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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 5: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 5: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 5: put God's very best in your life. 38 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,559 Speaker 3: Oh God, bless you. Always enjoyed to coming into your home. 39 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 5: We always come with good news because I know this, 40 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 5: when you seek after God, he rewards those that seek 41 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 5: after Him. So thanks for tuning in today, and I 42 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 5: believe that you're going to be encouraged enough lifted. And 43 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 5: if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 44 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 5: by and visit us at our new facility. I promise 45 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 5: you will make you feel right at home, and you'll 46 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 5: feel a warm welcome here at Lakewood. But thanks for 47 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 5: tuning in today. And I like to start each week 48 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 5: with something kind of funny. And I heard about this lady. 49 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 5: She's surprised a burglar in her kitchen one night, and 50 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 5: she was alone and unarmed, and all she could think 51 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 5: to do was quote a scripture, and so she just 52 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 5: screamed out Acts two thirty eight, and all of a sudden, 53 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 5: the burglar froze in his tracks. And a few moments 54 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 5: the police arrived. And then we're amazed at how a 55 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 5: woman with no weapon could do this. And they asked 56 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 5: the burglar, what was it about that scripture that had 57 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 5: such an effect on you? 58 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 3: He said, scripture? What scripture? I thought? She said, she 59 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 3: had an axe and two thirty eights. 60 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 5: All right, hold up your Bible and say it with 61 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 5: me today. This is my Bible. I am what it 62 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 5: says I am. I have what it says I have. 63 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 64 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 5: I will be talked the word of God. I boldly confess. 65 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 5: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 66 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 5: never be the same. I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, 67 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 5: ever living seed of the Word of God. I'll never 68 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 5: be the same, never, never, never, I'll never. 69 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 3: Be the same. 70 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 71 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,119 Speaker 5: to you today about not being negative and critical towards yourself. 72 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 5: We all have weaknesses, we all have areas that we 73 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 5: need to improve in. But as long as we're pressing forward, 74 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 5: and as long as we're getting up each day and 75 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 5: doing our very best, then we can be assured that 76 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 5: God is pleased with us. He may not be pleased 77 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 5: with every decision we make, but He is pleased with us. 78 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 5: And God wants us to feel good about ourselves. He 79 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 5: wants us to be secure, to have healthy self images. 80 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 3: But so many people. 81 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 5: Today go around with a poor, defeated mentality. They focus 82 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 5: on their faults and weaknesses when they make mistakes. They're 83 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 5: very hard and critical on themselves. They end up going 84 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 5: around guilty and condemned with this old nag and feeling 85 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 5: on the inside you're not what you're supposed to be. 86 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 3: You don't measure up, You've blown it too many times. 87 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 5: No God knew that we were not going to be perfect. 88 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 5: He knew we were going to all have weaknesses. And 89 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 5: one of the worst things that you could ever do 90 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 5: is to go through life being against yourself. And this 91 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 5: is a major problem today. Many people have a war 92 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 5: going on on the inside. 93 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:52,559 Speaker 3: They don't really like who they are. 94 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 5: Well, I'm slow, I'm undisciplined, I'm unattractive, I'm impatient. They 95 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 5: focus on their weaknesses is the root cause of much 96 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 5: of their difficulties. They can't get along in relationships, they 97 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 5: are insecure, they don't enjoy their life, and it's simply 98 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 5: because they are not at peace with who they are. 99 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 5: And Jesus said here in Matthew twenty two, verse thirty nine, 100 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 5: to love your neighbor as you love yourself. Notice the 101 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 5: first prerequisite to loving others is to love yourself. 102 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 3: And if you don't have a healthy respect. 103 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 5: For who you are, and if you don't learn to 104 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 5: accept yourself faulse in all, then you'll never be able 105 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 5: to properly love other people. And this is destroying many 106 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 5: relationships today. I know people they think their spouse is 107 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 5: the reason they can't get along, or they're sure that 108 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 5: it's their coworker, but the fact is they've got a 109 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 5: civil war on the inside. They don't like their looks, 110 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 5: they don't like where they are in life. They're upset 111 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 5: because they haven't broken a bad habit, and now all 112 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 5: this poison spills out into these other relationships. But understand, 113 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 5: you can't give away what you don't have. If you 114 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 5: don't love yourself, you're not going to be able to 115 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 5: love others. If you're its strife on the inside, feeling 116 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 5: wrong about yourself, feeling unattractive, feeling condemned. 