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Thanks for listening to 37 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 38 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 39 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 40 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 41 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 5: your life. 42 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 3: God bless you. 43 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 5: It is always joy and honor to come into your 44 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 5: homes each week, and we want to let you know 45 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 5: that we love you guys, and we may not know 46 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 5: you by name, but we are believing for God's very 47 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 5: very best for you. And I know when you draw 48 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 5: night to God, God will draw night to you. He 49 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 5: has good things in store for you. So you just 50 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 5: know that we're praying for you every single day. And 51 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 5: if you're in our area, I hope you'll stop by. 52 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 3: And see us. 53 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 5: I say it often, but these are the finest people 54 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 5: in all of Houston, right here at Lakewood, and we'd 55 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 5: love to have you be a part of our service. 56 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 3: Thanks for tuning in, though. I like to get started 57 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 3: with something funny each week. 58 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 5: And I heard about this man that died and he 59 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 5: left his wife twenty thousand dollars. After the funeral, she 60 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 5: told her friend, I'm totally broke. The friend said, what 61 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 5: do you mean. You said you had twenty thousand dollars. 62 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 5: What'd you spend it on? She said, well, I spent 63 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 5: five thousand dollars on the funeral in fifteen thousand on 64 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 5: the memorial stone. The friend said, wow, that's some kind 65 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 5: of stone. How big was it. She held up her 66 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 5: hand and said, three and a half carrots. Hold your 67 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 5: bibles up and say it like you mean it. 68 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 3: This is my Bible. 69 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 5: I am what it says, I am, I have what 70 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 5: it says I have, I can do what it says 71 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 5: I can do. Today, I will be taught the word 72 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 73 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 74 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 5: God bless you. We've been talking about the legacy we're 75 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 5: leaving and how our choices can affect generations to come, 76 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 5: and some of you struggle with things right now. 77 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 3: That have been passed down to you. 78 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 5: When you look back in your family line, you can 79 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 5: see mediocrity, addictions, insecurity, low self esteem, and unfortunately now 80 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 5: you have to overcome those same things. And we've all 81 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 5: heard that saying, well, he's just got bad blood, and 82 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 5: really there's some truth to that. What's in our bloodline 83 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 5: is extremely important, and we have to realize we all 84 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 5: have a natural bloodline made up of our parents, grandparents, 85 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 5: great grandparents, but we. 86 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 3: Also have a spiritual bloodline. 87 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,839 Speaker 5: And the good news is our spiritual blood line can 88 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 5: override our natural bloodline. And the scripture talks about when 89 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 5: we came to Christ, all things have become new, the 90 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 5: old has passed away. In other words, we have entered 91 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 5: into a new bloodline. And when you really understand all 92 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 5: God's done for you, and you begin to act on it, 93 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 5: then you can rise up out of any adversity, and 94 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 5: you can overcome any negative thing from your past. There 95 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 5: is power in your spiritual blood line. And David said, 96 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 5: there and saw one thirty nine. Verse thirteen, God, you 97 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 5: created my inmost being. You nip me together in my 98 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 5: mother's womb. Verse sixteen says, all the days ordained for 99 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 5: me were written in your book before one of them 100 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 5: came to be. Notice David is saying that God saw 101 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 5: us before we were ever even born, before Adam and Eve, 102 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 5: before Abraham, before your grandparents. 103 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 3: God knew you. 104 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 5: In other words, your parents didn't just get together and 105 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 5: decide to. 106 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 3: Have a child. 107 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 5: You were preordained to be here before the foundation of 108 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 5: the world. See, God is the great architect of the universe. 109 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 5: He's planned everything out. It's not a coincidence that you're 110 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 5: here today. God looked out and said, I'm going to 111 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 5: choose this person to live in this generation and that 112 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 5: person to live in that generation. God prearranged for you 113 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 5: to be here at this particular time in history. And 114 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 5: how we should feel this sense of destiny, how we 115 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 5: should feel this sense of value. I know too many 116 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 5: people today. They're going around with low self esteem, insecure, 117 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 5: feeling inferior. They've been through disappointments, somebody hurt them, or 118 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 5: maybe they made some mistakes, and how they're just kind 119 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 5: of drifting through life, no dreams. 