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You are who 40 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 5: you are in part today because of what you've been 41 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 5: speaking over your life. Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 42 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 5: Thanks for we're downloading our podcast. We enjoy spending this 43 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 5: time with you. I know you're going to leave encouraged 44 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 5: and inspired. 45 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 6: Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 46 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 6: and follow us on social media to stay connected. 47 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 4: We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 48 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 4: Enjoy the message. 49 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 5: God bless you, and thanks so much for letting us 50 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 5: come into your homes. We are praying for you and 51 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 5: your family for God's very best. I like to start 52 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 5: with something funny, and I heard about this pastor and 53 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 5: he bought a new horse. He trained it to respond 54 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 5: to praise the Lord meaning giddy up, and Hallelujah meaning woe. 55 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 5: Every time he said praise the Lord, the horse took 56 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 5: off running. When he said Hallelujah, it would quickly stop. 57 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 5: One day he was out riding, the horse got spooked 58 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 5: took off running straight toward a cliff, go in full blast. 59 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 5: In the panic, he couldn't remember what he had taught 60 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 5: the horse. He said, Bless God, Glory, Amen. 61 00:02:58,840 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 4: Nothing happened. 62 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 5: At the last moment, he shouted Hallelujah, and the horse 63 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 5: came to a screeching halt, just inches before. 64 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 4: The edge of the cliff. 65 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 5: He breathed a sigh of relief and said, Praise the Lord. 66 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 67 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am, I have what 68 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 5: it says I have, I can do what it says 69 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 5: I can do today. 70 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 4: I will be taught the word of God. 71 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 5: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 72 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 73 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 4: bless you. 74 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about blessing yourself. 75 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 5: We hear a lot about blessing others, being good to friends, 76 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 5: complimenting a family member, helping a neighbor. 77 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 4: That's all good. 78 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 5: We should bless others, but it's also important to bless yourself. 79 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 5: When we hear bless yourself, that can sound odd and 80 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 5: self centered. I can't bless myself. I want somebody else 81 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 5: to bless me. Importantly, I want God to bless me. 82 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 5: But the scripture says in Isaiah, he who invokes a 83 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 5: blessing on himself shall do so by saying. 84 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 4: The way you bless. 85 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 5: Yourself is to say what God says about you. I 86 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 5: am strong, I am talented, I am forgiven, I am healthy, 87 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:24,039 Speaker 5: I am valuable, I am a masterpiece. Those are not 88 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 5: just positive affirmations. You just invoked a blessing on yourself. 89 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 5: When you speak it out, you give life to what 90 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 5: you're saying. 91 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 4: It's not enough to just think this. 92 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 5: You don't bless yourself by just dwelling on positive thoughts. 93 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 5: Nothing happens until you speak. When you say I am blessed, 94 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 5: blessings come looking for you. When you say I am prosperous, 95 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 5: good break start heading your way. When you say I 96 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 5: am healthy, health starts tracking you down. You can't wait 97 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 5: until you feel that way. Then you're going to say it. 98 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 5: When the medical report turns around, then I'll say I'm healthy. 99 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 4: It's just the opposite. 100 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 5: You have to declare you're healthy before the health is 101 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 5: going to show up. You have to say I am 102 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 5: confident before you're going to feel confident. If you'll say 103 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 5: it long enough, what happens is those words get down 104 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 5: in your spirit. You believe what you say about yourself 105 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 5: more than what anyone else says about you. When you 106 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 5: hear yourself day after day, I am healthy, I am talented, 107 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 5: I am confident, I am valuable. It's changing how you 108 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 5: see yourself. Over time, You're going to become what you're saying. 109 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 5: You are who you are in part today because of 110 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 5: what you've been speaking over your life now all through 111 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 5: the day. You need to develop this habit of blessing yourself. 112 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 5: You don't have to do it in front of other people, 113 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 5: but when you're in the shower. Father, thank you that 114 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 5: I am creative, I am attractive, I am a great father. 115 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 5: I have a good person driving to work. Lord, thank 116 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 5: you that I'm forgiven. I'm redeemed that your mercy is bigger. 117 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 4: Than my mistakes. 118 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 5: Before you go to bed, I am valuable. I am 119 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 5: one of a kind. I have seeds of greatness. Every 120 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,679 Speaker 5: time you say that, it's getting deeper in your spirit. 