1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: It's always a joy to come into your homes. And 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: if you're ever in our area, please stop buying. Be 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. I promise you 9 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,479 Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks so 10 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: much for tuning in and thank you again for coming out. 11 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 12 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: about this young lady. She came home from a date 13 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: very sad. She told her mother that her boyfriend just 14 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: proposed to her. Her mother said, well, why are you 15 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: so sad, she said, because he told me he's an atheist. Mom, 16 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: he doesn't even believe that there's a hell. Her mother said, 17 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: marry him anyway. Between the two of us, we'll prove 18 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: to him how wrong he is. Hold up your Bible, 19 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 20 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: I am says I am. I have what it says 21 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: I have, I can do what it says I can 22 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,479 Speaker 1: do today. I will be taught the word of God. 23 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 24 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 25 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 26 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: shame off you. We've all heard the phrase shame on you, 27 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: starting from a child. You didn't clean your room, Shame 28 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: on you. You were mean to your little sister, Shame 29 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: on you. Even as adults. We may not hear it 30 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: out loud, but it plays in our thoughts. You fell 31 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: back into that bad habit, Shame on you. You went 32 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,839 Speaker 1: through a divorce, shame on you. We don't realize how 33 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: destructive shame is. We use it to try to convince 34 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: people to do better, but shame does just the opposite, 35 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: causes us to feel guilty, unworthy, like we don't deserve 36 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: to be blessed. A young lady told me how she 37 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: had a baby when she was a teenager and she 38 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: wasn't able to keep it. She put it up for adoption. 39 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,279 Speaker 1: Now ten years later she said, I feel so ashamed 40 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: I abandoned my baby. I can't sleep at night thinking 41 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: about what a terrible mother I am. That voice is 42 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: constantly whispering shame on you. Shame is one of the 43 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: enemy's favorite tools. He's called the accuser. He'll remind you 44 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: of every mistake, every failure, even things that weren't your fault. 45 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: He'll try to deceive you into thinking that you were 46 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,679 Speaker 1: to blame. People that were abused as a child had 47 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: no choice in it. He'll whisper you're not good enough, 48 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 1: you deserved it, that's why they mistreated you. He'll try 49 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: to twist it and convince you to carry around all 50 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: this heaviness. But the scripture talks about how God has 51 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: removed our shame, whether it was your fault or somebody else's. 52 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: You don't have to carry the heavy loader of guilt, 53 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: beating yourself up, feeling wrong on the inside. When the 54 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: enemy says shame on you, God says, shame off you. 55 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: I've forgiven you, I've redeemed you, I've made you valuable. 56 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 1: And what people did or didn't do to you, they 57 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: don't determine your worth. Your worth comes from your creator. 58 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: The most High God breathed his life into you. He 59 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:30,399 Speaker 1: crowned you with his favor. He calls you a masterpiece. 60 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: Don't go around as shamed guilty, condemned, shake off the shame. 61 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,119 Speaker 1: Every time you hear that voice whispering shame on you. 62 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: By faith, you need to hear God answering back shame off. 63 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: You don't accept the shame. And I'm not saying a 64 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: course to be flippant and think, well, I made a 65 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: big mistake. I hurt somebody, No big deal. No, we 66 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: should be remorseful, ask for forgiveness, do better next time. 67 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: But the problem is if you don't put your foot 68 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: down and say shame off me, even though God has 69 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:07,119 Speaker 1: removed it, that shame will follow you around. The young 70 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: lady asked me, Joel, do you think God will forgive me? 71 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: I said, I know God will forgive you. The real 72 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: question is will you forgive yourself? Will you shake off 73 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: the shame? I found it's more difficult to forgive ourself 74 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: than it is to forgive other people. The enemy knows 75 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: if we feel wrong on the inside, will never become 76 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: who we were created to be. That's why he works 77 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,479 Speaker 1: over time to try to bring guilt, shame, make you 78 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 1: feel like you don't deserve to be blessed. You have 79 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: to turn off the accusing voices. You may have made mistakes, 80 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: but the moment you ask God to forgive you, he 81 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: not only forgave you, he took it one step further. 