1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for listening to the podcast and thanks for. 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: Supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to have an. 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 2: Awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: God bless you today and enjoy the message. 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 2: You know, it's interesting that there's so much information out 7 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 2: there bombarding us on how to take care of our 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: physical bodies, how to eat right, what supplements to take. 9 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 2: If you read articles, they're saying you need to get 10 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 2: in this many hours of sleep, do your exercises. Just 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 2: so many ways these days to take care of our 12 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 2: physical bodies, and that is so important. Our physical bodies 13 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 2: are a temple to house our spirit. 14 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: It's the temple of God. 15 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 2: So we need to take care of our bodies the 16 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 2: best we can. You know, you can have though a 17 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 2: very strong physical appearance outside. 18 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: You can look really great. 19 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: On the outside, but you be weak and weary on 20 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 2: the inside. You see, we have an inner man, and 21 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 2: that inner man is the core of who we really are. 22 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: That inner man is how we respond to life. 23 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 2: Not long ago, I hurt my shoulder so bad that 24 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,320 Speaker 2: I literally couldn't lift it. 25 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: It was crazy. I couldn't believe it. 26 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: Was happening, Timmy. But my muscles just weren't firing. Something 27 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 2: I had done. I just must have moved a funny way. 28 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 2: I don't know, but my shoulder was hurting so bad. Now, y'all, 29 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 2: I am not telling you all my woes, Okay, I'm 30 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 2: making a point About the time my shoulder started feeling good. 31 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 2: It took about five days for my shoulder to feel good. 32 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 2: I got up the next morning so excited and my back, 33 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: my lower back was killing me. I could hardly even 34 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 2: bend up. I thought, what is happening to me? I'm 35 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: falling apart. 36 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: This can't be. So I went to the doctor. 37 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: I said, doctor, human, I don't know what's going on 38 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 2: with me, and I began to tell him what was happening. 39 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: He gave me an X ray. 40 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 2: He looked me over, checked me over, and he said, 41 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 2: you know, I'm going to write you a prescription to 42 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 2: the physical therapist. He said, it doesn't look like that 43 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 2: any of your muscles a tore. Your disc seemed to 44 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: be fine. Nothing's bulging, nothing's happening. You need to go 45 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 2: to a physical therapist. So I went to the physical 46 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 2: therapist and I gave him my paperwork and I was like, 47 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: this is what the doctor said, look at it and 48 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 2: maybe you can help me out. So he was reading 49 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 2: the instructions of the doctor gave him, and then he 50 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: began to ask me to do a few movements, just 51 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 2: daily movements, things we do all the time. Reach to 52 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: the side, bend over, stretch up, just some different things, 53 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 2: walk back, walk forth. 54 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: Then he looked right. 55 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 2: At me and he said, Victoria, He said, your core 56 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 2: is weak. He said, you need to build up your 57 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: inner corps muscles. He said, you know when we go 58 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 2: through the day, we feel like that. You know, our 59 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 2: extremities do all the work. So we'll grab something, we 60 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 2: react to something. And he said, but really, if you 61 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 2: have a strong core, it engages your core first, and 62 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 2: then your core helps your body move without injury. And 63 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 2: he said, if you don't engage and start working on 64 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 2: this core, he said, these injuries could become more frequent 65 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 2: and they could get worse with time. Do you know 66 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 2: that's how our inner man works. See, our inner man 67 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 2: is the core who we are. It's our identity. Our 68 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 2: inner man controls our attitudes and it regulates our thoughts. See, 69 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 2: when we have a strong inner man, it engages the 70 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 2: rest of our life and helps our life become easier. 71 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 2: In fact, the injuries that we suffer time is because 72 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 2: we're not engaging our spiritual man. We're saying things we shouldn't. 73 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 2: We're in strife with our spouse, we're pushing our children away, 74 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 2: we're not liking our job. 75 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: So it's not helping us. 76 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 2: Any because see, our extremities are doing it. It's called 77 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 2: the flesh. We need to engage this innercore, this spiritual man, 78 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 2: so that we can quit having these unnecessary injuries. We 79 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 2: do not want them to be frequent in our life. 80 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 2: We want to take this command center, this spirit man, 81 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 2: and we want to walk in a posture of faith. 