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Hi. 44 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 4: This is Joel and Victoria. 45 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 46 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 5: the ministry. 47 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 3: Joy Today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 48 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:03,559 Speaker 3: share it with a friend. 49 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 50 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 5: your life. God bless you, and thanks so much for 51 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 5: letting us come into your homes. We are praying for 52 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 5: you and your family for God's very best. I like 53 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 5: to start with something funny, and I heard about this pastor. 54 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 4: He bought a new horse. 55 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 5: He trained it to respond to praise the Lord meaning 56 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 5: giddy up, and Hallelujah meaning woe. Every time he said 57 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 5: Praise the Lord, the horse took off running when he 58 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 5: said Hallelujah, it would quickly stop. One day he was 59 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 5: out riding, the horse got spooked took off running straight 60 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 5: toward a cliff, going full blast. In the panic, he 61 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 5: couldn't remember what he had taught the horse. 62 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 4: He said, Bless God, Glory, Amen. Nothing happened. 63 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 5: At the last moment, he shouted Hallelujah, and the horse 64 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 5: came to a screeching halt, just inches before. 65 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 4: The edge of the cliff. He breathed a sigh of 66 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 4: relief and said, Praise the Lord. Say it like you 67 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 68 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 4: says I am. 69 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have, I can do 70 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 71 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 5: taught the word of God, I boldly confess my mind 72 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. 73 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 74 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 4: bless you. 75 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about blessing yourself. 76 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 5: We hear a lot about blessing others, being good to friends, 77 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 5: complimenting a family member, helping a neighbor. 78 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 4: That's all good. 79 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 5: We should bless others, but it's also important to bless yourself. 80 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 4: When we hear bless. 81 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 5: Yourself, that can sound odd and self centered. I can't 82 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 5: bless myself. I want somebody else to bless me. More importantly, 83 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 5: I want God to bless me. But the scripture says 84 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 5: in Isaiah, he who invokes a blessing on himself shall 85 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 5: do so by saying. The way you bless bless yourself 86 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 5: is to say what. 87 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 4: God says about you. 88 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 5: I am strong, I am talented, I am forgiven, I 89 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 5: am healthy, I am valuable, I am a masterpiece. Those 90 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 5: are not just positive affirmations. You just invoke a blessing 91 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 5: on yourself. When you speak it out, you give life 92 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 5: to what you're saying. 93 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 4: It's not enough to just think this. 94 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 5: You don't bless yourself by just dwelling on positive thoughts. 95 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 4: Nothing happens until you speak. 96 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 5: When you say I am blessed, blessings come looking for you. 97 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 5: When you say I am prosperous, good break start heading 98 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 5: your way. When you say I am healthy, health starts 99 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 5: tracking you down. You can't wait until you feel that way. 100 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 5: Then you're going to say it. When the medical report 101 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 5: turns around, then I'll. 102 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 4: Say I'm healthy. It's just the opposite. 103 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 5: You have to declare your healthy before the health is 104 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 5: going to show up. You have to say I am 105 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 5: confident before you you are going to feel confident. If 106 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 5: you'll say it long enough, what happens is those words 107 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 5: get down in your spirit. You believe what you say 108 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 5: about yourself more than what anyone else says about you. 109 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 5: When you hear yourself day after day, I am healthy, 110 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 5: I am talented, I am confident, I am valuable. It's 111 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 5: changing how you see yourself. Over time, You're going to 112 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 5: become what you're saying. You are who you are in 113 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 5: part today because of what you've been speaking over your 114 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 5: life now all through the day. You need to develop 115 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 5: this habit of blessing yourself. You don't have to do 116 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 5: it in front of other people, but when you're in 117 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 5: the shower. Father, thank you that I am creative, I 118 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 5: am attractive, I am a great father. I have a 119 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 5: good personality driving to work. Lord, thank you that I'm forgiven. 