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We love 45 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 6: you and we know God has great things in store 46 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 6: for you. And if you're ever in the Houston area, 47 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 6: I hope you'll stop by and be a part of 48 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 6: one of our services. I promise you will make you 49 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 6: feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning in, 50 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 6: and thanks again for coming out today. 51 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 5: And I like to start with something funny. And I 52 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,399 Speaker 5: heard about this elderly couple. They'd been married for over 53 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 5: sixty years. 54 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 6: They were at a church fellowship and someone asked them 55 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 6: the secret of their success. The man told how he 56 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 6: always treated his wife with respect, and he took her 57 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 6: on trips all over the world. He said, in fact, 58 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 6: for our twenty fifth wedding anniversary, I took her to Beijing, China. 59 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 6: Everyone kind of clapped. Someone spoke up and said, what'd 60 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 6: you do for your fiftieth wedding anniversary? He said, I 61 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 6: went back and picked her up. All right, hold of 62 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 6: your bible. Say it like you mean it. This is 63 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 6: my Bible. I am what it says. 64 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 3: I am. 65 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do 66 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today I will be 67 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 6: taught the word of godly confess. My mind is alert, 68 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 6: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 69 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 6: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 70 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 6: to you today about living with confidence. Too many people 71 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 6: go through life intimidated, insecure. They think everyone is smarter 72 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 6: and brighter and more talented, more beautiful. They put others 73 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 6: on a pedestal and look down on themselves. And yes, 74 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 6: it's good to celebrate people, it's good to be happy 75 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 6: for their accomplishments. But can I tell you are someone 76 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 6: to be celebrated. You are talented, you are smart, you 77 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 6: are attractive, there's something great about you. You're not supposed 78 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 6: to always be celebrating others. You need to learn to 79 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 6: celebrate yourself. I hear people say you should see how 80 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 6: beautiful my sister is, my coworker is so talented, my 81 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 6: classmate is an awesome football player. And that's fine, But 82 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 6: you can't get so caught up in how great they 83 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 6: are that you lose sight of how great you are. 84 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 6: You're good at something that they're not. Don't make the 85 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 6: mistake of idolizing people to where you put them on 86 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 6: such a pedestal and think they're so much smarter and 87 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 6: more talented and more beautiful that you feel intimidated, like 88 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 6: you don't quite measure up. And of course they may 89 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 6: have more natural strength, their talent or ability, but The 90 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 6: truth is they have faults. 91 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 5: And weaknesses, just like we all do. 92 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 6: It's fine to celebrate them, say why aren't they great, 93 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 6: as long as you can follow it up by saying, 94 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 6: you know what, I'm great too, I'm smart too, I'm 95 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 6: talented too. Don't be intimidated by other people's gifts. Be 96 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,919 Speaker 6: confident in who you are. It's like this man I 97 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 6: heard about. He was the mayor of his city. He 98 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 6: was in a parade, riding down main street in a 99 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 6: float with his wife sitting next to him while he 100 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 6: waved at the different people in the crowd. At one point, 101 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 6: he spotted his wife's former boyfriend. 102 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 5: He owned the local gas station. 103 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 6: He kind of snickered and whispered to his wife, aren't 104 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 6: you glad you didn't marry him? You'd be working at 105 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 6: a gas station. His wife said, no, if I'd have 106 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 6: married him, he would be the mayor. You've got to 107 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 6: know who you are, a child of the most High God. 108 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 5: Listen. 109 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 6: God breathes his life into you. You have royal blood 110 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 6: flowing through your veins. He crowned you with his honor 111 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 6: and favor. Now you got to put your shoulders back, 112 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 6: hold your head up high, walk confidently, talk confidently, think confidently, 113 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 6: act confidently. 114 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 5: People are going to treat you the way you present yourself. 115 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 6: If you have a less then mentality, you go around 116 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 6: intimidated and you don't look people in the eyes when 117 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 6: you speak to them. 118 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 5: You bitterly speak up when you talk. 119 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 6: You may not realize it, but you are communicating I'm 120 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 6: not important, I'm less than I don't deserve your attention. 