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Be a 44 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 4: part of one of our services. I promise you we'll 45 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 4: make you feel right at home. But thanks so much 46 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 4: for tuning in, and thank you again for coming out today. 47 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny. And one Sunday morning, 48 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 4: this man walked into church wearing blue jeans, T shirt 49 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 4: and an old cowboy hat. Some of the members were appalled. 50 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 4: They sent notes to the pastor expressing their concern. Afterwards, 51 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 4: the pastor told the man he needed to pray and 52 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 4: ask God what he should wear when he came back 53 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 4: to his church. Next week, the man came back wearing 54 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 4: the exact same thing. Pastor said, I told you to 55 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 4: ask God what you should wear before you come back 56 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 4: to my church. The man said, I did ask God, 57 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 4: and he told me he didn't know what to wear 58 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 4: because he's never been here before. Hold up your Bible, saying, 59 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 4: like you mean it, this is my Bible. I am 60 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 4: what it says I am. I have what it says 61 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 62 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 63 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 4: boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 64 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 65 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 66 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 4: who's the boss. There's a battle taking place in all 67 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 4: of us. It's a battle between the flesh and the spirit. 68 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 4: The flesh is our natural carnal desires. That's what we 69 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 4: were born with. Have you ever noticed how you don't 70 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 4: have to teach a child to be impatient, to be selfish, 71 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 4: to get upset? Or is it? A grocery store and 72 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 4: this little boy, probably two years old, was there shopping 73 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 4: with his mother. She looked like a businesswoman, very professional, 74 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 4: well dressed. Her little boy was as cute as can be. 75 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 4: And he went over and got something off the bottom shelf. 76 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 4: His mother said, very lovingly, no, son, we have to 77 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 4: put that back. At that point, he'd been happy, in 78 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 4: a good mood. But when she took that away, it 79 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 4: was like he turned into a different person. He started screaming. 80 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 4: He fell down on the floor, flailing his hands and legs, 81 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 4: stelling this big fit. You thought he was dying. Of course, 82 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 4: his mom was kind of embarrassed, and she tried to discreetly, 83 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 4: quietly pick him up. He screamed even louder. Here's my point. 84 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 4: Nobody had to teach him how to throw a fit. 85 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 4: That's what we're born with. The scripture calls it the 86 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 4: flesh or our carnal nature. It's things like pride, selfishness, impatience, 87 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 4: getting upset. And here's the key. The flesh wants to 88 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 4: be in control. The flesh is not going to be 89 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 4: happy unless it gets its way. The easy way is 90 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 4: to do like that little boy and give in. And 91 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 4: that's okay. When we're two years old, we're growing, we're learning, 92 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 4: people understand why we're childish. The problem is not when 93 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 4: we're two, but when we're forty and we're still throwing 94 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 4: a fit. We're still being ruled by our feelings. We think, 95 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 4: I feel like being rude, I'm gonna tell them off. 96 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 4: I feel like being lazy, I'm gonna skip work. I 97 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:16,559 Speaker 4: feel like being impatient, I feel like compromising. As long 98 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 4: as you're allowing your feelings to be the boss, it 99 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 4: will limit how high you can go. The scripture talks 100 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 4: about dying to the flesh. That means not giving in 101 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 4: to what we feel. If you live on that shallow 102 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 4: level of always having to please your flesh, you'll never 103 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 4: discover what's really in you. The best of you, your gifts, 104 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 4: your talents, your potential won't come out. You have to 105 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 4: go beyond the surface. If you'll get past the temporary 106 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 4: pain of not having your way and choose to follow 107 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 4: the spirit instead of the flesh, God will at least 108 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 4: more of his favor. You'll continue to rise higher and higher. 109 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 4: But too many people live on this surface level of 110 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 4: letting their feelings their emotions run their life. The problem 111 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 4: is our feelings will lead us down the wrong path. 112 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 4: Your feelings will tell you you're tired, you don't need to 113 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 4: go to work today. Just sleep in. Your flesh will 114 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 4: tell you they were rude to you. Don't let them 115 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 4: have the last word. Be rude back to them. Your 116 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 4: feelings will tell you I want another piece of pie. 117 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 4: Don't make me wait. I'm hungry. If you listen, you'll 118 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 4: hear the spirit say no more pie. Seven pieces was enough. 