121 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 5: It's becoming more ingrained in your thinking, and studies tell 122 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 5: us that we move toward what's in our subconscious mind 123 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 5: without even thinking about it. You're being pulled toward what 124 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 5: you're saying. That's why it's so important to pay attention 125 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 5: to what you're speaking over yourself. Other people may say 126 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 5: things about you, but nothing is more powerful. 127 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 4: Than what you say about yourself. 128 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 5: I can tell you all day long you're a victor 129 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 5: and not a victim. 130 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:50,119 Speaker 4: That's good. 131 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 5: That's helping your thinking, but it's nothing compared to when 132 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 5: you say I am a child of the Most High God. 133 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 5: I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I am a masterpiece, 134 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 5: handpicked by the creator of the universe. You keep declaring 135 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 5: that and you can't stay insecure, feeling unworthy. 136 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 4: That will get down in your spirit. 137 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 5: You'll put your shoulders back, hold your head up, hie, 138 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 5: and you'll go places that you've never dreamed. Are you 139 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 5: blessing yourself or you're just waiting for God to bless you, 140 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 5: waiting for your spouse to make you feel valuable, waiting 141 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 5: for that addiction to go away. Maybe the reason it's 142 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 5: not happening is you're not invoking the blessing on yourself. 143 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 5: You're not declaring what God says about you in the 144 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 5: face of that addiction. 145 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 4: You need to declare, I am free, I am whole. 146 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 5: Greater is he that's in me than what's trying to 147 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 5: stop me, Not just one time, but all through the day, 148 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 5: week after week, month after month. Keep blessing yourself, keep 149 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 5: declaring your free, keep speaking victory. As you do that, 150 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 5: you may not be able to see it, but eat 151 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 5: them is coming your way. The scripture says you will 152 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 5: eat the fruit of your words. 153 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 4: Whatever you're saying, that fruit is developing. The fruit is growing. 154 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 5: It's significant that God uses fruit as the example because 155 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 5: fruit doesn't develop overnight. 156 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 4: It takes time. 157 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 5: This is showing us you have to keep speaking it, 158 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 5: keep blessing yourself. Don't be moved by what's not changing. 159 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 5: You may not see results in a week, but things 160 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 5: are happening that you can't see. 161 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 4: We have some lemon trees in our backyard. 162 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 5: The lemon start off as a little white flower, no 163 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 5: resemblance of a lemon. Over time, that flower changes into 164 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 5: a little round ball, about the size of a pea. 165 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 4: Month after month, it grows. 166 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 5: In a year or so, it's a big, beautiful yellow lemon. 167 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 5: As you keep saying what God says about you, those 168 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 5: words are taking root. That freedom you're speaking is developing. 169 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 5: That health you're declaring, the talent, the confidence, the discipline, 170 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 5: it's growing. You're going to come to a point where 171 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 5: you see what you've been saying. You're not speaking it 172 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 5: by faith anymore. Now it's a reality. You're going to 173 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 5: eat the fruit of your words. That's why every day 174 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 5: you need to spend time blessing yourself. It's good when 175 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 5: others encourage you, it's good when they pray for you, 176 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 5: but their words don't have the authority as your words. 177 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 5: What you say about yourself, you're giving it the right 178 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 5: to come to pass. When we wake up Each morning, 179 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 5: most of us brush our teeth, take a shower, pick 180 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 5: out our clothes, get dressed. We may spend half an 181 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 5: hour getting our physical body ready for the day, but 182 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 5: often we don't spend any time getting our inner person 183 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 5: ready for the day. Our mind, our spirit, our emotions. 184 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,079 Speaker 5: What if you took a couple of minutes every morning 185 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 5: before you leave the house and say what God says 186 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 5: about you, make this declaration of faith. 187 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 4: You can download it on our website. I am blessed, 188 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 4: I am prosperous. 189 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 5: I am redeemed, forgiven, talented, creative, disciplined, focused, confident, secure, prepared, qualified, motivated, valuable, free, determined, equipped, empowered, anointed, 190 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 5: accepted and approved. Not average, not mediocre. I am a 191 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 5: child of the Most High God. We say that every 192 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 5: service at Lakewood. It's because it's easy to forget who 193 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 5: we are. Life tries to push us down, tell us 194 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 5: what we're not, what we can't do, how we failed. 195 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 5: Sometimes our own thoughts tell us we're not attractive. 196 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 4: Nothing good is in our future. 