82 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 2: We want to walk in a posture of self discipline, 83 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 2: of confidence. See, that's exactly what happens when you engage 84 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 2: your core muscles. 85 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: He said. It helps you posture yourself. It helps you 86 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: find the strength to move throughout your day. 87 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 2: My physical therapist said, if you will do these exercises 88 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 2: I'm about to give you and show you, then this 89 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 2: will help you tremendously. He showed me how to do 90 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 2: the plank, all different ways to do the plank. He 91 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 2: showed me a few other exercises, and he said, now 92 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 2: do those exercises and they'll help you. You see, if 93 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 2: I do these exercises, if I make a habit of 94 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 2: doing them, if I find space in my day to 95 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 2: do them and take time to do them, they will 96 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 2: help me. 97 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 1: But if I don't, it's going to stay the same. 98 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: I'm going to stay weak in my core. You see. 99 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 2: Paul prayed for the Ephesians in chapter three sixteen, and 100 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 2: he prayed this. He prayed that they would be strengthened 101 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 2: with God's power through his spirit in their inner man. 102 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: You see. Paul talked a lot about the outer. 103 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 2: Man and the inner man in his writings. The inner 104 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:03,919 Speaker 2: man is strengthened by God. 105 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: Through the spirit. You see. 106 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 2: We have got to make time, We have got to 107 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 2: find room in our busy lives to let the Spirit 108 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 2: of God minister life to us, to be touched by 109 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 2: the Word of God and the very presence of Almighty God, 110 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 2: because that's what strengthens our inner man. 111 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: We cannot neglect this inner man. We don't want to 112 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: look fine on the. 113 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 2: Outside but be weak, undisciplined, weary our soul. 114 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: On the inside. 115 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 2: You see. So I want to encourage us and challenge 116 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 2: us today to find that personal relationship with God. 117 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: On a daily basis. 118 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 2: Make it a habit to renew and strengthen you are 119 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 2: inner man, because that's how it's going to happen. And 120 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:10,679 Speaker 2: if we don't, we're going to stay the same. You see, 121 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 2: we need to read the Word of God. We need 122 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 2: to decide that God's word is the living, breathing word 123 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 2: of God and mixed with his spirit, it feeds our 124 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 2: inner man. 125 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: You see. Tools Dad used to say it like this. 126 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 2: He used to say, some people feed their physical bodies 127 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 2: three hot meals a day, but they feed. 128 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: Their inner man one cold snack a week. Inner man 129 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: is gonna make you strong. 130 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 2: That's where we're gonna get our strength. I love what 131 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 2: it says in John one one. It says, in the beginning, 132 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 2: before it all began, was the Word, and the word 133 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 2: was with God, and the word was God. When you 134 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 2: spend time opening your Bible and get in the Word, 135 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 2: you're spending time with God asking ask him to speak 136 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 2: to you through his word, ask him. 137 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: To develop this relationship with him. 138 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 2: Say God, I want to have a personal relationship with 139 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 2: this invisible God, because he may be invisible, but his 140 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 2: rich blessings are quite visible in our life. They will 141 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 2: manifest in strength and power. So my encouragement to you 142 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 2: today is get some scriptures. Put them on your mirror, 143 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 2: put them on your refrigerator. Meditate on the word of God. 144 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 2: Get it in you when you don't need it, so 145 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 2: it'll come out of you when you do need it. Listen, 146 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 2: build your person relationship with God. I know that he 147 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 2: loves you, and he's a great father. He's not looking 148 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 2: at what you're doing wrong. He's looking at what you're 149 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 2: doing right. He doesn't want to condemn you. That's not 150 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 2: his job. His job is to convince you how is 151 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,839 Speaker 2: special you are to him through his love. I believe 152 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 2: when we strengthen our inner man, we'll find that renewed 153 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 2: vitality and we'll find that power of God in our soul. 154 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 1: Amen.