1
00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160
Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to

2
00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,960
Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

3
00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440
Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a

4
00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:09,720
Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a.

5
00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:13,040
Speaker 1: Friend, reappreciate you and pray for God's very best in

6
00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:13,560
Speaker 1: your line.

7
00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:14,040
Speaker 2: You're in this.

8
00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,560
Speaker 3: Place, you got down and look amazing. You may be seated.

9
00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,560
Speaker 2: I just want to encourage all of us today with

10
00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:25,760
Speaker 2: the scripture that's found in Romans Romans twelve. And this

11
00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,680
Speaker 2: is Paul talking to the Romans, and he's encouraging them

12
00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:33,240
Speaker 2: and urging them with great fervor to change their minds

13
00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,120
Speaker 2: to be more like God.

14
00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:37,720
Speaker 3: And he says this.

15
00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:43,600
Speaker 2: He says, do not be conformed to this world, but

16
00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,800
Speaker 2: be transformed by the renewing of your minds.

17
00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,240
Speaker 3: See, he knew that God wanted to do.

18
00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,120
Speaker 2: Something in his people, but they couldn't keep thinking the

19
00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,280
Speaker 2: old way and have the new things that God wants

20
00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,000
Speaker 2: to do. You've heard it said like this. They couldn't

21
00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,240
Speaker 2: new wine and old wine skins. They had to change

22
00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,160
Speaker 2: their mind. And you know what, that's the same with

23
00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:13,080
Speaker 2: us today. We can't be conformed to this world's culture.

24
00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,120
Speaker 2: We can't be conformed to the wrong types of thinking.

25
00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,399
Speaker 2: We have to be transformed by the renewing of our minds.

26
00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,759
Speaker 2: You see, our salvation on this earth starts in our mind.

27
00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:30,880
Speaker 2: If you're born again today, if you've given Jesus your life,

28
00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:32,399
Speaker 2: you're a new creature.

29
00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:33,120
Speaker 3: In Christ Jesus.

30
00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,600
Speaker 2: And so your spirit has been made new, it has

31
00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:43,160
Speaker 2: come alive in Christ Jesus. The problem is our mind

32
00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,840
Speaker 2: needs to catch up with what's going on in our spirits.

33
00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,040
Speaker 2: All right, But we can do that by not conforming

34
00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,880
Speaker 2: to our old thinking, but submitting ourself to the word

35
00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,920
Speaker 2: of God, to the teachings of God. You see, we

36
00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,680
Speaker 2: are so blessed because we can get the Word of

37
00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:05,600
Speaker 2: God at our fingertips. We can google the Word of God.

38
00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,760
Speaker 2: We can take our phone and get our Bible apps.

39
00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,680
Speaker 2: We can listen to podcasts. We can turn on the internet,

40
00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:17,119
Speaker 2: we can turn on the TV listen. We can put

41
00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,760
Speaker 2: our music on our Christian faithful music that declares the

42
00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:22,799
Speaker 2: goodness of God.

43
00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,920
Speaker 3: We are so blessed.

44
00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:30,040
Speaker 2: We have to submit and stay under this word of

45
00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,919
Speaker 2: God so that it can change our thinking. You see,

46
00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,600
Speaker 2: some people may not have been brought up in church.

47
00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,280
Speaker 2: I was brought up in church. But you may not

48
00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,080
Speaker 2: be have been. So maybe you have some things that

49
00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,920
Speaker 2: are contrary to what God wants you to think today.

50
00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:53,160
Speaker 2: Some of you have addictions. It's contrary to what God

51
00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:57,120
Speaker 2: has for you today. You see, God is saying, don't

52
00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,880
Speaker 2: be conformed by a habit, don't be conformed by an addiction.

53
00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,600
Speaker 2: Don't be conformed by the cultures of this world, the

54
00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,399
Speaker 2: way this world thinks, but be transformed.

55
00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,480
Speaker 3: By the renewing of your mind.