82 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 1: He doesn't remember it anymore. And when those thoughts try 83 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 1: to remind you of mistakes of the past, say things like, 84 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: shame on you. You were unfaithful in that relationship. Shame 85 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: on you, you were dishonest in the business steal, Shame 86 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: on you. You were rude to that family member last month. 87 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: You've already asked for forgiveness. That means God doesn't remember it. 88 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: That's a sure sign the accuser is at work. You 89 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: can either accept the shame, feel wrong on the inside, 90 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 1: or you can rise up and say no, shame off me. 91 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: I know I've been forgiven. I know God's mercies bigger 92 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 1: than this mistake. If God doesn't remember it, I'm not 93 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: going to remember it either. When the Israelites had been 94 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: in slavery in Egypt for many years, they were very 95 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: beaten down, not only physically but emotionally. They were constantly 96 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: told they were no good, they couldn't do anything right, 97 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: they would never measure up. Over time. They let that 98 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: steal their sense of value. They felt inferior, insecure, like 99 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 1: they had no self worth. And when a person is 100 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: being mistreated abused, especially for a long time, instead of 101 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: recognizing that the other person is doing them wrong, it's 102 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: easy for them to accept the blame and start thinking 103 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: they deserve what's happening. Before long, they're not only ashamed 104 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: of what's happening, but they start to become ashamed of 105 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: who they are. That's the way the Israelites felt. That's 106 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: how the enemy twist things. But after four hundred and 107 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: thirty years, God brought them out of the slavery, out 108 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: of the abuse. Just as they were about to enter 109 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 1: the Promised Land, God said to them, this day I 110 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: have rolled away the reproach of Egypt off of you. 111 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: Reproach means shame, blame, disgrace. Notice they couldn't go into 112 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: the Promised Land with the shame, feeling unworthy, not valuable. 113 00:06:54,960 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: God had to roll away the reproach. In the same way, 114 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: before you can reach your highest potential, you have to 115 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 1: get rid of any shame. You may have made mistakes, 116 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: people may have done you wrong, but you can't sit 117 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: around guilty, condemned, blaming yourself, blaming others. Whatever. Your Egypt 118 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: is a divorce an addiction. Somebody that did you wrong. 119 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: God is saying this day, not tomorrow, not next week, 120 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: not six months from now. Today, God is rolling away 121 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: the reproach. He's rolling away the guilt, rolling away the shame. 122 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: Now it's up to you to accept it. You have 123 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: to quit dwelling on your failures, quit believing those lies 124 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: that you've made too many mistakes, You've been hurt too badly. 125 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: Know the reproach has been rolled away. When you get 126 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: up in the morning and you hear those voices and 127 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: they come to all of us, shame on you. You 128 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: have to answer right back. No, shame off of me. 129 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: I know my reproach has been taken away. I know 130 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: this man he was happily married, has a good family, 131 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: but he let his guard down and got involved with 132 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: another woman. They were friends at work, and the heat 133 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: of the moment it turned into something else. Now happened 134 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: that one time. That was it. He felt so badly 135 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: about it. He knew it was wrong. He asked God 136 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: to forgive him, but year after year went by and 137 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: he still felt this heaviness on the inside. He knew 138 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: God had forgiven him, but he couldn't forgive himself. On 139 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 1: the outside, he looked fine, he was happy, but on 140 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: the inside he had this sense of shame, guilt, like 141 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: he had to settle for second best. And one day 142 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: a minister that he respected pulled him to the side 143 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: and said, whatever is holding you back, whatever lie is 144 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: keeping you from rising higher, today that power is being broken. 