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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 4: your life. Oh God, bless you. It's great to be 39 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 4: with you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with 40 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 4: us during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 41 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 4: social media, and you can come visit us in person. 42 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 4: We'd love to have you be a part of one 43 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 4: of our services. And I like to start with something 44 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 4: funny and one Sunday morning, this pastor was in the pulpit, 45 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 4: preaching away when he noticed a man on the front 46 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 4: row sound asleep. Made him so aggravated he started preaching 47 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 4: louder and harder, but it seemed like the louder he got, 48 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 4: the sounder the man slept. Finally, he stopped in the 49 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,399 Speaker 4: middle of his message said to the man sitting next 50 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 4: to him, would you please wake that man up? The 51 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 4: man said, wake him up yourself. You put him to sleep. 52 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 53 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 54 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 55 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 56 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 57 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 4: heart is recepted. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 58 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 59 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 4: about keeping the right identity. We all face situations that 60 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 4: contradict who God made us to be. He's put dreams 61 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 4: in our heart and we're standing on his promises, knowing 62 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 4: that we're blessed, strong, healthy, favored. But sometimes the circumstances 63 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 4: say just the opposite, and it's easy to let our 64 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 4: environment change our identity. We know God calls us a masterpiece, valuable, 65 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 4: fearfully and wonderfully made. But when we go through unfair situations, 66 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 4: we're not treated right, people walk away, we can lose 67 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 4: who we are. We let those circumstances change how we 68 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 4: see ourselves. Now. We feel inferior, not attractive, nothing special. 69 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 4: We're adapting to the environment. Or God puts a dream 70 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 4: in our heart to take our family to a new level, 71 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 4: to set a new standard. We know we're a difference maker. 72 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 4: We are well able, but the doors haven't opened. The 73 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 4: dream didn't work out, nobody supported us. Now, instead of 74 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 4: seeing ourselves as victorious, successful, we let the environment determine 75 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 4: our identity. We see ourselves as limited, at a disadvantage, 76 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 4: too many disappointments. Here's the key. Your environment doesn't change 77 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 4: who God created you to be. God says you're blessed, 78 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 4: you're favored, You're healthy, you're free. Everything around you may 79 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 4: say just the opposite. This is what faith is all about. 80 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 4: You have to dig down d and say, I am 81 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 4: not going to let my environment define who I am. 82 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 4: I am who God says I am. See. Maybe you're 83 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 4: struggling in your finances camp seem to get ahead stuck 84 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 4: at that same level. If you take on that defeated 85 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 4: not enough mindset, you let lack and struggle become your identity, 86 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 4: it'll keep you from rising higher. Lack may be all 87 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 4: around you, but don't let it get in. You won't 88 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,919 Speaker 4: start talking defeat. I'll never get ahead. Nobody in my 89 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 4: family is successful. My business is not going to make 90 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 4: it in the mister that struggle. Your attitude should be 91 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 4: I am blessed. I am the head enough to tell 92 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 4: my cup runs over. What I touch will prosper and succeed. 93 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,599 Speaker 4: Don't let the environment define who you are. The fact 94 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 4: is you are blessed, whether you're in a great environment 95 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 4: or whether you're in a limited environment. Well, Joel, I 96 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 4: thought i'd be further along. I thought i'd be in 97 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 4: management by now, but I'm still in the background. I 98 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 4: thought I would have met someone. I'm still single. I 99 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 4: thought i'd be free from this illness, but I'm still 100 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 4: dealing with it. I guess I'll always struggle. No, don't 101 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 4: take that as your identity. Where you are is not 102 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 4: who you are. The environment can change. One touch of 103 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 4: God's favor can turn things around. The real question is 104 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 4: are you letting the environment change you are, you taking 105 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 4: on the identity of what's around you. The enemy would 106 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 4: love for you to lose who you really are, to 107 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 4: where you see yourself as limited, not attractive, a victim. 108 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 4: That wrong identity will keep you from becoming who you 109 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,799 Speaker 4: were created to be. You may be in an environment 110 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 4: right now that contradicts what God promised you. The circumstances 111 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 4: look just the opposite of the dream he put in 112 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 4: your heart. That's a test. You can let it change, 113 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 4: you adapt to the environment, water down your dream, or 114 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 4: you can say no thanks. My environment doesn't dictate my identity. 