56
00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:15,560
Speaker 2: You have the choice of what you listen to, of

57
00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,040
Speaker 2: what you put yourself under.

58
00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:18,480
Speaker 3: And God is.

59
00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:24,359
Speaker 2: Saying, renew your mind, change your mind, get into what.

60
00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,480
Speaker 3: I have for you.

61
00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,880
Speaker 2: You see, I talk to people all the time who

62
00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,960
Speaker 2: have an addiction, and they are struggling to break the addiction.

63
00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,360
Speaker 2: And what I tell them is just don't stay down,

64
00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:37,800
Speaker 2: get back.

65
00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:42,200
Speaker 3: Up, put yourself under the word of God. And those strong.

66
00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,960
Speaker 2: Those things that are trying to hold you back, they

67
00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,880
Speaker 2: can't stand up against the word of God. It's only

68
00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:51,840
Speaker 2: a matter of time before your mind catches up with

69
00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,760
Speaker 2: what the spirit is doing. In Ephesians, the Bible says,

70
00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,760
Speaker 2: to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above

71
00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:03,360
Speaker 2: all all we can ask, think or imagine. I love

72
00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,520
Speaker 2: that God can do anything. But listen to the second part.

73
00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:11,640
Speaker 2: According to the power that works in us. See, God

74
00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,680
Speaker 2: is saying, when you transform your mind, you line your

75
00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,360
Speaker 2: mind up with the power that's in you. See, there's

76
00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,279
Speaker 2: power in a made up mind. There's power in a

77
00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,600
Speaker 2: mind that says, no, I'm not staying here. I'm on

78
00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,080
Speaker 2: my way to greater places. I'm on my way to

79
00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,080
Speaker 2: God's destination. I'm not gonna be held down by always

80
00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,200
Speaker 2: in old patterns of thinking. You see, I think about

81
00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,560
Speaker 2: the apostle Paul, and he was so passionate to let

82
00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,719
Speaker 2: them know, by the mercies of God, by the grace

83
00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:44,120
Speaker 2: of God, this can happen for you. You see, people

84
00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,440
Speaker 2: they drink drinks to detox their body. Have you ever

85
00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,360
Speaker 2: heard somebody say, you know, drink this for five days

86
00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,600
Speaker 2: and it'll get all the junk out of your body.

87
00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:52,159
Speaker 1: You know.

88
00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,320
Speaker 2: They say that the stuff we eat, even the water

89
00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,760
Speaker 2: we drink, you know, has toxins in it. So people

90
00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,080
Speaker 2: want to be healthy, they want to detox their body. Listen,

91
00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:02,960
Speaker 2: when you read the word of God and put yourself

92
00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:03,840
Speaker 2: under the word of God.

93
00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:05,760
Speaker 3: Your detoxing your mind.

94
00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:11,600
Speaker 2: You're dislodging strongholds, your weakening their grip on you. Listen,

95
00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,839
Speaker 2: you're in a battle. You're in a battle, and it's

96
00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:20,159
Speaker 2: time to stand up and fight. It's time to say,

97
00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,440
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna let the wrong words come out of

98
00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:22,919
Speaker 2: my mouth.

99
00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,400
Speaker 3: I'm not gonna let my way of thinking stop me.

100
00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,719
Speaker 2: I've heard people who are fighting illnesses and they listen

101
00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,119
Speaker 2: to the word of God constantly. They've constantly got it going.

102
00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,280
Speaker 2: Whether they have the Word of God, whether they have

103
00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,240
Speaker 2: a good teaching, whether they have joel, whether they have praise,

104
00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,960
Speaker 2: they are constantly bathing and sanctifying their mind in the

105
00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,279
Speaker 2: word of God. See, we're justified in our spirit, but

106
00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,360
Speaker 2: we have to be sanctified in our mind. That means

107
00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,520
Speaker 2: we have to set our mind apart from the way

108
00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,320
Speaker 2: of doing and being, and we have to get in

109
00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:01,320
Speaker 2: God's way of doing and being. You see, if we

110
00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,920
Speaker 2: want to know God's will, we're going to have to

111
00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:08,839
Speaker 2: know God's way. Now, he was telling them, don't be conformed,

112
00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,359
Speaker 2: but be transformed. And he was saying, this is a process.