145 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: God is about to release you to a new level 146 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: of your destiny. This man began to weep and weep 147 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: all the guilt, the shame, the heaviness that he had 148 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: allowed to become a part of his life. It suddenly 149 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: lifted off of him. It was like a chain was broken, 150 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: a stronghold came down. For years he had allowed the 151 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: accuser to pile on the shame. Tell him you don't 152 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: deserve it, You blew it, sit on the sidelines. God 153 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: showed up and said I have the final say, and 154 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: I say not shame on you, but shame off you. 155 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: In that moment, he was chained. Maybe like him, you 156 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: know God has forgiven you, but you still have this 157 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: sense of unworthiness, like you don't deserve it. You could 158 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: never reach your highest potential. Friends, That shame has held 159 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: you back long enough. Today God has removed the reproach. 160 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: Today the chains have been broken. Burdens have been lifted. 161 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 1: God is saying shame off of you. Now you have 162 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: to get in agreement. Quit listening to the accusing voices, 163 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,719 Speaker 1: Quit believing the lies that you have to settle for 164 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: second best. Nothing you've done is a surprise to God. 165 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: He's not up in the heaven scratching his head. He said, 166 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: Oh man, I didn't see that last mistake coming. He 167 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: threw me off. Now, God had the mercy before you 168 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: made the mistake. He had the solution before you had 169 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 1: the problem. Why don't you shake off the shame, shake 170 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: off the guilt. This is a new day. The reproach 171 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: has been rolled away. Here's the key. Don't let one 172 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: negative event become your identity. Don't let one failure, a divorce, 173 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: a bankruptcy, and addiction become who you are. It's easy 174 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:54,559 Speaker 1: to take all the blame. Let it consume you. Before long, 175 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: you become known as the man who blew his marriage, 176 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,679 Speaker 1: the woman that was abused, the young person that has 177 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: the addiction. No, that's what you did. That's not who 178 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: you are. That's what happened to you. That is not 179 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: your identity. The enemy would love to stick these labels 180 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: on us. Addicted unfaithful, divorced, bad parent. Don't believe those lies. 181 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: You may struggle with an addiction, but you are not 182 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 1: an addict. What you do does not change your identity. 183 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: You are still a child of the most High God. 184 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: You may have failed in some area of your life. 185 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: We all have, but you're not a failure. You may 186 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: have had some bad breaks, but you are not a victim. 187 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:45,439 Speaker 1: When those thoughts of guilt and shame try to relabel you, 188 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: you have to remind yourself. I am not who people 189 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: say I am. I am not whose circumstances say I am. 190 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: I am who God says I am. God says I 191 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:00,719 Speaker 1: am approved, I am accepted, I am valuable. I am 192 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 1: a masterpiece. In the scripture, names had a lot more 193 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: meaning and significance than they have today. Isaac had a son, 194 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: and he named him Jacob. Jacob means trickster, swindler, deceiver. 195 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: Every time someone said hello Jacob, they were saying hello, trickster, 196 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: good morning, Jacob, good morning, con man, it's time to 197 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: go to school, Jacob, time to go to school. Cheater. 198 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: He had heard this so long he didn't know any better. 199 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: He became exactly what people called him. For years, he 200 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: was told, you're a con man. He conned his brother 201 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: Esau out of his inheritance. You're a cheater. He cheated 202 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: his uncle, went around tricking people. Later in life, Jacob 203 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: got tired of living like that. One night, he went 204 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: down to the brook to get alone with God. An 205 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 1: angel appeared unto him in the form of a man. 206 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,839 Speaker 1: The angel asked Jacob what his name was. He said, 207 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 1: I am Jacob. He was saying, I am a cheater, 208 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: I am a deceiver, I am dishonest. The angel didn't say, 209 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: you're right, Jacob. You've lived a really terrible life. You 210 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: ought to be ashamed of yourself. The angel said, you 211 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: are not Jacob. He was saying, you are not a deceiver. 212 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,199 Speaker 1: You may have let people talk you into that, but 213 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: that is not your true identity. The angel told Jacob, 214 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: God has a new name for you. Instead of Jacob, 215 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:36,079 Speaker 1: you will now be called Israel. Israel means prince with God. 216 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: God took this man that had lived a life of dishonesty, 217 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 1: gone around cheating people, instead of giving him what he deserved. 218 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: Instead of shaking his finger saying shame on you, Jacob, 219 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: God said, shame off you, Jacob. You're my son, I 220 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 1: have destined you to leave your mark in your generation, 221 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: not in disgrace, not as a failure. I've called you 222 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: to be a prince. I've called you to reign in life. 223 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 1: First thing God had to do was remove the reproach. 