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We 44 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 5: love you, and if you're ever in our area, please 45 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 5: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 46 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 4: I promise you. We'll make you feel right at home. 47 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 5: Thanks so much for tuning in today, and thank you 48 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 5: again for coming out. I like to start with something funny, 49 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 5: and I heard about this man. He was driving through 50 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,679 Speaker 5: an intersection that was monitored by cameras. If you ran 51 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 5: the light or broke the law in any way, it would. 52 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 4: Take your picture and you'd receive a ticket in the mail. 53 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 5: So he drove very slowly through the intersection, made sure 54 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 5: he didn't run the light, but he noticed that the 55 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 5: camera flashed. 56 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 4: He thought, that's not right. 57 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 5: He turned around, went back through the intersection even more slowly. 58 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 5: Once again, it took his picture. He said, this thing 59 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 5: is messed up. They can't give me a ticket. Out 60 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 5: of spite, he went back through the intersection three more times, 61 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 5: each time waving at the camera with a big smile. 62 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 5: A week later, he received five tickets in the mail 63 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 5: for not wearing his seat belt. Hold up your Bible 64 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 5: and say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 65 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 66 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 67 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 68 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert. My 69 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 70 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 5: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 71 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 5: about meditating on what God says. The word meditate means 72 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 5: to think about over and over, and studies tell us 73 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 5: that we talk to ourselves up to thirty thousand times 74 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 5: a day. There's always something playing in our minds. We 75 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 5: need to pay attention to what we're meditating on. Really, 76 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 5: meditating is the same principle as worrying. When you worry, 77 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 5: you're just meditating on the wrong thing. You're using your 78 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 5: faith in reverse. If you go through the day worried 79 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 5: about your finances, worried about your family, worried about your future, 80 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 5: because you're allowing the wrong thoughts to play, it's going 81 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 5: to cause you to be anxious, fearful, negative, discouraged. The 82 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 5: whole problem is what you're choosing to meditate on. Friends, 83 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 5: you control the doorway to your mind. When those negative 84 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 5: thoughts come knocking, you don't have to answer the door. 85 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 4: You can say no thanks. I'm going to choose to. 86 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 5: Meditate on what God says about me and today, more 87 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 5: than ever, there's a lot. 88 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 4: Of doom and gloom. 89 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 5: If you watch the news very long, you can get depressed. 90 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 5: The stock market, the economy, the debt crisis. One phrase 91 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 5: I saw in several newspapers last week was total fear 92 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 5: in the marketplace. 93 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 4: People are panicked. 94 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 5: If you go through the day thinking about how bad 95 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 5: it is, I wonder if I'm going to make it, 96 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 5: and what if I lose my job, what if my 97 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 5: retirement goes down. If you dwell on that, you're going 98 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 5: to be stressed out. And I like to watch the news. 99 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 5: I'm not saying to hide your head in the sand, 100 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 5: but I've learned not to meditate on the negative reports. 101 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 5: Philippians four to eight says, think on things that are wholesome, 102 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 5: things that are pure, things that are of a good report. 103 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 5: If it's not a good report, don't dwell on it. 104 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 5: That's going to poison your spirit. Instead of replaying the 105 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 5: doom and gloom over and over, replay what God says. Yes, 106 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,559 Speaker 5: the financial situation may be a little shaky, but God 107 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 5: says he will supply all of your needs. He said 108 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 5: he will prosper you even in a famine. He said 109 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 5: he will open the windows of heaven and pour out 110 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 5: blessings that you cannot contain. Now go through the day 111 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 5: meditating on that. Get your mind going. 112 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 4: In the right direction. 113 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,359 Speaker 5: After all, the economy is not our source. God is 114 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 5: our source. We may not know what all the future holds, 115 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 5: but we do know who holds the future. Our trust 116 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 5: is not in the stock market, not in the economy, 117 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 5: I say it respectfully, not even in the government. 