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You wouldn't be 37 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 5: alive unless he had something awesome in front of you. 38 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 5: Don't let circumstances, what didn't work out, what you don't 39 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 5: think you have, convince you to live with the wrong story. 40 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 5: Your story is setting the limits. 41 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 4: For your life. Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. 42 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 43 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 5: the ministry. 44 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 45 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 3: blessing share it with a friend. 46 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 47 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 5: your line. 48 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you it's great. 49 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 5: To be with you today, and I hope you'll stay 50 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 5: connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, 51 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 5: our YouTube channel, social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. 52 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 5: It's not like to start with something funny. And I 53 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 5: heard about. 54 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 4: This positive farmer and this negative farmer. 55 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 5: When it would rain, the positive farmer would say, Lord, 56 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 5: thank you. 57 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 4: For water and our crops. 58 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 5: The negative farmer would say, yeah, but if it keeps 59 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 5: this up, it's going to rock the roots. It was 60 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 5: always so negative. One day they went bird hunting together 61 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 5: in a boat. Positive farmer just got a new bird dog. 62 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 5: So proud of him, he shot up bird, fell in 63 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 5: the water. Said to the negative farmer, watch this. The 64 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 5: dog jumped out of the boat, ran on top of 65 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 5: the water, picked up the bird, ran back on top 66 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 5: of the water, put it in the boat. 67 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 4: Said to the negative farmer, what'd you think? Negative farmer said, 68 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 4: I should have known it. That dog can't even swim. 69 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. 70 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 71 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 72 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 73 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 74 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be 75 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 76 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about tell yourself a new story. 77 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 5: We all have a story of how we see ourselves 78 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 5: and how we see our future comes from how we 79 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 5: were raised, what people have said, our successes and failures. 80 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 5: For some people, their story is negative. I've been hurt 81 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 5: too much. I can't love again. My family's had a disadvantage. 82 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 4: I'll never be successful. 83 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 5: Have big dreams, but I don't have the talent, the experience. 84 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 5: You know what's stopping you your story. You're being limited 85 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 5: by what you're telling yourself, what you believe about yourself, 86 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 5: how you see your circumstances. The story that you've written 87 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 5: will override what anyone else says. 88 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 4: It's even more powerful than the facts. 89 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 5: You can be incredibly gifted, you have a great personality, 90 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 5: but if you tell yourself that your average, you. 91 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 4: Don't have much to offer. Your gifts won't come out 92 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 4: like they should. 93 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 5: Is the story you're telling yourself keeping you from rising higher? 94 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 5: Why don't you tell yourself a new story? The scripture 95 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 5: says God is the author and finisher, of your faith. 96 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 4: He's the author. 97 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 5: Psalm one point thirty nine says all of your days 98 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 5: were written before you were born. 99 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 4: God has already written your story. 100 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 5: The key is to get your story in line with 101 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 5: his story. 102 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 4: God says his plans. 103 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 5: For you are for good, to give you a future 104 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 5: and a hope. He calls you a masterpiece, valuable. Victori 105 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 5: is an overcomer. He said what was meant for harm. 106 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 5: He's turning to your advantage. You may have been through 107 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 5: bad breaks, things that are not fair. The enemy would 108 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 5: love to author your story. He would love to rewrite 109 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 5: what God says about you. You need to take that 110 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 5: pen back, cross out all those lies, and tell yourself 111 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 5: a new story. God says he has beauty for those ashes, 112 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 5: that he will pay you back for the wrongs. You 113 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 5: wouldn't be alive unless he had something awesome in front 114 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 5: of you. 115 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 4: Don't let circumstances, what. 116 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,239 Speaker 5: Didn't work out, what you don't think you have, convince 117 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 5: you to live with the wrong story. Your story is 118 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 5: setting the limits for your life. Now, quit telling yourself 119 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 5: that you'll never be successful, never get out of debt, 120 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 5: never meet the right person. Tell yourself a new story. 