1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Hey, it's so great to have you with us on 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: the podcast today. We love you, guys, were praying for 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: you and just believe you'll be blessed and encouraged. 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 2: So all the best to you. God bless you. 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: It is always a joy an honor to come into 6 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,279 Speaker 1: your homes each week, and we want to let you 7 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: know that we love you, guys, and we may not 8 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: know you by name, but we are believing for God's 9 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: very very best for you. 10 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 2: And I know when you. 11 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: Draw night to God, God will draw night to you. 12 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: He has good things in store for you. So you 13 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: just know that we're praying for you every single day, 14 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: and if you're in our area, I hope you'll stop 15 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: by and see us. I say it often, but these 16 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 1: are the finest people in all of Houston, right here 17 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: at Lakewood, and we'd love to have you be a 18 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: part of our service. 19 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:44,919 Speaker 2: Thanks for tuning in, though. 20 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: I like to get started with something funny each week. 21 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: And I heard about this man that died and he 22 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: left his wife twenty thousand dollars. After the funeral, she 23 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: told her friend, I'm totally broke. The friend said, what 24 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: do you mean? You said you had twenty thousand dollars. 25 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: What'd you spend it on? She said, well, I spent 26 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: five thousand dollars on the funeral in fifteen thousand on 27 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,479 Speaker 1: the memorial stone. The friend said, wow, that's some kind 28 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: of stone. How big was it? She held up her 29 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: hand and said, three and a half carrots. Hold your 30 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: bibles up and say it like you mean it. This 31 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 32 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 33 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 34 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:31,199 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 35 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 36 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. We've been 37 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: talking about the legacy we're leaving and how our choices 38 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: can affect generations to come, and some of you struggle 39 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: with things right now that have been passed down to you. 40 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: When you look back in your family line, you can 41 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: see mediocrity, addictions, insecurity, low self esteem, and unfortunately now 42 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: you have to overcome those same things. And we've all 43 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: heard that saying, well, he's just got bad blood, and 44 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 1: really there's some truth to that. What's in our bloodline 45 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: is extremely important and we have to realize we all 46 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 1: have a natural bloodline made up of our parents, grandparents, 47 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: great grandparents, but we also have a spiritual bloodline. And 48 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: the good news is our spiritual bloodline can override our 49 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: natural bloodline. And the scripture talks about when we came 50 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: to Christ, all things have become new, the old has 51 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: passed away. In other words, we have entered into a 52 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: new bloodline. And when you really understand all God's done 53 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: for you and you begin to act on it, then 54 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: you can rise up out of any adversity, and you 55 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: can overcome any negative thing from your past. There is 56 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: power in your spiritual bloodline. And David said, there and 57 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: saw one thirty nine Verse thirteen, God, you created my 58 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 1: inmost being. You nip me together in my mother's womb. 59 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: Verse sixteen says all the days ordained for me were 60 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: written in your book before one of them came to be. 61 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: Notice David is saying that God saw us before we 62 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:23,279 Speaker 1: were ever even born, before Adam and Eve, before Abraham, 63 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: before your grandparents. 64 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 2: God knew you. In other words, your parents. 65 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: Didn't just get together and decide to have a child. 66 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: You were preordained to be here before the foundation of 67 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: the world. See, God is the great architect of the universe. 68 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: He's planned everything out. It's not a coincidence that you're 69 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: here today. God looked out and said, I'm going to 70 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: choose this person to live in this generation and that 71 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: person to live in that generation. God prearranged for you 72 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: to be here at this particular. 73 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 2: Time in history. 74 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: And how we should feel this sense of destiny, how 75 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: we should feel. 76 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 2: This sense of value. 77 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: I know too many people today they're going around with 78 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:13,559 Speaker 1: low self esteem, insecure, feeling inferior. They've been through disappointments, 79 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: somebody hurt them, or maybe they made some mistakes, and 80 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: now they're just kind of drifting through life. 81 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 2: No dreams, no goals, no enthusiasm. 82 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: The problem is they don't understand their sense of value. 