1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,020 Speaker 1: What a joy to be with you today. We're praying 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,590 Speaker 1: for you and your family. I know God has great 3 00:00:05,650 --> 00:00:08,350 Speaker 1: things in store. You wouldn't be alive if there weren't 4 00:00:08,450 --> 00:00:11,049 Speaker 1: more victories in front of you. So know that we 5 00:00:11,070 --> 00:00:13,230 Speaker 1: love you. We're praying for you. Hey, I hope you'll 6 00:00:13,260 --> 00:00:15,420 Speaker 1: stay tuned to the very end. We've got some special 7 00:00:15,460 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: resources to help you stay encouraged and inspired. 8 00:00:19,570 --> 00:00:22,390 Speaker 2: Well, God bless you. It's always a joy to come 9 00:00:22,410 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: into your homes. 10 00:00:23,270 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: And if you're ever in the Houston area, please stop by, 11 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:28,740 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. These are 12 00:00:28,780 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: the finest people in all of Houston. 13 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:32,220 Speaker 2: Texas, right here at Lakewood. 14 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: We'd love to have you come out, but thanks for 15 00:00:34,830 --> 00:00:37,770 Speaker 1: tuning in. Thank you again for coming out today. And 16 00:00:38,250 --> 00:00:40,630 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny. I heard about 17 00:00:40,670 --> 00:00:44,370 Speaker 1: this wife. She was taking a nap on Valentine's day 18 00:00:44,550 --> 00:00:45,210 Speaker 1: in the afternoon. 19 00:00:46,090 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 2: When she woke up, she. 20 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: Called her husband and said, Honey, I had a dream 21 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: that you bought me a beautiful diamond ring for Valentine's Day. 22 00:00:54,620 --> 00:00:57,210 Speaker 1: What do you think this dream means? He said, You'll 23 00:00:57,230 --> 00:01:01,290 Speaker 1: find out tonight. That evening, he brought home a small 24 00:01:01,370 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: box beautifully wrapped. She was so excited, she opened it up. 25 00:01:05,380 --> 00:01:10,130 Speaker 1: It was a book entitled, The Meaning of Dreams. Hold 26 00:01:10,190 --> 00:01:13,110 Speaker 1: up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This 27 00:01:13,209 --> 00:01:15,750 Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 28 00:01:16,290 --> 00:01:18,550 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 29 00:01:18,610 --> 00:01:21,060 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today, I will be 30 00:01:21,090 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 31 00:01:24,819 --> 00:01:28,020 Speaker 1: is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be 32 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,740 Speaker 1: the same in Jesus name. God bless you. I want 33 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:38,220 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about removing negative labels. Throughout life, 34 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,300 Speaker 1: people are constantly sticking labels on us, telling us what 35 00:01:42,340 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: we can and cannot become. And sometimes this is good. 36 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:51,070 Speaker 1: People speak faith into us. They encourage us. But then 37 00:01:51,110 --> 00:01:54,530 Speaker 1: there are times that people put negative labels on us. 38 00:01:55,530 --> 00:01:59,950 Speaker 1: You cannot stop the negative comments. You can't prevent the 39 00:02:00,030 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: negative labels, but you can choose to remove them. As 40 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: a teenager, Walt Disney was told by his art instructor 41 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:09,940 Speaker 1: that he wasn't creative. 42 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,150 Speaker 2: He didn't have any imagination. 43 00:02:12,990 --> 00:02:15,470 Speaker 1: Disney was smart enough to remove that label. 44 00:02:16,070 --> 00:02:17,290 Speaker 2: He went on to do pretty good. 45 00:02:18,290 --> 00:02:21,850 Speaker 1: Lucille Ball was told that she didn't have any acting skills. 46 00:02:22,090 --> 00:02:24,170 Speaker 2: She should try a different profession. 47 00:02:24,770 --> 00:02:28,550 Speaker 1: She removed that label, starting I Love Lucy for many years. 48 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:34,209 Speaker 1: Winston Churchill failed the sixth grade, told he wasn't smart enough. 49 00:02:34,910 --> 00:02:36,910 Speaker 1: He went on to become one of the greatest prime 50 00:02:36,950 --> 00:02:41,350 Speaker 1: ministers that's ever lived. The common denominator in the success 51 00:02:41,410 --> 00:02:45,900 Speaker 1: of these people is they chose to remove the negative labels. 52 00:02:46,630 --> 00:02:50,660 Speaker 1: The same way today, people put labels on us. My 53 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: father went to be with the Lord in 1999. I 54 00:02:53,860 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: stepped up to pastor the church. I had never ministered before. 55 00:02:58,550 --> 00:03:02,700 Speaker 1: One Sunday after the service, I overheard two ladies talking 56 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:03,419 Speaker 1: in the lobby. 57 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,820 Speaker 2: One said, he's not as good as his father. 58 00:03:07,260 --> 00:03:09,830 Speaker 1: The other answered back, yes, I don't think the church 59 00:03:09,870 --> 00:03:14,230 Speaker 1: is going to last. I was already insecure. I already 60 00:03:14,290 --> 00:03:17,500 Speaker 1: felt unqualified and boom, another negative label. 61 00:03:17,790 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 2: Not good enough, not up to par, inferior. That's the 62 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:23,460 Speaker 2: way the enemy works. 