: of their mind. But there's something called the snake line. 437 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:36,159 Speaker 4: When the climbers get to a certain altitude, when they 438 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 4: get up high enough because the air is so thin, 439 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 4: they know that snakes cannot live at that level. They 440 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 4: don't have to worry about getting bitten by these poisonous 441 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 4: snakes at that height. In the same way, if you'll 442 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 4: keep ruling over your emotions, not letting the flesh have control, 443 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 4: as you continue growing, maturing, coming up higher, you will 444 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 4: get to the place where the snakes where the enemy 445 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 4: cannot bother you anymore. It doesn't mean that you want 446 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 4: still feel the emotional ordinary impulses. They'll still be there, 447 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:19,160 Speaker 4: but they won't affect you. Your flesh has been dethroned. 448 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 4: Those feelings may try to get back up there from 449 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,439 Speaker 4: time to time, but you've developed so much self discipline. 450 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 4: You've sewed to the spirit so long, it's like you've 451 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 4: crossed that snake line. The enemy cannot go where you're 452 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 4: going now. We may not all be there just yet, 453 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 4: but don't worry. You're getting closer. We're coming up higher. 454 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 4: The flesh is getting weaker, the spirit is getting stronger. 455 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,399 Speaker 4: Who's the boss. You're the boss. Now do your part. 456 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 4: Keep saying no to the flesh like Paul, keep dying daily. 457 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 4: If you'll do this as you continue to grow, I 458 00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 4: believe and declare God is going to release the inherridence, 459 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 4: the amazing things he has in store. You're going to 460 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 4: step in to the fullness of your destiny and become 461 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 4: everything He's created you to be. In Jesus' name, if 462 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:15,680 Speaker 4: you receive it, can you say am in today? Or 463 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 4: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 464 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 4: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 465 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 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