117 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 3: Then that's all you can give away. 118 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 5: But on the other hand, if you'll recognize that God 119 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 5: is still working on you and in spite of your 120 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 5: flaws and weaknesses, you'll learn to accept yourself, then you 121 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 5: can give that love away and have healthy relationships. And 122 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 5: some of you today this could save your marriage, it 123 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 5: could change your relationship. You think everybody else is the problem, 124 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 5: but you've got to come to peace with who you are. 125 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 5: And please recognize, if you're negative towards. 126 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 3: Yourself, it's not only affecting you. 127 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 5: It's going to affect your relationship with others, and it's 128 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 5: going to affect your relationship with God. And that's why 129 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 5: it's so important that you feel good about who you are. 130 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 5: You may have some faults, you may have some things 131 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 5: you wish you could change about yourself. 132 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 3: Well, join the crowd. We all do. 133 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 5: You've got to lighten up and quit being so hard 134 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 5: on yourself. I've found a lot of times we would 135 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 5: never criticize another person. We wouldn't say to our neighbor, 136 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 5: you're slow, you're an attractive you're undisciplined. 137 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 3: I don't like you. 138 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 5: We never say that to them, but we don't have 139 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 5: any problem saying it to ourself. But understand, when you 140 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 5: criticize yourself, you are criticizing God's very own creation. We 141 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 5: you say, Joel Man, I'm so impatient and I can't 142 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 5: control my temper. I get upset so easily. Well, the 143 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 5: good news is God is still working on you. You're 144 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 5: not a finished product. And what I'm saying today is 145 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 5: it's okay to like yourself while God is in the 146 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 5: process of changing you. I don't know one person that's 147 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 5: arrived just yet. I don't know one person that doesn't 148 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 5: need to change in some area of their life. As 149 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 5: long as we're negative and critical toward ourselves, we just 150 00:07:58,160 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 5: slow down the process. 151 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 3: We just make it worse. 152 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 5: And I'm not talking today about living a sloppy life. 153 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 5: I'm not talking about having a flippant attitude towards sin 154 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 5: and toward our mistakes. I'm talking about people that are 155 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 5: striving for excellence, people that really have a heart to 156 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 5: please God, like I know you do. And if that's you, 157 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 5: then you don't have to go around condemned. You don't 158 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 5: have to go around with this heaveness because you still 159 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 5: struggle in some areas when you make mistakes. You just 160 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 5: simply go to God and say, God, I'm sorry, I repent, 161 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 5: help me to do better next time, and then let 162 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 5: it go. Don't go around beating yourself up for two 163 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 5: weeks or two months or two years. Shake it off 164 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 5: and move on. We all have areas to improve in. 165 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 5: It's like this lady I heard about. She said, God, 166 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 5: so far, I've done great today. I haven't lied, cheated, 167 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 5: or stolen. I haven't been negative, critical or judgmental. But God, 168 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 5: I'm going to really need your help today because I'm 169 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 5: about to get out of bed. But I see too 170 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 5: many people. They are so down on themselves. Well, I'm 171 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,839 Speaker 5: so overweighted, I've blown my diet. I'm not as good 172 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 5: a parent as I should be. I don't spend enough 173 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 5: time with my children. I'm so undisciplined, and even cleaned 174 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 5: my house last week. 175 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 3: Don't quit dwelling on that junk. The enemy is called 176 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 3: the accuser of the brethren. 177 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 5: There is nothing that he would love any more than 178 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 5: for you to go through life with that nagging feeling 179 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 5: on the inside. Something's wrong with you. God's not pleased 180 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 5: you don't measure up. Don't fall into that trap. You 181 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 5: got to know you are the apple of God's eye 182 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 5: Before you were ever even born. 183 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 3: God knew you. 184 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 5: The scripture says He has already approved. 