63 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,940 Speaker 1: He would love to put labels on you to keep 64 00:03:26,980 --> 00:03:30,740 Speaker 1: you from reaching your highest potential. He doesn't fight you 65 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,820 Speaker 1: for where you are. He fights you for where you're going. 66 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,660 Speaker 1: He knows God has amazing things in your future. 67 00:03:38,020 --> 00:03:41,580 Speaker 2: So he'll try to discourage you. intimidate you, make you 68 00:03:41,620 --> 00:03:45,350 Speaker 2: feel inferior. Words are like seeds. 69 00:03:45,830 --> 00:03:48,270 Speaker 1: If you dwell on them long enough, they will take 70 00:03:48,350 --> 00:03:51,970 Speaker 1: root and become what was said. And I tried to 71 00:03:52,010 --> 00:03:54,690 Speaker 1: remove that negative label, but it wasn't easy. 72 00:03:55,410 --> 00:03:58,090 Speaker 2: Those thoughts would play in my mind again and again. 73 00:03:58,390 --> 00:04:01,010 Speaker 2: You're not good enough. You don't have what it takes. 74 00:04:01,330 --> 00:04:03,630 Speaker 1: It was like trying to peel a bumper sticker off 75 00:04:03,650 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: of a car that's been there a long time. 76 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:07,420 Speaker 2: You know, you peel it and it tears. You got 77 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,940 Speaker 2: to work and work. I fought those thoughts in my 78 00:04:09,980 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 2: mind day after day. 79 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:16,020 Speaker 1: Finally, I removed that negative label and I put some 80 00:04:16,100 --> 00:04:17,100 Speaker 1: new labels on. 81 00:04:17,620 --> 00:04:20,530 Speaker 2: I can do all things through Christ. I am strong 82 00:04:20,610 --> 00:04:23,859 Speaker 2: in the Lord. I am anointed. Here's my point. 83 00:04:24,420 --> 00:04:27,770 Speaker 1: If I had made the mistake of wearing that negative label, 84 00:04:28,370 --> 00:04:30,370 Speaker 1: I don't believe I would be standing here today. 85 00:04:31,310 --> 00:04:33,890 Speaker 2: Wrong labels can keep you from your destiny. 86 00:04:34,610 --> 00:04:38,700 Speaker 1: Don't go the next 20 years allowing one negative comment 87 00:04:38,900 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: to hold you back. You are not who people say 88 00:04:41,940 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 1: you are. You are who God says you are. People 89 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: will label you not good enough, too slow, too old, 90 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:55,370 Speaker 1: too many mistakes. God labels you strong, talented, valuable, more 91 00:04:55,430 --> 00:04:59,170 Speaker 1: than a conqueror. Make sure that you're wearing the right labels. 92 00:04:59,910 --> 00:05:03,130 Speaker 1: Many people don't know any better. They wear the negative 93 00:05:03,170 --> 00:05:06,710 Speaker 1: labels like they're the truth. They become so ingrained in 94 00:05:06,730 --> 00:05:11,270 Speaker 1: their thinking, they end up becoming what people say they 95 00:05:11,450 --> 00:05:15,350 Speaker 1: are instead of what God says that they are. Are 96 00:05:15,390 --> 00:05:18,810 Speaker 1: there labels that are holding you back today? What a 97 00:05:18,850 --> 00:05:24,010 Speaker 1: coach said, what a counselor said, even negative comments spoken 98 00:05:24,330 --> 00:05:28,750 Speaker 1: by your parents. This is the time to remove every 99 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:34,180 Speaker 1: negative label. People don't determine your destiny, God does. The 100 00:05:34,380 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: only power that label has over you is the power 101 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:38,390 Speaker 1: that you give it. 102 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 2: If you will remove it, in other words, quit. 103 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:45,300 Speaker 1: Thinking about it, quit acting like it's the truth, then 104 00:05:45,339 --> 00:05:48,700 Speaker 1: that label will have no effect on you. Those two 105 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,539 Speaker 1: ladies said the church wouldn't last. I didn't have the talent. 106 00:05:51,820 --> 00:05:54,630 Speaker 1: They couldn't stop my destiny. They couldn't stop. 107 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,070 Speaker 2: What God had already ordained. 108 00:05:56,529 --> 00:05:59,349 Speaker 1: The only way they could have limited me is if 109 00:05:59,430 --> 00:06:02,940 Speaker 1: I would have worn their negative label around. I know 110 00:06:02,980 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 1: a gentleman, he told how he overheard his junior high 111 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,140 Speaker 1: teacher telling his mother how he was a slow learner. 112 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,450 Speaker 2: For 30 years, he wore that label around. 113 00:06:14,330 --> 00:06:17,750 Speaker 1: Never had a good job, never had real success, just 114 00:06:17,790 --> 00:06:20,750 Speaker 1: kind of floundered through life. And one day I told 115 00:06:20,810 --> 00:06:24,030 Speaker 1: him what I'm telling you, you've got to remove that label. 116 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: Your teacher may have been sincere. She may have made 117 00:06:28,250 --> 00:06:30,690 Speaker 1: an assessment based on where you were at the time, 118 00:06:31,110 --> 00:06:33,770 Speaker 1: but this is a new day. She didn't know what 119 00:06:33,830 --> 00:06:36,090 Speaker 1: God put in you. If you're going to reach your 120 00:06:36,190 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 1: highest potential, you got to say, no, thanks. I am 121 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: not wearing that slow learner label anymore. That may have 122 00:06:43,740 --> 00:06:46,780 Speaker 1: been her opinion, but I have another opinion. 