1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks. 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 2: For supporting the ministry. 4 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: We believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, 6 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: God bless you. It is always a joy to come 7 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: into your homes. We love you, We know God has 8 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: great things in store. And if you're ever in our area, 9 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: I hope you'll stop by and be a part of 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: one of our services. 11 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 2: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 12 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: But thanks for tuning in, Thanks again for coming out today. 13 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: And I like to start with something funny each week. 14 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: And I heard about this man. He was at the 15 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 1: airline ticket counter, hollering and screaming at the agent, being 16 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: so rude. As he continued to rant and rave, the 17 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: agent remained just as calm and polite as can be. 18 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: She treated him respectfully, as if he didn't even bother her. 19 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: He left, and the next man in line stepped up 20 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: said to the agent, Wow, I am so impressed. 21 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 2: You must be a Christian. How could you. 22 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 1: Possibly treat him so nice? She smiled and said, oh, 23 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: it wasn't hard. See he's going to Detroit, but his 24 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: bags are going to bangkhawk. 25 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 2: All right, hold up your Bible. 26 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 27 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 28 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 29 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 30 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 31 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 32 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,279 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 33 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: about seeing yourself the way you want to be. God 34 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: created us as visual beings. Every one of us has 35 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: a mental picture of ourselves, our family, and our future. 36 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: How you see yourself will determine what kind of life 37 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: you live. You will move toward the picture you have 38 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: in your mind. 39 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: If you have an image of success, victory, health. 40 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: Happiness, abundance, you will naturally gravitate toward that. But if 41 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 1: you have an image of lack, defeat, mediocrity, that. 42 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: Will keep you from God's best. 43 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: If you're going to be successful, you have to first 44 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: see yourself. 45 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 2: Successful, you will produce. 46 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: What you keep in front of you when you close 47 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: your eyes. In your imagination, you need to see yourself 48 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: the way you want to be. You've got to look 49 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: out through your eyes of faith and see yourself rising higher, 50 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: overcoming obstacles, fulfilling your destiny. The image has to take 51 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: root on the inside before it will happen on the outside. 52 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: I call it having a vision of victory. Somebody said 53 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 1: sight has to do with what we can see, but 54 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: vision has to do with what we can be. The 55 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: reason some people are stuck at the same level is 56 00:02:55,080 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: because their vision is limited. They don't see themselves growing, increasing, 57 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: being promoted, getting healthier. 58 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 2: All they see is. 59 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,679 Speaker 1: More of the same, more lack, more struggleat more sickness. 60 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 2: They're producing what they're seeing. 61 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: When I close my eyes, I don't see myself at 62 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: this same level next year as I am right now. 63 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: I see myself stronger, healthier, wiser. I see our ministry 64 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: touching more people, having greater influence, going where no ministry 65 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: has gone before. I see my children, my family, healthy, victorious, happy, 66 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: hold prosperous. Those are the images I keep in front 67 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: of me. Naturally, I am gravitating toward that. That's the 68 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: way God created us. One way to change your life 69 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: is to change the pictures in your own imagination. I 70 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: have a friend that was on vacation in Hawaiian. One day, 71 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: this guide was driving him and his wife around the island, 72 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: showing him the different sites. They came to this one 73 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: place and the guide pointed to the top of a hill. 74 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: There was a beautiful house overlooking the ocean, palm trees, 75 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: green grass, big windows. It looked like a postcard, so magnificent, 76 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: so peaceful. 77 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 2: My friend, just in passing, said to. 78 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 1: The God, I can't even imagine living in a place 79 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: like that. All of a sudden, he heard a voice 80 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: on the inside saying, don't worry. 