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I 50 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 6: like to start with something funny, and I heard about 51 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 6: these three men that were out walking through the wilderness 52 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 6: and they came upon this very violent, raging river. They 53 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 6: needed to get to the other side. The first man prayed, God, 54 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 6: please give me the strength to make it across, and 55 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 6: poof God gave him big arms and strong legs, and 56 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 6: he was able to swim across in two hours. The 57 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 6: next man, seeing this, prayed God, please give me the 58 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 6: strength and the tools to make it across, and poof 59 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 6: God gave him a boat. He was able to row 60 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 6: across in thirty minutes. The next man prayed, God, please 61 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 6: give me the strength, the tools, and the intelligence to 62 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 6: make it a cross, and poof God turned him into 63 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 6: a woman. She looked at the map, hiked five minutes upstream, 64 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 6: and walked across the bridge. And yes, that was sent 65 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 6: to me by a woman. Hold up your Bible, say 66 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 6: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 67 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 6: am what it says I am. I have what it 68 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 6: says I have. I can do what it says I 69 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 6: can do. Today I will be talked the word of God. 70 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 6: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 71 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 6: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 72 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 6: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 73 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 6: having a good opinion of yourself. Too many people go 74 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 6: around feeling wrong on the inside. 75 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 4: They don't really like who they are. They think that. 76 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 6: They're not talented, they don't have a good personality, their 77 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 6: nose is too big, they made too many mistakes. In 78 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 6: their mind, a recording is constantly playing I'm going to try, 79 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 6: I'm slow, I'm clumsy, I'm overweight. They never see anything 80 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 6: they're doing right. They can compliment others, but they never 81 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 6: compliment themselves. This is the root cause of many relationship problems. 82 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 6: If you don't love yourself in a healthy way, you 83 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 6: will never be able to love others in the way 84 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 6: that you should. We all have faults and weaknesses, we 85 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 6: all have things that we wish were different, But God 86 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 6: never created us to go through life being against ourselves. 87 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 6: The opinion you have of yourself is the most important 88 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 6: opinion that you have. If you see yourself as less 89 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 6: than inferior, not talented, not valuable, you will become exactly that. 90 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 6: You are constantly conveying what's on the inside, even subconsciously, 91 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 6: you're always sending out certain messages. 92 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:00,039 Speaker 4: If you feel unattractive inside. 93 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 6: You can be the most beautiful person around, but you 94 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 6: will convey those feelings of unattractiveness. It'll push people away 95 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 6: and you'll miss out on great relationships. The problem is 96 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 6: on the inside. You carry yourself the way you feel 97 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 6: about yourself. Now I've seen just the opposite take place. 98 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 6: I met a young lady recently, and I said this 99 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 6: very respectfully. But on the surface, she wasn't very attractive. 100 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 6: She didn't have a lot of natural beauty. But can 101 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 6: I tell you, on the inside she had it going on. 102 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 6: She was not arrogant, but she was confident. She knew 103 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 6: she was made in the image of Almighty God. She 104 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 6: knew she was crowned with honor and favor. She may 105 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 6: have looked ordinary, but she thought extraordinary. She carried herself 106 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 6: like a queen. She walked like she was royalty. She 107 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 6: smiled like she was Miss America. She dressed like she 108 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 6: was headed for the way. She may have bought it 109 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 6: at the discount store, but she wore it like it 110 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 6: came from sas fifth. All I could say was, you 111 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 6: go girl? What was the difference? On the inside? She 112 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 6: sees herself as beautiful, attractive, smart, creative, a child of 113 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 6: the most time, and what's on the inside eventually will 114 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,799 Speaker 6: show up on the outside. Because she had the right 115 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 6: opinion of herself. She exudes strength, confidence, ability, beauty. Here's 116 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 6: the key. People see you the way you see yourself. 