123 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,539 Speaker 2: It's from my creator. And he says, I have. 124 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,410 Speaker 1: The mind of Christ that I am full of wisdom 125 00:06:53,930 --> 00:06:54,910 Speaker 1: that I can. 126 00:06:54,670 --> 00:06:55,950 Speaker 2: Fulfill my destiny. 127 00:06:56,950 --> 00:07:00,230 Speaker 1: Don't let negative labels hold you back. I talked to 128 00:07:00,270 --> 00:07:02,730 Speaker 1: a high school student one time and she was about 129 00:07:02,770 --> 00:07:05,890 Speaker 1: to take her final exams. And she said, Joel, will 130 00:07:05,910 --> 00:07:08,409 Speaker 1: you pray that God will help me to make. 131 00:07:08,410 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 2: C's on these tests? I said, why do we want 132 00:07:11,740 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 2: to pray for C's and not A's? 133 00:07:13,700 --> 00:07:16,490 Speaker 1: She said, oh no, Joel, my high school counselor told 134 00:07:16,550 --> 00:07:18,330 Speaker 1: me I'm just a C student. 135 00:07:19,210 --> 00:07:20,150 Speaker 2: She didn't know any better. 136 00:07:20,910 --> 00:07:24,130 Speaker 1: Somebody stuck a label on her. She was wearing it 137 00:07:24,190 --> 00:07:27,540 Speaker 1: around like it was the truth. Have you ever thought 138 00:07:27,580 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: about the same God that can help you make a 139 00:07:30,340 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: C can help you. 140 00:07:31,300 --> 00:07:31,610 Speaker 3: Make an A? 141 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: Amen. Why don't you remove that label? The same God 142 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,220 Speaker 1: that can help you get by in life can help 143 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,430 Speaker 1: you excel in life. The same God that can give 144 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:43,110 Speaker 1: you an apartment can give you. 145 00:07:43,030 --> 00:07:46,650 Speaker 2: A beautiful house. Are there labels that are holding you back? 146 00:07:47,310 --> 00:07:50,510 Speaker 2: The label divorced. I'll never meet anyone new. 147 00:07:51,150 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: The label overweight, I'll never get in shape. The label addicted, 148 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: I'll never break these bad habits. Whatever label you're wearing, 149 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,780 Speaker 1: you're going to become what that label says. 150 00:08:04,260 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 2: You're giving it the power. And this is why some 151 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:08,860 Speaker 2: people can't break an addiction. 152 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: They're wearing that label addict. The real battle is taking 153 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,940 Speaker 1: place in our mind. If you think you're an addict, 154 00:08:17,140 --> 00:08:21,350 Speaker 1: you've already lost. You've got to change the label. God 155 00:08:21,470 --> 00:08:22,610 Speaker 1: says you are free. 156 00:08:23,170 --> 00:08:26,270 Speaker 2: You are clean. You are healthy. You are whole. 157 00:08:26,670 --> 00:08:29,830 Speaker 1: Don't go the next 20 years wearing that addict label. 158 00:08:30,050 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: Put some new labels on today. I had a young 159 00:08:33,390 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: man tell me how he was the main drug dealer 160 00:08:36,900 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: in his neighborhood. He was sincere. He wasn't proud of it. 161 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,450 Speaker 1: He said, Joel, I know this is not right. I 162 00:08:43,490 --> 00:08:46,470 Speaker 1: don't like doing it, but it's the only thing that 163 00:08:46,530 --> 00:08:50,090 Speaker 1: I'm good at. He was wearing that drug dealer label. 164 00:08:50,450 --> 00:08:53,210 Speaker 1: It's all he thought he could do. I told him, 165 00:08:53,570 --> 00:08:56,810 Speaker 1: if you can sell drugs, you can sell medical supplies. 166 00:08:57,690 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: If you can sell drugs, you can sell stocks and bonds. 167 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 2: Think about this. To sell drugs, you have to get 168 00:09:04,660 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 2: the word out. That's advertising. 169 00:09:07,090 --> 00:09:10,910 Speaker 1: You have to manage your inventory. That's administration. You have 170 00:09:10,929 --> 00:09:14,940 Speaker 1: to take care of your clients. That's customer service. Don't 171 00:09:15,059 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: sell yourself short. 172 00:09:16,660 --> 00:09:21,260 Speaker 2: Remove any labels that are holding you back. Let me 173 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,119 Speaker 2: ask you, who told you all you can do is 174 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,710 Speaker 2: sell drugs? It's not the truth. Who told you all 175 00:09:27,750 --> 00:09:30,230 Speaker 2: you can make in school are C's and not A's? 176 00:09:30,730 --> 00:09:31,349 Speaker 2: A counselor? 177 00:09:32,070 --> 00:09:34,750 Speaker 1: They didn't know what God put in you. Who told 178 00:09:34,809 --> 00:09:37,110 Speaker 1: you you could never succeed? You'll not be as good 179 00:09:37,150 --> 00:09:40,250 Speaker 1: as your father. Two ladies in the lobby? They don't 180 00:09:40,290 --> 00:09:43,390 Speaker 1: determine your destiny. Who told you you'll never own a 181 00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:46,939 Speaker 1: nice house? You'll never get married. You'll never accomplish your dreams. 182 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: Those labels did not come. 183 00:09:49,540 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 2: From your creator. 184 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,500 Speaker 1: Just because somebody spoke them over you doesn't mean it's 185 00:09:54,570 --> 00:09:58,670 Speaker 1: the truth. You have the power to remove those negative labels. 186 00:09:59,250 --> 00:10:00,890 Speaker 1: Some of you have been wearing them way too long. 187 00:10:01,450 --> 00:10:04,530 Speaker 1: Things like you'll never go to college. Nobody in your 188 00:10:04,590 --> 00:10:08,380 Speaker 1: family has. Take that label off. You can be the first. 