121 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 5: I'm made in the image of God. I'm crowned with favor. 122 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 5: I'm a masterpiece. 123 00:05:58,080 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 4: There is greatness in me. 124 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 5: Whatever I touch prospers and succeeds. Blessings are chasing me down. 125 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 5: My latter days will be better than my former days. 126 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 5: That's the story God has written about you. Is your 127 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 5: story contradicting his story? Have you let people, circumstances, doubt, 128 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 5: negativity rewrite your story. 129 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 4: Don't let someone else become the author. 130 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 5: Take that pen back and tell yourself a new story. 131 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 5: When my father went to be with the Lord, I 132 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 5: knew I was supposed to step up and pastor the church. 133 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 5: The problem was the wrong story was playing in my mind. 134 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 5: I'd told myself for years, I can't get up in 135 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 5: front of people. I was too quiet, didn't have the training, 136 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 5: the personality. I wouldn't know what to say. All these thoughts, 137 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 5: said Joe, look at your father. He was strong, bold. 138 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 4: Outgoing, he had a lot of experience. No one's going 139 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 4: to listen to you. 140 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 5: I had to do what I'm asking you to do, 141 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 5: and telling myself a new story. I went back to 142 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 5: the one who had written my story, the one who 143 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 5: breathed life into me, the one who knew me before 144 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 5: I was formed in my mother's wound. 145 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 4: I said, God, I'm going to let you be the 146 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 4: author of my story. 147 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 5: I'm going to believe that I'm strong in the Lord 148 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 5: and the power of your mind. I believe I can 149 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 5: do all things through Christ, that I'm. 150 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 4: Equipped, empowered and anointed. Lord. 151 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 5: Think you that my gifts will come out to the 152 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 5: full that you've raised me up for such a time 153 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 5: as this. When you get your story in line with 154 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 5: what God says, things will happen that you couldn't make happen. 155 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 4: I wouldn't be up here today. 156 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 5: If I had not told myself a new story, if 157 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 5: I'd let that fear, intimidation insecurity keep playing. Don't let 158 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 5: the wrong story keep you from your greatness. Well, Joel, 159 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 5: I can't lead my department. 160 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 4: I can't get up in front of people. 161 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 5: I'm not that talented who told told you that? Where 162 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 5: did that story come from? Could it be that a 163 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 5: wrong story is keeping you from rising higher? 164 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 4: I can't make a's in school. I'm not that smart. 165 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 4: All I can make or sees. 166 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 5: You have to realize the enemy has taken that pen and. 167 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 4: Rewrote your story. I can't break this addiction. 168 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 5: I'll never get out of this neighborhood, never accomplished my dreams. 169 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 5: It's too late. As long as you believe that story, it's. 170 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 4: Going to become a reality. 171 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 5: God didn't create you to just get by survive life. 172 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 5: He created you to excel, to leave your mark. He said, 173 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 5: you are to reign in life. Victory starts in our mind. 174 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 5: The scripture says, be careful how you think, because your 175 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 5: thoughts run your life. Your story is setting the limits 176 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 5: for your life. God came to Moses after he had 177 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 5: been living in the desert for forty years, said Moses, 178 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 5: go tell Pharaoh to let my people go. 179 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 4: Moses said God, I. 180 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 5: Can't stand before Pharaoh. I stutter, have a problem with 181 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 5: my speech. 182 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 4: You know I don't speak well. 183 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 5: God said Moses. Who made your tongue? Who made your mouth? 