1 00:00:01,150 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Hey, thanks again for being with us today. 2 00:00:03,180 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 2: Always my honor to be able to share God's Word 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,120 Speaker 2: with you and hopefully inspire you and encourage you. 4 00:00:08,140 --> 00:00:10,370 Speaker 1: If you're enjoying the podcast, I hope you'll share it 5 00:00:10,410 --> 00:00:12,030 Speaker 1: with a friend, pass it along. 6 00:00:12,050 --> 00:00:14,630 Speaker 2: Let's inspire some other people as well. But know that 7 00:00:14,670 --> 00:00:16,430 Speaker 2: we love you. It's going to be a blessed day 8 00:00:16,489 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 2: for you. 9 00:00:17,780 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. 10 00:00:20,980 --> 00:00:24,180 Speaker 2: And if you're ever in the Houston area, please stop by, 11 00:00:24,340 --> 00:00:26,900 Speaker 2: be a part of one of our services. I promise 12 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,230 Speaker 2: you it will make you feel right at home. But 13 00:00:29,250 --> 00:00:31,370 Speaker 2: thank you so much for tuning in today. Thank you 14 00:00:31,410 --> 00:00:34,310 Speaker 2: again for coming out. I like to start with something funny. 15 00:00:34,690 --> 00:00:37,750 Speaker 2: I heard about this middle-aged woman. She had a heart 16 00:00:37,770 --> 00:00:40,949 Speaker 2: attack and on the operating table, she asked God if 17 00:00:40,990 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 2: this was it. God said, no, you have 40 more years. 18 00:00:44,950 --> 00:00:48,300 Speaker 2: Upon recovery, she decided to stay in the hospital and 19 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:54,540 Speaker 2: have a facelift, tummy tuck, liposuction, and extreme makeover. Two 20 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 2: months later, as she was leaving the hospital, she was 21 00:00:57,380 --> 00:01:00,340 Speaker 2: hit by a car and killed. She got to heaven 22 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 2: and said, God, I thought you said I had 40 23 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:02,940 Speaker 2: more years. 24 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: God said, I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you. 25 00:01:05,660 --> 00:01:06,179 Speaker 3: I'm sorry. 26 00:01:07,550 --> 00:01:09,810 Speaker 2: Hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 27 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:13,059 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 28 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 29 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today, I will be 30 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,940 Speaker 2: taught the Word of God. I boldly confess my mind 31 00:01:22,020 --> 00:01:25,180 Speaker 2: is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be 32 00:01:25,220 --> 00:01:29,780 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 33 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,940 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about activating faith and not fear. 34 00:01:35,250 --> 00:01:38,150 Speaker 2: All through the day, we have the choice to believe 35 00:01:38,190 --> 00:01:41,089 Speaker 2: that either God is in control and good things are 36 00:01:41,170 --> 00:01:45,530 Speaker 2: in store, or we can go around worried, negative, expecting 37 00:01:45,569 --> 00:01:49,290 Speaker 2: the worst. I hear people say, I'm afraid I'm going 38 00:01:49,310 --> 00:01:52,170 Speaker 2: to get laid off. I'm afraid my marriage is not 39 00:01:52,220 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 2: going to last. I'm afraid my children are going to 40 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 2: get into trouble. They don't realize it, but they're activating 41 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 2: fear instead of faith. Fear and faith have something in common. 42 00:02:05,180 --> 00:02:08,260 Speaker 2: They both ask us to believe something is going to 43 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 2: happen that we cannot see. Fear says that pain in 44 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: your side is the same thing your grandmother died from. 45 00:02:15,380 --> 00:02:16,500 Speaker 1: It's going to be the end of you. 46 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 2: Faith says that pain is not permanent. 47 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,100 Speaker 1: It's only temporary. Fear says business is slow. 48 00:02:24,340 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 2: You're going to go under. Faith says God is supplying 49 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 2: all of my needs. Fear says you've been through so much, 50 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 2: you're never going to really be happy again. Faith says 51 00:02:35,340 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 2: my best days are still out. 52 00:02:36,860 --> 00:02:38,870 Speaker 1: In front of me. Here's the key. 53 00:02:39,530 --> 00:02:42,869 Speaker 2: Whatever you meditate on is what's going to take root. 54 00:02:43,889 --> 00:02:46,910 Speaker 2: If you dwell on that fear all day, you let 55 00:02:46,950 --> 00:02:50,019 Speaker 2: it play again and again in your mind, then you 56 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,420 Speaker 2: give it a right to become a reality. That's what 57 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 2: Job said, the thing I feared came upon me. Fear 58 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,989 Speaker 2: is using your faith in the wrong direction. Your faith 59 00:03:02,070 --> 00:03:04,210 Speaker 2: will work in the negative just as well as it 60 00:03:04,250 --> 00:03:07,850 Speaker 2: will the positive. I was at the doctor's office with 61 00:03:07,910 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 2: our daughter Alexandra one time and As the doctor was 62 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 2: examining her, he began to talk about how bad the 63 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 2: flu season was and how he gets it every year. 64 00:03:18,060 --> 00:03:20,100 Speaker 2: I said, doctor, do you really get it every year? 65 00:03:20,710 --> 00:03:23,889 Speaker 2: He said, yeah, Joel, it's just automatic with me. Something 66 00:03:23,950 --> 00:03:25,350 Speaker 2: about my immune system. 