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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 4: your life. Oh God bless you. It is always a 39 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 4: joy to coming to your homes. We love you and 40 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 4: we're believing that this year is going to be your 41 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 4: best year so far. I hope you'll get in agreement 42 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 4: with it as well. If you're ever in our area, 43 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 4: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 44 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 4: We'd love to have you. But thanks for tuning in today. 45 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny each week. And 46 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 4: I heard about this minister that was out bear hunting. 47 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 4: He searched and searched all through the woods, but didn't 48 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 4: see any sign of a bear. Finally, in frustration, he 49 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 4: threw his gun down and went down to the stream 50 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 4: to cool off. About that time he saw this huge, 51 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 4: grizzly bear racing toward him. He fell on his knees 52 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 4: and said, God, please protect me. I'm asking you God 53 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 4: to convert this bear into a Christian. Miraculously, the bear 54 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 4: froze in its tracks, put up both paws toward the heavens, 55 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 4: and said, thank you Lord for this food I'm about 56 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 4: to eat. All right, hold up your bibles. Let's say 57 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 4: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 58 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 4: am what it says I am. I have what it 59 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 4: says I have. I can do what it says I 60 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 4: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 61 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 4: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 62 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 63 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 64 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 4: the importance of getting rid of negative mindsets. Every one 65 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 4: of us has what I call our anchor thoughts. These 66 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 4: are the core thoughts that we believe about ourselves. Has 67 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 4: to do with our self image and how we approach life. 68 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 4: These thoughts come with us out even really having to 69 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 4: think about them. We believe them so long it's just 70 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 4: like we're on autopilot. But the problem with some people 71 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 4: is their anchor thoughts are negative. When they're on cruise control, 72 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 4: so to speak. They go around thinking, I'm unattractive, I'm undisciplined, 73 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 4: I'll never get out of these problems. You can't trust anybody. 74 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 4: They don't realize it's their own thinking that's keeping them 75 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 4: in mediocrity. You cannot have negative anchor thoughts and expect 76 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 4: to live a positive life all through the day. The 77 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 4: thoughts that should be coming up in us or I 78 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 4: am blessed, I am victorious, I am valuable, I am talented. 79 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 4: People like me I have the favor of God. If 80 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 4: we're going to live in victory, our anchor thoughts have 81 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 4: to be positive. Now, I want you to pay more 82 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 4: attention to what comes up in you naturally. What do 83 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 4: you expect each day? Do you go out with enthusiasm, 84 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 4: excited about the day, or do you just drag around thinking, Ah, 85 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 4: another day, I've got to go to work. How do 86 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 4: you feel about yourself? Down deep? Are you pleased with 87 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 4: who you are? Do you know that you're valuable? Are 88 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 4: you proud of your accomplishments? Or is that thought constantly 89 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 4: playing You've blown it too many times. You're not where 90 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 4: you sh you'd be, you haven't used your potential. No, 91 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 4: those are the wrong anchor thoughts, and if we don't 92 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 4: get rid of them, they will set the limits for 93 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 4: our life. The good news is we can develop new 94 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 4: anchor thoughts. The way we do it is when the 95 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 4: negative thought comes back telling us that we've blown it 96 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 4: too many times. It's going to be a lousy day. 97 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 4: You don't have anything to look forward to. Instead of 98 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 4: dwelling on that and letting it take root, you've got 99 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 4: to turn it around, get on the offensive and start declaring, 100 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 4: this is going to be a great day. I have 101 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:39,119 Speaker 4: a bright future, I am forgiven, I am valuable. God 102 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 4: is pleased with me. Speak words of faith over your life. 103 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,039 Speaker 4: That's one of the best ways to get rid of 104 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 4: a negative anchor thought and form a new one, even 105 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 4: if you do it under your breath. When that negative 106 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 4: thought comes, you can interrupt it by speaking out just 107 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,039 Speaker 4: the opposite. But so many people today are stuck in 108 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 4: a rut. They don't realize it's not normal to go 109 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 4: around feeling wrong about themselves, not expecting anything good. But 110 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 4: they've done it so long, that's what comes up naturally. 