115 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 4: I know who I am. I am blessed, I am valuable, 116 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 4: I am strong, I am victorious. I am a child 117 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 4: of the Most High God. This is what Joseph had 118 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 4: to do. He was seventeen years old when God gave 119 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 4: him a dream that he'd be in leadership, and he 120 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 4: knew he was going to do great things. He shared 121 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 4: that dream with his brothers. They didn't like it too much. 122 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 4: They were already jealousy. Joseph was the youngest child and 123 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 4: their father's favorite, and these brothers had traveled to a 124 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 4: different city with their flocks to find food and passes. 125 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 4: After a few weeks, Joseph's father was concerned and sent 126 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 4: Joseph to go check on them. When they saw Joseph coming, 127 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 4: they thought this was their big chance to get rid 128 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 4: of him, and they threw him into a deep pit, 129 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 4: a well without any water, and they were going to 130 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 4: leave him there to die when they saw a caravan 131 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 4: of Ishmaelites coming, and instead they sold him as a slave. 132 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 4: In Egypt, he worked for a high ranking military officer, 133 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 4: running his household, cleaning the rooms, mowing the law, and 134 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 4: doing repairs. Here he had this prophecy spoken over his life, 135 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 4: this dream that he would lead a nation. But the 136 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 4: environment contradicted what God promised him. The circumstances were the 137 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 4: opposite of what he saw in his dream. He's not 138 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 4: leading a nation. He's a slave. He's not telling people 139 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 4: what to do. He's in captivity, no freedom, in a 140 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 4: foreign land. He could have gotten bitter, seen himself as 141 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 4: a victim. God, I don't understand. But you never read 142 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 4: where he complained. You never read what he slacked off. 143 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 4: He didn't let the environment change his identity. All the 144 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 4: circumstances said he was limited at a disadvantage. Never see 145 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 4: his dream, but he kept seeing himself as who God 146 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 4: said he would be, as a leader, as a difference maker. 147 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 4: When you face difficulties, things that are not fair, the 148 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 4: enemy is not just trying to hinder your destiny. He's 149 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 4: trying to steal your identity if he can deceive you 150 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 4: into letting your environment dictate who you are, how people 151 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 4: treat you, disappointments, delays if they cause you to see 152 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 4: yourself the wrong way, limited, not valuable, unworthy, that will 153 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 4: keep you from your purpose. He's not after your possessions. 154 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 4: He's after your identity. If he can control how you 155 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 4: see yourself, then he'll limit your future. You're in a 156 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 4: negative environment. Do like Joseph, don't let the environment get 157 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 4: in you. You're not defined by your environment. Sometimes it's 158 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 4: God leading you into difficulties. Sometimes God allows situations where 159 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 4: people do you wrong. You have a great dream for 160 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 4: your life. You know God has spoken to you, But 161 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,079 Speaker 4: you find yourself in a pit. How you see yourself 162 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 4: in the pit will determine whether you stay in that 163 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 4: pit or whether you come out better. God wouldn't have 164 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 4: allowed it if it wasn't going to use it to 165 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 4: move you into greater levels of your destiny. In that pit. 166 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 4: Don't take on a victim mentality. Don't let that bad 167 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 4: break change your identity. You are a victor. You are 168 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 4: an overcomer. You are more than a conquered You can 169 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 4: do all things through Christ. Here's the key. The pit 170 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 4: didn't change who you are. The environment didn't stop God's 171 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 4: purpose for your life. Joseph was called to be the 172 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 4: prince of Egypt. The fact is he was a prince 173 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 4: in a pit. That pit didn't change his calling. He 174 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 4: was later put in prison for something he didn't do. 175 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 4: He could have lost his identity. Man, I'll never leave now. 176 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 4: I'm not only a slave, I'm a prisoner. No, the 177 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 4: environment didn't dictate his identity. He was a prince in 178 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 4: the prison. He knew he was who God said he was, 179 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 4: whether he was in the pit, in the prison, or 180 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 4: in the palace. You may have circumstances that you don't understand. 