185 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:42,439 Speaker 3: And accepted you. 186 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 5: You notice it doesn't say God approves you as long 187 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 5: as you live a perfect life. Doesn't say God approves 188 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 5: you as long as you don't have any weaknesses. No, 189 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 5: it says God approves you unconditionally, just like you are. 190 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 5: The fact is, it's not because of what you have 191 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 5: or haven't done. It's because of who you are. You 192 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 5: are a child of the Most High God. My question 193 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 5: to you today is, if God approves you, why don't 194 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 5: you start approving yourself. Why don't you shake off that 195 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 5: old guilt and condemnation, shake off what you're not, shake 196 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:17,439 Speaker 5: off what you didn't measure up to, and start feeling. 197 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 3: Good about who you are. 198 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 5: Well, Joe, I don't know if I believe that we're 199 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 5: just poor old sinners. No, we used to be poor 200 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 5: old sinners. But when we came to Christ, he washed 201 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 5: away our sins. He made us new creatures. Now we 202 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 5: are no longer poor old sinners. We are sons and 203 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:38,199 Speaker 5: daughters of the Most High God. Instead of just crawling 204 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 5: around the floor with that poor old me mentality, why 205 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 5: don't you step up to the dinner table. God's got 206 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 5: a beautiful banquet prepared for you. He's got an abundant life, 207 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 5: no matter how many mistakes you've made in the past, 208 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 5: no matter how many things you struggle with. Right now, 209 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 5: please understand, you are not a weak worm of the dust. 210 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 5: You've got royal blood flowing through your veins. You have 211 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,839 Speaker 5: been destined to live in victory. And you may not 212 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 5: be all you want to be today, but at least 213 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 5: you can look back and say, thank God, I'm not 214 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 5: what I used to be. And see, friends, the enemy 215 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 5: doesn't like you here in the fact that you have 216 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 5: been made righteous. 217 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 3: He wants you to have a sin consciousness. 218 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 5: But God wants you to have a righteousness consciousness. In 219 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,559 Speaker 5: other words, you've got to quit thinking about your mistakes, 220 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 5: quit thinking about what you're not, quit thinking about how 221 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 5: you don't measure up. You need to start dwelling on 222 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 5: the fact that you've been chosen, you've been set apart, 223 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 5: you've been approved, you've been accepted, you have been made righteous. 224 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 5: The scripture says in Ephesians six fourteen, to put on 225 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 5: the breastplate of God's approval. That means every morning, no 226 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 5: matter how we feel, we need to get out of 227 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,679 Speaker 5: bed and just boldly declare, Father, I thank you that 228 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 5: you have approved me, thank you that you are pleased 229 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 5: with me, thank you that I am forgiven. 230 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 3: I know that I am a friend of God. 231 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 5: See, we need to do that every single morning. Doesn't 232 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 5: happen automatically. Just like we put on our clothes. You 233 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 5: need to put on the breastplate of God's approval. You're 234 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 5: talking about getting rid of guilt, condemnation, inferiority, unworthiness, nothing. 235 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 3: They'll do it like that and all through the day, 236 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 3: everywhere you go. 237 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 5: You need to just imagine right across your chest, in 238 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 5: big bold letters, it says, approved by Almighty God, those 239 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 5: old condemning voices come back. Well, you're not this, You're 240 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 5: not that. You blew it over here, or you need 241 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 5: to take a good look in the mirror. 242 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 3: Approved by Almighty God. I think about even as a parent. 243 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,719 Speaker 5: I know my children aren't perfect, they have weaknesses, they 244 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 5: make mistakes. 245 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 3: But I also know that they're growing, they're learning. 246 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 5: And if you were to ask me if I was 247 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 5: pleased with my children, the first thing I would do 248 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 5: is not make a list of all their faults. I 249 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 5: wouldn't think about all they've done wrong last week. Now, 250 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 5: I'd tell you without even thinking to yes, I'm pleased 251 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 5: with them. They are great children. I tell you everything 252 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 5: I like about it. I'm tell you they're loving, caring, fun, 253 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,319 Speaker 5: good looking, attractive, talented. 254 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 3: I mean, they're just like their father. And what's so 255 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 3: funny about that? But that's exactly the way God sees you. 256 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 5: He's not focused on your faults. He's not keeping a 257 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 5: list of your shortcomings. God is not looking at everything 258 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 5: you've done wrong. He's looking at what you're doing right. 