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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 4: Welcome to the Joe Lostine Podcast. Help us continue to 29 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 4: share the message of hope with those all over the world. 30 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 4: Visit Joelostin dot com slash give Hope. 31 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 5: To give a gift today. 32 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 6: Well, God bless you. It's for joy to come into 33 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 6: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 34 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 6: stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 35 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 6: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 36 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 6: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 37 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 6: about this burglar that broke into a home one night. 38 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,639 Speaker 6: As he was stealing the stereo, he heard a voice saying, 39 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 6: Jesus is watching you. He froze in his tracks, shined 40 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 6: his flashlight and saw a parrot over in the corner. 41 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 6: He said, did you say that to me? The parent 42 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 6: said yes, I'm just trying to warn you. He said, 43 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 6: warn me, What are you talking about? Who are you? 44 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,119 Speaker 6: He said, my name is Moses. The burglar laughed. Said 45 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 6: what kind of crazy people would name a parent Moses? 46 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 6: He said, the same kind of people that would name 47 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 6: a one hundred and fifty pound rockweller. Jesus say you 48 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 6: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 49 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 6: what it says I am. I have what it says 50 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 6: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 51 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 6: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 52 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 6: boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 53 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 6: I will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God 54 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 6: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 55 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 6: being vulnerable. It's easy to go through life trying to 56 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 6: impress people, show them that we're strong, that we have 57 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 6: it all together, and it's good to carry ourselves with confidence. 58 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 6: But sometimes we have a need to keep up our 59 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 6: image so much that instead of being real, we put 60 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 6: on a mask and start pretending. We can't let people 61 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,839 Speaker 6: see we have weaknesses. We struggle in these areas. We're 62 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 6: people of faith, We're supposed to have all the answers, 63 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 6: but the scripture says God's power shows up greatest in 64 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 6: our weaknesses. If we go around pretending acting like we 65 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 6: don't have any weaknesses, then God's power is not going 66 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 6: to show up. God won't bless who you pretend to be. 67 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 6: He looks beyond the mask, beyond the superficial. And when 68 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 6: you're big enough to admit God, I don't have it altogether. 69 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 6: I'm struggling in these areas. I need your help. Being 70 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 6: vulnerable is not a weakness, it's a strength. But when 71 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 6: we pretend try to impress people live for our image, 72 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 6: that puts pressure on us. We have to perform, make 73 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 6: sure they think I'm good, I'm strong, I'm talented. Take 74 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 6: off the mask. You can be real, well, Joel, what 75 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 6: if they think less of me? What they think of 76 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 6: you doesn't really matter. They don't control your destiny. If 77 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 6: your friends judge you for being real, they're not true friends. 78 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 6: A true friend will accept you for who you are. Faults, weaknesses, shortcomings, 79 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 6: and all people that judge you are not being honest 80 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 6: with themselves. They have their own issues. They're just wearing 81 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 6: their mask hoping that you don't notice. Everybody is dealing 82 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 6: with something. There are no perfect people, but we live 83 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 6: in a society that stresses image. It tells us if 84 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 6: we don't have it all together, if you don't wear 85 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 6: the latest, drive the latest hang out with the most popular, 86 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 6: then your This creates all kinds of pretending. We're in 87 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 6: mass trying to impress, and that may feel strong, but 88 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 6: in fact it's weak. If you can't be honest with yourself, 89 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 6: if you have to hide your struggles, act a certain 90 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 6: way to keep up your image, that's going to keep 91 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 6: you from your full potential. God is not looking for 92 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 6: the ideal