81 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 2: You never will. 82 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: Startled at his own thoughts, he said, God, is that you. 83 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: God said, yes, son, and as long as you can 84 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: imagine it, it will not happen for you. Friends, God 85 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: wants to do amazing things in our lives, but we 86 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: have to get in agreement with him. I'm asking you 87 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: today to create some new pictures. 88 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 2: Get rid of every image. 89 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: Of lack, defeat, mediocrity, sickness, and start seeing yourself the 90 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: way God created you to be, as the head and 91 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: not the tail, above and not beneath, a victor and 92 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: not a victim. I hear people say, I can't imagine 93 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: having a good year. With the economy like it is, 94 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: I can't imagine getting well after what the doctor's told me. 95 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: I can imagine my relationship ever working out. God is 96 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: saying to you what he said to my friend. Don't 97 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: worry it won't work out. You will move toward that 98 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: image you have in your mind. Why don't you paint 99 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 1: some new pictures. Our attitude should be. It may seem unlikely, 100 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: but you know what. I can imagine me paying my 101 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,799 Speaker 1: house off. I can imagine me getting out of debt. 102 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: I can imagine me being promoted. I can imagine my 103 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: business taking off. The economy may be low, but I 104 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: can imagine me having. 105 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 2: My best year so far. 106 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: You may be struggling with the sickness. The medical report 107 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: doesn't look good. But instead of going around discouraged with 108 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: an image of defeat in the forefront of your mind, 109 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: change the picture. I can imagine me healthy and whole. 110 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 1: I can imagine me out running again. I can imagine 111 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: me free from this pain. I can imagine my youth 112 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: being renewed like the eagles. Perhaps a child is off 113 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 1: course making poor decisions. I'm not worried about it. I 114 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: can imagine him turning around. I can imagine him making 115 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: great decisions. I can imagine him fulfilling his destiny. Whenever 116 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: you see someone that God's blessed in a great way, 117 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: something that looks far out of reach for you, don't 118 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: ever say I. 119 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 2: Can't imagine that. 120 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: Your imagination has incredible power. When you think that, it 121 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 1: creates a negative image that will limit you. It may 122 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 1: be unattainable in the natural. But instead of speaking defeat, 123 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: make a declaration of faith. I can imagine living in 124 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: a house like that. I can imagine me being that healthy. 125 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 1: I can imagine my family being that successful. Keep the 126 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 1: right pictures in front of you, instead of being intimidated. 127 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: When we see something like my friend saw that should 128 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: inspire us. We should say, God, if you did it. 129 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 2: For them, I believe you can do it for me. 130 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: When Moses sent the twelve men in to spy out 131 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: the Promised Land, I believe one reason God wanted them 132 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: to go in is so they could get a picture 133 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: of it. 134 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 2: God wanted them. 135 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: To see the beautiful land, the flowing rivers, the luscious gardens, 136 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: the abundant crops. 137 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 2: He wanted that image to take root. 138 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: Unfortunately, only two of the twelve men saw the right things. 139 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: Ten of the men focused on their problems, their obstacles, 140 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: their giants. How impossible it was, They said, like, my friend, 141 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: we can't imagine ever living in that place. 142 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 2: We don't have a chance. The giants are too big. 143 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: They allowed those negative images to dominate their imagination, and 144 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: they ended up seeing themselves weak, defeated, not able to here. 145 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: God was trying to paint some new pictures on the 146 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: canvas of their hearts, but they kept erasing them and 147 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: putting up the. 148 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: Old pictures they had grown up with. 149 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: Could it be that God's trying to paint some new 150 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: pictures in your imagination, but you keep erasing them by saying, Ah, 151 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: that's too great for me. I could never live in 152 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: a house like that. Nobody in my family has. I'll 153 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: never be successful, I've got too many obstacles. I'll never 154 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: be happy. I've been through too many disappointments. 155 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 2: Now you need to. 156 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: Change the picture, start seeing yourself the way you want 157 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: to be. It may seem unlikely, but all God has 158 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: to do is breathe in your direction. One touch of 159 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: God's favor can thrust you to a whole new level. 160 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: This is what happened to Abraham, he faced an unlikely situation. 