1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:06,279 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 2: For supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to have an. 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: Awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 2: God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, God 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 2: bless you. It's great to be with you today. 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,479 Speaker 1: And I hope you'll stay connected with us during the 8 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media. 9 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 2: We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: But I'd like to start with something funny and I 11 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: heard about this Baptist man named Bill. 12 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: He liked to sneak off to the horse races in bed. 13 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: One day, he saw a Catholic priest step onto the 14 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,639 Speaker 1: track and bless a horse. Sure enough, the horse won 15 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: first place. He blessed another horse. That horse won again. 16 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: Bilvet to the atm took out all of his money. 17 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: This time he saw the priest not only touch the 18 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: horse's forehead, but touch his eyes, his ears, and all 19 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: of his legs. Feeling confident, he bet all of his money, 20 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: but in the middle of the race, the horse fell 21 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: over dead. Bill went to the priest, said, what in 22 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: the world happened? The priest said, that's the problem with 23 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: you Protestants. You don't know the difference between the blessing 24 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: and the last. Rites say it like you mean it. 25 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 26 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 27 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: what it says. 28 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 2: I can do. 29 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 30 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 31 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 32 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 33 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: winning the war within. There's a battle taking place on 34 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: the inside of each one of us. It's a battle 35 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: between the flesh and the spirit. The flesh represents our 36 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: carnal nature. It's things like jealousy, pride, compromise. 37 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 2: It's the easy way to live. You don't have to 38 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: be disciplined. You just do whatever you feel. Someone is 39 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 2: rude to you, you rude back to them. 40 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: If you don't feel like having a good attitude, go 41 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: through the day sour. When you see that coconut cream pie, 42 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: you don't think twice. 43 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 2: You eat your fourth piece. 44 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: The flesh wants to rule, It wants to have control. 45 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: The scripture says those who live by the dictates of 46 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: the flesh. Notice the flesh is described as a dictator. 47 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: What does a dictator do. They make all the decisions 48 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: for you. They tell you what to do, when to 49 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: do it. You just follow orders. You get stuck in traffic, 50 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: your flesh will tell you get upset. 51 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 2: This is ruining your day. 52 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: Many people follow the dictates of the flesh like a 53 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: good soldier, Yes, sir, right away. They get upset, sours 54 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: their day. Or at the office, someone leaves you out, 55 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: doesn't invite you to the meeting. 56 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 2: The flesh says, get offended. This is not right. They 57 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 2: go around offended, the chip on their shoulder. The problem 58 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 2: is if you keep giving into the flesh. 59 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: That verse goes on to say you will die. That 60 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: doesn't mean physically, but your dreams will die. Your relationships 61 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: won't flourish, your gifts won't come out like they should. 62 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: What's the problem. You're letting the flesh win the war. 63 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: Anytime you're tempted to compromise, be lazy, give in to temptation. 64 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: There's another option that is to walk in the spirit. 65 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: That means you do the right thing when it's hard. 66 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: You bite your tongue when someone is rude. You stay 67 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: faithful in your relationship when someone's trying to lure you away. 68 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 2: What's limiting some people. 69 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: It's not that they're not talented, it's not that they 70 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: don't have God's favor. 71 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 2: It's that they keep sowing to the flesh. 72 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: Don't keep giving in to the same things that you 73 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: know are holding you back. Next time you're tempted to 74 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: be jealous, find fault, say something critical. Tell your flesh, no, 75 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: I'm not going there. I'm going to be happy for them. 76 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: I'm going to see the best in people. When you 77 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: feel like staying up all night playing on the computer, 78 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: tell your flesh, not tonight, I'm going to bed. 79 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 2: I'm gonna take care of myself. 80 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: Next time those friends called that are pulling you down, 81 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: causing you to compromise, tell them sorry, something has come up. 82 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: I can't hang out tonight. Quit letting the flesh be 83 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: the dictator. You have to take charge. 