1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: It's so great to have you with us today. We 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: love you, guys. 3 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 2: We're praying you're going to have a beautiful month of March, 4 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 2: and just speaking blessings in favor of each one of you. 5 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 3: This time of year is just new beginnings, new spring seasons, 6 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 3: and so if we are believing that this will be 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 3: a newness of joy in your heart, so no, today 8 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 3: we are praying for you and we love you. 9 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 2: God bless you always a joy to come into your homes. 10 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: We love you. 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 2: We know God rewards the people that seek after him. 12 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 2: I believe that's you, or you wouldn't be tuned in, 13 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 2: or you wouldn't be here today. 14 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: But thanks so much for coming out. And if you're 15 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: ever in the Houston. 16 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 2: Area, come by and see us. I promise you we'll 17 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 2: make you feel right at home. But thanks again for 18 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 2: tuning in. I like to start each week with something 19 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 2: kind of funny, and I heard about this country couple. 20 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:51,959 Speaker 2: They were celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary. They'd never had 21 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 2: an argument before. Somebody asked them the secret of their success. 22 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 2: The husband explained, as they were leaving the church going 23 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 2: on their honeymoon, the wife's horse. 24 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: Refused to go. She got off, looked the horse. 25 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 2: In the eyes and said that's one. He went a 26 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 2: little bit further, stopped again. She got off, looked at 27 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 2: the horse in the eyes and said that's two. He 28 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 2: went a little bit more, but once again he stopped. 29 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 2: This time, she got off, pulled out her revolver, and 30 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 2: shot the horse dead. The husband said, what in the 31 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 2: world are you doing. You can't just shoot an animal. 32 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: She looked at him and said, honey, that's one. All right, 33 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 2: hold it up. Say it like you mean it. This 34 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 2: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 35 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 36 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 37 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 38 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 39 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 40 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about programming your mind for victory. 41 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 2: Our mind is like a computer. What we put in. 42 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: We're going to get out. 43 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 2: If you go around thinking I'll never get out of debt, 44 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 2: I'll never lose this weight. The economy is going to 45 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 2: probably sink my business. I don't think my marriage is 46 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 2: going to last. Your own thoughts will set the limits 47 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 2: for your life. You need to reprogram your thinking. 48 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: All through the day. 49 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 2: We should be dwelling on this is going to be 50 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 2: a great day. God's favor is on my life. Blessings 51 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 2: are chasing me down. No obstacle is too big for me. 52 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: I know I'm more than a conquer. When you do that, 53 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 2: you're programming your mind for victory. Jesus put it this way, 54 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 2: you will become what you believe. 55 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: That means. 56 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 2: If you believe you'll always be heavy, then you'll always 57 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 2: be heavy. If you believe you'll never break that addiction, 58 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 2: then you'll never break it. 59 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: If you believe that. 60 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,119 Speaker 2: You're not attractive and you're not that talented, you don't 61 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,959 Speaker 2: have much to offer, then you will go through life 62 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 2: with low self esteem and miss out on the fullness 63 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 2: of God's blessing. You've got to turn it around and 64 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: start programming your mind for victory. 65 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: We should be dwelling on thoughts like. 66 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 2: I'm blessed, I'm talented, I'm strong, I'm creative, I am 67 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 2: more than a conquer. When you do that, you're going 68 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: to draw in the good things of God. Now I 69 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 2: read about a study that was done with people that 70 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 2: needed arthroscopic knee surgery. Their knees were worn down and 71 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 2: they needed to be cleaned out. These doctors, with permission 72 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 2: from the family, took a certain group of patients and 73 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: instead of performing the actual surgery where they cleaned the 74 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 2: knee out, they simply made three small incisions around the knee, 75 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 2: as if they had done something. When the patient woke 76 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 2: up after the operation, of course, they thought they'd had 77 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 2: the regular surgery. What's interesting is two years later, the 78 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,839 Speaker 2: patients that had the fake surgery reported just as much 79 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 2: relief from the pain as the patients that had