you, the pretend you, the future you. He's 93 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 6: looking for the real you. And this is what the 94 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 6: apostle Paul did. He said in Philippians three, I count 95 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 6: not myself to have apprehended one version says I'm still 96 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 6: not everything that I should be now. Paul was one 97 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 6: of the greatest apostles that ever lived. He wrote half 98 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 6: of the books in the New Testament. He was a scholar, 99 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 6: a theologian, He spoke five languages. No one was more 100 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 6: effective than Paul. But he the humility to admit, I 101 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 6: don't have it altogether. I'm doing my best, but I'm 102 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 6: not there yet. He could have let pride hide his weaknesses, 103 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 6: mask his shortcomings, but he was vulnerable. Nobody would have 104 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 6: argued if he'd have said, hey, I wrote half of 105 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 6: the scripture. I've attained the highest level. Paul was a 106 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 6: great man, but as he neared his death, when he 107 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 6: could have impressed people, when he could have bolstered his image, 108 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 6: instead he took off his mask. He was real. That's 109 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 6: the kind of people God promotes. There's power in vulnerability. 110 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 6: It's okay to say I'm not there yet. I'm still 111 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 6: struggling with these issues, but I'm not going to wear 112 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 6: a mask. I'm not going around pretending I'm at peace 113 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 6: with not being perfect. If you're not vulnerable, you'll stop growing. 114 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 6: If you can't be honest with yourself and say God, 115 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 6: I need your help. I'm acting strong, but God, I'm afraid. 116 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 6: I don't know which way to go. When you empty 117 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 6: yourself out, then God will fill you. But God cannot 118 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 6: fill a vessel that's already full. If you're full of 119 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 6: yourself acting. I said it nice, acting, pretending wearing masks, 120 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 6: there's no room for God. But when we humble ourselves 121 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 6: and empty out our pride, our doubts, our fears, then 122 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 6: God will fill us with favor, with strength. He'll help 123 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 6: us get to the next level. Mark chapter nine. A 124 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 6: man had a son that was sick with something like epilepsy. 125 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 6: He brought him to Jesus said, Sir, my son has 126 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 6: all these convulsions. If you can do anything, please have 127 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 6: compassion on us. Jesus said, if you believe, all things 128 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 6: are possible. The men said, yes, Lord, I believe, but 129 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 6: help me in my unbelief. He was honest. He was 130 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 6: being vulnerable. Jesus could have said, I just told you 131 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 6: I do it. What do you mean you have doubts, 132 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 6: you don't believe. I'm gonna go find somebody else. Know. 133 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 6: When we're honest with God, when we're real, he doesn't 134 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 6: judge us, he doesn't turn the other way. He comes 135 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 6: to us. Jesus went and healed this man's son. And 136 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 6: when you take off the mask and get down to 137 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 6: the real you, maybe the doubting you, the lonely you, 138 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 6: the insecure you, when you're vulnerable, God will begin to 139 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 6: change things. But sometimes we think we have to always 140 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 6: be strong in faith, strong in courage. We can't admit 141 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 6: we have doubts, we have fears. The scripture says, let 142 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 6: the weak say I am strong, doesn't say you should 143 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 6: never feel weak, never have doubts, never feel discouraged. No, God, 144 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 6: I feel weak today, but I know in You I'm strong. God. 145 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 6: I'm concerned about my finances. I don't see how it 146 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 6: could work out. Lord, help me to believe. That's being 147 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 6: honest before God. That's being vulnerable. The first time John 148 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 6: the Baptist saw Jesus, he said, behold the lamb of God. 149 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 6: He knew he was the Messiah. In Matthew chapter three, 150 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 6: John was baptizing Jesus when he came up out of 151 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 6: the water. A dove landed on Jesus. The heavens opened up. 152 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,319 Speaker 6: A voice boomed out, saying, this is my beloved son, 153 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 6: in whom I am well pleased. If anyone should have 154 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 6: been a man of faith, it would have been John. 155 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 6: He baptized Jesus, but a few chapters later, in chapter eleven, 156 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 6: when he was in prison, John started having doubts, thinking 157 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 6: is he really the Messiah? Is he really the son 158 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 6: of God? John sent to his disciples to see if 159 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 6: Jesus was who he really said he was. Now you 160 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 6: would think if you saw the heavens opened up, if 161 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 6: you heard the voice boom out, you would believe you 162 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 6: wouldn't change your mind. But even John had doubts. Even 163 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 6: he didn't have it all figured out, he was vulnerable. 