67 00:03:26,110 --> 00:03:28,850 Speaker 1: He was so convinced he was expecting it. 68 00:03:29,790 --> 00:03:32,269 Speaker 2: Six weeks later, we were scheduled to go back for 69 00:03:32,370 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 2: Alexandra's checkup. His office called, said, don't come today. The 70 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,700 Speaker 2: doctor is out with the flu. I thought his faith 71 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 2: is working. He got just what he was believing for. 72 00:03:42,980 --> 00:03:46,500 Speaker 2: The problem is he was using it in the wrong direction. 73 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,830 Speaker 2: Just as faith can bring in good things, fear can 74 00:03:51,870 --> 00:03:53,190 Speaker 2: bring in negative things. 75 00:03:53,830 --> 00:03:54,850 Speaker 1: When you go around. 76 00:03:54,670 --> 00:03:59,470 Speaker 2: Worried, expecting the worst, it's like you're inviting that into 77 00:03:59,510 --> 00:04:02,610 Speaker 2: your life. Well, I'm afraid I'm going to get the flu. 78 00:04:02,850 --> 00:04:05,970 Speaker 2: You just invited the flu. I'm afraid I might get 79 00:04:06,010 --> 00:04:09,980 Speaker 2: laid off. You just invited a layoff. No, turn it around. 80 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 2: Quit inviting defeat, sickness, bad breaks, and start inviting victory 81 00:04:16,020 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 2: into your life. 82 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:19,160 Speaker 1: Use your faith in the right direction. 83 00:04:20,170 --> 00:04:23,130 Speaker 2: Years ago, I was facing a situation that had the 84 00:04:23,190 --> 00:04:25,950 Speaker 2: potential to turn out badly. It had gone on for 85 00:04:26,050 --> 00:04:29,870 Speaker 2: months and months. Every morning when I woke up, the 86 00:04:30,029 --> 00:04:32,810 Speaker 2: first thought that came to my mind is it's not 87 00:04:32,850 --> 00:04:35,530 Speaker 2: gonna work out. It's gonna cause you all kinds of 88 00:04:35,589 --> 00:04:39,580 Speaker 2: heartache and pain. That's the way fear is. It will 89 00:04:39,620 --> 00:04:43,260 Speaker 2: try to dominate your thought life. If you allow it, 90 00:04:43,730 --> 00:04:46,830 Speaker 2: fear will keep you awake at night. I was so 91 00:04:46,930 --> 00:04:49,850 Speaker 2: tempted to be worried and stressed out. One day I 92 00:04:50,050 --> 00:04:52,950 Speaker 2: heard God say something to me, not out loud, but 93 00:04:52,990 --> 00:04:56,109 Speaker 2: just an impression down in here. He said, Joel, if 94 00:04:56,150 --> 00:04:59,969 Speaker 2: you keep worrying and going over all the reasons why 95 00:05:00,089 --> 00:05:03,830 Speaker 2: it's not going to work out, then because of your worry, 96 00:05:04,070 --> 00:05:06,730 Speaker 2: it's going to come to pass. But if you will 97 00:05:06,830 --> 00:05:11,140 Speaker 2: trust me and use that same energy to believe, I 98 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,820 Speaker 2: will turn it around and use it to your advantage. 99 00:05:14,900 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 2: When I heard that, I gained a new perspective. I 100 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:23,410 Speaker 2: realized that fear, worry, negative thinking is not just a 101 00:05:23,470 --> 00:05:27,870 Speaker 2: bad habit. That allows the negative to become a reality. 102 00:05:28,850 --> 00:05:31,710 Speaker 2: Read an article in the paper a while back about 103 00:05:31,730 --> 00:05:32,490 Speaker 2: a 24-year-old Marine who. 104 00:05:34,470 --> 00:05:37,010 Speaker 1: He was about to report to his second tour of 105 00:05:37,089 --> 00:05:38,049 Speaker 1: duty in Iraq. 106 00:05:38,790 --> 00:05:41,970 Speaker 2: Before he left, he told his family and friends this 107 00:05:42,029 --> 00:05:45,150 Speaker 2: would be his last tour. He would not make it out. 108 00:05:45,170 --> 00:05:47,930 Speaker 2: His family, friends, they tried to encourage him. 109 00:05:48,370 --> 00:05:49,170 Speaker 1: Don't say that. 110 00:05:49,250 --> 00:05:51,130 Speaker 2: Yes, you're going to make it out. He said, no, 111 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,740 Speaker 2: I feel it so strongly. This is going to be 112 00:05:53,779 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 2: the end. Before he left, he wrote farewell letters to 113 00:05:58,140 --> 00:06:02,219 Speaker 2: his wife and two children telling them goodbye. was not 114 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,989 Speaker 2: only convinced in his thinking, but he acted on that fear. 115 00:06:06,930 --> 00:06:10,150 Speaker 2: Three months later, while he was on a mission, just 116 00:06:10,210 --> 00:06:13,570 Speaker 2: like he thought, he hit a landmine and lost his life. 117 00:06:14,370 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 2: The thing he feared came upon him. But I wonder 118 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,860 Speaker 2: what would have happened if he would have replaced that 119 00:06:22,020 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 2: fear with faith. What if he'd have gone around saying, Father, 120 00:06:26,140 --> 00:06:30,070 Speaker 2: thank you that no weapon formed against me will prosper. Lord, 121 00:06:30,089 --> 00:06:33,150 Speaker 2: you promised your angels would watch over me and keep 122 00:06:33,190 --> 00:06:36,670 Speaker 2: me from dashing my foot against a stone. I don't know, 123 00:06:37,130 --> 00:06:39,990 Speaker 2: maybe he would still be here. But I know this, 124 00:06:40,410 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 2: when you agree with fear, you are giving what you're 125 00:06:44,180 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 2: fearing the right to come to pass. The scripture talks 126 00:06:47,860 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 2: about how when any two of us agree, it shall 127 00:06:50,860 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 2: be done. That's a promise that when we stand in 128 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:58,020 Speaker 2: faith with another believer, God will do what he said. Well, 129 00:06:58,100 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 2: I believe that principle is true even in the negative. 