184 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 5: Do you think God would ask you to do something 185 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 5: and then not give. 186 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 4: You the ability to do it. 187 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 5: Do you think he would choose you to be here 188 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 5: at this time in history and not give you everything 189 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,959 Speaker 5: you need to live a victorious life, to overcome obstacles, 190 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 5: to leave your family better than they were before. What 191 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 5: was Moses's problem? He had the wrong story. He was 192 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 5: telling himself I'm unqualified. I'm at a disadvantage. I have 193 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 5: these limitations. The story you believe is the story that's 194 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,959 Speaker 5: going to come to pass. When you tell God what 195 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 5: you can't do. God, I can't get well, you saw 196 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 5: the report. I can't start my business. I'm not that talented. 197 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 5: I can't do something significant. I come from the wrong family. 198 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 5: God says to you what he said to Moses. Who 199 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 5: made you, who wrote your story, who gave you your gifts, 200 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 5: who picked out your family, who lined up your good breaks, 201 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 5: who planned. 202 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 4: Out your days. 203 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 5: The creator of the universe, the god who spoke worlds 204 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 5: into existence. 205 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 4: He's your author. 206 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 5: He's written your story. You're not doing life on your own. 207 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 5: Go back to what he says about you. 208 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 4: It's interesting. As little children, we start off with big dreams. 209 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 5: We're going to be an astronaut, an architect, a scientist, 210 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 5: a singer. Little boy told me last week that he 211 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 5: was going to design airplanes. He knew everything about avionics. 212 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 5: As a child, we have no limits. We believe we 213 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,439 Speaker 5: can do great things. But over time our dreams start 214 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 5: to get watered down. People tell us what we can't do, 215 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 5: go through disappointments, things that are not fair, life starts 216 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 5: to rewrite our story. We let the negative taint how 217 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 5: we see ourselves, what we're capable of. We end up 218 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 5: settling for so much less than God has for us. 219 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 4: Pay attention to the story you're telling yourself. Go back 220 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 4: to what God put in your heart. 221 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 5: He wants you to dream again, to believe again, to 222 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 5: love again. Don't let a wrong story limit your destiny. 223 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,359 Speaker 5: Don't believe that lie that says just live with the sickness, 224 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 5: the depression. 225 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 4: I'll never get well, never go to. 226 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 5: College, never meet the right person. Let me just make 227 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 5: it through life. Tell yourself a new story. You can 228 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:46,319 Speaker 5: still accomplish your dream. You can still get well, still 229 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 5: meet someone awesome, still go to new levels. Delete that 230 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 5: old story. Get rid of that limited thinking. That's what's 231 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 5: stopping the. 232 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 4: New things God has in store. 233 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 5: This is the mistake the Israelites. God brought them out 234 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,959 Speaker 5: of slavery, parted the Red Sea, and took them toward 235 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:05,959 Speaker 5: the Promised Land. 236 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 4: Was a great day. Their dreams were come into pass. 237 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 4: They were finally free. 238 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 5: But the problem is they always saw themselves as former 239 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 5: slaves at a disadvantage. We've been through too much. Every 240 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 5: time they faced opposition, they complained they were afraid. At 241 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 5: the Promised Land. God told them he would give them 242 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 5: the victory. But they said, Moses, the people are too big. 243 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 4: We don't have a chance. 244 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 5: Let's go back to Egypt. Let's go back to being slaves. 245 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 5: Notice how powerful. 246 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 4: A wrong story is. 247 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 5: After being in slavery, mistreated, abused, they said, we want 248 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 5: to go back to that same environment. They came out 249 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 5: of Egypt, but Egypt never came out of them. If 250 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 5: you don't change the story you'll tell in yourself, you'll 251 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 5: go back. 252 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,959 Speaker 4: To things that don't make sense. God delivered them from 253 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 4: the Pharaoh. 254 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 5: He brought water out of a rock. They saw firsthand. 