164 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 6: He could have said, I baptized the man. I told 165 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 6: people he was the lamb of God. I can't let 166 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 6: anyone know that I'm not sure. Now I have to 167 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 6: keep up my image. I have to wear this mask. 168 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:39,959 Speaker 6: John's attitude was, I'm not a pretender. I'm not trying 169 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,839 Speaker 6: to impress people. Go ask him if he's the son 170 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 6: of God. What's interesting is Jesus didn't get upset. He 171 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 6: didn't say, tell John he needs to have more faith, 172 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 6: I'm disappointed in him. Jesus understood. He said, tell John 173 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 6: the blind sea, the crippled walk, the lepers are cure. 174 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 6: Tell him, yes, I am the Messiah. So when you 175 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 6: have doubts, things you don't understand, don't be down on yourself. 176 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,959 Speaker 6: You didn't see the heavens open up. You didn't hear 177 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 6: the voice boom out. John had all these signs, but 178 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 6: it didn't disqualify him. God was not disappointed in John, 179 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 6: and he's not disappointed in you. You may not be 180 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 6: where you think it should be. You have these questions, 181 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 6: it's okay to say, like Paul, I haven't apprehended it 182 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 6: all just yet. I'm on a journey. I'm growing. God's 183 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 6: still working on me. But so often we think we 184 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 6: have to hide our struggles. We can't let God know 185 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 6: our fears. That wouldn't be a person of faith. But 186 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 6: you can't overcome a weakness if you don't get it 187 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 6: out in the open, when you're honest with yourself and 188 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 6: honest with God and say, God, help me break this addiction. 189 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 6: I can't do it on my own. God help me 190 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 6: to not be jealous. I'm a coworker. Help me to 191 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 6: be more disciplined in what I watch. That's the first 192 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 6: step to getting better. But sometimes religion has taught us 193 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 6: that God will condemn us, make us feel guilty. That's 194 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 6: not the way God is. Like with John the Baptist, 195 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 6: God understands our doubts, our weaknesses, our failures. When we 196 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 6: humble ourselves and ask Him for his help. When we're vulnerable, 197 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 6: we say, like Paul, I don't have it altogether. We say, 198 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 6: like John, I have these doubts. We say, like the 199 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 6: man and his son, Lord, help me to believe. That's 200 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 6: when the creator of the universe will help you overcome 201 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 6: what you could not overcome. Are you wearing a mask, pretending, 202 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 6: trying to protect your image in front of people and 203 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 6: in front of God. I'm asking us to take off 204 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 6: the mask. Let's be real. Sometimes we think, when we 205 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 6: get it all together, we'll be honest, when we break 206 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 6: the addiction, when we overcome the temptation, then God will 207 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 6: accept us. Then it'll be pleased with me. But God 208 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 6: is not waiting for the perfect you, for the cleaned 209 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 6: up you, for the no doubt you. He's waiting for 210 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 6: the real you, the vulnerable you, the honest you. God 211 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 6: already knows everything about us. There is a freedom when 212 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 6: you can come to God open and honest, knowing that 213 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 6: he doesn't condemn you. He's not finding fault. He has 214 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 6: mercy for every mistake, grace for every weakness, faith for 215 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 6: every fear. Our attitude should be God. My life is 216 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 6: an open book. I have nothing to hide. You know 217 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 6: everything I am, everything that I'm not. Make me, mold me, 218 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 6: help me to become who You've created me to be. 219 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 6: John Chapter four. Jesus was at a well in Samaria. 