161 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: God gave him the promise that he was going to 162 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 1: have a child in the natural. 163 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 2: He was much too old. It was impossible. 164 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: But when God told him, he didn't just say you're 165 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: going to have a baby. God gave him a picture 166 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: to look at. Abraham was in his tent, no doubt, 167 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: getting ready for bed. God said, Abraham, I have something 168 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: to tell you. Abraham said, go ahead God. God said, no, Abraham, 169 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: you've got to come. 170 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 2: Outside your tenth. 171 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 1: Once he got outside, God said, now, Abraham, look up 172 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: to the sky for as many stars as you can see. 173 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: That's how many descendants you're going to have. Why was 174 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: it important that he have a picture, Because God knows. 175 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: Over time it's easy to get discouraged. It's easy to 176 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: lose your vision. I can imagine a year went by 177 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: and there's no baby, and those thoughts came to him, saying, 178 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 1: you heard God wrong. It's never going to happen. It's impossible. 179 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: You're too old. But instead of giving up, Abraham would 180 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: just walk outside at night and look up to the 181 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: sky and say, no, they're still there. 182 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 2: I can still see it. 183 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 1: Those stars represent how many descendants I'm going to have. 184 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,479 Speaker 1: Year after year, every time he was tempted to get discouraged, 185 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: he would just go out to the night sky. Those 186 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: stars reminded him of what God promised. That promise was 187 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: being ingrained in his heart a little bit deeper. Twenty 188 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: years later, the image he saw on the inside became 189 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: a reality on the outside. 190 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 2: He and his wife had that baby. The promise came 191 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:17,119 Speaker 2: to pass. 192 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: Well, maybe God has put promises in your heart today 193 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: that seemed very unlikely. 194 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 2: It looks unlikely for. 195 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: You to get out of debt, or unlikely for your 196 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: family to be restored, or for you to ever be 197 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: healthy again. But every day in your imagination, you need 198 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: to see that promise come into fulfillment. You need to 199 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: see your whole family in here serving God with you. 200 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 2: You need to. 201 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: See yourself living in a beautiful, debt free home. You 202 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: need to see yourself healthy, whole, successful, accomplishing what God 203 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: has put in your heart. And when those thoughts come 204 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: telling you that, hey, it's not going to happen. You're 205 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: too old, you're too young, it's impossible. Well, you've made 206 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: too many mistakes. No, just close your eyes and replay 207 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: that picture that you created in your imagination as you 208 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 1: see it over and over again. God's promise is being 209 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: ingrained in your heart deeper and deeper, and one day, 210 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 1: like Abraham, it won't just be a picture on the inside, 211 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: It'll be a reality on the outside. 212 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 2: God will bring that promise to pass. 213 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 1: Years ago, Victoria and I were driving through a nice 214 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: neighborhood here in town, and I saw one of the 215 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: Rockets basketball coaches out walking. 216 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 2: Through the subdivision. He was a very popular coach, very 217 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 2: well known. 218 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: The subdivision was just a mile or two from this 219 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,679 Speaker 1: place where the Rockets used to play basketball. When I 220 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: saw that, something was birthed on the inside, didn't really 221 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: know what it was, but it inspired me. It enlarged 222 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 1: my vision. I told Victoria, that's amazing here. He lives 223 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: so close to the Compact Center. Doesn't even have to 224 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: get on the freeway, can be there in less than 225 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: five minutes. At that time, Victoria and I were a 226 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: young couple, just recently married, and we were living in 227 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: a town home, and in the natural, we couldn't see 228 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: any way something like that would happen for us. But 229 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,599 Speaker 1: that day, for a few minutes, parked in that neighborhood, 230 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: I just sat there and dreamed. I didn't realize it, 231 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: but I was allowing a seed to take root. God 232 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: was painting a new picture on the canvas of my heart, 233 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: just like a woman has to conceive before she could 234 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: give birth. That day, I conceived something on the inside. 235 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 1: I said to Victoria, I believe one day we will 236 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 1: live in a nice home like this, very close to 237 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: the place that we work. I never thought much more 238 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: about it. It didn't consume me. I didn't have to 239 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 1: have it. It was simply a desire of my heart. 