255 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 5: His awesome power seemed so logical, so. 256 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 4: Easy for them to say, this is a new day. 257 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 4: God has done great things. We're free. 258 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 5: Let's go into the Promised Land. Instead, they kept that 259 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 5: slave mentality. The story they told themselves was. 260 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 4: We'll always be defeated. This is our lot in life. 261 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 5: I love the fact that the children of these Israelites 262 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 5: had a different story. Their attitude was we've seen the suffering, 263 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 5: being mistreated, wandering through the desert. That may be what 264 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 5: our parents accepted, but that is not our story. We're 265 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 5: going to go into the Promised Land. We're going to 266 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 5: eat the fruit. We're going to live in houses we 267 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 5: didn't build and enjoy the blessings God has in store 268 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 5: for us. Their parents saw themselves as former slaves. These 269 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 5: children saw themselves as sons and daughters of the Most 270 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 5: High God, not at a disadvantage, but surrounded by favor. 271 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 5: Forty years earlier, their parents turned around from the Promised 272 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 5: Land wandered in the desert. Now these children went into 273 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 5: that same land, defeated the opposition, and lived there in 274 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 5: a place of abundance. The difference was the story they 275 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 5: told themselves. Their parents could have gone in, they could 276 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 5: have enjoyed years of God's favor, but they let their doubts, 277 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 5: their fears, their opposition rewrite their story. 278 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 4: Don't do like these parents. Don't let a wrong story. 279 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 4: What you've been. 280 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 5: Through, what looks too big, what hasn't happened, convince you 281 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 5: that you can't defeat your giants, You can't accomplish your dream, 282 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 5: You can't be healthy, successful, fulfilled. 283 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 4: The enemy got your pen. 284 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 5: He's altering the story God wrote for you. Get that 285 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 5: pin back, Cross out all those lives. This is what 286 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 5: my father did the story he was told growing up. 287 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 4: The story he. 288 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 5: Saw model was we're poor, We'll never do anything significant. 289 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 4: The odds are against us. His parents were farmers. 290 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 5: They lost everything in the Great Depression. They were doing 291 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 5: their best to survive. I understand tough times come. Life 292 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 5: can throw us curves. You may be in poverty, but 293 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 5: don't ever let poverty get in you. Don't develop a 294 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 5: poor mindset where all you believe for is just enough 295 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 5: to get by. Don't accept that as your destiny. God 296 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 5: has an abundant life for you. He knows how to 297 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 5: make streams in the desert, how to bring you out 298 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 5: of struggle and lack give you a bountiful life. Maybe 299 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 5: you need to change the story that you're telling yourselves. 300 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 4: Seventeen years old, my father gave. 301 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 5: His life to Christ, the first one in his family money. 302 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 5: He had to drop out of high school to work 303 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 5: on the farm, no future to speak of, but something 304 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 5: came alive on the inside. He made a decision at 305 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 5: seventeen that his children would never be raised in the 306 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 5: poverty and lack that he was raised in. What happened 307 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 5: He started telling himself a new story instead of you're 308 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 5: stuck in this environment, you'll never get ahead, never make 309 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 5: anything out of your life. His attitude was, I'm destined 310 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 5: to do great things. The favor of God is on 311 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 5: my life, opening doors no person can shut, taking me 312 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 5: where I can't go on my own. He felt God 313 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 5: calling him to become a minister. He told his parents 314 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 5: he was going to leave the farm and go out 315 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 5: and start speaking. They said, John, all you know how 316 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 5: to do is work on the farm. You better stay 317 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 5: here with us. You're going to get out there and fail. 318 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 5: They knit well, But you can't let other people. 319 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 4: Put their story on you. 320 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 5: Don't let their defeat, their negativity, their limited vision keep 321 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 5: you from believing. 322 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 4: That you can rise higher. People are not the author 323 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 4: of your story. God is. 324 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 5: He called you, He anointed you, He put the dreams 325 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 5: in you. Other people may not understand. They may try 326 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 5: to talk you into watering down your dream. Keep the right. 