120 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 4: I'm redeemed. 121 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 5: That your mercy is bigger than my mistakes. Before you 122 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 5: go to bed, I am valuable, one of a kind. 123 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 4: I have seeds of greatness. 124 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 5: Every time you say that, it's getting deeper in your spirit, 125 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 5: is becoming more ingrained in your thinking, and studies tell 126 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 5: us that we move toward what's in our subconscious mind 127 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 5: without even thinking about it. You're being pulled toward what 128 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 5: you're saying. That's why it's so important to pay attention 129 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 5: to what. 130 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 4: You're speaking over yourself. 131 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 5: Other people may say things about you, but nothing is 132 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 5: more powerful than what you say about yourself. I can 133 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 5: tell you all day long you're a victor and not 134 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 5: a victim. 135 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 4: That's good. 136 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 5: That's helping your thinking, But it's nothing compared to when 137 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 5: you say, I am a child of the Most High God. 138 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 5: I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I am a masterpiece, 139 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 5: handpicked by the creator of the universe. You keep declaring that, 140 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 5: and you can't stay insecure, feeling unworthy. 141 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 4: That will get down in your spirit. 142 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 5: You'll put your shoulders back, hold your head up high. 143 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 4: And you'll go places that you've never dreamed. 144 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 5: Are you blessing yourself or you're just waiting for God 145 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 5: to bless you, waiting for your spouse to make you 146 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 5: feel valuable, waiting for that. 147 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 4: Addiction to go away. 148 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 5: Maybe the reason it's not happening is you're not invoking 149 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 5: the blessing on yourself. You're not declaring what God says 150 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 5: about you in the face of that addiction. You need 151 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 5: to declare, I am free, I am whole. Greater is 152 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 5: he that's in me than what's trying to stop me. 153 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 5: Not just one time, but all through the day, week 154 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 5: after week, month after month. Keep blessing yourself, keep declaring 155 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 5: your free keep speaking victory. As you do that, you 156 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 5: may not be able to see it, but freedom is 157 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 5: coming your way. The scripture says you will eat the 158 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 5: fruit of your words. Whatever you're saying, that fruit is developing. 159 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 5: The fruit is growth. It's significant that God uses fruit 160 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 5: as the example because fruit doesn't develop overnight. 161 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 4: It takes time. This is showing us. You have to 162 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 4: keep speaking it. 163 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 5: Keep blessing yourself, don't be moved by what's not changing. 164 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 5: You may not see results in a week, but things 165 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 5: are happening that you can't see. We have some lemon 166 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 5: trees in our backyard. The lemon start off as a 167 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 5: little white flower, no resemblance of a lemon. Over time, 168 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 5: that flower changes into a little round ball, about the 169 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 5: size of a pee. Month after month, it grows. In 170 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 5: a year or so, it's a big, beautiful yellow lemon. 171 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 5: As you keep saying what God says about you, those 172 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 5: words are taking root. That freedom you're speaking is developing. 173 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 5: That health you're declaring, the talent, the confidence, the discipline. 174 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 4: It's growing. 175 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 5: You're going to come to a point where you see 176 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 5: what you've been saying. You're not speaking it by faith 177 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 5: any more. Now it's a reality. 178 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 4: You're going to eat the fruit of your words. 179 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 5: That's why every day you need to spend time blessing yourself. 180 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 5: It's good when others encourage you, it's good when they 181 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 5: pray for you, but their words don't have the authority 182 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 5: as your words. What you say about yourself, you're giving 183 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 5: it the right. 184 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 4: To come to pass. 185 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 5: When we wake up each morning, most of us brush 186 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 5: our teeth, take a shower, pick out our clothes, get dressed. 