1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. God bless you. It's 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: great to be with you today, and I hope you'll 7 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: stay connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, 8 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: our YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit 9 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: us in person. We'd love to have you be a 10 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. Tho. I'd like to 11 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: start it with something funny, and I heard about this 12 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: senior citizen. He was driving down the freeway in his 13 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 1: brand new Corvette with the top down, going eighty miles 14 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: an hour when he saw flashing red lights in his 15 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 1: review mirror from a state trooper. Without thinking about it, 16 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: he floored it took it up to one hundred miles 17 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: an hour. He heard the sirens behind him, and finally 18 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: came to his senses. Pulled over. It's an officer. I'm 19 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: so sorry. I don't know what I was doing, the 20 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: trooper said. Listen, it's Friday, four o'clock. My shift is over. 21 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: In thirty minutes. If you'll tell me a reason you 22 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: were speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go. 23 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: The man thought about it, said officer. Years ago, my 24 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: wife ran off with a state trooper and I thought 25 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: you were bringing her back. He said, have a great weekend. 26 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 27 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 28 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 29 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 30 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 31 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 32 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 33 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: about break the chains. We all have things that are 34 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: trying to hold us back. Can be fear, addictions, negative 35 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: things people have said now that's damaging our self image 36 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: and keeping us from believing who we are. Sometimes it's 37 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: mistakes we've made. We keep rehearsing it, living down on 38 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: ourselves and the past is restricting us. Maybe we're dealing 39 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 1: with an illness, child's off course, or can't seem to 40 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: get ahead in our finances. We want to move forward, 41 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: but it's like these forces keep pulling us back. And 42 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: it's easy to get comfortable being constrained. To learn to 43 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: live with things that are limiting us. Just accept this 44 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: is who I am, chain to this addiction, chain to 45 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: my past, chain to how I was raised. But God 46 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: did not create us to live bound. One reason Jesus came, 47 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: died and rose again was so you could be free, 48 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: not partially free, not most of the way free. The 49 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: scripture says you will be unquestionably free. That means there's 50 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 1: no doubt. You're not having to fake it, pretend or 51 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: you're healthy, your whole, your children are excelling, You're living 52 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: a victorious life. And yes there will be seasons of 53 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: struggling in times where you feel restricted. Nothing is improving, 54 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: but you have to keep this down in your spirit. 55 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: Those chains are not permanent. That depression is not how 56 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: your story ends. Living in life, low self esteem, a 57 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:28,119 Speaker 1: temper you can't control. Those powers may be too much 58 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: for you, but they are not too much for our God. 59 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: Sometimes we've done all we can, We prayed, we stayed 60 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: in faith, but nothing's changing. It's tempting to feel discouraged 61 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: or nothing more that I can do. That's when the 62 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: most high is going to step in and do what 63 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: you couldn't do. He's the chain breaker. He came to 64 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: take off of you what the enemy put on you 65 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: to lose, change, to break the bondages. X two says 66 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: God raised Jesus up having loosed the chaine of death, 67 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: for it was not possible that he could be held 68 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: by it. Because you belong to Christ, you need to 69 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: have that attitude. It's not possible that these chains can 70 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: hold me. The same spirit that raised Christ from the 71 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: dead lives on the inside of you. Don't get comfortable 72 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: being constrained. Don't accept limitations as your lot in life. 73 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: The forces that are for you are greater than those 74 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: that are against you. Joel, I think I'll always deal 75 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: with this addictioner my child will always be off course. 76 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: I can't get ahead. We've always been broke at a disadvantage. 77 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: Try a different approach. It's not possible that these chains 78 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: can stay, for I know who my God is. It's 79 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: not possible that this addiction, this trouble at work, this fear, 80 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: keeps me bound. For my God is greater. My God 81 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: is stronger, He's more powerful, and he's fighting my battles. 82 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 1: You have to be free on the inside before you'll 83 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: be free on the outside. Victory starts in our thinking. 84 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: As long as we believe, man, I'm stuck here, I'm lonely, 85 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: I'm at a disadvantage, then we're gonna stay there. Give 86 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 1: God something to work with instead of complaining about what's 87 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: holding your back. Turn it around. Lord. I want to 88 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: thank you that you're the chain breaker, that every force 89 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: that's holding me back is being broken, that I will 90 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,679 Speaker 1: live and not die, that I am free from this addiction. 