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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 37 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: If we let these negative comments play in our mind, 38 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 2: they will keep us from becoming who we were created 39 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 2: to be. No one can make you think something. You 40 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 2: get to choose what you're going to dwell on when 41 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 2: those lives come saying you're not attractive, you don't have 42 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 2: a good personality, you're too old. You can dwell on it, 43 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 2: let it poison you, or you can ignore it and 44 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 2: not give it the time of day. Hi, this is 45 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 2: Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast. And 46 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 2: thanks for supporting the ministry. 47 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: If you enjoyed today message, why don't you be a 48 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 49 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 50 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 2: your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 51 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: you today, and I hope you'll stay connected during the 52 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 2: week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media. 53 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,399 Speaker 2: We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I like to start 54 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 2: with something funny, and I heard about this single man. 55 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 2: He was sitting on an airplane next to a beautiful 56 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 2: single lady. They struck up a conversation and he asked 57 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 2: what kind of men she liked. She said, well, I 58 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 2: like Native American men with their high cheek bones and 59 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 2: golden tan skin. Plus I like Jewish men they're so 60 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: brilliant and successful. And I like good old boys from 61 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 2: the South with their long Southern drawl. What's your name, 62 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 2: he said, My name is Geronimo Bernstein, but my friends 63 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 2: call me Bubba. Say it like you mean it. This 64 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 2: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 65 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have, I can do 66 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 67 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 2: taught the Word of God, I boldly confess. My mind 68 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:15,239 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 69 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 70 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about death to the negative. 71 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 2: We all have discouraging thoughts telling us what we can't do, 72 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 2: how we're not going to get well, we'll never meet 73 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 2: the right person. Sometimes people speak negative words, say things 74 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 2: that can limit our life. A friend of mine wanted 75 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: to become a doctor, but he was told by his 76 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: high school counselor that he wasn't smart enough, he didn't 77 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 2: make good enough grades, he should try something else. If 78 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 2: we let these negative comments play in our mind, they 79 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 2: will keep us from becoming who we were created to be. 80 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 2: No one can make you think something. You get to 81 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 2: choose what you're going to dwell on when those lives 82 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 2: come saying you're not attractive, you don't have a good personality, 83 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 2: you're too old. You can dwell on it, let it 84 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: poison you, or you can ignore it and not give 85 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 2: it the time of day. In the scripture, David faced 86 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 2: all kinds of opposition, people speaking defeat over him, thoughts 87 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: saying that he had never reached his destiny. How did 88 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 2: he keep his mind filled with faith. He said in 89 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 2: Psalm thirty eight. My enemies lay traps for me. They 90 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 2: make plans to ruin me, But I am deaf to 91 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 2: their threats. I choose to hear nothing at all. If 92 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 2: you're going to reach your potential, you have to become 93 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 2: deaf to the negative. When threats come, discouraging thoughts, people 94 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 2: speaking defeat. You have to do like David and choose 95 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 2: to hear nothing at all. Don't give it the time 96 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 2: of day, let it go in one ear and out 97 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 2: the other. That's what my friend did in high school. 98 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 2: Years later, this counselor, the same one that told him 99 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 2: he wasn't smart enough, brought his mother to the doctor. 100 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 2: He walked in and saw my friend. Said, don't I 101 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 2: know you from somewhere. My friend said, yes, I'm the 102 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 2: student you said would never become a doctor. He treated 103 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 2: his mother and build him twice the normal amount. People 104 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 2: don't determine your destiny. Don't let them talk you out 105 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 2: of what God put in your heart. You have to 106 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 2: become deaf to the naysayers. Death to relatives that tell 107 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 2: you you can't accomplish your dreams, Death to coworkers that 108 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 2: make demeaning remarks, say things to belittle you. The enemy 109 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 2: will use people to try to keep you from your purpose. 110 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 2: They may be good people, they may love you, but 111 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 2: they don't see what God put in you. They're judging 112 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 2: from the outside. They don't realize what's on the inside. 