240 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 1: Over the years, every time I saw that coach, that 241 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: image would come up. I just pondered it. It seemed unlikely, 242 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: but I didn't abort it by saying, oh, I can't imagine. 243 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 2: That happening to us. 244 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: After all, he's a professional coach. We could never be 245 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:11,559 Speaker 1: that successful. No, I just left the door open by saying, God, 246 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: you did it for him, I believe you can do 247 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 1: it for me. God, you said, when we delight ourselves 248 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: in you, you will give us the desires of our heart. 249 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 2: I kept that image in front of me. 250 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: Little did I know twenty one years later we would 251 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: not only have the same building where he used to 252 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: play basketball, but now victory, and I live in that 253 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:35,079 Speaker 1: same neighborhood where we saw him walking. Friends, God is 254 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: an amazing God. He wants to take your places that 255 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: you've never dreamed of. What kind of seeds are you 256 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: allowing to take root? Do you have a vision of increase, success, prosperity, health, happiness, 257 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: or have you talked yourself out of it? 258 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 2: Well, Joel, that never happened for me. I come from 259 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 2: the wrong family. 260 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: I've made too many mistakes, already reached my limits. I've 261 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,959 Speaker 1: got too many problems, too many obstacles. 262 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 2: Don't get rid of those excuses. 263 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: God wants to do more than you can ask, think 264 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: or imagine. One place talks about how God will supply 265 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 1: all of our needs, not according to our name, or 266 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: our upbringing, or our talent or our ability. 267 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 2: It's according to his riches, his favor, his goodness. God 268 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 2: owns it all. 269 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: He's called Jehovah Jirah, the Lord, our provider. When you 270 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: live a life of excellence, I've learned that God will 271 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 1: not only do what he said, but he will do 272 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 1: more than he promised. He'll do more than you can 273 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: even imagine. I met a young lady had a book 274 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: signing a while back. Her name was Tara Holland. From 275 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: the time she was a little girl, she had a 276 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: dream of becoming Miss America. Nineteen ninety four, she entered 277 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: the Miss Florida contest. She won the title of first 278 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: runner Up. The next year she entered and the same thing, 279 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: first runner up. She could have easily given up and 280 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: gotten discouraged, but instead she moved to Kansas. In nineteen 281 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: ninety seven, she entered that contest and won the Miss Kansas. 282 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: A little later that year, she ended up becoming Miss America. 283 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: Someone asked her the secret of her success, how she 284 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: could stay so focused and determined even after those two 285 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 1: major losses, and she told how she went out and 286 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: rented every video she could find of beauty pageants, local pageants, 287 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: regional pageants, Miss America, Miss Universe. She watched those pageants 288 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: over and over again, hundreds and hundreds of times. Every 289 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: time she saw them crowning the young Lady the winter, 290 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: she pictured herself in that situation. She imagined them putting 291 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: the crown on her head. She imagined herself walking down 292 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: the runway holding the flowers while the announcer was singing, 293 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: here she is Miss America. She had that of victory 294 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: ingrained in her thinking. That night, after she won Miss America, 295 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: at the press conference, a reporter asked her if she 296 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: was nervous walking down the runway with millions of people 297 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: watching by television. 298 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 2: She said, no, I wasn't nervous at all. You see, 299 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 2: I had walked. 300 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: Down that runway thousands of times before. Let me ask you, 301 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: have you ever walked down the runway? Have you ever 302 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: seen yourself accomplishing your dreams? Do you see yourself rising higher. 303 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 2: Becoming all God's created you to be? Living? 304 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: Happy, healthy, debt free, victorious successful. Now you said, Joe, 305 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: I don't know. I got a lot of problems. I'm 306 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: in debt, or I'm lonely, or I've. 307 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 2: Got this health issue. 308 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: Now you got to quit seeing yourself just the way 309 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: you are and start seeing yourself the way you want 310 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: to be. Second Corinthians four eighteen says the things that 311 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: are seen are temporary translation says subject to change, but 312 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,919 Speaker 1: the things that are unseen are eternal. This is saying 313 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: the things we see with our physical eyes are only temporary, 314 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:14,159 Speaker 1: but the things we see through our eyes of faith 315 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:19,199 Speaker 1: are eternal. But too often we allow temporary things to 316 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: cause us to get discouraged and give up on our dreams. 