119 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 4: The flesh likes to be comfortable, but if you're always comfortable, 120 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 4: you'll never grow. When you discipline yourself to do the 121 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 4: right thing, the harder it is, the more you're growing 122 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 4: in that area. Instead of seeing it as all man, 123 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 4: this is so painful. Turn it around. This may be uncomfortable, 124 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 4: but I know I'm growing a whole lot. I'm making progress. 125 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 4: The scripture says no discipline at the time seems pleasant, 126 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 4: but later on it will produce a great harvest. We 127 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:14,559 Speaker 4: need to think more about later on. Our feelings only 128 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 4: tell us about right now. But a mature person doesn't 129 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 4: get caught up in the emotion of the moment. They 130 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 4: always take a step back and think about later on. 131 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 4: Your flesh will tell you I want junk food. Colas, 132 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 4: desserts make me comfortable. At the time, it may taste good, 133 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 4: but later on you won't be as healthy as you 134 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 4: could be. We get upset and think, I'm gonna go 135 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 4: tell my boss off. I'm gonna give them a piece 136 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 4: of my mind. You can do that, but later on 137 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 4: you won't have a job. At home. We know we 138 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 4: should bite our tongue not say something to our spouse, 139 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 4: but it feels good to please the flesh. We say 140 00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:00,679 Speaker 4: it anyway. Later on we're sleeping on the couch. Later 141 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 4: on we've entered into World War three. Even though it's difficult, 142 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 4: it's much better to say, flesh, you're not gonna rule 143 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 4: my life. When you do that, later on, you'll not 144 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 4: only still have a job, have a marriage, have good health, 145 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 4: but your character is coming up higher. God can entrust 146 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 4: you with more. Maybe you're at the Sporting Good story 147 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 4: and you see those shiny new golf clubs, the ones 148 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 4: you know you can't afford right now. You know those 149 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 4: funds are set aside for the monthly house note. But 150 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 4: they're the latest, greatest clubs. And wouldn't you know it, 151 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 4: they're on seal this week. Only your flesh will tell 152 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 4: you it's a sign from God. You heard Joel talking 153 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 4: your due season year. You can't pass that up. Then 154 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 4: you'll hear a still small voice, the spirit whispering, don't 155 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 4: do it, be disciplined, wait for the right time. The 156 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 4: flesh is always much louder, much stronger. I've got to 157 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 4: have it. They're on sale. Plus there's a special rebate, 158 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 4: and look today only. If you buy, you get a 159 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 4: free umbrella, two packs of bubblegum. If you give in 160 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 4: and let the flesh be the boss, well, later on, 161 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 4: when you have to pay the bills, you'll be depressed. 162 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:25,559 Speaker 4: It's much better if you'll pay the price for discipline today. 163 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 4: If you'll not get on board with those feelings, make 164 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 4: decisions based off of wisdom, then later on there will 165 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 4: be a great harvest. And when you see people that 166 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 4: are blessed, successful, have good relationships. They didn't get there 167 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 4: because they were lucky. They were disciplined, They did the 168 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 4: right thing when it was hard. The people that reach 169 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 4: their highest potential are the people that are good at 170 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,199 Speaker 4: saying no to their flesh. Those friends that want you 171 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 4: to party all the time. Your feelings will tell you 172 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 4: just do it. It's fun. You'll have a g great time. 173 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 4: But later on there can be addictions, later on trouble 174 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 4: in relationships. If you want to see the great harvest 175 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 4: God's favor or blessing increase, you have to make the 176 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 4: decision to choose discipline today. When I was in high school, 177 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 4: I used to run track. One day, we got out 178 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 4: at noon for a special program, and track practice didn't 179 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 4: start until one point fifteen. It was a hot summer 180 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 4: day in Houston. I was very hungry for Mexican food. 181 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 4: I rounded up some of my friends and we went 182 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 4: down to the local Mexican restaurant. As I was getting 183 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 4: out of the car, very excited out of school early 184 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 4: that day, at my favorite restaurant, I heard something down 185 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 4: in here saying, you better not eat this food. It's 186 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,839 Speaker 4: one hundred degrees outside and in a few minutes you're 187 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 4: going to be out on that hot track running. I 188 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 