91 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: That my children are mighty. In the land March chapter five, 92 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: there was a man that was deranged. He'd lost his 93 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: mental health and god so bad. People couldn't control him. 94 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: They had to send him away, and he was living 95 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: among the tombs in this desolate area. They tried chaining 96 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: him up, but he was too strong. He kept getting loose. 97 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: He was so troubled night and day he'd wander around, 98 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: constantly cutting himself. And this wasn't the man just going crazy. 99 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: The scripture says, an unclean spirit had come into the man. 100 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: This was forces of darkness trying to keep him from 101 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: his destiny. Look at how the enemy works. This man 102 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: is bound, tormented, living in a graveyard, seems like he 103 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: was stuck. This power was too much for him. But 104 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: the scripture says, Jesus came to destroy the works of 105 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: the enemy. You are not powerless against forces that come 106 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: against you. The power in you is greater than any 107 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: power that will try to stop you. These forces come 108 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: against us, all trying to bind us, cause us to 109 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: live troubled, worried, addicted. The good news is the enemy 110 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: doesn't have the final says, don't believe those lies that 111 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: you will always be that way. God is watching over you. 112 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: He sees what's happening. He knows the struggles, the unfair things, 113 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: and what you can't overcome. He's not going to leave 114 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 1: you stranded. He's not going to let you stay bound. 115 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: It may be a Friday in your life, but Sunday 116 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: is coming. See for three days, it looked like Jesus 117 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: was defeated. He was crucified by the soldiers. Satan finally 118 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: thought he stopped him, had him bound up, chained. I 119 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: can see the forces of darkness having a big party 120 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: and celebrating their victory. There's music, dancing, shouting, But one 121 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: of the demons looks over and sees this figure coming 122 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: toward them. His eyes are like fire, his hair white 123 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: like wool. His face shines like the sun. They're confused, 124 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: They think, who is this person? Jesus smiles and says, 125 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: I'm back. He didn't just defeat the enemy, but he 126 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: took the keys to death. In hell. He said I 127 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: was dead, but I am alive forevermore. The good news 128 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: is God has the key to every chain the enemy 129 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: tries to put on you. There's not a bondage he 130 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: can't free you from. Not a problem he can't turn around. 131 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: Not a sickness he can't heal, Not an addiction he 132 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: can't bring. Not a fire he can't bring you out of, 133 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: just as the three Hebrew teenagers. Not a red sea 134 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: he can't part, just as Moses. Not a giant he 135 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: can't defeat, just as David. Not a door he can't open, 136 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: just as Paul and Silas. You are not doing life 137 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: by yourself. The Most High God is working behind the scenes, 138 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: fighting for you, loosing chains, bringing victory. It's significant this 139 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: man was living in a cemetery. A cemetery represents dead things, 140 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: to place that we may visit, but we're not supposed 141 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: to live there. Sometimes, like him, we're living in the 142 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: cemetery of our fail reliving all the mistakes we've made, 143 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: the cemetery of our hurts, focused on who did us wrong, 144 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:12,599 Speaker 1: who walked away? The cemetery of bad breaks, doors that closed? 145 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: Why do I come down with this illness? As long 146 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: as your thoughts are in the cemetery, dwelling on dead things, 147 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: you're gonna stay stuck. You have to get out of 148 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: that graveyard mentality, come over to a place of faith, 149 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: of hope, of victory. The enemy would love to keep 150 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: you in the cemetery. Focus on all the negative, dwelling 151 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: on the disappointments. Do yourself a favor. Get out of 152 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: that graveyard. Quit reliving all the discouraging things, thinking about 153 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: how impossible it is. You may visit there every once 154 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: in a while, but you can't stay there. When Mary 155 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: was at the tomb on that Sunday morning looking for Jesus, 156 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: she was so distraught and upset. An angel appeared and said, Mary, 157 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: why do you seek the living among the dead. He 158 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: was saying, you're at the wrong place. If you're looking 159 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: for Jesus, He's not in the grave anymore. He has risen. 160 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: The grave was only temporary. You got to go to 161 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: where he is. Some of us are seeking the living 162 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: among the dead. We want joy these new relationships, but 163 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: we're looking in dead places what used to be, what 164 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: didn't work out, mistakes that we've made. Nothing will change 165 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: until you come out of that cemetery. Shift your thoughts 166 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:42,439 Speaker 1: to things that are positive, hopeful, Start expecting some turnarounds. 167 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: Start believing that your Sunday is coming. Start declaring that 168 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: the chain breaker is on the way. Faith is what 169 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: causes God to work. Verse four says no person could 170 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: bind this man, not even with chains, for when they 171 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: locked him, he was so strong he would snap the change. 