121 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 6: The way you carry yourself is constantly sending out these 122 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 6: subconscious messages. You can be as talented as can be, 123 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 6: but if you don't look people in the eyes, by 124 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 6: your actions, you're saying you don't need to pay attention 125 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 6: to me. If you speak in a mealy mouthed voice 126 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 6: and people can barely understand you, you act like you're 127 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 6: bothering them. That lack of confidence is communicating more than 128 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 6: your words. 129 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 5: You're sending out the wrong messages. 130 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 6: Get in a habit of looking people in the eyes 131 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 6: when you speak to them. Doesn't matter if they're smarter, 132 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 6: more educated, more successful, more beautiful. Listen, they are no 133 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 6: more of a child of God than you are. Speak clearly, 134 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 6: speak strongly, don't mumble, and act like you're bothering them. 135 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 5: Speak with confidence. Make sure your posture is good. Stand 136 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 5: up tall. 137 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 6: When we slump over, we're communicating weakness. We're saying I'm 138 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 6: not really proud of who I am. I read where 139 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 6: there eighty percent. 140 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 4: Of communication is nonverbal. 141 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 6: It's voice tones, body language, facial expressions, it's our posture. 142 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 6: When you meet someone, make sure you stand up tall, 143 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 6: look them in the eyes, and shape their. 144 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 5: Hand with a good, firm handshake. 145 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 6: A firm handshake communicates I'm determined, I'm confident, I'm secure, 146 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 6: I'm proud of who I am. I've had people shake 147 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 6: my hand and it feels like a dead fish. No life, 148 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 6: no grip, no enthusiasm. They've got their head down. You 149 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 6: can barely understand them. And I'm not finding fault. I'm 150 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 6: simply saying much of this is because we are intimidated. 151 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 5: We have low self esteem. We don't understand who we 152 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 5: really are. 153 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 6: The scripture says here that God has made us to 154 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 6: be kings and priests under him. Men, you need to 155 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 6: start seeing yourself as a king. Women you need to 156 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 6: start seeing yourself as a queen. Start carrying yourself like royalty. 157 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,559 Speaker 6: And I don't mean with arrogance. Thinking that we're better 158 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 6: than other people. No, I'm talking about inhumility. Stand up tall, 159 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 6: speak strongly, be confident, be secure in who you are. No, 160 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 6: you're not better than anyone else. But can I tell 161 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,559 Speaker 6: you you're not less than anyone else. It doesn't matter 162 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 6: how many degrees they have behind their name, it doesn't 163 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 6: matter how many important. 164 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 5: People they associate with. 165 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 6: Well, hell, Joel, I'm kind of intimidated because they come 166 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,079 Speaker 6: from such an influential family. No, you need to understand 167 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 6: you come from the ultimate family. Your heavenly father is 168 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 6: the creator of the universe. The God of Abraham, Isaac 169 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 6: and Jacob knew you before you were formed in your 170 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 6: mother's womb. When you showed up on planet Earth, you 171 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 6: didn't come as ordinary as average. No, God crowned you 172 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 6: with favor. He crowned you with honor. Now you need 173 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 6: to start thinking like your royalty, and talking like your royalty, 174 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 6: and walking like your royalty. Carry yourself like the king 175 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 6: the queen God created you to be. Remember one time 176 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 6: years ago, we had a king from an African nation 177 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,599 Speaker 6: visit our services. When he walked in, you would have 178 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 6: thought he owned the place. He was as nice as 179 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 6: can be, very personable, very humble, but he carried himself 180 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:27,599 Speaker 6: with such strength and dignity. He radiated confidence, royalty, influence, importance. 181 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 6: We talked afterwards and I'll never forget what he told me. 182 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 6: He said, Joel, I'm very honored to represent my country 183 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 6: and I try to do it with strength and dignity. Friends, 184 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 6: do you realize you and I represent the Kingdom of God? 185 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 6: The scripture says we are christ ambassadors. When we go 186 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 6: around intimidated, feeling less than, like we don't measure up. 187 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 6: Everybody's better than us, we're not representing our kingdom very well. 188 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 6: I was in England the other day and I saw 189 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 6: a ceremony on television where they were honoring the Queen. 