197 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 5: If you let those lives play, it will keep you 198 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 5: from your purpose. But if you'll make this declaration several 199 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 5: times a day, month after month, it will get down 200 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 5: in your spirit, and you will become who God created 201 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 5: you to be. When you're constantly saying what God says 202 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 5: about you, it will bring down strongholds. 203 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 4: That are keeping you back. 204 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 5: It will get rid of impurities that are contaminating your 205 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:30,839 Speaker 5: self image. You'll begin to see yourself the right way, redeemed, forgiven, strong, victorious. 206 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 5: I talked to a man that was raised in a 207 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 5: dysfunctional home. He was told by his father that he 208 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 5: would never amount to anything, that he wasn't smart enough, 209 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 5: he'd never be successful. For forty years he believed those lies. 210 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 5: He stayed at the lowest level position at the company 211 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 5: where he worked, never thought he could rise higher. After all, 212 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 5: he was told that he didn't have the talent. One 213 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,319 Speaker 5: day he heard what I'm telling you. Instead of agreeing 214 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 5: with what people said about him, he started speaking what 215 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 5: God said about him. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. 216 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 5: I have seeds of greatness. I am full of potential. 217 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 5: As he spoke what God said about him, he began 218 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 5: to see himself in a new way. He became more confident, 219 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 5: New gifts started to come out. Other people started to notice. 220 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 5: He got promoted again and again. After thirty years of 221 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 5: being stuck at that low level position. Today he's running 222 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 5: his whole department. 223 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 4: He has several. 224 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 5: Hundred people under him. Now, people may tell you that 225 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 5: your average nothing special about you. The good news is 226 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 5: what you say about yourself overrides what other people say. 227 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 4: Don't let once. 228 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 5: Someone spoke over you keep you from becoming who you 229 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 5: were created to be. Don't go around repeating those lies. 230 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 5: I'm not that talented. I've reached my limits. I'll never 231 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 5: accomplish my dreams. Zip that up and speak blessings over 232 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 5: your life. The Scripture says, with our words, we can 233 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 5: bless or we can curse. 234 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 4: We can lift up, or we can push down. 235 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 5: My question is, are you blessing yourself or are you 236 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 5: cursing yourself? Are you speaking words of faith, life victory, 237 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 5: or are you speaking defeat mediocrity. 238 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 4: I'm so undisciplined. 239 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 5: I'll never lose this weight, I'll never break this addiction. 240 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 5: I'm unattractive, I'll never meet the right person. You may 241 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 5: not realize it, but you're cursing yourself. You're speaking defeat 242 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 5: into your future. You have enough people in life against you. 243 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:45,839 Speaker 5: Don't be against yourself. There are forces of darkness. Trying 244 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 5: to keep you from your destiny. Don't give them any fuel. 245 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 5: Pay attention to what you're saying about yourself. You can't 246 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 5: talk defeat and have victory. You can't talk lack and 247 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 5: have abundance. You can't talk sickness and have help. You 248 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 5: may be undisciplined right now, but the way to change 249 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 5: is not by telling how bad you are putting yourself down. 250 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 5: That's inviting more difficulties. Start speaking victory. Don't curse yourself anymore. 251 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 5: Start blessing yourself. I am disciplined, I am determined, I 252 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 5: am strong. 253 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 4: I will break this addiction. I will get back in shape. 254 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 5: A friend of mine struggled with smoking for many years. 255 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 5: He tried to quit again and again wasn't able to 256 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 5: do it. He was constantly saying, it's too hard, I'll 257 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 5: never break it. I don't have the will power. He 258 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 5: came down for prayer and he was very hard on himself, 259 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 5: very critical. He told me how he was undisciplined, and 260 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 5: how he had quit for a few months and went back, 261 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 5: and how he wasn't going to be able to break it. 262 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 5: He didn't realize he was cursing himself. I told him 263 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 5: what I'm telling you. You have to change what you're saying. 264 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 5: You have to start bl blessing yourself every day, start 265 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 5: saying I am strong, I am disciplined. This addiction doesn't 266 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 5: control me. He tried this different approach. While he was smoking. 267 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 5: He would say Lord, thank you that I am free. 268 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 5: Hats would tell him, are you kidding? You're not free, 269 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 5: You're just as addicted as you were before. The scripture says, 270 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 5: let the weak say I'm strong. Don't describe the weakness. 