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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray put God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 5: your life. 39 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 6: Oh God bless you. 40 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 5: It is always a joy that comes into your home 41 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 5: with good news. 42 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 6: We know that God is on your side and God rewards. 43 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 5: The people that seek after Him, and I believe that's you. 44 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 5: Or you wouldn't be watching this today, or you guys 45 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 5: wouldn't be here. So that's why I come with just 46 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 5: a message of hope, a message of faith, knowing that 47 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 5: you know when we draw a night of God, God 48 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 5: draws die unto us. And so we're believing that two 49 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 5: thousand and six is going to be a great year 50 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 5: of victory in your life. But thanks for tuning in today. Listen, 51 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 5: come out and see us ever in this area. Please 52 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 5: don't come to Houston without stopping by and seeing us. 53 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 5: We'd love to meet you one on one. But I 54 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 5: like to get started each week with something kind of funny. 55 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 5: And I heard about this mechanic He was working on 56 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 5: the engine of this car, and he had it all 57 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 5: torn apart there in this mechanic shop, and in walk 58 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 5: this famous heart surgeon. And he said, doctor, tell me this, 59 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 5: I too, open up hearts and I replace valves and 60 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 5: I put in new parts, and when I get finished, 61 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 5: this car will be as good as new. And I 62 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 5: just don't understand why you make so much more money 63 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 5: when we basically do the same kind work. And that 64 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 5: heart surgeon smiled, and he said, try doing it with 65 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:05,119 Speaker 5: the engine running. 66 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 6: All right. Hold of your bibles. Say it like you 67 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 6: mean it. Are you ready? This is my Bible. I 68 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 6: am what it says, I am. 69 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have I can do 70 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 5: what it says I can do today, I will be 71 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 5: talked the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 72 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 73 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. We've been 74 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 5: talking about how we are the seed of almighty God 75 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 5: and we have been created to live a life of victory. 76 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 5: God didn't make any of us to be average. He 77 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 5: didn't make us to barely get by. We were created 78 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 5: to excel. It says before the foundation of the world. 79 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 5: God has not only chosen us, but he has equipped 80 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 5: us with everything. 81 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 6: We need to live his abundant life. 82 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 5: You have seeds of greatness on the inside of you 83 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 5: right now, but it's up to us to believe this 84 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 5: and act on it. And I see too many people 85 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 5: today going around with low self esteem, feeling inferior, like 86 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 5: they don't have what it takes. But as long as 87 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 5: we have that poor self image, we're not going to 88 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,559 Speaker 5: experience God's best. Now I've found you will never rise 89 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 5: above the image that you have of yourself. And that's 90 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 5: why it's so important that we see ourselves as God 91 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 5: sees us. And I want you to have this image 92 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 5: of a champion on the inside. You may not be 93 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 5: there yet, you may have some areas to overcome, but 94 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 5: you need to know deep down in here, beyond the 95 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 5: shadow of a doubt, that you are a victor and 96 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 5: not a victim. And one of the best ways that 97 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 5: we can improve our self image is with our words. 98 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 5: Words are like seeds. They have created power. It says 99 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 5: in Isaiah that we will eat the fruit of our words. 100 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 5: In other words, our words are going to produce exactly 101 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 5: what we're saying. And so every day we should make 102 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 5: positive declarations over our lives. We should say things like 103 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 5: I am blessed, I am prosperous, I am healthy, I 104 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 5: am talented, I am creative, I am wise. When we 105 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,799 Speaker 5: do that, we are building up our self image. Those 106 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 5: words are going to get down on the inside and 107 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 5: eventually they'll begin to change. 108 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 6: The way we see ourselves. 109 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 5: And the scripture says they're in James three, verse ten. 110 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 5: With our tongue, we can either bless our life or 111 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 5: we can curse our life. And I know people going 112 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 5: around cursing their future. They say things like I don't 113 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 5: have what it takes, I'm so clumsy, I can't get 114 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 5: anything right, I'm so undisciplined, I'll probably never lose this weight. 