190 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 6: When the Queen walked in the room, you could feel 191 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 6: the strength, the confidence that emanated from her. She had 192 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 6: her head held high, this pleasant smile, and she waved 193 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:16,199 Speaker 6: at everyone like they were all her best friends. And 194 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 6: what's interesting is there were very many important people in 195 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 6: the room. There were presidents of other nations, world renowned 196 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 6: movie stars, top entertainers, famous athletes, CEOs, scientists, some of 197 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 6: the smartest, most talented people around. I say this respectfully, 198 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 6: but the queen was not the most beautiful woman in 199 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 6: the room. There were other ladies there, much younger, much 200 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 6: more beautiful. But by the way the Queen carried herself, 201 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 6: you would have thought she was the cat's meal. She 202 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 6: had it going on, strong confidence, secure. The Queen was 203 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 6: not the most talented person in the room, nor the 204 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 6: most educated, nor the fittest, the wealthiest. 205 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:03,359 Speaker 5: A lot of people would have been intimidated. 206 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 6: Not her. 207 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 5: You know why she knows who she is. She's the Queen. 208 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,839 Speaker 6: She comes from a long line of royalty. It's been 209 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 6: ingrained in her thinking, those thoughts. You're not average, you're 210 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 6: not ordinary, you're exceptional, you're want of a kind. And 211 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 6: it's not so much what she does that gives her 212 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 6: this confidence. It's not what she has is based solely 213 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 6: on the fact of who she is. And when you 214 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 6: understand who you are and who you are, it'll drive 215 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 6: out all intimidation, all inferiority. You'll put your shoulders back 216 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 6: and go around confident and secure. I can imagine some 217 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 6: mornings when the Queen wakes up, the same thoughts come 218 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 6: to her that come to all of us, thoughts like 219 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 6: you're not as beautiful as your sister, you're not as smart, 220 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 6: as your neighbor. You're not as talented as your coworker. 221 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 6: Be intimidated, be insecure, keep your head down. 222 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 4: What does she do? 223 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 5: She just shakes it off. Her attitude is what are 224 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 5: you talking about? I'm the queen. 225 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 6: I've got royalty in my bloodline, doesn't matter how compare 226 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 6: to other people. 227 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 5: In my DNA, I. 228 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 6: Have generations of prestige, influence, royalty, victory. 229 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 5: It's ingrained in me. 230 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 6: And if we could just see ourselves as the kings 231 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 6: the queens God made us to be, we'd never. 232 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 5: Be intimidated again. 233 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 6: You don't have to be the most talented to feel 234 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,319 Speaker 6: good about yourself. You don't have to have the most 235 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:33,079 Speaker 6: money to be the most successful to be the most beautiful. 236 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 6: When you understand who you are, it'll affect the way 237 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 6: you carry yourself. When you realize the creator of the 238 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 6: universe breeds his life into you, and you too come 239 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 6: from a long. 240 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 5: Line of royalty. 241 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,959 Speaker 6: Maybe not in the natural, but when you gave your 242 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 6: life to Christ, you entered into a new bloodline. And 243 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 6: in this spiritual blood line, it says we are terign 244 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 6: in life as kings. That means in instead of being intimidated, 245 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 6: instead of feeling inferior because somebody's quote more important. 246 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 5: More influential. 247 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 6: When you know who you are, you can be like 248 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 6: the Queen and just walk in the room totally at ease, smile, 249 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 6: wave at everybody like they're. 250 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 5: Your best friends. 251 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 6: Listen, ladies, you may not be the most beautiful, but 252 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 6: be confident. You're the queen, not crowned by people, but 253 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 6: crowned by Almighty God. What would we think if the 254 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 6: President walked into an important meeting and he had his 255 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 6: head down. Other world leaders were there and he wouldn't 256 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:36,319 Speaker 6: looked him in the eyes, he mumbled when he spoke weak, intimidated. 257 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 6: We would say, come on, now, you represent our country. 258 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 6: Stand up tall, be strong, act like you're proud. 