271 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 5: Call in strength, call in freedom, call in favor. About 272 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 5: six months later, something interesting happened. He started to not 273 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 5: like the taste of the cigarette. He thought it was 274 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 5: a bad batch. The taste got worse and worse. He 275 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 5: got to the point where he couldn't stand it. He 276 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 5: stopped smoking. 277 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 4: Today, he's been free for over eight years. 278 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 5: It all started when he stopped cursing himself and he 279 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 5: started blessing himself. 280 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 4: Are you speaking negative over yourself? 281 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 5: Are you putting yourself down, talking about how you don't 282 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 5: measure up, what you can't do, how you'll never be free. 283 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 4: Do yourself a favor. 284 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 5: Quit cursing yourself and start blessing yourself. If you keep 285 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 5: being negative, towards yourself. It will keep you from your destiny. 286 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 5: In the Book of Numbers, the king of Moab hired Balim, 287 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 5: the prophet, to go curse the Israelites. The king knew 288 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 5: the Israelites were stronger and more powerful. He thought if 289 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 5: he could get Balim to curse them, then the Moabites 290 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 5: would be able to defeat the. 291 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 4: People of Israel. 292 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 5: But God told Balim to only say what the Lord says. 293 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 5: When Balim arrived, instead of cursing the Israelites, he blessed them. 294 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 5: The king was so upset, he said, you don't understand. 295 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 4: I'm paying you to curse them. 296 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 5: This happened three times, but every time Balem blessed them. 297 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 5: He told the king, I cannot curse what God has 298 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 5: already blessed. One thing God was showing us is the 299 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 5: enemy cannot curse you. You are God's property. He's already 300 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 5: put a blessing on you. People bad breaks how you 301 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 5: were raised. What's coming against you? Cannot stop your destiny. 302 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 5: You've already been set apart, favored, equipped, empowered by the 303 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 5: creator of the universe. 304 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 4: But here's the key. 305 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 5: Since the enemy can't curse you, he'll try to deceive 306 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 5: you into cursing yourself. He'll do his best to try 307 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 5: to get you to go through life speaking defeat over yourself. 308 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 4: I'm not that talented. 309 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 5: I'll never meet the right person. I've made too many mistakes. 310 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 4: He can't curse you. Don't you dare do it for him? 311 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 5: Don't you dare curse yourself The next time you're tempted 312 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 5: to say something negative about yourself, your future, your looks, 313 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 5: your abilities, Zip it up. When you're against yourself, you're 314 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 5: in agreement with the enemy. When you bless yourself, you're 315 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 5: in agreement with God. You were created in his image. 316 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 5: He didn't make any mistakes. You didn't get short changed. 317 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 5: He wasn't having a bad day when he made you. 318 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 5: He knew every fault you would have. He knew the 319 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:17,360 Speaker 5: areas you would struggle in. Quit beating yourself up, living unworthy, 320 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 5: receive his mercy, and move forward with your life. You 321 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 5: have the talent you need. You come from the right family. 322 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 5: You are well able to reach your destiny. Now start 323 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:33,120 Speaker 5: blessing yourself. When you're tempted to say something negative, turn 324 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 5: it around. You're not attractive. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. 325 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:42,439 Speaker 5: You've made too many mistakes. I am forgiven, I am redeemed, 326 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 5: I am restored. You'll never be successful, you'll never reach 327 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 5: your limits. I am surrounded by favor. God is taking 328 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 5: me from glory to glory. My latter days will be 329 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 5: better than my former days. Are you blessing yourself or 330 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:02,360 Speaker 5: are you cursing yourself? A destiny to fulfill, there's a 331 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 5: calling on your life, an assignment that only you can accomplish. 332 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 4: We need what you have. 333 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 5: We need your gifts, we need your talent, we need 334 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 5: your smile, we need your love. This world won't be 335 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:20,200 Speaker 5: as bright a place as it should be without you shining, 336 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,360 Speaker 5: living the full, abundant life. 337 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 4: That you were created to live. 338 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 5: There was a young man in the scripture named Jeremiah. 339 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 5: God gave him the promise that he would be a 340 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 5: great prophet and he would speak to nations. Jeremiah was young. 341 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 5: He didn't see himself as a leader. He came from 342 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 5: an average family, didn't have a great education, wasn't trained 343 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 5: to speak in front of people. But God never asked 344 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 5: you to do something and then doesn't give you the 345 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 5: ability to do it. You may not feel qualified, you 346 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 5: don't think you have the talent, the odds are against you. 347 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 4: You wouldn't have. 348 00:19:56,040 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 5: That opportunity if you weren't already equipped you. But you 349 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 5: have to call it out. You have to start blessing yourself. 