259 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 5: He's looking at the fact that you chose to take 260 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 5: time to come today. He's looking at the fact that 261 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,319 Speaker 5: you're kind and courteous to people. He's looking at the 262 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 5: fact that you have a desire to know him. Now, 263 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to get in agreement with God and 264 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 5: start feeling good about who you are. You may have 265 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 5: some areas you need to improve in, but you're growing, 266 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 5: You're making progress, and I want you to be free 267 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:53,839 Speaker 5: from all this heaviness that tries to. 268 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 3: Burden you down. 269 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 5: I found the enemy will always tell you you're never doing enough. 270 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 5: You're not working hard enough, You're not being a good 271 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 5: enough parent. You gave, but you didn't give enough. You 272 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 5: came to church, but you were late. You ate pretty 273 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 5: good yesterday that you shouldn't even that last dessert. I 274 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 5: don't quit believe in his lies. You have a thousand 275 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 5: good qualities about you to every one negative quality. Well, Joel, 276 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 5: I'm just so impatient. Well maybe that's true. But have 277 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 5: you ever thought about the fact you're always on time, 278 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 5: you're persistent, you're determined. Well, I don't think I'm as 279 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 5: good a mom as I should be. Well, maybe not, 280 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 5: But have you ever noticed your children are doing great 281 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 5: in school? 282 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 3: Your children never miss a meal. 283 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 5: Well, I'm not a very good husband, Joe, Yeah, but 284 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 5: you never miss a house payment, You provide a great 285 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 5: living for your family. Well, I've made a lot of 286 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 5: mistakes in the past. Yeah, but you chose to come today. 287 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 5: You chose to watch today. That's a pretty great choice. 288 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 5: Why don't you take off your old rags a condemnation. 289 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 5: Why don't you take off those old rags of condemnation 290 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 5: and start putting on your robe of righteousness, put on 291 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 5: the breastplate of God's approval. Friends, I want you to 292 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 5: feel good about yourself. I know that when you are 293 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 5: positive toward yourself, you are in agreement with God. Well, Joe, 294 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 5: what about that mistake I made last week? What about 295 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 5: that time I failed last year? Listen, the moment you repented, 296 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 5: God not only forgave you, He forgot about it. He 297 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 5: doesn't even remember it anymore. Now, why don't you quit 298 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 5: bringing up what God has already forgotten? Why don't you 299 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 5: let it go and start feeling. 300 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 3: Good about who you are? 301 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 5: See so many times we think God is keeping that 302 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 5: list of all of our mistakes. You can see him 303 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 5: up there in heaven. Whoops, they fail there. Let me 304 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 5: get that down. And oh I heard that comment. Gave 305 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 5: will make a special note of that one. Look, they 306 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 5: came to church, but they were late. Let's just give 307 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 5: him half credit. Now, that's not the way our God is. 308 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 5: God is for you. God is on your side. He 309 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 5: is the best friend that you could ever even have. 310 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 5: The great news is God is not looking at what 311 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 5: you've done wrong. He's looking at what you're doing right. 312 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 5: He's not focused on what you are. He's focused on 313 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 5: what you can become. I love the story of the 314 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 5: prodigal Son. This young man left home and he spent 315 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 5: all of his money just wasting. He was living a 316 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 5: very wild wife, making terrible decisions. 317 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 3: If God would want anybody to feel bad about himself, 318 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 3: surely it would be him. He had just totally blown. 319 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 5: If anybody should have a weak worm of the dust 320 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 5: mentality and feel like a failure, you'd. 321 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 3: Think it would be this young man. Do you know 322 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 3: the story? 323 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 5: When he decided to come back home, his father saw 324 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 5: him a long way off, and this father, who represents 325 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 5: God in the story, took off running to his son. 326 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 5: That's the only picture we have of God running in 327 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 5: the Bible. What's God running to one of the great 328 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 5: saints of old? Is he running to the apostle Paul? 329 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 5: Is he running to one of his disciples. Now God 330 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 5: is running to a young man that has faults and weaknesses. 331 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 3: He's running to a young man that's made mistakes. 332 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 5: And the father said, go get the best rod, go 333 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 5: kill the fatted cat. We're going to have a party. 