220 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 6: This woman came out to get some water. Jesus asked 221 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 6: her for something to drink. She was surprised. She said, sir, 222 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 6: you're a Jew, I'm a Samaritan. We don't have anything 223 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 6: to do with each other. Why are you asking me 224 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 6: for something? Jesus said, if you knew who I was, 225 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 6: you would ask me and I would give you living water. 226 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 6: She said, please give me some of that water. Jesus said, 227 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:36,239 Speaker 6: I will, but go call your husband. I can imagine 228 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 6: time stopped for this woman. She had had five husbands, 229 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 6: was living with a man she wasn't married too. Life 230 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 6: had been rough for this lady. No doubt she had 231 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:52,479 Speaker 6: been mistreated, taken advantage of. She knew she had made mistakes. 232 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 6: She felt bad enough about herself. She didn't need any 233 00:14:55,920 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 6: more guilt. In town, everyone knew her, she was looked 234 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 6: down on, made fun of. But out here at the well, alone, 235 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 6: just her in Jesus. She could have thought, I'm not 236 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 6: telling this man my past. I'm going to put on 237 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 6: my mask and pretend everything is fine. She could have said, Okay, 238 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 6: I'll go get my husband. Wait for me. I'll be 239 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 6: back in thirty minutes. Everything in her said, hide your hurts, 240 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 6: hide your failures, turn and leave, take the easy way out. 241 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 6: She could have walked away and it would be the 242 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 6: end of this story. But after years of wearing a mask, 243 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 6: years of pretending, she said, no, this is a new day. 244 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 6: I'm not making excuses, I'm not covering it up. I'm 245 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 6: going to be honest. She said to Jesus, I don't 246 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 6: have a husband. The first thing Jesus said was you 247 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 6: have answered. Well. He was saying, now you're being honest 248 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 6: with yourself, and you're being honest with me. Jesus went 249 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 6: on to tell her how she had five husbands and 250 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 6: was living with this other man. She said, sir, you 251 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 6: must be a prophet. We know one day the Messiah 252 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 6: will come. Jesus looked at her and said, I am 253 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 6: the Messiah. The first person Jesus ever revealed himself too 254 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:29,239 Speaker 6: as the Messiah was this woman. A woman who was vulnerable, 255 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 6: a woman who was willing to take off the mask 256 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 6: and not pretend everything was okay. You may have made mistakes. 257 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 6: You're not where you think you should be. God is 258 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 6: not displeased with where you are. He's only displeased if 259 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 6: you get stuck there. And when Jesus asked this woman 260 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 6: to go get her husband, he already knew she didn't 261 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 6: have a husband. He was waiting to see what she 262 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 6: would do. Would she be vulnerable, would she take off 263 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 6: the mask? God already knows our struggles, our failures, our 264 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 6: weaknesses when we live open and honest before God, not 265 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 6: guilty because of past mistakes, beating ourselves up for weaknesses, 266 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 6: pretending that everything's okay, but saying God, I need you 267 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 6: help me to overcome, Strengthen me in my weaknesses, give 268 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 6: me faith to do the right thing. That's when God 269 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 6: will do for you what he did for this woman. 270 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 6: He will break bondages that have held you back. He 271 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 6: will make more out of your life than you've ever 272 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 6: even dreamed. What am I saying today? It's okay to 273 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 6: be vulnerable. You don't have to have it altogether. You're 274 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 6: a work in progress. God is not finished with you. 275 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 6: Even Abraham, the father of our faith, was vulnerable. He 276 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 6: even admitted that he didn't have all the answers. God 277 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 6: told him to take his son Isaac out to the 278 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 6: mountains and sacrifice him. God was going to show him 279 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 6: where to go. I can imagine Isaac said, Dad, where 280 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 6: are we going? Surely Abraham would be strong confident that 281 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,199 Speaker 6: I hear Abraham saying, son, I don't know where I 282 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 6: don't have clear direction. Isaac must have thought, that's my father, 283 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 6: that's my hero, the man I look up to. You 284 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:31,439 Speaker 6: mean he doesn't have everything figured out. It's okay to 285 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:35,120 Speaker 6: be vulnerable to your children. You don't have to hide 286 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 6: your weaknesses, hide your struggles, take off your Superman outfit. 