111 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 4: The only way we will change is by changing our thinking. 112 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 4: We have to reprogram ourselves with the right information. See, 113 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 4: our mind is just like a computer. You can go 114 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 4: out and buy the most expensive, powerful computer you can find. 115 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 4: It can have the most memory, it can be the fastest, 116 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 4: have all the latest gadgets. But if you program that 117 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 4: computer with the wrong software, it's not going to function properly. 118 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 4: We've all heard about these computer viruses. They can get 119 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 4: into a perfectly good computer and start to contaminate the software. 120 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 4: Before long, your computer's slow, you can't access your files. 121 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 4: All these problems occur not because it's not a good computer, 122 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 4: not because it's defective or it was made in properly. No, 123 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 4: it all happens because somebody reprogrammed the software. Somebody messed 124 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 4: with the insides and filled it with a bunch of junk. Well, 125 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 4: in the same way you and I were made in 126 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 4: the image of Almighty God. He's our manufacturer. When God 127 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 4: created us, he made us to be victorious. From the 128 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 4: very beginning. You have been programmed for success, for joy, 129 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 4: for peace, for victory. But the problem sometimes is we've 130 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 4: allowed the enemy to get in and reprogram our software. 131 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 4: We've made the mistake of believing his lies. Like I'll 132 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 4: never be successful, Joel, I don't have the education, I'll 133 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 4: never be happy. I got so many problems, or I 134 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 4: don't feel good about myself because I've had so many 135 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 4: unfair things happen. All this junk is contaminating our software. 136 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 4: Now we're not expecting good things. We have low self esteem, 137 00:07:55,960 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 4: we feel inferior. But understand, there is nothing wrong with you. 138 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 4: Just like that computer, you are not defective. You are 139 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 4: not a mistake. When God made you, he said you 140 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 4: were good. The problem is not the hardware, it's the software. 141 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 4: You have to change your thinking. You have to know 142 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 4: deep down in here you have worth, you have value, 143 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 4: and no matter what's come against you, you are a 144 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 4: victor and not a victim. Now I know people that 145 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 4: have I know people that have been through rejection and 146 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 4: unfair things, and they allow that negative recording to play 147 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,559 Speaker 4: over and over. You're not good enough, you don't have 148 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 4: what it takes. It's your fault. They go around with 149 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 4: low self worth, low self esteem. Now, you may have 150 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 4: been through unfair things, people may have rejected you, but 151 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 4: don't allow anyone or anything to keep you from knowing 152 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 4: who you really are. You are a child of the 153 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 4: most high God. God has breathed his very life into you. 154 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 4: You have his royal blood flowing through your veins. People 155 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 4: may have tried to push you down. You may have 156 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 4: been in an abusive relationship where somebody was always telling 157 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 4: you what you couldn't do and what you weren't going 158 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 4: to become. But understand that didn't change who you are. 159 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 4: You are still the apple of God's eye. You are 160 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 4: still his most prized possession. It doesn't matter how unfair 161 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 4: it was. God still has a great plan for your life. 162 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 4: He still has you in the palm of his hand, 163 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 4: and He's promised if we will stay in faith, if 164 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 4: we'll get rid of the negative anchor thoughts, he will 165 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 4: take what was meant for our harm and he will 166 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 4: use it to our advantage. I talked to a young 167 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 4: man a while back. He was so insecure, felt so inferior, 168 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 4: and it stemmed from the fact when he was born 169 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 4: his parents really wanted a little girl. He was the 170 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 4: youngest of five brothers, and of course his parents loved him, 171 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 4: but deep down he felt like he was a mistake. 