83 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: I found that the enemy works over time in this area. 84 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: He'll use negative experiences or any kind of rejection to 85 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: try to lower our self worth. He wants us to 86 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: be insecure, insecure about our personalities, insecure about our looks, 87 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: insecure about our abilities, and he'll constantly bring up the past, 88 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: remind us of everything we've ever done wrong. And his 89 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: goal is to just keep chipping away from every possible 90 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: angle to try to steal our sense of value. 91 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 2: We have to understand our value should not. 92 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: Be based on how somebody else has treated us, or 93 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: on how perfect of a life we've lived, or even 94 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 1: on how successful we are. Our value should be based 95 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: solely on the fact that we are children of the 96 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 1: most High God. We have been called, we have been chosen. 97 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: God has hand picked us. No, we're not perfect, we 98 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 1: make mistakes, we all have weaknesses, But the fact is 99 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: that doesn't change our value. In God's eyes. We are 100 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: still the apple of his eye. We are still his 101 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: most prized possession. And sometimes, you know, religion tries to 102 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: beat people down, make you. 103 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 2: Feel bad about yourself. 104 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: You've done this, you failed here, you didn't treat this 105 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: person right, you didn't raise your kids as good as 106 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: you should have. And a lot of people just swallow 107 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: that junk, hook line and sinker. They go around feeling 108 00:05:54,839 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: bad about themselves, low self esteem, unworthy their attitude. Man, 109 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: God could never bless me, Joel, I've made too many mistakes. 110 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 2: I blew it. 111 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 1: No, God knew that you weren't going to be perfect. 112 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: Let me tell you are no surprise to God. Won't 113 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: you lighting up and give yourself a break. Why don't 114 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: you quit beating yourself up over everything you've done wrong. 115 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 2: After all, you can't change the past. 116 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: If you've made mistakes, just say God, I'm sorry, I repent, 117 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: help me to do better next time. Then you've got 118 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: to learn to just let it go and move on, 119 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: because if you hold on to it, you open the 120 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: door to guilt and condemnation, and before long you'll be 121 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: going around with a poor old me mentality. Man, I 122 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 1: don't deserve anything. I'm just a weak worm of the dust. No, 123 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: you're not a weak worm of the dust. You are 124 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: a child of the most tied God. 125 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 2: You have been called, you have been chosen. 126 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 1: You have God's royal blood flowing through your veins. Why 127 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: don't you hold your head up, hide and put your 128 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: shoulders back and start acting like a child of Almighty God. Friends, 129 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: you've got to believe in your health and believe that 130 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: you have something to offer this world that nobody else has. 131 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: You've been made in the image of Almighty God. That 132 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: means you're not like another animal, a dog, a cat, 133 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: a horse. No, the scripture says that God breathed his 134 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: life into you. You are a person of destiny. You 135 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: didn't just happen to show up in the year two 136 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: thousand and six. God was thinking about you before you 137 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: were ever even born, and it says He has meticulously 138 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: made everything about you. Some of you are always finding. 139 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 2: Fault with yourself. 140 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: Well, I wish I didn't look like this, I wish 141 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: I had her personality, and I wish I had his talent. 142 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: Now God made you like you are on purpose. You 143 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: are an original. Quit being negative and critical toward yourself 144 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: and start enjoying yourself. I hope you take this in 145 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: the right sense, but I like being me. I know 146 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: I'm not perfect, I know I have areas I need 147 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: to improve, but over I enjoy being myself. I realize 148 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: I am valuable to God. And you may have some 149 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: things that you wish you could change, but you can't 150 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: stay focused on that. You've got to take what God 151 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: has given you and make the most of you are 152 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: valuable to God. I heard somebody put it like this. 153 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. 154 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: If God carried a wallet, your photo would be in it. 155 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: He sends you flowers every spring, He gives you a 156 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: sunrise every morning. 157 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 2: He could live. 158 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: Anywhere in the universe, but he chose to live in 159 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: your heart. You are God's most prized possession. And understand this. 160 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: We have everything we need to live a life of victory. 161 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: It's in our spiritual bloodline. It says in Ephesians that 162 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: God has equipped us with every spiritual blessing. 