84 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 2: Of your life. The flesh is not leading you anywhere productive. 85 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: Paul said in Galatians five, these two forces are constantly 86 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: fighting each other. Your choices will never be free from 87 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: this conflict. I don't want to depress you, but this 88 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: is a battle that will never go away. 89 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 2: You can be a believer for fifty years. 90 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: You've grown, you've matured, but you'll still have to deal 91 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: with the flesh. You don't overcome it one time and 92 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: it's defeated, it will come back again. 93 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 2: This is something we have to get skilled. No, I'm 94 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 2: not going to let my flesh say everything it wants. 95 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: No, I'm not going to take the bait and get 96 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: offended by that person that did me wrong. Not going 97 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: to let my guard down and be dishonest in this 98 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 1: business deal. 99 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 2: Are you winning the war within? 100 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: Are you living by the spirit making decisions that honor God? 101 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 2: Or are you letting the flesh win? 102 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: Doing whatever you feel you need to take the flesh 103 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: off the throne, Quit letting it determine your decisions. We've 104 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: seen in foreign countries where they have a dictator. The 105 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,679 Speaker 1: person in charge is oppressing the people, pushing them down. 106 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: There's no democracy. They can't vote him out, so they 107 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 1: have to take drastic measures. The people rise up and 108 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: overthrow the dictator. They have to forcefully remove him. That's 109 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: the only way they can be free. It's the same 110 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: way with the flesh. It wants to stay in control 111 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: of your life, telling you what to do, where to go. 112 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: The only way it's going to come off that throne 113 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: is if. 114 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 2: You forcefully remove it. It's not going to go easily. 115 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 1: Someone does you wrong and you choose to forgive, the 116 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: flesh will have a fit. 117 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 2: Come on, man, get even pay them back. This is 118 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 2: not right. 119 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: If you have to put your foot down and say sorry, 120 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 1: you don't control me anymore. I've taken you off the throne, 121 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 1: You've lost your authority. I walk by the spirit and 122 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: not by the flesh. It's time to dethrone the flesh. 123 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: Quit letting it dictate how you live, how you respond, 124 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: how you handle adversity. 125 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 2: Start sewing to the spirit. 126 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: Start taking the high road, doing the right thing when 127 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: it's hard. That's when you grow. That's when God can 128 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: trust you with more. It's very shallow to live by 129 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: how you feel, giving into carnal desires. That's going to 130 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: keep you from the greatness God put in you. The 131 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: scripture says no discipline at the time seems pleasant, but 132 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: later on you will reap a harvest of good things. 133 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: Being disciplined is not easy. Walking away when someone is rude, 134 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: not giving into the temptation, getting. 135 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 2: Up early to excel at work. That's difficult. 136 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: Your flesh wants to be comfortable. Your flesh wants the 137 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: easy way out. But you can't be comfortable all the 138 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: time and reach your destiny. If you'll do the hard 139 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: thing now, later on, you'll see blessings in favor that 140 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: you've never seen. But the flesh always wants instant gratification. 141 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: If I tell this person off, it'll make me feel 142 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: good right now. If I buy this item I can't afford, 143 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: if I sleep in and skip work, I'll feel good 144 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: right now. But it's important to think about later on. 145 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: We should be growing. We should be further now than 146 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: we were five years ago. If I'm still dealing with 147 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: my temper the same way as years ago, then I'm 148 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: leaving my flesh on the throne. 149 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 2: If I'm still. 150 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: Getting offended, upset, jealous the same way as years back, 151 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: then I'm letting the flesh dictate my life. 152 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 2: Now. 153 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: I'm not saying we have to be perfect, but we 154 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: should be growing. When Victoria and I were first married 155 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: and we were about to go somewhere, I would ask 156 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:24,239 Speaker 1: her if she was ready. 157 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 2: She would say, yes, I'm. 158 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: Ready, so I would go get in the car and 159 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: wait and I'd wait and wait and wait. 160 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 2: She would never come. 161 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: I'd get so stressed out go back in. I thought 162 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: you said you were ready. She would say, I am ready. 