118 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 4: Our trust is in the Lord. 119 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 5: David said, some trust in chariots, some trust in horses, but. 120 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,679 Speaker 4: Our trust is in the name of the Lord, our God. 121 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 5: In modern times, it'd say some trust in their money, 122 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 5: some trust in their job, some trust in what the 123 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 5: economists say. But our trust is in the God who 124 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 5: created it all. Our trust is in Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord, 125 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 5: our provider. When you meditate on that, you won't have 126 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 5: total fear. 127 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 4: You'll have total peace. You'll be at total rest. 128 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 5: You know God's in control and he can give you 129 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 5: total victory. 130 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 4: But it all. 131 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 5: Depends on what's going on in our thought life. You 132 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 5: can meditate on the problem, or you can meditate on 133 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 5: the promises. You can meditate on the news reports, or 134 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 5: you can meditate on God's report. 135 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 4: What you allow to play in your. 136 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 5: Mind and will determine what kind of life you live. 137 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 5: God said in Isaiah twenty six y three, if you 138 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 5: will keep your mind fixed on me, then I. 139 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 4: Will keep you in perfect peace. 140 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 5: Notice there's a way not only to have peace, but 141 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 5: to have perfect peace. How keep your thoughts fixed on him? 142 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 5: Some of you would go to a new level if 143 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 5: you'd pay more attention to what's playing in your mind. 144 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 5: If you can't go through the day thinking, I hope 145 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 5: my child straightens up, and what's going to happen if 146 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 5: I get laid off, or I might not overcome this illness. 147 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 5: When you dwell on that, you're not going to have peace. 148 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 5: Meditating on the problem doesn't. 149 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 4: Make it better, It makes it worse. 150 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 5: You've got to change what you're dwelling on all through 151 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 5: the day, go around thinking God has me in the 152 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 5: palm of his hand. All things are going to work 153 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 5: together for my good. This problem didn't come to stay, 154 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 5: it came to pass. Many are the affliction of the righteous, 155 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 5: But the Lord delivers me out of them off. When 156 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 5: you meditate on that, you'll have greater peace, greater joy, 157 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 5: greater strength. 158 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 4: The apostle Paul understood this principle. 159 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 5: He said, I think myself happy, happiness, starts in our thinking. 160 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 5: Paul had been through a lot of disappointments. He'd been shipwrecked, 161 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 5: put in jail, mistreated. Yet he wasn't focused on his problems. 162 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 5: He wasn't meditating on how bad it was, replaying all 163 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 5: of his disappointments. No, he's the one that said, thanks 164 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 5: be to God who always causes me to tryumph, I 165 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 5: am more than a conquer His mind was filled with 166 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 5: thoughts of hope, thoughts of faith, thoughts of victory. He 167 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 5: was saying, it may look bad, but I've learned this 168 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 5: secret of how to think myself happy. 169 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 4: Some people have. 170 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 5: Thought themselves depressed. They focused on their problems so long. 171 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 5: They've thought themselves discouraged. They've watched so many news reports, 172 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 5: they've thought themselves afraid. 173 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 4: The good news is, just as. 174 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 5: You can think yourself depressed and fearful and negative, you 175 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 5: can think yourself happy. You can think yourself peaceful. You 176 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 5: can even think yourself into a better mood. The scripture 177 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 5: tells us a rise from the depression that has kept 178 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 5: you down. 179 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,719 Speaker 4: Rise to a new life. 180 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 5: The first place we have to arise is in our thinking. 181 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 5: You have to put on a new attitude. Don't go 182 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 5: through the day thinking about your problems, dwelling on who 183 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 5: hurts you. 184 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 4: That's going to keep you discouraged. 185 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 5: You've got to start thinking yourself happy. In other words, 186 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 5: all through the day, we should be going around thinking, 187 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,959 Speaker 5: my best days are in front of me. Something big 188 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,959 Speaker 5: is coming my way. What's meant for my harm? God's 189 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 5: going to use to my advantage. My greatest victories are. 190 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 4: Still in my future. 