181 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 4: You could feel like a victim. The medical report's not good. People, 182 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 4: did you wrong? A door closed on your dream? Can 183 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 4: I tell you you're a prince in the prison. You're 184 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 4: a prince in the pit, and the good news is 185 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 4: you're going to be a prince in the palace. Your 186 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 4: time is coming. What God promised you is on the way. 187 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 4: When the Pharaoh, the leader of the nation, had a dream, 188 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 4: he didn't understand. He was told that Joseph, this prisoner, 189 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 4: could interpret dreams. The scripture says Joseph was brought quickly 190 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 4: to the palace. God knows how to suddenly turn things around. 191 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 4: He interpreted the Pharaoh's dream, and he made Joseph second 192 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 4: in command of the whole nation. He became the prince 193 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 4: of Egypt. But look at all the opportunities Joseph had 194 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 4: to lose his identity, light about, betrayed, mistreated. When the 195 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 4: butler got out of prison, he forgot all about Joseph. 196 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 4: If he would have let his environment determine who he was, 197 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 4: we wouldn't be talking about him. Like Joseph. We all 198 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 4: have opportunities to lose who we really are. Go through 199 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 4: a breakup, a divorce, thoughts will start telling you you're 200 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 4: not valuable, You're not attractive, nobody wants to be around you. 201 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 4: Don't take on that defeated identity. That's not who you are. 202 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 4: You're a masterpiece, you made in the image of God. 203 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 4: You have royal blood flowing through your veins. God has 204 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 4: crowned you with his favor. People don't determine who you are. 205 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 4: They don't decide your worth and value. When your circumstances 206 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 4: are saying just the opposite, you have to do like 207 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 4: Joseph and say no, this pit didn't change who I am. 208 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 4: I'm a prince in the pit. This prison didn't lessen 209 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 4: my value. I'm a prince in the prison. My circumstances 210 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 4: don't determine my identity. My God determines my identity. I 211 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 4: am who God says I am. But sometimes we can 212 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 4: take on the wrong identity. We let what's happened to us, 213 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 4: what someone said, mistakes we've made, how we were raised 214 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 4: caused us to feel like a victim and not valuable. 215 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 4: You used to have passion and believe for big things, 216 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,839 Speaker 4: but doors closed, you went through setbacks. Now you've lost 217 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 4: who you are. The good news is you can get 218 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 4: your identity back. You need to shake off all those lies, 219 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 4: break all those stronghold and start seeing yourself how God 220 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 4: sees you. You're a prince, you're a history maker, you're 221 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 4: a burrier breaker. You are successful, you are talented, you 222 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 4: are valuable. The dream God put in your heart is 223 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 4: still on the way. Nothing that's happened to you has 224 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:23,199 Speaker 4: changed what God promised. The disappointments, the betrayals, the mistakes, 225 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 4: You're still a prince, You're still victorious, you're still favored, 226 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 4: and you're still going to become who God created you 227 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 4: to be. I know a young woman that was raised 228 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:38,319 Speaker 4: in a very limited environment. She came from a dysfunctional family. 229 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:42,319 Speaker 4: Her father was never around and her mother had addictions. 230 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 4: All she had known growing up was poverty, defeat, compromise. 231 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 4: That became her identity. She didn't know any better. She 232 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 4: saw herself as limited, not talented, not valuable. Often we 233 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 4: adapt to the environment and we don't even realize it. 234 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 4: It's what we've seen model growing up. It's how our 235 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 4: friends and neighbors live that becomes how we see ourselves. 236 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 4: At sixteen years old, this young woman became pregnant. She 237 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 4: had to drop out of school. Look like that negative 238 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 4: cycle would continue. She was living on welfare in government housing, 239 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 4: raising her son, no future to speak of, But one 240 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 4: day someone invited her to Lakewood. She started attending week 241 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 4: after week, and she would hear us talking about how 242 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 4: you have seeds of greatness, how you were created to 243 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 4: live a victorious life. When you see yourself as God 244 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 4: sees you, you can break barriers of the past. You 245 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 4: can rise to new levels. As she reprogrammed her thinking, 246 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 4: she began to take on a new identity. Instead of 247 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 4: letting her environment dictate who she was, she started believing 248 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 4: she was who God said she was blessed, talented, valuable, 249 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 4: with the bright future. She got a job at the 250 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 4: school ca cafeteria, cleaning dishes, making minimum wage. While she 251 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 4: was grateful, something on the inside said she was made 252 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 4: for more. She could hear her destiny calling her. She 253 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 4: didn't settle for the status quo. She went back to 254 