the 80 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:07,839 Speaker 2: actual surgery. And it wasn't just in their mind. When 81 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 2: the doctors examined them over time, they could see how 82 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 2: their knees were much improved. Their conclusion was, since the 83 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 2: mind expected the need. 84 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: To get better, it got better. It actually helped it 85 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: to heal. 86 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: And I thought about how many people have spent year 87 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 2: after year programming their mind to expect defeat, expect failure, 88 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 2: expect mediocrity. They've said a thousand times, I'll never get well. 89 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 2: The mind goes to work doing just that. Make sure 90 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 2: he never gets well. Make sure we bring more discomfort, 91 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 2: more swelling, more pain. How many people go around feeling insecure, intimidated, unqualified. 92 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 2: The mind goes to work saying, I've got my instructions, 93 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 2: I know what to perform. I've got to make sure. 94 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 2: He's slow, he's clumsy, he never has good idea, he 95 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 2: makes mistakes. What's the problem We've programmed ourselves for defeat. 96 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 2: Our mind is working perfectly fine. It's helping us become. 97 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: What we believe. 98 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 2: But the good news is if this will work in 99 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 2: the wrong direction, then it will work in the right direction. 100 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 2: When we go around thinking I'm well able, I'm anointed, 101 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 2: I'm equipped, I'm empowered, your mind goes to work saying, 102 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 2: let me make sure they're at the top of their game. 103 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: I gotta make sure they're smart. 104 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 2: They're intelligent, they're creative, they're strong, they're confident. You may 105 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 2: be facing a sickness, but instead of saying I'll never 106 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 2: get well, you're saying I'm getting better and better health 107 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 2: and healing is flowing through me. God is renewing my 108 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 2: youth like the eagles. When you do that, your mind 109 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 2: says to your system, do you hear what she's saying? 110 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: She says she's whole. She's healthy, she's strong. 111 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 2: Let's get busy. Release the healing new selves. Unlea strength, vitality, energy. 112 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 2: Maybe you struggle with an addiction, but don't ever say 113 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 2: I'll never overcome this. 114 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: I'm just hooked. Now. 115 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 2: If you believe you're an addict, you will always be 116 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 2: an addict. 117 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: When we go around dwelling. 118 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 2: On these negative, defeated thoughts, we are sending poison down 119 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 2: through our system. We are telling our command center, the mind, 120 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 2: this incredible tool God's given us to release, defeat, failure, mediocrity. 121 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 2: That's why the scripture says we have to guard our minds. 122 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 2: If you're trying to lose weight, don't ever say I'll 123 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 2: never lose this weight. I'm just too undisciplined. My metabolism 124 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 2: is so messed up. If I worked out twenty four 125 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 2: hours a day, I probably wouldn't lose a pound. When 126 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 2: you say that, your mind says to your system, make 127 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 2: sure they don't lose a pound. Make sure they keep 128 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 2: every calorie, make sure they see and smell food anywhere 129 00:06:58,839 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 2: they go. 130 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: Deplete all their energy. 131 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 2: Now, when you get up in the morning, no matter 132 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 2: how you feel, you need to say. 133 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 1: I'm getting thinner. This weight is coming off of me. 134 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 2: I am strong, healthy, energetic, I have discipline and self control. 135 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 2: I look good, I feel good, I think good, I 136 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:19,679 Speaker 2: smell good. 137 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: Some of you, if you would do that, your mind. 138 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 2: Would go tilt, tilt tilt. It would think, what in 139 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 2: the world are they saying? We haven't heard that in 140 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 2: twenty seven years. It would send an alert all through 141 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 2: your system, saying, hang on, guys, we're changing directions. Don't 142 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 2: send out any more defeat, no more sickness, no more 143 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 2: crazy hormones. 144 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: This is a new day. 145 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 2: Send out health, send out healing, Send out strength, vitality, victory. 146 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 2: You've got to get your command center sending out the 147 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: right instructions. I don't know about you, but I am 148 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 2: not sending defeat through my system. 149 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: I'm not going to go around. 150 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 2: Thinking how I've reached my limits and my obstacles are 151 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 2: too big and I'll probably never. 152 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: Get out of debt. 153 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,679 Speaker 2: No, I realize I'm going to become what I believe. 