191 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 5: On purpose, think power thoughts, I'm strong, I'm healthy, I'm blessed. 192 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 5: When you wake up in the morning and those thoughts 193 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 5: come telling y'all you don't want to go to work today. 194 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 5: You've got so many problems, You've got so much coming 195 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 5: against you. More than ever, you need to kick it 196 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 5: into gear. This is going to be a great day. 197 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,199 Speaker 5: This is the day the Lord has made. I'm excited 198 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 5: about my future. Something good's going to happen to me today. 199 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 5: See here's a key. Don't ever start the day in neutral. 200 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,559 Speaker 5: You cannot wait to see what kind of day it's 201 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 5: going to be. You have to decide what kind of 202 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,839 Speaker 5: day it's going to be when you first get out 203 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 5: of bed in the morning, before you check the news, 204 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 5: before you check the weather, before you check to see 205 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 5: how you feel. 206 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 4: You need to set your mind in the right direction. 207 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 4: This is going to be a great day. 208 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 5: If you don't set your mind, the enemy will set 209 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 5: it for you. He'll remind you of how bad you 210 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 5: have it, and how many mistakes you've made, and all 211 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 5: the people that have come against you, on and on. 212 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 5: Very often, the way we start the day will determine 213 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 5: what kind of day we're going to have. If you 214 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 5: start it negative, discouraged, complaining, you are setting the tone 215 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 5: for a lousy day. You've got to get your mind 216 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 5: going in the right direction. Your life is going to 217 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 5: follow your thoughts. If you get up thinking nothing good 218 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 5: ever happens to me. I never get any breaks. I'll 219 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 5: probably never get out of death. I don't think I'll 220 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 5: ever meet the right person and get married. That's what 221 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 5: you're releasing your faith for. Jesus said, become what you believe. 222 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 5: If you believe you'll never meet the right person and 223 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 5: get married, unfortunately you probably want. 224 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 4: Your faith is working. 225 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 5: If you believe you're going to get laid off, don't 226 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 5: be surprised if you do. 227 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 4: You're going to become what you believe. 228 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to believe what God says about you. 229 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:57,319 Speaker 4: Believe that you're blessed. Believe that your best stays are 230 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 4: in front of you. 231 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 5: Believe that you're strong, healthy, talented, creative, well able. 232 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,839 Speaker 4: Get rid of those wrong thoughts that. 233 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 5: Are contamidating your thinking, and start meditating on what God 234 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 5: says about you. David said in Psalm one, if you 235 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 5: will meditate on God's word day and night, then you 236 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 5: will be like a tree planted by the water. Your 237 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 5: lief will not wither, but you will bear fruit in 238 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 5: every season without fail notice, not in some seasons, but 239 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 5: in every season. 240 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 4: That means even if the economy goes down, you'll still 241 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 4: be bearing fruit. 242 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 5: It means when others are going under, you'll be going over. 243 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 5: When others have total fear, you'll have total peace. When 244 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 5: others are complaining, you'll have a song of praise. When 245 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 5: others are surviving, you'll be thriving. The message translation says, 246 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 5: when you meditate on God's word, you will always be 247 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 5: in blossom. That's God's dream for you life, that you 248 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 5: always have a smile, that you're always in peace, that 249 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 5: you're always excited about your future. And no, it doesn't 250 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 5: mean that we'll never have adversities, but in those difficult 251 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 5: times because you have your thoughts fixed on him deep down, 252 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 5: there'll be a confidence, a knowing that everything is going 253 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 5: to be all right. 254 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 4: You know, God is still on the throne. 255 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 5: He's fighting your battles, and you're not only gonna come out, 256 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 5: you're gonna come out better off than you were before. 257 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 5: I have these friends that live in another state. The 258 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 5: man works in cells for a large corporation. Recently, he 259 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 5: got a huge promotion that he'd been hoping to get 260 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 5: for a long time. They were so excited, but it 261 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 5: meant they had to move to a different city. The 262 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 5: problem was the housing market in their area was very down. 263 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 4: Hardly anything was selling. 