1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,439 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for listening to the podcast and thanks. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: For supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to have an. 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 2: Awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: God bless you today and enjoy the message. So God 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 1: bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. 7 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: We love you, We know. 8 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 2: God has good things in store for you, and we 9 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 2: just appreciate you tuning in. And if you're ever in 10 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 2: our area, I hope you stop by and be a 11 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 2: part of one of our services. I promise you it 12 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 2: will make you feel right at home. But thanks for 13 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 2: being with us today. Thanks for all of you for 14 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 2: coming out as well. I like to get started each 15 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 2: week with something funny, and I heard about this man. 16 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 2: He was quietly reading his newspaper. His wife's knuck up 17 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 2: behind him and hit him on the head with a 18 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 2: frying pan. 19 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: He said, what was that for? 20 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 2: She said, that was for the note I found in 21 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 2: your pocket with the name Mary Lou on it. 22 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: He said, all, honey, that was just one. 23 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 2: Of the horses that I bet on at the racetrack 24 00:00:58,400 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 2: last week. 25 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: Iologize when about her business. 26 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 2: Three days later, she snuck up and hit him on 27 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 2: the head with a bigger frying pan. When he came 28 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 2: to he said, what in the world was that for? 29 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 2: She said, your horse just called. All right, hold up 30 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: your bible. Say it like you mean it. This is 31 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 2: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 32 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 2: have what it says I have. I can do what 33 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 2: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 34 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 2: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 35 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 2: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 36 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 2: In Jesus' name. 37 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: God bless you. 38 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about your self 39 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 2: esteem and how important it is to think the right 40 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 2: thoughts about ourselves. Every one of us has a conversation 41 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 2: going on with ourselves throughout the day. 42 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: It's called our internal dialogue. 43 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 2: In fact, we talk more to ourselves than we do 44 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 2: anybody else, and sometimes we've been doing it for so 45 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: long it's like a record that plays over and over. 46 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 2: This can either be good or bad. It depends on 47 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: how we're talking to ourselves. What do you meditate on 48 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 2: positive thoughts, empowering thoughts, affirming thoughts, or do you go 49 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 2: around like a lot of people thinking negative, defeated thoughts 50 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 2: I'm unattractive, I'm not talented. I've made a lot of mistakes. Joel, 51 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 2: I'm sure God's not pleased with me. It's this kind 52 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 2: of negative self talk that keeps so many people from 53 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 2: rising higher. And when I say we talk to ourselves, 54 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 2: sometimes it's even subconsciously. You're not even really thinking about it, 55 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 2: but in the back of your mind you have these 56 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 2: reoccurring thoughts, and for most people, it's always negative. 57 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: I'm clumsy, I'll never overcome my past. I don't have 58 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: what it takes. 59 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 2: All through the day, they allow this defeated voice to 60 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 2: talk to them. They see somebody that successful, somebody that's achieving. 61 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: That voice tells. 62 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 2: Them that will never happen for me. I don't have 63 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 2: what they have. I'm not that talented. Or they see 64 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 2: somebody that's in shape, somebody that looks good, healthy, that 65 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 2: voice tells them, I'm just not that disciplined. I'll never 66 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 2: get back in shape. There's something on the inside that's 67 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 2: constantly telling them something is wrong with them. You're not 68 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 2: a good mother, you didn't work hard enough last week, 69 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 2: you got too many weaknesses. And if we make the 70 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 2: mistake of dwelling on these lines, and we allow this 71 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:38,119 Speaker 2: negative self talk to take root, it not only saddens 72 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: our spirit, but it limits how high we can go 73 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 2: in life. 74 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: And too many people are in. 75 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 2: Mediocrity because they're constantly playing that negative record day after day, 76 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 2: over and over again. And I've found that some of 77 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 2: these wrong thinking patterns has started way back from childhood. 