187 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 5: We may spend half an hour getting our physical body 188 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 5: ready for the day, but often we don't spend any 189 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 5: time getting our inner person ready for the day, our mind, 190 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 5: our spirit, our emotions. What if you took a couple 191 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 5: of minutes every morning before you leave the house and 192 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 5: say what God says about you, make this declaration of faith. 193 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 5: You can download it on our website. I am blessed. 194 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 5: I am prosper us. I am redeemed, forgiven, talented, creative, disciplined, focused, confident, secure, prepared, qualified, motivated, valuable, free, determined, equipped, empowered, anointed, 195 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 5: accepted and approved. Not average, not mediocre. I am a 196 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 5: child of the Most High God. We say that every 197 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 5: service at Lakewood. It's because it's easy to forget who 198 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 5: we are. Life tries to push us down, tell us 199 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 5: what we're not, what we can't do, how we failed. 200 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 5: Sometimes our own thoughts tell us we're not attractive, nothing 201 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 5: good is in our future. If you let those lives play, 202 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 5: it will keep you from your purpose. But if you'll 203 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 5: make this declaration several times a day, month after month, 204 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 5: it will get down in your spirit and you will 205 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 5: become who God created you to be. When you're constantly 206 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 5: saying what God says about you, it will bring down 207 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 5: strongholds that are keeping you back. It will get rid 208 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 5: of impurities that are contaminating your self image. You'll begin 209 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 5: to see yourself the right way, redeemed forgiven, strong, victorious. 210 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 5: I talked to a man that was raised in a 211 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 5: dysfunctional home. He was told by his father that he 212 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 5: would never amount to anything. He wasn't smart enough, he'd 213 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,439 Speaker 5: never be successful. For forty years. 214 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 4: He believed those lies. 215 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 5: He stayed at the lowest level position at the company 216 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 5: where he worked. Never thought he could rise higher. After all, 217 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 5: he was told that he didn't have the talent. One 218 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 5: day he heard what I'm telling you. Instead of agreeing 219 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 5: with what people said about him, he started speaking what 220 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 5: God said about him. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. 221 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 5: I have seeds of greatness. I am full of potential. 222 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 5: As he spoke what God said about him, he began 223 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 5: to see himself in a new way. He became more confident, 224 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 5: New gifts started to come out. Other people started to notice. 225 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 5: He got promoted again and again. After thirty years of 226 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 5: being stuck at that low level position. Today he's running 227 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 5: his whole department. 228 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 4: He has several. 229 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 5: Hundred people under him. Now, people may tell you that 230 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 5: your average nothing special about you. The good news is 231 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 5: what you say about yourself overrides what other people say. 232 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 5: Don't let what someone spoke over you keep you from 233 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 5: becoming who you were created to be. Don't go around 234 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 5: repeating those lies. I'm not that talented. I've reached my limits. 235 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 5: I'll never accomplish my dreams. Zip that up and speak blessings. 236 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 4: Over your life. 237 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 5: The Scripture says, with our words, we can bless or 238 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 5: we can curse. We can lift up, or we can 239 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 5: push down. Question is, are you blessing. 240 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,359 Speaker 4: Yourself or are you cursing yourself? 241 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 5: Are you speaking words of faith, life victory, or are 242 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 5: you speaking defeat mediocrity. 243 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:12,719 Speaker 4: I'm so undisciplined. 244 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 5: I'll never lose this weight, I'll never break this addiction. 245 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,839 Speaker 5: I'm unattractive, I'll never meet the right person. You may 246 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 5: not realize it, but you're cursing yourself. You're speaking defeat 247 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:29,839 Speaker 5: into your future. You have enough people in life against you. 248 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:34,559 Speaker 5: Don't be against yourself. There are forces of darkness trying 249 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 5: to keep you from your destiny. 250 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 4: Don't give them any fuel. 251 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 5: Pay attention to what you're saying about yourself. 252 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:43,359 Speaker 4: You can't talk. 253 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 5: Defeat and have victory. You can't talk lack and have abundance. 