4: no more paid attention to that. I didn't want to 189 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 4: hear that. I had my mind already made up. Now. 190 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 4: I ordered this big Mexican day Cheloopah's enchiladas to Molly's 191 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 4: Faheedahs chilik and caeso rice beef. Had all this food. 192 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 4: When it came out, it smelled so good I could 193 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 4: almost taste it. But once again I heard something whispering, Joel, 194 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 4: you better not eat this. This is not a good idea. 195 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 4: I thought, get behind me, Satan, this is a good idea. 196 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 4: I ate, and ate, and ate. A few minutes later 197 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 4: I was out on the track. The coach said today 198 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,680 Speaker 4: we're gonna run eighteen four hundred and forty yard sprints, 199 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 4: not jogging, but sprinting. On my fourth sprint, I started 200 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 4: feeling dizzy, nauseated, sick to my stomach. I went over coach, 201 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 4: I can't run anymore. He looked at me and said, 202 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 4: you don't have a choice. You have to run. I 203 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 4: wanted to cast the devil out of him too. I 204 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 4: was so miserable. I'd run a little wild, throw up, 205 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 4: run a little wild, same thing. The funny thing when 206 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 4: I was eating that Mexican food. I never thought about 207 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 4: it later on. My flesh never once said later on, 208 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 4: this is gonna be a problem. 209 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: Bro. 210 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 4: It tastes good going down, but it's not gonna taste 211 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 4: so good coming back up. All my flesh told me 212 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 4: was give me Mexican food. Give it to me now, 213 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 4: don't make me way. The spirit was trying to warn me. 214 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 4: God was saying, in effect, you better stay away from 215 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 4: Mama Nphus today. Go down there the subway, get something easy, 216 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 4: something light. Here's my point. Your feelings will tell you 217 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 4: what you want, but that doesn't mean that's what's best 218 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:43,199 Speaker 4: for you. Your feelings will tell you they hurt you, hold 219 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 4: a grudge, live bitter. The same time, you'll hear a 220 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 4: still small voice whispering, let it go, forgive, Let God 221 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 4: be your vindicator. The flesh and the spirit are constantly 222 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 4: at odds. You get to choose who's the boss. Nobody 223 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 4: can make this decision for you. We can encourage you, 224 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 4: cheer you on, tell you that you have what it takes, 225 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 4: but only you can make the decision. I am not 226 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 4: going to live at this surface level. I'm not going 227 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 4: to let the flesh control my life, taking the easy 228 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 4: way out. I'm going to dig my heels in. Instead 229 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 4: of letting my feelings rule me, I'm gonna start ruling 230 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,559 Speaker 4: over my feelings. You've heard little kids use the phrase, 231 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 4: you're not the boss of me. Next time your flesh 232 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 4: tell you compromise, get upset, give in to temptation, just 233 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 4: answer back, You're not the boss of me. I am 234 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 4: not living on that surface level. I'm going deeper. I'm 235 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 4: gonna become all God created me to be. Paul setting Galatians. 236 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 4: If you sow to the flesh, you will reap decay, ruin, 237 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 4: and destruction. But if you sow to the spirit, you 238 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 4: will reap life and life eternal. Notice when you do 239 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 4: the right thing when it's hard, when you sow to 240 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 4: the spirit, you're gonna reap blessings, favor increase not only 241 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 4: eternal life, but abundant life here on this earth. But 242 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 4: when we give into our natural carnal desires, keep doing 243 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 4: what we feel. I feel like being lazy. I'm gonna 244 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 4: be lazy, I feel like compromising. I'm gonna give into 245 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:25,119 Speaker 4: this temptation. I feel like staying up all night watching television. 246 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 4: When we sow to the flesh, we won't reap anything good. 247 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 4: But when you discipline yourself to take the high road, 248 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 4: to say no to your feelings, you are sowing to 249 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 4: the spirit. It may not happen overnight, but if you'll 250 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 4: keep making those choices, you will come in to a 251 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 4: great harvest. Romans talks about those who follow the dictates 252 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 4: of the flesh. That's saying, the flesh wants to be 253 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 4: a dictator. The flesh wants to control your life. What 254 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 4: does a dictator do? Tells you what to do, to 255 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 4: do it, how to do it. They make all the decisions. 