154 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 2: So I'm gonna believe not just what I feel. I'm 155 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 2: not gonna believe what other people say about me. I'm 156 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 2: not gonna believe what my circumstances are telling me. I'm 157 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: gonna believe what God says about me. And God says 158 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 2: I'm blessed, I'm strong, I'm healthy, i am well able. 159 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 2: I'm going to program that into my computer. I'm going 160 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 2: to think thoughts of victory. Well, you say, Joel, it 161 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 2: doesn't look like I'm blessed, doesn't look like I'm healthy. 162 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: Here's the key. You've got to believe it before you'll 163 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: ever see it. 164 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 2: This is what faith is all about. Once you can 165 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 2: see it, you don't really need faith. It's when you 166 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 2: can't see it and the medical report doesn't look good 167 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 2: and the obstacle looks like you'll never accomplish your dreams, 168 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 2: and the bank account says that you'll never get out 169 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 2: of debt. That's when you have to dig your heels 170 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 2: in and say, I may not be able to see it, 171 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 2: but I walk by faith and not by sight, And if. 172 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: God said it, that's good enough for me. This is 173 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: what Abraham had to do twenty years. 174 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 2: Before he ever had a child. God said in Romans 175 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 2: four seventeen, Abraham, I have made you a father of 176 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 2: many nations. Notice God said it in the past tense. 177 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 2: I have made you like it had already happened. Abraham 178 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 2: could have said, God, what are you talking about. I'm 179 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 2: not a father. I don't have a single child. He 180 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 2: could have easily talked himself out of it, but instead 181 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 2: he chose to believe what God said about him, even 182 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 2: though it looked impossible. His attitude was, God, if you 183 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 2: say I'm a father, I'm not gonna question it. I'm 184 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 2: not gonna worry about it. I'm not gonna try to 185 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 2: figure it out. I'm just going to come into agreement 186 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 2: with you. Twenty years later, at the age of one hundred, 187 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 2: he had that child. 188 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: Here's what I want you to see. Just because God. 189 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 2: Said it didn't mean it was going to automatically come 190 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 2: to pass. Abraham had to do his part and get 191 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 2: in agreement with God. Now, all through the scripture, God 192 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 2: has said so many great things about us, many of 193 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 2: them in the past tense. In Ephesians, God says, I 194 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 2: have blessed you with every spiritual blessing. Colossians, I have 195 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 2: made you worthy Psalms. I have surrounded you with favor 196 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 2: as a shield all. 197 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 1: Past tens like it's already happening. 198 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 2: Now, we've got to do our part like Abraham and 199 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 2: come into agreement with God. It's got to get deep 200 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 2: down on the inside. In other words, you may not 201 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 2: feel blessed today. A lot of things are coming against you, 202 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 2: with your family, with your finances. 203 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: With your health. 204 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 2: Your mind could easily talk it out of it, say oh, 205 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,319 Speaker 2: this isn't for me, No way, I'm blessed. Now, You've 206 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 2: got to be bold like Abraham and say God, if 207 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 2: you say I'm blessed, then I believe I'm blessed. My 208 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 2: checkbook may I say I'm blessed. The economy doesn't say 209 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,959 Speaker 2: I'm blessed, the medical report doesn't say I'm blessed. But God, 210 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 2: I know you have the ultimate say. And so since 211 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:25,839 Speaker 2: you say I'm blessed, my. 212 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: Report is I am blessed. 213 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 2: When you get in agreement with God like that, it 214 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 2: allows him to release the promises that already have your 215 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 2: name on it. You can pull it out of the 216 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 2: unseen spiritual realm over into the physical seene realm. 217 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: That's what it says. 218 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 2: God speaks of nonexistent things as if they already existed. 219 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,559 Speaker 2: But too many people go around thinking, well, I wish 220 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 2: I was blessed, I wish I had favor. 221 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: No, you've got to reprogram. You're thinking. 222 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 2: It's says in Psalms that God has already crowned you 223 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 2: with favor. You may not realize it, but there is 224 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 2: a crown on your head right now, and it is 225 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 2: not a crown of defeat, of lack of mediocrity. 226 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: It is a crown of God's favor. And if you 227 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: are going. 228 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 2: To activate that favor, you've got to get in agreement 229 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 2: with God and start declaring I do have favor. You 230 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 2: cannot drag through the day thinking why do I always 231 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 2: get the short end of the stick? 