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 4: school and got her ged. She wasn't dissatisfied. She decided 255 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 4: to go to college. She would work during the day 256 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 4: and go to school at night. In four years, she 257 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 4: graduated with honors. She still wasn't satisfied. She went back 258 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 4: to school and got her master's degree. Today, she's the 259 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 4: principal at the same school where she used to work 260 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 4: in the cafeteria. What am I saying, don't let your 261 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 4: environment dictate your identity. The truth is, she was a 262 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 4: principal when she was washing dishes. She was a leader 263 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 4: when she was in that dysfunctional home. She just didn't 264 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 4: know it yet. On the way to your destiny, there 265 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 4: will be environments that contradict what God has for you, 266 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 4: circumstances that are just the opposite of what you know 267 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 4: are in your heart. You know God is restoring health 268 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 4: back to you, but the report says you're not going 269 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 4: to get well. You know you're going to start that business, 270 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 4: but no doors are opening. You know you're going to 271 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 4: meet the right person, but there's no sign of it. 272 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 4: It's tempting to let what's not happening define who you are. 273 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 4: I guess I'll always be lonely, I'll never get healthy again, 274 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 4: I'll never be successful. Don't let that environment determine your identity. 275 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 4: Those circumstances don't define you like this young woman. There 276 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 4: are things in you that you haven't discovered yet. Your 277 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 4: time is coming. The Pharaoh is gonna call, The doors 278 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 4: are going to open. What God promised you is still 279 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 4: on the schedule. Now, don't get talked out of who 280 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 4: you know you are. Don't let how long it's taking 281 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 4: what you didn't get who left you convince you to 282 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 4: lower your standard on your dream and see yourself as limited, ordinary, 283 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 4: not good enough. God's favor is on your life. He's 284 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 4: called you for such a time as this. Sure you 285 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 4: have opposition, that's because the enemy can sensed the greatness 286 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 4: in you. He knows you're a person of destiny. He 287 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 4: knows you're call to break barriers to set new standards. 288 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 4: He'll use adversity, bad breaks, dysfunction to try to steal 289 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 4: your identity. You may get thrown into a pit, but 290 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 4: you have to remind yourself this pit didn't change who 291 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 4: I am. I'm a prince in the pit. I'm a 292 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 4: prince in the prison, and I'm a prince in the palace. 293 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 4: The question is will you keep your identity through the 294 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 4: pit and through the prison. Will you not let the 295 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 4: environment convince you that you must have heard God wrong 296 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 4: and this opposition is too big. I'm not that talented. 297 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 4: I can't reach my dreams. It would have happened by now. 298 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 4: Tune all that out and keep your mind stayed on 299 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 4: what God says about you. I'm blessed, I'm talented. My 300 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 4: future is bright. God is breathing in my direction. I 301 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 4: will become all I was created to be. Think about David. 302 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 4: The prophet Samuel came to his father's house to choose 303 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:22,400 Speaker 4: the next king of Israel. He saw David's seven older brothers, 304 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 4: but he passed over all of them and he chose David. 305 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 4: Was an amazing moment. David the least likely one. His 306 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:35,199 Speaker 4: brothers were bigger, stronger, more experienced, but Samuel poured the 307 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 4: oil on David. He was anointed the next king. What's 308 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 4: interesting is David didn't go to the palace. He went 309 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 4: back to the shepherd's fields. He was out there week 310 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 4: after week, month after month. He knew he was a king. 311 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 4: He felt the oil running down his head. He heard 312 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 4: the prophet declare it, but his circumstances said just the opposite. 313 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 4: He was still out taking care of sheep, shoveling their ways, 314 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 4: finding their food. I can imagine him at night, alone, 315 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 4: no one to talk to, thinking maybe I'm not a king, 316 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 4: Maybe Samuel was wrong. If I's gonna do great things, 317 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 4: why am I still stuck out here? The enemy knows 318 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 4: if he can steal your identity, convince you that you're 319 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 4: not who God says you are, then he can keep 320 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 4: you from your destiny. David's environment didn't line up with 321 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 4: the prophecy spoken over him. He had no one to lead, 322 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 4: no one that looked up to him, no influence. But 323 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 4: David understood this principle. My environment doesn't define who I am. 324 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 4: My God defines who I am. God says I'm a king, 325 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 4: so I'm gonna