163 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: I said, well, would you mind like come into the car. 164 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: I didn't like to wait. I used to pray, God, 165 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: you have. 166 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 2: To change her, help her to go faster. 167 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: What's funny is God never changed her, but he used 168 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: her to change me. God doesn't remove everything that's uncomfortable. 169 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 2: If he did, we would never grow. 170 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: Instead of praying God, change the other person, I've learned 171 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: to pray, God, change me, Help me to come up higher, 172 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: Help me to be more patient, Help me to stay 173 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: in peace. Even now, when I get stuck in traffic, 174 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: long line at the airport, that impatience still tries to 175 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 1: get back on the throne, still tries to dictate my life. 176 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: You won't win the war within one time and you're done. 177 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: These forces are constantly opposing each other. That's why the 178 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 1: apostle Paul said, I die daily now. 179 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 2: Paul wrote half of. 180 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: The books in the New Testament. It's one of the 181 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: heroes of faith. You would think he was so powerful, 182 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,719 Speaker 1: so mature, he wouldn't have to. 183 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 2: Deal with these issues. Yet he said, every day I 184 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 2: have to take my flesh off the throne. 185 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,079 Speaker 1: Every day I have to put down my carnal desires. 186 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: A couple of years after being impatient letting things frustrate me, 187 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: I tried a different tactic. When Victoria says she's ready, 188 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: it's like the two minute warning in football. 189 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 2: The clock says two minutes, but you know it's. 190 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,119 Speaker 1: Going to be twenty minutes with the timeouts, the replays, 191 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,319 Speaker 1: the commercials now. When she says she's ready, I go 192 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: sit down, make a sandwich, work out, go to the 193 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: grocery store, mow the lawn. 194 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 2: And I'm not looking at her right now. 195 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 1: But many of the things that frustrate us are really 196 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: opportunities to grow. 197 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 2: Take the flesh off the throne. 198 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,959 Speaker 1: Don't respond the same way you've been responding the last 199 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: twenty years, being impatient, frustrated, arguing with your spouse, start 200 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: dying daily. Like with Paul, we all have areas where 201 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: we're letting the flesh dictate. 202 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 2: If we start walking by the spirit. 203 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: Being willing to be uncomfortable, keeping our mouth closed, waiting 204 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: with a good attitude, that's when you're growing. 205 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 2: That's when God, God can trust you with more. 206 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: Influence, more favor, more resources. Now. I know there are 207 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: a lot of battles on the outside, But my question 208 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 1: today is are you winning the war within? Are you 209 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: walking by the spirit and not the flesh. See when 210 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,319 Speaker 1: you gave your life to Christ, when you got born again, 211 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: the scripture says you became a new creation. 212 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 2: The old has passed away. 213 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: I would love to tell you that that means you'll 214 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 1: never have any more carnal desires. You'll never want to 215 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 1: be jealous, rude complain. No, the old man may have died, 216 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: but I've learned a secret. Sometimes he'll resurrect. Lazarus wasn't 217 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: the only one that came back to life. Your old 218 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: nature will rise from the dead. Phesians four says, put 219 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: off the old man and put on the new man. 220 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 2: Even though you're a new creation, you have to put 221 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 2: off the old. Every day that old man is trying 222 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 2: to get back up and run your life. We see 223 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 2: this with Peter. He was a faithful disciple, strong committed. 224 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: Jesus said, you are, Peter, upon this rock, I will 225 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: build my church. God had great confidence in Peter. When 226 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: the soldiers came to arrest Jesus, Peter was so determined 227 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: to stand up for Jesus, he pulled his sword out 228 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: and cut off the soldier's ear. 229 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 2: But a little later, when. 230 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 1: Jesus was taken to the High priest house, Peter denied 231 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: that he knew Jesus. 232 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 2: Young girl said, I know you're one of his disciples. 233 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: Peter got angry, started cursing, what are you talking about. 234 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 2: I don't know the man like Peter. 235 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: We all have these two people on the inside, the 236 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 1: old man and the new man. That's why the scripture says, 237 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: put off the old man, put off the pride, put 238 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: off the bitterness, put off the compromise, and put on 239 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: the new man. But yo, all, I'm trying, but I 240 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: can't control my temper. 