334 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,159 Speaker 5: My son has made it home. And a lot of 335 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 5: times today, you know, it doesn't make a lot of sense, 336 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,360 Speaker 5: we think, you know, what he deserves, judgment, he's guilty, 337 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 5: he's wrong. But God was not looking at what he 338 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 5: was doing wrong. God looked at the fact that at 339 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 5: least he was trying. That young man, no doubt, made 340 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 5: a thousand poor choices, but God was focused on that 341 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 5: one good choice. And it's sad to say, but a 342 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 5: lot of people today would have just written him off. 343 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 5: He deserves to feel bad about himself, he deserves to 344 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 5: wall around in the pit. But thank God, that's not 345 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 5: the way how God is. I remember one time years ago, 346 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 5: my father went to a high school football game with 347 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 5: a friend of ours named Jesse, and Jesse was so 348 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 5: proud of his son, Jeff. Jeff played on the defensive 349 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 5: side and so he very rarely would get to touch 350 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 5: the ball. But during this game, there was a short 351 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 5: punt and Jeff caught the ball and he took a 352 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:00,919 Speaker 5: half a step this way and a half a step 353 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 5: this way, and then about ten guys clobbered him. I mean, 354 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 5: he didn't move one inch forward. It was just here here, 355 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 5: and then he was done. And my father was feeling 356 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 5: kind of bad for Jesse up there. But about that time, 357 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 5: Jesse punched Daddy and he said, hey, pastor, did you 358 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 5: see those two good moves? See, only a father can 359 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 5: see the two good moves rather than the fact that 360 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 5: his son just got tackled by everybody but the cheerleaders. 361 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 5: That's exactly how God sees us. He's not looking at 362 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 5: the fact that we got knocked down. He's not looking 363 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 5: at all the. 364 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 3: Mistakes we've made. God sees you two good moves. 365 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,120 Speaker 5: I'm asking you today to start feeling good about who 366 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 5: you are. 367 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:49,440 Speaker 3: You may have some weaknesses. 368 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 5: You may not control your temper like you know you should, 369 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 5: or maybe you slip and say some things that you 370 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 5: wish you had enough, But you don't have to live 371 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 5: guilty and condemned. 372 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 3: Once you repent, and once. 373 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 5: You get up every day and just do your very best, 374 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 5: you can be assured God is pleased with you. He's 375 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 5: in the process of changing you. And that's why I 376 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 5: can get up every morning and even though I'm not perfect, 377 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 5: even though I make mistakes, I can just boldly say God, 378 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 5: I know you approve me, and I feel good about 379 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,880 Speaker 5: who I am. Listen, when you do that, you give 380 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 5: the enemy a nervous breakdown. He wants you to go 381 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 5: around guilty, condemned, inferior, feeling. 382 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 3: Wrong on the inside. That's why he constantly bombards us 383 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 3: with all these accusations. 384 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 5: Well, you're too impatient, you're too rude, you're not a 385 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 5: good enough parent. You need to put your shoulders back, 386 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 5: hold your head up high. You've already been approved and 387 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 5: accepted by Almighty God. And you may have a lot 388 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 5: wrong with you, but let me tell you, you have 389 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 5: a lot right with you. You may have a long way 390 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 5: to go, but you need to take a look back 391 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 5: at how far you've already come. For some of you, 392 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 5: you've come a long way. Baby, God is pleased with you. Well, 393 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,440 Speaker 5: you say, jege, you're making it too easy having people 394 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 5: a license to sin. No, you don't need a license. 395 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:05,880 Speaker 5: If you want to sin, you can sin. I sin 396 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 5: all I want to. The good news is I don't 397 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 5: want to I want to live a life that's pleasing 398 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 5: to God. I want to live a life of excellence 399 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 5: and integrity. And I'm asking you today to quit thinking 400 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 5: about everything that's wrong with you. 401 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 3: Quit taking an inventory of what you're not. 402 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 5: The Scripture says in Hebrews to look away from everything 403 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 5: that distracts. Do you know if you over analyze yourself 404 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 5: and you're constantly picking yourself apart, then you're going to 405 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,919 Speaker 5: go around depressed and defeated. You've got to look away 406 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 5: from that. Know that you're changing, Know that you're making progress, 407 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 5: and it's a process. Doesn't happen overnight. The Bible says, 408 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 5: God changes us little by little. When you said, Joel, 409 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 5: I got all these weaknesses, man, if you only knew me, now, listen, 410 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 5: if you didn't have any weaknesses, you wouldn't even need God. 411 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 5: If we didn't have any weaknesses, we could do everything 412 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 5: in our own strength. 413 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 3: I think about the apostle Paul. He wrote over half 414 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 3: the new Estimate. 415 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 5: Yet he said the things I want to do I 416 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 5: don't do, and the things I know I shouldn't do, 417 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 5: I end up doing. 