have a king mentality. David led those 326 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 4: sheep with excellence. He used his slingshot to protect those 327 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 4: animals like he was protecting God's people. Others passing by 328 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 4: didn't pay any attention. It's just that shepherd boy, No 329 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 4: big deal. What they didn't know was he was a 330 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:05,120 Speaker 4: king in the shepherd's fields. His time was coming. One 331 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 4: day he defeated Goliath, and he was thrust into favor 332 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 4: and influence that he had never seen. He became who 333 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,919 Speaker 4: God said he was. Don't let your environment talk you 334 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 4: out of what God promised you. Keep seeing yourself as 335 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 4: a king, even though you're in the shepherd's fields right now, 336 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 4: that's just a season. Keep seeing yourself as a principle, 337 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 4: even though you may be washing dishes. See yourself as 338 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 4: a prince even though you find yourself in a pit. 339 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 4: Where you are is not who you are. Don't get 340 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 4: bitter over a temporary season. Don't lose your identity over 341 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 4: something that's going to change. This is where some people 342 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 4: miss God's best. They get discouraged and they allow it 343 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 4: to change who they are. I'll never step into leadership. 344 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 4: I'll never expand my business, never see my family restored. 345 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 4: I'm in a pit. You're right where Joseph was. I'm 346 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 4: stuck at this same position. You're right where David was. 347 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 4: I was raised in dysfunction. I've had bad breaks. You're 348 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 4: right where that young woman was. You're letting a temporary 349 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 4: season something that contradicts what God put in you to 350 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 4: change who you are. You need to dig down deep 351 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,400 Speaker 4: and say no, I'm not moved by the circumstances. I'm 352 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 4: not bitter over the delay. I'm not upset with these 353 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 4: brothers that threw me into the pit. None of these 354 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 4: things are going to change who I know. God made 355 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 4: me to be a friend of mine. Told how when 356 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 4: he was six years old, the teacher gave the class 357 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 4: an assignment. They had to write down what they wanted 358 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 4: to be when they grew up. He had seen a 359 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 4: man on television that was very funny. That was his 360 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 4: dream as a little boy. He knew he wanted to 361 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 4: be on television making people laugh, so he wrote it 362 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 4: down well. He came from a low income family. They 363 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 4: didn't have much, plus he had a problem with stuttering. 364 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 4: The teacher started calling the kids' names out and reading 365 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 4: what they had written. When she came to his name, 366 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 4: she stopped and said, little Stevie, please come up to 367 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 4: the front. He started walking to the front of the 368 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 4: class so proud, thinking she was going to congratulate him. 369 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 4: Was just the opposite. She said, Stevie, what did you write? 370 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 4: He said, I wrote that I want to be on television, 371 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 4: making people laugh. She said, now, Stevie, do you know 372 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 4: anyone on television? He said no, ma'am. She said, has 373 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 4: anyone in your family ever been on television? He said no, man. 374 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 4: She said, then you need to take this back and 375 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 4: write down something more realistic. As a little boy, he 376 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 4: was confused. Nobody had ever told him what he couldn't become. 377 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 4: That night, he told his father what happened. He showed 378 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 4: him the piece of paper where he had written down 379 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 4: that he wanted to be on television. His father said, 380 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 4: listen here, Stevie. You put this in your top drawer 381 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 4: before you go to school, and every night, before you 382 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 4: go to bed, you look at that paper and thank 383 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 4: God that one day you're going to be on television. 384 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 4: He was telling him, don't let this environment determine your identity. 385 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 4: He had no money, no connections, no way in the natural. 386 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 4: But God is supernatural. He won't put a dream in 387 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 4: your heart that he can't bring to past. But there 388 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 4: will be these times of testing where circumstances seem just 389 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 4: the opposite. People telling you it's not going to happen. 390 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 4: Don't get your hopes up. You saw the medical report. 391 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 4: You don't come from the right family. You're not king material. 392 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 4: You're just a shepherd boy. Let that go in one 393 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 4: ear and out the other. People don't determine your destiny. 394 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 4: They can't see what God put in you. They didn't 395 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 4: hear what God whispered to you in the night. Don't 396 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 4: expect everyone to cheer you on. David's own father didn't 397 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,679 Speaker 4: even call him in when Samuel first came to the house. 