350 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 5: You'll be tempted to talk about all the reasons why 351 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 5: you're not able. It's too big, you don't have the resources, 352 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 5: you come from the wrong family. 353 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 4: Or don't curse yourself. 354 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 5: Jeremiah said, God, I can't speak to nations. 355 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 4: I'm too young. I wouldn't know what to say. God 356 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 4: didn't say that's fine. 357 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 5: Understand God said Jeremiah, say not that you're too young. 358 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 5: God immediately stopped his negative words. 359 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 4: He stopped him from cursing himself. 360 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 5: God knew if Jeremiah would have gone around saying I 361 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 5: can't do this, I don't have what it takes. 362 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 4: I'm afraid he would have missed his destiny. 363 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 5: Be careful what you're saying about yourself. You are prophesying 364 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 5: your future. The odds may be against you, but God 365 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 5: is for you. Say not, I'll never break the addiction. 366 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 5: Say not, I'll never meet the right place person. Say not, 367 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 5: I can't start my business. 368 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 4: Zip that up and get an agreement with God. Psalm 369 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 4: thirty four. 370 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 5: Says, do you want a long, good life, then watch 371 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 5: your tongue, keep your lips from telling lies. We think 372 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 5: that only means don't tell lies to other people, don't 373 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 5: be dishonest, but it also means don't tell lies about yourself. 374 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 5: Don't go around saying things that contradict what God says 375 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 5: about you. I'm just average. I don't have a good personality. 376 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 5: I'll never do anything great. Can I say this respectfully? 377 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:42,439 Speaker 5: That's telling lies. God didn't create anyone average. When he 378 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 5: breathed life into you, he put greatness on the inside. 379 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 5: He's destined you to leave your mark, to overcome that challenge, 380 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 5: to outlast the opposition, to take your family to a 381 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 5: new level. Now, if you're going to see this good, long, 382 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 5: prosper amazing life, then you have to do something very important. 383 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 5: Watch your tongue, be careful what you say about yourself. 384 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:13,479 Speaker 5: You can't curse yourself and live a blessed life. You 385 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 5: can't put yourself down and rise up to who. 386 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 4: You were created to be. When my father went to 387 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:20,120 Speaker 4: be with. 388 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 5: The Lord, I knew I was supposed to step up 389 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 5: and pastor the church, but I didn't feel qualified. I 390 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 5: had never ministered before, hadn't been a seminary. I was 391 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 5: afraid and insecure. My father had this big personality, strong 392 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 5: and confident. 393 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 4: I'm more quiet and reserved. 394 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 5: I had plenty of opportunities to talk about what I 395 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 5: was not, what I couldn't do, and how I didn't 396 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,640 Speaker 5: measure up, and how intimidated I was. But one thing 397 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 5: I learned growing up is to not speak the negative. 398 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 5: You may think it, but don't verbalize it. Instead of 399 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 5: saying what I felt, I said what God said about me. 400 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 5: I am strong in the Lord. I can do all 401 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 5: things through Christ. I've been raised up for such a 402 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 5: time as this. I didn't feel anointed, but all through 403 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,360 Speaker 5: the day under my breath, Father, thank you that I 404 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 5: am anointed. Thoughts told me nobody's going to show up, 405 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 5: nobody's going to listen to you, Joel Father, thank you 406 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 5: that people are being drawn to me, that your favor 407 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 5: is causing me to stand out. When they turn me on, 408 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 5: they can't turn me off. Instead of cursing myself agreeing 409 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 5: with the enemy, I kept blessing myself. Most of what 410 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 5: I was saying at the time wasn't true. I wasn't strong, confident, qualified, 411 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 5: But over time, little by. 412 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,639 Speaker 4: Little I became what I was saying. I ate the 413 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 4: fruit of my words. 414 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 5: Are there areas in your life that you're cursing yourself 415 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 5: instead of blessing yourself. You'll be amazed at what will 416 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 5: happen if you'll watch your tongue. 417 00:23:58,040 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 4: The Israelites had been in. 418 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 5: Slavery for four hundred years when God supernaturally brought them out. 419 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 5: The powerful Faiah and all of his army couldn't keep 420 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 5: them in captivity. God sent the plagues, parted the red Sea, 421 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 5: drowned their enemies, gave them water out of a rock 422 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 5: in the desert. He brought them to the promised land. 423 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 5: They finally made it to this place they had dreamed about. 