172 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: I always saw that as negative, and he was so 173 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: deranged he couldn't be chained. But maybe God was showing 174 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: us a principle that no person can chain you. That 175 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: no matter what they did, they can't keep you bound. 176 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: No matter what they said, they can't stop you destiny. 177 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: No matter how unfair it was, it can't hold you back. 178 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: There is a power in you that will break change, 179 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:36,079 Speaker 1: a force that will supersede what should stop you. Now, 180 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: quit believing the limitations that people try to put on you. 181 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: They had love to chain you up to how they 182 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: see you. You're not talented enough, smart enough, attractive enough. 183 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: You made too many mistakes. You're too far off course, 184 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: you're too sick. Those are chains that will try to 185 00:11:55,920 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: limit your destiny. But no person can chain you. What 186 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 1: they say doesn't determine who you are. They didn't breathe 187 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 1: life into you. They didn't plan your days for good. 188 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: They didn't create you in their own image. God did. 189 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: He called you, He equipped you, he empowered you, He 190 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 1: crowned you with his favor. Break out of those chains 191 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: of how people are trying to define you. The only 192 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: power they have over you is the power that you 193 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: give them. If you believe what they said, then it 194 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 1: can become a reality. Why don't you tune that out 195 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: and believe what God says about you. They tell you 196 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: you're not attractive, break that chain. I am fearfully and 197 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: wonderfully made. I am a masterpiece. You're not talented, you'll 198 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: never be successful. I can do all things through Christ. 199 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: I am the head and not the telle. You've made 200 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: too many mistakes. You don't deserve to be blessed. I 201 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: am forgiven, I am redeemed, I am worthy. That's how 202 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: you great change. Well, yeah, but you've had so many setbacks. 203 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: You've gone through loss. It's all downhill from here. Don't 204 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: stay in that graveyard. Don't let them chain you in 205 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: the cemetery. That's not where you live. Lord, I thank 206 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 1: you that you have beauty. For these ashes, that what 207 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: was meant for harm, You're turning to my advantage. No 208 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: person can change you, no force of darkness can hold 209 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: you back. You were a child of the most i God. 210 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 1: When my father went to be with the Lord and 211 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: I stepped up to pastor the church, there were all 212 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 1: these chains trying to stop me. And sometimes it's our 213 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: own thoughts that are trying to lock us up. Joel, 214 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 1: you don't know how to minister. You're not qualified, you're 215 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 1: not talented enough. You're not as smart as your father. 216 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: Those were chains trying to keep me from my destiny. 217 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 1: I overheard others saying he's not as good as his father. 218 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: I don't think the church is gonna make it. People 219 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: were trying to put chains on me. Paper here in 220 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,839 Speaker 1: town did a big article on my father's passing, and 221 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 1: at one point they said, the worst thing that could 222 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: happen is for one of the sons to take over. 223 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: They listened all these examples of where it hadn't worked. 224 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: And I'll thank you so much for your encouragement. But 225 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: here's the key. No person can keep you bound. They 226 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: may put a chain on you, but you have the 227 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: power to break that chain. Greater is he that is 228 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: in you than he that is trying to stop you. 229 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: You may be dealing with some chains now, people trying 230 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: to limit you. You attempted to live in the cemetery, 231 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: rehearsing all the negative. But I believe today there's a 232 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: chain breaking anoint in coming. You're gonna feel a power 233 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: that you've never felt to break chains of depression, chains 234 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: of insecurity, chains of lack and struggle. You're about to 235 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: see a supernatural release, a release into freedom, into abundance, 236 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: into joy, into great relation. It's the power of the 237 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: most High breathing on your life, thrusting you into your destiny. 238 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: My father was raised very poor. They were farmers, and 239 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: they lost everything during the Great Depression, and as seventeen 240 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: years old, Daddy gave his life to Christ. The first 241 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: one in the family. He felt God calling him to 242 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: become a pastor. As he told his parents he was 243 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: going to leave home and go out and start ministring. 244 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: They meant well, but they said, John, you don't know 245 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: how to minister. All you know how to do is 246 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: work on the farm. You're going to get out there 247 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: and fail. You better stay here with us. They put 248 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: this chain on him, locked him up to who they 249 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: thought he was. People will try to define you into 250 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: the version of how they see you. The problem is 251 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: they can't see the greatness God putting you. They can't 252 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: see the gifts and talents. They can't see the books, 253 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: the businesses, the enflu the abundance. They'll try to lock 254 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: you up into what they see right now, but they're 255 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: not seeing the full you. They're seeing a partial version 256 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: of who God made you to be. Don't let their 257 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: limited view keep you from growing, stretching, believing, dreaming. They 258 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: may try to chain you. Good news is no person 259 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: can keep you bound. You can break the change. The 260 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: power God put in you is a chain breaking power. 