163 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 2: Notice it's past tense. 164 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: God has already done it, but it's not going to 165 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: do us any good unless we believe it and start 166 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: acting on and every day. You should make positive declarations 167 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: over your life. You should say things like I am blessed, 168 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: I am forgiven, I am prosperous, I am healthy, I 169 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: am attractive, I am creative, I am wise. I am 170 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: all that God has made me to be. You need 171 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: to declare that over your own life. Get that down 172 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 1: in your spirit. Friends, you are not created to be average. 173 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 1: You are created to barely get by. You were created 174 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: to excel. You are created to be the head and 175 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: not the tail. The Bible talks about how we should 176 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: rule and reign in this life. And I know you 177 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 1: may have a lot to overcome in your natural bloodline, addictions, 178 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: bad attitudes, inferiority. But thank God, because of what Christ 179 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: has done, we've stepped into that new bloodline. Now you 180 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: don't have to be bound by all the bondages of 181 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: that past. Now, you say, Joel, and I hadn't gotten 182 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: any good breaks in life, and my parents struggled with 183 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: these same problems, and people haven't treated me right, and 184 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: I just kind of think this is my lot in life. 185 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 2: No, don't ever believe that lie. 186 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: Your lot in life is to be a victor and 187 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: not a victim. Your lot in life is to be happy, 188 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: to be healthy, to be whole. And you may have 189 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: a lot to overcome in that natural bloodline. But let 190 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: me encourage you. Your spiritual bloodline looks very good. Your 191 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: father spoke the worlds into existence. He could have chosen anybody, 192 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: but he chose you, He equipped you, he approved you. 193 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: Not only that Jesus has defeated the enemy for us, 194 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,599 Speaker 1: He's come that we might live his abundant life. And 195 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: I love that scripture Englations. It says if we belong 196 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: to Christ, we are Abraham's seed and errors according to 197 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: the promise. That means we can all experience the blessings 198 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: of Abraham. And if you study Abraham's life, you'll find 199 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:03,599 Speaker 1: that he was he was healthy, he made good choices, 200 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: he had God's blessings and favor. No matter what you've 201 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,599 Speaker 1: been through in the past, no matter how many mistakes 202 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: you've made, you need to know right now on the 203 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: inside of you you have the seed of Almighty God. 204 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: Your attitude should be I may have a lot to overcome. 205 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: People may have tried to push me down. Maybe I 206 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: didn't get any good breaks, but that does not change 207 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: who I am. I know I am a child of 208 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: the most High God. I am chosen, I am set apart, 209 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: I am approved, I am equipped, I am anointed. I 210 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: am well able to fulfill my destiny. And then you 211 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: should go out each day expecting good things, expecting God's 212 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: blessings in favor. You cannot focus on who hurts you 213 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: and what you don't have and all the mistakes you've made. 214 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: Now get out of that victim mentality and get over 215 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: into a victor mentality. This is a new day. God 216 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: has planned out all your days for good and not evil. Well, 217 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: you say, Joel, I don't really see that happening in 218 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: my life. I've had so much adversity. But if you'll 219 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: keep pressing forward, if you'll keep believing God. 220 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 2: Is so good, he says, he'll take. 221 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: That negative and he'll turn it around and use it 222 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: to your advantage. Remember we are called overcomers. That means 223 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: we're all going to have things to overcome. You can't 224 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: have great victories without first having great battles. You'll never 225 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 1: have a great testimony without going through a few tests. 226 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: And when the going gets tough, the tough have to 227 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 1: get going. Some of you are in difficult times right now, 228 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: but remember this. The enemy always fights you the hardest 229 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: when he knows God has something great in store for you. 230 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,439 Speaker 1: And so if you've had unfair things happen to you, 231 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,839 Speaker 1: people lie about you, people cheat you. Well, it says 232 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: in Isaiah that God will bring you out with twice 233 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,199 Speaker 1: what you had before. And if you're in tough times 234 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,559 Speaker 1: like that, you need to start declaring, I'm coming out 235 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: of this thing with twice the joy, twice the peace, twice, 236 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: the honor, twice the promotion. Every single day when you 237 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: get up, you need to declare, two thousand and six 238 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: is going to be a year of victory in my life. 239 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: I'm expecting God's unprecedented favor. That's what I'm declaring over 240 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 1: every single one of you that the best is yet 241 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:22,439 Speaker 1: to come. You hadn't seen anything yet. Promotion, favor increase, 242 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 1: they're all on its way, and you've got to do 243 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: your part and stay in agreement with me. 244 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 2: Amen, listen. 