259 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 5: Of who you are. 260 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 6: That's exactly the way God thinks when we go around intimidated, 261 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 6: thinking we don't measure up. Everybody's smarter than us. God says, 262 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 6: come on, now, I breathe my life into you. I 263 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 6: put seeds of greatness on the inside. I've crowned you 264 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 6: with my favor. Now do you a part and be 265 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 6: proud of who you are. Stand up tall, be confident, 266 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 6: start acting like the royalty. God's created you to be now. 267 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 6: You may not feel confident, but if you will act confident, 268 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 6: the feelings will eventually come. When my father went to 269 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 6: be with the Lord and I stepped up to pastor 270 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 6: the church, I didn't feel confident. I felt intimidated, I 271 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 6: felt afraid. But every Sunday morning when I would step 272 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 6: up to minister, I would stand up tall and act 273 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 6: as confidently as can be. 274 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 5: I've learned you got to fake it till you can 275 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 5: make it. 276 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 6: In other words, you cannot wait for the feelings to come. 277 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 6: You can create the feelings by acting the way you 278 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 6: want to be. When your supervisor ask you to do 279 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 6: something that you've never done before, you feel unqualified, don't 280 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 6: immediately respond or I can't do that. I'm not talented 281 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 6: in that area. I don't have what it takes. How 282 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 6: do you know unless you try, dare to take that 283 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 6: step of faith. You have gifts and talents on the inside, 284 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 6: just like I did, that you have not yet tapped into. 285 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 6: There is potential in you that has not yet been released, 286 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 6: and if we act in fear instead of acting in faith, 287 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 6: we'll never discover the treasures that God's put on the inside. 288 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 6: I believe in the coming days, God is going to 289 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 6: present you with opportunities to do something you've never done before. 290 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 6: You will have the desire, but you may feel unqualified. 291 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 6: It's easy to focus on everything you're not well. I'm 292 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 6: not trained in that area. I'm not talented over there. 293 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 6: I don't have what it takes. I tried and failed 294 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 6: once before. Now quit focusing on what you're not and 295 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 6: start focusing on what you can become. 296 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 3: You have the. 297 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 6: Greatest power in the universe on the inside of you. 298 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 5: Right now. 299 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 6: When you are weak, he is strong. When you don't 300 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 6: see a way, God will make a way. When enemies 301 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 6: come against you, God will fight you, battles for you. 302 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 6: For some of you, You're always celebrating someone else. But 303 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 6: God is saying, this is your time, this is your moment. 304 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 6: He's about to release an opportunity that can thrust you 305 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 6: to a whole new level. It may look impossible. You've 306 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 6: never done it before. Your mind will tell you, no, way, 307 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 6: that's too big, I'm not qualified. But if you'll dare 308 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 6: take that step of faith, you will discover. 309 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 5: Potential that you didn't know you had. 310 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 6: It shouldn't have happened in the natural, but the power 311 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 6: of the Most High God is breathing in your direction, 312 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 6: and God can open doors that no man can shut. 313 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 6: You're going to accomplish dreams that you never thought possible. 314 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 6: Some of you are going to write a best selling book. 315 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 6: Some of you, instead of working at that company, you're 316 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 6: gonna be running the company. Instead of teaching at that school, 317 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 6: you're going to be in charge of that school. Instead 318 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 6: of always celebrating others upfront, you're going to be the 319 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 6: ones upfront being celebrated. Now you need to get ready 320 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 6: when those opportunities come. Don't you dare shrink back. You 321 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 6: rise up with confidence and say, I am well able. 322 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 6: I'm a child of the most highed, God, equipped, empowered, anointed. 323 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 6: I can do what God is calling me to do. 324 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 6: I've heard it said that confidence to the believer is 325 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 6: what fuel is to a jumbo jet. You can have 326 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 6: a huge jet with all this power, all this capability, 327 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 6: but if you don't put any fuel in. 328 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 5: It, it's not going to go anywhere. 329 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 6: In the same way, you have all kinds of potential 330 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 6: God has placed in you, seeds of greatness. That means 331 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 6: you have the ability to rise higher, to go further, 332 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 6: to accomplish more. But if you never put any confidence 333 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 6: in your jet, it's gonna get stuck in the runway. 334 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 5: In other words, if you. 335 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 6: Just shrink back and think, well, I can't take that 336 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 6: management position. I'm not qualified. I'm not trained in that area. 337 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 6: I'd love to write a book, Joe, but I. 338 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 5: Don't know how. 339 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 6: I wish I could speak in front of people, but 340 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 6: I'm too afraid. You got to put some fuel in 341 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 6: your gem. You got to take some steps of faith. 