115 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 5: They don't realize it, but they just curse their future. Now, 116 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 5: we've got to be extremely careful what we all lie 117 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 5: out of our mouth. Our words are setting the direction 118 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 5: for our lives. Let me ask you which direction are 119 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 5: you going? Are you declaring good things? Are you blessing 120 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 5: your life, speaking words of faith over your future? Or 121 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 5: are you going around saying negative things? Nothing good ever 122 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 5: happens to me. I'll probably never get out of debt. 123 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 5: I'll never break this addiction. Now, when you talk like that, 124 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 5: you are setting the limits for your life. Too many 125 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 5: people today have a poor self image, all because of 126 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 5: their own words. They've gone around for years putting themselves down, 127 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 5: and now they've developed these wrong mindsets and it's keeping 128 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 5: them from rising higher. Well, you say, Joel, I've made 129 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 5: so many mistakes. I don't see how God could bless me, 130 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 5: and I just don't feel like I deserve it. Now, 131 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 5: the best thing you could do is, all through the day, 132 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 5: start saying to yourself, I am a new creature, I 133 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,239 Speaker 5: am forgiven, I am valuable to God. 134 00:06:58,400 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 6: He has made me worthy. 135 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 5: You keep saying that long enough, you're gonna put your 136 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 5: shoulders back. 137 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 6: You'll start expecting good things. 138 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 5: You may be lonely today, but you shouldn't go around 139 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 5: talking about it all the time. I'm so lonely, I'm discouraged. 140 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 5: Nobody ever likes to be around me. I'll probably never 141 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 5: get married. Now you've got to get up every day 142 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 5: and say I am fun to be around, I am attractive, 143 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 5: I am friendly, I have a good personality. 144 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 6: People are drawn to me. You say that day after day. 145 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 5: And it'll begin to change your self image. You'll go 146 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 5: out and not only have more confidence, but you'll be 147 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 5: more friendly, and you'll in turn attract new people. And 148 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 5: I know some of you today you've had other people 149 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 5: speak negative, destructive words over you, and unfortunately you've heard 150 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 5: it so long it's kind of affecting. 151 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 6: Your self image. 152 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 5: The only way that's going to change is for you 153 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 5: to get on the offensive and start speaking these faith filled. 154 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 6: Words over your own life. 155 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 5: Maybe it was a parent or a coach or a 156 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 5: teacher growing up, somebody that said things like you don't 157 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 5: have what it takes, you're never going to be successful, 158 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 5: you can't go to that college, you're not smart enough. 159 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 5: And now those words have taken root, and it's setting 160 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 5: the limits for your life. But let me tell you, 161 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 5: the best eraser you can ever find is God's word. 162 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 5: You need to quit dwelling on that junk and start 163 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 5: saying out of your own mouth what God. 164 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 6: Says about you. 165 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 5: You should go around all day long saying I am anointed, 166 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 5: I am approved, I am equipped, I've been chosen, I've 167 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 5: been set apart, i am destined to live in victory. 168 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 5: When you do that, you just bless your life. Not 169 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 5: only that, your self image will begin to improve. There 170 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 5: is creative power in your words, and I found you 171 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 5: believe your words more than you believe anybody else's. 172 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 6: Think about it. 173 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 5: Your words go out of your mouth and they come 174 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 5: right back into your own ears, and if you hear 175 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 5: it long enough, it'll drop down into your spirit and 176 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 5: those words will produce exactly what you're saying. And that's 177 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 5: why it's so important that we get in a habit 178 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 5: every day of declaring good things over our lives. When 179 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 5: you get up in the morning, instead of looking at 180 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 5: that mirror and saying, ah, man, I can't believe I 181 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 5: look like this. I'm getting so old, I'm so wrinkled. No, 182 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:20,959 Speaker 5: you need to just smile and say good morning, you 183 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 5: good looking thing. 184 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:25,559 Speaker 6: It's like that guy I heard about. He told his. 185 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 5: Wife, I can't wait to get up in the morning. 186 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 5: She said, why, he said, because I get better looking 187 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,319 Speaker 5: every day, and I can't wait to see what I'm gonna. 188 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 6: Look like tomorrow. 