113
00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,840
Speaker 2: Don't get down on yourself. It's a process. And then

114
00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,760
Speaker 2: he went on to say this. He says, do not

115
00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,039
Speaker 2: be conformed to this world, but be transformed. By the

116
00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,919
Speaker 2: renewing of your mind, that by testing you may be

117
00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,720
Speaker 2: able to discern the will of God for your life.

118
00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,400
Speaker 2: What is pleasing, right and acceptable? How many of you

119
00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:34,839
Speaker 2: want to know the will of God for your life.

120
00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:36,960
Speaker 3: I want to know the will of God for my life.

121
00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:39,839
Speaker 3: I want to know the will of God for my life.

122
00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,880
Speaker 2: And God is saying, through this transformation, through this new

123
00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:48,160
Speaker 2: way of thinking, you can take all these choices and

124
00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,880
Speaker 2: you can put them under the scrutiny of what you know.

125
00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,400
Speaker 2: You can test it and see shall I make it

126
00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,560
Speaker 2: or shall I not? Shall I choose it, or shall

127
00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:57,880
Speaker 2: I go.

128
00:06:57,880 --> 00:06:58,960
Speaker 3: The other way?

129
00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,000
Speaker 2: So you can put the choices you make every day

130
00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:06,039
Speaker 2: under the scrutiny of the word of God. See, God

131
00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:10,040
Speaker 2: wants us to walk in confidence before him. He wants

132
00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,280
Speaker 2: us to know what his will is, so we'll know

133
00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,640
Speaker 2: what way to go. It's kind of like taking a test.

134
00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:18,800
Speaker 2: Have you ever gone in when you're in school to

135
00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,960
Speaker 2: take a test or for your job. The better you

136
00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,240
Speaker 2: knew the material, the more confident you were, the more answers.

137
00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,400
Speaker 3: You got right. It's kind of like that.

138
00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,480
Speaker 2: God is saying, this transformation comes little by little, but

139
00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,840
Speaker 2: keep gain and knowledge, keep testing your choices by what

140
00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,040
Speaker 2: you know to be right. You know, we make choices

141
00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,640
Speaker 2: every single day, and those choices make us.

142
00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:43,920
Speaker 3: So it's so.

143
00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:50,280
Speaker 2: Important that we put our choices under God's authority. Now,

144
00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,760
Speaker 2: you know, sometimes we don't want to put every choice

145
00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,040
Speaker 2: under God's that's the worthy, because some choices we just

146
00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:03,119
Speaker 2: want they look so good. Good, God, I can fix

147
00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,000
Speaker 2: this with you later. Let me go ahead and make

148
00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:09,520
Speaker 2: this choice. You know what, And God knows that. I mean,

149
00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,360
Speaker 2: we've all been there, We've all done that. And the

150
00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,800
Speaker 2: good thing about God, he can take our bad choices

151
00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:16,480
Speaker 2: and bring him glory and us good.

152
00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:17,920
Speaker 3: All right, he can.

153
00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,040
Speaker 2: He's a good God, and he loves us, and I

154
00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,280
Speaker 2: love the fact that he's not judging us. The point

155
00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,480
Speaker 2: is is that we need to not be afraid to

156
00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:32,959
Speaker 2: take our attitudes, our unforgiveness, our habits, everything about us.

157
00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:34,760
Speaker 3: And put it under the submission of God.

158
00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,360
Speaker 2: See Paul was saying, be a living sacrifice is how

159
00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,600
Speaker 2: he started a be a living sacrifice.

160
00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:42,880
Speaker 3: What he was saying, he was going, go all in,

161
00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:44,400
Speaker 3: Go all in.