398 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 4: Won't be surprised if the environment people around you contradict 399 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 4: what God has spoken to you. That doesn't mean it's 400 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 4: not going to happen. That's a sign that is on 401 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 4: the way. Now. You have to do your part and 402 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 4: not let it change how you see yourself. If you 403 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 4: take on that limited identity not able, this giint is 404 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 4: too big, I'm not qualified. You're defeating yourself. You have 405 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 4: to come into agreement with what God has spoken over 406 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 4: your life. Get your identity from Him, not from people, 407 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 4: not from circumstances, not from your feelings. If you're relying 408 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 4: on those things, you'll take on the wrong identity. Well, 409 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 4: this little boy grew up with that dream God put 410 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,199 Speaker 4: in his heart. All the circumstances said it would never happen. 411 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 4: In his late twenties, for three years he was homeless 412 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 4: and had to live out of his car. His environment said, 413 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 4: you'll never get out of this pit. But deep down, Joseph, 414 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 4: he knew he was a prince in a pit, that 415 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 4: the favor of God was on his life. He kept 416 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 4: seeing himself as successful, lifting people up, making a difference 417 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 4: with his life. God begin to open doors, bring the 418 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 4: right people. Today. That young boy Stevie is Steve Harvey. 419 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 4: He's on television all the time making people laugh. He 420 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 4: gives God all the credit. Are you letting your environment 421 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 4: define who you are are, your circumstances dictating your identity. 422 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 4: You need to go back to who God says you are. 423 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 4: Don't let the negative circumstances talk you out of what 424 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 4: you know. God has spoken over your life. This is 425 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 4: what the ten Spies did in the scripture. Moses sent 426 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:50,360 Speaker 4: them in despite the Promised Land. After forty days, they 427 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 4: came back and said, Moses, we don't have a chance. 428 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 4: The people are huge. We felt like grasshoppers compared to them. 429 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:03,359 Speaker 4: Notice how they saw themselves. We're just grasshoppers. We're weak, 430 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 4: we're defeated. Of all the analogies they could have comeing 431 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 4: up with, they used a little insect, a little bug 432 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 4: that hops around. They could have at least said, we're 433 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 4: like a gerbil, we're like a rabbit, We're like a goat. 434 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 4: What's amazing is these ten spies were the cream of 435 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 4: the crop. They were warriors, They were skilled and strong. 436 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 4: On top of that, they had seen God part the 437 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,679 Speaker 4: Red Sea, bring water out of a rock, send manny 438 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 4: each morning. But they made the mistake of letting their 439 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 4: environment determine their identity. Because they saw themselves as a grasshopper, weak, defeated, 440 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 4: not able to they never did go into the Promised Land. 441 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,640 Speaker 4: Don't let that be you. What you're up against may 442 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 4: look impossible. The sickness, the dream, the family trouble. It's 443 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 4: easy to take on that grasshopper mentality, water down your dreams. 444 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 4: It's not meant to be gone. God wouldn't have allowed 445 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 4: it if you weren't well able. There is a king 446 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 4: in you, there is a prince in you. There's a 447 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,919 Speaker 4: principle in you. On your own, you may not be 448 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 4: able to defeat it, but you're not on your own. 449 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 4: The most time, God is breathing on your life. At 450 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 4: the appointed time. Favora will call at the appointed time, 451 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 4: the giant will fall, the door will open, healing will come, 452 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 4: that child will turn around. Well, Joe, my circumstances look 453 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 4: just the opposite. You're right where you're supposed to be. 454 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 4: The environment is trying to convince you to change who 455 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 4: you are. Don't fall into that trap. You are blessed, 456 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 4: you are favored, You are healthy, you are valuable, you 457 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 4: are strong, you are victorious. I believe and declare, like Joseph, 458 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:53,119 Speaker 4: You're coming out of any pit, any defeat, any sickness, 459 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 4: any addiction, into the palace into freedom, abundance, wholeness, light, David, 460 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:05,400 Speaker 4: out of any shepherd's feels into leadership, influence, resources, chains, 461 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 4: are breaking right now. Strongholds are coming down. New doors 462 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 4: are opening the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, 463 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 4: and if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd 464 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,439 Speaker 4: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 465 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 4: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 466 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,120 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 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