189 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 5: But no matter how you feel, when you get up 190 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 5: in the morning, you look at that mirror, you need 191 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 5: to say, I am strong, I am healthy. God is 192 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 5: renewing my youth like the eagles, and I am excited 193 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 5: about this day. And in the natural it may not 194 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 5: be true. You may not feel up to part that day. 195 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 5: You may have a lot of obstacles. But the scripture 196 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 5: tells us in Romans four seventeen that we are to 197 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 5: call the things that are not as if they already were. 198 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 6: In other words, don't talk about. 199 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 5: The way you are, talk about the way you want 200 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 5: to be. That's what faith is all about. See in 201 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 5: the world, you have to see it to believe it. 202 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 5: But God says you have to believe it and then 203 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 5: you'll see it. And for instance, you may be very 204 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 5: undisciplined in a certain area, but instead of going around 205 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 5: complaining about it and talking bad about yourself, you need 206 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 5: to start calling in what you need. When you say, Joel, 207 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 5: I just can't seem to resist this temptation. I'm so undisciplined. 208 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 5: I don't think I'm ever going to change now. Unfortunately, 209 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 5: you're not going to change. Talking like that, you're just 210 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,199 Speaker 5: feeding yourself a bunch of defeat and your image is 211 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 5: getting lower and lower. You've got to change what you're saying. 212 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 5: You need to start saying every day I am disciplined, 213 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 5: I have self control, I make good decisions. 214 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 6: I'm an overcomer. This thing didn't come to stay. 215 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 5: It came to pass, and all through the day, when 216 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 5: you're driving to work, when you're taking a shower, when 217 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 5: you're cooking dinner, under your breath, you should be saying, 218 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 5: I am more than a conquer I can do what 219 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 5: I need to do. I'm a child of the most 220 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 5: High God. And as you do that, you're getting stronger 221 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 5: and stronger, and that image on the inside is changing. 222 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 5: I know some of you are students here today and 223 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 5: you don't really think that you could ever make good grades. 224 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 6: Well, Joel, I'm just a sea student. That's the best 225 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 6: I've ever done. 226 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 5: I don't understand math, and this teacher he's the hardest 227 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 5: one around. Now, quit limiting yourself with those words. You 228 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 5: need to say every day, I excel in school, I 229 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 5: am a quick learner, I have good study habits. 230 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 6: I am full of God's wisdom. You've got to call 231 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 6: in what you need. 232 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 5: Or maybe you're here and you're naturally kind of critical 233 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 5: and judgmental toward people. But don't just sit back and 234 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 5: think that's the way I am. Now you need to 235 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 5: look in that mirror and say, every day, I am compassionate, 236 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 5: I am kind, I am understanding, I believe the best 237 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 5: in people. And as you consistently made these positive declarations, 238 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 5: they're going to get down on the inside of you 239 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 5: and things are going to begin to change. You remember 240 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 5: the story of Abraham and Sarah. When God told them 241 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 5: they were going to have a child. They were both 242 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 5: well beyond the child bearing years, close to one hundred 243 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 5: years old. In fact, when Abraham told Sarah, first thing 244 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 5: she did was to laugh. She said, Abraham, me have 245 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 5: a child. I'm an old woman. I don't think so. 246 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 5: And God knew he had to change the image they 247 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 5: had of themselves before they could ever have that child. 248 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 5: Well how did God do it? He changed their names. 249 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 5: In other words, he changed the words they were hearing. 250 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:49,719 Speaker 5: Says in Genesis. He changed Sarah to Sarah, which means princes. 251 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:56,079 Speaker 5: He changed Abram to Abraham, which means father of many nations. 252 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 5: Think about it, Before Abraham had a single child word, 253 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 5: God called him by faith the father of many nations. 254 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 5: Every time somebody said, hey, Abraham, how you doing, they 255 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 5: were saying. 256 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 6: Hello, Father of many nations. 257 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 5: He heard that, no doubt, thousands and thousands of times. 258 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 5: It began to get down on the inside. Think about Sarah. 259 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 5: She was an older woman who had never had any children. 260 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 5: She probably didn't have too good of a self image. 261 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 5: She probably didn't feel much like a princess. But every 262 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 5: time somebody said hello, Sarah, they were saying hello princes. 263 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 5: She heard that day in and day out. Good morning, princess, 264 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 5: Good afternoon, princes. Over time, that. 265 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 6: Changed her self image. 266 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 5: Now she no longer saw herself as an older, barren woman. 