78 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 2: The people that should have been nurturing us and telling 79 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 2: us what we could become, building our confidence, they did 80 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 2: just the authos in. I know people that are stuck 81 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 2: in a rut all because growing up somebody mistreated them, 82 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: somebody rejected them, a parent of spouse spoke negative words 83 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 2: over them. 84 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: They didn't know any better. They just let it take root. 85 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 2: And now those wrong thinking patterns are what's keeping them 86 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 2: from becoming all God's created them to be. 87 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: It starts right here. We have to reprogram our computer. 88 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 2: Please, don't lie in bed every morning thinking about everything 89 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 2: that's wrong with you. Don't lie there and rehearse all 90 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 2: your mistakes, thinking about what you can't do and how 91 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 2: you don't have what it takes. Does it matter who 92 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 2: may have told you that, doesn't matter, who has rejected you, 93 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 2: doesn't matter how many times you've tried and failed. You've 94 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 2: got to shake that off and put on the new record. 95 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 2: You should be dwelling on things like I am a 96 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 2: child of the most High God. 97 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: I have a bright future. 98 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 2: God is please with me. I am talented, I am creative. 99 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 1: I have what it takes. 100 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 2: I will fulfill my destiny. That's the way we should 101 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 2: be talking to ourselves, not in arrogance, but in a 102 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 2: quiet confidence, deep down on the inside. 103 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: All through the day, we should hear things. 104 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 2: Like I am annoyed, I am called, I am chosen, 105 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 2: I am equipped, this is my season. Our internal dialogue 106 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 2: should always be positive and hopeful. 107 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: We should always talk to. 108 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 2: Ourselves with these empowering, affirming thoughts. We have to get 109 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 2: out of the habit of thinking negative thoughts toward ourselves. 110 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 2: Don't go around ever saying I'm so slow, I'm unattractive, 111 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 2: I'll never overcome my past. Now, get those phrases out 112 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 2: of your vocabulary. 113 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: If you make the. 114 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 2: Mistake of dwelling on that junk, it will set the 115 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 2: limits for your life. You may have gone through a 116 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 2: lot in the past, you may have had some unfair 117 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 2: things happen, but don't allow that to continue to pull 118 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 2: you down. By constantly playing the negative record about yourself. 119 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 2: You believe what you say about yourself more than you 120 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 2: believe what anybody else says. Now, I can tell you 121 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,359 Speaker 2: all day long that God's got a great plan for 122 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 2: your life. 123 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: He has a bright future in store for you. 124 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 2: But until you get it down on the inside and 125 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 2: start replaying it over and over throughout the day, it's 126 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 2: not going to do you any good. Now, I'm asking 127 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 2: you today to pay attention to how you talk to yourself. 128 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 2: And I never want to come off as being arrogant, 129 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 2: but you know what plays in my mind all day long. 130 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: Joy. 131 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 2: You have what it takes. You can do what God's 132 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 2: called you to do. You're talented, you're creative. 133 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: You're strong in the Lord. 134 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 2: You're well able to fulfill your destiny. If you, too, 135 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 2: will talk to yourself in the right way, you'll not 136 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 2: only enjoy your life more, but you'll rise higher to 137 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 2: a new level of confidence, a new level of boldness, and. 138 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: You'll become all that God created you to be. 139 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 2: I read a study where they took a group of 140 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 2: college students and they gave them special eyeglasses that turned 141 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 2: everything upside down, totally opposite of what it should be. 142 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 2: In the first few days, it was total confusion. They 143 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 2: were stumbling over everything. They couldn't read or write. They 144 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 2: had to be led to class. I mean they could 145 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 2: barely even function. But day after day, little by little, 146 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 2: they started getting used to it. By the end of 147 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 2: the first week, they were able to go to class 148 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: on their own. They didn't need any help to get around, 149 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 2: and these researchers were so intrigued by it they decided 150 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 2: to keep. 151 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: The experiment going. 152 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 2: After one month, those students had totally adapted to it, 153 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 2: Their mind had compensated for it, and now they could 154 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 2: read without any problem, they could write, do their. 155 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: Homework, type on the computer. 156 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 2: All upside down. And this is exactly what can happen 157 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 2: to us if we go around with these wrong mindsets 158 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 2: long enough, telling ourselves, well, I'm not a good parent, 159 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 2: I've made too many mistakes. 