117 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 6: If you see yourself as talented, creative, with it, that's 118 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 6: the way people will see you. 119 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 4: That's what you're sending out. 120 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 6: But if you see yourself as less than inferior, not talented, 121 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 6: that's the way other people will see you, some of you. 122 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 6: If you would just change the opinion of yourself, if 123 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 6: you would quit beating yourself up over pas failures, if 124 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 6: you had quit dwelling on every physical trait you wish 125 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 6: was different, if you'd quit comparing yourself to somebody else 126 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 6: and start really loving yourself and value in who you 127 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 6: are and seeing yourself as the masterpiece God created you 128 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 6: to be. Then as you send out these different messages. 129 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 6: You're going to see new doors open, new opportunities, new friendships, 130 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 6: new levels. 131 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 4: Of God's favor. 132 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 6: This is exactly what happened to the Israelites when the 133 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 6: Spies came back from the Promised Land. They said to Moses, 134 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 6: they're in numbers thirteen, verse thirty three. 135 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 4: We were in our own. 136 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 6: Sites as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sits. 137 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 6: Notice they didn't say, Moses, those people insulted us. They 138 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 6: called us grasshoppers. No, they went in with a grasshopper mentality. 139 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 6: They said, we were in our. 140 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 4: Own sites as grasshoppers. Notice what happened. 141 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 6: Notice what they conveyed, here's the prince at work, and 142 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 6: so we were in their sights. In other words, they 143 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 6: saw us the same way we saw ourselves. This story 144 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 6: would have turned out differently if they would have had 145 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 6: a right opinion of who they are, if they would 146 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 6: have seen themselves strong, confident, more than conquers, then they 147 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 6: would have come back like Joshua and Caleb and said, Moses, 148 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 6: we are well able. Let us go up at once 149 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 6: and take the land again. The problem was on the inside. 150 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 6: Growing up, we had a dog named Scooter. He was 151 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 6: a big german shepherd, very strong, very fast. In fact, 152 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 6: Scooter was the king of the neighborhood. My father used 153 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 6: to ride his bicycle for exercise through the subdivision. Scooter 154 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 6: would follow along beside him. My dad told how proud 155 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 6: he was of Scooter. Scooter looked like he could fight 156 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 6: a tiger. But one day, while they were riding about 157 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 6: fifty yards in front of them, this tiny little chihuahua 158 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 6: he bursting out of one of the homes, racing towards 159 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 6: Scooter ninety miles an hour, barking to the top of 160 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 6: his lungs. My father thought, you poor little dog, you 161 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 6: were messing with the wrong dog. Scooter can put one 162 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 6: paw on you and totally finish you off. But when 163 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 6: that little chihuahua got about twenty yards away, all of 164 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 6: a sudden, Scooter froze in his tracks. He hung his 165 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:26,439 Speaker 6: head like he was scared intimidated. When that little chihuahua 166 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 6: got up to Scooter, still barking as loud as he 167 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 6: could be, Scooter rolled over on his back and put 168 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 6: all four legs up in the air. Daddy said, I 169 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 6: wanted to kick that dog all the way home. Scooter 170 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 6: needed to hear this message, but that little dog. He 171 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 6: may have been small on the outside, but somehow on 172 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 6: the inside he saw himself strong, confident, well able, and 173 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 6: what was on the inside emanated to the outside. I thought, 174 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 6: if we could just have as good opinion of ourselves 175 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 6: as that little dog, for we could just be as 176 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 6: bold and strong and confident on the inside. The problem 177 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 6: today is there are too many grasshopper believers. They see 178 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 6: themselves as weak, defeated, not able to and the image 179 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 6: on the inside is being conveyed to the outside. I've 180 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 6: discovered if you send out feelings of inferiority, then people 181 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 6: are gonna treat you inferior. If you send out weak, defeated, 182 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 6: washed up, made too many mistakes feelings, that's exactly the 183 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 6: way people are gonna treat you. And you may feel, 184 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 6: in a sense like that little dog. In other words, 185 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 6: you're at a disadvantage in life. You don't have the size, 186 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 6: the talent, the looks, the education, the family name. Listen, 187 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,439 Speaker 6: none of that matters. All that matters is the creator 188 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 6: of the universe breathed his life into you. He created 189 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 6: you as a person of destiny. You have seeds of 190 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 6: greatness on the inside. You may have made mistakes. People 191 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 6: may have tried to push you down. You probably have 192 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 6: faults and weakness, as. 193 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 4: We all do. 194 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 6: But let me remind you you are not a grasshopper. 