254 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 5: You can't talk sickness and have help. 255 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:51,559 Speaker 4: You may be. 256 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 5: Undisciplined right now, but the way to change is not 257 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 5: by telling how bad you are, putting yourself down. That's 258 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 5: inviting more difficulties. Start speaking victory. Don't curse yourself anymore. 259 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 5: Start blessing yourself. I am disciplined, I am determined, I 260 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 5: am strong. 261 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 4: I will break this addiction. I will get back in shape. 262 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 5: A friend of mine struggled with smoking for many years. 263 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 5: He tried to quit again and again wasn't able to 264 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 5: do it. He was constantly saying, it's too hard, I'll 265 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 5: never break it. 266 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 4: I don't have the will power. 267 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 5: He came down for prayer and he was very hard 268 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 5: on himself, very critical. He told me how he was undisciplined, 269 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 5: how he had quit for a few months and went back, 270 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 5: and how he. 271 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 4: Wasn't going to be able to break it. 272 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 5: He didn't realize he was cursing himself. I told him 273 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 5: what I'm telling you. You have to change what you're saying. 274 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 5: You have to start blessing yourself every day. Start saying 275 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 5: I am strong, I am disciplined. This addiction doesn't control me. 276 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 5: He tried this different approach. While he he was smoking. 277 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 5: He would say Lord, thank you that I am free. 278 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 5: Pots would tell him, are you kidding, You're not free, 279 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 5: You're just as addicted as you were before. The scripture says, 280 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 5: let the weak say I'm strong. Don't describe the weakness. 281 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 5: Call in strength, call in freedom, call in favor. About 282 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 5: six months later, something interesting happened. He started to not 283 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 5: like the taste of the cigarette. He thought it was 284 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 5: a bad batch. The taste got worse and worse. He 285 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 5: got to the point where he couldn't stand it. He 286 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 5: stopped smoking. Today, he's been free for over eight years. 287 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 5: It all started when he stopped cursing himself and he 288 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:42,359 Speaker 5: started blessing himself. 289 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 4: Are you speaking negative over yourself? Are you putting. 290 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 5: Yourself down, talking about how you don't measure up, what 291 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 5: you can't do, how you'll never be free. 292 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 4: Do yourself a favor. 293 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 5: Quit cursing yourself and start blessing yourself. If you keep 294 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 5: being negative towards yourself, it will keep you from your destiny. 295 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 4: In the Book of numbers. 296 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 5: The King of Moab hired Balim the prophet, to go 297 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 5: curse the Israelites. The king knew the Israelites were stronger 298 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 5: and more powerful. He thought if he could get Balim 299 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 5: to curse them, then the Moabites would be able to 300 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 5: defeat the people of Israel. But God told Balim to 301 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 5: only say what the Lord says. When Balim arrived, instead 302 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 5: of cursing the Israelites, he blessed them. 303 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 4: The king was so upset, he said. 304 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 5: You don't understand. I'm paying you to curse them. This 305 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 5: happened three times, but every time Balem blessed them, he 306 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 5: told the king, I cannot curse. 307 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 4: What God has already blessed. 308 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 5: One thing God was showing us is the enemy cannot 309 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 5: curse you. 310 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 4: You are God's property. He's already put a blessing on you. People. 311 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 5: Bad breaks how you were raised. What's coming against you? 312 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 5: Cannot your destiny. You've already been set apart, favored, equipped, 313 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 5: empowered by the creator of the universe. 314 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 4: But here's the key. 315 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 5: Since the enemy can't curse you, he'll try to deceive 316 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 5: you into cursing yourself. He'll do his best to try 317 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 5: to get you to go through life speaking defeat over yourself. 318 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 5: I'm not that talented. I'll never meet the right person. 319 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 5: I've made too many mistakes. 