160 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: Nothing good ever happens to me. 161 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 2: Just like those college students, even though it's totally backwards, 162 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 2: even though it's not the way God created us, our 163 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 2: minds will eventually adapt and adjust and will end up 164 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 2: living at that level. Some of you today, your world 165 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 2: is kind of upside down. In other words, you're living 166 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: far below your potential, feeling wrong about yourself without the confidence, 167 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 2: the self esteem, And it's all because of what you're 168 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 2: constantly telling yourself. Your internal dialogue is negative. You have 169 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 2: to change that before anything else will change. I saw 170 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 2: a lady on television last week. She had lost one 171 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 2: hundred and seventy five pounds and she had surgery to 172 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 2: remove the excess skin, and everything went great. They showed 173 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 2: the before and after picture and she looked fantastic, night 174 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,839 Speaker 2: and day difference. But several months later they went back 175 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 2: to interview her and she was so depressed. She would 176 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 2: hardly eat anything, no joy, no victory. And they said, hey, 177 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 2: what's wrong. You look great, you look fantastic. She said, yeah, 178 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 2: that's what everybody's telling me. But I guess in my mind, 179 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 2: I'll always be a fat, unattractive lady. I thought, you 180 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 2: hit the nail on the head. It's in your mind. 181 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 2: She had changed on the outside, but she had not 182 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 2: changed on the inside. She was still playing that old 183 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 2: negative record. I'm fat, I'm unattractive, I'll never be happy. 184 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 2: She could have gotten down to ninety pounds, she still 185 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 2: wouldn't have been happy. You gotta quit listening to all 186 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 2: the voices that are pulling you down. 187 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: You may not look like. 188 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 2: You stepped out of a fashion magazine, but I can 189 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 2: tell you this, you were made. 190 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: In the image of Almighty God. 191 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 2: God informed you with his own hands. Quit allowing those 192 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 2: negative voices to put you down. Don't ever say to yourself, 193 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 2: I'm fat, I'm unattractive. I'll never lose this way, I 194 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 2: don't like I hear. 195 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 1: No, as long as you're rejecting yourself, you will never 196 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: be happy. 197 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 2: And you will be amazed at how much more you'll 198 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 2: enjoy your life and how much better you will feel 199 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 2: if you'll learn to talk to yourself in the right way, 200 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 2: in a positive manner. And even when we make mistakes, 201 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 2: even when we do wrong, don't go around saying, well, 202 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 2: I can't do anything right, I'm so clumsy, I'm so slow. 203 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 2: I've played sports with people and they make a mistake 204 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 2: and they just beat themselves up. They'll call themselves by name, Bill, 205 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 2: you can't make a shot, you sorry thing. No, don't 206 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,719 Speaker 2: ever talk to yourself like that. That's just going to 207 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 2: keep you right where you are now. I know people 208 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 2: that have gone through setbacks in life, disappointments, failures, maybe 209 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 2: some kind of divorce. They go around so defeated, focused 210 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 2: on what went wrong, and they especially allow that negative 211 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 2: record to just continually play. Man, you blew it, you 212 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 2: had your chance, you messed your life up. 213 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: But you've got to learn to put on that new record. 214 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: You need to be telling your. 215 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 2: Things like I am forgiven, I am restored. God has 216 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 2: a new plan. Good things are in store. And I'm 217 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 2: not saying to just take the easy way out and 218 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 2: blow everything off. But what I am saying is it 219 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 2: does not do us any good to go around feeling 220 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 2: wrong about ourselves. And I know people that just live 221 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 2: with that black cloud following them around, a vague feeling. 222 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 2: They can't even put their finger on it, but something's 223 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 2: always telling them You're not right. You've been through too much. 224 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 2: You're never gonna be happy. Listen, you cannot just sit 225 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 2: back and accept that. You've gotta rise up in your 226 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 2: authority and start talking to yourself in a new way. 227 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 2: All through the day, you should be telling yourself things 228 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 2: like something good is gonna happen to me. God is 229 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 2: pleased with me, I have a bright future. The best 230 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 2: is still yet to come. You've got to change on 231 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 2: the inside before it's ever gonna happen on the outside. 