245 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: I quoted the scripture last week from the Book of 246 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: Timothy where Paul said, the faith I see in you, Timothy. 247 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: It first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, 248 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: and now I can see it in you. Now. I 249 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 1: was thinking about how there's no mention of the fathers. 250 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: There no doubt these ladies were single parents, but because 251 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: of their faith, because of their life of. 252 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 2: Excellence, they made a difference. 253 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: Now I know there are a lot of single parents 254 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 1: these days, and some of you go through struggles that 255 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: we know nothing about, working hard, coming home, cooking dinner, 256 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: raising your children, fighting loneliness. You may not think it's 257 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: ever gonna change, and you could never fulfill your dreams 258 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: and desires. But God sees your sacrifice, He sees you 259 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: going the extra mile, and sometimes you don't feel like 260 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: you can keep going on. 261 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 2: But let me just encourage you. 262 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: You have on the inside of you the power of 263 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: the most High God. You have been called, you have 264 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: been chosen, you have been set apart before the foundation 265 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: of the world. And just like these two ladies Eunus 266 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: and Lois, know this God. 267 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 2: Has equipped you. 268 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: You may be raising another Timothy who knows what your 269 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: son or daughter may do. Your sacrifice will be well 270 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: worth it. You're making a difference. When those old negative 271 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: thoughts come telling you that you can't do it and 272 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: it's never gonna get better, You've got to cast that 273 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: junk down and just say to the enemy, do you 274 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: know who my father is? Do you know what kind 275 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: of bloodline I come from. I am destined to live 276 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: in victory. I am created to overcome. I've got the 277 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: blessings of Abraham. Friends, there's power in your spiritual bloodline. 278 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: I was reading the other day about these famous race horses, 279 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: the kinds you might see at the Kentucky Derby. I 280 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: never realized how much went into making one of these horses. 281 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: I always thought that somebody is just out riding the 282 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: horse one day and they discovered he was fast and 283 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: gifted and he ended up in the race. But it's 284 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: much much deeper than that. These are not ordinary horses. 285 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: These are Thoroughbreds, and these horses have been carefully studied 286 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 1: and carefully bred for generations. I mean, they may go 287 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: back fifty or sixty years to check the bloodline. It's 288 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: no coincidence that they end up in the Kentucky Derby. 289 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: And what's interesting is in horse racing there's a person 290 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: called the blood stock agent, and he basically spends his 291 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: whole time focused on the bloodline. He'll go back years 292 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: and spend months and months studying a particular line of horses. 293 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: They'll examine how the father did, and how long his 294 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 1: stride was, and how fast he could run, and his. 295 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 2: Size, on and on. 296 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: With each generation, they'll gather all this information. See, they 297 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: understand winners don't just randomly happen. 298 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 2: It's in the blood. 299 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: That's why these horses are very different than an ordinary horse. 300 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: They have generation after generation after generation of winners on 301 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: the inside. And do you know how much it can 302 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: cost to breed a race horse with one of these 303 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: world champion thoroughbreds, just simply to breed it can cost 304 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: up to a half a million dollars. There's no guarantee 305 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: that that little colt will win, nothing set in stone. 306 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: In fact, when that newborn colt comes out, his legs 307 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: are all wildly. 308 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 2: He can barely even stand up. His eyes glazed over. 309 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: And I'm sure those owners think, man alive, we have 310 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: wasted our money. This horse couldn't win anything. He looks 311 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: like an average, ordinary horse. But no, they know, on 312 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: the inside, in his blood he's got a part of 313 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,239 Speaker 1: this champion and that champion, and this champion and that 314 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: cham He may have a dozen world champions on the inside. 315 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 2: See, it's all in the blood. 316 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:27,880 Speaker 1: That's why they're not necessarily concerned about his present weakness. 