1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. When God bless you, 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: it is always our joy to come into your homes. 7 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: We love you. We know God has great things in store. 8 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: He rewards people that seek after Him, and I believe 9 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: that's you and you here as well. And if you're 10 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,319 Speaker 1: ever in our area, come by and see us. I 11 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But 12 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: thanks for tuning in today. I like to start with 13 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: something funny each week, and I heard about this mother. 14 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: She was cooking breakfast for her young boys. Ryan was 15 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: five and Kevin was three. They begin to argue over 16 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: who should get the first pancake. The mom saw it 17 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: as an opportunity to teach them a lesson. She said, boys, boys, 18 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: if Jesus were here, he would say, let my brother 19 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: have the first pancake. Ryan turned to his younger brother 20 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: and said, okay, Kevin, you be Jesus all right, hold 21 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: up your Bible and say it like you mean it. 22 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 23 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 24 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 25 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 26 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 27 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 28 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about how you can have 29 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: an extreme makeover. Seems like we're always hearing about how 30 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: we can look better and feel better. I saw the 31 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: other morning all these techniques to look younger. There were 32 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: seven things we could do to supposedly take ten years 33 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: off of our age. Billions and billions of dollars are 34 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: being spent by people having what's commonly called a makeover. 35 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: And of course, there's nothing wrong with wanting to improve, 36 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: nothing wrong with wanting to look better. But I found 37 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: true chain starts on the inside. It starts in our thinking. 38 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: You can change the outside, but if you don't change 39 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,679 Speaker 1: the inside, it's not going to last. It may give 40 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: you some temporary happiness, you may feel better for a while, 41 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 1: but long term, you will always default back to what 42 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: you believe about yourself, your self esteem, your sense of value, 43 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: your level of confidence that will always override the physical. 44 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: A few years ago, a young lady came up for prayer. 45 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: She was one of the most beautiful young ladies that 46 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: I've ever seen. On a scale of one to ten, 47 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: she was a ten plus. She was working in the 48 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: entertainment industry, traveling with a certain show, very successful. I 49 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 1: asked what she wanted to pray about. I thought it'd 50 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: be her family, her career, something like that, But she said, Joel, 51 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 1: I wish you'd pray for me. I feel so unattractive. 52 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: I thought to myself, you cannot get any more beautiful. 53 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: But that's the way the enemy works. He tries to 54 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: manipulate our thinking and deceive us into believe in these lives. 55 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: What you believe about yourself your self esteem, your sense 56 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: of value, your sense of worth, that will set the 57 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: limits for your life. If you don't think you're talented, 58 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: you can have all the talent in the world, but 59 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: you'll never tap into it. If you don't think you 60 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: have a good personality and you don't have much to offer, 61 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 1: your own thoughts will keep you from rising higher. If 62 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: you think you're unattractive and you don't quite measure up 63 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: and you're always wishing you were something different. Then those 64 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: negative feelings towards yourself will keep you from blossoming into 65 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: who God created you to be. True change starts on 66 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: the inside. The problem many people have today is they 67 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: don't really like themselves. They go around with a nagging 68 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: feeling down in here, like something's wrong with them. They 69 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: focus on their aults. They relive every disappointment in their mind. 70 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: There's a recording constantly playing You're so slow, you can't 71 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: do anything right, You'll never be happy. You've been through 72 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: too much. And they wonder why they don't enjoy life, 73 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: why they don't have any enthusiasm. Here's the key. You 74 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: cannot be negative towards yourself and expect to live a positive, 75 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: faith filled life. You need to have an extreme makeover, 76 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: but not on the outside, on the inside. If you'll 77 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: get your thinking corrected and start thinking like a champion, 78 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: like a child of the Most High God, like you've 79 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: been crowned with favor, then you'll be amazed at what 80 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: will happen. Instead of going around thinking I don't have 81 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: a good personality, I don't have much to offer. No, 82 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: just turn it around. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. 83 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: I am one of a kind. I know I am 84 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: a masterpiece. Instead of thinking I'm so slow, I can't 85 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: do anything right, No, I'm talented, I'm creative, I have 86 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: great ideas. Instead of dwelling on I never get any breaks, 87 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: Nothing good ever happens to me. No, God's favor is 88 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: surrounding me. Goodness and mercy fall of me. Whatever I 89 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: touch prospers and succeeds. When you think like that, a 90 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: transformation is taking place. An extreme makeover starts on the inside. 91 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: Think about a hog. A hog's nature is to get dirty. 92 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 1: He likes to play in the mud. That's the way 93 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: he's been programmed. That's what's wired into his thinking. Let's 94 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 1: just imagine you decide to give that hog an extreme makeover. 95 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: You can take him to the best spa in the world, 96 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: put him in a bubble bath, polish his nails, give 97 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: him a pedicure, exfoliate his skin. You can put botox 98 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: in his wrinkles, ti bowl his neck. You get finished 99 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: and you think, man, that is one hot looking hog. 100 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: But you know as well as I do. When you 101 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: get back home and let him out of the truck, 102 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: he's not gonna go to the swimming pool and put 103 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,159 Speaker 1: his sunglasses on and drink iced tea. He's gonna go 104 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: as fast as he can right back to that mud hole. 105 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: He's not gonna show off to his friends. He's not 106 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 1: gonna prance by and say I'm looking good today. He's 107 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: gonna go that mud and roll over and over get 108 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: just as dirty and filthy as he was before. Not 109 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: one time will he say, oh, man, I messed up 110 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: my nails. Why is that? You change the outside, but 111 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 1: lasting change comes from the inside. It comes from what 112 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: we believe about ourselves and who we really feel that 113 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 1: we are. I remember seeing this lady on television. She 114 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: had been extremely overweight, and they put her on a 115 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: diet and exercise program, and after a year or two 116 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 1: she had lost over two hundred and fifty pounds. She 117 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: looked great, she went down to a size ten. Her 118 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: before and after pictures you could hardly even recognize her. 119 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: But in this interview she did not have one ounce 120 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: of joy. She seemed to be as depressed as could be. 121 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: She never even smiled. The reporter finally picked up on 122 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: it and asked her what was wrong with her? Wasn't 123 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: she proud of what she had accomplished. I'll never forget 124 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: what she answered. She said, I don't know what's wrong 125 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: with me. I guess in my mind, I'll always be fat. 126 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: What was her problem? She had transformed the outside, but 127 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: she had never transformed the inside. Many people go around 128 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: just like her with low self esteem, feeling less than 129 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: they look good on the outside. They smile, they're friendly, 130 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: but inwardly their negative toward themselves. They live in regrets. 131 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: That recording's constantly playing you blew it. You weren't a 132 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: good parent. You're the reason the marriage failed, that business 133 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: went under because you're not smart enough. They allow all 134 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: these thoughts to play internally, and it's stealing their sense 135 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: of value. We need to put on a new recording. 136 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: If we're going to live in victory, we have to 137 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: have this transformation. The apostle Paul tells us how to 138 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: have an extreme makeover. God's way. It's found in Romans, 139 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: chapter twelve, verse two. He said, be transformed by the 140 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: renewing of your mind. That word transform in the original 141 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: language is metamorpho. It's where we get our word metamorphous. 142 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: We all know how a worm metamorphos is into a butterfly. 143 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 1: And this is saying that if we will get our 144 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: thoughts going in the right direction, if we will renew 145 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: our mind and not dwell on these condemning less than 146 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: inferior thoughts, then a transformation is going to take place, 147 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: an extreme makeover. You think about little worm, a little caterpillar. 148 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 1: It starts off as one of the most unattractive, unsightly insects, 149 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: very bland, nothing special about it. But just because it 150 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: starts there doesn't mean it's going to stay there. God 151 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: has predestined it to go through a transformation. At one point, 152 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: it'll form that cocoon and a metamorphis will start to happen. 153 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: It's a process. He begins to change little by little, 154 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: and one day he'll start to push out of that cocoon. 