162
00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,360
Speaker 2: Don't hold back certain areas of your life. You have

163
00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,160
Speaker 2: a bad habit, put it under God's authority. Don't hold

164
00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,000
Speaker 2: on to it and say, God, I'll fix it. As

165
00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,320
Speaker 2: soon as I fix it, then I'll come over here.

166
00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:56,920
Speaker 3: And give it to you.

167
00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:01,040
Speaker 2: God is saying, give it all to me, the bad,

168
00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,120
Speaker 2: the ugly, put it under my word. Let me break

169
00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:08,640
Speaker 2: those things off of your life. See, Jesus came as

170
00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:12,280
Speaker 2: the living Word. The Bible says he came as the

171
00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:17,400
Speaker 2: Word made incarnate, man made flesh, and he walked among them.

172
00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:19,640
Speaker 2: And do you know that when you read the Word

173
00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,160
Speaker 2: of God you get good teaching. You're walking with Jesus.

174
00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,680
Speaker 2: And he's still doing what he did those days in

175
00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:29,000
Speaker 2: the Bible. He's still healing, he's still delivering, he's still

176
00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,480
Speaker 2: setting free, he's still restoring. Take his hand and put

177
00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:33,200
Speaker 2: all of it.

178
00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:34,800
Speaker 3: Under his authority.

179
00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,840
Speaker 2: We can't be afraid and listen. You know, we have

180
00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,240
Speaker 2: big decisions that we have to make in our life.

181
00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,240
Speaker 2: I've heard people say, I want to know the will

182
00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,199
Speaker 2: of God. Should I take this job, should I start

183
00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,160
Speaker 2: this business? Should I go back to college? Is this

184
00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,360
Speaker 2: the person I should marry? And those are all very

185
00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:56,160
Speaker 2: important decisions. But we need to put every decision under

186
00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:57,520
Speaker 2: the will of God, because the.

187
00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,960
Speaker 3: Better choices we make, the closer we are.

188
00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:03,640
Speaker 2: To those better decisions on those big issues of our life.

189
00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,360
Speaker 3: When I was a young girl, I remember my heart.

190
00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,480
Speaker 2: I would just say to God, God, when I get

191
00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,000
Speaker 2: married someday, all I know is this, I.

192
00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,480
Speaker 3: Want a man who loves you more than I do.

193
00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,040
Speaker 2: You see, my heart said this, God, I don't want

194
00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:19,360
Speaker 2: to be dragging anybody up.

195
00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:19,920
Speaker 3: I don't want to.

196
00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,360
Speaker 2: Be constantly pushing them up. God don't want him to

197
00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:26,800
Speaker 2: sharpen me. I want us to be better together. I

198
00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:31,440
Speaker 2: want us to do great things for you. Now, girls,

199
00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,360
Speaker 2: I just want to tell you this. Don't say this part,

200
00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,440
Speaker 2: but this is literally what I said, because if I

201
00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:37,199
Speaker 2: was you, I would find a man with a job.

202
00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:42,440
Speaker 2: But I said, I said, God, he doesn't have to

203
00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:43,360
Speaker 2: have a lot of money.

204
00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:45,839
Speaker 3: You know what, he doesn't have to be rich. God,

205
00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:47,640
Speaker 3: I just want him to love you.

206
00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,640
Speaker 2: Because my heart was like this, God, you can do

207
00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:51,680
Speaker 2: anything in our life.

208
00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,280
Speaker 3: If we serve you, we can rise higher. We can

209
00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:54,920
Speaker 3: do anything.

210
00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:59,320
Speaker 2: But the bottom line is my gold standard is that

211
00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,760
Speaker 2: he loves you a lot. So when I met Joel,

212
00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:08,400
Speaker 2: he looked good on the outside. In fact, from the outside,

213
00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:09,880
Speaker 2: and he looked like he was perfect.

214
00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,760
Speaker 3: But you know what, I didn't want to just judge

215
00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,800
Speaker 3: him from the outside. I wanted to judge my who

216
00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:18,920
Speaker 3: I was going to marry, by the word of God.