317 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: But anything that doesn't line up with a vision God's 318 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: placed in your heart, you need to see that, not 319 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: as permanent, but as subject to change. For instance, you 320 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: may be facing a sickness, but your attitude should be God, 321 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: you said, by the stripes of your son Jesus, I've 322 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: been made well. So the picture I have of myself 323 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: is strong, healthy, whole. That tells me this sickness is 324 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,719 Speaker 1: only temporary, it's subject to change. 325 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 2: It does not line up with your vision. 326 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: Or I may be in debt right now, But God, 327 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: you said I would lend and not borrow. So the 328 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: picture I have of myself is successful, victorious, prosperous, being 329 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: generous with others. That lets me know this debt is 330 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 1: only temporary, it's subject to change. Doesn't line up with 331 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: God's vision. Or my child may be running with the 332 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 1: wrong crowd today, making poor choices. But God, the picture 333 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 1: you painted on the canvas of my heart says, as 334 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: for me and my house, we will. 335 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 2: Serve the Lord. 336 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: The seed of the righteous will be mighty in the land. 337 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,199 Speaker 1: So I realize where he is is only temporary, he 338 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: is subject to change. Here's what I've learned. The recession 339 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: is subject to change. Being lonely is subject to change. 340 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:44,239 Speaker 1: Debt is subject to change. People pushing you down is 341 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: subject to change. Now you've got to do your part 342 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: and don't let what you see with your natural eyes 343 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,679 Speaker 1: cause you to lose your joy and give up on 344 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: your dreams. 345 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 2: It's only temporary. 346 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: See it as subject to change. This is exactly what 347 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: Joseph did. He had a big dream in his heart 348 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: as a young man. God promised that he would be 349 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 1: a great leader and even help rule a nation. But 350 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,880 Speaker 1: on the way to that dream coming to pass, Joseph 351 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: had many adversities. His brothers were jealous of him. They 352 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: threw him into a deep pit. They were going to 353 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: leave him there to die. But Joseph understood this principle. 354 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 2: In that pit, he. 355 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: Realized where he was did not line up with the 356 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: vision that God had painted on the canvas of his heart. 357 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 1: He saw himself as a great leader, so he didn't 358 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: get discouraged. He didn't start complaining. He knew deep down 359 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:41,640 Speaker 1: that pit was only temporary. It did not line up 360 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: with what he saw through his eyes of faith. In 361 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: a little while, a caravan came by. They got him 362 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: out and the people took him to Egypt. And Joseph 363 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: worked as a slave for years in Egypt. But once 364 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: again he didn't get discouraged. He just checked the picture 365 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 1: and said, no, this. 366 00:19:58,119 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 2: Is not who I am. 367 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: A slave, does not match up with the promise God 368 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:07,959 Speaker 1: put in me. This too shall pass. Year after year, disappointments, setbacks, 369 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:12,360 Speaker 1: unfair situations, he just kept checking the painting that God 370 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: had put on his heart. One day, the right doors 371 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: did open up. They put him in charge over all 372 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: of Egypt. This time he could finally say, now this 373 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: is permanent. This is what I've seen in my imagination. 374 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 2: All these years. In life. 375 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: We all face disappointments, setbacks, unfair situations. At times, it 376 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,719 Speaker 1: can even feel like we're in the pit. But instead 377 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: of being discouraged and letting that cloud your vision, if 378 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 1: you'll just look inside, you will see that does not 379 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: match up with the vision. 380 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 2: God put in your heart. 