232 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:35,199 Speaker 1: Why do always get these bad breaks? Now, when those discouraging. 233 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 2: Thoughts come, try to convince you that nothing good is 234 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 2: in store. Just as an act of faith, you need 235 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 2: to reach up and adjust your crown of favor. Make 236 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 2: sure it's straight. Somebody's asked you, what are you doing 237 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 2: fixing your hair? No, I'm straightening my crown of favor, 238 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 2: you say, Joel, I've been praying and praying that God 239 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 2: would give me favor. Listen, you don't have to pray 240 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 2: about something that you already have. All you've got to 241 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 2: do is start acting like it's true. The truth is 242 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 2: I don't always feel anointed, but I know God has 243 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 2: already anointed me. I know He's already equipped and empowered me. 244 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 2: Before I come out for each service. I never pray, 245 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 2: Oh God, please give me your annoying today. 246 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: God please help me. 247 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 2: Now, I say Father, thank you that I am anointed, 248 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 2: thank you that I am well able. 249 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,319 Speaker 1: I've learned I don't have to pray about it. 250 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 2: I just simply have to act as if it were 251 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 2: already true. You may not feel blessed today, feel confident, 252 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,959 Speaker 2: or look healthy, or look favored. But don't you dare 253 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 2: drag through life with the poor old me mentality. Put 254 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 2: your shoulders back, hold your head up high. You are 255 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 2: a child of the most high God. God has blessed you. 256 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 2: You are highly favored. You are strong, you are talented, 257 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 2: you are redeemed, not going to be not maybe one 258 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 2: day in the sweep by and by no, God has 259 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 2: already blessed you. He has already made you more than 260 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 2: a conqueror. He's already given you that crown of favor. Well, 261 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 2: how do you tap in to what God has already done? 262 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: Very simple? Just start acting like you're blessed, Talking like 263 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: you're blessed, Walk in like you're blessed, thinking like you're blessed, 264 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: smiling like you're blessed, dressing like your blessed. If you 265 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: will put. 266 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 2: Actions behind your faith, one day you will see that 267 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 2: become a reality. We had a large steel framed building 268 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 2: at our other location. It was the auditorium that held 269 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 2: four thousand people. When we built a new sanctuary in 270 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 2: nineteen eighty eight, my father called a friend of ours 271 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 2: named Tommy. He does youth ministry, and he gave him 272 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 2: that building. You could actually take all the steel beams 273 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 2: down and move it to another location. 274 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: It was extremely valuable. 275 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 2: But Tommy didn't come pick it up for some time, 276 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 2: and every time home I saw the building, I thought 277 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 2: to myself, there's Tommy's building. Just because he didn't take 278 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 2: it right away didn't mean it wasn't his. About two 279 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 2: years later he came with the big crew and the 280 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 2: cranes and they dismantled it and they moved the building 281 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 2: to his location. 282 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: But here's my point. 283 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 2: The building didn't become his when he came and got it. 284 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 2: It became his the moment my father spoke it. That 285 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 2: building could have stayed there for twenty years, it still 286 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 2: would have been his. My father gave it to him. 287 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 2: It was up to him to come and get it. 288 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 2: In the same way, God has all kinds of promises 289 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 2: stored up for you. 290 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 1: They already have your name on it. Now it's up 291 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: to you to come and get it. 292 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 2: The moment God said you were blessed, you became blessed. 293 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 2: Now you may not pick it up for a year, 294 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 2: or five years or a lifetime, but that does not 295 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 2: change what God said. The blessing still belongs to you. 296 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 2: You got to rise up and say, you know what, 297 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go get it. I'm not gonna live another 298 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 2: day defeated, no goals, expecting the worst. I know God 299 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 2: has a crown of favor with my name on it, 300 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 2: and I'm gonna go pick it up today. I'm gonna 301 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 2: start acting like I'm blessed, like I'm redeemed, like I'm 302 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 2: the heading off the tale, like I'm more than a 303 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 2: conquer friends. It already has your name on it. The 304 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 2: good news is there's no line to get it. There's 305 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 2: no will call, there's no late charges, no shortage. 306 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: It's not limited at the first hundred. 307 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 2: It's all yours, totally paid for blessings, favor, confidence, forgiveness. 