130 00:07:02,750 --> 00:07:05,589 Speaker 2: When the enemy puts a thought in your mind, if 131 00:07:05,650 --> 00:07:09,590 Speaker 2: you agree, then your agreement is what gives it the 132 00:07:09,630 --> 00:07:13,350 Speaker 2: power to come to pass. But if you don't agree, 133 00:07:14,070 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 2: you turn it around. The thought says, your children are 134 00:07:17,540 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 2: going to get into trouble. 135 00:07:18,740 --> 00:07:19,620 Speaker 1: No, I don't agree. 136 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 2: My children will be mighty in the land. My children 137 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,620 Speaker 2: will fulfill their destiny. You just stop that fear from 138 00:07:26,660 --> 00:07:29,750 Speaker 2: coming to pass. The thought says, you better not go 139 00:07:29,820 --> 00:07:31,430 Speaker 2: out today. You're going to have an accident. 140 00:07:31,650 --> 00:07:32,530 Speaker 1: No, I don't agree. 141 00:07:32,970 --> 00:07:36,170 Speaker 2: God has a hedge of protection around me, a bloodline 142 00:07:36,190 --> 00:07:39,790 Speaker 2: that the enemy cannot cross. Well, that sickness is going 143 00:07:39,810 --> 00:07:42,170 Speaker 2: to be what you die from. It's been in your 144 00:07:42,230 --> 00:07:45,590 Speaker 2: family line for three generations. No thanks, I don't agree. 145 00:07:45,830 --> 00:07:49,670 Speaker 1: With long life, God's going to satisfy me. Here's the key. 146 00:07:50,430 --> 00:07:55,090 Speaker 2: Don't come into agreement with the fear. If you don't agree, 147 00:07:55,550 --> 00:07:58,450 Speaker 2: the only way it can come to pass is if 148 00:07:58,570 --> 00:08:01,950 Speaker 2: God gives it the permission. And if God does, you 149 00:08:01,980 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 2: can rest assured it's not going to work against you. 150 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:06,300 Speaker 1: It's going to work for you. 151 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:10,700 Speaker 2: Now pay attention to what you're coming into agreement with. 152 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 2: When our son Jonathan was a little baby, I was 153 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 2: holding him at a restaurant. While we were eating, this 154 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,420 Speaker 2: older couple came up and started complimenting us on how 155 00:08:21,540 --> 00:08:25,260 Speaker 2: good Jonathan was and how quiet he was being. But 156 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 2: just before they left, the man turned around and said, 157 00:08:29,050 --> 00:08:31,650 Speaker 2: but you just wait till he gets to be about 158 00:08:31,730 --> 00:08:35,450 Speaker 2: two years old. He'll turn into a different person. He's 159 00:08:35,490 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 2: good now, but the terrible twos are coming. I wanted 160 00:08:39,660 --> 00:08:42,059 Speaker 2: to say thank you so much for your encouragement and 161 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 2: lifting my spirits. I told Victoria, I don't receive that. 162 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 2: I don't agree with that. I am not letting that 163 00:08:49,340 --> 00:08:52,700 Speaker 2: take root into my spirit. I said for us, it's 164 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:54,719 Speaker 2: not going to be the terrible twos. It's going to 165 00:08:54,740 --> 00:08:57,740 Speaker 2: be the terrific twos. Do you know, we never had 166 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 2: a problem when he was two, three, four. He got 167 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,420 Speaker 2: to be about 10. People started saying, just wait till 168 00:09:04,460 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 2: he gets to be a teenager. You're talking about a headache, trouble, 169 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 2: hard to get along with. 170 00:09:10,380 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: You just wait. 171 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,739 Speaker 2: Jonathan is almost 18 years old now. Our daughter, Alexandra, 172 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:20,770 Speaker 2: is 14. Do you know they still hadn't started cursing, lying, stealing, fighting? 173 00:09:20,970 --> 00:09:22,429 Speaker 1: Still hadn't caused us any problems. 174 00:09:23,750 --> 00:09:26,229 Speaker 2: Next thing people say, you just wait till he gets 175 00:09:26,290 --> 00:09:30,020 Speaker 2: to be 21. Wait till he's legal, Joel. Wait till 176 00:09:30,059 --> 00:09:36,100 Speaker 2: he hits 40, that midlife crisis. Wait till he's 75. No, 177 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,300 Speaker 2: I am not coming into agreement with fear and. 178 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,459 Speaker 1: Doubt and bad breaks, disappointments. 179 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:47,650 Speaker 2: I'm activating my faith and not my fear. If you 180 00:09:47,750 --> 00:09:52,250 Speaker 2: expect your children, your loved ones to get into trouble 181 00:09:52,270 --> 00:09:55,110 Speaker 2: and cause you a heartache and to barely make it 182 00:09:55,150 --> 00:09:59,090 Speaker 2: through life, then because you're putting faith in the fear 183 00:09:59,550 --> 00:10:01,070 Speaker 2: that allowed it to come to pass. 184 00:10:01,350 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: You're believing it in. 185 00:10:10,850 --> 00:10:14,579 Speaker 2: Like this lady I heard about every night for years 186 00:10:14,660 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 2: and years practically, she thought she heard a burglar downstairs 187 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 2: in her kitchen. She would make her husband get up 188 00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:24,910 Speaker 2: at least once a week and go make sure everything 189 00:10:24,950 --> 00:10:25,469 Speaker 2: was okay. 190 00:10:26,130 --> 00:10:28,830 Speaker 1: One night she thought she heard some noise. Honey, wake up. 191 00:10:29,150 --> 00:10:30,550 Speaker 1: Somebody's down in our kitchen. 192 00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:33,250 Speaker 2: He got up so routinely like he had done a 193 00:10:33,390 --> 00:10:37,370 Speaker 2: thousand times before. This time when he walked downstairs, he 194 00:10:37,429 --> 00:10:40,910 Speaker 2: was staring down the barrel of a gun. His eyes 195 00:10:40,970 --> 00:10:44,500 Speaker 2: got so big. The burglar said, don't make a sound. 