256 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 4: You just sit back and follow the orders. In other words, 257 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 4: you get stuck in traffic. Your flesh tells you get upset, 258 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 4: be stressed out. So many people follow the dictates of 259 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 4: the flesh, just like a good soldier. When they hear 260 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 4: those orders, yes sir, right away, sir, they get upset, 261 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 4: go through the day stressed out. Or you wake up 262 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 4: in the morning. Your feelings may tell you you're depressed, 263 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 4: nothing good is in your future, feel lousy. Some people 264 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 4: get on board. They go around depressed no passion. When 265 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 4: you say, Joel, I can't help what I feel. I'm 266 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 4: not asking you to not feel anything that's not reality. 267 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 4: God made us as emotional beings all through the day. 268 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 4: You will feel things. But just because you feel it 269 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 4: doesn't mean you should act on it. David said, be 270 00:15:55,760 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 4: angry and sin not. You may feel the emotion of it, 271 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 4: that's okay, just don't act on it. Don't fly off 272 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 4: the handle. You may feel offended, just don't give in. 273 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 4: I'm not getting on board with those feelings. Or you 274 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 4: may feel tempted to compromise so strong you don't see 275 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 4: how you can control it. But God wouldn't ask us 276 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 4: to feel something and not give in if we couldn't 277 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 4: do it. Yes, the feelings are real, but you have 278 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 4: to ask yourself. Is what I'm feeling going to move 279 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 4: me toward my destiny? Is it going to help me improve? 280 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 4: Or is it just my natural fleshly desires that are 281 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 4: going to keep me from rising higher? Who's the boss 282 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 4: you or your feelings? Are you going to let the 283 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 4: flesh stay on the throne be the dictator? My flesh said, 284 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 4: get upset, so I got upset. My flesh said, don't 285 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 4: clean the house. So I didn't clean the house this week, 286 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 4: this month, this year. My flesh said, hook up with 287 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 4: this other person, so I kind of miss stuff in 288 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 4: my relationship. Living by what we feel is a very 289 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 4: shallow way to live. I'm asking you to dethrone the flesh. 290 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 4: It's time to have a change in authority. You've seen 291 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 4: how in foreign countries when they have a dictator that's 292 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 4: very oppressive, pushing the people down. They can't vote him 293 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 4: out of the office. They don't have a democracy. They 294 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 4: have to take drastic measures. They rise up and overthrow 295 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 4: the dictator. They forcefully throw him out of office. In 296 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 4: the same way, your flesh wants to rule your life, 297 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 4: wants to stay in control. Tell you how to feel, 298 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 4: leads you down the wrong path. Let me warn you, 299 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 4: it's not gonna go down easily. When you don't give 300 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 4: it what it wants. It's gonna throw a fit, get upset. 301 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 4: You have to dig your heels in, be determined, and 302 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 4: say enough is enough. Flesh, You're not the boss of 303 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 4: me anymore. Feelings. You are not going to rule my life. 304 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 4: I am taking you off the throne. From now on, 305 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 4: I'm going to start being ruled by the spirit. See 306 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 4: the apostle Paul said, I die daily. He was saying, 307 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 4: every day I have to say no to my flesh. 308 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 4: Every day. I have to take my feelings off the throne. 309 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 4: This is not something that we do one time and 310 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 4: then we're done. It's an ongoing process. Paul wrote over 311 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 4: half of the New Testament. It's one of the great 312 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 4: heroes of faith, Yet he still had to deal with 313 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 4: his flesh. You never get to the point where you're 314 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 4: so mature, you're so spiritual, you don't have any of 315 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 4: these fleshly carnal desires. Like Paul, every day we have 316 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 4: to learn to say no to certain feelings. One time, 317 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 4: my father had a disagreement with my mother, and it 318 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 4: was really no big deal, but my father was put 319 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,880 Speaker 4: out over it. He knew the right thing to do 320 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 4: was just to let it go and move forward, but 321 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 4: he felt like being offended, He felt like feeling sorry 322 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 4: for him. Instead of ruling his feelings, he let his 323 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 4: feelings rule him. He put them back up on the throne, 324 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 4: and he decided to give my mother the silent treatment. 325 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,919 Speaker 4: She would walk by him in the house and he 326 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 4: would ignore her, act like he didn't see her. She 327 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 4: would ask them something. He would answer back in the shortest, 328 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 4: most unfriendly way he possibly could. He liked how it 329 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,199 Speaker 4: made him feel when you give into the flesh, there 330 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 4: is pleasure. Feels good to have a pity party, feels 331 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 4: good to eat the twelfth bowl of ice cream, feels 332 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 4: good to skip school, go down to the beach. The 333 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 4: flesh loves to have its way, loves to stay on 334 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 4: the throne. A couple of hours later, my mom got 335 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 4: tired of having the cold shoulder treatment and decided to 336 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 4: do something about it. She went and hid behind the 337 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 4: door and stayed there as quietly as she could. My 338 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 4: father looked and looked and looked everywhere throughout the house. 