195 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 6: You are a child of the most High God. Put 196 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 6: your shoulders back, hold your head up higher. Don't you 197 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 6: dare go through life being against yourself. Shake off the inferiority. 198 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 6: Shake off the self pity, Shake off the disappointment, shake 199 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 6: off the failure. 200 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 4: Have the attitude. 201 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,599 Speaker 6: I am who, God says I am. I am equipped, 202 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 6: I am empowered, I am strong, I am highly favored. 203 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:38,319 Speaker 6: I am well able to fulfill my destiny. I heard 204 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 6: a story about this man and his small son. They 205 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 6: were out walking through the mountains and at one point 206 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 6: the little boy slipped and he slid twenty or thirty 207 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 6: yards down the mountain side, and he was finally able 208 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 6: to grab onto a tree branch and hold on. He 209 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 6: screamed out, help me. This voice boom back, help me. 210 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 6: He looked kind of confused. He said, who are you? 211 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 6: The voice boom back, Who are you? He got aggravated. 212 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 6: He said, you're a fool. The voice came back, You're 213 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 6: a fool. He said, you're a coward. The voice came back, 214 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 6: you're a coward. About that time, his father got to me, 215 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 6: he said, Dad, who is that? His dad laughed and said, son, 216 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 6: that's called an echo, but really it's called life. Said, 217 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 6: let me show you something, son. The dad hollered out, 218 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 6: you're a winner. The voice boom back, you're a winner. 219 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 6: You're talented. 220 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 4: Came back. You're talented. He said, You've got what it takes. 221 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 6: The voice rang out, you got what it takes, he said, son, 222 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 6: that's how life is. Whatever you send out always comes 223 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 6: back to you. Let me ask you, what are you 224 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 6: sending out about yourself? Well, I'm kind of slow, joel, 225 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 6: I'm a failure. I've made so many mistakes. Nobody wants 226 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 6: to be around me. No, start sending out I'm strong, 227 00:12:56,040 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 6: I'm talented, I'm creative, I'm healthy, I'm fun, i am victorious. 228 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 6: What you send out is going to come back. When 229 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 6: you wake up in the morning. One of the best 230 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 6: things you can do is, after you thank God for 231 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 6: his goodness, start your day off thinking about what's right 232 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 6: with you. Do not lay in bed thinking about all 233 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 6: the mistakes you've made, all your faults, all your weaknesses. No, 234 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 6: on purpose, dwell on your good qualities. Dwell on your victories. 235 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,959 Speaker 6: Dwell on what you like about yourself, instead of thinking, 236 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 6: oh man, just laying there, I'm so overweghed, I'm so 237 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,719 Speaker 6: out of chef, I don't know what's wrong with me. No, 238 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 6: dwell on the fact that you've got a great personality. 239 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 6: People love being around you. 240 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 4: You make everyone smile. 241 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 6: That's going to give you the confidence and the desire 242 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 6: to improve in those weak areas. The best gift that 243 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 6: you can give this world is a healthy you. When 244 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 6: you get up each day excited, confidence, secure, happy, hopeful, 245 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 6: you are giving this world world the best that you 246 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 6: can possibly give the gift of you. 247 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 4: Now, let me challenge you. 248 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 6: Don't ever say another negative thing about yourself. 249 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 4: You may be frustrated, you may. 250 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 6: Be tempted to do it, but you've got to bite 251 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 6: your tom don't let it come out of your mouth. 252 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 6: When you talk bad about yourself, it pushes you down, 253 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 6: It steals your. 254 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 4: Confidence, and it saddens your spirit. 255 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 6: I hear people say often, I'm so clumsy, I can't 256 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 6: do anything right. Had a lady tell me last week, Joel, 257 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 6: I'm just a terrible mother. I used to play basketball 258 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 6: with a young man and when he would. 