120 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 3: No goals, no enthusiasm. 121 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 5: The problem is they don't understand their sense of value. 122 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 5: I found that the enemy works over time in this area. 123 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 5: He'll use negative experiences or any kind of rejection to 124 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 5: try to lower our self worth. He wants us to 125 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 5: be insecure, insecure about our personalities, insecure about our looks, 126 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 5: insecure about our abilities, and he'll constantly bring up the past, 127 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 5: remind us of everything we've ever done wrong. And his 128 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 5: goal is to just keep chipping away from every possible 129 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 5: angle to try to steal our sense of value. We 130 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 5: have to understand our value should not be based on 131 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 5: how somebody else has treated us, or on how perfect 132 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 5: of a life we've lived, or even on how successful 133 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 5: we are. Our value should be based solely on the 134 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 5: fact that we are children of the most High God. 135 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 5: We have been called, we have been chosen. God has 136 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 5: hand picked us. 137 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 3: No, we're not perfect. We make mistakes. 138 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 5: We all have weaknesses, but the fact is that doesn't 139 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 5: change our value. In God's eyes, we are still the 140 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 5: apple of his eye. We are still his most prized possession. 141 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 5: And sometimes, you know, religion tries to beat people down, 142 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 5: make you feel bad about yourself. You've done this, you 143 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 5: failed here, you didn't treat this person right, you didn't 144 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 5: raise your kids as good as you should have. And 145 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 5: a lot of people just swallow that junk, hook line 146 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 5: and sinker. They go around feeling bad about themselves, low 147 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 5: self esteem, unworthy. 148 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 3: Their attitude is man. 149 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 5: God could never bless me, Joel, I've made too many mistakes. 150 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 3: I blew it. No, God knew that you weren't going 151 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 3: to be perfect. 152 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 5: Let me tell you are no surprise to God. Won't 153 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 5: you lighten up and give yourself a break? Why don't 154 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 5: you quit beating yourself up over everything you've done wrong? 155 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 3: After all, you can't change the past. 156 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 5: If you've made mistakes, just say God, I'm sorry, I repent, 157 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 5: Help me to do. 158 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 3: Better next time. 159 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 5: Then you've got to learn to just let it go 160 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 5: and move on, because if you hold on to it, 161 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 5: you open the door to guilt and condemnation, and before 162 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 5: long you'll be going around with a poor old me mentality. Man, 163 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 5: I don't deserve anything. I'm just a weak worm of 164 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 5: the dust. No, you're not a weak worm of the dust. 165 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 5: You are a child of the most tied God. You 166 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 5: have been called, you have been chosen. You have God's 167 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 5: royal blood flowing through your veins. 168 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 3: Why don't you. 169 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 5: Hold your head up, hide and put your shoulders back 170 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 5: and start acting. 171 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 3: Like a child of Almighty God. 172 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 5: Friends, You've got to believe in yourself and believe that 173 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 5: you have something to offer this world that nobody else has. 174 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,199 Speaker 5: You've been made in the image of Almighty God. That 175 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 5: means you're not like another animal, a dog, a cat, 176 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 5: a horse. No, the scripture says that God breathed his 177 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 5: life into you. 178 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 3: You are a person of destiny. 179 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 5: You didn't just happen to show up in the year 180 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 5: two thousand and six. God was thinking about you before 181 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,839 Speaker 5: you were ever even born, and it says He has 182 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 5: meticulously made everything about you. Some of you are always 183 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 5: finding fault with yourself. Well, I wish I didn't look 184 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 5: like this. I wish I had her personality, and I 185 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 5: wish I had his talent. Now, God made you like 186 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 5: you are on purpose. You are an original. Quit being 187 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 5: negative and critical toward yourself, and start enjoying yourself. 188 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 3: I hope you take this in the right sense. But 189 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 3: I like being me. I know I'm not perfect. 