317 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 1: They don't really care what color he is, or how 318 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:35,199 Speaker 1: pretty he is, or even how large she is. They know, 319 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 1: deep down on the inside he has the blood of 320 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: a winner. And friends, it's exactly the same with you 321 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: and I. It doesn't matter what we look like on 322 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 1: the outside. Some of us are pretty, some of us 323 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 1: look like my brother. But you know what, it doesn't 324 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,360 Speaker 1: matter what we look like on the outside. 325 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 2: It doesn't matter what color we are. 326 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter how many weaknesses, says are flaws we have? 327 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: You need to know on the inside of you. Right now, 328 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,360 Speaker 1: you have the DNA of Almighty God. You come from 329 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: a long line of champions. You think about this, Your 330 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: heavenly father spoke the worlds into existence. Your elder brother 331 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 1: defeated the enemy. Even think about some of your natural ancestors. 332 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: Moses parted the Red Sea. There's great faith in your bloodline. 333 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: They that a shepherd boy defeated Goliath. There's courage in 334 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: your bloodline. Sampson pushed down a building. There's supernatural strength 335 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 1: in your blood line. Then you'll sat there in the 336 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: lions den and didn't get harmed. There's divine protection in 337 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,159 Speaker 1: your blood line. Nea Mile rebuilt the walls of the 338 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 1: temple when all the odds were against him. There's determination 339 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: and persistence in your bloodline. You think about Esther, she 340 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: put her life on the line to save God's people. 341 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 1: There is sacrifice, heroism in your bloodline. 342 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 2: On and on we could go. 343 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: What I want you to see is that you come 344 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: from a bloodline of champions. You come from a bloodline 345 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: of overcomers. You are not ordinary. You're a thoroughbred. And 346 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter what your present condition looks like. 347 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 2: You need to know on. 348 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: The inside of you, you have the blood of the Winter. 349 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,719 Speaker 1: On the inside of you, there are seeds of greatness. 350 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: Some of you today you believe that lie that man. 351 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: You don't have what it takes. You've gone as far 352 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: as you can go. You come from the wrong side 353 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 1: of the tracks. No, you need to take a better 354 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: look at your bloodline on the inside of you right 355 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: now is champion after champion after champion. You are the 356 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 1: seed of Almighty God, and you gotta quit focusing on 357 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: your weaknesses, Quit looking at your present condition, get a 358 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: bigger vision for your life. Understand, as far as God 359 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: is concerned, he's already seen you up there at the 360 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: Winter Circle. He's already seen them put in the roses 361 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: around your neck. What David was talking about when he said, God, 362 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: all of my days you ordained before I even got here. 363 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 1: In other words, you may have just shown up thirty 364 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,679 Speaker 1: or forty or fifty or sixty years ago. But God's 365 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: been working on you a long time. He's had you 366 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 1: planned out way way before that. And you are extremely valuable. 367 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: You are not ordinary. You come from great stock. You've 368 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: been destined to live in victory, destined to overcome, destined 369 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: to leave your mark in this generation. Sometimes you hear 370 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: people say, well, he's just got good genes, he just 371 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 1: comes from good stock. Let me tell you you come 372 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 1: from superior stock. God brought you out of his very 373 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: very best. And what's interesting is to most people, these 374 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: famous race horses, they don't look any different. 375 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 2: Than another ordinary horse. 376 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: I mean overall, they may have a few more muscles, 377 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: but the average person can't tell them apart. See, the 378 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: difference is in the blood, and that's what makes them 379 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 1: extremely valuable. 380 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 2: Same way with us. 381 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 1: The Scripture says we overcome by the blood of the lamb, 382 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 1: the word of our testimony, because of what Jesus has done. 383 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: Every one of us are thoroughbreds. When you say, Joe, 384 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: you don't know the life I've lived. Man, I've failed 385 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: here and I've made mistakes over there, and I've still 386 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 1: got this addiction. Listen, that doesn't change your bloodline, doesn't 387 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: change what's in you. Some of you do not realize 388 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,400 Speaker 1: how valuable you are. You don't realize the price God 389 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: has paid. Now, as I said, too many people are 390 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 1: going around with no dreams, no goals. They're not excited 391 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,959 Speaker 1: about life. You need to recognize what you have on 392 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 1: the inside. Says in First Corinthians, that you were bought 393 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 1: with a very high price. God gave his very very 394 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: best for you, He gave his only son. Please don't 395 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: go around thinking that you don't have a future. There 396 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,880 Speaker 1: is a champion on the inside. It's in your blood. 