339 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 4: It's hard to ignore or somebody when you can't find them. 340 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 4: The longer he looked, the more worried he became. He thought, 341 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 4: dear Lord, maybe the rapture took place and I got 342 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 4: left behind. A few minutes later he passed that door 343 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 4: where my mother was hiding. She jumped out on his back, 344 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 4: put both legs around him, said, John, I'm not getting 345 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 4: off until you cheer up. They laughed so much my 346 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 4: father forgot what he was mad about. No matter how 347 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 4: mature you are, every day to have to take those 348 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 4: feelings off the throne, Paul said in First Corinthians, everything 349 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 4: is permissible for me but everything is not profitable. I 350 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 4: will not become a slave to anything. See, there are 351 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 4: a lot of things we can do and get away with. 352 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 4: We can go through life bad attitude, hot temper, compromising impatience. 353 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 4: That's permissible, but it's not very profitable. If you live 354 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 4: at that shallow level, letting your feelings rule you, you 355 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 4: can only go so high. Yes, you'll survive, but it 356 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 4: will be much less than you were created for. I'm 357 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 4: talking today about reaching the fullness of your destiny. Paul said, 358 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 4: I won't become a slave to anything. When we let 359 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 4: our feelings rule us, we become a slave to anger, 360 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 4: a slave to luss, a slave to self pity. Because 361 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 4: we're letting our flesh stay on the throne. It's like 362 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 4: we're serving those things held by their power. But I 363 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:38,880 Speaker 4: believe this is a new day. The flesh is being dethroned. 364 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,719 Speaker 4: No more living as slaves. We're rising up and saying, flesh, 365 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 4: you're not gonna control us. We're gonna take the throne. 366 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 4: We're gonna make decisions that honor God and move us 367 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 4: toward our destiny. The scripture says we are unspiritual when 368 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 4: we are under the control of ordinary impulses. It doesn't 369 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 4: say that these ordinary impulses will go away. The feelings 370 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,360 Speaker 4: will always be there. The problem is when we give in, 371 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 4: we come under their control. When you said, Joel, I've 372 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 4: always had a problem with my temper, I've always been impatient. 373 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 4: I'll never change. Well, here's how you do it. You 374 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 4: have to quit feeding those feelings. Anything you feed is 375 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:26,239 Speaker 4: going to grow when that emotion of anger comes. If 376 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 4: you keep giving in, getting upset, flying off the handle, 377 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 4: all you're doing is making it stronger. You're giving it 378 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 4: more power. If you keep feeding that self pity, going 379 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:40,360 Speaker 4: around feeling sorry for yourself. It's just like a person 380 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 4: that's addicted to a drug. The more he takes it, 381 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 4: the more he has to have it. He craves it, 382 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 4: the desire becomes stronger. Whatever area you're letting your feelings rule, 383 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 4: it's going to grow. If you get stressed out every 384 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 4: time you get stuck in traffic, you're feeding the impatience man, 385 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 4: and you're serving it a meal. You get real upset. 386 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 4: Here's a steak dinner. Here's some vitamins. If you want 387 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 4: to get out from under the control of the ordinary impulses, 388 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 4: you can't pray them away. They're a part of life. 389 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,360 Speaker 4: The way you break free is you quit feeding them. 390 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 4: Next time you're tempted to get upset, you feel that 391 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:27,199 Speaker 4: ordinary impulse, don't respond. Put on some good praise music. 392 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,680 Speaker 4: Think about all you have to be grateful for what's happening. 393 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 4: You're feeding your spirit person instead of feeding your flesh. 394 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 4: As your spirit grows stronger, your flesh is getting weaker. 395 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,120 Speaker 4: You have to starve the self pity, starve the anger, 396 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 4: starve the bad attitude. If you keep sowing to the flesh, 397 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 4: you'll reap defeat. But if you'll start sewing to the spirit, 398 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 4: you'll reap victory. And even though those fleshly normal impulses 399 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 4: still come, they won't control you anymore. This is how 400 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 4: you know that you're mature. Not that you don't have 401 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:09,400 Speaker 4: any temptations, not that you prayed away everything that bothers you. 402 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 4: A sign of maturity is you still feel the negative emotions, 403 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 4: but you don't act on them. You don't put them 404 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 4: back up on the throne. You're the boss of your life, 405 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 4: not your feelings. Proverb says, a person that doesn't rule 406 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 4: his own spirit is like a city with broken down walls. 