320 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 4: He can't curse you. 321 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 5: Don't you dare do it for him? Don't you dare 322 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 5: curse yourself. The next time you're tempted to say something 323 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 5: negative about yourself, your future, your looks, your abilities, Zip 324 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 5: it up. 325 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:45,199 Speaker 4: When you're against yourself, you're in agreement with the enemy. 326 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:49,479 Speaker 4: When you bless yourself, you're in agreement with God. You 327 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 4: were created in his image. 328 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 5: He didn't make any mistakes. You didn't get short changed. 329 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 5: He wasn't having a bad day when he made you. 330 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 5: He knew every fault you would have. He knew the 331 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 5: areas you would struggle in. Quit beating yourself up, living unworthy, 332 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,120 Speaker 5: receive his mercy. 333 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 4: And move forward with your life. 334 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 5: You have the talent you need. You come from the 335 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 5: right family. You are well able to reach your destiny. 336 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 5: Now start blessing yourself. When you're tempted to say something negative, 337 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 5: turn it around. You're not attractive. I am fearfully and 338 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 5: wonderfully made. You've made too many mistakes. I am forgiven, 339 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 5: I am redeemed, I am restored, you'll never be successful, 340 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,640 Speaker 5: You'll never reach your limits. I am surrounded by favor. 341 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 5: God has taken me from glory to glory. 342 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:43,679 Speaker 4: My latter days will be better than my former days. 343 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 5: Are you blessing yourself or are you cursing yourself? You 344 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,719 Speaker 5: have a destiny to fulfill. There's a calling on your life, 345 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 5: an assignment that only you can accomplish. 346 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 4: We need what you have. 347 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 5: We need your gifts, need your talent, We need your smile, 348 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 5: we need your love. This world won't be as bright 349 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 5: a place as it should be without you shining, living 350 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 5: the full, abundant life. 351 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:13,120 Speaker 4: That you were created to live. 352 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 5: There was a young man in the scripture named Jeremiah. 353 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 5: God gave him the promise that he would be a 354 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 5: great prophet and he would speak to nations. 355 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 4: Jeremiah was young. He didn't see himself as a leader. 356 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 5: He came from an average family, didn't have a great education, 357 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 5: wasn't trained to speak in front of people. 358 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 4: But God never asked you to. 359 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 5: Do something and then doesn't give you the ability to 360 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 5: do it. You may not feel qualified, you don't think 361 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 5: you have the talent. The odds are against you. You 362 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 5: wouldn't have that opportunity if you. 363 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 4: Weren't already equipped. 364 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 5: It's in you, but you have to call it out. 365 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 5: You have to start blessing yourself. You'll be tempted to 366 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 5: talk about all the reasons why you're not able. It's 367 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 5: too big, you don't have the these sources. 368 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 4: You come from the wrong family. Or don't curse yourself. 369 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 5: Jeremiah said God, I can't speak to nations. 370 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 4: I'm too young. 371 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 5: I wouldn't know what to say. God didn't say, that's fine. 372 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 5: I understand. God said Jeremiah, say not that you're too young. 373 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 5: God immediately stopped his negative words. He stopped him from 374 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 5: cursing himself. God knew if Jeremiah would have gone around 375 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 5: saying I can't do this, I don't have what it takes, 376 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 5: I'm afraid. 377 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 4: He would have missed his destiny. 378 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 5: Be careful what you're saying about yourself. You are prophesying 379 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 5: your future, and the odds may be against you, but 380 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 5: God is for you. Say not, I'll never break the addiction. 381 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 5: Say not, I'll never meet the right person. Say not, 382 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 5: I can't start my business. 383 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 4: Zip that up and get an agreement with God. 384 00:20:55,800 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 5: Psalm thirty four says, do you want a long, good life? 385 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 5: Then watch your tongue, keep your lips from telling lies. 386 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 5: We think that only means don't tell lies to other people, 387 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 5: don't be dishonest, but it also means don't tell lies 388 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 5: about yourself. Don't go around saying things that contradict what 389 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 5: God says about you. I'm just average. I don't have 390 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:24,919 Speaker 5: a good personality. I'll never do anything great. Can I 391 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 5: say this respectfully? That's telling lies. God didn't create anyone average. 