190 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 5: I know I have areas I need to improve, but overall, 191 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 5: I enjoy being myself. I realize I am valuable to God. 192 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 5: And you may have some things that you wish you 193 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 5: could change, but you can't stay focused on that. You 194 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 5: got to take what God has given you and make 195 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 5: the most of it. You are value to God. I 196 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 5: heard somebody put it like this. If God had a refrigerator, 197 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 5: your picture would be on it. If God carried a wallet, 198 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 5: your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers 199 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 5: every spring. He gives you a sunrise every morning. He 200 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 5: could live anywhere in the universe, but he chose to 201 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 5: live in your heart. You are God's most prized possession. 202 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 5: And understand this. We have everything we need to live 203 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 5: a life of victory. It's in our spiritual bloodline. It 204 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 5: says in Ephesians that God has equipped us with every 205 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 5: spiritual blessing. 206 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 3: Notice it's past tense. 207 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 5: God has already done it, but it's not going to 208 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 5: do us any good unless we believe it. 209 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 3: And start acting on it. 210 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 5: And every day you should make positive declarations over your life. 211 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:55,319 Speaker 5: You should say things like, I am blessed, I am forgiven, 212 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 5: I am prosperous, I am healthy, I am a tractive, 213 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 5: I am creative, I am wise. I am all that 214 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 5: God has made me to be. You need to declare 215 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 5: that over your own life. Get that down in your spirit. 216 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 3: Friends. 217 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 5: You are not created to be average. You are created 218 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 5: to barely get by. You were created to excel. You 219 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 5: were created to be the head and not the tale. 220 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 5: The Bible talks about how we should. 221 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 3: Rule and reign in this life. 222 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 5: And I know you may have a lot to overcome 223 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 5: in your natural bloodline, addictions, bad attitudes, inferiority, but thank God, 224 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 5: because of what Christ has done, we've stepped into that 225 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 5: new bloodline. Now you don't have to be bound by 226 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 5: all the bondages of that past. Now, you say, Joel Man, 227 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 5: I hadn't gotten any good breaks in life, and my 228 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 5: parents struggled with these same problems, and people haven't treated 229 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 5: me right, and I just kind of think this is 230 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 5: my lot in life. No, don't ever believe that. 231 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:56,959 Speaker 3: Lie. 232 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 5: Your lot in life is to be a victor and 233 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 5: not a Victor. Your lot in life is to be happy, 234 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 5: to be healthy, to be whole. And you may have 235 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 5: a lot to overcome in that natural bloodline. But let 236 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 5: me encourage you. Your spiritual bloodline looks very good. Your 237 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:18,319 Speaker 5: father spoke the worlds into existence. He could have chosen anybody, 238 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 5: but he chose you, He equipped you, he approved you. 239 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,839 Speaker 5: Not only that Jesus has defeated the enemy for us, 240 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 5: He's come that we might live his abundant life. Now 241 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 5: I love that scripture Englations. It says if we belong 242 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 5: to Christ, we are Abraham's seed and errors according to 243 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:41,319 Speaker 5: the promise. That means we can all experience the blessings 244 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 5: of Abraham. And if you study Abraham's life, you'll find 245 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 5: that he was prosperous, he was healthy, he made good choices, 246 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 5: he had God's blessings and favor. No matter what you've 247 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 5: been through in the past, no matter how many mistakes 248 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 5: you've made, you need to know right now on the 249 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,559 Speaker 5: inside of you you have the seed of Almighty God. 250 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 5: Your attitude should be I may have a lot to overcome. 251 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 5: People may have tried to push me down. Maybe I 252 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 5: didn't get any good breaks, but that does not change 253 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 5: who I am I know, I am a child of 254 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,679 Speaker 5: the most High God. I am chosen, I am set apart, 255 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 5: I am approved, I am equipped, I am anointed, I 256 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 5: am well able to fulfill my destiny. And then you 257 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 5: should go out each day expecting good things, expecting God's 258 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 5: blessings in favor. You cannot focus on who hurts you 259 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 5: and what you don't have and all the mistakes you've made. 260 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 5: Now get out of that victim mentality and get over 261 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 5: into a victor mentality. This is a new day. God 262 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:48,079 Speaker 5: has planned out all your days for good and not evil. Well, 263 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 5: you say, Joel, I don't really see that happening in 264 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 5: my life. I've had so much adversity. But if you'll 265 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 5: keep pressing forward, if you'll keep believing God is so good, 266 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 5: he says, he'll take that negative and he'll turn it 267 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:00,839 Speaker 5: around and. 268 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 3: Use it to your advantage. 