267 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 5: She began to see herself as a princess. You know 268 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 5: the story. Eventually she gave birth to that child. That's 269 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 5: what words can do. That's what can happen when you 270 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 5: have the. 271 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 6: Right image on the inside. 272 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,559 Speaker 5: And I know some of you today, Sarah, God has 273 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 5: put something in your heart that seems totally impossible. It 274 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 5: may seem impossible for you to ever be well again, 275 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 5: or impossible for you to get out of death, to 276 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 5: get married, to lose weight, to start that new business 277 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 5: in the natural. All the odds are against you. You 278 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 5: don't see how it could happen. If you're going to 279 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 5: see those dreams come to pass, you have to get 280 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 5: your mouth going in the right direction, and you need 281 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 5: to develop a new image on the inside. No matter 282 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 5: how impossible something looks, no matter how you feel, you 283 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 5: need to just start boldly declaring day in and day out, 284 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 5: I'm strong in the Lord. I can do all things 285 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 5: through Christ. I am well able to fulfill my destiny. 286 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 5: You've got to call in what God has promised you. 287 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 5: That's what the scripture says. Let the weak say I 288 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 5: am strong. You may not feel well today, but don't 289 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 5: you dare go around saying I don't think I'm ever 290 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 5: going to get over this sickness. 291 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 6: Joel. 292 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 5: No, you need to start boldly declaring God is restoring 293 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 5: health me. 294 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 6: I am getting. 295 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 5: Better and better every day in every way, or maybe 296 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 5: even in your financial situation. 297 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 6: It doesn't look very good. 298 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 5: Well, you need to start saying I'm blessed, I'm prosperous, I'm. 299 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 6: The head, not the tail. I will lend and not borrow. 300 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 5: What I'm saying today is, don't use your words to 301 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 5: describe your situation. Use your words to change your situation. 302 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 5: We have these friends that live in Dallas, and for 303 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 5: years they were trying to have another child. They had 304 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 5: a daughter, but they really wanted to have a son. 305 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 5: But this wife, every time she got pregnant, she had 306 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 5: a miscarriage. This happened five times over a nine year period. 307 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 5: They were getting up there in age, and they were 308 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 5: very discouraged and very frustrating. And this husband's name was Joe. 309 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 5: He'd gone by Joe his whole lifetime. But one day 310 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 5: it came to his attention what his full name meant. 311 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 5: Of course, his full name was Joseph, and that means 312 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 5: God will add. And when he heard that, something just 313 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 5: clicked on the inside. He knew that God was speaking 314 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 5: to him. And so he decided, kind of like this story, 315 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 5: to go back and start using his full name. And 316 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 5: so he told his friends, his family, his coworkers, don't 317 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 5: call me Joe anymore. Start calling me Joseph. They didn't 318 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 5: know what he was doing. They thought he was having 319 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 5: some kind of midlife crisis. But he didn't care. He 320 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 5: knew every time somebody said hello, Joseph, they were saying 321 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 5: God will add They were speaking faith into his life, 322 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 5: and he took that as them saying, God is going 323 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 5: to add to us a son. And do you know, 324 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 5: it wasn't more than several months after he started doing 325 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 5: that that his wife became pregnant with a baby boy, 326 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 5: and for the first time in ten years, she was 327 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 5: able to carry the child full term. Not too long ago, 328 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 5: that little boy was born, healthy and whole, and as 329 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 5: a testimony. 330 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 6: To what God had done, they named him. 331 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 5: Joseph as well God Will had I was reading not 332 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 5: too long ago this magazine article on it talked about 333 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,919 Speaker 5: these doctors that found a new way to treat patients 334 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 5: with depression. Instead of using a traditional approach and just 335 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 5: giving them medication, they started having their patients make positive declarations, 336 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 5: just like I'm talking about. They had them say things 337 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 5: like I have a bright future, people like me, good 338 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 5: things are in store. 339 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 6: It told how they. 340 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 5: Had remarkable results, much better than with traditional medication. In fact, 341 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 5: some of these patients were facing life threatening diseases and 342 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 5: they didn't feel like there was any hope. 343 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:40,880 Speaker 6: And the first thing the doctor would. 