407 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 4: When we keep giving into these ordinary impulses. Our walls 408 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 4: are down, we have no protection. We're defenseless. The enemy 409 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 4: can come in and have a heyday with our life. 410 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 4: Here's the solution God has given each one of us 411 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 4: self control. Self control is like a muscle. If you 412 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 4: never use it, if you never discipline yourself, your self 413 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 4: controlled muscle is going to be very weak. You have 414 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 4: to start exercising it, start saying no to your flesh. 415 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 4: You have a destiny to fulfill. God has amazing things 416 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 4: in your future. But the scripture says, as long as 417 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 4: the error is a child, he will never receive the inheritance. 418 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 4: If you're throwing a fit at two years old, that's okay. 419 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 4: But if you're twenty years old, forty years old, sixty 420 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 4: years old, still giving in to the ordinary impulses, God 421 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 4: is saying it's time to grow up. If you'll take 422 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 4: your flesh off the throne, God will start releasing some 423 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 4: of these amazing things that He has in your future. See, 424 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:44,440 Speaker 4: spiritual maturity has nothing to do with how long you've 425 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 4: been in church, how long you've known the Lord. It 426 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 4: has everything to do with what kind of fruit are 427 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 4: you displaying in your life? Are you not living by 428 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 4: your feelings? Are you saying no to these emotional impulses. 429 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 4: I read something interesting about mountain climbers. When they're out climbing, 430 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 4: one of the main things they have to watch out 431 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 4: for are poisonous snakes. The snakes can be hidden behind 432 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 4: a rock, they move it and get bitten, or the 433 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 4: snakes can be on the ground disguised they look just 434 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 4: like the terrain they accidentally step on them. A snake 435 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 4: bite way up in a mountain can easily be fatal, 436 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 4: can take hours even days to be rescued. So constantly 437 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 4: watching out for poisonous snakes, it's always on the forefront 438 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 4: of their mind. But there's something called the snakeliine. When 439 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,120 Speaker 4: the climbers get to a certain altitude, when they get 440 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 4: up high enough because the air is so thin, they 441 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 4: know that snakes cannot live at that level. They don't 442 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 4: have to worry about getting bitten by these poisonous snakes 443 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 4: at that height. In the same way, if you'll keep 444 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 4: ruling over your emotions, not letting the flesh have control, 445 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 4: as you continue growing, maturing, coming up higher, you will 446 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 4: get to the place where the snakes where the enemy 447 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 4: cannot bother you anymore. It doesn't mean that you want 448 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 4: still feel the emotional ordinary impulses. They'll still be there, 449 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 4: but they wan't affect you. Your flesh has been dethroned. 450 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 4: Those feelings may try to get back up there from 451 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 4: time to time, but you've developed so much self discipline. 452 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 4: You've sewed to the spirit so long. It's like you've 453 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:36,640 Speaker 4: crossed that snake line. The enemy cannot go where you're going. Now. 454 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 4: We may not all be there just yet, but don't worry. 455 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 4: You're getting closer. We're coming up higher. The flesh is 456 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 4: getting weaker, the spirit is getting stronger. Who's the boss. 457 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 4: You're the boss. Now do your part. Keep saying no 458 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 4: to the flesh like Paul, keep dying daily. If you'll 459 00:27:55,680 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 4: do this, as you continue to grow, I believe and decline, 460 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 4: God is going to release the inheritance the amazing things 461 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,360 Speaker 4: he has in store. You're gonna step in to the 462 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 4: fullness of your destiny and become everything He's created you 463 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,200 Speaker 4: to be in Jesus' name. If you receive it, can 464 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 4: you say a man today? We never like to close 465 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 4: our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 466 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 4: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me, 467 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 468 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 469 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 4: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 470 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 471 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 4: God first place. 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