189 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:11,859 Speaker 1: You'll never get out of that neighborhood. All the odds 190 00:10:11,900 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: are against you. That's what they told my father. He 191 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 1: removed the label. God took him places that he never 192 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,150 Speaker 1: dreamed of. You'll never get well. That sickness is terminal. 193 00:10:22,809 --> 00:10:25,630 Speaker 1: It's what they told my mother. She removed the label. 194 00:10:25,630 --> 00:10:32,329 Speaker 1: 32 years later, she's still healthy, whole, strong. Friends, we 195 00:10:32,370 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: serve a supernatural God. He's not limited by your education, 196 00:10:45,179 --> 00:10:49,170 Speaker 1: your background, the family you come from. He's not moved 197 00:10:49,330 --> 00:10:52,530 Speaker 1: by the things people have spoken over you. He's not 198 00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:55,150 Speaker 1: up in heaven all frantic trying to figure out. 199 00:10:55,270 --> 00:10:58,199 Speaker 2: How to get you to your destiny. He knows the 200 00:10:58,420 --> 00:10:59,980 Speaker 2: end from the beginning. 201 00:11:00,620 --> 00:11:04,020 Speaker 1: He already has solutions to problems you've not even had. 202 00:11:04,250 --> 00:11:06,670 Speaker 2: He's all powerful and all knowing. 203 00:11:07,410 --> 00:11:10,010 Speaker 1: People may have tried to push you down, but if 204 00:11:10,030 --> 00:11:14,229 Speaker 1: you'll just remove those labels and get in agreement with God, 205 00:11:14,530 --> 00:11:17,179 Speaker 1: he'll push you up. He'll take you where you could 206 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: not go on your own. You don't have to figure. 207 00:11:20,059 --> 00:11:20,580 Speaker 2: It all out. 208 00:11:20,980 --> 00:11:24,820 Speaker 1: All God asks you to do is believe. When you believe, 209 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: all things are possible. When you believe, doors will open 210 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: that should have never opened. When you believe, God will 211 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: take you from the back to the front. Don't let 212 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:38,860 Speaker 1: negative labels hold you down. People will tell you, you're 213 00:11:38,940 --> 00:11:42,829 Speaker 1: all washed up. You've made too many mistakes. If you 214 00:11:42,870 --> 00:11:45,930 Speaker 1: wear that label, it will keep you from the amazing 215 00:11:46,010 --> 00:11:50,770 Speaker 1: future God has in store. God says, my mercy is 216 00:11:50,850 --> 00:11:54,410 Speaker 1: bigger than any mistake. God says, I can still get 217 00:11:54,450 --> 00:11:57,670 Speaker 1: you to your destiny. God says, I'll give you beauty 218 00:11:57,730 --> 00:12:00,530 Speaker 1: for those ashes. I'll pay you back double for the 219 00:12:00,650 --> 00:12:04,189 Speaker 1: unfair things that have happened. You wouldn't be alive unless 220 00:12:04,230 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: God had another victory in your future. 221 00:12:06,820 --> 00:12:08,220 Speaker 2: Why don't you take off the. 222 00:12:08,179 --> 00:12:12,940 Speaker 1: Washed up label, take off the failure, guilty, condemned labels 223 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:19,250 Speaker 1: and put on some new labels, redeemed, restored, forgiven, bright future, 224 00:12:19,630 --> 00:12:24,819 Speaker 1: new beginning. People will tell you You're too small. You're 225 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,510 Speaker 1: too quiet. You don't have a good personality. You come 226 00:12:28,530 --> 00:12:32,349 Speaker 1: from the wrong family. Don't you dare go through life 227 00:12:32,570 --> 00:12:35,929 Speaker 1: wearing those labels. You have been made in the image 228 00:12:36,070 --> 00:12:40,900 Speaker 1: of Almighty God. God did not make any mistakes. You 229 00:12:40,980 --> 00:12:45,260 Speaker 1: are the perfect size. You have the right personality, the 230 00:12:45,340 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: right gifts, the right looks, the right skin color. says 231 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:54,059 Speaker 1: in Psalms, you have been fearfully and wonderfully made. 232 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:55,940 Speaker 2: You are not an accident. 233 00:12:56,300 --> 00:13:00,470 Speaker 1: God designed you precisely for the race that's laid out 234 00:13:00,510 --> 00:13:04,890 Speaker 1: for you. Remove those labels, too big, too small, unattractive. 235 00:13:05,309 --> 00:13:10,220 Speaker 1: Put on this new label, fearfully and wonderfully made. One 236 00:13:10,260 --> 00:13:14,420 Speaker 1: label far too many people wear is the label average life. 237 00:13:15,010 --> 00:13:15,550 Speaker 2: Ordinary. 238 00:13:16,330 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: Joel, nothing special about me. I'm just one of the 239 00:13:18,860 --> 00:13:22,460 Speaker 1: six billion people on the earth. Listen, you were never 240 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,970 Speaker 1: created to live an average life. You have seeds of 241 00:13:27,070 --> 00:13:30,890 Speaker 1: greatness on the inside. You were created to be a 242 00:13:31,010 --> 00:13:34,890 Speaker 1: history maker. You're not supposed to live and die and 243 00:13:34,950 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 1: nobody even knew you were here. You're supposed to leave 244 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:42,650 Speaker 1: your mark on this generation. God has an assignment for 245 00:13:42,710 --> 00:13:45,130 Speaker 1: you that nobody else can fulfill. 246 00:13:45,990 --> 00:13:46,950 Speaker 2: God needs you. 247 00:13:47,710 --> 00:13:51,590 Speaker 1: He needs your gifts, your smile, your love, your passion. 