269 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 5: Remember we are called overcomers. That means we're all going 270 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 5: to have things to overcome. You can't have great victories 271 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 5: without first having great battles. You'll never have a great 272 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 5: testimony without going through a few tests. And when the 273 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 5: going gets tough, the tough have to get going. 274 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 3: Some of you are in difficult times right now. But 275 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 3: remember this. 276 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 5: The enemy always fights you the hardest when he knows 277 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 5: God has something great in store for you. And so 278 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 5: if you've had unfair things happen to you, people lie 279 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 5: about you, people cheat you, well, it says in Isaiah 280 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 5: that God will bring you out with twice what you 281 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 5: had before. If you're in tough times like that, you 282 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 5: need to start declaring, I'm coming out of this thing 283 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 5: with twice the joy, twice the peace, twice, the honor, 284 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 5: twice the promotion. Every single day when you get up, 285 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 5: you need to declare, two thousand and six is going 286 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 5: to be a year of victory in my life. I'm 287 00:14:55,800 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 5: expecting God's unprecedented favor. And that's what I'm air and 288 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 5: over every single one of you, that the best is 289 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 5: yet to come. You hadn't seen anything yet. Promotion, favor, increase, 290 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 5: they're all on its way, and you've got to do 291 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 5: you a part and stay in agreement with me. 292 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 3: Amen, listen. 293 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 5: I quoted the scripture last week from the Book of Timothy, 294 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 5: where Paul said, the faith I see in you, Timothy, 295 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 5: it first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, 296 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 5: and now I can see it in you now. I 297 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 5: was thinking about how there's no mention of the fathers. 298 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 5: There no doubt these ladies were single parents, but because 299 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 5: of their faith, because of their life. 300 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 3: Of excellence, they made a difference. 301 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 5: Now, I know there are a lot of single parents 302 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 5: these days, and some of you go through struggles that 303 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 5: we know nothing about, working hard, coming home, cooking dinner, 304 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 5: raising your children, fighting loneliness. You may not think it's 305 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 5: ever going to change, and you could never fulfill your 306 00:15:55,640 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 5: dreams and desires. But God sees your sacrifice, sees you 307 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 5: going the extra mile, and sometimes you don't feel like 308 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 5: you can keep going on. But let me just encourage you. 309 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 5: You have on the inside of you the power of 310 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 5: the most high God. You have been called, you have 311 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 5: been chosen, you have been set apart before the foundation. 312 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 3: Of the world. 313 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 5: And just like these two ladies, Eunus and Lois, know 314 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 5: this God has equipped you. You may be raising another Timothy. 315 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 5: Who knows what your son or daughter may do. Your 316 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 5: sacrifice will be well worth it. 317 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 3: You making a. 318 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 5: Difference when those old negative thoughts come telling you that 319 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 5: you can't do it and it's never gonna get better, 320 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 5: You've got to cast that junk down and just say 321 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 5: to the enemy, do you know who my father is? 322 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 3: Do you know what kind of bloodline I come from. 323 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 5: I am destined to live in victory, I am created 324 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 5: to overcome. 325 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 3: I've got the blessings of Abraham. 326 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 5: Friends, there's power in your spiritual bloodline. I was reading 327 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 5: the other day about these famous race horses, the kinds 328 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 5: you might see at the Kentucky Derby. I never realized 329 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 5: how much went into making one of these horses. 330 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 3: I always thought that somebody is just out riding a horse. 331 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,439 Speaker 5: One day and they discovered he was fast and gifted 332 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 5: and he ended up in the race. But it's much 333 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 5: much deeper than that. These are not ordinary horses. These 334 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 5: are Thoroughbreds, and these horses have been carefully studied and 335 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 5: carefully bred for generations. I mean, they may go back 336 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 5: fifty or sixty years to check the bloodline. It's no 337 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 5: coincidence that they end up in the Kentucky Derby. And 338 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 5: what's interesting is in horse racing there's a person called 339 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 5: the blood stock agent, and he basically spends his whole 340 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,679 Speaker 5: time focused on the bloodline. He'll go back years and 341 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 5: spend months and months studying a particular line of horses, 342 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 5: and they'll examine how the father did, and how long 343 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 5: his stride was, and how fast he can run, and his. 344 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 3: Size, on and on. 345 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 5: With each generation, they'll gather all this information. See, they understand, 346 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:13,160 Speaker 5: winners don't just randomly happen. It's in the blood. That's 347 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 5: why these horses are very different than an ordinary horse. 