342 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 6: I have a good friend that immigrated here from another country. 343 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 5: They were very. 344 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 6: Poor people in the Naturally, all the odds were against him. 345 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 6: He didn't come from an influential family. He had a 346 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 6: very limited education, no real training, no real connections. 347 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 5: But one day he overheard about a job. 348 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 6: Opportunity in the medical center here in Houston, and it 349 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 6: was to run one of these big pieces of X 350 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 6: ray equipment. He had no training in that field, but 351 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 6: he went and applied for the job. They asked him 352 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 6: if he had any experience. He told them no, But 353 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 6: he followed it up by saying, I'm a very fast 354 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 6: learner and I'm extremely smart. I can read the manual 355 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 6: and figure out how to run it. I'll come in 356 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 6: early and learn from the other technicians, but I promise 357 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:53,119 Speaker 6: you I'll have no problem running this equipment. He was 358 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 6: so sure of himself, so confident he convinced them they 359 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 6: gave him the position over other people that had more 360 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:06,719 Speaker 6: experience but less confidence. When you think confidently and talk confidently, 361 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 6: and believe that you're a child of God and you've 362 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 6: got what it takes, it'll not only give you more confidence, 363 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 6: but it'll cause other people to put more confidence in you. 364 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 6: Some of you today, you need to sell yourself better. 365 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 5: You're too timid. 366 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 6: You're always downplaying your abilities and discounting what you can do. Well. Hell, Joel, 367 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 6: if they want to see my resume, they can read it. No, 368 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 6: sometimes you have to be your resume. Sometimes you have 369 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 6: to say, hey, I can do this, I'm well able, 370 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 6: I've got what it takes. I'm a child of the 371 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 6: most High God. When other people see that you believe 372 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 6: in yourself, they'll be much more likely to open the 373 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 6: door so you can go further and give you more opportunities. 374 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:52,239 Speaker 6: Quit under selling yourself. It's not humility to discount your 375 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 6: abilities and downplay what you can do. I know I'm 376 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,919 Speaker 6: not saying to go around bragging all the time, but 377 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 6: I am saying, sometimes you've got to rise up like 378 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 6: my friend and say, listen, I can do this. I've 379 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 6: got what it takes. Give me a shot. 380 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 5: I'll make you proud. 381 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 6: Several years later, the head technician left that hospital and 382 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 6: took another position. They called my friend in and said, 383 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 6: we're thinking about offering you the position of manager over 384 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 6: this whole department. What do you think He immediately said, 385 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 6: I'll be a great manager. He went on and on 386 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 6: to list all of his strengths, tell them all the reasons. 387 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 5: Why he could do it. 388 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,919 Speaker 6: The truth is he didn't have any management experience, but 389 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 6: deep down he believed it was a part of his 390 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 6: God given destiny. Instead of shrinking back, being intimidated, thinking 391 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 6: of all the reasons why he couldn't, he told them 392 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 6: all the reasons why he could. 393 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 5: And again, this strong sense. 394 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 6: Of confidence, coupled with his proven track record, got them 395 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 6: to give him that job opportunity. And if you will 396 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 6: display confidence, if you will believe in yourself, it'll cause 397 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 6: other people to put more confidence in you. I wat 398 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 6: football game on television several years ago, and it was 399 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 6: a very exciting game. The score kept going back and forth. 400 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 6: It ended up going into overtime. At one point, the 401 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 6: home team had the ball. They were marching down the 402 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 6: field trying to score a touchdown. 403 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 5: But they got stopped. 404 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 6: They had to decide whether they were going to punk 405 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 6: the ball or whether they were going to attempt this 406 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 6: long field goal to win the game. 407 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 5: It was very windy. 408 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 6: The wind was blowing against the kicker, meaning that he'd 409 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 6: have to kick into the wind. 410 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 5: Of course, make it much more difficult. 