381 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: You'll be able to do just like Joseph and say, no, 382 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: big deal, I Am not going to get depressed. This 383 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: is not permanent. This is just another stop on the 384 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: way to my divine destiny. And some of you, maybe 385 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: even now get little disage. Maybe something didn't turn out 386 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: the way you would hope. But God is still on 387 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 1: the throne. He still has a way to get you 388 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: to where you're supposed to be. Now you've got to 389 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 1: get your fire back. It is not over until God 390 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: says it's over. God is a faithful God. He will 391 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: do what he promised. You may be in the pit, 392 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: but the good news is a caravan is coming your 393 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 1: way to help take you to your divine destiny. I 394 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: think about Jeremiah. God had a great plan for his life. 395 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,360 Speaker 1: He called him to be a prophet to the nations, 396 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: and God spoke all these great things over him. But 397 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 1: then God turned around and ask him, Jeremiah, what do 398 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: you see. Even though God had just spoken favor and 399 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 1: increase into his future, God knew none of it would 400 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 1: come to pass if Jeremiah didn't get in agreement and 401 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: see the right things. 402 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 2: Jeremiah was young and timid. He didn't know if he 403 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 2: could do it. 404 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: At first, he started making all these excuses, telling God 405 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 1: all the reasons. 406 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 2: Why he was not the best choice. 407 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: Finally, he shook it off and said, you know what, 408 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: I'm going to see myself the way God sees me. 409 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: He answered back something very intriguing. He said, God, I 410 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: see the branch of an almond tree starting the bud. 411 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: It is the emblem of alertness and activity blossoming in 412 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: late winter. He was saying, God, I see new growth. 413 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: I see new opportunity, new life, new seasons, new levels. 414 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: He compared what he saw to a plant coming out 415 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 1: of winter going into spring, starting to blossom. You may 416 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 1: feel like you're in winter in life right now. Winter 417 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: is when nothing exciting is happening. You're not making much progress. 418 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: Business is slow, a relationship is still, a child is 419 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 1: acting up. 420 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 2: Here's the key. 421 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: You've got to do like Jeremiah and start seeing spring 422 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: even while you're still in winter. You got to look 423 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 1: out through your eyes of faith and see new growth 424 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: even when everything's dead around you. You've got to see 425 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: yourself prospering, even when business is slow. You've got to 426 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: see yourself with friends, even when you're very lonely. 427 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 2: You're in winter. 428 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,439 Speaker 1: But the way not to stay is to do like 429 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: Jeremiah and start seeing spring, start seeing new growth, new opportunities. 430 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 2: New life. One time Abraham was in winter. 431 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 1: He'd just gone through a major setback, a major disappointment. 432 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: He had a dispute with his nephew Lote. In order 433 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,239 Speaker 1: to keep the peace, he took the high road and 434 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 1: move to a different location. Now Abraham had to start 435 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 1: all over here. He had worked years so hard developing 436 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: his other land, trying to provide a great place for 437 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 1: his family. But this new land, it was dry and bearing, 438 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: nothing beautiful about it. I'm sure Abraham was discouraged, very disappointed. 439 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,120 Speaker 2: But God said something to him. 440 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: They're in Genesis chapter thirteen that changed his perspective. God said, Abraham, 441 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: look up from where you are. For all the land 442 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: that you can see, I will give it to you. 443 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:19,399 Speaker 1: Notice this principle, look up from where you are. You 444 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: may not be in a good place in life right now. Maybe, 445 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: like Abraham, you've had a disappointment. Somebody did you wrong. 446 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: You feel like you're having to start all over. You 447 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: lost a job or relationship, your health seems like everything 448 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: you've worked for has gone down the drain. That's when 449 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 1: it's easy to stay looking down, focused on your problems, 450 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: letting that disappointment consume you. This is when so many 451 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:49,880 Speaker 1: people get stuck. Their vision becomes limited, they quit dreaming, 452 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: they quit believing. But God is saying to you what 453 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: he said to Abraham. Look up from where you are, 454 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 1: get a new vision. God still has He's a great 455 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: plan for your life. He's got you in the palm 456 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 1: of his hand. He is called the Glory and the 457 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 1: lifter of our heads. You may have lost a job, 458 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: but look up from where you are and get a 459 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: vision of a better job. A relationship may have ended, 460 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 1: but your life didn't end just because somebody walked away. 461 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 2: Lift up your head. God has something better in store 462 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 2: if you'll shake off. 463 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: That disappointment, that self pity and start seeing spring in winter. 