308 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 2: Rise up in faith, it's your time, it's your season. 309 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: Start acting on it. 310 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 2: I found that God always puts things in our spirit 311 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 2: before they'll come to pass in the natural. When I 312 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: first heard that this building, the former Compact Center, was 313 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 2: become available, something leaped on the inside. 314 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: It was birth. In my spirit. I knew down in. 315 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 2: Here this facility was already ours. I couldn't explain it. 316 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 2: I didn't have any facts to back me up, but 317 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 2: in my spirit I had received it by faith. Four 318 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 2: years later we saw it come to a reality. Some 319 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 2: of you today, your mind is trying to talk you 320 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 2: out of what God wants to birth in your spirit. 321 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 2: Maybe it's a dream, a promise, a new beginning. It 322 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 2: looks impossible, like Abraham in the natural, it looks like. 323 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: There's no way. 324 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 2: But I'm asking you to get in agreement with God. 325 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 2: Let that seed take root in your spirit. Maybe when 326 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 2: you hear this truth that you're blessed, that you've got 327 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:51,199 Speaker 2: this crown of favor, your mind says, no way. You 328 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 2: don't know my circumstances, Joel, you don't know the obstacles 329 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 2: in my path. No, don't talk yourself out of it. 330 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 2: You may not see away, but God has a way, 331 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 2: and if you will conceive it on the inside, then 332 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 2: one day you will receive it on the outside. 333 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: That's what the scripture says. 334 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 2: God wishes above all things that we prosper and be 335 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 2: in health. Here's the requirement, even as our soul prospers. 336 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 2: This is saying, if you will prosper in your soul 337 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 2: on the inside, then you can prosper on the outside. 338 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 2: In other words, you have to receive healing in your 339 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 2: spirit before you'll ever receive it in your physical body. 340 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 2: You've got to be blessed in your mind, in your 341 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 2: thoughts on the inside before you'll be blessed on the outside. 342 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,360 Speaker 2: You've got to be free in your mind before you'll 343 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,919 Speaker 2: ever be free from that physical addiction. That's why you 344 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 2: should never say I'm going to be free one day, Joel, 345 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 2: I'm going to break this addiction. One day, I'm going 346 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 2: to stop this bad habit. No, your report should be 347 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 2: I am free, I am victorious, I am blessed, I 348 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 2: am healthy, I am prosperous. 349 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 1: Not going to be hope. 350 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 2: So maybe so one day, if everything works out, then 351 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 2: I'll be blessed, Joel. If the economy comes back strong, 352 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 2: if my customers return No, you're talking about something that. 353 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: You already have. 354 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 2: That would be like me saying one day, I hope 355 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 2: I'll have a nice suit. One day, I'm sure somebody's 356 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,439 Speaker 2: gonna bless me with a nice suit. One day, I 357 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,360 Speaker 2: believe I'm gonna be wearing a nice suit. You'd look 358 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 2: at me and say, boy, are you crazy. You've got 359 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 2: on a nice suit. You're wearing one right now. It's 360 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 2: the same principle. You shouldn't go around saying one day 361 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 2: I'm gonna be blessed. One day, I know I'm gonna 362 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 2: have God's favor. No, God's looking at you saying, what 363 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 2: are you talking about. I've already blessed you. I've already 364 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:51,199 Speaker 2: crowned you with my favor. Now you gotta rise up 365 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 2: in faith and start walking in that blessing. God has 366 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 2: already put something on you. And no, he didn't put condemnation, 367 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 2: he didn't put low self esteem, he didn't put fear 368 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 2: and anxiety. He put a crown of favor, he put 369 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,879 Speaker 2: a robe of righteousness, he put the shield of faith. 370 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:15,199 Speaker 2: The scripture says his favor lasts for a lifetime. 371 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: I love that. How long are you going to have favor? 372 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 2: As long as you have breath to breathe, that crown 373 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 2: of favor belongs to you. You need to get up 374 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 2: every morning, look at yourself in the mirror and say, 375 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,919 Speaker 2: good morning, you bless man, Good morning, you highly favored woman. 376 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 2: Let me straighten my crown of favor, goodness and mercy. 377 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 2: Are you ready to follow me, blessings? Are you ready 378 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 2: to chase me down? 379 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: Let's go. Let's go out and have a great day 380 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: to day. 381 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 2: When you understand what God has already done, it puts 382 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 2: a spring in your step. You don't drag through life 383 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 2: expecting to get the short end of the stick. No, 384 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,360 Speaker 2: you programmed your mind for victory. You're expecting to get 385 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 2: good breaks. You're expecting God to bring your dreams to pass. 386 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 2: You're expecting to overcome your obstacles. 