196 00:10:44,750 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 2: Just give me all your valuables. Gathered up the valuables, 197 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,020 Speaker 2: gave them to the burglar. The burglar turned around, was 198 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,620 Speaker 2: about to run off. He said, wait a minute, you 199 00:10:53,660 --> 00:10:55,959 Speaker 2: can't go yet. You got to come up and meet 200 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:02,340 Speaker 2: my wife. She's been expecting you for 30 years. Friends, 201 00:11:02,870 --> 00:11:08,990 Speaker 2: don't go through life expecting disappointments, bad breaks, disasters. That's 202 00:11:09,070 --> 00:11:13,309 Speaker 2: putting faith in the fear that allows it to become 203 00:11:13,330 --> 00:11:14,089 Speaker 2: a reality. 204 00:11:15,070 --> 00:11:16,290 Speaker 1: Second Timothy, that was good, wasn't it? 205 00:11:18,270 --> 00:11:21,910 Speaker 2: Second Timothy 1 7 says, God has not given us 206 00:11:21,970 --> 00:11:25,530 Speaker 2: a spirit of fear, but of power and of love 207 00:11:25,890 --> 00:11:30,750 Speaker 2: and of a sound mind. The Amplified says a disciplined mind. 208 00:11:31,410 --> 00:11:35,010 Speaker 2: In other words, we're not going to overcome fear and 209 00:11:35,050 --> 00:11:39,790 Speaker 2: live a powerful, victorious life if we're not disciplined in 210 00:11:39,870 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 2: our thought life. That's where the main battle is taking place. 211 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 2: Your mind is the bullseye of the enemy's target. If 212 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,709 Speaker 2: he can control your thoughts, he can control your whole life. 213 00:11:53,429 --> 00:11:56,410 Speaker 2: If you don't guard your mind, it will default back 214 00:11:56,490 --> 00:12:01,980 Speaker 2: to these thoughts of fear, worry, anxiety, negativity. Last week, 215 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,180 Speaker 2: a mother asked me to pray for her son. She said, Joel, 216 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 2: I'm so worried. I'm afraid he's going to get into trouble. 217 00:12:08,540 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 2: I'm afraid he's going to start running with the wrong crowd, 218 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 2: on and on. 219 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:14,819 Speaker 1: I said, is he off course now? 220 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:18,849 Speaker 2: She said, no, he's a great kid, straight A student, 221 00:12:19,130 --> 00:12:22,690 Speaker 2: loving and kind. I'm just afraid it's not going to last. 222 00:12:23,530 --> 00:12:26,690 Speaker 2: told her what I'm telling you. Don't come into agreement 223 00:12:26,710 --> 00:12:30,670 Speaker 2: with that fear. It says in Psalms, God's favor is 224 00:12:30,710 --> 00:12:34,450 Speaker 2: not for a season, but for a lifetime. When those 225 00:12:34,510 --> 00:12:36,610 Speaker 2: thoughts try to tell you it's not going to last, 226 00:12:36,830 --> 00:12:39,970 Speaker 2: it's too good to be true, no, turn it around. Father, 227 00:12:39,990 --> 00:12:42,910 Speaker 2: I want to thank you that your favor on my life, 228 00:12:43,190 --> 00:12:46,770 Speaker 2: on my children, on my career, on my future, it's 229 00:12:46,809 --> 00:12:50,390 Speaker 2: not temporary, it's not seasonal, it doesn't come and go, 230 00:12:50,650 --> 00:12:54,559 Speaker 2: but God, your favor is for a lifetime. You've got 231 00:12:54,580 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 2: to be disciplined in your thought life. Your thoughts are 232 00:12:58,900 --> 00:13:03,300 Speaker 2: extremely powerful. Heard about this lady that bought a six 233 00:13:03,380 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 2: foot plant for her bedroom. It was a ficus tree. 234 00:13:07,100 --> 00:13:09,699 Speaker 2: She had plants all over the house. She was very 235 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:13,690 Speaker 2: experienced with plants. And one morning she woke up, looked 236 00:13:13,710 --> 00:13:16,670 Speaker 2: at that plant. Out of the blue, this thought said, 237 00:13:17,070 --> 00:13:18,900 Speaker 2: this plant is not going to make it. 238 00:13:19,250 --> 00:13:21,890 Speaker 1: It's going to die. Was as healthy as can be. 239 00:13:22,710 --> 00:13:23,700 Speaker 1: Nothing wrong with it. 240 00:13:24,130 --> 00:13:27,230 Speaker 2: There was no reason to believe that thought, but she 241 00:13:27,270 --> 00:13:29,670 Speaker 2: made the mistake of thinking of it over and over. 242 00:13:30,130 --> 00:13:33,500 Speaker 2: She even told her husband, I'm afraid this plant is 243 00:13:33,540 --> 00:13:34,260 Speaker 2: not going to make it. 244 00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: I'm afraid I wasted my money. He said, why would 245 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: you say that? It's perfectly healthy. 246 00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 2: All your other plants are doing just fine. She said, no, 247 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:45,739 Speaker 2: something just tells me it's not going to make it. 248 00:13:46,460 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 2: About three weeks later, she noticed the leaves were starting 249 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 2: to turn yellow. A couple of days later, all the 250 00:13:52,740 --> 00:13:55,260 Speaker 2: leaves had fallen off of it. A week or two later, 251 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,829 Speaker 2: the whole plant had totally withered up and died. It 252 00:13:59,390 --> 00:14:03,650 Speaker 2: was amazing to her. One day, she was praying. She 253 00:14:03,710 --> 00:14:06,050 Speaker 2: said she heard God say something to her right down 254 00:14:06,090 --> 00:14:10,309 Speaker 2: in here. He said, you killed that plant with your thoughts. 255 00:14:11,450 --> 00:14:14,679 Speaker 2: Sent chill bumps up and down her spine. when we 256 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 2: agree with the fear, it can come to pass. Later, 257 00:14:18,620 --> 00:14:21,700 Speaker 2: she told her husband, I know this sounds totally crazy, 258 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 2: but I think I killed the plant with my thoughts. 