411 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 6: Not only that this kicker had already missed two field 412 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 6: goals earlier in the game, this attempt would be further 413 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 6: than the two that he had already missed. The coach 414 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 6: called time out. There was this big commotion on the 415 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 6: sidelines as the coach tried to decide should he play 416 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 6: it safe and punk the ball away or should he 417 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 6: attempt this game winning field goal. And he couldn't make 418 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 6: up his mind, So the coach decided to ask the 419 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 6: kicker how he felt about it. He looked up and 420 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 6: down the sidelines. He couldn't find the kicker anywhere. That's 421 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 6: because the kicker was already on the field getting lined up, 422 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 6: preparing to attempt that feel gone. When the coach saw 423 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 6: the kicker already out there in spite of the two misses, 424 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,119 Speaker 6: in spite of the wind blowing in his face, that 425 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 6: sealed the deal. The coach let him attempt it, and 426 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 6: sure enough, that kicker stepped up. 427 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 5: He kicked the ball right. 428 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 6: Through the uprights, the game winning field gone. The crowd 429 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 6: went wild. They carried him off the field. Some of 430 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:31,959 Speaker 6: you today like him. You've tried and failed, You've made mistakes. 431 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 6: My question is are you getting back on the field. 432 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 6: Are you in the game? Are you looking for new opportunities. 433 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 6: If that kicker would have stayed on the sidelines to 434 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 6: wait to see what the coach thought, he probably would 435 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 6: not have had that opportunity. 436 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 5: If you will. 437 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 6: Sell yourself, if you'll have the attitude this is my time, 438 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 6: this is my moment. I may have tried and felled, 439 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,439 Speaker 6: but this is a new day. The power of the 440 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,360 Speaker 6: most High God is in me. When you rise up 441 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 6: with confidence like that, you're putting fuel in your jet. 442 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 6: You never know where it's going to take you. Living 443 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:12,159 Speaker 6: with confidence means that we never lose our poise. In 444 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 6: other words, you may feel fear on the inside, you 445 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 6: may be intimidated, but don't ever show fear. Don't ever 446 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 6: let people see you intimidated. When you go on that 447 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:27,200 Speaker 6: job interview, you may be very nervous, but don't show it. 448 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 5: Don't go in there and make excuses, Well, I'm. 449 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 6: Just a little uptied. I'm just a little bit nervous. No, 450 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 6: be strong, be confident. 451 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 5: Fake it if you have to. Better way to put 452 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,959 Speaker 5: it is faith it if you have to. 453 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 6: This is what faith is all about, not acting on 454 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 6: what we feel, but acting on what we know. When 455 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 6: your company offers you that management position, you may feel unqualified, 456 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 6: but know this. God would not have given you the 457 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 6: opportunity if he had not already equipped you. God is 458 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 6: saying to us today what he said to get in 459 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 6: many years ago. Be strong, you, mighty man of fearless courage, you, 460 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 6: mighty woman of fearless courage. Even if you're shaken on 461 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 6: the inside, you've got to dig your heels in and say, 462 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,679 Speaker 6: I'm not gonna let one person see me intimidated. I 463 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 6: may feel fear, but I'm gonna act strong. I may 464 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 6: be intimidated, but I'm gonna act confident. I may feel unqualified, 465 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 6: but I'm gonna act like I'm well able. I learned 466 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 6: this from one of my basketball coaches growing up. He 467 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 6: always instilled in us. No matter how big the opponents are, 468 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 6: no matter how far behind you fall, don't ever show 469 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 6: any sign of weakness. When I was in the seventh grade, 470 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 6: our basketball team was playing the number one basketball team 471 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 6: in our district. And in seventh grade I was only 472 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 6: four feet eleven inches tall. 473 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 5: I was very small. 474 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 6: The young man I was going to be guarding was 475 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 6: six feet one. The coach called me aside and said, Joel, 476 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 6: he's gonna be a lot bigger, He's gonna be a 477 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 6: lot strong. But don't you dare get out there and 478 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 6: look intimidated. You play like you're the greatest basketball player 479 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 6: in the world. Some things you can fake and some 480 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 6: things you can't. I should mention our team was all white. 