387 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: Why, the creator of the. 388 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 2: Universe has put favor on you, and you've learned to 389 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 2: walk in it. I remember the first sanctuary that my 390 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 2: father built was a small building that held about a 391 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 2: thousand people. 392 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: At that time. Only about half that many came. 393 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,239 Speaker 2: And on the outside, my father had them build this 394 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 2: beautiful sign. Was very impressive way up in the air. 395 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 2: It lit up at night, had a big globe on 396 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 2: the top that spun around, and instead of just calling 397 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 2: it Lakewood Church, my father renamed it Lakewood International Outreach Center. 398 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 2: The fact is we were not an international outreach center. 399 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 1: There were just a few hundred people there. We were 400 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: barely even touching our neighborhood. 401 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 2: But God had burst something bigger in my father's spirit, 402 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 2: and he dared to put the vision out there. He 403 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 2: talked like we were going to impact the whole world. 404 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 2: He told the people, kings and presidents will visit our church. 405 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 2: He said, one day we'll be known as a place 406 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 2: of hope and healing to all nations. 407 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: People looked at him like he had lost his mind. 408 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 2: It seemed so unlikely, just a few hundred people on 409 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 2: a small piece of property. How could my father have 410 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 2: this boldness, How could he have this confidence. Here's how 411 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 2: he allowed the seed that God birthed on the inside 412 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 2: to take root, and he talked about an international ministry 413 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 2: long before he saw any signs of it. He had 414 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 2: then put up a world map behind the podium. During 415 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 2: the services, he would have people pray over the different nations. 416 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 2: He looked out across the street at the empty field 417 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 2: fifty acres just cows grazing, and he would say, I 418 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 2: can see our big sanctuary out there. I can see 419 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 2: us building our world headquarters. I can see people from 420 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 2: every nation coming to. 421 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: Our international conferences. 422 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 2: He talked like it, he thought like it, he dreamed 423 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 2: like it, and one day what was birthed in his spirit, 424 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 2: he saw it come to a reality. We've had kings 425 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 2: and presidents, people from every nation stopped by here. 426 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: But here's my point. 427 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 2: I know today God has put big dreams on the 428 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:23,360 Speaker 2: inside of each. 429 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: One of you. 430 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 2: You know, one day you're gonna start a business, you're 431 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 2: gonna be in management, you're gonna write a book, you're 432 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 2: gonna come out of debt, you're gonna raise successful children. 433 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 2: But maybe right now all the odds are against you. 434 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 2: It doesn't look like there's any reason to believe. Seems 435 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,919 Speaker 2: like it'd be a waste of your time. That's the 436 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 2: way Abraham felt. The Scripture says all human reason. 437 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: For hope being gone. What he do he hoped on 438 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: in faith. 439 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 2: You may not have any reason in the natural to 440 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 2: have hope, but you've got to dig your heels in 441 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,880 Speaker 2: and say, I'm not moved by what I see, I'm 442 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 2: move by what I know, and I know God has 443 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 2: put this promise in my heart. 444 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 1: It has my name on it. It already belongs to me. 445 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,239 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna do my part and start talking like 446 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: it's true, start acting like it's on its way, start 447 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 1: believing that it is going to happen. 448 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 2: The moment God spoke to my father that he was 449 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 2: going to have an international ministry, it became his. The 450 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 2: creator of the universe wrote his name on it. But 451 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,360 Speaker 2: my father could have gone a whole lifetime and never 452 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,959 Speaker 2: seen any of that come to pass. He had to 453 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,879 Speaker 2: go get what belonged to him. Some of you today, 454 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 2: there's a business with your name on it. God's waiting 455 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 2: for you to come pick it up. There's healing with 456 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 2: your name on it. There's restoration with your name on it. 457 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 2: The moment God spoke it to you, it became yours. 