232 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 2: Pay attention to how you're talking to yourself. What kind 233 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 2: of record is playing in your mind throughout the day. 234 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 2: It would do us all good to lie in bed 235 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 2: in the morning and before we get up, on purpose, 236 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 2: think good thoughts about ourselves. I'm a good parent, I'm 237 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 2: a good leader, I'm a good husband, I have a 238 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,559 Speaker 2: bright future. God is pleased with me. We need to 239 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 2: learn to think these thoughts on purpose. I was blessed 240 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 2: to be raised by parents that instilled this kind of 241 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 2: confidence and self esteem in me growing up. My parents 242 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 2: always told me what I could do and how proud 243 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 2: they were of me. And having these nurturing people in 244 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 2: our lives, especially at a young age when we're forming 245 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 2: so many. 246 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: Of our thought patterns, is very important. Parents. 247 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 2: I would encourage you to make sure that you instill 248 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 2: these qualities into your children. They need your love, your encouragement, 249 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 2: your approval, your affirmation. Don't ever put your children down. 250 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 2: Don't ever say things like why can't you make good 251 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 2: grades like your brother when you're just not very smart. 252 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 2: If you keep that up, you're not going out to anything. No, 253 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 2: those words are like seeds. They can take root and 254 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 2: still be playing in their mind years and years from now, 255 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 2: and especially when our children are small and we have 256 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 2: to correct them. Don't make the mistake of saying things like, well, 257 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 2: you're just a bad boy, you're a bad girl. No, 258 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 2: they're not a bad person. They may have done something wrong, 259 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 2: but they are good. They're made in the image of 260 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 2: Almighty God. God didn't make any jump and parents, we 261 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 2: have a responsibility to instill confidence, self esteem, security into 262 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 2: our children. I wonder how many adults today struggle in 263 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 2: those same areas, all because they didn't get what they 264 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 2: should have from their parents or from the people that 265 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 2: raise them. Instead of empowering them and affirming them. 266 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: They just beat them down. 267 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 2: Or maybe they only corrected them without showing them this 268 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 2: othere the approval side. 269 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: Parents, let's not make this mistake. 270 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,199 Speaker 2: I love the story my brother Paul told about their 271 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 2: son Jackson. He and his wife Jennifer have the cutest 272 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 2: little boy. It's always happy, so much fun to be around. 273 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 2: And every night when Jennifer takes Jackson to bed, she'll 274 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 2: tell him a story and pray with him, and then 275 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 2: just before she leaves, she'll say, now, Jackson, let me 276 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 2: remind you who you are, and she'll go through this 277 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 2: long list of superheroes. Jackson, you're my Superman, you're my 278 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 2: power Ranger. You're my Buzz light Year, you're my rescue hero, 279 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 2: You're my Lightney McQueen. 280 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: You're a cowboy, you're a baseball player. 281 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 2: Little Jackson, he just lies there at the big smile 282 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 2: on his face, taking. 283 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 1: It all in. You know what she's doing. 284 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 2: She's given him fuel for his internal dialogue, even though 285 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 2: he's only three years old. Jennifer, in her own unique way, 286 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 2: is saying to him, Jackson, you're special, You're valuable. 287 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: You're gonna do great things in life. 288 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 2: Then she goes through this same routine when she puts 289 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 2: my brother Paul to bed. I couldn't resist, But instead 290 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 2: of using Buzz Lightyear, she uses Elvis. Something funny happened 291 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 2: the other day. They got home late and Jennifer took 292 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 2: Jackson to bed in a hurry, and she couldn't go 293 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 2: through the long list of superheroes. 294 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: And a few minutes later, she heard this little voice. 295 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 2: Calling out from upstairs, Mama, Mama. Jennifer ran over there, said, yes, Jackson, 296 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 2: what's wrong? He said, Mama, you forgot to tell me 297 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 2: who I am. 298 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: And really there's a deeper truth to that simple statement. 299 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: I found. 300 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 2: If we don't tell our children who they are, somebody 301 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 2: else will. 302 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: Now. 303 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 2: I don't know about you, but I'm going to tell 304 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 2: my children. You've got what it takes. There's nothing you 305 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 2: can't do. Mother and Daddy are behind you. We're proud 306 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 2: of you. 307 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: We believe in you. You are destined to do great things. 308 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 2: Speak the blessing over your children, Speak victory over their lives. 309 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 2: They need your encouragement, they need your approval, help them 310 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 2: to have a big vision for their lives. 