259 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 2: He looked at her very strangely, said, all I can 260 00:14:28,180 --> 00:14:30,850 Speaker 2: say is, I hope you're thinking good thoughts about me. 261 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:37,450 Speaker 2: But I wonder, how many times have we killed our 262 00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:41,410 Speaker 2: dreams with our thoughts? How many times have we stopped 263 00:14:41,460 --> 00:14:44,860 Speaker 2: God's blessings, favor, healing, restoration. 264 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: Because we're dwelling on the fear? 265 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,260 Speaker 2: A lot of people like this lady go around with 266 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,460 Speaker 2: a nagging feeling that something's not going to work out. 267 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:56,479 Speaker 2: I'm afraid my business is going to dry up. I'm 268 00:14:56,540 --> 00:14:59,180 Speaker 2: afraid I'm not going to stay healthy. I'm afraid my 269 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,619 Speaker 2: child's going to get off course. Because they're not disciplined 270 00:15:02,740 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 2: in their thought life, they allow that fear to take root. 271 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,530 Speaker 2: On my father's side of the family, there's a long 272 00:15:09,570 --> 00:15:13,110 Speaker 2: line of heart disease, high blood pressure, hypertension. Well, that's 273 00:15:13,130 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 2: what my father died from and his father and as 274 00:15:15,900 --> 00:15:19,050 Speaker 2: well as others in our family. It would be easy 275 00:15:19,250 --> 00:15:21,690 Speaker 2: for me to let that take root. Think, hey man, 276 00:15:21,730 --> 00:15:24,590 Speaker 2: that's just my lot in life. I'm afraid I'll probably 277 00:15:24,630 --> 00:15:27,530 Speaker 2: get heart disease too. No, I've learned to be disciplined. 278 00:15:28,030 --> 00:15:31,460 Speaker 2: I'm not going to activate fear. I'm going to activate faith. Father, 279 00:15:31,500 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 2: I want to thank you that heart disease, high blood 280 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 2: pressure stops with me. I will live out all of 281 00:15:36,940 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 2: my days in good health. See, don't agree with the fear. 282 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,220 Speaker 2: Agree with what God says about you. My grandmother on 283 00:15:45,290 --> 00:15:48,580 Speaker 2: daddy's side of the family was a very feisty woman. 284 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 2: She reminded me of granny on the Beverly Hillbillies. She 285 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,810 Speaker 2: was one of a kind. And later in life, she 286 00:15:55,850 --> 00:15:58,310 Speaker 2: went to the doctor and he said, I'm sorry to 287 00:15:58,390 --> 00:15:59,109 Speaker 2: inform you, Ms. 288 00:15:59,210 --> 00:16:01,450 Speaker 1: Osteen, but you have the very. 289 00:16:01,230 --> 00:16:06,020 Speaker 2: Beginning stages of Parkinson's disease. Well, that did not sit 290 00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 2: well with grandmother Osteen. She didn't even know what Parkinson's 291 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,940 Speaker 2: disease was, but she knew enough to know she didn't 292 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:16,359 Speaker 2: want to have anything to do with them. She bristled back, 293 00:16:17,020 --> 00:16:20,210 Speaker 2: stood up tall. She's way less than five feet. She said, 294 00:16:20,230 --> 00:16:23,850 Speaker 2: listen here, doctor, I'll not have it. I refuse to 295 00:16:23,890 --> 00:16:28,890 Speaker 2: have it. I'm too old to have it. My grandmother 296 00:16:29,270 --> 00:16:32,330 Speaker 2: went home, and do you know, she never had any 297 00:16:32,430 --> 00:16:34,270 Speaker 2: symptoms of Parkinson's disease. 298 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:36,620 Speaker 1: She lived out her days in good health. 299 00:16:38,350 --> 00:16:41,630 Speaker 2: And I know we can't just wish things away, but 300 00:16:41,730 --> 00:16:45,850 Speaker 2: I also know when you choose faith instead of fear, 301 00:16:46,230 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 2: it activates God's power. That's what allows God to turn 302 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 2: things around. She could have gone home and thought, well, 303 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:55,060 Speaker 2: just my luck. I knew it wouldn't last. Too good 304 00:16:55,100 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 2: to be true. No, she didn't come into agreement with 305 00:16:58,020 --> 00:17:01,620 Speaker 2: that fear. I talked to a young couple after the service. 306 00:17:02,070 --> 00:17:04,869 Speaker 2: They were very discouraged. They'd been trying to have a 307 00:17:04,930 --> 00:17:08,369 Speaker 2: baby for many years. For some reason, the young lady 308 00:17:08,430 --> 00:17:13,140 Speaker 2: couldn't conceive. They'd been to several doctors and everything seemed fine. 309 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,899 Speaker 2: They couldn't understand why she couldn't get pregnant. She was 310 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:21,020 Speaker 2: very frustrated. She said, Joel, the funny thing is my 311 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:24,899 Speaker 2: mother had a terrible time conceiving. My grandmother had the 312 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,510 Speaker 2: same problem. Ever since I've been a little girl, I've 313 00:17:28,530 --> 00:17:30,530 Speaker 2: been afraid that I wouldn't. 314 00:17:30,310 --> 00:17:31,429 Speaker 1: Be able to have a baby. 315 00:17:32,350 --> 00:17:36,030 Speaker 2: Like the scripture says, the thing she feared came upon her. 316 00:17:36,790 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 2: It had created a stronghold in her mind. She didn't 317 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,859 Speaker 2: think she could conceive. The first place we lose the 318 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,540 Speaker 2: battle is in our own thinking. 