458 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,880 Speaker 2: He wrote your name on it. Here's healing for Debbie, 459 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 2: here's restoration for Daniel, here's promotion for Rosie. Here's freedom 460 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 2: from an addiction for Samuel. Here's a great marriage for Linda. 461 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 2: It's got your name on it. Now you've got to 462 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 2: come get it. Understand, God always puts bigger things in 463 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 2: our spirit than our mind can handle. Don't talk yourself 464 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 2: out of it. Enlarge your vision. Dare to call yourself 465 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 2: what you know you are, even before you can see it. 466 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: That's what my father did. 467 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:26,959 Speaker 2: He called himself international when he was barely even local. 468 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 2: He wasn't even hardly touching the neighborhood, much less other 469 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 2: nations that didn't bother him. 470 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: He knew what was on the inside. 471 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 2: He knew that international ministry had his name on it, 472 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 2: so he talked like it was gonna happen. 473 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: What am I saying? 474 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 2: You've got to call yourself well even when you feel sick. 475 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 2: You've got to call yourself successful, even when business is slow. 476 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 2: You've got to call yourself debt free even though the 477 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 2: bills have piled up. You got to call yourself married 478 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,719 Speaker 2: even though you hadn't had a date in five years. 479 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 2: You got to talk about that nice house even when 480 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 2: you're living in a Rundown apartment. You got to talk 481 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,959 Speaker 2: about being a blessing to the world when you can 482 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 2: barely take care of yourself. Well, you say, well, you say, Joel, 483 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 2: that's just wishful thinking. 484 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: No, you're doing like God. 485 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 2: You're speaking of nonexistent things as if they already existed. Friends, 486 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,159 Speaker 2: God wants to do something big in your life, but 487 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 2: it is not going to happen with narrow, limited, small mindsets. 488 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,679 Speaker 2: You cannot go around thinking that you've reached your limits. 489 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 2: I'll never get well, I'll never overcome this obstacle. No, 490 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 2: you're going to become what you believe. Get in agreement 491 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 2: with God. He says you are well able, you are 492 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,679 Speaker 2: fully equipped. It may not have happened in your past, 493 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 2: but it can happen in your future. 494 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 1: Now. 495 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 2: I'm asking you to go get what belongs to you. 496 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 2: You are blessed, you are prosperous. You have a crown 497 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 2: of favor. Start acting like it, talking like. 498 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: It, dreaming like it. 499 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 2: If you will program your mind for victory and believe 500 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 2: you are who God says you are, no obstacle can 501 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 2: hold you back, No enemy can defeat you. 502 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: No sickness can keep you down. All the forces of 503 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: darkness cannot keep you from your God given destiny. You'll 504 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: be like Abraham. 505 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 2: You'll see impossible situations turn around. You're going to rise 506 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 2: higher and higher. Supernatural doors are going to open for you. 507 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 2: Divine connections are come in your way, unprecedented favor Because 508 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 2: you've programmed your mind for victory. I believe and declare 509 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,679 Speaker 2: You're going to see every dream, every promise God's put 510 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 2: in your heart. 511 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,399 Speaker 1: It will come to fulfillment. Amen. 512 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 2: We never like to close our god past without giving 513 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 2: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 514 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? 515 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 516 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 2: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 517 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 2: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 518 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 2: born again. Get in a good church. Keep God first place. 519 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 2: He'll take your places that you've never dreamed of. 520 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 4: It starts with just a tiny seed from it tender 521 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 4: bud sprout the miracle of new life blooms and thrives. 522 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 4: But how do you experience the same miraculous and extraordinary 523 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:19,959 Speaker 4: growth in your own life? 524 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 2: Sometimes our life is limited because we're believing too small. 525 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,400 Speaker 1: Faith is like a sea. 526 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 2: When you believe all things are possible, that's when you'll 527 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 2: see new growth, opportunity, and healing. 528 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 1: We don't have to figure out how it's going to happen. 529 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: All we have to do is believe. 530 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 3: There may not be away in the natural, but our 531 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 3: God is supernatural. 532 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 2: We'd like to send you are this time next year 533 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 2: Believe Big Journal. 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