259 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 4: Miss a shot. 260 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 6: He would call himself by name and say, Danny, you idiot, 261 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 6: You idiot, you idiot. 262 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 4: He'd say it like five times. I had a friend 263 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 4: that called him Danny the idiot. 264 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 6: Do you have to realize when you criticize yourself, you 265 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 6: are criticizing God's very own creation. You may as well 266 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 6: look up to the heavens and say, God, you didn't 267 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 6: do a very good job with me. God did not 268 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 6: make any mistakes when he created you. He stepped back 269 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 6: and said, I did it again, another masterpiece. Now turn 270 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 6: it around. Quit seeing the bad and start seeing the good. 271 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 6: Let me ask you, have you complimented yourself lately? I 272 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 6: know people they can compliment others they see the best 273 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 6: in somebody else, but they never see the best in themselves. 274 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 6: But just like you would tell a friend, hey, you 275 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 6: look great today, or a coworker you did excellent on 276 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 6: that presentation, you need to be able to say to yourself, 277 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 6: you look good, you did great today. It's healthy to 278 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 6: compliment yourself. There's a young lady on our staff, and 279 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 6: she told our women's group that when she gets up 280 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 6: in the morning, she looks at herself in the mirror 281 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 6: and says, girl, you are looking good today. I saw 282 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 6: her not long after that, and I asked her if 283 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 6: she was still doing that. 284 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 4: She said yeah. 285 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 6: In fact, Joel, when I got up this morning, I 286 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 6: looked myself in the mirror and say, girls, some days 287 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 6: you look good, but today you're looking really good. Now, 288 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 6: I wonder how many of us would be that bold 289 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 6: to look in the mirror and say, you look great today. 290 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 6: Most people, when they wake up in the morning look 291 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 6: in the mirror, they think, oh, man, I look terrible, 292 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 6: and I'm getting so old. And look at all these wrinkles. 293 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 6: Look how gray my hair is, or where did my 294 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 6: hair go? They start their day depressed, discouraged against themselves. 295 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 4: But I'm gonna give you a challenge. 296 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 6: I'm gonna give you an assignment for the next thirty days. 297 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 6: When you get up in the morning, look at yourself 298 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 6: in the mirror, smile real big, and say, good morning, 299 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 6: you good looking thing. You'll not only feel better, but 300 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 6: it'll probably. 301 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 4: Give you a good laugh. 302 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 6: Now, some of you, like my brother Paul, you're gonna 303 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 6: be calling the things that are not as if they were. 304 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 4: Just do it by faith. I couldn't resis. 305 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 6: It's interesting In the Book of Genesis. When God created 306 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 6: the heavens and the earth, he said, let there be light, 307 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 6: and light came and God. 308 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 4: Said that was good. 309 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 6: He separated the waters from the sky and God said. 310 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:16,959 Speaker 4: That was good. 311 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 6: He made the night and the day, and God said 312 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 6: it again, that was good. 313 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 4: What's my point? 314 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 6: When God did something good, he praised himself. He looked 315 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 6: back and said, I like that I did good. 316 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 4: We need to learn to do the same thing. 317 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 6: When you accomplish something, when you give it your best, 318 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 6: you need to look back and say, I'm proud of myself. 319 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 4: I did good. 320 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 6: I know people that are never happy with themselves. They 321 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 6: can work night and day accomplish something great, but they 322 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 6: always think, if I could have just done it a 323 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 6: little bit better, if I'd have just had a little 324 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 6: more time. No quit being overly critical and learn to 325 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 6: compliment yourself instead of dwelling on all man I was 326 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 6: late to work one day this week, and I didn't 327 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 6: spend enough time with my children. 328 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:04,199 Speaker 4: No turn it around. 329 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 6: Dwell on the fact that, Hey, I may have been 330 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 6: late to work one day, but I did go to 331 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:09,400 Speaker 6: church Sunday. 332 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 4: That was good. 333 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 6: May not have spent enough time with my children, but 334 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 6: I did make sure they had hot meals. 