319 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 1: Here's the good news. 320 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:51,629 Speaker 2: Just as you activate fear, you can start activating your faith. 321 00:17:52,460 --> 00:17:53,340 Speaker 1: That's what I told her. 322 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,699 Speaker 2: Instead of going through the day worried, thinking about how 323 00:17:56,740 --> 00:18:00,060 Speaker 2: it's not going to work out, start meditating on what 324 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,730 Speaker 2: God says about you. Things like, Father, you said the 325 00:18:03,790 --> 00:18:07,070 Speaker 2: fruit of my womb is blessed. Lord, you said in Psalms, 326 00:18:07,290 --> 00:18:10,270 Speaker 2: you'd make me the happy mother of children. God, you 327 00:18:10,310 --> 00:18:13,140 Speaker 2: said because I delight myself in you, you would give 328 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,620 Speaker 2: me the desires of my heart. So Lord, I want 329 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 2: to thank you. I am able to conceive. she started 330 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:23,340 Speaker 2: activating her faith. About a year later, I saw this couple. 331 00:18:23,740 --> 00:18:26,500 Speaker 2: They were beaming with joy. She was pregnant with a 332 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,830 Speaker 2: little boy. Today, that child is happy and whole. 333 00:18:30,369 --> 00:18:31,090 Speaker 1: But here's my point. 334 00:18:31,590 --> 00:18:35,010 Speaker 2: I don't know if that would have happened if she 335 00:18:35,070 --> 00:18:39,290 Speaker 2: had not changed what she was meditating on. Fear can 336 00:18:39,369 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 2: create a barrier. Wrong thinking can keep you from God's best. 337 00:18:44,410 --> 00:18:46,669 Speaker 2: If you're going to live in victory, you've got to 338 00:18:46,690 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 2: be disciplined in your thought life. What you dwell on 339 00:18:50,660 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 2: is what you're inviting in. That's what you allow to 340 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,620 Speaker 2: become a reality. I heard a story about a man 341 00:18:57,660 --> 00:19:01,380 Speaker 2: named Nick. He was a big, strong, tough man. He'd 342 00:19:01,420 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 2: worked out in the railroad yards for many, many years. 343 00:19:04,300 --> 00:19:07,850 Speaker 2: He was one of the company's most reliable employees. But 344 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:12,230 Speaker 2: Nick was a chronic worrier. He was always fearing the worst, 345 00:19:12,690 --> 00:19:16,830 Speaker 2: talking about what might happen. One summer day, the crew 346 00:19:16,869 --> 00:19:19,709 Speaker 2: was told that they could leave an hour early to 347 00:19:19,780 --> 00:19:23,470 Speaker 2: attend a birthday party of one of the foremen's. Nick 348 00:19:23,530 --> 00:19:26,810 Speaker 2: was out working in one of the refrigerated box cars 349 00:19:27,330 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 2: when somehow he accidentally got locked inside. Didn't have a 350 00:19:31,540 --> 00:19:35,580 Speaker 2: cell phone, a radio, everybody else was gone. When he 351 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:39,420 Speaker 2: realized he was trapped in that car, he began to panic. 352 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,739 Speaker 1: He started screaming at the top of his lungs. 353 00:19:43,390 --> 00:19:46,730 Speaker 2: He beat on those doors hour after hour until his 354 00:19:46,869 --> 00:19:50,860 Speaker 2: fists were bloodied. He finally had his voice give out. 355 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:56,220 Speaker 2: Nick was very aware that he was in a refrigerated boxcar. 356 00:19:57,010 --> 00:20:00,510 Speaker 2: He guessed that the temperature was well below freezing. He 357 00:20:00,550 --> 00:20:03,630 Speaker 2: began to fear the worst. He thought, if I don't 358 00:20:03,670 --> 00:20:06,570 Speaker 2: get out of here, I could freeze to death. There's 359 00:20:06,650 --> 00:20:09,700 Speaker 2: no way I can make it all night. The more 360 00:20:09,770 --> 00:20:14,650 Speaker 2: he thought about it, the colder he got. Shivering almost uncontrollably, 361 00:20:14,910 --> 00:20:18,070 Speaker 2: he found a piece of cardboard in that boxcar. 362 00:20:18,310 --> 00:20:22,890 Speaker 1: He wrote a note. It said, so cold, body getting numb. 363 00:20:23,390 --> 00:20:26,949 Speaker 2: These may be my last words. The next morning when 364 00:20:26,990 --> 00:20:30,060 Speaker 2: the crew came in, opened the big steel doors, they 365 00:20:30,130 --> 00:20:33,859 Speaker 2: saw Nick's body curled up over in the corner. The 366 00:20:33,980 --> 00:20:38,929 Speaker 2: autopsy revealed indeed he had frozen to death. Here's the 367 00:20:39,010 --> 00:20:43,389 Speaker 2: amazing part of the story. The refrigeration unit in the 368 00:20:43,450 --> 00:20:46,430 Speaker 2: car Nick was in that night was never even on. 369 00:20:47,300 --> 00:20:49,980 Speaker 2: The temperature in that car where he froze to death 370 00:20:50,220 --> 00:20:51,640 Speaker 2: was 61 degrees. 371 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,940 Speaker 1: Nick froze to death because he. 372 00:20:54,900 --> 00:20:58,740 Speaker 2: Was convinced in his thinking he was in a freezing car. 373 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:03,169 Speaker 2: The thing he feared came upon him. Let me ask you, 374 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,420 Speaker 2: Are you fearing freezing to death, so to speak, even 375 00:21:08,460 --> 00:21:12,919 Speaker 2: though it's 61 degrees? Like that young lady afraid you 376 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,420 Speaker 2: won't get pregnant even though there's really nothing wrong with you? 377 00:21:17,660 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 2: Fear blows things out of proportion. Fear makes problems much 378 00:21:22,100 --> 00:21:26,070 Speaker 2: bigger than they really are. Maybe God sent you today 379 00:21:26,590 --> 00:21:32,050 Speaker 2: for a perspective change. Maybe what you're fearing is never 380 00:21:32,190 --> 00:21:36,210 Speaker 2: even going to happen. Maybe that obstacle that looks permanent 381 00:21:36,650 --> 00:21:41,670 Speaker 2: is really only temporary. Perhaps like Nick, you feel trapped. 