241 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 2: I can't break this addiction. 242 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,080 Speaker 1: I can't keep my eyes on the right things. Well, 243 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: quit telling yourself that your old man is not that strong. 244 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:08,199 Speaker 1: The reason he's controlling you is you keep feeding him. 245 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: Whatever you feed is going to grow. Every time you 246 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: give into that temptation. 247 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 2: You're feeding it is getting stronger. Every time you're offended, you're. 248 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: Impatient, you say things you shouldn't. You're feeding the negative. 249 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 1: Do yourself a favor. Quit feeding the old man. If 250 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: you'll start starving the bitterness, starving the jealousy, starving the compromise. 251 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: It will get weaker and weaker, and that desire may 252 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: not totally go away. God may not totally remove it. 253 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: This is when discipline steps in. This is when his 254 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 1: grace shows up. Don't use the excuse I've tried, nothing 255 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: has changed. 256 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 2: You have the power to overcome. Don't let that old 257 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 2: man get back up. 258 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 1: I still deal with being impatient. That old man has 259 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: been trying to get back up for thirty years. I 260 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: buried him a funeral, thought he was finished. You've heard 261 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: of the walking dead. Sometimes he gets back up. Here's 262 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: what I've learned. Anything you defeat quickly is not your 263 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: real enemy. What you overcome in a short time, you 264 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: don't have to be concerned with that. Your real enemy 265 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: doesn't go away overnight. I'm not tempted to be dishonest, 266 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: curse do drugs. By the grace of God, those things 267 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: are not a struggle for me. But being impatient is 268 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: a different story. David defeated Goliath in a few minutes. 269 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: That wasn't his real enemy. King Saul pestered David for years, 270 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: threw spears at him in the palace chased him through 271 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: the desert. God could have delivered David from Saul in 272 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: a moment, like he did with Goliath. 273 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 2: He could have taken care of him in an afternoon. 274 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 2: No big deal. 275 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: But some enemies God doesn't remove some temptations, some desires 276 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: may not go away if God doesn't remove it. That 277 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: means the grace is there to stand strong and deal 278 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: with it. 279 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 2: God wouldn't have. 280 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: Allowed it if it was going to keep you from 281 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: your destiny. 282 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 2: Ask him to help you. Ask for his strength. 283 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: When you admit your dependence on him. You humble yourself, 284 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: say God, I. 285 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 2: Can't do this on my own. I can't defeat this giant. 286 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 2: It's not going away. 287 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: God will step in and help you conquer what's holding 288 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: you back. 289 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 2: You have the power to keep the old man down. 290 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: Don't let him keep you from your greatness. Don't let 291 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: the flesh stay on the throne. The force in you 292 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: is greater than any force that's trying to stop you. 293 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 2: Start putting on the new man. 294 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: Father, Thank you that I am strong, I am disciplined, 295 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: I am anointed, I am favored. That I make decisions 296 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: that honor you. For Samuel twenty five, David and his 297 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: men had been out protecting the property of a man 298 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: named Nabel. He was a wealthy man that owned a 299 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: lot of sheep. It's the time of year where they 300 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: were shearing the sheep. They had all this wool, a 301 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: great harvest. They were having a big celebration. So David 302 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: sent a few men to ask Nabel, since they had 303 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: been watching over his property. 304 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 2: If he would give them some food and water. 305 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: Seemed like Nabel would be grateful, glad to do it, 306 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: but he was just the opposite. He was very rude 307 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: and disrespectful to David's men. Commentaries say that Nabel was 308 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: a harsh man, stubborn, hot tempered, that he spent most 309 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: of his life drunk. He said to David's men, I 310 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: don't owe you anything, didn't ask you to protect me. 311 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: What are you doing on my property? He sent them 312 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: away empty handed. When David heard how Nabel insulted them, 313 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: he was furious. He told his men to get their swords. 