344 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 5: Do was asked the patient, has anyone ever survived from 345 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 5: this disease? Has one person ever made it? And of 346 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 5: course the answer was always yes. And he said, well, 347 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 5: I want you to start saying I will be one 348 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 5: of the ones to make it. I will be one 349 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 5: of the ones to beat the odds. They begin to 350 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 5: do this day in and day out, getting better. I'm recovering, 351 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 5: I'm going to make it. It's amazing how many of 352 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,400 Speaker 5: them not only came out of that depression, but many 353 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 5: of them did make full physical recoveries. See, there's power 354 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 5: in what we're saying. With our words, we are prophesying 355 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 5: our future. Too many people go around prophesying defeat, failure, lack, mediocrity. 356 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 5: Now use your words to declare good things. Declare victory 357 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 5: over your life, declare health, declear joy. 358 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:31,640 Speaker 6: All through the day. 359 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 5: We should go around saying I have the favor of God. 360 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,199 Speaker 5: I can do what I need to do. When we 361 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 5: do that, we are blessing our life and we are 362 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 5: strengthening our self image. And if you struggle with depression, today, 363 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 5: you too can use your words to change things. You 364 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 5: may have been through a lot of disappointments, you may 365 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 5: have gone through some setbacks in the past, but you, 366 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 5: more than anybody, need to get up every day and 367 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 5: just boldly declare this is going to be a great day. 368 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 5: I may have been defeated in the past, but this 369 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 5: is a new day. God is on my side. Things 370 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 5: are changing in my favor. And when those old, negative, 371 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 5: discouraging thoughts come back, and I'm sure they will, instead 372 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 5: of complaining and expecting the worst, you need to just 373 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 5: say it again and again. Something good is going to 374 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 5: happen to me. I am a victory and not a victim. 375 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 5: You've got to talk to yourself. Not enough to just 376 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 5: think it, you need to hear it over and over again. 377 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 5: Good things are in store. God is fighting my battles 378 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 5: for me. New doors of opportunity are opening. As you 379 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:37,199 Speaker 5: do that, you are developing a new image on the inside, 380 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 5: and things will begin to change in your favor. Now, 381 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 5: I wonder what would happen if we'd all take at 382 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 5: least five minutes a day and just declare good things 383 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 5: over our lives. 384 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 6: There's no telling how high. 385 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 5: We would all rise. Why don't you start. I'm talking 386 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,880 Speaker 5: about getting alone before you leave the house or even 387 00:19:55,960 --> 00:20:00,160 Speaker 5: driving to work, and just speaking the blessing over your life. 388 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,880 Speaker 5: You may even want to write it down, it says 389 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 5: in Habacca to write down your vision. Why don't you 390 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 5: make a list of your dreams, your goals, the areas 391 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 5: you want to improve, the things you want to see changed, 392 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 5: and always make sure you can back it up with 393 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 5: God's word, and then just take a few minutes alone 394 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 5: every day and just declare that over your life. It's 395 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 5: not enough to read it, it's not enough to think 396 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 5: about it. Something supernatural happens when we speak it out. 397 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,439 Speaker 5: That's how we give life to our faith. Maybe you 398 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 5: struggle with condemnation. You feel guilty because of your past mistakes, 399 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 5: and that black cloud tries to follow you around all day. No, 400 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 5: you need to just start boldly declaring all through the day, 401 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,439 Speaker 5: I'm the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. God is 402 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 5: pleased with me, He's smiling down on me. I am 403 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 5: a friend of God. You do that consistently and guilt 404 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 5: and condemnation can't stay around you. 405 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 6: Or maybe you struggle with worrying. 406 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 5: You're always upset your mind's going ninety to nothing. Well, 407 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 5: you need to just start declaring I have the peace 408 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 5: of God, my mind is at rest, I have a 409 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 5: relaxed and easy going attitude to clear it. By faith, 410 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 5: you can use your words to change that situation. 411 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 6: I know this lady. 412 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 5: She had tried to quit smoking for years and years, 413 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 5: and she had good intentions. She did her best, but 414 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 5: she just couldn't seem to do it, and she was 415 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 5: always saying, I just don't have what it takes. 