481 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 6: Their team was all black, so you know it was 482 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 6: going to take a miracle. We were playing in their gym, 483 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 6: and the game was at a special time, two o'clock 484 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 6: in the afternoon, so all the seventh grade class was 485 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 6: dismissed so they could come to the gym to watch 486 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 6: us playing. Well, normally there'd just be a couple dozen 487 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 6: parents out there, but this day the gym was packed 488 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 6: full of hundreds and hundreds of screaming seventh grade students. 489 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 6: When we walked in the gym, we were single file, 490 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 6: and I was toward the back of the line. Those 491 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 6: students started booing and hissing, trying to intimidate us. But 492 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 6: when they saw me and how small I was, they 493 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:57,639 Speaker 6: started laughing and cheering, and in a few seconds they 494 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 6: were all chanting my number, twenty one, twenty one. I 495 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 6: was so embarrassed when I saw the young man I 496 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 6: was going to guard. I wanted to go back and 497 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,919 Speaker 6: get on the bus, but I kept hearing the coach 498 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 6: telling me, don't show any weakness, don't show any fear, 499 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 6: don't let them see you intimidated. Now I felt intimidated. 500 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 6: I felt fear, but I just kept acting like I 501 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 6: was Michael Jordan. It helped my self esteem, not necessarily 502 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,479 Speaker 6: my game. But when the guy was guarding went up 503 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 6: to take a shot and I was crouched over playing defense, 504 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 6: I'll never forget I could see his knees at eye level. 505 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 6: I thought, I have never seen any white knees at 506 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 6: I level. 507 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 5: Funny thing is, we. 508 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 6: Got beat that day, but when I went to get 509 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 6: on the bus and we were leaving, all these students 510 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 6: from their school were lined up, giving me high fives, 511 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 6: congratulating me. 512 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 5: What am I saying? 513 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 6: In life? You're going to find yourself in situations where 514 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 6: you're over your head, feel unqualified, You're up against a 515 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 6: huge opponent. May be a legal situation that looks impossible, 516 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 6: a medical report where you could easily be afraid and intimidated. 517 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 6: You've got to dig your heels in and say, I 518 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 6: may feel fear, but I'm not gonna show any fear. 519 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 6: I'm gonna keep my poise, knowing that the creator of 520 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 6: the universe is in complete control of my life. 521 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 5: And if God be for me, who dare be against me? Friends? 522 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 6: I'm trying to put some more fuel in your jet. 523 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 6: You have incredible potential. I'm asking you to put your 524 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,119 Speaker 6: shoulders back, hold your head up high. 525 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 5: You are representing the most high God. 526 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 6: Carry yourself like the King, like the Queen, like the 527 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 6: royalty He's created you to be. Let's get in a 528 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 6: habit of looking people in the eyes. Speak with a strong, 529 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 6: clear voice. Don't downplay your abilities, don't discount yourself, sell yourself. 530 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 6: If you don't believe in you, others want either. It's 531 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 6: good to celebrate people, but you need to start by 532 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:06,919 Speaker 6: celebrating yourself. If you will shake off the intimidation, the insecurity, 533 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 6: and rise up with confidence knowing who you are. Let 534 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 6: me tell you the creator of the universe will breed 535 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 6: in your direction, and when he does, you will overcome 536 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 6: every obstacle, defeat every enemy, accomplish every dream I believe in, 537 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 6: declare over each one of you. You will become everything 538 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 6: God's created you to be, and you will have everything 539 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:28,879 Speaker 6: God intended for you to have. 540 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 5: Hey, man, do you receive it today? 541 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 6: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 542 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 6: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 543 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 6: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 544 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 6: repent of my sins. 545 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 5: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 546 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 6: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 547 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 6: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 548 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 6: keep God first place. 549 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 5: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 550 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 7: Thank you for listen to the Jolostine podcast. Help us 551 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 7: continue to share the message of hope with those all 552 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 7: over the world. Visit jolostein dot com slash give Hope 553 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 7: to give a gift today. 554 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 555 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 6: I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest 556 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 6: podcast to keep. 557 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 4: You inspired all through the week. 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