335 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 4: That was good. 336 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 6: May have blown my diet, but I did take the 337 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 6: stairs instead of the elevator. 338 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 4: That was good. Find the good. 339 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 6: Think about this. When God created the heavens and the earth, 340 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 6: and he first said it was good, he had not 341 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 6: yet separated the waters from the sky. It was still chaotic, 342 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 6: still a great mess. He had not yet made the 343 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 6: fish and the animals. He'd not created the beautiful mountains 344 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 6: and the beautiful oceans yet. But God still stepped back. 345 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 6: He paused for a moment and said, in effect, I'm 346 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 6: not done. 347 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 4: It's not finished. It's not perfect, but so far, so good. 348 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 6: You may not be exactly where you'd like to be 349 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 6: in life, but on a regulars you need to pause 350 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 6: and say, you know. 351 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 4: What I've done good. 352 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 6: May not be living in my dream home just yet, 353 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 6: but I'm not in that small apartment. 354 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 4: I've done good. Pat yourself on the back. 355 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 6: Maybe you haven't totally overcome that addiction, but you are 356 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 6: better off than you were last year. You've cut back 357 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 6: some now, take time to compliment yourself, celebrate what you've accomplished. 358 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 6: Every one of you can look back in life and 359 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:28,640 Speaker 6: find something where you can say I'm proud of myself. 360 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 4: I did good. That's what I want you to start. 361 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,360 Speaker 6: Dwelling on, not how far you've got to go and 362 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,639 Speaker 6: how many mistakes you've made and all your weaknesses. No, 363 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,719 Speaker 6: if you're going to make it to your God given destination, 364 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 6: one way to stay encouraged is by celebrating your small 365 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 6: victories all along the way. A few months ago, I 366 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 6: was playing basketball with our son Jonathan. He's fourteen now, 367 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 6: and we played for years, one on one, him versus me. 368 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 6: For the first time, he beat me, fair and square, 369 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:04,479 Speaker 6: fifteen to fourteen. I gave him a high five and 370 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 6: then told him he was grounded. But at one point 371 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 6: during the game, he had gotten around me and went 372 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 6: up for a shot, and I had stumbled and lost 373 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 6: my footing, but I regained it. 374 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 4: He didn't see me. I came from behind. 375 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 6: Him, jumped as high as I could, timed it just right, 376 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 6: and I blocked his shot. 377 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 4: I mean I swatted it out of the air. 378 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 6: I felt like I was Shaquille O'Neill, like a professional. 379 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 6: A couple of days later, we were at the gym 380 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 6: playing with some friends and Jonathan said, hey, Dad, tell 381 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 6: everybody what happened the other night. My mind immediately went 382 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 6: to the block shot. I said, oh yeah, Jonathan went up. 383 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 6: He didn't see me. I timed, I must have been 384 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 6: this high and I went like. He said, no, Dad, 385 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 6: I meant tell him how I beat you for the 386 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 6: first time. But it's interesting. I didn't remember my defeat. 387 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 6: I remembered my victory. 388 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 4: The first thing. 389 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 6: That came to my mind was that I lost the game, 390 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 6: but it was the fact that I'd done something good. 391 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 4: A lot of people, it's just the opposite. 392 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 6: Even though they win the game, they remember all the 393 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 6: mistakes they made. They never feel good about themselves. They're 394 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 6: too busy pushing themselves down because of something they didn't 395 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 6: do right. For instance, all in how we've trained ourselves. 396 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 6: I don't know about you, but I am not going 397 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 6: to go through life being against myself. I'm not gonna 398 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:30,160 Speaker 6: stay focused on my defeats, my failures, my shortcomings. I'm 399 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 6: gonna work with God to improve in those areas. But 400 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 6: I'm gonna dwell on my good qualities. I'm gonna dwell 401 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 6: on what I like about myself. I'm gonna remember my 402 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 6: victories and downplay my defense. The scripture says this, our 403 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 6: faith is made effectual when we acknowledge everything good. Notice 404 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 6: when our faith is effective, not when we acknowledge the defeats, 405 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 6: the failures, the shortcomings, not when we go around focused 406 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 6: on everything we don't like about ourselves. Our faith becomes 407 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 6: effective when we acknowledge the good. Even though you lost 408 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 6: the game, when you acknowledge the one. 409 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 4: Shot God helped you to block. 