261 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: It's greater than any force that's trying to stop you. Now, 262 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: you have to do your part. You can't live with 263 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: the defeated mentality, believing the lies that you've reached your destiny. 264 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: And man, I'll never get well, I'll never own my 265 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: own house. I don't think i'll ever meet the right person, 266 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: do yourself a favor. Come out of that graveyard. Quit 267 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: looking for the living among the dead. God didn't bring 268 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: you this far to leave you. You wouldn't be hearing 269 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: this if you weren't about to break some change. You 270 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: have to rise up. I know circumstances may have put 271 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: you into cemetery. Someone tried to lock you up. The 272 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: right attitude is, I'm not staying here. I am coming 273 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: into freedom. I'm coming into wholeness, into health, into abundance, 274 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 1: into victory. Yes we go through some fridays, but the 275 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: change can't hold you. Sunday is coming. Nineteen ninety six, 276 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: a star basketball player was drafted right out of high 277 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 1: school into the NBA by the Charlotte Hornets. He was 278 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: so excited dream come true, But before he ever played 279 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: a game, the Hornets told him that he was of 280 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: no use to them, that he wasn't what they wanted. 281 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: After all, they traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers. 282 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: This young man was taken aback. He believed he was 283 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: good enough to play, but their opinions were like change, 284 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: you don't have what it takes. Not talented enough, You're 285 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: not gonna make it in the NBA. You can't stop 286 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 1: people from putting chains on you, but you can break 287 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 1: the change. You have the power to unlock what they said, 288 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,479 Speaker 1: to dismiss it, to not dwell on it. That's what 289 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: he did. He didn't pay it any attention. His attitude 290 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 1: was your opinion doesn't determine who I am. I am 291 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 1: not limited by how you define me. I am who 292 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 1: God says I am. Eighteen years later, after winning five 293 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: World Championships, making the All Star Team eighteen times in 294 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 1: a row, four times, the most valuable player two times, 295 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: the scoring champion of the league, Kobe Bryant posted a 296 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: picture on social media. He was holding his jersey. He 297 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: had a pleasant smile. The caption read, eighteen years ago, 298 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,359 Speaker 1: I was told I was of no use. Don't let 299 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: the change people put on you keep you from your greatness. 300 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: Break out of those chains, Get out of that graveyard 301 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: thinking can't do it. Too big, challenge too great. You 302 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: and God are a majority. The chain breaker lives in you, 303 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 1: the power that raised Christ from the dead. Think about 304 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: how all the forces of darkness tried to keep Jesus 305 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: in the great The enemy did his best, but his 306 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: best was not enough. God is fighting for you. His 307 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: power is stronger than what someone said, stronger than a 308 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: chain of addiction, a chain of anger, a chain of lack. 309 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 1: The enemy wouldn't be trying to chain you if he 310 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 1: didn't know you were a threat. He wouldn't try to 311 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 1: hold you back if he didn't know you have greatness 312 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: in you, that you're destined to set new standards, to 313 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: take your family where they've never been. This man was 314 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 1: living in the graveyards, and to try to ease the pain, 315 00:19:55,280 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: he would cut himself, using rocks to scrape, to injure blood, infection, scarring. 316 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: We may not cut ourselves physically, but sometimes we're cutting 317 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: ourselves mentally, cutting ourselves down, devaluing who we are, thinking 318 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: we're not enough, this negative recording playing in our mind. 319 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: You would think, since the enemy has this man isolated 320 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:27,680 Speaker 1: in the graveyard, his mind tormented, he would leave him alone, 321 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: that that would be enough. But the scripture says he 322 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 1: comes to steal, kill, and destroy. Jesus said, don't get 323 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: me mixed up with him. I came that you might 324 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: have life and have it more abundantly, not just make 325 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: it through, not just get your sanity back, but to 326 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: have an abundance of joy, an abundance of peace, a 327 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: great family, seeing dreams come to pass. This man had 328 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: a family back home, no doubt, children that loved to 329 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: see him. This mother was distraught. The man she loved 330 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 1: is not in his right mind. I can see his 331 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:10,120 Speaker 1: parents weeping, heartbroken, seeing their little boy. The sun they 332 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: raised now in this terrible condition. Sometimes we can't change 333 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:19,479 Speaker 1: it on our own. We prayed, we believed, but it 334 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: hasn't worked out. In this scripture, there were times that 335 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 1: the disciples prayed, they did what they were supposed to, 336 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: but the person didn't get well. Jesus had to come. 337 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: The good news is God knows when we've done all 338 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: we can. We tried to break it, but it didn't happen. 