424 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 4: They were next door. 425 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 5: All they had to do was go in and take 426 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 5: the land God promised them the victory. Moses sent twelve 427 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 5: men to spy out the land. Ten of them came 428 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 5: back said, we don't have a chance. There are giants 429 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 5: in the land. We felt like grasshoppers compared to them. 430 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 5: The scripture says they brought back an evil report. It 431 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:47,919 Speaker 5: seems like evil is a strong word. 432 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 4: A negative report makes more. 433 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 5: Sense, but God called it an evil report. It's because 434 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 5: when you get in agreement with the enemy and curse yourself. 435 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 4: It can keep you from your destiny. 436 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 5: The Israelites had seen the favor of God in amazing ways. 437 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 5: Yet the spies came back and said, we're like grasshoppers. 438 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 4: Here. 439 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 5: They were sons and daughters of the Most High, God 440 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:18,639 Speaker 5: favored equipped anointed. The problem is they started telling lies. 441 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 5: They started agreeing with the enemy, cursing their future. The 442 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,479 Speaker 5: enemy couldn't stop them with his power. He had to 443 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:31,159 Speaker 5: deceive them into cursing themselves. They never did make it 444 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 5: into the promised land. The enemy has no new tricks. 445 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 5: He can't keep you from your destiny. He can't stop 446 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 5: God's plan for your life. God has blessed you. The 447 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 5: enemy cannot curse you. 448 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 4: Now. The question is. 449 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 5: Are you going to curse yourself? Don't fall into that trap. 450 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 5: Speak victory over your life. 451 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 4: Luke. 452 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:57,199 Speaker 5: Chapter one, an angel appeared to a man named Zachariah. 453 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 5: He told him that his wife, Elizabeth was and to 454 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 5: have a baby. They were to name him John. Elizabeth 455 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 5: had been bearing her whole life. They were both way 456 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 5: up there in years. Didn't seem possible, Zachariah said to 457 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 5: the angel, how can this happen? I'm too old and 458 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 5: my wife is way past the child bearing years. Are 459 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,360 Speaker 5: you sure you have the right people, the angel said Zachariah, 460 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 5: I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of Almighty God. 461 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 5: What he says will come to pass. But God knows 462 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 5: the power of our words. 463 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 4: He knows if we go. 464 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 5: Around cursing ourselves, talking about what we can't do, how 465 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 5: impossible it is, how we're too old, too young, too shy, 466 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 5: too short, then we'll never become. 467 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 4: Who we were created to be. God needed this child 468 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 4: to be born. 469 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 5: To fulfill a prophecy from earlier. So God did something unusual. 470 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 5: The angel said Zachariah. Since you doubted, you will remain 471 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 5: silent and not be able to speak until the is born. 472 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:06,680 Speaker 5: God literally shut his mouth. Zachariah left there, unable to speak. 473 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 5: God was about to do something Zachariah had never seen, 474 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,239 Speaker 5: something more than he had imagined, but he knew if 475 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 5: Zachariah went around speaking defeat, it would stop the promise. 476 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:20,400 Speaker 4: I wonder if there. 477 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 5: Are promises we're keeping from coming to pass because we're 478 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 5: speaking the negative, verbalizing our doubts, cursing ourselves. A year later, 479 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,239 Speaker 5: Elizabeth gave birth to a baby boy, just like the 480 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 5: angel said. Her friends and relatives were so excited they 481 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 5: came over to the house to celebrate. One of them 482 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 5: asked what the baby's name was going to be. Elizabeth said, 483 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 5: his name is John. They said, John. Nobody in your 484 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 5: family is named John. He should be named Zachariah, after 485 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,679 Speaker 5: the father. They looked at Zachariah. He still couldn't speak, 486 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:56,360 Speaker 5: so he wrote it on a tablet. 487 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 4: His name is John. 488 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 5: Like with Zach, God is about to do something that 489 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 5: your family has never seen, something unusual, something out of 490 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:12,880 Speaker 5: the ordinary. You're about to give birth to dreams, promises, ministry, abundance, 491 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 5: influence that is far more than you've imagined. It's going 492 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 5: to be easy to doubt, think it's too much, it 493 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,679 Speaker 5: could never happen. But the reason God has you hearing 494 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 5: this is so you will watch your tongue. No more 495 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:31,199 Speaker 5: cursing yourself, no more speaking defeat, talking about how you 496 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 5: can't get well, can't break the addiction, can't start your business, 497 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 5: Get in agreement with God. Start blessing yourself all through 498 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 5: the day. I am strong, I am talented, I am anointed, 499 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 5: I am healthy, I am well able. Remember the enemy 500 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 5: can't curse you. He doesn't have that power. Now, don't 501 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 5: curse yourself. Speak life, speak favor, speak victory. If you'll 502 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 5: do this, I believe and declare, God is about to 503 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 5: show in your life. 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