172 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 4: His parents weren't planning on having any more children. All 173 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 4: of a sudden he showed up. He said, Joel, I 174 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 4: don't even know if I'm supposed to be here. I 175 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 4: was an accident to begin with, or my parents wanted 176 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 4: a little girl. On and on, all these thoughts were 177 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 4: planning in his mind. You're a mistake, You're not valuable, 178 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 4: you don't have anything to offer. No, please don't believe 179 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 4: those lies. The scripture says in Jeremiah, God saw you 180 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 4: before you were ever formed in your mother's womb. He 181 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 4: knew you and planned out your life before you ever 182 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 4: showed up on planet Earth. You are not a mistake. 183 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 4: You're not an accident. You are a person of divine destiny. 184 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 4: You have an assignment. There is something you can accomplish 185 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 4: that nobody else can. That's why your fingerprints are not 186 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 4: like anyone else's. You are an original and people may 187 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 4: have rejected you, but know this, God has already accepted 188 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 4: and approved you. And just because so unfair happen, that 189 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 4: didn't change God's plan. You're still wearing your crown of favor. 190 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 4: You still got on your robe of righteousness. Now. I 191 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 4: love what David said. Even if my mother and my 192 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 4: father forsake me, God will adopt me as his very 193 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 4: own child. What am I saying today? Don't let what's 194 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 4: happened in your past contaminate your software. When those lies 195 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 4: come telling you you're not valuable. God doesn't care about you. 196 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 4: Why would he allow that to happen. No, just turn 197 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 4: it around. God, I know you are good. You promised 198 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,199 Speaker 4: in Isaiah you would pay me back double for every 199 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 4: unfair thing that's happened. So God, I want to thank 200 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 4: you that I'm coming out with twice the joy, twice 201 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 4: the peace, twice the victory. God, I believe my future 202 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 4: is so bright I need sunglasses to look at it. 203 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 4: Let's reprogram our computers. Let's get rid of all the viruses. 204 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 4: I heard a story about a lady that constantly struggled 205 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 4: with herself. She didn't feel like she was good enough, 206 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 4: like she ever fit in, and she went around with 207 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 4: no sense of purpose, wondering why she was here. Come 208 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 4: to find out, these insecurities came from the fact of 209 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 4: being born out of wedlock. Her mother and father were 210 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 4: not married, and one day she saw on her birth 211 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 4: certificate that little box that was checked not legitimate. Those 212 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 4: words became ingrained in her thinking as a child and 213 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 4: a teenager. Even when she got married. She told how 214 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 4: she felt so insecure. Every time she tried to move forward, 215 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 4: those words would ring out in her mind. You're a mistake, 216 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 4: you weren't wanted, you're not legitimate, You're not valuable. She 217 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 4: didn't know any better. She believed it year after year. 218 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 4: It was keeping her in bondage, affecting her personality, affecting 219 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 4: her marriage. One day she heard me talking about what 220 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 4: I'm telling you today, that you don't have to believe 221 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 4: those lies. You're worth and value does come from people. 222 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 4: It comes from Almighty God. And she said on the inside, 223 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 4: it was like something exploded. The scripture says, when you 224 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 4: know the truth, it will make you free. That day 225 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 4: she recognized that one thought was holding her captive. She 226 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 4: decided to do something about it. When that lie came back, 227 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 4: telling her that she had no value, she was a mistake, 228 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 4: had no future. Instead, of dwelling on it and letting 229 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 4: it depress her. She started talking back to the enemy. 230 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 4: She said, no, I am not a mistake. I am 231 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 4: not an accident. God chose me before the foundation of 232 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:41,119 Speaker 4: the world. I am valuable, I am accepted, I am approved. 