348 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 5: They have generation after generation after generation of winners on 349 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 5: the inside. And do you know how much it can 350 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 5: cost to breed a race horse with one of these 351 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 5: world champion thoroughbreds, just simply to breed it can cost 352 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 5: up to a half a million dollars. There's no guarantee 353 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 5: that that little colt will win, nothing set in stone. 354 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,200 Speaker 5: In fact, when that newborn colt comes out, his legs 355 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 5: are all wildly, he can barely even stand up. 356 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 3: His eyes are glazed over. 357 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 5: And I'm sure those owners think, man alive, we have 358 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 5: wasted our money. 359 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 3: This horse couldn't win anything. He looks like an average 360 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 3: ordinary horse. 361 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 5: But no, they know, on the inside, in his blood 362 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 5: he's got a part of this champion, that champion, and 363 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 5: this champion and that champ. He may have a dozen 364 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,160 Speaker 5: world champions on the inside. 365 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 3: See it's all in the blood. 366 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 5: That's why they're not necessarily concerned about his present weakness. 367 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 3: They don't really. 368 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 5: Care what color he is, or how pretty he is, 369 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 5: or even how lard she is. They know, deep down 370 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 5: on the inside he has the blood of a winner 371 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 5: and friends. It's exactly the same with you and I. 372 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 5: It doesn't matter what we look like on the outside. 373 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 3: Some of us are pretty, some of us look like 374 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 3: my brother. 375 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 5: But you know what, it doesn't matter what we look 376 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 5: like on the outside. It doesn't matter what color we are. 377 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 5: It doesn't matter how many weaknesses or flaws we have. 378 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 5: You need to know on the inside of you. Right now, 379 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 5: you have the DNA of Almighty God. You come from 380 00:19:54,000 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 5: a long line of champions. You think about this Heavenly 381 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 5: Father spoke the worlds into existence. Your elder brother. 382 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:05,439 Speaker 3: Defeated the enemy. 383 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 5: Even think about some of your natural ancestors. Moses parted 384 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 5: the Red Sea. There's great faith in your bloodline. They 385 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 5: that a shepherd boy defeated Goliath. There's courage in your bloodline. 386 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 5: Sampson pushed down a building. There's supernatural strength in your 387 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 5: blood line. Then you'll sat there in the lions den 388 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 5: and didn't get harmed. There's divine protection in your blood line. Nea, Mile, 389 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,919 Speaker 5: we built the walls of the temple when all the 390 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 5: odds were against him. There's determination and persistence in your bloodline. 391 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 5: You think about Esther, she put her life on the 392 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 5: line to save God's people. There is sacrifice and heroism 393 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 5: in your blood line. 394 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 3: On in on we could go. 395 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 5: What I want you to see is that you come 396 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 5: from a bloodline of champions. You come from a bloodline 397 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 5: of overcomers. You are not ordinary. You're a thoroughbred. And 398 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 5: it does it matter what your present condition looks like. 399 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,399 Speaker 5: You need to know on the inside of you, you 400 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 5: have the blood of the Winter. 401 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 3: On the inside of you, there are seeds of greatness 402 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 3: some of you today you believe that lie that man. 403 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 5: You don't have what it takes. You've gone as far 404 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 5: as you can go. You come from the wrong side 405 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 5: of the tracks. No, you need to take a better 406 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 5: look at your bloodline. On the inside of you right 407 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 5: now is champion after champion after champion. You are the 408 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 5: seed of Almighty God. And you gotta quit focusing on 409 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 5: your weaknesses. Quit looking at your present condition. Get a 410 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 5: bigger vision for your life. Understand as far as God 411 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,199 Speaker 5: is concerned, He's already seen you up there at the 412 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:41,919 Speaker 5: Winter Circle. 