113 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 2: God put greatness in you. When David was out in 114 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 2: the shepherd's fields as a teenager, he knew he was 115 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 2: going to leave his mark, but the odds were against him. 116 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 2: He didn't come from an influential family, wealth, connections, education. 117 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 2: He was a shepherd stuck out in the country by himself. 118 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 2: If I can imagine, at night, he would look up 119 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 2: at the stars and he could hear God speaking to him, 120 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 2: telling him that he was going to do something great, 121 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 2: that he was destined to lead a nation. But when 122 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 2: the prophet Samuel came to annoint one of his father's 123 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 2: sons as the next king of Israel, his father Jesse thought, 124 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 2: it's not David. He's too young, too small, he's not 125 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 2: talented enough. David felt the sting of his own father 126 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 2: not believing in him. It's one thing when a friend 127 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 2: discounts you, a coworker puts you down, But when your 128 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 2: own family, someone that should be for you. They speak defeat, 129 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 2: tell you how you're not that talented you can accomplish 130 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 2: the dream. Those words carry more weight. You have to 131 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 2: dig down deep and say, I am not going to 132 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 2: let what they're saying take root. They may be my family, 133 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 2: but I'm not going to let their doubt convince me 134 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 2: to settle for less than what God's put in me. 135 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 2: Paul said in Romans, so what if they don't believe? 136 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 2: Will their unbelief make your faith of no effect? And 137 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 2: sometimes we're wanting people to believe in us that are 138 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 2: never going to be for us. We long for their affirmation, 139 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 2: for our family to cheer us on, a friend to 140 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 2: encourage us. But it's just the opposite. You have to say, 141 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 2: like Paul, so what if they don't believe, They're not 142 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 2: going to talk me out of believing. I love them, 143 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 2: but I'm going to be deaf to their unbelief. These 144 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 2: are tests we have to pass. You won't have everyone 145 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 2: cheering your own. There will be doubters, naysayers, people that 146 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 2: are close to you that don't think you can accompon 147 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 2: what God put in your heart. If they don't believe, 148 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 2: you don't need them they didn't put the dream in you. 149 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 2: Be respectful, but be deaf to their unbelief. The quicker 150 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 2: you get rid of it, the better you'll be. If 151 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 2: you start thinking about it for a day, dwelling on it. 152 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 2: Maybe what they said is right. Maybe I will never 153 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 2: get out of these shepherd's field. Maybe I won't break 154 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 2: this addiction. Maybe my business has seen his best days. 155 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 2: Or maybe I should just learn to live with this sickness. No, 156 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 2: what you should do is become deaf to the negative. 157 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 2: You can't play defeat in your mind and have victory. 158 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 2: You can't think sickness and have health. You can't dwell 159 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 2: on thoughts of lack and have abundance. Samuel told Jesse 160 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 2: that the King wasn't one of the seven sons that 161 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 2: were standing before him. These sons were all tall, impressive, strong, 162 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 2: but God doesn't look on the outside. Don't be intimidated 163 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 2: if you feel like you're lacking in some area. You 164 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,599 Speaker 2: are only taller, had a better personality, came from a 165 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,079 Speaker 2: different family. If you were as smart as that coworker. No, 166 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 2: you have everything you need to run your race. You've 167 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 2: been fearfully and wonderfully made. When God created you, he 168 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 2: matched you with your world. He put everything you need 169 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 2: for your assignment. You're not lacking anything. You're the right size, 170 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 2: the right nationality, the right age, the right personality. When 171 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 2: people try to tell you otherwise, thoughts try to convince 172 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 2: you that you're at a disadvantage, you were short changed. 173 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 2: Look at you, David. You're too small, you're too young, 174 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 2: you don't look like your brothers. That's a good time 175 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,959 Speaker 2: to become death. Tune all that out and tune in 176 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 2: what God says about you. You're one of a kind. 177 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 2: He says you're a masterpiece. You're made in the image 178 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:56,319 Speaker 2: of God. He's crowned you with favor. You have royal 179 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,719 Speaker 2: blood flowing through your veins. You're gifted your talent. You 180 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 2: have everything you need to fulfill your destiny. As soon 181 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 2: as Samuel saw David, he said, that's the one. He's 182 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 2: the next king. God has already lined up people that 183 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 2: can see your greatness, people that will speak destiny into you, 184 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 2: people that will open doors you can't open, use their 185 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 2: influence to take you higher. But here's the key. Most 186 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:29,599 Speaker 2: of the time, first you'll encounter the critics, the naysayers, 187 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 