264 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 5: They couldn't afford two house payments, so they had to 265 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 5: sell their house before he could really take the promotion. 266 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 5: And instead of getting discouraged and thinking, well, just our 267 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 5: luck got the promotion at the wrong time. Our house 268 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 5: is never going to sell, they kept their mind filled 269 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 5: with faith. 270 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 4: All through the day. 271 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 5: They go around saying, Father, you said your favor surrounds 272 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 5: us like a shield. You said we would always be 273 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 5: in blossom. You said you would prosper us even. 274 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 4: In a famine. 275 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 5: There were over sixty homes for sale in their neighborhood. 276 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 5: In the last seven months, only three houses have sold 277 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 5: in the natural It didn't look good, but they put 278 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 5: their house on the market, and two weeks later they 279 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 5: had a contract to purchase their home. They talked to 280 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 5: the new owners and out of curiosity, they ask him, 281 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 5: why'd you choose our house? They said, well, we looked 282 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 5: at over thirty houses in the neighborhood, but when we 283 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 5: drove by your home, it just seemed to jump out 284 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 5: at us. And when we went inside, we felt such 285 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 5: a peace. We knew this was supposed to be our house. 286 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 5: That's what happened. When you meditate on God's promises, you 287 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 5: will always be in blossom. In other words, your property 288 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 5: will sell when others are not selling. You'll get well 289 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 5: when the medical report says you want. You'll be promoted 290 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 5: even though you're not the most qualified. Why is that 291 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 5: You've got your mind filled with God's word. When you're 292 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 5: in agreement with God, the creator of the universe goes 293 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 5: to work. God will cause his favor to shine down 294 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 5: on you. He will cause your house to stand out 295 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 5: in the neighborhood. He will cause you to be. 296 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 4: At the right place at the right time. 297 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 5: Making sure that you succeed. Bottom line is you're going 298 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 5: to become what you believe. Take inventory of what's playing 299 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 5: in your mind. If you go around thinking, well, Joe, 300 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 5: my house is never going to sell, you should see 301 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 5: my neighborhood. 302 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 4: Joel. 303 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 5: I'm afraid I'm never going to get well. I'm afraid 304 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 5: my child's gonna go off from the wrong path. Your 305 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 5: faith is going to draw in the negative. Job said, 306 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 5: the thing I feared came upon me. 307 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 4: Just as our. 308 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 5: Faith can work in the right direction, it can work 309 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 5: in the wrong direction. I heard about this lady. She 310 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 5: bought a new plant for her bedroom. It was a 311 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 5: six foot ficus tree. She loved plants, she had them 312 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 5: all over her house and she was very experienced at 313 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 5: taking care of them. But she said the first morning 314 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,239 Speaker 5: she woke up and saw the new plant in her bedroom, 315 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 5: she thought to herself, this plant is not. 316 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 4: Going to make it. It's not going to live. 317 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 5: That negative thought came out of the blue, and she 318 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 5: made the mistake of dwelling on it, thinking about it 319 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 5: over and over. She even told her husband, I think 320 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 5: I've wasted my money on this plant. 321 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 4: I'm just afraid that it's not going to live. 322 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 5: He said, what are you talking about. All your plants 323 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 5: have lived. Why would you say that? 324 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 4: She said, ah, something just tells me it's not going 325 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 4: to make it. 326 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 5: Three weeks later she went on over to the plant, 327 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 5: and for no reason, the leaves were starting to turn yellow. 328 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 5: A few days later, the leaves had all fallen off. 329 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 5: A few weeks later, the plant had totally withered. 330 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 4: Up, completely died. 331 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 5: One day, she was thinking about it, and she said 332 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 5: God spoke something to her, not out loud, but an 333 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 5: impression down in here. 334 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 4: God said, I just want you to know you kill 335 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 4: that plant with your thoughts. And she heard that. 336 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 5: Chills went up and down her spine. See, when we 337 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 5: dwell on the negative, we're releasing our faith in the 338 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 5: wrong direction. 