382 00:21:42,410 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 2: Everything tells you you'll never get out. You'll never get ahead. 383 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,380 Speaker 2: You'll never get well. You'll never get married. No, God 384 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,140 Speaker 2: is saying, don't worry. The refrigeration unit is not on. 385 00:21:53,820 --> 00:21:56,640 Speaker 2: I've got you in the palm of my hand. No 386 00:21:56,740 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 2: weapon formed against you is ever going to prosper. It 387 00:22:00,020 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 2: may feel dark and lonely like it's not going to 388 00:22:03,540 --> 00:22:06,940 Speaker 2: work out. But God is saying, if you will stay 389 00:22:07,030 --> 00:22:09,070 Speaker 2: in faith, I will deliver you. 390 00:22:09,090 --> 00:22:12,450 Speaker 1: I will protect you. I will heal you. I will 391 00:22:12,490 --> 00:22:14,470 Speaker 1: vindicate you. I will restore you. 392 00:22:14,910 --> 00:22:17,230 Speaker 2: I will not only bring you out, I'll bring you 393 00:22:17,310 --> 00:22:20,149 Speaker 2: out better off than you were before. Now you got 394 00:22:20,170 --> 00:22:24,139 Speaker 2: to do your part. Don't panic. Don't fear the worst. 395 00:22:24,869 --> 00:22:28,290 Speaker 2: Don't imagine every negative thing that could happen. No, say 396 00:22:28,330 --> 00:22:32,290 Speaker 2: like David, Psalm 27. The Lord is my light and 397 00:22:32,330 --> 00:22:36,409 Speaker 2: my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord protects me 398 00:22:36,470 --> 00:22:40,310 Speaker 2: from danger. Why should I be afraid? Though an army 399 00:22:40,410 --> 00:22:44,669 Speaker 2: surrounds me, though they attack me from every side. I 400 00:22:44,750 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 2: may feel trapped. I don't see a way out. Medical 401 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,300 Speaker 2: report doesn't look good. My bank statement tells me I'm 402 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,100 Speaker 2: not going to make it, but that's okay. 403 00:22:53,180 --> 00:22:55,880 Speaker 1: I know a secret. God is still on the throne. 404 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,300 Speaker 2: Nothing I'm facing is a surprise to him. The enemy 405 00:23:00,580 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 2: doesn't have the final say. God has the final say. 406 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,100 Speaker 1: And he says, I will always cause you to triumph. 407 00:23:07,940 --> 00:23:10,490 Speaker 2: Now be strong and of good courage. 408 00:23:10,910 --> 00:23:12,489 Speaker 1: The Lord your God is with you. 409 00:23:13,490 --> 00:23:17,290 Speaker 2: Friends, throughout life, fear will come knocking at the door. 410 00:23:18,010 --> 00:23:21,450 Speaker 2: Tell you, the worst case scenario, like that young Marine, 411 00:23:21,650 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 2: you're not going to make it out. You're not going 412 00:23:23,820 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 2: to stay healthy. Your business is going to go down. Now, 413 00:23:26,859 --> 00:23:31,180 Speaker 2: here's the key. When fear knocks, let faith answer the door. 414 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,740 Speaker 2: Don't give those thoughts of fear the time of day. 415 00:23:35,100 --> 00:23:39,310 Speaker 2: Don't let them intimidate you. Answer back with faith. Lord, 416 00:23:39,350 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 2: you said the number of my days you would fulfill. God, 417 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,609 Speaker 2: you said your plans for me are for good and 418 00:23:45,650 --> 00:23:48,790 Speaker 2: not evil. God, you said what's meant for my harm, 419 00:23:49,010 --> 00:23:52,740 Speaker 2: you'd turn around and use to my advantage. When fear knocks, 420 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,340 Speaker 2: let faith answer the door. I was flying out of 421 00:23:56,380 --> 00:24:00,040 Speaker 2: Canada one time, early in the morning. Our flight was 422 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 2: delayed for several hours because of the fog. Everywhere we looked, 423 00:24:04,780 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 2: there was this thick, dense fog. You could barely see anything. 424 00:24:09,140 --> 00:24:12,270 Speaker 2: We thought the whole city was fogged in. But when 425 00:24:12,310 --> 00:24:15,350 Speaker 2: we took off, we looked down and noticed it was 426 00:24:15,410 --> 00:24:19,490 Speaker 2: just a pocket of fog, about a one mile area 427 00:24:19,790 --> 00:24:20,970 Speaker 2: surrounding the airport. 428 00:24:21,990 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: This is the way fear is. 429 00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:27,810 Speaker 2: Fear presents itself much bigger than it really is. 430 00:24:28,630 --> 00:24:29,350 Speaker 1: It will tell you. 431 00:24:29,530 --> 00:24:36,380 Speaker 2: All the worst case scenarios to try to get you worried, anxious, uptight, panicked. No, 432 00:24:36,420 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 2: just smile and say, fear, I know your tricks. You're 433 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:44,010 Speaker 2: all bark and no bite. You may look big, but 434 00:24:44,070 --> 00:24:44,990 Speaker 2: I'm not impressed. 435 00:24:45,290 --> 00:24:46,030 Speaker 1: I know the truth. 436 00:24:46,230 --> 00:24:50,580 Speaker 2: There's nothing really to you. That's how you activate faith 437 00:24:50,859 --> 00:24:54,139 Speaker 2: and not fear. When you do this, the greatest force 438 00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:57,969 Speaker 2: in the universe goes to work. Those problems may be big, 439 00:24:58,130 --> 00:25:01,710 Speaker 2: but our God is much bigger. Your obstacles may be high, 440 00:25:01,950 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 2: but we serve the most high God. When thoughts of fear, worry, doubt, 441 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 2: negativity come, you got to rise up, say like David, 442 00:25:10,780 --> 00:25:11,830 Speaker 2: I will not fear. 443 00:25:12,460 --> 00:25:15,369 Speaker 1: I will not worry. I will not be uptight. I 444 00:25:15,450 --> 00:25:16,870 Speaker 1: will not dwell on the negative. 