217
00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,040
Speaker 2: And although he looked good, he seemed to have the

218
00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:22,960
Speaker 2: right credentials.

219
00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,960
Speaker 3: You know what, that wasn't good enough. I watched him,

220
00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,440
Speaker 3: I studied him. I saw if.

221
00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,520
Speaker 2: His beliefs lined up with his actions. I watched how

222
00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,440
Speaker 2: he treated his family, what he said about his friends,

223
00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:39,120
Speaker 2: his generosity towards others. See, I let that character line

224
00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,480
Speaker 2: itself up with the word of God. Then I could

225
00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:47,800
Speaker 2: make an educated, godly decision. You see, God wants us

226
00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:51,079
Speaker 2: to be confident in our decisions. As our minds are

227
00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,319
Speaker 2: graining more knowledge and being transformed, then we can test

228
00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:58,640
Speaker 2: our choices and make the right decisions. Well, I had

229
00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,400
Speaker 2: the peace of God. He asked me to marry, so

230
00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:05,640
Speaker 2: I did. Thirty years later, It's been a wonderful decision.

231
00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:14,120
Speaker 2: It's been a great decision. Can I tell you girls.

232
00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,600
Speaker 3: Don't judge from the outside. Make sure their character lines up.

233
00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:23,080
Speaker 2: You're far too valuable to get together with someone who

234
00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,360
Speaker 2: doesn't appreciate you and know how to bring out the

235
00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:30,840
Speaker 2: best in you, who doesn't serve the living God. You see,

236
00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,320
Speaker 2: I made my decision I'd rather be home with a

237
00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,160
Speaker 2: peanut butter and jelly sandwich than with a man that

238
00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:40,280
Speaker 2: wasn't good enough for me and God, all right, it's

239
00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:47,480
Speaker 2: not worth it. Every decision you make. Use the word

240
00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:48,240
Speaker 2: of God as your goal.

241
00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,800
Speaker 3: Standard. Keep conforming to God's word and his likeness.

242
00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,480
Speaker 2: Don't conform to the world, don't conform to habits. You

243
00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:58,720
Speaker 2: may be fighting something right now, and I just want

244
00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,760
Speaker 2: to encourage you to get yourself.

245
00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,640
Speaker 3: Submit yourself under the word of God.

246
00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:05,880
Speaker 2: Don't let anything come out of your mouth that doesn't

247
00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:07,679
Speaker 2: line up with what you want.

248
00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,679
Speaker 3: Listen, when you're in a fight, you've got to fight

249
00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,200
Speaker 3: to the end. You've got to be serious about where

250
00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:13,679
Speaker 3: you're going.

251
00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:18,480
Speaker 2: God's work will renew you, strengthen you, and refresh you.

252
00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,760
Speaker 2: It'll detox all those old ways, and I'll bring you

253
00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,080
Speaker 2: into the new ways of God. We love you so much.

254
00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,000
Speaker 2: You're awesome. God is a good God.

255
00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,160
Speaker 4: It's easy to let the day get away from us

256
00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,200
Speaker 4: before the day even starts. The first few minutes of

257
00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,439
Speaker 4: your morning are more powerful than you might think. Life

258
00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,440
Speaker 4: moves really fast sometimes, and it can be easy to

259
00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,359
Speaker 4: begin each day by zeroing in on your problems.

260
00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:43,800
Speaker 3: But here's the truth.

261
00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,000
Speaker 1: How you start the day can determine what kind of

262
00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,120
Speaker 1: day it's going to be. And I'd love to send

263
00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,280
Speaker 1: you my devotional three minute Mornings Start your Day the

264
00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:53,000
Speaker 1: Blessed Way.

265
00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,680
Speaker 2: Three minutes doesn't seem like a lot of time, but

266
00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,200
Speaker 2: when you put God first place and get your mind

267
00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,840
Speaker 2: going in the right direction, is in the town for

268
00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:02,680
Speaker 2: a blessed productive day.