339 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:38,120 Speaker 4: She told her husband. 340 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 5: I know you're gonna think I'm crazy, but I think 341 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 5: I killed. 342 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 4: This plant with my thoughts. 343 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 5: He looked at her very strangely and said, all I 344 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 5: can say is I hope you're thinking good thoughts about me. 345 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 5: Pay attention to what's playing in your mind. Here's what 346 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 5: I've learned. If you'll fill your mind with the right thought, 347 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 5: there won't. 348 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 4: Be any room for the wrong thoughts. 349 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 5: When you go around constantly thinking I'm strong, I'm healthy, 350 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 5: I'm blessed, I've got the favor of God. 351 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 4: Then when the negative thoughts. 352 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 5: Come knocking, there will be a no vacancy sign, sorry, 353 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 5: no room for you. 354 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 4: They won't be able to get in. 355 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 5: I was traveling overseas with my father to India and 356 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 5: our plane was delayed because of weather and we missed 357 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,360 Speaker 5: our connecting flight over in Europe. It was late at 358 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,920 Speaker 5: night and there was a hotel at the airport and 359 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 5: we went up to the counter and my father asked 360 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 5: the young man for a room, and he checked the computer, 361 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 5: but he said, sorry, sir, we're totally full tonight. Well, 362 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 5: my dad wasn't about to take no for an answer, 363 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 5: and he said, can you please look again, We're really tired, 364 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 5: we really need a room. He checked and checked again, 365 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 5: he said, sorry, no vacancy, totally full. My dad asked 366 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 5: to speak to the manager and he came out and 367 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 5: went through the same exercise and even went back in 368 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 5: the back. But he came back and he said, sir, 369 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 5: I'm sorry, we don't have any rooms. My dad said, 370 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 5: we're just gonna. 371 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 4: Be here a few hours. Can't we have some place 372 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 4: to stay? 373 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 5: The manager looked at my father and said, Sir, I 374 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 5: can't make anyone leave the hotel. 375 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 4: We are totally full. That's how it is. 376 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,919 Speaker 5: When you keep your mind filled with God's word, that 377 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 5: thought of fear comes knocking. 378 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 4: You're not gonna make it. The problem is too big. 379 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 4: Let me in. 380 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 5: Give me a room to stay now, just like that 381 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 5: hotel manager. Sorry, fear, no vacancy, no room. You're going 382 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 5: to have to go somewhere else to stay. 383 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 4: That thought. You'll never sell your house. Have you seen 384 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 4: the market? 385 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 5: No vacancy. God's favor surrounds me like a shield. You'll 386 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 5: never get well. Have you seen the medical report? No vacancy. 387 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 5: God is restoring health unto me. Well, you've seen your 388 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 5: best days. No vacancy, this hotel. This mind is filled 389 00:19:55,640 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 5: with thoughts of faith, hope, victory, increase, abundance, restoration, and 390 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 5: there's no room for doubt, unbelief, anxiety, fear, depression. You 391 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 5: need to take inventory of who's staying in your house, 392 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 5: who's occupying your rooms. If you give fear a room, 393 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 5: then faith gets left outside. 394 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 4: There's not room for both. 395 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 5: If you give I can't a room, then I can 396 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 5: is left outside. If you give lack barely get by. 397 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 5: I'll never make it a room. Then increase promotion, abundance is. 398 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 4: Left at the door. Get rid of the wrong thoughts, 399 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 4: and let what God says about you have a permanent home. 400 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 4: Think of it like this. 401 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 5: When you go to bed at night, you lock the 402 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 5: doors to your house. You don't want any strangers coming in. 403 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,439 Speaker 5: That's where you live, that's your home. You need to 404 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 5: have that same thinking when it comes to your mind. 405 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 5: This is where I live, this is who I am, 406 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 5: this is my future. I'm not going to let just 407 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 5: any thought come in and have a permanent home. I'm 408 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 5: going to guard the doorway to my mind and only 409 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:07,159 Speaker 5: give a room. 410 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 4: To thoughts of hope, thoughts of faith, thoughts of victory. 