339 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 1: We did our best, We stood in faith, but nothing 340 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:45,640 Speaker 1: is improving. We can feel hopeless. What more can we do? 341 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: This is the way that family fell well. Jesus was 342 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 1: in Galilee teaching the people. At the end of a 343 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 1: long day, he said to the disciples, let us cross 344 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 1: to the other side of the lake. They were tired. 345 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: They wanted rest, but Jesus had an agenda that they 346 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:07,199 Speaker 1: knew nothing about. The other side of the lake was 347 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 1: the tombs where this man lived while where they were 348 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: sailing that night. You remember the huge storm they ran. 349 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: Woke Jesus up. Don't you care that we perish? We're 350 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: about to die. Jesus stood up, spoke to the storm. 351 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: Everything calmed down. In a few hours they reached the shore. 352 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: Jesus got out of the boat. The first thing this 353 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 1: man came running, no clothes, bleeding, hair disheveled, then frel 354 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: He fell at Jesus' feet. Jesus said to the unclean spirit, 355 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: come out of this man. In the unseen realm. Chains 356 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: were broken, forces of darkness left him instantly he was healed. 357 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: The scripture says they saw the man sitting fully, closed, 358 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 1: totally saying, in his right mind, look at the goodness 359 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: of God. For years he's been deranged. Then the chain 360 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 1: breaker shows up. Now he's whole. Now he's free. Now 361 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,439 Speaker 1: he's going back to his family. I can see his 362 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: children running out to hug him. Daddy's home, his wife weeping. 363 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: His parents never thought they had see this day. But 364 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: God is fighting for us when we can't fight for ourselves. 365 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: He's going to break chains that you couldn't break on 366 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:32,239 Speaker 1: your own. It's gonna happen sooner than later. Things that 367 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: have bogged you down and taken your joy, cost your heartache. 368 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: Your time is coming. After the men was healed, Jesus 369 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: got back on the boat and went back to Galilee. 370 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: In other words, he had traveled all night across the lake, 371 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: endured a storm just to get to this man that 372 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 1: couldn't get free by himself. God knows when it's too much. 373 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: He's not gonna leave you helpless. You may have done 374 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: what you can, but you can't seem to get free 375 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: from the trouble, the bitterness, the addiction. Can I encourage you? 376 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: God is crossing the lake right now. He hears your 377 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:17,120 Speaker 1: christ he sees the pain, the injustice. He's on his way. 378 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: He's going to break change that you couldn't break. It's 379 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: not that you didn't have enough faith, you didn't work 380 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: hard enough, you made too many mistakes. No, some change 381 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 1: only God can break. Other times he'll give you the 382 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: power to do it. But when you can't, don't lose heart. 383 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:40,160 Speaker 1: The chain breaker is coming. If Jesus will spend all 384 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: night crossing a lake just to get to this one man, 385 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,880 Speaker 1: He'll do what he needs to do to get to you. 386 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: He's not going to leave you lonely, broken, addicted. He's 387 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 1: headed your way. Peace is coming, freedom is coming, joy 388 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: is coming, Health is coming. This is one of the 389 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: principles we celebrate on Resurrection Sunday. We couldn't free ourselves 390 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,679 Speaker 1: from our sin. We were separated from God. There was 391 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 1: no way for us to be redeemed, restored. Jesus didn't 392 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: cross the lake, but he went to a cross. He 393 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: gave his life for you, for me. Nobody took it 394 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 1: from him. He laid it down. The nails didn't hold 395 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: him on the cross. Love held him on the cross. 396 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,919 Speaker 1: He defeated the enemy once and for all, paid the 397 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,399 Speaker 1: price for our sins. He went to the grave, didn't 398 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: stay there, came out alive with all power in his hand. 399 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: Just like he rescued this man who was stuck. God 400 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:47,680 Speaker 1: rescued us. Now we can live free and hold and victorious. 401 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 1: Are there chains holding you back today? Have you gotten 402 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 1: comfortable being constrained? Learning to live with things that are limiting? 403 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 2: You? 404 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:02,679 Speaker 1: Don't settle there, don't live in that cemetery looking for 405 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,479 Speaker 1: the living among the dead. Get your passion back. You 406 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: are more powerful than you think. The spirit of the 407 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: most tied God is from the inside of you. Break 408 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:16,239 Speaker 1: those chains of what people have spoken over you. You are 409 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: not who they say you are. They don't control your destinies. 410 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 1: But Joel, I've tried to do this in the past, 411 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: I wasn't able to. This is a new day. You 412 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:28,880 Speaker 1: are stepping into a chain breaking anointing. You're gonna feel 413 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: a supernatural power to do what you couldn't do before, 414 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: where God releases you from what's holding you back. 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