155 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,679 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, a leg will come out, then 156 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: a wing will break out, and finally his head will 157 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: come out. Before long, he's totally free from that cocoon. 158 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: He can fly wherever he wants to go. Instead of 159 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: crawling around on the ground struggling trying to find food, 160 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: Now he simply flies over to the beautiful flowers. That 161 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: butterfly spends most of his time eating the sweet nectar 162 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 1: from those flowers. That's the kind of change the scripture's 163 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: talking about. It'll happen when we renew our mind. It's 164 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: an extreme makeover, and we may not like to admit it, 165 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: but in a way, we all start off as worms. 166 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: Our thinking is not where it should be. Without the 167 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: proper training, our mind will gravitate toward the negative. We'll 168 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: think things like I can't take that promotion, I'm not qualified, 169 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 1: I'll never be successful. I come from the wrong family, 170 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: or Joel, God could never bless me. I've made so 171 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: many mistakes. I don't deserve it. How many times have 172 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: I heard people tell me, Joel, I'm just a weak 173 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: worm of the dust. You know what I call those 174 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: kind of thoughts? Those are wormy thoughts. The good news is, 175 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,439 Speaker 1: just because we start there doesn't mean we're going to 176 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: finish there. God has predestined us to go through this transformation. 177 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: He has preordained us, so to speak, to go from 178 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: a worm to a butter fly. But here's the key. 179 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: It's not up to God, It's up to us. The 180 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: only way this transformation is going to take place is 181 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: if we will get our thinking consistently in line with 182 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 1: God's word. Some people go around thinking, I'll never be 183 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: a good parent, I'll never get my business off the ground, 184 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: I'll never lose this weight, Joel, No, those thoughts are 185 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 1: going to keep you in your cocoon. You have to 186 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: realize there is a great parent in you right now, 187 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: just waiting to be released. There is a successful, prosperous 188 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: person already in you, just waiting to come out. There 189 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: is a healthy, whole man or woman on the inside, 190 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: just waiting to go through that transformation. If you're going 191 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: to see your metamorphois take place, you have to be 192 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: convinced that in me right now is a great dad. 193 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: In me right now is a great mom. You may 194 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: be struggling with an addiction, but you've got to know 195 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: in me right now is a person that's totally free. 196 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: It's just a matter of time before they come out. 197 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: You're in the cocoon. But because you're in faith, because 198 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: your thoughts are going in the right direction, your transformation 199 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: is in process. When those negative thoughts come telling you 200 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: that you're never going to get better, you're never going 201 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: to change now, you just need to remind yourself I'm 202 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: being transformed right now. My metamorphois is already underway. God 203 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: is in the process of changing me. That's how you 204 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: get the butterfly out. Not by dwelling on your weaknesses, 205 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: your mistakes, your disappointments. No, dwell on the fact that. 206 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 2: You are forgiven, you are redeemed, you are valuable. 207 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 1: When you dwell on that, you are one step closer 208 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: to coming out of that cocoon. And some of you 209 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: have been in your cocoon year after year. God is 210 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: so ready to take you to a new level. He 211 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,079 Speaker 1: is so ready to release a new wave of his favor. 212 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: You need to rise up and say, it is my 213 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: time to be transformed. I've been in this cocoon too long. 214 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: I Am done dwelling on the mistakes I've made and 215 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: the negative things people have said, and all my disappointments. 216 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: I'm going to put on a new recording. I am 217 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: who God says I am. 218 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 2: I am redeemed, I am forgiven, I am accepted, I 219 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:35,959 Speaker 2: am approved, I am talented, I am creative, I am equipped, 220 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:37,199 Speaker 2: I am empowered. 