327 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 4: Story playing in your mind. 328 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 5: My father left that day, and that started a journey 329 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 5: that was more fulfilling and more rewarding than. 330 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 4: He ever imagined. 331 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:35,479 Speaker 5: He ministered for over fifty years and saw God's favor 332 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 5: in amazing ways. Maybe, like my father, the environment you 333 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 5: were raised in has tainted your story the people you. 334 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 4: Grew up around who you're with now. 335 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 5: Don't believe ormont accept mediocrity. You have to be the 336 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 5: one to break out of the rut. Don't let that 337 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 5: negative story limit your life. 338 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 4: That was fine for them, but this is a new day. 339 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 4: Want you to go further. 340 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 5: He has things in your future that are much greater 341 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 5: than you can imagine. 342 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 4: Now get in agreement with him. 343 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 5: Quit telling yourself that you're limited. You've gone as far 344 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 5: as you can. You'll always struggle. No, tell yourself a 345 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 5: new story. Have an abundant mentality. Lord, thank you that 346 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,479 Speaker 5: my cup runs over, that I live under the open 347 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 5: windows of heaven. That you take pleasure in prospering me. 348 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 5: That I will leave an inheritance to my children's children. 349 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 4: I read about this bear. 350 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 5: He had been raised in a twelve foot by twelve 351 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 5: foot cage all of his life since he was a 352 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 5: little common. During the day, he would pace back and forth, 353 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 5: back and forth hours at a time. One day he 354 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 5: was discovered by the authorities. They made arrangements for him 355 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,719 Speaker 5: to be taken to a zoom was a large area 356 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 5: with big pools of water, rocks to climb on, green 357 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 5: grass everywhere you look it's like a dream setting. They 358 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 5: transform to the bear opened the cage so excited, but 359 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 5: the bear wouldn't get out of the cage. They had 360 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 5: to push him into the green grass. They thought eventually 361 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 5: him take. 362 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 4: Off running, exploring the new surroundings. But all the bear ever. 363 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 5: Did was walk in a twelve foot square, never went 364 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 5: to the pools, never climbed the rocks, never. 365 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 4: Played with the other bears. 366 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 5: He got out of the cage, but the cage never 367 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:30,360 Speaker 5: got out of him. His story was I'm stuck, I'm limited, 368 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 5: I can't go any further, when the truth is he 369 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 5: had a whole field to play in. The story you 370 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 5: tell yourself is very powerful. How we were raised, what 371 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 5: we saw, modeled the environment we're in. 372 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 4: Can create these boundaries. 373 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 5: In our mind where we adapt to what's around us, 374 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 5: even though God has all kinds of amazing things in store. 375 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 5: If you tell yourself that you've reached your limits, you 376 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 5: can't get well, can't accomplish a dream like that bear. 377 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:05,639 Speaker 5: You'll miss the fullness of your destiny. The story you 378 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 5: tell yourself is the story that's going to come to pass. 379 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 4: My encouragement is the cage is open. 380 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 5: God has a big life, for you, favor opportunities, great relationships, 381 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 5: get in agreement with him, tell yourself a new story. 382 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 5: You don't have to figure out how it's going to happen. 383 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 4: All you have to do is believe. March chapter five. 384 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 5: There was this lady that had been sick for twelve years. 385 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 5: She'd gone to the best doctors, spent all of her money, 386 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 5: but nothing at helped. The story she was telling herself 387 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 5: was this sickness is permanent. 388 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 4: It's nothing else I can do. It's just bad luck. 389 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 4: She continued to go downhill. 390 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 5: One day, she heard that Jesus was passing through her town. 391 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:57,120 Speaker 5: Despite how she felt, despite the circumstances, she told herself 392 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 5: a new story. She said, when I touch the air 393 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 5: edge of this robe, I'm going to be healed, the 394 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 5: scripture says. 395 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 4: She kept saying to herself, I'm going to get well. 396 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 4: Healing is coming. Things are about to change. 