392 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 5: When he breathed life into you, he put greatness on 393 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 5: the inside. He's destined you to leave your mark, to 394 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 5: overcome that challenge, to outlast the opposition, to take your 395 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 5: family to. 396 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,439 Speaker 4: A new level. Now, if you're going to see this. 397 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 5: Good, long, prosperous, amazing life, then you have to do 398 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 5: something very important. Watch your tongue, be careful what you 399 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 5: say about yourself. You can't curse yourself and live a 400 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 5: blessed life. You can't put yourself down and rise up 401 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 5: to who you were created to be. When my father 402 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 5: went to be with the Lord, I knew I was 403 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 5: supposed to step up and pastor the church, but I 404 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 5: didn't feel qualified. I had never ministered before, hadn't been 405 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 5: a seminary I was afraid and insecure. My father had 406 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 5: this big personality, strong and confident. 407 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 4: I'm more quiet and reserved. 408 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 5: I had plenty of opportunities to talk about what I 409 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 5: was not, what I couldn't do, and how I didn't 410 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:36,360 Speaker 5: measure up, and how intimidated I was. But one thing 411 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 5: I learned growing up is to not speak the negative. 412 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 5: You may think it, but don't verbalize it. Instead of 413 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 5: saying what I felt, I said what God said about me. 414 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 5: I am strong in the Lord. I can do all 415 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 5: things through Christ. I've been raised up for such a 416 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 5: time as this. I didn't feel anointed, but all through 417 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,040 Speaker 5: the day under my breath, Father, thank you that I 418 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 5: I am anointed. Thoughts told me nobody's going to show up, 419 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 5: nobody's going to listen to you. Joel Father, thank you 420 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 5: that people are being drawn to me, that your favor 421 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,439 Speaker 5: is causing me to stand out. When they turn me on, 422 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:18,360 Speaker 5: they can't turn me off. Instead of cursing myself agreeing 423 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,719 Speaker 5: with the enemy, I kept blessing myself. Most of what 424 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 5: I was saying at the time wasn't true. I wasn't strong, confident, qualified. 425 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,640 Speaker 4: But over time, little by little. 426 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 5: I became what I was saying, I ate the fruit 427 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 5: of my words. Are there areas in your life that 428 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 5: you're cursing yourself instead of blessing yourself. You'll be amazed 429 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 5: at what will happen if you'll watch your tongue. The 430 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 5: Israelites had been in slavery for four hundred years when 431 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 5: God supernaturally brought them out. 432 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 4: The powerful Faiah and all of his army couldn't keep 433 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 4: them in captivity. 434 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 5: God sent the plagues part of the Red Sea, drowned 435 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 5: their enemies, gave them water out of a rock in 436 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 5: the desert. He brought them to the promised land. They 437 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 5: finally made it to this place they had dreamed about. 438 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:12,719 Speaker 4: They were next door. 439 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 5: All they had to do was go in and take 440 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 5: the land. God promised them the victory. 441 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 4: Moses sent twelve men to spy out the land. Ten 442 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 4: of them came back. 443 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 5: Said, we don't have a chance. There are giants in 444 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 5: the land. We felt like grasshoppers compared to them. 445 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 4: The scripture says. 446 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 5: They brought back an evil report. It seems like evil 447 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 5: is a strong word. A negative report makes more sense, 448 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 5: but God called it an evil report. It's because when 449 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 5: you get in agreement with the enemy and curse yourself. 450 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 4: It can keep you from your destiny. 451 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 5: The Israelites had seen the favor of God in amazing ways. 452 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 5: Yet the spies came back and said, we're like grasshoppers. 453 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 4: Here. They were sons and orders. 454 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 5: Of the most High, God favored equipped anointed. The problem 455 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,719 Speaker 5: is they started telling lies. They started agreeing with the enemy, 456 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 5: cursing their future. The enemy couldn't stop them with his power. 457 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 5: He had to deceive them into cursing themselves. They never 458 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 5: did make it into the promised land. The enemy has 459 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 5: no new tricks. He can't keep you from your destiny. 