413 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 3: He's already seen them. 414 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 5: Put in the roses around your neck. That's what David 415 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,199 Speaker 5: was talking about when he said, God, all of my 416 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:53,919 Speaker 5: days you ordained before I even got here. In other words, 417 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 5: you may have just shown up thirty or forty or 418 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 5: fifty or sixty years ago. But God's been working on 419 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 5: you a long time. He's had you planned out way 420 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 5: way before that. And you are extremely valuable. You are 421 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 5: not ordinary. You come from great stock. You've been destined 422 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 5: to live in victory, destined to overcome, destined to leave 423 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 5: your mark in this generation. Sometimes you hear people say, well, 424 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 5: he's just got good genes, he just comes from good stock. 425 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 5: Let me tell you, you come from superior stock. God 426 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:30,400 Speaker 5: brought you out of his very, very best. And what's 427 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 5: interesting is to most people, these famous race horses, they 428 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 5: don't look any different than another ordinary horse. I mean overall. 429 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 5: They may have a few more muscles, but the average 430 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 5: person can't tell them apart. See, the difference is in 431 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 5: the blood. That's what makes them extremely valuable. 432 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 3: Same way with us. 433 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 5: The scripture says we overcome by the blood of the 434 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 5: lamb the word of our testimony because of what Jesus 435 00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 5: has done. Every one of us are thoroughbreds, said Joe, 436 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 5: you don't know the life I've lived. 437 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 3: Man. 438 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 5: I failed here and I've made mistakes over there, and 439 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 5: I've still. 440 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 3: Got this addiction. Listen. 441 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,880 Speaker 5: That doesn't change your bloodline, doesn't change what's in you. 442 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,160 Speaker 5: Some of you do not realize how valuable you are. 443 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 5: You don't realize the price God has paid. As I said, 444 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 5: too many people are going around with no dreams, no goals. 445 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 3: They're not excited about life. 446 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 5: You need to recognize what you have on the inside, 447 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 5: says in First Corinthians, that you were bought with a 448 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 5: very high price. God gave his very very best for you. 449 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 5: He gave his only son. Please don't go around thinking 450 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 5: that you don't have a future. 451 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 3: There is a champion on the inside. It's in your blood. 452 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 5: I remember one time, years ago, my father went to 453 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 5: this meeting at a friend of ours church here in town. 454 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 5: It was on an off night and Daddy was a 455 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 5: little late, so he just snuck in and sat on 456 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 5: the very back row. A few minutes later, this young 457 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 5: man came in and sat down not too far from him. 458 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 3: And Daddy noticed that that young man looked very, very distraught. 459 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 3: His heart went out to him. 460 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 5: He was concerned about him, and Daddy thought to himself 461 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 5: that after the service he would get with him and 462 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 5: try to encourage him, help him in some way. But 463 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,120 Speaker 5: in the middle of the meeting, the young man got 464 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 5: up and left, and Daddy felt so strongly about it, 465 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:18,880 Speaker 5: he got up and went looking for him. 466 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 3: He looked all over the. 467 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 5: Front lobby, couldn't find him, went out in the parking lot, 468 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 5: searched and searts, still couldn't find him. He came back 469 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 5: in and he was just about to give up, but 470 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 5: Daddy decided to check the restroom. 471 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 3: He was standing there. 472 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 5: My father was around the sink area and he could 473 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 5: see there are a few other people in there, so 474 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 5: he just waited, and sure enough, a few minutes later, 475 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 5: this young man came out and he looked kind of 476 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 5: surprised to see my father, And Daddy said, I know 477 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:45,679 Speaker 5: you don't know me, and I don't really mean to 478 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 5: get in your business, but I'm very concerned about you, 479 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 5: and I want you to know that God loves you 480 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 5: and you are extremely. 