248 00:13:52,070 --> 00:13:55,740 Speaker 1: You are a part of his divine plan. You have 249 00:13:55,820 --> 00:13:59,300 Speaker 1: something to offer that nobody else can offer. Nobody has 250 00:13:59,340 --> 00:14:04,820 Speaker 1: your exact personality, your exact looks. There is something unique 251 00:14:04,860 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 1: about you. 252 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:10,130 Speaker 2: Don't wear that average label. If you think you're average, 253 00:14:10,490 --> 00:14:11,470 Speaker 2: then you'll be average. 254 00:14:12,309 --> 00:14:15,430 Speaker 1: If you think you're ordinary, then you'll live an ordinary, 255 00:14:15,850 --> 00:14:20,270 Speaker 1: get by life, and never do anything great. The truth is, 256 00:14:20,790 --> 00:14:25,050 Speaker 1: there is nothing ordinary about you. You have the fingerprints 257 00:14:25,170 --> 00:14:28,810 Speaker 1: of God all over you. The creator of the universe 258 00:14:29,110 --> 00:14:33,820 Speaker 1: breathed his life into you. He crowned you with his favor. 259 00:14:34,590 --> 00:14:38,370 Speaker 1: You have royal blood flowing through your veins. You have 260 00:14:38,430 --> 00:14:43,530 Speaker 1: a destiny to fulfill, something greater than you've ever even imagined. 261 00:14:44,270 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: But if it's going to happen, if you're going to 262 00:14:46,030 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: become all God's created you to be, one of the 263 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: first things you got to do is take off the 264 00:14:51,740 --> 00:14:55,620 Speaker 1: average label, take off the ordinary label, put on these 265 00:14:55,680 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: new labels, masterpiece, valuable, one of a kind. Amen. 266 00:15:01,330 --> 00:15:03,950 Speaker 2: This is what David did when the prophet. 267 00:15:03,590 --> 00:15:07,740 Speaker 1: Samuel came to anoint one of his father's sons as 268 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:12,740 Speaker 1: the next king of Israel. David's father, Jesse, didn't even 269 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 1: bother to bring David in from the shepherd's fields where 270 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,310 Speaker 1: he was taking care of the sheep. Jesse thought, I 271 00:15:19,350 --> 00:15:24,070 Speaker 1: know it's not David. He's too small, too young, not 272 00:15:24,110 --> 00:15:25,630 Speaker 1: that talented, not. 273 00:15:25,510 --> 00:15:26,830 Speaker 2: As smart as his brothers. 274 00:15:27,390 --> 00:15:30,750 Speaker 1: David had all these negative labels put on him by 275 00:15:30,790 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: his own father. Samuel looked at the other seven sons, said, 276 00:15:35,380 --> 00:15:38,300 Speaker 1: not this one, not this one, not this one. Finally 277 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,460 Speaker 1: ran out, said to Jesse, do you have any other sons? 278 00:15:41,540 --> 00:15:42,220 Speaker 2: It's none of these. 279 00:15:43,180 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: Jesse said, yeah, my youngest son David is out in 280 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,940 Speaker 1: the shepherd's field, but I know it's not him. Friends, 281 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: God doesn't label the way people label. People look on 282 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:58,610 Speaker 1: the outside. God looks on the heart. God knows what 283 00:15:58,650 --> 00:16:02,550 Speaker 1: you're capable of. God can see the seeds of greatness 284 00:16:02,610 --> 00:16:05,710 Speaker 1: that he's placed in you. It's so easy to let 285 00:16:05,770 --> 00:16:08,570 Speaker 1: what someone has spoken over us to keep us from 286 00:16:08,630 --> 00:16:13,860 Speaker 1: really believing in ourselves. David walked in. Samuel took one 287 00:16:13,940 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: look at him and he said, he's the one. 288 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:17,700 Speaker 2: That's the next king of Israel. 289 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:21,300 Speaker 1: Right there, David had to make that decision that I'm 290 00:16:21,380 --> 00:16:22,100 Speaker 1: asking you to make. 291 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,620 Speaker 2: He had to remove the negative labels. 292 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:26,860 Speaker 1: He'd heard them a thousand times. 293 00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:30,350 Speaker 2: Too small, too young. You don't have what it takes. 294 00:16:31,250 --> 00:16:35,910 Speaker 1: What's interesting is David's brothers, even though they saw Samuel 295 00:16:36,210 --> 00:16:40,030 Speaker 1: anoint David as the next king, they still tried to 296 00:16:40,090 --> 00:16:41,710 Speaker 1: stick their negative labels on him. 297 00:16:42,770 --> 00:16:44,870 Speaker 2: David was out where the army gathered. 298 00:16:45,550 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: His oldest brother Eliab said, David, what are you doing 299 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: out here? And with whom have you left those few 300 00:16:52,660 --> 00:16:54,739 Speaker 1: sheep you're supposed to be taking care of? 301 00:16:55,710 --> 00:16:58,370 Speaker 2: What was Eliab doing? Sticking a label on him. 302 00:16:58,990 --> 00:17:02,390 Speaker 1: Inferior, not good enough, intimidated. 303 00:17:03,070 --> 00:17:05,260 Speaker 2: David could have said, yeah, right. What was I thinking? 304 00:17:05,890 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: David could have accepted that label and let it hold 305 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 1: him back. But this time, David had a different attitude. 306 00:17:13,420 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: He said, Eliab, what you say about me doesn't change 307 00:17:17,380 --> 00:17:18,379 Speaker 1: what God said about me. 308 00:17:19,060 --> 00:17:22,330 Speaker 2: You're still labeling me weak, defeated, inferior. 309 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:26,449 Speaker 1: You don't realize I've gotten rid of those labels and 310 00:17:26,510 --> 00:17:29,850 Speaker 1: the creator of the universe, the God who breathed life 311 00:17:29,910 --> 00:17:33,110 Speaker 1: into me, put some new labels on me. They say 312 00:17:33,550 --> 00:17:37,450 Speaker 1: giant killer, more than a conqueror, destined. 