445 00:25:17,290 --> 00:25:20,530 Speaker 2: Look that fear in the eyes, so to speak, and say, 446 00:25:20,570 --> 00:25:22,110 Speaker 2: you don't intimidate me. 447 00:25:22,450 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 1: I know who I am and I know whose I am. Remember, fear... 448 00:25:28,950 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: is like a fog. 449 00:25:30,580 --> 00:25:34,199 Speaker 2: It'll always look much bigger than it really is. You 450 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,859 Speaker 2: have a pain in your side. Fear will tell you 451 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 2: that's permanent. That's terminal. You might as well start planning 452 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,619 Speaker 2: your funeral. No, the truth is you just ate too 453 00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:43,919 Speaker 2: much pizza the night before. 454 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,619 Speaker 1: It's no big deal, but fear will exaggerate it. 455 00:25:49,220 --> 00:25:52,310 Speaker 2: Tell you what if your company starts laying people off, 456 00:25:52,350 --> 00:25:53,070 Speaker 2: you better worry. 457 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,340 Speaker 1: What if that pain is serious? 458 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,310 Speaker 2: No, you need to look at fear and say, get lost, 459 00:26:00,730 --> 00:26:04,050 Speaker 2: hit the road. I don't have time for you. Friends, 460 00:26:04,070 --> 00:26:08,590 Speaker 2: your destiny is too great. Your assignment too important. Your 461 00:26:08,690 --> 00:26:13,360 Speaker 2: time too valuable. Don't let fear intimidate you. You are 462 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 2: a child of the most high God. Dare to say 463 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,540 Speaker 2: like David, I will not fear. 464 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: Think of this. 465 00:26:21,050 --> 00:26:23,830 Speaker 2: If the things we fear can come upon us, as 466 00:26:23,890 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 2: the scripture says, how much more can the things we 467 00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:31,100 Speaker 2: have faith for come upon us? God's power is so 468 00:26:31,140 --> 00:26:35,140 Speaker 2: much greater than the enemy's power. When fear knocks, let 469 00:26:35,230 --> 00:26:38,609 Speaker 2: faith answer the door. Don't come into agreement with fear. 470 00:26:38,950 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 2: Stay disciplined in your thought life. This is the reason 471 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 2: many people are down, discouraged, negative. They're not guarding their mind. 472 00:26:47,020 --> 00:26:50,070 Speaker 2: That's where the real battle is taking place. If you'll 473 00:26:50,109 --> 00:26:54,350 Speaker 2: learn to activate faith. and not fear. Then I believe 474 00:26:54,470 --> 00:26:57,169 Speaker 2: and declare, just like that young couple that had a baby, 475 00:26:57,590 --> 00:27:00,500 Speaker 2: God is going to bring your dreams to pass. He's 476 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 2: going to pour out floods of his favor. You will 477 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:09,139 Speaker 2: overcome every obstacle, defeat every enemy, and become everything God's created. 478 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,909 Speaker 1: You to be in Jesus' name. If you receive it, 479 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,100 Speaker 1: can you say amen today? 480 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:18,260 Speaker 2: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 481 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 2: an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 482 00:27:21,460 --> 00:27:25,739 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I 483 00:27:25,770 --> 00:27:30,390 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 484 00:27:30,430 --> 00:27:33,900 Speaker 2: you my Lord and Savior. Friends, if you prayed that 485 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,869 Speaker 2: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 486 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,330 Speaker 2: a good Bible-based church. Keep God first place. He's going 487 00:27:40,350 --> 00:27:50,350 Speaker 2: to take you places that you've never dreamed of. If 488 00:27:50,369 --> 00:27:51,930 Speaker 2: you want to know what you're going to be like 489 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 2: in five years, listen to what you're saying about yourself. 490 00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: You are prophesying your future. 491 00:27:57,859 --> 00:27:59,980 Speaker 2: Now, I'd love to send you my new book, Your Words, 492 00:28:00,140 --> 00:28:00,940 Speaker 2: Your Reality. 493 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:02,250 Speaker 1: I'll show you how. 494 00:28:02,220 --> 00:28:05,810 Speaker 2: To speak positive, faith-filled words that agree with what God 495 00:28:05,869 --> 00:28:08,649 Speaker 2: says about you. You'll learn how to use your words 496 00:28:08,790 --> 00:28:12,290 Speaker 2: not to describe the situation, but to change the situation. 497 00:28:12,850 --> 00:28:16,090 Speaker 2: When you speak words of health, favor, and victory, you 498 00:28:16,150 --> 00:28:19,230 Speaker 2: are setting the direction for your life. That's how you'll 499 00:28:19,250 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 2: break negative cycles, develop a healthier mindset, and see more 500 00:28:23,630 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 2: of the goodness of God in your life. 501 00:28:26,820 --> 00:28:30,740 Speaker 3: Your Words Equal Your Reality is a powerful new guidebook 502 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,460 Speaker 3: designed to help you speak God's promises over every area 503 00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:38,990 Speaker 3: of your life. Inside, you'll find scripture-filled declarations for your health, 504 00:28:39,290 --> 00:28:44,310 Speaker 3: your relationships, your finances, and your future, plus real guidance 505 00:28:44,510 --> 00:28:48,010 Speaker 3: for wherever you are right now. 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