224 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,319 Speaker 1: God had to get the shame off of him. Are 225 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: you wearing any negative labels today? Have you let circumstances, failures, 226 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: or even people put a label on you that says 227 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: not valuable, not worthy? Addicted, bad parent, blew his marriage, 228 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: didn't raise his children right, doesn't deserve to be blessed. Friends, 229 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: This is what grace is all about. None of us 230 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: deserve it. But God says, I'm gonna bless you anyway. 231 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: I know your true identity. I've breathed my life into you. 232 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: You may feel, like Jacob, you've made some poor choices. 233 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: You could easily live with that sense of shame. But 234 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: God in effect is changing our names today to prince, 235 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: to princes, to redeem, to forgiven, to highly favored people. 236 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: Jacob could have easily told the angel, I don't see 237 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: how God could ever make me a prince. I've made 238 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: so many bad choices. No, he accepted it into his spirit. 239 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: He agreed with what God said. In fact, he told 240 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: the angel, I'm not leaving here until you bless me. 241 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: He was saying, I may not deserve it, but since 242 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: the shame has been rolled away, I'm asking for favor. 243 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: I'm asking for new levels. I'm asking for the fullness 244 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: of my destiny. God didn't say, Jacob, who do you 245 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: think you are? I'm gonna bless you. You know the 246 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: life you've lived, God said Jacob. I like your boldness. 247 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: I like the fact that you shook off the shame. 248 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: You got rid of the guilt. Now you're ready to 249 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: step up to who I've created you to be. You 250 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: live like that. God will bless you in amazing ways. 251 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: Even if you're still struggling in an area. There is 252 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: no shame to ask for help. Sometimes we think we're 253 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: supposed to be perfect. We can't let anybody know we 254 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: have a bad habit, an addiction, this struggle. We'd be embarrassed. No, 255 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: don't let shame keep you isolated. Real healing begins when 256 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: we get honest. The scripture says, confess your faults one 257 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: to another, and you will be healed. Some things you 258 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: can't overcome on your own. You need somebody to stand 259 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: in faith with you. Now. I'm not saying that you 260 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: have to announce it, but you can find a person 261 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: that you can trust to walk with you through it. 262 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: There's something about getting it out in the open. Don't 263 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: let the fear of what other people think keep you 264 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: from your miracle. I've learned everybody is dealing with something. 265 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: The people that you think have it all together look 266 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: fine on the outside. They're good at pretending everyone has issues. 267 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: It's easy to hide things and only let people see 268 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: what we want them to see. The same person that 269 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: comes to church on Sunday and waves to you so 270 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 1: friendly on Monday, if you cut them off in traffic, 271 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: they may wave to you with one finger in the 272 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 1: air and not say in one way Jesus, the other 273 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: person comes out. Even in the scripture some of the 274 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: heroes of faith, they all had their weaknesses. One day, 275 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: Peter was preaching to thousands, telling a crippled man to 276 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,120 Speaker 1: rise and walk. Another day, he was cursing people out, 277 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: denying that he knew Jesus. One day, David was defeating 278 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: a giant leading God's people. Another day he was committing adultery, 279 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: having the lady's husband killed. He was so ashamed of himself. 280 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,680 Speaker 1: He tried to hide it for a year, finally got 281 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: it out in the open, confessed his faults. God restored him. 282 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: One day, Noah was building an arc saving his family. 283 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: Another day he was getting drunk running around naked. You 284 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 1: think you have issues, you have nothing to be ashamed of. 285 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 1: And here's another thought. Most likely the things you're struggling 286 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: with didn't start with you. They were passed down. Now 287 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: this is your opportunity to put an end to it. 288 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: You can be the one to break the negative cycle 289 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: in your family. The first step shake off the shame. 290 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: Don't be embarrassed, don't try to hide it. You don't 291 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: have to go through life pretending. If you'll get honest, 292 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: go to God and ask him for help. Find a 293 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: friend to stick with you in the faith, you can 294 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 1: overcome anything that's holding you back. The forces that are 295 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 1: for you are greater than the forces that are against you. 296 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: I received a letter from a teenage girl that lives 297 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: in another state. She told how she struggled with anorexia. 