2: family members who try to discourage you, If you're going 188 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 2: to see Samuel, you have to become death to all 189 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 2: the others. It's a test. If you start letting the 190 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 2: negative play, you'll get discouraged, give up on dreams, live 191 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 2: below your potential. Don't fall into that trap. Start tuning 192 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 2: out all the lies people have spoken over you. Tune 193 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 2: out those negative thoughts. The enemy whispers in your mind, 194 00:10:56,240 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 2: trying to diminish you, make you feel unattractive, not valuable, 195 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 2: not worthy. The enemy works over time in this area. 196 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 2: He knows if he can keep you in a limited mindset, 197 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 2: feeling less than thinking you can't do something great, then 198 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 2: he's won the battle. If David had believed what his 199 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 2: father spoke over him, that he was too young, not 200 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 2: talented enough, that he was just a shepherd, he would 201 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 2: have gotten stuck out in those fields. David did what 202 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 2: we all have to do. He tuned out the negative. 203 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 2: He kept his mind filled with faith. Every thought said 204 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 2: he was stuck, family members putting him down. I can 205 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 2: hear him out in the fields. Father, Thank you that 206 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 2: you being for me is more than the world being 207 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 2: against me. I am strong in the Lord. I'm well 208 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 2: able to fulfill my destiny. What you promised will come 209 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:53,719 Speaker 2: to pass. Your life will move in the direction of 210 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 2: your most dominant thoughts. If you think I'm successful, you're 211 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 2: moving towards success. I have the favor of God. You're 212 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 2: moving toward good breaks, divine connections. I am fearfully and 213 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 2: wonderfully made. You're moving toward confidence, strength, honor, or. I 214 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 2: am healthy and whole. You're moving toward health, vitality. Pay 215 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 2: attention to what you're dwelling on. That's where you're going. Well, Joel, 216 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,439 Speaker 2: this pandemic has really slowed my business. I don't know 217 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 2: if we're going to make it. You're moving toward failure, lack, struggle. 218 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 2: Why don't you turn it around? Father? Thank you that 219 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 2: whatever I touch will prosper and succeed. That what was 220 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:39,199 Speaker 2: meant from my harm, you're turning to my advantage. I've 221 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 2: been singing a long time. I don't think I'll ever 222 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 2: meet the right person. You're moving toward loneliness, defeat. Try 223 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 2: some new thoughts. What God said about you? Father? You 224 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 2: said no good thing? Will you withhold because I walk 225 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 2: up rightly? You said it's not good to be alone. 226 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 2: So Lord, thank you that you have someone awesome come 227 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 2: in my way. It's significant that Samuel anointed David in 228 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 2: front of his father and brothers, the father who didn't 229 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 2: believe in him, the father that left him out in 230 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 2: the shepherd's fields, in front of the brothers that made 231 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 2: fun of him, tried to make him feel small. If 232 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 2: you'll become deaf to the negative comments, God will bless 233 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 2: you in front of the people that tried to push 234 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,839 Speaker 2: you down. He'll honor you in front of those that 235 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 2: said you didn't have what it takes. He knows how 236 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 2: to prepare a table in the presence of your enemies. 237 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 2: Now promote you in private. He'll promote you with those 238 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,319 Speaker 2: that didn't believe in you. Will see you honored in 239 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 2: new levels of influence in favor. When we were trying 240 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 2: to acquire the Compact Center, there was a man that 241 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 2: was very influential in the city. He knew everyone. I'd 242 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 2: never met him, but I thought if we could get 243 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 2: him on board, it would be very helpful. So we 244 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 2: made some contacts and he agreed to meet. I went 245 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 2: to his office and told him what we wanted to do, 246 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,839 Speaker 2: and I thought he would be happy for us, give 247 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 2: us some good advice, But it was just the opposite. 248 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 2: He wasn't friendly at all. He was very matter of fact. 249 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,199 Speaker 2: He even said, I don't think Lakewood being in the 250 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 2: Compact Center is a good idea at all. He went 251 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 2: on and on telling why it wasn't right and how 252 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 2: it wasn't made for a church, and especially not Lakewood. 253 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 2: He came from a very strict fundamentalist background. He didn't 254 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 2: like the fact that I smiled so much. I thanked 255 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 2: him for his time, smiled real big and left and 256 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 2: at first I was discouraged. His words played over and over. 257 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 2: It's not a good fit. The city's not going to agree. 