311 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: I think about Moses. 312 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 2: When he was born, the king put out a decree 313 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 2: that all the children two years of age and under 314 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 2: would be killed, and so Moses's mother hid him away. 315 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 2: Eventually she put him in a basket and send him 316 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 2: down the Nile River, and one of Fedro's daughters found 317 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 2: him and raised him. But Moses never knew his earthly father. 318 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 2: He didn't have that person speaking the blessing into his life. 319 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 2: And many years later, God came to Moses and says, Moses, 320 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 2: I'm choosing you to. 321 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: Deliver the people of Israel. 322 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 2: And it's interesting the first words out of Moses' mouth were, God, 323 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 2: who am I? See when we don't tell our children 324 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 2: who they are, when we don't instill the confidence and 325 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 2: self esteem in them, it causes them to struggle with 326 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 2: their identity, with who they are, with what they can do. 327 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 2: God said Moses, don't say who am I? You're the 328 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 2: one that I've chosen. Then Moses asked another question. He said, 329 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 2: but God, who will listen to me? You know, God, 330 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 2: I'm not a good speaker. 331 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:13,439 Speaker 1: You know I stutter. 332 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 2: Notice his lack of confidence. He too, was playing the 333 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:21,439 Speaker 2: wrong record in his mind, no doubt, in part because 334 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 2: he didn't have a father, a mother, or people speaking 335 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 2: the right things into his life. Like Moses, maybe you 336 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 2: didn't have that either, But the good news is that 337 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 2: does not have to hold you. 338 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: Back in life. 339 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 2: Your earthly father may not have told you who you are, 340 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 2: but allow me to help you out. You are a 341 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 2: child of the most highed God. You have been crowned 342 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:49,439 Speaker 2: with God's glory and honor. You can do all things 343 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 2: through Christ. You are full of potential. You are overflowing 344 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 2: with creativity. There's nothing in your heart that you cannot accomplish. 345 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 2: You have courage and ability the favor of God surround you. 346 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 2: Wherever you go, whatever you touch is going to prosper 347 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 2: and succeed. You are blessed and you cannot be curse. 348 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 2: That's who you really are. Now, you got to put 349 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 2: your shoulders back, hold your head up I and don't 350 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 2: do like Moses and say who am I. 351 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 1: You need to start. 352 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 2: Telling yourself I am victorious, I am well able, I 353 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 2: am more than a conquer I am the head and 354 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 2: not the tell You got to get your thoughts going 355 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 2: in the right direction toward yourself. 356 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,959 Speaker 1: All through the day. You should be thinking these things. 357 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,640 Speaker 2: And when the old negative record comes back, well, I'm 358 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 2: not a very good parent. I've made a lot of mistakes. 359 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 2: I'm sure God's not pleased with me. Now just let 360 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,439 Speaker 2: that be a reminder to put on the new record. 361 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 2: I'm anointed, i am well able. Good things are in store. 362 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,120 Speaker 1: We have to make. 363 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 2: Sure we keep the right record, the right thoughts playing 364 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 2: in our mind. The other day I talked to a 365 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 2: young lady here in the lobby. 366 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: She was a beautiful girl. 367 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 2: On the outside, she seems so happy, like she is 368 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 2: on top of the world, but on the inside she 369 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 2: had a war going on. 370 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: She didn't like herself. 371 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 2: She thought she was unattractive, she thought she was overweight. 372 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 2: She had this long list of everything. 373 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 1: Wrong with her. 374 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 2: Come to find out, she was raised by a father 375 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 2: that always put her down. Her father was constantly telling 376 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 2: her what was wrong with her, what she couldn't do, 377 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 2: what she was never gonna be. And the sad thing 378 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 2: is this young lady had gone through one marriage, gone 379 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 2: through a second marriage, and now she was about to 380 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 2: end her third marriage in her late twenties. And I 381 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 2: told her what I'm telling you. You got the wrong 382 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 2: record playing. You're constantly telling yourself I'm fat, I'm unattractive, 383 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 2: i have nothing to offer, I'm unlovable. And as long 384 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 2: as you're dwelling on those lives, there's going to be 385 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,959 Speaker 2: a war on the inside. The reason why is because 386 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 2: you were not created to live that way. 387 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: God created you to feel good about yourself. 