221 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,959 Speaker 1: When you do that, you better watch out. I can 222 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: see a wing starting to break out. I can see 223 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: one of their legs pushing that cocoon back. You keep 224 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 1: that up and before long, you'll be transformed into that 225 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: beautiful butterfly. Let me tell you, I don't believe I'm 226 00:13:55,559 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 1: looking at any worms. I can see your value, see 227 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:04,199 Speaker 1: your potential. I know you've been created in the image 228 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: of Almighty God. I know you have seeds of greatness 229 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: on the inside. Every one of you is in the 230 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: process of changing. My prayer today is I'm on push 231 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: you further along. I'm going to convince you to shake 232 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 1: off inferiority, shake off rejection, shake off disappointments, shake off 233 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: every negative thing spoken over you. This is a new day. 234 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: You're extreme makeover I believe has begun. I heard a 235 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: story about this older gentleman. He lived in a little 236 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 1: hut on an island in the South Pacific. He was 237 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: a sculptor. He spent his whole life working with wood 238 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: and carving different items, and he was very talented at 239 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: what he did. And one day he was walking by 240 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: this beautiful plantation. There was this picturesque white home, acre 241 00:14:55,640 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: after acre of green grass, beautiful palm trees. Both this 242 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: man on the island lived there, and as he passed by, 243 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 1: he noticed these tree trunks that had been cut down 244 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: that were piled up over on the side. He asked 245 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: the plantation owner what he was going to do with 246 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: those discarded tree trunks, and the man said, oh, that's 247 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: just trash, that's junk. We're going to have them hauled away. 248 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: He said, well, would you mind if I had one 249 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 1: of them? Would you give me one? The man looked 250 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: at him kind of strangely, and he said, well, if 251 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: you want an old piece of dead beat up wood, 252 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: you're welcome to take it. That sculptor put it on 253 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: his back and took it to his little village hut, 254 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: and he stood it up on the inside and he 255 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: began to walk around and around it, very carefully, studying it, 256 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: analyzing it. He looked at that piece of wood as 257 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: if he was trying to free something that had been 258 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: trapped on the inside. After a couple of hours of 259 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: contemplating it, he finally got it and began to work. 260 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: He started carving and carving, day after day, whittling away 261 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: with exact precision. After several weeks, he had carved the 262 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: most beautiful eagle that you could ever imagine. It was 263 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: majestic looking. He had its wings outstretched, his head up, 264 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: his claws back, soaring through the air. The detail on 265 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: it was incredible. He put it out on his front 266 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: porch of that little village hut. A few months later, 267 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: the plantation owner came walking by. He saw the eagle, 268 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: and he was so impressed. He came up to it 269 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: and began to study it and just was amazed at 270 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: the detail and marveled at how beautiful it was. After 271 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: a few minutes, he said to the sculptor, where did 272 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: you get this is beautiful. I would like to buy 273 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: it from you. The sculptor just kind of smiled and said, no, sir, 274 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: it's not for sale. He was insistent. He went on 275 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: and on. He said, name your price. I really want 276 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: to buy it. He finally agreed to sell it to 277 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: him for five hundred dollars. The man paid him and 278 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: he picked it up. He was walking out so proudly. 279 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: As he got a little ways down the road, the 280 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: sculptor said to him, sir, I don't know if you 281 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: realize it, but you just paid me five hundred dollars 282 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: for that piece of junk wood that you gave me 283 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: a few months ago. That man kind of shook his head. 284 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,439 Speaker 1: The next day, the sculpture was walking by the plantation. 285 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: He saw sign on the woodpile. It said tree trunks 286 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: for sale, five hundred dollars each. At least he learned 287 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: his lesson. But what's my point? That old sculptor was 288 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: able to see something in the discarded piece of wood 289 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: that other people couldn't see. The plantation owner saw it 290 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: as trash, as junk, as of no value. But the 291 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: sculptor was able to look beyond the surface, beyond the flaws, 292 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 1: and he saw its potential. He saw what it could become. 293 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: That's the way God is, your creator, can see things 294 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: in you that other people cannot see. Sometimes people try 295 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,679 Speaker 1: to push us down, try to make us feel inferior. 