258 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 2: Wasn't made for a church. If you don't take control 259 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 2: of your thought life, then negative will continue to play. 260 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 2: A few days later, I woke up that morning and 261 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 2: something rose up on the inside, like the apostle Paul. 262 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 2: I said, so, but if he doesn't believe he's not God, 263 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 2: he doesn't control my destiny. I'm not going to let 264 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 2: his unbelieve cancel out my faith. I started becoming deaf 265 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 2: to what he said. Like David, I chose to not 266 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 2: listen to his threats when they came up tried to play. 267 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 2: I would switch over to faith Father, thank you that 268 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 2: you are fighting our battles, that you are making our 269 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 2: crooked places straight, that no group, no person, all the 270 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 2: forces of darkness cannot stop what you have planned. I 271 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 2: tuned out the doubt, the negative comments, and I kept 272 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 2: my mind filled with faith, filled with hope. Three years later, 273 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 2: against all odds, the city council voted for us. Here 274 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 2: we are today. People don't have the final say God does. 275 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 2: Don't let their negative comments, their doubt, talk you out 276 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 2: of what God put in your heart. Two thousand and five, 277 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 2: we had our grand opening weekend here at this place. 278 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 2: After the service that Sunday, I met a man that 279 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 2: owned a large law firm here in town. He was 280 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 2: so happy for us. He gave me a big hug 281 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 2: and congratulated us. He said, Joel, I brought some of 282 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 2: my lawyers with me to celebrate. I looked over and 283 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 2: there was this man that had told us we would 284 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 2: never get in. I just smiled real big. I wanted 285 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 2: to say, nanny, nanny, boo boo. But if you'll stay 286 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 2: deaf to the negative, God will promote you in front 287 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 2: of those that said it would never happen. And here's 288 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 2: the thing, they're not bad people. They just can't see 289 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 2: what God put in you. Don't fault them, don't be disrespectful, 290 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 2: but don't let their doubt cancel out your dream. David's 291 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 2: father asked him to take lunch to his brothers who 292 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 2: were in the army in another city. When he arrived, 293 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 2: he heard Goliath, the champion of the Philistine army, mocking 294 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 2: the Israelites. For forty days. He would come out every 295 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 2: morning and shout these threats and make fun of them. 296 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 2: The Israeli men were terrified. They would run and hide. 297 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 2: Something rose up in David. He said, who is this 298 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 2: man that he would defy the armies of the Living God. 299 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 2: God will put things in you that don't make sense 300 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 2: to others. They all ran and hid. But David had 301 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 2: a boldness, a courage, a dream that he would defeat Goliath. 302 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 2: He told King Saul that he wanted to fight him. 303 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:33,360 Speaker 2: Instead of being excited, King Saul said, David, you're only 304 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 2: a boy. You're too young and inexperienced. Goliath has been 305 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 2: fighting since before you were born. Most people would have 306 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 2: been talked out of it. Most people would have given up, thought, yes, 307 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 2: he's right, what was I thinking? But David understood this principle. 308 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 2: He's the one that wrote, I've become deaf to the negative. 309 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 2: I don't pay attention to the threats, the doubts. I 310 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 2: choose to hear nothing. And King Saul the expert basically 311 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 2: told David to go back home that he didn't have 312 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 2: what it takes. If David would have taken that advice, 313 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 2: he would have never reached his destiny. There will always 314 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 2: be not only a giant before you go to a 315 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 2: new level, but there will be people telling you that 316 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 2: you can't conquer it. There will be King Sauls telling 317 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 2: you you're too small, too inexperienced, the sickness is too big, 318 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 2: the addiction too powerful. The King Saul may be a coach, 319 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 2: an expert, a boss, a relative, a friend. They may 320 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:40,479 Speaker 2: mean well, but those negative words are a test. Are 321 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 2: you going to let them take root and keep you 322 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 2: from your goliath? If you run from Goliath, you're running 323 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 2: from your destiny. Just because they don't see how it 324 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 2: can happen doesn't mean that you can't do it. They're 325 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 2: sizing you up in the natural. They're looking at what 326 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 2: you can do by yourself, with your strength, your talent. 327 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 2: You may be limited, but what they don't realize is 328 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 2: you're not on your own. The most high God is 329 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 2: breathing in your direction. His favor is on your life. 330 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 2: When David went out to face Goliath, all he had 331 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 2: was an ordinary slingshot. Didn't look like much, but a 332 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 2: slingshot with God's favor is more powerful than an automatic weapon. 