388 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 2: He created you to feel complete, to feel whole, to 389 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 2: be confident, to be secure, not to constantly be against yourself. 390 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 2: If you cannot get along with yourself, you'll never be 391 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 2: able to get along with other people. It'll spread over 392 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 2: into every other relationship. Some of you today there's no 393 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 2: peace in your home. And the problem is not the 394 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 2: other person. You need to get at peace. 395 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: With who you are. 396 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 2: You need to quit allowing the negative voice to play 397 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 2: in your mind many times, Like this young lady, the 398 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 2: root cause was something that happened way back in life. 399 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 2: What her father didn't give her, the negative record that 400 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 2: he started, and like many people, she didn't know how 401 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 2: to turn it all. She thought it was normal to 402 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 2: go around feeling wrong about herself, unattractive, unlovable. Listen, you've 403 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,959 Speaker 2: got to draw the line in the sand. You may 404 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 2: not have gotten everything you should have from your parents, 405 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 2: from the people that raised you, but always remember this, 406 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 2: it's not how we start that counts. It's how we 407 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 2: f It may have been unfair, but don't use that 408 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 2: as an excuse to stay where you are. You've got 409 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 2: to put on the new record. You should be telling 410 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,119 Speaker 2: yourself every day. I am the apple of God's eye. 411 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,919 Speaker 2: I'm his most prized possession, i am crowned with glory 412 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 2: and honor. I'm valuable, I'm attractive, I have a bright 413 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 2: future in front of me. We have to understand the 414 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 2: negative voices always cry out the loudest. You can have 415 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,719 Speaker 2: twenty people encouraging you, and one person will come up 416 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 2: and say something negative, and that's what you'll tend to remember. 417 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 2: That's what we'll want to play in your mind again 418 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 2: and again. You can do one hundred things right, and 419 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 2: you make one mistake, and you'll have to fight being 420 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 2: guilty and condemned. The negative voices will come at you 421 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 2: the strongest. You may have gone through some unfair, hurtful 422 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 2: things in life, but you've got to learn to let 423 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 2: those go. 424 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: Don't keep playing that record. 425 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 2: As long as you stay focused on it, you're gonna 426 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 2: have a war on the inside. 427 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,119 Speaker 1: You're not gonna feel good about yourself now. 428 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 2: The only way to change this is to get your 429 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 2: internal dialogue going in the right direction. You got to 430 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,919 Speaker 2: put the new record on, start thinking the right thoughts 431 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 2: toward yourself. I think about the children of Israel. They 432 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 2: had been through a lot of unfair things. They had 433 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 2: been mistreated and forced to work night and day, spent 434 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 2: years and years in slavery. But God supernaturally brought them out, 435 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 2: and now they were about to go into their promised land. 436 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 2: And God said there in Joshua five verse nine, this day. 437 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: Have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you. 438 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 2: And a lot of people today are living with a reproach. 439 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 2: In other words, they don't feel good about themselves. They 440 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 2: too have been hurt and mistreated. They allowed the negative 441 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,239 Speaker 2: record to play again and again, and now they go 442 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 2: around with a chip on their shoulder down, discouraged in 443 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 2: self pity. This is what was happening to the people 444 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 2: of Israel. But God came along and said, hey, stop 445 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 2: doing that. I am rolling away the reproach from you. 446 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,679 Speaker 2: And I believe the reproach had to be rolled away 447 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 2: before they. 448 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 1: Could go into the Promised Land. It's the same thing 449 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 1: with us. Some of you today. 450 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 2: You're trying to live in victory, trying to be successful, 451 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 2: trying to have a good marriage. But the problem is 452 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 2: you are negative towards yourself. You don't feel good about 453 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 2: who you are. 454 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 1: You're constantly dwelling on your. 455 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 2: Past hurts and pains, and until you're willing to let 456 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 2: go of that and start focusing on your new possibilities, 457 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 2: then it's going to keep you right where you are. 458 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: You cannot have. 459 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 2: A bad attitude towards yourself and expect to have God's best. 460 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 2: Quit focusing on what you've done wrong. Quit having a 461 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 2: pity party because of what you've been through. God has 462 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,479 Speaker 2: already rolled away your reproach. The reproach is the shame, 463 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 2: the embarrassment, the failures, the setbacks. 