313 00:17:37,010 --> 00:17:39,010 Speaker 2: For greatness, king of Israel. 314 00:17:40,290 --> 00:17:43,020 Speaker 1: Now you may have had negative things spoken over you, 315 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: even by people that should have been encouraging you. 316 00:17:47,170 --> 00:17:48,570 Speaker 2: I love what Isaiah said. 317 00:17:49,109 --> 00:17:53,590 Speaker 1: No weapon formed against you will ever prosper, but every 318 00:17:53,750 --> 00:17:55,490 Speaker 1: tongue raised in judgment. 319 00:17:55,990 --> 00:17:58,610 Speaker 2: That means every negative label. 320 00:17:58,790 --> 00:18:02,050 Speaker 1: You will show to be in the wrong. Notice, God's 321 00:18:02,090 --> 00:18:04,590 Speaker 1: not going to do it. You have to show it 322 00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:07,490 Speaker 1: to be in the wrong. In other words, you have 323 00:18:07,530 --> 00:18:12,130 Speaker 1: to remove the negative label. Nothing that was spoken over 324 00:18:12,210 --> 00:18:16,090 Speaker 1: you has to define you. even if it was from 325 00:18:16,150 --> 00:18:20,130 Speaker 1: people who raised you. Nothing that's happened in your past 326 00:18:20,380 --> 00:18:23,379 Speaker 1: has to keep you from your destiny. Even if you've 327 00:18:23,420 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 1: made mistakes or gone through unfair situations, you can show 328 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:30,780 Speaker 1: it to be in the wrong by shaking off the 329 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:32,619 Speaker 1: self-pity and moving. 330 00:18:32,380 --> 00:18:33,379 Speaker 2: Forward with your life. 331 00:18:34,190 --> 00:18:38,450 Speaker 1: Will you dare do like David and remove the negative labels? 332 00:18:39,230 --> 00:18:42,230 Speaker 1: Quit dwelling on what your mama said and what a 333 00:18:42,310 --> 00:18:46,010 Speaker 1: jealous sister said, what a cranky coworker said, what a 334 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,780 Speaker 1: cynical neighbor said. You are not who people say you are. 335 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:51,699 Speaker 1: You are who God says you are. 336 00:18:52,180 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 2: They cannot stop your destiny. Remove the old labels. 337 00:18:59,020 --> 00:19:00,740 Speaker 1: I'll give you some new labels to wear. 338 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,980 Speaker 2: Giant killer, history maker, world changer. 339 00:19:06,310 --> 00:19:09,889 Speaker 1: My friend, Coach Dale Brown, he's the legendary coach of 340 00:19:09,910 --> 00:19:13,780 Speaker 1: the LSU basketball team, told me a story. He was 341 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,270 Speaker 1: speaking to a group of soldiers at a military base 342 00:19:17,390 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: in California. When he finished, a young man came up 343 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 1: to him that stood nearly seven feet tall, 250 pounds. 344 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: He said, Coach Brown, I want to try out for 345 00:19:27,060 --> 00:19:30,180 Speaker 1: our basketball team, but I can't dunk the basketball. 346 00:19:30,540 --> 00:19:31,580 Speaker 2: I can barely jump. 347 00:19:32,260 --> 00:19:34,260 Speaker 1: When I run up and down the court, my legs 348 00:19:34,540 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: tire out so easily, I can only play a few minutes. 349 00:19:38,220 --> 00:19:40,419 Speaker 1: Coach Brown asked him how long he had been in 350 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,219 Speaker 1: the military. He said, I'm not in the military. My 351 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:44,810 Speaker 1: father is. I'm 13 years old. 352 00:19:46,350 --> 00:19:49,830 Speaker 2: He wore a size 17 shoe. Coach Brown. 353 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:53,340 Speaker 1: Took this young man under his wing, said, when I 354 00:19:53,380 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: get back to Louisiana, I'm going to send you my 355 00:19:55,859 --> 00:20:00,869 Speaker 1: training program. It'll help strengthen your legs and increase your endurance. 356 00:20:01,750 --> 00:20:04,410 Speaker 1: Three months later, he got a letter from the young 357 00:20:04,450 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: man saying, Coach Brown, I've done everything you've asked me 358 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: to do. Spent hours in the gym and in the 359 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:14,020 Speaker 1: weight room working out, but my basketball coach just cut 360 00:20:14,100 --> 00:20:16,889 Speaker 1: me from the team. He told me I'm too big, 361 00:20:17,530 --> 00:20:21,470 Speaker 1: too slow, too clumsy. I'll never be able to play basketball. 362 00:20:22,130 --> 00:20:25,530 Speaker 1: All those negative labels. Coach Brown wrote him back and 363 00:20:25,570 --> 00:20:29,730 Speaker 1: said in effect, listen son, if you'll just keep working out, 364 00:20:30,369 --> 00:20:33,910 Speaker 1: keep being your best each day, and keep asking God 365 00:20:33,970 --> 00:20:36,990 Speaker 1: to help you, God will get you to where you're 366 00:20:37,010 --> 00:20:37,690 Speaker 1: supposed to be. 367 00:20:38,910 --> 00:20:41,859 Speaker 2: That young man had to make a decision. Am I 368 00:20:41,890 --> 00:20:43,220 Speaker 2: going to wear these. 369 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: Negative labels through life? Too big, too slow, too clumsy? 370 00:20:48,390 --> 00:20:50,790 Speaker 1: Or am I going to follow the dream that God's 371 00:20:50,830 --> 00:20:53,149 Speaker 1: placed in my heart? Am I going to believe I'm 372 00:20:53,190 --> 00:20:56,390 Speaker 1: a giant killer and I can do all things through Christ? 373 00:20:57,170 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: He decided to remove the negative labels. That young man, 374 00:21:01,180 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: Shaquille O'Neal, ended up going to LSU, playing for Coach Brown, 375 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,290 Speaker 1: broke all the records. You know how Shaquille has become 376 00:21:11,350 --> 00:21:14,709 Speaker 1: one of the greatest basketball players that's ever played. But 377 00:21:14,750 --> 00:21:19,469 Speaker 1: I wonder where he would be if he would have believed. 