460 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 5: He can't stop God's plan for your life. 461 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 4: God has blessed you. The enemy cannot curse you. Now. 462 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 5: The question is are you going to curse yourself? Don't 463 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:41,640 Speaker 5: fall into that trap. Speak victory over your life, Luke. 464 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:45,959 Speaker 4: Chapter I. An angel appeared to a man named Zachariah. 465 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 5: He told him that his wife, Elizabeth was going to 466 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 5: have a baby. They were to name him John. Elizabeth 467 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 5: had been bearing her whole life. They were both way 468 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 5: up there in years. 469 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 4: Didn't seem possible. Zachariah said to the angel, how can 470 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 4: this happen? 471 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 5: I'm too old and my wife is way past the 472 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 5: child bearing years. Are you sure you have the right people, 473 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 5: the angel said Zachariah, I am Gabriel. I stand in 474 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 5: the presence of Almighty God. What he says will come 475 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 5: to pass. But God knows the power of our words. 476 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 5: He knows if we go around cursing ourselves, talking about 477 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 5: what we can't do, how impossible it is, how we're 478 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 5: too old, too young, too shy, too short, then we'll 479 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 5: never become who we were created to be. God needed 480 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 5: this child to be born. 481 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 4: To fulfill a prophecy from earlier. 482 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 5: So God did something unusual, The angel said Zachariah. Since 483 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 5: you doubted, you will remain silent and not be able 484 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 5: to speak until the baby is born. God literally shut 485 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 5: his mouth. Zachariah left there, unable to speak. God was 486 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 5: about to do something Zachariah had never seen, something more 487 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 5: than he had imagined. But he knew if Zachariah went 488 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 5: around speaking defeat, it would stop the promise. I wonder 489 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:12,120 Speaker 5: if there are promises we're keeping from coming to pass 490 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 5: because we're speaking the negative, verbalizing our doubts, cursing ourselves. 491 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 4: A year later, Elizabeth gave birth to a baby boy, 492 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 4: just like the angel said. 493 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,400 Speaker 5: Her friends and relatives were so excited they came over 494 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 5: to the house to celebrate. One of them asked what 495 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 5: the baby's name was going to be. Elizabeth said, his 496 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 5: name is John. 497 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 4: They said John. Nobody in your family is named John. 498 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 4: He should be named Zachariah, after the father. 499 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 5: They looked at Zachariah. He still couldn't speak, so he 500 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 5: wrote it on a tablet. 501 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 4: His name is John. 502 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 5: Like with Zachariah, God is about to do something that 503 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 5: your family has never seen, something unusual, something out of 504 00:27:55,800 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 5: the ordinary. You're about to give birth to dreams, promises, ministry, abundance, 505 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 5: influence that is far more than you've imagined. It's going 506 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,679 Speaker 5: to be easy to doubt, think it's too much, it 507 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 5: could never happen. But the reason God has you hearing 508 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,880 Speaker 5: this is so you will watch your tongue. No more 509 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 5: cursing yourself, no more speaking defeat, talking about how you 510 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 5: can't get well, can't break the addiction, can't start your business, 511 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,679 Speaker 5: Get in agreement with God. 512 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,880 Speaker 4: Start blessing yourself all through the day. 513 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 5: I am strong, I am talented, I am anointed, I 514 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 5: am healthy, I am well able. Remember the enemy can't 515 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 5: curse you he doesn't have that power. Now, don't curse yourself. 516 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 5: Speak life, speak favor, speak victory. 517 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 4: If you'll do. 518 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 5: This, I believe and declare, God is about to show 519 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 5: out in your life. New doors are about to open. 520 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,479 Speaker 5: Negative situations are about to turn around. 521 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 4: Freedom is coming, healing is coming. 522 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 5: Breakthroughs the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. Well, 523 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 5: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 524 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 5: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 525 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 526 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. 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