464 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 1: God has done his part. 465 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,239 Speaker 2: Now you've got to do your part and let it 466 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 2: go before you can go into your promised land, before 467 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 2: these new doors will open up. The scripture says in 468 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 2: Philammon one verse six. Our faith is made effectual when 469 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 2: we acknowledge everything good in us. 470 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: Think about this. 471 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,399 Speaker 2: Our faith is not effective when we acknowledge all our 472 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 2: hurts and pains. It's not effective when we stay focused 473 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 2: on our shortcomings, our weaknesses. Our faith is only effective 474 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 2: when we acknowledge the good things that are in us, 475 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 2: things like I have a bright future, I am gifted, 476 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 2: I am talented. 477 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: People like me I have. 478 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 2: The favor of God. That's when our faith comes alive. 479 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 2: When we believe in ourselves, when we believe we have 480 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 2: what it takes, when we focus on our possibilities. But 481 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 2: I found today, unfortunately, most people do just the opposite. 482 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 2: They acknowledge everything wrong with them, even subconsciously. They've constantly 483 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 2: got that negative record playing the back of their mind. 484 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 2: This causes them to have a low opinion of themselves. 485 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 2: We have to change that record. 486 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:06,679 Speaker 1: I know I'm kind of. 487 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 2: Naive, but I expect people to like me. I expect 488 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 2: people to be friendly to me. I expect people to 489 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 2: want to help me out. I have a positive opinion 490 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 2: about who I am. What I'm saying is, don't walk 491 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 2: into a room timid and insecure. 492 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: Thinking nobody's gonna like me in here. 493 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 2: Look at them, They're probably talking about me already. 494 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: I knew I shouldn't have worn this suit. I knew 495 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: I should have stayed at home. No quite expecting the worst. 496 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 2: Quit being negative towards yourself. You've got to get your 497 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 2: dialogue going in a different direction. Your faith is only 498 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 2: effective when you acknowledge the good things that are in you. 499 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 2: You need to develop a habit of being positive towards yourself. 500 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 2: You need to have a good opinion about who you are. Well, Joel, 501 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 2: I'm just a housewife. I'm just a business person. I'm 502 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 2: just a school teacher. No, listen, You're not just anything. 503 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 2: You're a child of the Most High God. You are 504 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 2: fulfilling your purpose. Your steps are ordered by the Lord. 505 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 2: Goodness and mercy are following you. You are a person 506 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,680 Speaker 2: of destiny. Why don't you shake off the defeated voices 507 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 2: and start talking to yourself in the right way. Change 508 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 2: starts on the inside, and I'm asking you today to 509 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 2: get your internal dialogue going in the right direction. Don't 510 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 2: go around defeating yourself with your own words. Get up 511 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 2: every morning and say to yourself, I am blessed, I 512 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 2: am equipped, I. 513 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: Have the favor of God. This is going to be 514 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,920 Speaker 1: a great day. And then all through the day play 515 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: that over and over again. 516 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 2: Keep the right record on only dwell on positive empowering 517 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 2: thoughts toward yourself. That's when your faith is energized. And 518 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 2: remember the reproach has been rolled away. You've got to 519 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 2: let go of what didn't work out in your life. 520 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 1: You've got to let go. 521 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,399 Speaker 2: Of all the negative voices from your past. Do not 522 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 2: make the mistake of acknowledging what's wrong with you. Acknowledge 523 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,360 Speaker 2: what's right with you. Have a good opinion of who 524 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 2: you are. If you'll get in this habit of talking 525 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:14,400 Speaker 2: to yourself the right way with these positive empowering thoughts, 526 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 2: you'll not only have more confidence, you'll not only rise higher, 527 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 2: but you'll see God's blessings and favor in a greater way. 528 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 2: And I know you'll live the life of victory he 529 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 2: has in story. 530 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: Amen, do you receive it today? 531 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 2: We've never liked to close our broadcast without giving you 532 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 2: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 533 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:38,159 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me, Say Lord, Jesus, I repent 534 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 2: of my sins. 535 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. 536 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 2: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 537 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 2: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 538 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 2: keep God in first place. 539 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: He's going to take you places that you've never dreamed of.