418 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 3: He was saying, I'm not perfect. 419 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 5: Same things we struggle with weakness is shortcomings. 420 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:12,919 Speaker 3: Here's the good news. 421 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 5: God's power shows up the greatest in our weaknesses. 422 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 3: When we are weak, he is strong. You've got to 423 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 3: just learn to lean on God. 424 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 5: Instead of being negative and critical towards yourself. Just say God, 425 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 5: I'm leaning on you. I'm asking you to help me 426 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 5: to beat this bad habit. 427 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 4: God. 428 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 5: I know I'm weak in this area, but I'm asking 429 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 5: you to help me have a better opinion about myself. 430 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 5: See in your weaknesses, whatever they may be. Instead of 431 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 5: getting all down on yourself, just ask God to help 432 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,120 Speaker 5: you and you'll see his power show. 433 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 3: Up like never before. 434 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 5: And I really believe God allows us all to have 435 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,880 Speaker 5: some weaknesses so that we'll always have to trust him. 436 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 5: And So if you're sitting around today waiting to feel 437 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,679 Speaker 5: good about yourself, until you get rid of everything you 438 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 5: struggle with and until you feel like you're perfect, you're 439 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 5: gonna be sitting around your whole lifetime. Well, Joel, I'd 440 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 5: feel good about myself if I could drop twenty pounds, 441 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 5: feel good about myself, if i'd be a little more patient, 442 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 5: if i'd be a little more understanding. Now I'm asking 443 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 5: you to start feeling good about yourself. 444 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 3: Right now. 445 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 5: You're not perfect, but I know you're trying. And God 446 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 5: looks at your heart, he sees the inside. He is 447 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 5: changing us little by little. We're all at different stages, 448 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 5: and our attitude should be God. I know I have 449 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,400 Speaker 5: these areas I need to improve in, but I'm doing 450 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 5: my best. And God, I also know that you have 451 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 5: already accepted and approved me. So I'm gonna start accepting 452 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 5: myself and I'm making. 453 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 3: Up my mind. I'm gonna go through this day feeling 454 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 3: good about me. 455 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 5: And when those old condemning thoughts come back telling you, yeh, 456 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 5: but you're still struggling this area, you can answer back, yes, 457 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,439 Speaker 5: that's true, but I know that I'm changing. Yeah, but 458 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 5: you lost your temper yesterday. You blew it. That's true, 459 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 5: but I repented. 460 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 3: Now I know I'm forgiving. 461 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:58,719 Speaker 5: Well, you didn't get as much done at work this 462 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 5: week as you should have made not but I did 463 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 5: my best, So I feel good about me. See, you 464 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 5: cannot allow these condemning voices to take root and set 465 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 5: the direction for your life. If you do, it's gonna 466 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 5: ruin your whole day. I know a lot of people 467 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 5: they just swallow that junk and they get in agreement 468 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,159 Speaker 5: with it. Yeah, man, I'm a failure. I can't do 469 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 5: anything right. Don't have what it takes. No, get rid 470 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,919 Speaker 5: of that junk and keep your life moving in a 471 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 5: positive direction. 472 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 3: I heard about this man. 473 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 5: He and his small son were out taking a walk 474 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 5: through the mountains one day, and all of a sudden, 475 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 5: this little boy slipped, and he slid about twenty or 476 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 5: thirty yards down the mountain side, and finally he grabbed 477 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 5: onto this bush and he screamed out, somebody helped me, 478 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 5: and this voice boomed back, somebody helped me. Looked kind 479 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 5: of confused, kind of frustrated. He said, who are you? 480 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 5: The voice shouted back, who are you? He got kind 481 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 5: of aggravated. He said, you're a coward. The voice shouted back, 482 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 5: you're a coward. He said, you're a fool. The voice 483 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 5: shouted back, you're a fool. About that time, his dad 484 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:01,880 Speaker 5: got down there and. 485 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 3: He looked up. He said, Dad, who is that? And 486 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 3: his dad kind of laughed. 487 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,359 Speaker 5: He said, son, that's called an echo, but it's also 488 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 5: called life. He said, son, let me show you something. 489 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 5: The dad shouted out, you're a winner. The voice shouted back, 490 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 5: you're a winner. Dad, And shouted out, You've got what 491 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 5: it takes. The voice boom back. You've got what it takes. 