296 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 1: Sometimes our own thoughts will try to convince us that 297 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 1: we just don't measure up. But God has the incredible 298 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 1: ability to look past the outside, beyond our mistakes, beyond 299 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 1: what people have said, and God sees your value, He 300 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: sees your potential. You may think, man, Joel, I've blown it. 301 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: I've made so many mistakes. I'm sure I'm washed up. No, 302 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: God can still see the ego in the wood. He 303 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: doesn't just see what you are. God sees what you 304 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 1: can become. You may kind of feel like that old worm, 305 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: but God still sees the butterfly. You don't know what 306 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: you have in you, You don't know what you're capable of. 307 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: You may feel like that you've already reached your limits, 308 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: but when God looks at you, he sees new levels. 309 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: You may feel like you've blown your chances, but God 310 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: sees new opportunities. People may have tried to push you down, 311 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,959 Speaker 1: but God sees you lifted up. He sees you soaring. 312 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: He sees that egle being released. I'm asking you today 313 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: to get rid of any inferiority, any condemnation, any negative 314 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 1: words that have been spoken over you, and begin to 315 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: renew your mind. Start believing that you are forgiven, that 316 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: you are valuable, that you are redeemed. Believe that your 317 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,479 Speaker 1: egle is going to be released. I think about Jacob 318 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: in the scripture. He didn't have a lot of character. 319 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,719 Speaker 1: He was a cheater, he was dishonest. He even tricked 320 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,919 Speaker 1: his own brother out of his birthright. He would be 321 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 1: someone we would compare to that discarded piece of wood. 322 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: Surely God wouldn't use him. Surely God would find somebody 323 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: more perfect, somebody with less flaws. No, God doesn't judge 324 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: people the way we judge them. God is full of mercy. 325 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 1: He sees things in people that we can't see, and 326 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: somehow I believe Jacob had the attitude this is not 327 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: who I really am. I'm not a cheater, I'm not 328 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 1: a deceiver. Yes, I've got some flaws. Yes I've made 329 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:14,919 Speaker 1: some mistakes, but I know I'm better than this. I 330 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,439 Speaker 1: know there's an eagle on the inside, just waiting to 331 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: be released. I believe, deep down, Jacob knew the butterfly 332 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:27,360 Speaker 1: was coming, no doubt, he felt like that discarded piece 333 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 1: of wood, but he knew God wasn't finished with him. 334 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 1: You may feel like, how could God bless me, Joe? 335 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: How could God forgive me? You have to realize God 336 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 1: can see the egle in the wood, He sees the 337 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: butterfly in the word. God sees a champion in every failure. 338 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: That's just the way God is. But the way this 339 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: transformation takes place is for you to believe that you're forgiven. 340 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 1: Believe that there's mercy for every mistake. Believe that you 341 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:03,639 Speaker 1: are who God says you are, valuable, forgiven, redeemed a 342 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,639 Speaker 1: person of divine destiny. In the Old Testament, there was 343 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: a time when an army came in and attacked the 344 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: city of Jerusalem, kidnapped many of the people, and killed 345 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 1: their king. Now for the first time, the people of 346 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: Israel were without a leader. They were down and discouraged, 347 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 1: didn't know what to do. As they sat there feeling 348 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: helpless in self pity, the prophet Michael rose up and 349 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 1: began to speak faith into the people. He said, why 350 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: are you crying? Why are you discouraged? Is there not 351 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 1: a king in you? I believe God is saying that 352 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: to each one of us. There is a king on 353 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: the inside of you. You may have failed a thousand times, 354 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: but the King is still in you. You may have 355 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: been through disappointments, maybe you missed some good opportunities, but 356 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: let these words sink deep down into your spirit. The 357 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: king is still on the inside. People may have tried 358 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 1: to push you down, tried to make you feel inferior, 359 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: but realize what they said about you doesn't change what 360 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: God put in you. God always has the final say, 361 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 1: and he said, he put a king in you, He 362 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: put a queen in you. You need to put your 363 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 1: shoulders back, hold your head up high. You have royal 364 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 1: blood flowing through your veins. You are wearing a crown 365 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: of favor. You have on a robe of righteousness. You've 366 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: been armed with strength for every battle. You are surrounded 367 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: by God's favor. You have a treasure on the inside. 368 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: You are set apart as God's special children. And I 369 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: believe today I'm not looking at average people. I'm not 370 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 1: looking at anyone ordinary, anyone mediocre. When I look out 371 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: at you, I know I'm looking royalty. I see kings, 372 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: I see queens. I can see your crown of favor. 