378 00:21:18,910 --> 00:21:19,890 Speaker 2: The negative labels. 379 00:21:20,430 --> 00:21:22,609 Speaker 1: What if he thought, I guess I am kind of 380 00:21:22,650 --> 00:21:25,770 Speaker 1: too big, too slow, too clumsy. We wouldn't be talking 381 00:21:25,810 --> 00:21:30,710 Speaker 1: about him today. Has somebody told you? You can't accomplish 382 00:21:30,750 --> 00:21:31,350 Speaker 1: your dreams. 383 00:21:32,130 --> 00:21:35,070 Speaker 2: Like the ladies in the lobby, you're not talented. You're 384 00:21:35,090 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 2: too big, too small. You don't have the experience. No, 385 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 2: God didn't put the promise in them. He put the 386 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 2: promise in you. 387 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:49,460 Speaker 1: Along the way, there will always be negative voices trying 388 00:21:49,510 --> 00:21:52,550 Speaker 1: to label you. But God would not have given you 389 00:21:52,590 --> 00:21:55,590 Speaker 1: the dream unless he had already equipped you. 390 00:21:55,950 --> 00:21:58,210 Speaker 2: You already have what you need. 391 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:03,340 Speaker 1: What may seem like a limitation, too tall, too short, 392 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: God can use as an asset. God knows what he's doing. 393 00:22:07,980 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 1: He has designed you specifically for the race that you're in. 394 00:22:12,500 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: You may kind of feel like Shaquille, that you've been 395 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 1: cut from the team. The experts have told you what 396 00:22:18,510 --> 00:22:22,149 Speaker 1: you can't do, what you don't have. Here's what I've learned. 397 00:22:22,650 --> 00:22:27,850 Speaker 1: The experts can be wrong. Experts built the Titanic and 398 00:22:27,910 --> 00:22:33,100 Speaker 1: it sunk. amateurs built the ark and it floated. The 399 00:22:33,220 --> 00:22:36,659 Speaker 1: experts said we would never have this facility, but here 400 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:41,370 Speaker 1: we are today. The experts said my father would never 401 00:22:41,430 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 1: get out of poverty, but he did. The experts said 402 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,820 Speaker 1: my mother wouldn't be alive today, but she is. The 403 00:22:47,940 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: experts said David was too small. God said he was 404 00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:54,619 Speaker 1: just the right size. The experts said that I couldn't 405 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 1: pastor a large church. I didn't have the experience, but 406 00:22:57,140 --> 00:22:57,980 Speaker 1: I've done pretty good. 407 00:22:58,700 --> 00:23:03,980 Speaker 2: The experts... I've got one more. The experts said my 408 00:23:04,030 --> 00:23:11,050 Speaker 2: brother Paul would be handsome. Didn't happen. I'm not even 409 00:23:11,090 --> 00:23:11,469 Speaker 2: going to look. 410 00:23:14,470 --> 00:23:17,570 Speaker 1: Don't let the experts talk you out of what God 411 00:23:17,590 --> 00:23:21,310 Speaker 1: has put in your heart. In the scripture, a lady 412 00:23:21,350 --> 00:23:25,100 Speaker 1: named Rachel died while giving birth to her second son. 413 00:23:25,619 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 1: There were complications in labor and delivery, gasping for air, 414 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: trying to birth this child and so much pain and agony. 415 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,939 Speaker 2: And right before she died, she gave birth. 416 00:23:36,580 --> 00:23:41,420 Speaker 1: She named the boy Benani, which means son of my sorrows. 417 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 1: She labeled him based on what she had experienced. Now 418 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:47,900 Speaker 1: this little boy was going to have to go through 419 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:53,290 Speaker 1: life being called son of my sorrows. Sometimes people will 420 00:23:53,310 --> 00:23:56,410 Speaker 1: put a negative label on you, not because of anything 421 00:23:56,450 --> 00:24:00,590 Speaker 1: you've done, but because of the pain and heartache they've experienced. 422 00:24:01,290 --> 00:24:05,159 Speaker 1: Hurting people end up hurting other people. Bitter people are 423 00:24:05,220 --> 00:24:08,669 Speaker 1: quick to stick on those negative labels. A few minutes 424 00:24:08,990 --> 00:24:12,859 Speaker 1: after Rachel died, her husband Jacob came rushing in. The 425 00:24:12,890 --> 00:24:16,670 Speaker 1: nurses were holding the baby. They handed him to Jacob 426 00:24:16,690 --> 00:24:19,050 Speaker 1: and said, this is your son. His name has been 427 00:24:19,090 --> 00:24:22,970 Speaker 1: an eye, son of my sorrows. When he heard that 428 00:24:23,070 --> 00:24:24,550 Speaker 1: something came all over. 429 00:24:24,450 --> 00:24:28,020 Speaker 2: Jacob, he rose up and said, no, that is not 430 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 2: his name. 431 00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:32,700 Speaker 1: No matter what he's been through in the past, my 432 00:24:32,820 --> 00:24:35,659 Speaker 1: son will not be called son of sorrows. 433 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,010 Speaker 2: His name will be Benjamin. 434 00:24:38,590 --> 00:24:42,669 Speaker 1: Benjamin means son of strength, son of power, son of 435 00:24:42,730 --> 00:24:43,390 Speaker 1: my right hand. 436 00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:47,899 Speaker 2: Benjamin grew up to become a great leader. 