481 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 3: Valuable to him. 482 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 5: All of a sudden, these big tears began to flow 483 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 5: down his face. He said, my life is so messed up. 484 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 5: I'm addicted to so many drugs that I can't take 485 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 5: it anymore. And I decided to come to church one 486 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 5: last time, and then I was going to go home 487 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 5: and take every pill that I could possibly find. It's 488 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 5: interesting he told later how he had seen my father 489 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 5: sitting down the road. He didn't know who Daddy was, 490 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,639 Speaker 5: but he was very impressed by the dress shoes Daddy 491 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 5: was wearing. Those shoes just left an impression in his mind. 492 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 5: And when he went out there, he knew Daddy was 493 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 5: coming after him, and he said he tried everything he 494 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,640 Speaker 5: could do to get away, but he said, everywhere I look, 495 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 5: those same shoes kept come following Afterward, Daddy went on 496 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 5: to tell him, basically what I'm telling you, it doesn't 497 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 5: matter where you are right now. You have seeds of 498 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 5: greatness on the inside. You are a thoroughbred. The enemy 499 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,679 Speaker 5: may be trying to pull you down. You may have 500 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 5: made mistakes, you may have felt a thousand times, but 501 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 5: understand that does not change your value in God's eyes. 502 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 5: And you are not here on planet Earth by accident. 503 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 5: God has a plan and a purpose for your life. 504 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 5: He has an assignment for you to do, and it's 505 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 5: not just to drift. 506 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 3: Around in mediocrity. 507 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 5: I'm convinced this is why so many people are not happy. 508 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 5: They never really get into their destiny. Long story short, 509 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,719 Speaker 5: my father and that young man prayed together and that 510 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 5: night was a turning point in his life. 511 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 3: That was a time of new beginnings. 512 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 5: Today, more than thirty years later, that man is a 513 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 5: pastor of a church here in town. He has thousands 514 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 5: of members, making a difference all over the world. But 515 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 5: so many people are like that young man. They don't 516 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,439 Speaker 5: realize what they have on the inside. Somebody has to 517 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 5: remind them. 518 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 3: Of their value. 519 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 5: You may have made mistakes, but don't stay down, get 520 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 5: back up and go again. 521 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 3: God is a god of second chances. 522 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 5: Doesn't change your bloodline, doesn't change what's in you. A 523 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 5: lot of time, society, when we make bad choices, when 524 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 5: we go through failures, just wants to write us off 525 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 5: and push us down. But understand, God is not that way. 526 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 5: God sees your potential. He knows what you're capable of. 527 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 5: He's the one that made you. 528 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 3: No matter what. 529 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 5: You've been through in the past, you can still do 530 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 5: great things. It's in your blood. You come from a 531 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 5: long line of champions. I want you to go out 532 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 5: of here today knowing beyond the shadow of a doubt 533 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 5: that you are a thoroughbred. You are extremely valuable, so 534 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 5: much so that the creator of the universe designs you himself, 535 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 5: and he has programmed you with everything you need for victory. 536 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 5: Every day you should say things like I have what 537 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 5: it takes. I am more than a conquer I am smart, 538 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,640 Speaker 5: I am talented, I am an overcomer. 539 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 3: Understand it's in your. 540 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 5: Blood and you may have a lot to overcome in 541 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 5: your natural blood line, but always remember your spiritual bloodline 542 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 5: is more powerful than your natural blood line. 543 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,399 Speaker 3: You have been handpicked by Almighty God. 544 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 5: You are not ordinary. You have his loyal blood flowing 545 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,440 Speaker 5: through your veins. Why don't you put your shoulders back, 546 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 5: hold your head up high. You've been called, you've been chosen. 547 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 5: You've been set apart before the foundation of the world. 548 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 5: You were made to live in victory. My prayer today 549 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 5: is that you'll really understand your value and that you'll 550 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 5: shake off inferiority, shake off insecurity, shake off that can't 551 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 5: do it mentality. You are a can do person now 552 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 5: I don't believe today. I'm looking at ordinary people. I'm 553 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 5: looking at thoroughbreds. I'm looking at more than conquerors. I'm 554 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,959 Speaker 5: looking at overcomers. I'm looking at victors and not victims. 555 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 5: It's in your blood. Do you receive it today? I 556 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 5: know you do. We never like the clothes on broadcast 557 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 5: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 558 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 5: of your life. 559 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? 560 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 561 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 3: Come into my heart. 562 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 5: Thank you, my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 563 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 5: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 564 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 5: in a good Bible based chirk. Keep God first place. 565 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 3: He's going to take you places that you've never dreamed of. 566 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the joel Osteine podcast. 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