410 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 6: Your faith becomes effective when you get up in the 411 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 6: morning and you have a thousand reasons in the natural 412 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 6: to complain and be negative, but instead you shake it 413 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 6: off and say, Father, thank you for another beautiful day 414 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 6: that you've made, thank you. 415 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 4: That I'm alive and healthy. 416 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,159 Speaker 6: Thank you for my family and friends, thank you for 417 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 6: the opportunity in front of me. When you do that, 418 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,919 Speaker 6: your faith comes alive. That's what allows God to do 419 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 6: great things in your life. So many people go around 420 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,479 Speaker 6: doing just the opposite. They acknowledge everything that's wrong, And 421 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 6: I can't believe that person hurt me five years ago, 422 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,439 Speaker 6: and I wish I had thick, curly hair, and I 423 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 6: don't know why my nose is so big. They wonder 424 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,439 Speaker 6: why they don't see God's blessings in favor. It's because 425 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 6: their faith is not effective. They have such a poor. 426 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 4: Opinion of themselves. 427 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 6: And the sad thing is, I've seen how now some 428 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 6: people think that it's holy to go around being down 429 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 6: on themselves. They think it shows humility to go around 430 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 6: saying I'm just. 431 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 4: A weak worm of the dust. 432 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 6: I'm just a poor old sinner, just a fail. You're 433 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,719 Speaker 6: nothing good in me. No, you need to get rid 434 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 6: of that attitude. There is something good in you. You 435 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 6: have the seed of Almighty God. You may have been 436 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:25,199 Speaker 6: a poor old sinner, but when you came to Christ, 437 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,719 Speaker 6: he made you a new creation. You may not feel worthy, 438 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 6: but He has made you worthy. You are no longer 439 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,159 Speaker 6: a sinner. You are a son a daughter of the 440 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 6: Most High God. And it does not bring any honor 441 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 6: to God for us to go around feeling unworthy, inferior, intimidated, insecure. No, 442 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 6: if you want to bring a smile to God's face, 443 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 6: if you want to see God open doors that no 444 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 6: man can shut, if you want your faith to become effective, 445 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,120 Speaker 6: you have got to put your shoulders back, hold your 446 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 6: head up high. You are not a grasshopper. You were 447 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 6: never created to have wings but barely be able to 448 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 6: get off the ground. 449 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 4: You were created to sore. 450 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 6: God wants to take you places that you've never even 451 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 6: dreamed of. Don't go through life being against yourself. God 452 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 6: wants you to feel good about who you are. So 453 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 6: often we can see the best in others, but I'm 454 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 6: asking you today to start seeing the best in yourself. 455 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 6: A while back, I was in a large auditorium speaking 456 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 6: at one of our events on the road, and right 457 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 6: in the middle of my message, I heard this voice 458 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 6: coming from behind me, very very loud. It was a 459 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 6: person speaking very passionately. Sounded like it was coming out 460 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 6: of the monitor system for the band. I thought somebody 461 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 6: had accidentally turned on a CD. And I was sure 462 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 6: that our technicians were going to stop it as quickly 463 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,159 Speaker 6: as they could, and I did my best to ignore it, 464 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 6: but finally I had to stop. 465 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 4: It was just too distracting. 466 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 6: When I did, I heard the voice saying, Joel's message 467 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 6: is going around the world. They got it corrected and 468 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 6: I finished my message. And after the service, I was 469 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 6: talking to some of the team and I said, what 470 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 6: was that voice? Who was that speaking? They downplayed it 471 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 6: and said, oh, Joel. Somebody brought a little sound system 472 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 6: and set it up in the lobby. They felt like 473 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,679 Speaker 6: they had something to say. I kind of laughed and said, well, 474 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 6: at least they were saying something good about me, went on, Well, 475 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,639 Speaker 6: I found out later they weren't saying something good about me. 476 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 6: They were telling everything they thought was wrong with me. 477 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 6: But what's funny is I immediately assumed they were saying 478 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 6: something good. I assume the best. See, I have an 479 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 6: interesting philosophy I live by. I think everybody loves me. 480 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 6: I think everybody wants to be my friend. I think 481 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 6: I have something great to offer. And I realized that's naive. 