397 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 5: She deleted her old story and started telling herself a 398 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 5: new story. Faith began to rise in her heart, and 399 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,360 Speaker 5: she kept saying, healing is coming. She began to make 400 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 5: her way through the crowd. When she touched his robe, 401 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,679 Speaker 5: instantly she was healed. Like this lady, you may have 402 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 5: a good reason. 403 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 4: To have a negative story. 404 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 5: You're facing a challenge and your health, your finances, or relationships. 405 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 4: It's easy to let defeated. 406 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 5: Thoughts can't do it. Thoughts, it's never going to work out. 407 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,959 Speaker 5: Thoughts play in your mind. That's when you have to 408 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 5: do like her, dig down deep and say no, I'm 409 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 5: deleting this story. 410 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 4: I will be the exception. I will get well. 411 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 5: I will see my family restored. I will break this addiction. 412 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 5: I will lend and not borrow. I will accomplish my dream. 413 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 5: Give God something to work with. You can't have an 414 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 5: old story and see the new things he wants to do. 415 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 5: Many times, our story is limiting us. What we're telling ourselves. 416 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 5: We're looking at it in the natural, But God is supernatural. 417 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 4: This is what faith is all about. 418 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 5: That's why God said to Moses, who made your tongue? 419 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 5: He was saying, Moses, you're looking at it only with 420 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 5: your ability. 421 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 4: Don't you realize I have all power. I created the universe. 422 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 5: Nothing can stop my plan from coming to pass. God 423 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:40,120 Speaker 5: has already written your story. Yes, there will be ups 424 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 5: and downs, challenges and victories, but there's nothing you'll come 425 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,719 Speaker 5: up against that he doesn't already have a solution. He 426 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 5: won't let you get in a problem that he can't 427 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 5: bring you out of. The key is to not let 428 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 5: that wrong story take root in difficult times when nothing 429 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 5: is changing. It's taken longer than your thought. It's tempting 430 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:07,159 Speaker 5: to get discouraged, bitter water down your dreams. You have 431 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 5: to keep telling yourself, this is not permanent. It didn't 432 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,679 Speaker 5: come to stay, it came to pass. 433 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 4: I'm an overcomer. 434 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 5: God always causes me to triumph. This is not going 435 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 5: to stop me. Victory is headed my way. 436 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 4: There was an. 437 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 5: Experiment done with the high school in California. The principal 438 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 5: told three teachers, since they were the most effective teachers 439 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 5: in the district, they had the highest ratings, they were 440 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 5: chosen for a new program out of thousands of students. 441 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 5: They were going to take the top ninety students, the smartest, 442 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,919 Speaker 5: most talented, with the highest IQ and put them in 443 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 5: a class. 444 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 4: With these teachers. 445 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 5: They could teach them at a faster pace. The teachers 446 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 5: and students were so excited knowing that they were the 447 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 5: brightest in the school. At the end of the school year, 448 00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 5: these three classes had learned thirty percent more. 449 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 4: Than the other students. 450 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 5: They were thirty percent further along in math, reading, and science. 451 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 4: It was a huge success. 452 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 5: The principle then informed the teachers that they didn't have 453 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 5: the top ninety students in the district. They had simply 454 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 5: randomly chosen these students. The teachers felt really good about themselves, 455 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 5: thinking they were so smart they had done such an 456 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 5: awesome job. Then the principle informed the teachers that they 457 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 5: weren't the most effective teachers. They were randomly chosen out 458 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 5: of a half. The point is when you tell yourself 459 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 5: a different story, when you tell yourself that you're made 460 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 5: in the image of God, smart, talented, favored wise, you're 461 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 5: going to see new levels of your destiny. You may 462 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 5: not realize it. But the only people we allow in 463 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 5: Lakewood we have a very strict policy. The only ones 464 00:24:54,760 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 5: we allow online serious sexem are the smartest, healthiest, most creative, 465 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 5: most attractive, most generous, most valuable, most blessed people. We 466 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 5: have great confidence in you. We see you the way 467 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 5: God sees you. The only thing that's holding some people 468 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 5: back is the story that they're telling themselves. 