397 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: I remember one time years ago, my father went to 398 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: this meeting at a friend of ours church here in town. 399 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: It was on an off night and Daddy was a 400 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: little late, so he just snuck in and sat on 401 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,120 Speaker 1: the very back road. 402 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 2: A few minutes later, this young man came in and. 403 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 1: Sat down not too far from him, and Daddy noticed 404 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,719 Speaker 1: that that young man looked very, very distraught. 405 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 2: His heart went out to him. 406 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,959 Speaker 1: He was concerned about him, and Daddy thought to himself 407 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 1: that after the service he would get with him and 408 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: try to encourage him, help him in some way. But 409 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: in the middle of the meeting, the young man got 410 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 1: up and left, and Daddy felt so strongly about it, 411 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: he got up and went looking for him. He looked 412 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: all over the front lobby, couldn't find him, went out 413 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 1: in the parking lot, shirts and sharts. 414 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 2: Still couldn't find him. 415 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 1: He came back in and he was just about to 416 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: give up, but Daddy decided to check the restroom. 417 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:46,120 Speaker 2: He was standing there. 418 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: My father was around the sink area and he could 419 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: see there are a few other people in there, so 420 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,880 Speaker 1: he just waited, and sure enough, a few minutes later, 421 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: this young man came out and he looked kind of 422 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 1: surprised to see my father. And Daddy said, I know 423 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:00,119 Speaker 1: you don't know me, and I don't really mean to 424 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: get in your business, but I'm very concerned about you, 425 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 1: and I want you to know that God loves you 426 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:10,879 Speaker 1: and you are extremely valuable to him. All of a sudden, 427 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: these big tears begin to flow down his face. He said, 428 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,199 Speaker 1: my life is so messed up. I'm addicted to so 429 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,959 Speaker 1: many drugs that I can't take it anymore. And I 430 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 1: decided to come to church one last time, and then 431 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: I was going to go home and take every pill 432 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 1: that I could possibly find. It's interesting, he told later 433 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: how he had seen my father sitting down the road. 434 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,400 Speaker 1: He didn't know who Daddy was, but he was very 435 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: impressed by the dress shoes Daddy was wearing. Those shoes 436 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 1: just left an impression in his mind, and when he 437 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: went out there, he knew Daddy was coming after him, 438 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 1: and he said he tried everything he could do to 439 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: get away, but he said, everywhere I look, those same 440 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: shoes kept come following after me. Daddy went on to 441 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 1: tell him basically what I'm telling you it doesn't matter 442 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: where you are right now. You have seeds of greatness 443 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 1: on the inside. You are a thoroughbred. The enemy may 444 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: be trying to pull you down. You may have made mistakes, 445 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 1: you may have felled a thousand times, but understand that 446 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,479 Speaker 1: does not change your value in God's eyes. And you 447 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: are not here on planet Earth by accident. God has 448 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: a plan and a purpose for your life. 449 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 2: He has an. 450 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: Assignment for you to do, and it's not just to 451 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: drift around in mediocrity. I'm convinced this is why so 452 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: many people are not happy. They never really get into 453 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 1: their destiny. Long story short, My father and that young 454 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: man prayed together and that night was a turning point 455 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: in his life. 456 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 2: That was a time of new beginnings. 457 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: Today, more than thirty years later, that man is a 458 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: pastor of a church here in town. He has thousands 459 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: of members, making a difference all over the world. 460 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 2: But so many people. 461 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 1: Are like that young man. They don't realize what they 462 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 1: have on the inside. Somebody has to remind them of 463 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 1: their value. Made mistakes, but don't stay down, get back 464 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: up and go again. 465 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 2: God is a god of second chances. 