298 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: She wouldn't hardly eat anything. She got to where she 299 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 1: was skin and bones. On top of that, she was 300 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 1: cutting herself. It's the only way she could find relief 301 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: from the pain she felt on the inside. She came 302 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: from a well respected family, was too embarrassed to tell anyone. 303 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: She felt ashamed of who she was guilty for injuring herself. 304 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 1: She knew it was wrong, but she kept hearing the voices, 305 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: You're not valuable, you're no good. Look at you. That's 306 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:32,959 Speaker 1: what the enemy loves to do. Heap on the guilt, 307 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 1: the shame. He knows it will keep us from our destiny. 308 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 1: And she got to the point where she wouldn't look 309 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: anyone in the eyes. She was so beaten down. One 310 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 1: day she heard me on TV talking about how God 311 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,360 Speaker 1: will heal your hurts, He'll give you beauty for ashes, 312 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: how there's no shame, and being honest and going to 313 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 1: God and asking for help. She made a decision that 314 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: day that she wasn't going to pretend anymore. She told 315 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:03,199 Speaker 1: her parents what was going on. They got her the 316 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: help she needed. Long story short, Today she's not only healthy, whole, free, 317 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,199 Speaker 1: but she's a counselor helping other young people that are 318 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 1: struggling in that same situation. That's what happens when you 319 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,879 Speaker 1: shake off the shame. God will take your scars and 320 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: turn them into stars. He'll use you to help others. 321 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 1: Maybe you're struggling in an area right now. The next 322 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 1: time you hear that voice whispering shame on you. Instead 323 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: of believing that lie, beating yourself up, getting depressed, why 324 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: don't you rise up and say, now, shame off me. 325 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: If you'll start shaking off the guilt, the shame, then 326 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: you can enter into your promised land. That's when you'll 327 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: see the healing, the breakthrough, the new levels. Some people 328 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: are living with a sense of shame because something that 329 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: happened that wasn't even their fault. They were mistreated growing up. 330 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: Somebody took advantage of them. The way the enemy twists things, 331 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: he'll try to convince you it was your fault, you 332 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: deserved it. If you would have been better, that wouldn't 333 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: have happened. Don't believe those lies. You can't help how 334 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: someone treated you when you were younger. If they did 335 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:22,199 Speaker 1: you wrong, the problem wasn't with you, The problem was 336 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 1: with them. God said he will be your vindicator. God 337 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: saw what happened, He saw the injustice. You may think, 338 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:35,919 Speaker 1: nobody knows what I've endured. Nobody knows the hurt, the shame, 339 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: the pain. But God knows he saw every person that 340 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 1: lifted a finger against you. He saw every lonely night, 341 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: every tear, every hurt, And God said in Isaiah fifty four, 342 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: you will forget the shame of your youth. You will 343 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 1: not remember the reproach. God is going to pay you 344 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: back for that injustice in such a way that you 345 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: don't even remember what happened. It's not going to be 346 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 1: on the forefront of your mind. He's going to make 347 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: your life so blessed, so rewarding, so fulfilling, you won't 348 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 1: even think about those people that hurt you. Now do 349 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: your part. Forgive the people that did you wrong. As 350 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: long as you continue to dwell on it, you're allowing 351 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:27,400 Speaker 1: them to continue to hurt you. Let it go. What 352 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 1: they did did not change your identity. You're still a masterpiece. 353 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: You're still wearing a crown of favor. You're still destined 354 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: to do great things. Why don't you take off the 355 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: old labels that say damaged, mistreated, abused, put on some 356 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: new labels, accepted, approved, valuable, masterpiece. When you do that, 357 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: God promises you will not only forget the shame of 358 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: your past, but he takes it a step further Isaiah 359 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: sixty one. He said, instead of your former ship, you 360 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: shall receive a twofold recompense. Instead of dishonor and reproach, 361 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 1: you will possess double what you forfeited. You may have 362 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: had some unfair things happen, but stay in faith. Because 363 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,959 Speaker 1: of that injustice, God is going to pay you back double. 