416 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 6: This is just too. 417 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 5: Hard for me, and I'll never break this addiction. She 418 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,719 Speaker 5: even told her friends, even if I ever do quit smoking, 419 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 5: I know I'm gonna gain so much weight. She was 420 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:37,120 Speaker 5: constantly speaking negative words over her life, and this went 421 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 5: on for years. 422 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 6: She was so frustrated about it. 423 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 5: But one day somebody told her, what I'm telling you, 424 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 5: to change what she was saying, to call the things 425 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,160 Speaker 5: that are not as if they already were. She didn't 426 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 5: know any better. She just started saying, I don't like 427 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 5: to smoke. I can't stand the taste of this nicotine. 428 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 5: And when I do quit smoking, I'm not gonna gain one. 429 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 6: Bit of weight. 430 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 5: She said that after day, month after month. It's funny 431 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 5: she told me, Joel, I'd be sitting there smoking a 432 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 5: cigarette and just enjoying it. Yet I'd say out of 433 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 5: my mouth, I can't stand to smoke. I can't stand 434 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 5: this nicotine. See, she wasn't talking about the way she was. 435 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 5: She was talking about the way she wanted to be. 436 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 5: She did that month after month, and she said, one 437 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 5: day she woke up and lit up that cigarette, and 438 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 5: it tasted kind of different, tasted a little bit strange, 439 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 5: a little bit bitter. 440 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 6: Well, month after month it got worse and worse and worse, and. 441 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 5: One day that tasted so bad she couldn't stand it anymore. 442 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 5: She was able to lay it down. And do you know, 443 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 5: she never did game one bit of weight. Today she's 444 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 5: totally free from that. She broke that addiction in part 445 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 5: by the power of her words. 446 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 6: She prophesied her future for. 447 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,680 Speaker 5: Some of you today, Like this lady, you have spent 448 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 5: years saying negative things about yourself. 449 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 6: Man, I can't break this addiction. 450 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,880 Speaker 5: I can't lose weight, I'll never get out of debt, 451 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:02,160 Speaker 5: I'll never get married. Now those words have created a stronghold. 452 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 5: You have the wrong image on the inside. And unless 453 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 5: you change that image and start seeing yourself with the victory, 454 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 5: You're going to stay right where you are. And I'm 455 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 5: asking you today to not say another negative thing about yourself. 456 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,479 Speaker 5: You may be the most undisciplined person in here, you 457 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 5: may have a thousand bad habits, but I'm asking you 458 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 5: to not let another critical word come out of. 459 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 6: Your mouth toward yourself. 460 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 5: Use your words to bless your life, use your words 461 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 5: to declare the victory. Look in that mirror and call 462 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:37,919 Speaker 5: in what you need. It's got a change on the 463 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 5: inside before it's going to happen on the outside. And 464 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,199 Speaker 5: some of you don't see yourself rising high enough. You 465 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 5: don't see yourself leading the company in sales. You don't 466 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 5: see yourself being promoted increasing. You need to start saying 467 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,160 Speaker 5: every day I'm excelling in my career, i have the 468 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 5: favor of God, I make good decisions, I'm a hard worker, 469 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:01,880 Speaker 5: and I'm I'm going to rise to new heights. 470 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 6: Do you hear that long enough? 471 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 5: It'll create a new image on the inside, an image 472 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 5: of victory, an image of success. That's why I say 473 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 5: every single day, whether I feel like it or not, 474 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 5: I am anoyted. My gifts and talents are coming out 475 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,120 Speaker 5: to the full. Every message gets better and better. People 476 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 5: are drawn to me, people want to listen to me. 477 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 5: And do you know, I get letters all the time 478 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 5: from people that say, Joel, I never watch TV preachers. 479 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 5: I don't even like them, but for some reason, when 480 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 5: I turn you on, I just can't turn you off. 481 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 6: See I've called that in that's the favor of God. 482 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 5: I had somebody write a while back, this man, and 483 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 5: he said that his wife had been trying to get 484 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 5: him to watch for years, but he wouldn't do it. 485 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 5: He's very cynical and sarcastic towards the things of God. 486 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 5: But he said, one day he's flipping through the channels 487 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 5: and he came across our program and he normally just 488 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 5: turns it off real quickly, but for some reason, his 489 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 5: remote control quit working and he got stuck on our channel, 490 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 5: and he was so frustrated, so aggravated. He finagled that 491 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 5: remote control changed the battery, still couldn't get it to work, 492 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 5: and he said, Joel, even though I acted like I 493 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 5: wasn't listening, what you were saying was talking directly to me. 494 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 5: And he said, the funny thing was the minute the 495 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 5: program was over, it my remote control started working again, 496 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 5: and now he never misses a Sunday. And God works 497 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 5: in mysterious ways, doesn't he. But you need to declare 498 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 5: good things over your own life. Do you know if 499 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 5: you are negative and critical toward yourself, your own words 500 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 5: can stop God's best plan from coming to pass in 501 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 5: your life. This is what almost happened to the prophet Jeremiah. 