464 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 2: And God says, everything you see, I will give it 465 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 2: to you. 466 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: Friends, you are called to be an eagle. One thing 467 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 1: about an egle is it has incredible vision. It can 468 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: see ten times better than humans. An eagle always. 469 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 2: Has its sight set far down the road. The opposite 470 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 2: of an eagle would have to be a chicken. A 471 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:52,400 Speaker 2: chicken is. 472 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: Always looking down God. It's head toward the ground, pecking here, 473 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: pecking there. All it can see is more of the same. 474 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: But let me remind you you are not a chicken. 475 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: You are an eagle. You were created to soar. Lift 476 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: up your head. God has given you incredible vision. It 477 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: may be winter, it may be difficult, but through your 478 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 1: eyes of faith, you've got the ability to see spring. 479 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: I'm asking you today to keep the right picture. 480 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 2: In front of you. 481 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: You're gonna move toward that image in your mind. Some 482 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: of you, your picture is too small. You need to 483 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: enlarge your vision. You need to start seeing yourself rising higher, 484 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: living the abundant life. You've got to make room for 485 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: the great things God has in store. Remember when you 486 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: see somebody that God's blessed in a great way, don't 487 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 1: you dare ever say I can't imagine that happening to me. 488 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 2: No, you make a declaration of faith. 489 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: I can imagine me being that blessed. I can imagine 490 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 1: me being promoted. I can imagine my family that healthy. 491 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: You gotta let it take root on the inside before 492 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: it'll happen on the outside. If you will see yourself 493 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: the way you want to be, keep that vision of increase, abundance, health, 494 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: happiness in front of you, then God will do amazing 495 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 1: things in your life. You will rise higher. He'll pour 496 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 1: out his blessings in favor Like Abraham. It won't just 497 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: be a vision on the inside, It'll become a reality 498 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: on the outside. Like Joseph, you won't just be dreaming 499 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: your dreams. You'll look up one day and find yourself. 500 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 2: Live in your dreams. Amen. 501 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 502 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make. 503 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 2: Jesus the lord of your life. 504 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 505 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 506 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 507 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 508 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 1: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's 509 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,159 Speaker 1: going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 510 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 3: Three minutes can such a small amount of time make 511 00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 3: a big difference to your day? To turn worry into confidence, 512 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 3: frustration to hope, defeat to victory. Maybe you just need 513 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:06,679 Speaker 3: a boost of faith. 514 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 1: When we put God first place and get our thinking 515 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 1: in line with his, even a small seed of time. 516 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 2: Can make a huge difference. 517 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: We have a new resource called three minute mornings. Start 518 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: your day the blessed way. My challenge is when you 519 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 1: wake up, before you leave the house, take three minutes 520 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: to speak blessings over your life and to declare God's favor. 521 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 1: Get your mind going in the right direction. When you 522 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,880 Speaker 1: do that, you're setting yourself up for a blessed, victorious day. 523 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 524 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 3: of any size to the ministry. This month, Joel and 525 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 3: Victoria would like to send you this just released life 526 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 3: giving new daily devotional. Before your feet hit the ground 527 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 3: or go out the door, have your heart experience a 528 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 3: bit of heaven, set your mind on the things above 529 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 3: with our new three Minute Mornings devotional. With this new 530 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 3: three hundred and sixty five day devotional, three Minute Mornings, 531 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:06,479 Speaker 3: You'll experience God showering down his favor like never before. 532 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 3: You'll focus on the better that is coming and fully 533 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 3: realize the freedom of not worrying about tomorrow. 534 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 1: Victoria, I pray for you and your family every day. 535 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your prayer and support. You're 536 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: making a difference all over the world. Remember you can 537 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: watch the services online every Sunday morning, download our daily podcast, listen. 538 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 2: On Sirius XM. But until we meet again, mid the 539 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 2: Lord bless you and keep you. 540 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Three Minute Mornings today. 541 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 3: Visit Joelostein dot com or call eight eight eight five 542 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 3: six seven. 543 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 2: Joel