314 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: They were going to attack. Nabel's wife, a young lady 315 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: named Abigail, was not only beautiful, but she was very wise. 316 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: She loaded up animals with food and water and headed 317 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 1: out toward David. They met on the road. Abigail bowed 318 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: down in humility. She said, David, my husband is a fool. 319 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 1: I'm sorry for how he treated you. I brought you 320 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: all these gifts for you and your men. She calmed 321 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: David down, kept him from wiping out her town. David 322 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: thanked her and turned around went back home. Ten days later, 323 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: Mabel had a stroke and died. David sent word and 324 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: asked Abigail to become his wife. Now that the old 325 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: man was dead, she could meet the new man. Nabel 326 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 1: is symbolic of our old nature, hot tempered, rude, ungrateful addictions. 327 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: The name Nabel even means fool. As long as the 328 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: old man. 329 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 2: Is alive, you'll never meet the new man. And I'm 330 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 2: not talking about your husband. Somebody thought they got a 331 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,360 Speaker 2: word from the Lord. I'm talking about the old man 332 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 2: that lives in us. 333 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:03,919 Speaker 1: The bitterness, the bad attitude, the compromise, start starving the 334 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 1: old man. Your destiny is too great, your assignment too important, 335 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: to let the same issues keep you from seeing the 336 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:17,359 Speaker 1: new man. It's interesting that Nabel died ten days after 337 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 1: Abigail did the right thing. There will be these times 338 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: when you dig down deep and do the right thing. 339 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: When it's hard that you will come in to your 340 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: tenth day, something will suddenly break. That addiction won't have 341 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: the power over you, that bad attitude, that temper may 342 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: not totally go away, but it doesn't control you anymore. 343 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: I wonder how much higher we would go, how much 344 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: more of God's favor we would see, if we'd start 345 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: putting off the old man, if we'd start saying no 346 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 1: to the things that are holding us back. And sometimes 347 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: a little thing is keeping us from big blessings, little pride, 348 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: little compromise. Just as one friend to party with just 349 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 1: his one temptation, I give into just this one person. 350 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 2: I won't forgive. No. It's time to get rid of Nabel. 351 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:11,400 Speaker 1: Nobody likes him, nobody wants to be around him. Put 352 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: the old man down, and put on the new you, 353 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 1: the free you, the blessed you, the happy you, the 354 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: victorious youth. In the scripture, Jacob was known for being dishonest, 355 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:24,199 Speaker 1: cheating people. 356 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 2: His name means trickster, con man. He lived up to it. 357 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: Tricked his brother out of his birthright, went around deceiving people. 358 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: After living this way for years, he went to the 359 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: brook to be alone. I'm sure he was reflecting on 360 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: his life, and he had an encounter with God wrestled 361 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: with the Angel. It was there that God changed his 362 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: name from Jacob to Israel. His new name means prince 363 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: with God. His old name meant deceiver. He spent the 364 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 1: rest of his life dealing with these two names. You 365 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 1: would think the scripture would now I refer to him 366 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 1: only by his new name Israel. After all, God changed 367 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,679 Speaker 1: his name. It was a significant moment. He had a 368 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: new beginning. But the scripture goes back and forth between 369 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: Jacob and Israel. One moment, he's Jacob in the same passage, 370 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 1: the next moment he's Israel. God was showing us that 371 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: the old man, the cardinal desires won't totally go away. 372 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 1: The key to living in victory is to respond like Israel, 373 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,360 Speaker 1: not like Jacob. There's a Jacob in all of us. 374 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,400 Speaker 1: There are things that can hold us back. The good 375 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: news is there's an Israel in all of us. There's 376 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: a prince in you. There's a holy, righteous, favored world. 377 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 2: Changer in you. 378 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: But let me warn you, even though Israel is in there, 379 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: even though God has changed your name, Jacob will try 380 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: to come out those carnal desires may be dead, but 381 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 1: people will do things that wake up. 382 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 2: The Jacob in you. 383 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: You were driving to work, singing praises, enjoying the day. 384 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 1: Israel was feeling good. Then someone cut you off in traffic. 385 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 1: Out of nowhere, Jacob showed up. You quit praising, you 386 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: started saying some other things. 