333 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 2: Goliath had a huge spear, a full set of armor, 334 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 2: a shield, a helmet, ray ben sunglasses yeezy. When he 335 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 2: saw David, he laughed. He said, am I a dog? 336 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 2: That you'd come at me with a stick. Everything in 337 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 2: David's mind was saying, turn around, you're a fool. You're 338 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 2: gonna get killed, But David was deaf to it. He 339 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 2: chose not to hear it. When your closest to the victory, 340 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 2: the threats will be the loudest. David slung that rock, 341 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 2: hit Goliath in the forehead, knocked him unconscious. He became 342 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 2: an overnighth hero. None of this would have happened if 343 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 2: he had not learned how to take control of his 344 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 2: thought life, not dwell on the negative things the father 345 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 2: said about him, Not let what King Saul said. You're 346 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 2: just a boy to play over and over. If you're 347 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 2: going to reach the fullness of your destiny. You have 348 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 2: to do like David and not let the negative take root. 349 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,879 Speaker 2: If you start dwelling on it, those lies will become strongholds, 350 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 2: and you'll believe I'm just a boy. I can't defeat 351 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 2: this giant. The medical report said, I'm not going to 352 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 2: get well. I guess I can't beat this sickness. My 353 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 2: counselor said, I'm not that smart. I can't become a doctor. 354 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 2: You have to start being deaf to some things. When 355 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 2: you hear that thought, you're never going to break that addiction. 356 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 2: Excuse me, is someone saying something You're not attractive, nobody 357 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 2: wants to be around you. Like David, I choose to 358 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 2: hear nothing. You have to be deaf to doubt, death 359 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 2: to discouraging thoughts, death to negative comments. Keep your mind 360 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 2: filled with faith, hope, filled with what God says about you. 361 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 2: March chapter five, a man came to Jesus named Jyros. 362 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 2: He told him that his little daughter was very sick. 363 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 2: He asked Jesus to come to his house and pray 364 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 2: for her, and Jesus agreed and started following him. On 365 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 2: the way, Jesus was stopped by a woman that had 366 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 2: been sick and he took time to pray for her. 367 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:30,160 Speaker 2: There was one delay after another. Finally someone came from 368 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 2: Jyrus's house and said, don't bother Jesus anymore. It's too late. 369 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 2: Your little girl has died. The scripture says Jesus overheard 370 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 2: what they were talking about. He said to Jyros, don't 371 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 2: listen to them. Just trust me. There are always going 372 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:52,400 Speaker 2: to be voices of doubt discouragement that contradict what God 373 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 2: told you. What people are telling you may be true. 374 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 2: They have the facts, but God can override the facts. 375 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 2: God can do what medicine cannot do. He can make 376 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 2: streams in the desert. He can prosper you in a pandemic. 377 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 2: He can free you from that addiction that seems permanent. 378 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 2: He can defy what the experts say. He's God. He 379 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 2: controls the universe. He parts red seas, he brings dead 380 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,719 Speaker 2: things back to life. He takes shepherds and makes them kings. 381 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 2: He took a popcorn salesman, my father, no future, no education, 382 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 2: and made him a pastor that would impact nations. Don't 383 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 2: let the facts talk you out of what the Most 384 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 2: High God has promised you. The reason he's called the 385 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 2: most high is because He's higher than anything that's trying 386 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 2: to stop you. The facts may say you're addicted, it's permanent. 387 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 2: God says, override the facts. Freedom is coming. The facts 388 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 2: may say you've gone as far as you can. God says, 389 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 2: I'm about to open doors you've ever dreamed, but open it. 390 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 2: I'm about to catapult you ahead. The facts may say 391 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 2: you can't get well. God says, I made your body 392 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 2: the number of your days I will fulfill. The facts 393 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 2: may say you can't get the compact center. The opposition 394 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 2: is too big. God says, no person can stand against me. 395 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 2: What I have spoken will come to pass. How much 396 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 2: further will you go if you'll simply start being deaf 397 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 2: to the negative, not dwelling on all the facts, you 398 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 2: may be up against big obstacles Today you could easily 399 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 2: be talked out of your dreams like Gyros, seems like 400 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,640 Speaker 2: it's too late. You could never get well, never start 401 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 2: your business, never see your family restored. God is saying 402 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 2: to you what he said to Gyros. Don't listen to 403 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 2: those things. Just trust me. You may hear it, but 404 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 2: you can ignore it. Don't let it get down on 405 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 2: the inside. Negative words, doubt, unbelieve. Those things poison your faith. 