492 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 3: Dad shouted out, you can make it. The voice shouted out, 493 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 3: you can make it. 494 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 5: He said, son, That's exactly how it is in life. 495 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 5: Whatever you send out is always going to come back 496 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 5: to you. Let me ask you this today, what are 497 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 5: you sending out about yourself? Man, I'm a failure, I'm unattractive, 498 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 5: I'm undisciplined, I got a terrible temper. Nobody likes to 499 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 5: be around me. Or you need to start sending out 500 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 5: I'm approved, I'm accepted, I'm the righteousness of God. I 501 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,640 Speaker 5: am creative, i am talented. I am more than a conqueror. 502 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 5: Make sure that you're sending out good things about yourself. 503 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 5: I was thinking about when Jesus was baptized. He came 504 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 5: up out of the water and a voice boomed out 505 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 5: of the heavens, and God said, this is my beloved 506 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 5: son in whom I am well pleased. I believe God 507 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 5: is saying that to every one of you today. He 508 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 5: is well pleased with you. You say, Joel, God couldn't. 509 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 3: Say that to me. 510 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 5: You don't know the life I've lived. You don't know 511 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 5: the things I struggle with right now. Now listen to 512 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 5: me clearly. Let this sink deep down onto the inside. 513 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 5: God is pleased with you. He has already accepted and 514 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 5: approved you. And know he may not be pleased with 515 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,119 Speaker 5: every decision you make, but God is pleased with you. 516 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 5: What a tragedy to go through life being against yourself. 517 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 5: Don't fall into that trap. You may have areas you 518 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 5: need to improve in, but don't let that stop you 519 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 5: from feeling good about who you are right now. I 520 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 5: found a lot of times we condemn ourselves so much. 521 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 5: The enemy doesn't have to. We're always thinking about our 522 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 5: mistakes and what we're not and how we haven't measured up. 523 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 3: Why don't you let all that go. You're growing, you're changing. 524 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,679 Speaker 5: God is pleased with you right now, and it's okay 525 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 5: to feel good about who you are. Some of you, 526 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 5: this is the whole reason that you're not enjoying your life. 527 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,119 Speaker 5: You've got this war going on on the inside. But 528 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 5: if you can't get along with yourself, you'll not only 529 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 5: not get along with others, but you won't be able 530 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 5: to have a proper relationship with Almighty God. You know 531 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,159 Speaker 5: as well as I do. If you don't think that 532 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,919 Speaker 5: God is pleased with you, then you won't go to 533 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 5: God boldly. You'll go around with a weak worm of 534 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 5: the dust mentality. I made all these mistakes, and I've 535 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 5: got all these weaknesses, and God, I know you could 536 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 5: never bless me. Think about how that must make God feel. 537 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 5: Here we are His sons and daughters. We've been chosen, 538 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 5: we've been approved, We've been accepted so many times. We 539 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,439 Speaker 5: believe these lies and we go around with this poor, 540 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 5: defeated mentality. 541 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 3: Please understand God is pleased with you. Right now now. 542 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 5: I want to challenge you again today to get up 543 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 5: every morning and put on that breastplate of God's approval. 544 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 5: Put your shoulders back. Quit thinking about what you're not. 545 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 5: Make the most of this day. Friends, you are a 546 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 5: child of the most High God. Don't waste another minute 547 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 5: going around. 548 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 3: Feeling bad about yourself. 549 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 5: You may have some weaknesses, you may have some shortcomings, 550 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,360 Speaker 5: but the good news is God is still working on you. 551 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 5: Quit over analyzing yourself, quit picking yourself apart, and just 552 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 5: get up every day and do your very very. 553 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:35,679 Speaker 3: Best knowing that God is changing you. 554 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 5: My prayer today is that every one of you is 555 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 5: going to go out of here feeling good about who 556 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:41,920 Speaker 5: you are. 557 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 3: That you're going to be free from. 558 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 5: These burdens of guilt and condemnation, low self esteem. 559 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:48,360 Speaker 3: Now I know this. 560 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 5: If you will get in agreement with God and be 561 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,479 Speaker 5: positive towards yourself, then God promises he will change you 562 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 5: from glory to glory. You will rise higher and higher, 563 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 5: and you'll become all that God's created you to be. 564 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 3: Amen, you receive it today. 565 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 5: We never like to pose on broadcast without giving you 566 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 567 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:14,880 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 568 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 3: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 569 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 3: you my Lord and savior. 570 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 571 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 5: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 572 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,199 Speaker 5: God first place. 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