387 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 2: You think, where did you come from? 388 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: Jacob smiles and says, I'm in here too. I may 389 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: be dead, but I can be woken up. Jacob wants 390 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: to complain. Israel wants to praise. Who's going to win 391 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: that war. 392 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 2: Jacob wants to hold a grudge. Man they hurt you, 393 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 2: don't speak to them. 394 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: Israel wants to forgive, let it go and move forward 395 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 1: in faith. Jacob wants to argue, be condescending, say hurtful things. 396 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: Israel wants to be kind, overlook the offense, keep peace 397 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: in the relationship. Jacob wants another Krispy Kreme donut with 398 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: chocolate icing sprinkles on top. Israel says, no twelve was enough. 399 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to beat the Israel, not the Jacob. 400 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: They're both in us. God changed your name, but he 401 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: didn't get rid of Jacob. When Jacob was about to pass, 402 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: came to the end of his life. Genesis forty eight 403 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 1: says when Jacob was told that his son Joseph was 404 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: there to see him, Israel gathered up his strength and 405 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 1: set up in the bed. He started off as Jacob, tired, weary, 406 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: thinking he was done. 407 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 2: But then something kicked in. He thought, my son is here, 408 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 2: the one I thought was dead, the one I waited for. 409 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna die yet. Israel set up in the bed. 410 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,959 Speaker 1: The prince in him came back to life. When you 411 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: wake up in the morning, you get to choose. Am 412 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 1: I going to be Jacob today? Am I gonna complain? 413 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,360 Speaker 1: I don't want to go to work, can't stand this traffic, 414 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: these people get on my nerves? Or are you going 415 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: to be Israel? 416 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 2: Lord? 417 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: Thank you for another day that you have made. I'm 418 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: grateful to be alive. Thank you for the gift of 419 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 1: this day. When things don't go your way, you have delays, disappointments, 420 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,880 Speaker 1: people that do you wrong. Are you gonna be Jacob, 421 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: get upset offended, try to pay them back? 422 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 2: Or are you gonna be Israel? Father? You're my vindicator, 423 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 2: You're on the throne. 424 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay in peace knowing that you're fighting my 425 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 1: battles with your family. Are you gonna be Jacob critical, harsh, contentious, 426 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 1: or are you gonna be Israel, loving kind, treating them 427 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: with respect and honor. Both people are in you, the 428 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: flesh and the spirit, the old man and the new man, 429 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 1: Jacob and Israel. You'll go so much further in life 430 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 1: if you'll start being Israel. Keep the flesh off the throne. 431 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: Don't let that old man get back up, Keep him buried. 432 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: I was at the drive through the other day, just 433 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 1: mining my own business. Life was good. I'd waited about 434 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 1: ten minutes in line. I pulled up to place my 435 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,400 Speaker 1: order on the microphone. People were in the building and 436 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 1: I rolled down my window, and the man was so upset. 437 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 2: He said, sir, there are other people waiting. 438 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 1: If you don't place your order, you're gonna have to 439 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: get out of the line. I had just pulled up. 440 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: I had not been there for two seconds. Out of nowhere, 441 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:19,399 Speaker 1: Jacob showed up. I was so surprised. I said, how 442 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: did you get here so fast? He said, I live 443 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: here too. He gave me some great ideas. 444 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 2: What to tell this jerk. 445 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: I mean, this man, I said, Jacob, I thought you 446 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: were dead, he said, I was, but I got back 447 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: up for this one. 448 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,640 Speaker 2: Now I had to make the choice. 449 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:39,360 Speaker 1: Was I going to be Israel the pastor with a smile, 450 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: or was I going to be Jacob and try to 451 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: get even I did what I'm asking you to do. 452 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 2: I thought, I'm gonna be Israel. 453 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 1: I said, very politely, well, no problem, let me give 454 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: you my order. After I ordered, I thanked him, said God, 455 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 1: bless you have a great day. 456 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 2: Hope your children are fine. Tell your grandparents. I said hello. 457 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: When I pulled up, he had all of his workers 458 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 1: gathered around staring at me. He said, I thought that 459 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 1: was you, Pastor Joel. I wanted to say, yes, this 460 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: is me Israel. Every day you have to make the choice. 461 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: Am I Jacob or am I Israel? Am I going 462 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: to hold onto this offense? Or am I going to 463 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: let it go? Am I going to hang out with 464 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: these friends that caused me to compromise? Or am I 465 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: going to stay on the high road and be a 466 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 1: person of excellence? Am I going to cut corners at work? 467 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: Or am I going to have integrity and give it 468 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 1: my best. I'm asking you to be an Israel. Put 469 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:39,360 Speaker 1: off the. 470 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 2: Old man don't let the flesh dictate your life. Let 471 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 2: the spirit rule. Honor God with your decisions. 