233 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:45,239 Speaker 4: I know I have a bright future. She started speaking 234 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 4: these words of faith over her life. She told how 235 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 4: she never left the house in the morning without saying, 236 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 4: no weapon formed against me will prosper. I have royal 237 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 4: blood flowing through my veins, and no matter what my 238 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 4: birth certificate says, I know I am legitimate. I am 239 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 4: a child of the Most High God. You know what happened, 240 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 4: A new self image begin to form. She began to 241 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 4: see herself as God saw her, accepted, approved, valuable, more 242 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 4: than a conquer And it didn't happen overnight, but little 243 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 4: by little she got more and more confident. Today she's 244 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 4: totally free. But the fact is she could still be 245 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 4: back where she was, low self esteem, low self worth 246 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 4: if she had not made this decision to rise up 247 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 4: and shake off the negative, destructive thoughts. You can do 248 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 4: the same thing. Some of you have been through unfair 249 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 4: situations and now you're just sitting back in mediocrity. You 250 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 4: don't really feel good about yourself. But listen, today is 251 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 4: a new day. Why don't you do what she did, 252 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 4: draw that line in the sand, shake off the destructive thoughts, 253 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 4: and start declaring every day I am the apple of 254 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 4: God's eye. I have a future and a destiny. I 255 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 4: know good things are in store. You got to get 256 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 4: your anchor thoughts up if you want to come up higher. 257 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 4: I read where these researchers tested children ages two to four. 258 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 4: They found that ninety five percent of them were highly 259 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 4: creative and capable of abstract thought and imagination. And they 260 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 4: were amazed at the high percentage of bright, intelligent, innovative children. 261 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 4: But what's interesting is they tested those same children at 262 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 4: seven years of age, and they found that only five 263 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 4: percent were still highly creative. Their conclusion was simple. The 264 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 4: children had been beaten down by life. They had been 265 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 4: told what they couldn't do and what they weren't going 266 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 4: to become, and now they had developed these negative anchor thoughts. 267 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 4: The fact is the same thing can happen to every 268 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 4: one of us if we don't stay on the offensive. 269 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 4: Life has a way of trying to put down through rejection, disappointments, setbacks, 270 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 4: and if we're not careful, we look up and we're 271 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 4: not expecting good things. We don't feel good about who 272 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 4: we are. We've given up on our dreams. Now we've 273 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 4: got to learn to get back to our original setting. 274 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 4: I know one time with my computer, I got it 275 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 4: so far out of whack. I tweaked it here and 276 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 4: tweaked it there, and I got into areas that I 277 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 4: knew nothing about, made some adjustments, and after about six 278 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 4: months I had to have somebody come over and put 279 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 4: my computer back to the original factory settings. After all, 280 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 4: nobody knows more than the manufacturer about how that computer 281 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 4: is supposed to function. Well, that's what I want to 282 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 4: help you do today. Get you back to your original 283 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 4: factory settings. They're found right here in God's word, our creator, 284 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 4: our manufacture says this about you. You are blessed. You 285 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 4: are annoying. You are equipped, you are valuable, you are talented, 286 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:08,360 Speaker 4: you are creative. You have the favor of God. Whatever 287 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 4: you touch will prosper and succeed. You are strong in 288 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 4: the Lord. You are well able to do what God 289 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 4: has called you to do. That's getting you back to 290 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 4: your original factory settings. Well, you say, Joe, I don't 291 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,360 Speaker 4: feel like that. I've got a lot of problems. I've 292 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 4: had a lot of unfair things happen to me. No, 293 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 4: this is what faith is all about. You may not 294 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 4: feel it, but you need to start believing it, start 295 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 4: talking like it, start walking like it, start thinking like it. 296 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 4: Then God can bring that to pass. Too often, like 297 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 4: these children, we've allowed the pressures of life to push 298 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 4: us down. We go through a disappointment. We think it's 299 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 4: never going to get any better. I've reached my limits. 300 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 4: Or maybe somebody mistreats us, somebody lies about us. We 301 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 4: go around down thinking life's just not fair. All these things, 302 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 4: little by little are trying to contaminate our software. We 303 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 4: look up and we're not expecting good things. We lose 304 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 4: our sense of worth and value. The good news today 305 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 4: is you getting a tuna. We're getting you back to 306 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 4: your original settings. But you've got to do your part 307 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 4: and quit dwelling on the negative lies and start dwelling 308 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 4: on what God says about you. It says in Psalms 309 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 4: all day long we should meditate on God's word. That 310 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 4: means we should go