437 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: Out of his family line came the kings of Israel, 438 00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:56,100 Speaker 1: one king after another. See, God had a great destiny 439 00:24:56,180 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: for Benjamin to fulfill, an assignment. But God knew that 440 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,940 Speaker 1: if he went through life, we're in that label, son 441 00:25:02,980 --> 00:25:03,640 Speaker 1: of sorrow. 442 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 2: He would never become what he was created to be. 443 00:25:07,540 --> 00:25:10,100 Speaker 1: So God stepped in and said, no, no, he's not 444 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: wearing that label. He's not a son of sorrow, not 445 00:25:13,859 --> 00:25:16,860 Speaker 1: a son of defeat, not a son of disappointment. This 446 00:25:16,980 --> 00:25:21,090 Speaker 1: child is a son of destiny. This child has seeds 447 00:25:21,140 --> 00:25:25,750 Speaker 1: of greatness. His name will be son of strength. God 448 00:25:25,850 --> 00:25:31,100 Speaker 1: knows how powerful labels are. Maybe somebody has tried to 449 00:25:31,140 --> 00:25:37,770 Speaker 1: label you average, slow learner, not talented, too many mistakes. No, 450 00:25:37,830 --> 00:25:40,010 Speaker 1: God is saying the same thing to you that he 451 00:25:40,030 --> 00:25:44,170 Speaker 1: said to little Benjamin. I am changing your name. I'm 452 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:46,210 Speaker 1: placing a new label on you. 453 00:25:46,650 --> 00:25:50,450 Speaker 2: No more son of sorrow. No more son of mediocrity. 454 00:25:51,070 --> 00:25:55,650 Speaker 2: No more son of broken dreams. I'm renaming you to son. 455 00:25:55,470 --> 00:25:59,649 Speaker 1: Of strength, to daughter of destiny, to child of influence, 456 00:25:59,990 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: child of greatness, child of victory. Now my challenge, remove 457 00:26:05,580 --> 00:26:10,980 Speaker 1: the old labels and start going by your new names. Masterpiece, valuable, 458 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,900 Speaker 1: one of a kind, more than a conqueror, history maker. 459 00:26:15,260 --> 00:26:18,790 Speaker 2: Those are the labels that we should be wearing. One 460 00:26:18,830 --> 00:26:19,290 Speaker 2: last key. 461 00:26:20,010 --> 00:26:23,469 Speaker 1: People can call you many different things, but you are 462 00:26:23,550 --> 00:26:27,150 Speaker 1: not what people call you. You are what you answer to. 463 00:26:27,970 --> 00:26:30,490 Speaker 1: They can call you slow, lazy. 464 00:26:31,130 --> 00:26:33,330 Speaker 2: Too old, all washed up. That's all right. 465 00:26:33,390 --> 00:26:37,550 Speaker 1: Just don't answer to it. Answer to victorious. Answer to talented. 466 00:26:37,869 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: Answer to history maker. If you'll do that, I believe 467 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 1: and declare today is going to be a turning point. 468 00:26:46,260 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: The bondages from the past are no longer going to 469 00:26:49,420 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: have any effect on you. You are going to rise 470 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: up and become the son of strength, the daughter of influence, 471 00:26:57,180 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 1: the child of victory, child of blessing, child of favor, 472 00:27:01,770 --> 00:27:06,770 Speaker 1: child of greatness. You will overcome every obstacle, defeat every enemy, 473 00:27:07,109 --> 00:27:09,510 Speaker 1: and become everything God's created you to be. 474 00:27:09,950 --> 00:27:13,210 Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, if you receive it, can you say amen? 475 00:27:13,230 --> 00:27:17,430 Speaker 1: Well, we never like to close our broadcast without giving 476 00:27:17,450 --> 00:27:20,389 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 477 00:27:20,730 --> 00:27:24,140 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me today? Just say, Lord Jesus, 478 00:27:25,300 --> 00:27:26,500 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. 479 00:27:27,740 --> 00:27:30,619 Speaker 2: Come into my heart. Wash me clean. 480 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,070 Speaker 1: I make you my Lord and Savior. Friends, if you 481 00:27:35,090 --> 00:27:37,619 Speaker 1: prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 482 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 1: Get in a good Bible-based church. Keep God first place. 483 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 2: He's going to take you places that you've never dreamed of. 484 00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:53,440 Speaker 1: If you want to know what you're going to be 485 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 1: like in five years, listen to what you're saying about yourself. 486 00:27:57,300 --> 00:28:00,340 Speaker 1: You are prophesying your future. I'd love to send you 487 00:28:00,380 --> 00:28:03,830 Speaker 1: my new book, Your Words, Your Reality. I'll show you 488 00:28:03,869 --> 00:28:07,310 Speaker 1: how to speak positive, faith-filled words that agree with what 489 00:28:07,369 --> 00:28:10,130 Speaker 1: God says about you. You'll learn how to use your 490 00:28:10,170 --> 00:28:14,050 Speaker 1: words not to describe the situation, but to change the situation. 491 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,899 Speaker 1: When you speak words of health, favor, and victory, you 492 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,050 Speaker 1: are setting the direction for your life. That's how you'll 493 00:28:21,070 --> 00:28:25,330 Speaker 1: break negative cycles, develop a healthier mindset, and see more 494 00:28:25,450 --> 00:28:26,310 Speaker 1: of the goodness of. 495 00:28:26,270 --> 00:28:27,350 Speaker 2: God in your life. 496 00:28:28,619 --> 00:28:32,540 Speaker 3: Your Words Equal Your Reality is a powerful new guidebook 497 00:28:32,700 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 3: designed to help you speak God's promises over every area 498 00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:40,790 Speaker 3: of your life. 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