269
00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,640
Speaker 3: Is filled with inspiration.

270
00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,560
Speaker 1: And encouragement to help you begin each day with a

271
00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,080
Speaker 1: fresh attitude, grateful that you're alive.

272
00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:10,280
Speaker 3: It's amazing what.

273
00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,520
Speaker 1: Happens when you take three minutes and speak blessings over

274
00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:17,040
Speaker 1: your life and declaring God's favor. Three minute Mornings is

275
00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,240
Speaker 1: our gift to you as our.

276
00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,880
Speaker 4: Way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount.

277
00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,160
Speaker 4: This month, we would like to send you a copy

278
00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:28,120
Speaker 4: of Joel's new devotional three Minute Mornings Start your Day

279
00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,960
Speaker 4: in faith. This powerful book will open the pathways to

280
00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,840
Speaker 4: experience God's presence and peace in your life, and there

281
00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:40,040
Speaker 4: you will find renewed energy, assurance, and wisdom to face

282
00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,680
Speaker 4: your day. The Bible promises that God is a rewarder

283
00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,960
Speaker 4: of those who diligently seek Him, So as you pause

284
00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,880
Speaker 4: for only three minutes and take in his wonderful promises.

285
00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:54,040
Speaker 4: In this book, you will be positioning yourself to receive

286
00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,680
Speaker 4: all the amazing things that God has in store for you.

287
00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:02,560
Speaker 4: Please request your copy today. Anxiety turn to divine answers,

288
00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:10,280
Speaker 4: Weakness to strength, problems to renewed possibilities, frustrations to God's favor. Yes,

289
00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,720
Speaker 4: only three minutes will transform your entire day.

290
00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,640
Speaker 1: From the time I was a little boy, my parents

291
00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,440
Speaker 1: taught me the value of starting the day off in faith.

292
00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:23,160
Speaker 1: Three Minute Mornings will help you do just that. Victoria

293
00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,240
Speaker 1: and I pray for you every day for God's very best.

294
00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,040
Speaker 1: We want to thank you for your prayer and support.

295
00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,800
Speaker 1: You're impacting people all over the world. A special thank

296
00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,920
Speaker 1: you to our Champion of Hope partners for your monthly support.

297
00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,320
Speaker 1: If you're not a partner, I hope you'll consider becoming one.

298
00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:40,880
Speaker 3: Remember you can watch the.

299
00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:45,760
Speaker 1: Services online every Sunday morning, download our daily podcast, listen

300
00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:49,400
Speaker 1: on Serious Exam, watch our YouTube channel and the Joel

301
00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:53,080
Speaker 1: Osting Network streaming on television twenty four hours a day.

302
00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:55,960
Speaker 1: And until we see you again, made the Lord bless

303
00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:56,880
Speaker 1: you and keep you.

304
00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,160
Speaker 4: Be sure to request your copy of Three Mornings. Start

305
00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,960
Speaker 4: your day in faith. Visit jolostein dot com or call

306
00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:09,480
Speaker 4: eight eight eight five six seven Joel for an additional donation.

307
00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,120
Speaker 4: This month, we are also offering the Faith and Freedom Bundle.

308
00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:17,240
Speaker 4: You'll receive an additional devotional filled with daily wisdom to

309
00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:21,880
Speaker 4: guide you in living with favor, focus and freedom. Also available,

310
00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:26,680
Speaker 4: our Morning Power and Peace Collection includes Power, provision and Peace,

311
00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:31,600
Speaker 4: beautifully bound and timeless elegance. This dynamic New Testament, the

312
00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:35,840
Speaker 4: Passion Translation helps you walk in God's best. You can

313
00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,880
Speaker 4: request these inspiring resources by calling eight eight eight five

314
00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,280
Speaker 4: six seven Joel or logging on to jolostein dot com today.

315
00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,880
Speaker 4: Call or click any time, twenty four hours a day,

316
00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:53,160
Speaker 4: be inspired every morning. Request your copies today