around thinking I am blessed, I 311 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 4: am valuable, I am victorious. God always causes me to 312 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 4: try ouph, what are we doing reprogramming our computer? When 313 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 4: that lie comes telling you you're not gonna be blessed, 314 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 4: don't listen to him. You don't deserve it. You've made 315 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 4: so many mistakes. No talk back to the enemy. I 316 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 4: am forgiven, i am redeemed, I'm the righteousness of God. 317 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 4: He has made me worthy. You've got to replace the 318 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 4: negative thoughts with thoughts of hope, thoughts of faith, thoughts 319 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 4: of victory. When we get up in the morning, and 320 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,400 Speaker 4: the first thing we should do is set our minds 321 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 4: in the right direction. Just like you reboot your computer 322 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 4: every once in a while to get rid of all 323 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 4: the jump. We should get up and declare, this is 324 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 4: going to be a great day. I am strong, i 325 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 4: am annointed. I'm ready for anything that comes my way. 326 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 4: That's what the scripture says in Colossians three, verse two. 327 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 4: Set your mind and keep it set on the higher things. 328 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 4: I found if you don't set your mind the first 329 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 4: part of the day, the enemy will set it for you. 330 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,360 Speaker 4: That's why we have so many viruses and so many 331 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,439 Speaker 4: negative anchor thoughts. I mean, how many times have we 332 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 4: waken up and the thought comes to us, it's going 333 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 4: to be a lousy day. You got so many problems. 334 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 4: You lost your temper last week. Your boss doesn't even 335 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 4: like you. If you don't stay on the offensive and 336 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 4: set your mind in the right direction, you'll go out 337 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 4: and have a lousy day. Many people don't realize you 338 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 4: don't have to dwell on every thought that comes to 339 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 4: your mind. You can choose what you're going to think about. 340 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 4: If the thought is negative and discouraging, you should immediately 341 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,879 Speaker 4: get rid of it and then replace it with a positive, 342 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 4: faith filled thought. If you're not disciplined in your thought life, 343 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 4: you will never live a life of victory. And that's 344 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 4: why the scripture says we have to guard our minds. 345 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 4: We have to know how to cast down these strongholds, 346 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 4: because what happens is when we dwell on a negative 347 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 4: thought long enough, it gets a hold of us and 348 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 4: it'll keep us from God's best. I know people that 349 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 4: have had a parent or another authority figure in their 350 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 4: life speak negative things over them. They didn't know any better, 351 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 4: they believed it, they went around dwelling on it, and 352 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 4: today it's setting the limits for their life. Just the 353 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 4: other day, a man came up to me and he 354 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 4: told how his father was very negative toward him. The 355 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 4: father never encouraged him, never said anything good about him, 356 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 4: but he's always putting him down, telling him what he 357 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 4: wasn't going to become. And those words are like seeds. 358 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 4: When we speak them out, they take root, and whether 359 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,199 Speaker 4: or not they come to pass depends on if we 360 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 4: water them by continually thinking about them and constantly dwelling 361 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 4: on it. But just because somebody has spoken something negative 362 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 4: over you doesn't mean it's going to come to fulfillment. 363 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 4: It depends on what you do with it. You have 364 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 4: the final say. Nobody can keep you from your destiny 365 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 4: except you. And if someone has spoken negative words over 366 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 4: your life, a parent, a coach, a spouse, a teacher, 367 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,439 Speaker 4: don't allow it to take root by constantly dwelling on it. 368 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 4: This gentleman let his father's words keep him in mediocrity 369 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 4: for years. They became a stronghold in his mind. He 370 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 4: told how even on his father's deathbed, the father looked 371 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 4: at him and said, you're never gonna amount to anything. 372 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 4: Look at your brother. He didn't, and you want either. 