482 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 6: But can I tell you, naive is a great way 483 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 6: to live. You are not supposed to go around assuming 484 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 6: the worst. You're supposed to assume the best. I know 485 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 6: people that will walk into a room with other people 486 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:03,120 Speaker 6: they've never met, and they immediately think, well, I'm sure 487 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 6: they don't like me. I'm sure they don't want to 488 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 6: hear my opinion. I'm sure they probably talking about me 489 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 6: right now. No, you will never experience God's best being intimidated, insecure, 490 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 6: assuming the worst. 491 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 4: Retrain your mind. 492 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 6: Let me tell you have something great to offer, your personality, 493 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 6: your gifts, your smile, your love, your encouragement. That's one 494 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 6: of a kind. You have the fingerprints of God all 495 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 6: over you. Be confident in who God has made you 496 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 6: to be. If somebody wants to talk bad about you, 497 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 6: don't worry about it. They've got the problem, not you. 498 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 6: If they don't want to be your friend, no big deal. 499 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 6: It's their loss, not yours. God will bring you the 500 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 6: right friends. But I want you to start seeing yourself 501 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 6: as the masterpiece God created you to be. David said 502 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 6: it this way saw one thirty nine. God, you made 503 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:58,159 Speaker 6: me in an amazing way. What you have done is wonderful. 504 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 6: I wonder how many of us would be bold enough 505 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 6: to say, like David, I'm amazing, I'm wonderful, I'm a masterpiece. 506 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 6: Most people their mind would never even go in that direction. 507 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 6: They're too busy beating themselves down. And I'm not talking 508 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 6: about being arrogant. I'm talking about a quiet confidence. We're 509 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 6: deep down in your innermost being, you know that, no 510 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 6: matter how many mistakes you've made, no matter who's tried 511 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 6: to push you down, no matter how inferior your own 512 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 6: thoughts are trying to make you feel. 513 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,439 Speaker 4: That is not who you are, the Creator of the 514 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 4: universe says you are amazing. You are wonderful. You are 515 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 4: a masterpiece. 516 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,359 Speaker 6: Now I'm asking you today to get in agreement with God. 517 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:45,439 Speaker 6: Those negative thoughts may play the loudest, they may have 518 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 6: been there for year after year, but this is a 519 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 6: new day. You can change the recording all through the day. 520 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 6: I want you to start saying to yourself, I'm strong, 521 00:27:55,240 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 6: I'm healthy, I'm talented, I'm creative, I'm amazing, I'm wonderful. 522 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,880 Speaker 6: I'm a child of the most High God. Friends, this 523 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 6: world needs your gift. When you are healthy and hold 524 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 6: not just physically but on the inside, that's the best 525 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,400 Speaker 6: gift you can give this world. Remember, don't ever say 526 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 6: another negative thing about yourself. What you send out is 527 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 6: always going to come back. Turn it around and learn 528 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 6: to compliment yourself. Start focusing on your good qualities. Dwell 529 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 6: on your victories. People are going to see you the 530 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 6: way you see yourself. If you will learn to have 531 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 6: a good opinion of who you are and develop this habit, 532 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 6: like the Scripture says, of acknowledging everything good, then you'll 533 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 6: not only be happier and have better relationships, but your 534 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 6: faith will become effective. That's when God will open doors 535 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 6: that no man can shut. You'll overcome your obstacles. You'll 536 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 6: accomplish your dreams. I believe and declare you'll become everything 537 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 6: God created you to be, and you will have everything 538 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 6: God intended for you to have. 539 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 4: Amen. Do you receive that today? 540 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 6: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 541 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 6: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 542 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 543 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 6: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 544 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 545 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 6: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 546 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 6: got born again. 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