466 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,679 Speaker 1: Doesn't change your bloodline doesn't change what's in you. 467 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 2: A lot of time, society when we make bad. 468 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 1: Choices, when we go through failures, it just wants to 469 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 1: write us off and push us down. But understand, God 470 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: is not that way. God sees your potential. He knows 471 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 1: what you're capable of. He's the one that made you. 472 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,199 Speaker 1: No matter what you've been through in the past, you 473 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 1: can still do great things. It's in your blood. You 474 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: come from a long line of champions. I want you 475 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 1: to go out of here today knowing beyond the shadow 476 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,160 Speaker 1: of a doubt that you are a thoroughbred. You are 477 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:44,439 Speaker 1: extremely valuable, so much so that the creator of the 478 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: universe designs you himself, and he has programmed you with 479 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: everything you need for victory. Every day you should say 480 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 1: things like I have what it takes. I am more 481 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: than a conquer I am smart, I am talented. I 482 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: am an overcomer. 483 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 2: Understand. And it's in your blood. 484 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: And you may have a lot to overcome in your 485 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: natural blood line, but always remember your spiritual blood line 486 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 1: is more powerful. 487 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 2: Than your natural blood line. You have been handpicked by 488 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 2: Almighty God. You are not ordinary. You have His loyal 489 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 2: blood flowing through your veins. 490 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,880 Speaker 1: Why don't you put your shoulders back, hold your head 491 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 1: up high. You've been called, you've been chosen, You've been 492 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: set apart before the foundation of the world. You were 493 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,679 Speaker 1: made to live in victory. My prayer today is that 494 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: you will really understand your value and that you'll shake 495 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 1: off inferiority, shake off insecurity, shake off that can't do 496 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: it mentality. 497 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 2: You are a can do person. 498 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:43,679 Speaker 3: Now. 499 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: I don't believe today I'm looking at ordinary people. I'm 500 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,479 Speaker 1: looking at thoroughbreds. I'm looking at more than conquers. I'm 501 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:53,400 Speaker 1: looking at overcomers. I'm looking at victors and not victims. 502 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 1: It's in your blood. Do you receive it today? I 503 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,919 Speaker 1: know you do. We never like the cars on broadcast 504 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 505 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 1: of your life. 506 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? 507 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 508 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 2: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 509 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: Friends, if you pray that simple prayer, we believe you 510 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,360 Speaker 1: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 511 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,360 Speaker 1: Keep God first place. He's going to take you places 512 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: that you've never dreamed of. 513 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,719 Speaker 3: When God created the world, he did it specifically with 514 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 3: you and mind. He used his words. He spoke everything 515 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 3: into existence, light, oceans and dry land, plans, sun and stars, animals, 516 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 3: man and woman. Your words have that same creative power. 517 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: If you want to know what you're going to be 518 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: like five years from now, listen to what you're saying 519 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,919 Speaker 1: about yourself. You are prophesying your future, and too often 520 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:06,120 Speaker 1: we don't realize we're defeating ourselves with our words. I'll 521 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: never get healthy, I'm not attractive, this dreams impossible. Instead 522 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 1: of limiting your future, why don't you start blessing your future. 523 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: If you'll change your words, you can change your world. 524 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: I have a new book called Speak the Blessing. You 525 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: want to help you to speak positive, faith filled words. 526 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: There are declarations in it that you can make over 527 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 1: your family, your health, your finances. 528 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 2: And your future. 529 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 1: When you get your words aligned with what God says, 530 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 1: you'll see his favor in greater ways. 531 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 3: As our thank you for your gift of any amount 532 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 3: to the ministry this month, we want to send you 533 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 3: Speak the Blessing. Send your words in the direction you 534 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 3: want your life to go. You can begin to enjoy 535 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 3: a life filled with freedom, joy, health, success, and creativity. 536 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 3: As you discover the authority and power of speaking God's word. Yes, 537 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 3: speak the Blessing unlock life changing possibilities that are. 538 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: Unlimited when you declare what God says about you. I'm strong, 539 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: I'm healthy, I'm favored. You are blessing your life. I 540 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 1: hope you'll request your copy to day. Remember you can 541 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: watch the services live online every Sunday, download our daily podcast, 542 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 1: watch on YouTube, listen on Serious ExM. We'll keep you 543 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 1: encouraged and inspired. 544 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Speak the Blessing today. 545 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 3: Visit joelousin dot com or call eighty eight five six 546 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 3: seven Joel. 547 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 1: Our homecoming weekend is this Saturday and Sunday. Some of 548 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: you have never been to Lakewood. This is a perfect time. 549 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 1: We'd love to meet you. We'd be honored to have 550 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:44,960 Speaker 1: you and your family.