373 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 4: Those words cut like a knife. For years, he was 374 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 4: angry bitter, insecure, afraid to step out and take a 375 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 4: new position. He had all these bondages because of those 376 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 4: negative words. And we know how a father's words or parents' 377 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 4: words carry incredible weight in a child's life. But the 378 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 4: good news is God's word supersedes man's word. 379 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 3: Now. 380 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,199 Speaker 4: A couple of years ago, he heard me speaking the 381 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 4: blessing over people's lives, kind of like i'm doing today, 382 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 4: telling you that you're equipped, you're annoyed, you're well able, 383 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 4: and he said, something broke loose on the inside. All 384 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 4: of a sudden, he realized he didn't have to be 385 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,439 Speaker 4: bound by those words. He did what we're talking about. 386 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 4: He said, today, Joel, I am free, I'm not angry, 387 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,160 Speaker 4: I'm not bitter, I'm blessed, I'm happy, and I'm rising 388 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 4: to new heights. What did he do? He reprobed his computer, 389 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 4: He got rid of the viruses. Friends, don't let other 390 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,719 Speaker 4: people keep you from fulfilling your destiny. It's not up 391 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,479 Speaker 4: to them, it's up to you. It's great when we 392 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 4: have other people encourage us and cheer us on. I 393 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 4: was blessed to be raised by parents that loved me 394 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 4: and spoke good things over my life. But if you 395 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 4: didn't get that, it doesn't have to keep you from 396 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 4: becoming all God's created you to be. Your earthly father 397 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 4: may not have spoken positive things over you. You may 398 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 4: not have received the love, the affection, the affirmation you needed. 399 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 4: But let me tell you what your heavenly father says. 400 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 4: He says he's proud of you. He says you can 401 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 4: do all things through Christ. He says your best days 402 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 4: are not behind you, but they're still out in front 403 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 4: of you. Why don't you get in agreement with God 404 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 4: and start declaring every day I am blessed, I am valuable, 405 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,400 Speaker 4: I do have a bright future. We've got to get 406 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:05,159 Speaker 4: back to our original factory settings. I'm asking you to 407 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 4: not let other people, don't let time, don't let unfair 408 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 4: circumstances cause you to forget who you really are. Now. 409 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 4: I know this gentleman was in his fifties and he 410 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 4: felt like he had wasted all these years. Now he 411 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 4: was on the right track, but he had these other 412 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 4: dreams that he thought he was too old to pursue. 413 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 4: And I told him about an article I had read. 414 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 4: These researchers dug up a bag of seeds that they 415 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 4: found enclosed in an air tight capsule. These seeds were 416 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:42,120 Speaker 4: over twenty five hundred years old. They were amazed at 417 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 4: how well preserved the seeds were, and in their curiosity, 418 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 4: they decided to plant one to see if it could 419 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 4: still be alive. Much to their amazement, that little seed, 420 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 4: over twenty five hundred years old, in a few days, 421 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 4: took root and over time blossomed into a full, beautiful plant. 422 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 4: That tells me the dreams God has put in your heart, 423 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,360 Speaker 4: the seeds of hope, the seeds of victory. They may 424 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 4: have laid dormant here after year, but you've got to 425 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 4: know the seed is still alive. It's just waiting for 426 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 4: someone to believe, for someone to put the right actions 427 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,919 Speaker 4: behind it. Some of you think you've blown it too 428 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 4: many times. Life hasn't treated you fair. You think you 429 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 4: got to sit back and settle for mediocrity. God is 430 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 4: saying it's never too late. The seed may have been 431 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:36,479 Speaker 4: pushed down by people that didn't believe in you. It 432 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 4: may have been delayed by unfair circumstances. Maybe it didn't 433 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 4: take root because of your own poor choices. But the 434 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:47,159 Speaker 4: good news is, just like that little seed came to 435 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 4: fruition after twenty five hundred years. God still has a 436 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,959 Speaker 4: way to bring your dreams to pass. Now, I'm asking 437 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 4: you to get your hopes up. Quit listening to the 438 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 4: negative voices you'll get. That's your thoughts going in the 439 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 4: right direction. You can still become everything God's created you 440 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,640 Speaker 4: to be. I heard the story about a young African 441 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 4: American boy. He grew up extremely poor in the projects 442 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 4: in the natural. He had no chance, no education, no money, 443 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 4: no future. He was being raised by a single parent 444 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 4: mom as a young child. His father was never there 445 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,719 Speaker 4: and the mom had to work two or three jobs 446 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 4: to