373 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:09,880 Speaker 1: I see children of the Most High God. You got 374 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 1: to start calling out the king, start calling out the queen. 375 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,400 Speaker 1: Don't you dare sit there and say, well, this isn't 376 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: for me today, man, Joel, I fell so many times, 377 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: I'm sure I'm all washed up. No, that didn't change 378 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 1: what God put on the inside. You couldn't be any 379 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: worse than Jacob. He felled again and again. One thing 380 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: I love about God is he never gives up on us. 381 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: God kept working with Jacob, making him molding him. One day, 382 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 1: God said, Jacob, I'm gonna change your name. His name 383 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 1: literally meant deceiver. God said, I don't want you to 384 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 1: be called that anymore. You've gone from a worm to 385 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: a butterfly, from a discarded piece of wood to an eagle. 386 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 1: Your new name is going to be Israel. Israel means 387 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: prince with God. He went from being called a cheater 388 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: to being called a king. Now when people came up 389 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,479 Speaker 1: to him, instead of saying hey Jacob, hey cheater, they 390 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 1: would say, hey Israel, hey king hate prince with God. 391 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: You can imagine what that did to his self esteem. 392 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: No doubt, he started thinking, I'm not a deceiver. I'm 393 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: not a manipulator. That's not who I am. I'm a king, 394 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: I'm a prince. I've been chosen by Almighty God. I've 395 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: got a destiny to fulfill people, to help, goals, to reach, dreams, 396 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: to realize. He began to renew his mind, and, just 397 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 1: like God promised, a transformation took place. Some of you today, 398 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: the only thing that's holding you back is your own 399 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: thoughts toward yourself. You're focused on the times you've blown it, 400 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,119 Speaker 1: on your mistakes, on how you didn't measure up. You 401 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: need to reprogram your thinking, get rid of those wormy 402 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: thoughts and start thinking like a champion. Have the attitude. 403 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 1: I am who God says I am. I am forgiving, 404 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: I am valuable. I am royalty. You've got to call 405 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: out the king, call out the queen. Think about Jacob 406 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: in the natural, it didn't look like there was a 407 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: king in him. He seemed to be as ordinary as 408 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: could be. You may feel that same way, average ordinary. 409 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 1: But every morning when you get up, you need to 410 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: remind yourself. Just speak it by faith. I am royalty. 411 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,439 Speaker 1: I have the seed of Almighty God. There is something 412 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 1: special about me. And when those thoughts come saying you're 413 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:42,679 Speaker 1: never going to be a good parent, you're never going 414 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 1: to break that addiction, instead of dwelling on it, just 415 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: turn it around and say, no, this is where I am, 416 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: but this is not where I'm staying. I know there's 417 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: a King in me. I'm coming up higher, I'm growing, 418 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: I'm changing. If you will call out the King, call 419 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: out the queen, that's your faith at work, and you'll 420 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: see God bring things out of you that you didn't 421 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: even know were in you. Now. I believe today is 422 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: going to be the start of some transformations, some metamorphosis. 423 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: Strongholds of insecurity and inferiority are being broken. Right now. 424 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: You're gonna feel a new sense of your value. You're 425 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: gonna have a new boldness, a new courage to step 426 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: out and do what God has put in your heart. 427 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: You're gonna see supernatural doors begin to open. God is 428 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,400 Speaker 1: gonna bring talent out of you that you didn't even 429 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: know was on the inside, and some of you. Right now, 430 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,360 Speaker 1: you've got one wing out of that cocoon. But it's 431 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: time to stretch and get the other wing out. It's 432 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: time to let go of every mistake, let go of disappointments, 433 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: let go of rejection. When you do that, you will 434 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: feel a new enthusiasm, a new victory. That heavy load 435 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 1: will be lifted off you instead of dragging through the day, 436 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: kind of like that worm, You'll be transformed into that 437 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 1: beautiful butterfly. You might as well get your wings out. 438 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: Get ready to sore, Get ready for more favor, Get 439 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: ready for God to restore what's been stolen. Get ready 440 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 1: to accomplish every dream. When you renew your mind, God 441 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,360 Speaker 1: promises a transformation is going to take place. That simply 442 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,160 Speaker 1: means the King's gonna come out, the Queen's gonna come out. 443 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 1: You're gonna live that life of victory. God has his story. 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