406 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 2: They can keep you from seeing the greatness of God. 407 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 2: Jesus continued on to the little girl's house. He could 408 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 2: have stopped and thought, oh man, I waited too late. 409 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 2: I messed up. But God won't give you a promise 410 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 2: that he can't bring to past. He doesn't change his mind. 411 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 2: All the circumstances may say otherwise. Doubt will try to 412 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 2: play louder and louder. You have to be more determined 413 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 2: than the doubt. Tune it out when it comes. Switch 414 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 2: over to praise Father. Thank you that you're working behind 415 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 2: the scenes. Thank you that you're making things happen that 416 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 2: I can't make happen. Lord, I trust you. Jesus told 417 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 2: the people that the little girl wasn't dead, she was 418 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 2: only asleep. They began to laugh and make fun. He 419 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,679 Speaker 2: ignored that too. He went in and prayed for her, 420 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 2: and she came back to life. There may be things 421 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:55,719 Speaker 2: that look like they're dead in your life, dreams, relationships, promises. 422 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 2: You used to believe. But it's been so long it 423 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:03,160 Speaker 2: feels too late. What you think is dead is only asleep. 424 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 2: If you'll get your fireback, God is still going to 425 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 2: bring it to pass. It's going to be uncommon, unusual, 426 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 2: something that you didn't see coming. Years ago, we had 427 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 2: some rabbits in our backyard at home. They lived in 428 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 2: this little fenced in area. I noticed one of the 429 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 2: rabbit's nose was swollen. I thought maybe it had been 430 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 2: bitten by something and it would go down. But the 431 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 2: next day it was more swollen, the next even more. 432 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 2: I took it to the veterinarian and they gave some 433 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 2: antibiotics and said it should get better. A week later, 434 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 2: it was even more swollen, looked like a big growth. 435 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 2: This time they put a scope up its nose. They 436 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 2: discovered that a fly had laid an egg in the 437 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 2: rabbit's nasal passage. That larva was growing and about to hatch. 438 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 2: Once they removed the larva, the rabbit was fine. This 439 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 2: is the way the enemy works. He tries to plant 440 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 2: lies in our mind, negative comments. You're too small, David, 441 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 2: you're just a boy, Joe. You'll never get the compact center. 442 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 2: The opposition's too big, Gyrus, it's too late. Just accept it. 443 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 2: It's not going to work out. If we believe these 444 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 2: lives dwell on the doubt, they will infect our thinking 445 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 2: and This is what happened to Gideon in the scripture. 446 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,880 Speaker 2: He was hiding in the wine press afraid. An angel 447 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 2: came to him and said, mighty hero, the Lord is 448 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,719 Speaker 2: with you. You are to lead the people of Israel 449 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 2: against the Midianites. Kiddeon thought, I'm not a mighty hero. 450 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 2: He said to the angel, I can't lead this army. 451 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 2: I come from the poorest family. I'm the least one 452 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 2: in my father's house. You can tell what he'd been 453 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 2: listening to. You can't do anything great. You come from 454 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,879 Speaker 2: the wrong family. There's nothing special about you. If you 455 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 2: let that play long enough, it will infect your thinking. 456 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 2: The angel spoke faith in the Gideon, convinced him to 457 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 2: change his mind and believe he was a mighty hero. 458 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 2: He went on to do great things. But how many 459 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,640 Speaker 2: of us have believed the lies. You're not that talented, 460 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 2: you're not attractive, you can't be successful. You need to 461 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,880 Speaker 2: ask yourself, why do I feel this way? Who told 462 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 2: you you can't do great things? Who told you you 463 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,719 Speaker 2: can't get well? Who told you you've gone as far 464 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 2: as you can? That wasn't God. That was a lie. 465 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 2: That's infecting your thinking. The way you get rid of 466 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 2: the infection is by dwelling on what God says about you. 467 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 2: You are strong, you are talented, you are valuable. Your 468 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 2: future is bright, your dreams are on the way. Now, 469 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 2: the next time one of those lies come, just say no, thanks, 470 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,679 Speaker 2: that's not for me. You have to guard your mind. 471 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 2: Don't let any infection get in. Start being death to 472 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 2: the negative, death to the discouraging thoughts, death to the naysayers. 473 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,680 Speaker 2: If you'll do this, I believe and declare like that 474 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 2: infection is going to clear up and you're going to 475 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 2: become a mighty hero like David, despite what people have 476 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 2: said about you. You're going to defeat giants. You're going 477 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,400 Speaker 2: to defy the odds and go places you've never dreamed. 478 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,920 Speaker 2: In Jesus's name, and if you receive it, can you 479 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:22,399 Speaker 2: say amen? I'd like to give you an opportunity to 480 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 2: make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray 481 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 2: with me? 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