364 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: Because of what happened, the person that walked out and 365 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: broke your heart, the people that mistreated you made you 366 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 1: feel ashamed, that did not go unnoticed. God saw it. 367 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 1: He's going to pay you back with double the joy, 368 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: double the peace, double the honor, double the fulfillment. Your 369 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 1: life is going to be richer because or in spite 370 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: of that injustice. Now, this promise won't do us any 371 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: good if we sit back ashamed, guilty, beating ourselves up, 372 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 1: put your shoulders back, hold your head up high. Nothing 373 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 1: that was done to you, nothing that you've done, has 374 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 1: changed your identity. You are still a child of the 375 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: Most High God. His plans for you are still for 376 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 1: good and not evil. You may have had some bad breaks, 377 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: but really those setbacks were a set up for God 378 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: to bring you out with double. I know a lady 379 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 1: that always struggled with her self worth. She never felt 380 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: like she was good enough. This insecurity came from being 381 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 1: born out of wedlock. Her mother and father weren't married, 382 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: and as a child she saw on her birth certificate 383 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: the little box that was checked that said illegitimate. That 384 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 1: phrase became ingrained in her thinking all through her childhood 385 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 1: her teenage years, she felt inferior. Anytime she tried to 386 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: move forward, she'd hear voices whispering, you weren't wanted, You're 387 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:53,719 Speaker 1: not valuable, There's something wrong with you. She went around 388 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: with this sense of shame, unworthiness. She was wearing the 389 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: label illegitimate. Not up to one day, I was talking 390 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: about how our worth and value doesn't come from people, 391 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: it comes from God. She said. It was like something 392 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: exploded on the inside. Instead of believing those lies that 393 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 1: she should be ashamed that she has no value, she 394 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:22,199 Speaker 1: started reprogramming her thinking, I am not an accident. I 395 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: am not a mistake. I've been handpicked by Almighty God. 396 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 1: I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Her attitude was, no 397 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: matter what my birth certificate says, I know I am legitimate. 398 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: The Most High God breathed his life into me today 399 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: she is living a free, blessed, confident, faith filled life, 400 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: just like God promised. She doesn't remember the shame of 401 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 1: her youth. Are you carrying around any guilt, shame, heaviness? Friends? 402 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: This is your day to be free. The reproach has 403 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: been rolled away. The door is open, but you have 404 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,400 Speaker 1: to walk out of it. Take off the negative labels. 405 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 1: When the enemy whispers shame on you answer right back, no, 406 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,959 Speaker 1: shame off me. I've been forgiven, I've been redeemed. I 407 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: am valuable. If you'll do this, I believe and declare 408 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: every chain is being broken. God is going to pay 409 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 1: you back double for that injustice. You're going to enter 410 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: into your promised land and become everything God's created you 411 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: to be in Jesus's name. And if you receive it today, 412 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 1: can you say amen? We never like to close our 413 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 1: broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 414 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:49,400 Speaker 1: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 415 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 416 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 417 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 418 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 419 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed. 420 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 2: It's easy to let the day get away from us 421 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 2: before the day even starts. The first few minutes of 422 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 2: your morning are more powerful than you might think. Life 423 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 2: moves really fast sometimes, and it can be easy to 424 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 2: begin each day by zeroing in on your problems. 425 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,200 Speaker 1: But here's the truth. 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It's 434 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 1: amazing what happens when you take three minutes and speak 435 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: blessings over your life and declaring God's favor. Three minute 436 00:27:58,520 --> 00:27:59,919 Speaker 1: Mornings is our gift. 437 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 2: To you, as our way of saying thank you for 438 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 2: your gift of any amount this month, we would like 439 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 2: to send you a copy of Joel's new devotional three 440 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 2: minute Mornings start your day in faith. This powerful book 441 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 2: will open the pathways to experience God's presence and peace 442 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 2: in your life, and there you will find renewed energy, assurance, 443 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 2: and wisdom to face your day. 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