502 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 5: God said, Jeremiah, I saw you before you were ever 503 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 5: formed in your mother's roomb, and I have chosen you 504 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 5: to be a prophet to the nations. 505 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 6: Well, Jeremiah was very young. 506 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 5: He didn't have much confidence, and when he heard this, 507 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 5: he was afraid. 508 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 6: He said, God, I can't do that. I can't speak 509 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,199 Speaker 6: to the nations. I'm too young. I wouldn't even know 510 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 6: what to say. 511 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 5: God answered him back and said, Jeremiah, say not that 512 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:13,479 Speaker 5: you are too young. Notice God immediately stopped his negative words. 513 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:14,400 Speaker 6: Why was that? 514 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,199 Speaker 5: It's because God knew if he went around saying I 515 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 5: can't do this, I don't have what it takes, I'm 516 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 5: too young. God knew he would get exactly what he 517 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 5: was saying. He knew those negative words would stop his 518 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,679 Speaker 5: best plan from coming to pass. And so God simply 519 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 5: said Jeremiah, do not say that anymore. Don't use those 520 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 5: words to curse your future. And it goes on to 521 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 5: tell how Jeremiah changed what he was saying. And God 522 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 5: has called every one of us to do great things. 523 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,880 Speaker 5: He's put dreams and desires in your heart. There are 524 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 5: areas where you want to improve, things that you want 525 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 5: to accomplish. But it's so easy to do like Jeremiah 526 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 5: and just make these excuses. God, I can't do it. 527 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 5: I've made too many mistakes. I'm too young, I'm too old. God, 528 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 5: I come from the wrong side of the track. Now 529 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 5: God is saying to us the same thing he said 530 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 5: to Jeremiah. Stop saying that those negative words can keep 531 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 5: you out of God's best plan. I believe for some 532 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 5: of you today, this can be a turning point in 533 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 5: your life. You never say anything good about yourself, and 534 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 5: really it's not enough to just not say anything negative. 535 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 5: You need to get on the offensive and start making 536 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 5: these positive declarations over your own life. 537 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 6: Every day. 538 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 5: You need to say things like I am blessed, i 539 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:33,400 Speaker 5: am prosperous, I'm healthy, i am called, I'm annointed, I'm creative, 540 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 5: I'm talented, I'm well able to fulfill my destiny. 541 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 6: Speak that out. 542 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:42,360 Speaker 5: Your words have created power. You want to know where 543 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 5: you're going to be five years from now, Just listen 544 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 5: to your words. You are prophesying your future. If you 545 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 5: want to be stronger, healthier, happier, if you want to 546 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 5: break addictions, you got to start declaring it right now. 547 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 6: Remember you're going to. 548 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 5: Eat the fruit of your own words, and so I 549 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:05,400 Speaker 5: challenge you again. Don't ever say another negative thing about yourself. 550 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,119 Speaker 5: Don't curse your future. Bless your future. You are a 551 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 5: child of the most high God. You've been called, you've 552 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 5: been chosen, You've got everything you need to live in victory. 553 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,119 Speaker 5: Why don't you get in agreement with God? Learn to 554 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 5: speak words of faith and victory over your own life. 555 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 5: If you'll get your mouth going in the right direction, 556 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 5: then those words are going to take root on the inside. 557 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 5: You'll have a better self image, you'll rise higher, and 558 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 5: I believe. 559 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 6: You'll become all that God has created you to biddy. Amen, 560 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 6: do you receive that today? 561 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 5: We never like to close our goadcast without giving you 562 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 563 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus I 564 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 565 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 3: I make you my Lord and savior. 566 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 567 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 5: got born again. 568 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 6: Get into good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 569 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 6: He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of. 570 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 7: Thank you for listening to the joel Ostein podcast. 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