try to make ends meet, So nobody was in 447 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 4: the home to give him guidance and direction. He got 448 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 4: off into some wrong areas, breaking into cars, stealing, running 449 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 4: with the wrong crowd. One time, as a young man, 450 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 4: early in the morning, he was sneaking out of his 451 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 4: room so he wouldn't have to go to school, and 452 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 4: one of his cousins that lived there with him said, oh, 453 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 4: go ahead, skip school. I won't tell anybody. After all, 454 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,719 Speaker 4: you're never going to make anything out of your life. 455 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 4: Nobody in this family has he told how that hit 456 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 4: him the wrong way. That made him mad. He thought 457 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 4: to himself, I'm gonna prove him wrong. That day, something 458 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 4: new was birthed on the inside. Instead of getting bitter 459 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 4: and letting those negative words take root, he saw it 460 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 4: as a challenge. As a young man, he joined the 461 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 4: job Corps. One thing they offered was boxing. He went 462 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:21,719 Speaker 4: to the gym and told the head coach that he 463 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 4: wanted to box. The coach asked him if he had 464 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 4: any experience. He said no, I've never boxed before, and 465 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 4: the coach was very rude to him. He said, well, 466 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 4: don't waste my time, kid, I've got all these experienced 467 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 4: boxers to train. Leaving the gym that day, feeling dejected 468 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 4: and discouraged, an assistant coach pulled him over to the 469 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 4: side and he said, hey, you come back tomorrow and 470 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 4: I'll be your trainer. He gave him a brand new 471 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 4: pair of boxing shoes, the first gift he had ever received. 472 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 4: Long story short. One year later, George Foreman won the 473 00:27:55,119 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 4: Olympic gold medal. He went on, I'm the heavyweight champion 474 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,959 Speaker 4: of the world and today, among other things, George Foreman 475 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 4: is the pastor of a church. He gives all the 476 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 4: credit to the Lord. You know what's funny when that 477 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 4: cousin that told him he would never amount to anything, 478 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 4: saw him when the gold medal. He came up to 479 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 4: him and said, I always knew you could do it. 480 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 4: What am I saying today? Don't let people talk you 481 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 4: out of your dreams. Don't let rejection and disappointments steal 482 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:35,199 Speaker 4: your sense of value cause you to go around feeling inferior. No, 483 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 4: put your shoulders back. You are children of the most 484 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 4: High God. The seeds that have been planted in your heart, 485 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 4: the dreams on the inside, they are indeed alive and well. 486 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 4: If you'll do your part and water these seeds by 487 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 4: speaking good things over your life and develop these positive 488 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 4: anchor thoughts, then God can bring him to pass. I 489 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 4: want you to take inventory of your thought life. Some 490 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 4: of you have had negative thought patterns for years. It's 491 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 4: keeping you from God's best. Make a decision that you're 492 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 4: going to do something about it today. Think bigger, think better, 493 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 4: get back to your original setting. Remember you've been programmed 494 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 4: for victory. If you'll get rid of the viruses and 495 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 4: all day long meditate on what God says about you, 496 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 4: and you'll come up higher and hire and God will 497 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 4: pour out his blessings in favor, you'll live the life 498 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 4: of victory he has in story. Amen, do you receive 499 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 4: it today? And we never like to close our broadcast 500 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 4: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 501 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,720 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 502 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 503 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 504 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 4: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 505 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 4: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 506 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 4: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 507 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 3: Thank you for. 508 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 4: Listening to the Julus Dean podcast. Help us continue. 509 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 3: To share the message of hope with those all over 510 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:07,320 Speaker 3: the world. Visit joelostein dot com slash give Hope to 511 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 3: give a gift today. 512 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 513 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 4: you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 514 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 4: keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying for you. 515 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 4: I know God's best is still ahead. We'll see you 516 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 4: next time.