472 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:50,400 Speaker 1: The choices you make don't just affect you, They affect 473 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 1: your children and even generations to come. Jacob's brother, Esau, 474 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: he sold his birthright for a pot of stew. He 475 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: was so hungry he let his carnal desires dictate his decisions. 476 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,239 Speaker 1: He sold something incredibly valuable. 477 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,399 Speaker 2: For a bowl of stew. He was the firstborn son. 478 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: We should talk about the God of Abraham, Isaac and Esau, 479 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 1: not Jacob, but Esau. Let his flesh take the throne. 480 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: Don't let that be you. You can win the war within. 481 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: God is calling you up higher. Whatever you know is 482 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:31,680 Speaker 1: holding you back. This is the time to make a change. 483 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 1: This is a moment of grace to do what you 484 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 1: couldn't do before. Your decision can save your marriage, can 485 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,199 Speaker 1: take you to a new level in your career. It 486 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 1: can break mediocrity and launch you into abundance. If you'll 487 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: do this, I believe and declare, like Israel, You're going 488 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: to become the prince you were created to be. You're 489 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: going to break bad habits, resist temptation, and see the 490 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if. 491 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 2: You receive it, can you say amen? 492 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 493 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: the lord of your life. 494 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? 495 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:16,160 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 496 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 1: into my heart. 497 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 2: I'll make you my Lord and savior. 498 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 499 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 1: born again. We'd love to send you some free information. 500 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 1: You can text the number or go to the website. 501 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 1: I hope you'll get into a good Bible based church 502 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: and keep God first place. 503 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 3: Sometimes the circumstances of life can be overwhelmingly negative. What 504 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 3: should we do when we experience these kinds of negative 505 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 3: reports and realities? 506 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 1: Our life is like a container. It can only hold 507 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: so much. When we allow negative things in, like worry, guilt, 508 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 1: and unforgiveness, that's taking up space for the good things 509 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: that belong to you. That's why I wrote my book, 510 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,880 Speaker 1: Empty Out the Negative. I'll show you how to get 511 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: rid of what's limiting you so you can live a victorious, 512 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: fulfilled life. 513 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 4: When you make room for joy, peace and faith, God 514 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:11,640 Speaker 4: will fill you afresh. 515 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 3: And a news as our way of saying thank you 516 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 3: for your gift of any amount to the ministry. This month, 517 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 3: Joel and Victoria would like to send you this powerful book. 518 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 3: Empty out the negative, empty out fear, and replace it 519 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 3: with faith. 520 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 1: My doctor, he said, I went in there and there 521 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,439 Speaker 1: is no cancer in your body. 522 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 3: Empty out a hurt filled childhood, and replace it with confidence. 523 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 3: So I took what Joel said and I physically replaced 524 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,959 Speaker 3: them with I am strong, I am worthy. 525 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 2: I started saying those over and over and over. 526 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 3: Empty out broken relationships and find renewed love. 527 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 5: In a world that's just so full of so much 528 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,239 Speaker 5: noise and negativity and hatred, and just to come and 529 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 5: have so much encouragement filled into you. You know, it's 530 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 5: something I've never had in my whole life. 531 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 2: Are you holding onto things that are weighing you down? 532 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: It's time to empty that out so you can live 533 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 1: a positive, faith filled line. 534 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 4: Joel and I pray for you every day. We're believing 535 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 4: for God's very best for you and your family. You 536 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 4: know we appreciate your prayers and your support. Your generosity 537 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 4: is impacting so many lives. 538 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services online every Sunday morning, 539 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 1: download our daily podcast, listen on serious exam. Watch the 540 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 1: new joeloastin network, streaming on television. But until we see 541 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: you next week now, the Lord bless you and keep you. 542 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Empty Out the 543 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 3: Negative today. Visit Joelostein dot com or call eight eight 544 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 3: eight five six seven Joel