469 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 4: Well, I'm not that talented, I'm. 470 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 5: Not as smart as my cousin, I can't run a 471 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 5: business like my friend. I can't write books like you do, Joel, 472 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 5: who knows what you can do? If you'll start seeing 473 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 5: yourself differently, I'll tell you something funny about me. Every 474 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 5: since I started ministering over twenty years ago, every time 475 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 5: I get up to speak wherever I go, I think 476 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 5: to myself, everyone here loves me, Everyone here thinks I'm great. 477 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 5: I know I'm naive. I know everyone doesn't. But that's 478 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 5: the story I tell myself. Do me a favor. Leave 479 00:25:55,840 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 5: me in my ignorance. That's a lot better then get 480 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 5: it up insecure, intimidated. 481 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 4: I don't think they're gonna like me. They're not gonna 482 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,360 Speaker 4: listen to me. I hope I'm not boring them. 483 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 5: The story I tell myself is, Joel, you're anointed, you're favored, 484 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 5: you're blessed. I don't say that arrogantly, but in humility. 485 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 5: The story you need to tell yourself is God breathed 486 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 5: his life into me. 487 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 4: I'm a masterpiece. 488 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 5: I have something great to offer this world. I am 489 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 5: fearfully and wonderfully made. 490 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 4: Most of you are wonderfully made. 491 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 5: My brother, Paul, he was fearfully made. You can't reach 492 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:42,880 Speaker 5: your destiny, discounting yourself seeing everyone else is smarter, greater, prettier. 493 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 5: Can I tell you you're awesome, You're talented, you have 494 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 5: a great personality. You're gonna do something amazing. If you 495 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 5: don't believe in yourself. 496 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 4: It's going to limit your life. 497 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 5: Sometimes we have a false sense of humility. Everyone else 498 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 5: is great. It's just little me. 499 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:02,439 Speaker 4: No God hand pitch you. 500 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 5: He chose you to be here, He crowned you with favor, 501 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 5: He put gifts in you. Your fingerprints are like no 502 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 5: one else's. You're a designer's original. No, you're not better 503 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 5: than anyone else, but you're not less than anyone else. 504 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 4: Tell yourself a new story. 505 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 5: I am valuable, I am favored, I am attractive. 506 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 4: I have a great personality. 507 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 5: People like being around me. You have enough people in 508 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 5: life against you. Don't be against yourself. 509 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 4: Are you telling yourself the right story? Joel? I stutter? 510 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 4: I have this weakness? So did Moses who made your tongue? 511 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 5: Do you think a limitation is going to keep you 512 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 5: from your destiny? That God somehow short changed you, that 513 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 5: you're lacking in some area, not a chance? Well, I 514 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 5: have this sickness, this addiction, this problem at work. I'm 515 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 5: not saying deny it, act like it's not there. But 516 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,640 Speaker 5: like the lady with the issue of blood, tell yourself. 517 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 4: A new story. 518 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 5: Healing is coming, freedom is coming, breakthroughs are coming. 519 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 4: Like that bear. Are you living with a limited. 520 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 5: Mentality because of how you were raised or the environment 521 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,880 Speaker 5: you're in now, I'm here to tell you the. 522 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 4: Door is wide open. God has awesome. 523 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 5: Things in your future. Make sure your story lines up 524 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 5: with his story, because the story you tell yourself is 525 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 5: the story that's going to come to pass. If you'll 526 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:35,439 Speaker 5: do this, I believe and declare, like the children of 527 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 5: the Israelites, you're going to go into the Promised Land. 528 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 5: You're going to see favor, overcome obstacles, accomplish dreams, and 529 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 5: reach the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name. And 530 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 5: if you receive it, then just say amen. I'd like 531 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 5: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 532 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 5: of your life. 533 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, come 534 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 4: into my heart. I repent of my sins. I'll make 535 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. 536 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 537 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 5: born again. Love to send you some free information on 538 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 5: your new walk with the Lord. You can text the 539 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 5: number there or go to the website. 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