411 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 4: Heard it put like this. 412 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 5: If you owned an apartment complex and you rented out 413 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 5: eighty percent of the apartments to drug dealers, thieves, cheaters, 414 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 5: and the other twenty percent to normal law abiding citizens. 415 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 5: After a few months, the drug dealers and cheaters would 416 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 5: run off all the normal people. 417 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,400 Speaker 4: Same way in our thoughts. 418 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 5: If you go around thinking about how bad it is, 419 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 5: dwelling on your problems, all that you don't have, how 420 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 5: tough your future is, going to be All those negative 421 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 5: thoughts are going to run off any positive thoughts. You've 422 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 5: got to quit renting out space in your mind to 423 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 5: your problems. 424 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 4: Quit renting out. 425 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 5: Valuable space to self pity. Don't rent it out to 426 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,160 Speaker 5: can't do it not going to happen thought. 427 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 4: You only have so much space in your mind. Some 428 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 4: of you today you need to serve an eviction. 429 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:12,159 Speaker 5: Notice, tell those negative thoughts you've occupied my rooms long enough. 430 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 5: I've got a new renter coming in. My new renter 431 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 5: is faith, joy, pease, healing. 432 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 4: My new tenant is victory. 433 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 5: I'm not saying to deny the negative reports and act 434 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 5: like they don't exist. I'm simply saying, don't dwell on them, 435 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 5: don't let it consume you where that's all you think about, 436 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 5: all you talk about, learn to downplay it. You remember 437 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 5: in the scripture when Jesus was headed off to pray 438 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,160 Speaker 5: for a person that was very sick, but he kept 439 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,919 Speaker 5: getting delayed. Finally, these people came back and said to 440 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 5: the disciples, who were very close to Jesus standing there, 441 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 5: they said, tell Jesus he doesn't need to come any longer. 442 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 4: It's too late. The person has already died. The scripture 443 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 4: says Jesus overhearing but ignoring. 444 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 5: In other words, Jesus heard the negative reports, but he 445 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 5: didn't let it take root. He didn't meditate on it. 446 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 5: He didn't get discouraged. He didn't turn around and go 447 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 5: back home. No, he knew people don't have the final say. 448 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 5: God has the final say. Sometimes, in order to stay 449 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 5: in faith, you have to ignore a negative report. You 450 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 5: have to ignore what somebody said about you. 451 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 4: You have to. 452 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 5: Ignore what your own thoughts are telling you. You may 453 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 5: hear it, but you can do like Jesus and choose 454 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 5: not to dwell on it. When I stepped up to 455 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 5: pastor the church, every thought in my mind told me, Joe, 456 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 5: you can't do this. You're not a minister. You're gonna 457 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 5: get up there and look like a fool. I heard 458 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,479 Speaker 5: the thoughts, but I chose not to dwell on it. 459 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 4: I meditated on I can. 460 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 5: Do all things through Christ. I am strong in the Lord. 461 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 5: If God before me, who dare be against me? When 462 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 5: you get it in agreement with God, you will fulfill 463 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 5: your God given destiny. When we were trying to acquire 464 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 5: this beautiful new facility, many people told us it's never 465 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,399 Speaker 5: going to happen. You're wasting your time. Joy, You're not 466 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 5: going to get that building. I heard the reports, but 467 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,120 Speaker 5: I let them go in one ear and out the other. 468 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 4: I didn't pay any attention to it. 469 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 5: When our children were younger and one of their friends 470 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 5: was talking too much and they didn't want to hear it, 471 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 5: they'd put out their arm and. 472 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 4: Say, talk to the hand. 473 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 5: That meant you're talking, but I'm not listening. That's what 474 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 5: we need to do when the negative thoughts come in 475 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 5: your imagination. Just put out your arm and say talk 476 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 5: to the hand. You're talking, but I'm not hearing you. 477 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,479 Speaker 5: You're trying to rent a room, but I'm telling you 478 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 5: no vacancy. Here was watching a football game several years ago. 479 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 4: It was the playoffs, in. 480 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,360 Speaker 5: A very important game, and there were only a few 481 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 5: seconds left. The visiting team was down by two points 482 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 5: and they were about to attempt to field goal to 483 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 5: win the game. The kicker was on the field lining up, 484 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 5: getting ready for the biggest kick of his life. The 485 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:13,479 Speaker 5: opposing fans were hollering at him, screaming, jeering, trying to 486 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 5: distract him. Just as he was about to kick, the 487 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 5: other team called time out to give the fans more 488 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 5: time to try to intimidate him. They started playing in 489 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,399 Speaker 5: the stadium on the big screen all the times this 490 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 5: kicker had missed before, even years back. They replayed all 491 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 5: of his failures, and every time he missed, the whole 492 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 5: crowd would go crazy. 493 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 4: With eighty thousand people screaming against him. 494 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 5: He stepped up and kicked the ball right through the 495 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 5: uprights and won the game. Afterwards, a reporter asked him 496 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 5: how he could handle the pressure with so many thousands 497 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 5: of people screaming against him. He said, you know, it's 498 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 5: kind of funny. I didn't hear anybody screaming. I just 499 00:25:58,400 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 5: kept telling myself, you can do this. 500 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:01,199 Speaker 4: You've got what it takes. 501 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 5: The reporter said, well, what about on the big screen 502 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 5: when they were replaying all your failures. 503 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 4: He said, oh yeah, I saw that, but I didn't 504 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 4: pay any attention. I just ignored it. 505 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 5: In life, there will be times where it feels like 506 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 5: every voice is. 507 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 4: Telling you you can't do it. 508 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 5: It's not going to work out, you'll never overcome this problem. 509 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 5: It may be physical voices people around you, critics, naysayers, 510 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 5: or it may just be voices in your mind, thoughts 511 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 5: trying to discourage. You don't be surprised even if the 512 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 5: enemy starts replaying your failures, replaying the times that you've 513 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 5: missed it, replaying all your disappointments. Listen, you got to 514 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 5: do like this young man. Dig your heels in. You 515 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 5: may hear the negative reports, but choose to ignore it. 516 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 5: People don't determine your destiny. 517 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 4: God does. 518 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 5: If you'll get in agreement with God and not let 519 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,919 Speaker 5: those distractions pull you off course, let me tell you 520 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 5: God will get you to where he wants you to 521 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 5: be friends. The first place we lose the victory is 522 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 5: in our own thinking. You may feel like eighty thousand 523 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 5: voices are screaming against you, saying it's never going to 524 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 5: work out. 525 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 4: This problem is too big. You might as well just 526 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:20,360 Speaker 4: settle where you are now. 527 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 5: Put your hand out. Tell those negative thoughts talk to 528 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 5: the hand. 529 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 4: They want to rent a room, show them the no 530 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 4: vacancy sign. If you'll keep your. 531 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 5: Thoughts fixed on what God says, you will overcome those 532 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 5: obstacles and accomplish your dreams. That's what it says in 533 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 5: Joshua Will one eight. If you will meditate on God's 534 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 5: word day and night, you will prosper and have good success. 535 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,439 Speaker 5: The whole key is what's going on in your thought life. 536 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 5: What are you meditating on. 537 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 4: Make a decision with me that you're going to keep your. 538 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:59,119 Speaker 5: Thoughts fixed on what God says. On purpose, think power thoughts. 539 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 5: I'm strong, I'm talented, I'm creative, I've got the favor 540 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 5: of God. Remember, you're going to become what you believe. 541 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 5: Get up every morning, set your mind in the right direction. 542 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 5: Don't meditate on the problem. Meditate on the promises. Learn 543 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 5: to think yourself happy, think yourself peaceful, think yourself victorious. 544 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 5: Victory starts in our thinking. If you'll develop this habit 545 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,360 Speaker 5: of meditating on what God says, here's what's. 546 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 4: Going to happen. 547 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 5: You're going to have perfect peace, you will always be 548 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 5: in blossom, you will prosper, you will have good success. 549 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 4: And I believe in declare you. 550 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 5: Will overcome every obstacle, defeat every enemy. You're going to 551 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 5: become everything God's created you to be. 552 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 4: Amen. Do you receive it today? 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