287 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 6: Sometimes you just need to be Clark Kent. Just be real. 288 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,719 Speaker 6: Your children will learn more from how they see you 289 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 6: handle your struggles than they will from your successes. You 290 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 6: don't have to be strong all the time. Let them 291 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 6: see your humanity. One time in my early twenties, I 292 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 6: was in the TV control area after a church service 293 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 6: at the other location. My father had just finished ministering. 294 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 6: Myself and some of the crew members were laughing and 295 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 6: having fun as we were putting up the equipment and 296 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 6: turning everything off. My father came in for some reason. 297 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 6: He thought we were making fun of something that had 298 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 6: happened in the service. We weren't. We were laughing at 299 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 6: something totally different. I tried to tell him it didn't 300 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:33,120 Speaker 6: have anything to do with that, but my father wouldn't 301 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 6: hear it. He let us have it, told us how 302 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 6: we should be more respectful, and how we should make 303 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,679 Speaker 6: fun on and on. A couple hours later, my father called. 304 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 6: He said, Joel, I blew it tonight. I knew when 305 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 6: you told me it wasn't what I thought, but I 306 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 6: was uptight about some other things, and I want to 307 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 6: ask you to forgive me. I'm sorry. Then he asked 308 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 6: me for the phone numbers of everyone else in the room. 309 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 6: There were seven or eight people. He couldn't sleep until 310 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 6: he made things right. I said, Daddy, you can take 311 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 6: care of it tomorrow. Nobody's gonna mind. He said, no, 312 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 6: I need to do it right now. Eleven o'clock at night, 313 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 6: this well respected minister called all these young men to 314 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 6: apologize to them. As a son, that spoke louder to 315 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:27,199 Speaker 6: me than my father's accomplishments. To see him swallow his 316 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 6: pride and admit that he was wrong met his huge 317 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 6: impressing on me. He could have tried to protect his 318 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 6: image and convince himself he was right, but he was vulnerable. 319 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 6: He was honest, not just with me, but with himself. 320 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 6: When you can be honest with yourself, when you're big enough, 321 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 6: secure enough to take off the mask, not live for 322 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 6: your image, but you do the right thing when it's hard, 323 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 6: apologize when it's not your fault. Show your children you're 324 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 6: big enough to admit that you were wrong. When you 325 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 6: live transparent before God, not the fake you to pretend 326 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 6: you the wanna be you, but the real you. When 327 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 6: you're vulnerable, you're pliable. God will make you and mould 328 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 6: you into the vessel of honor that He created you 329 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 6: to be. That's what these heroes of faith did, Abraham, John, 330 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 6: the Baptist, Paul. They were real. They had doubts, they 331 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 6: had questions, they made mistakes, but they didn't pretend to 332 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 6: be superhuman like they had it all together. They knew 333 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 6: the power of vulnerability. They knew in their weaknesses, God's 334 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 6: power shows up the greatest. Are you down on yourself 335 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 6: because you have doubts, fears, things you don't understand. Are 336 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 6: you trying to perform perfectly, to protect your image, to 337 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 6: impress your friends, to show your children how strong you are. 338 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 6: Why don't you take the prayer you're off? There is 339 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 6: a freedom when you can be at peace with not 340 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 6: being perfect, When you can say, like Paul, I'm doing 341 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 6: my best. I'm improving, but I'm not there yet, Joel, 342 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 6: with my temper, I'm better than I was five years ago. 343 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 6: But I'm not there yet. That's okay, you're making progress. 344 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 6: God said about John the Baptist, there was no one 345 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,239 Speaker 6: any greater than him. This was about a man that 346 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 6: doubted he was the Messiah, a men that had questions. 347 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 6: Why are you beating yourself up over your weaknesses? Why 348 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,640 Speaker 6: are you trying to hide your struggles thinking that it's 349 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 6: disqualifying you. The accuser whispers, you still have that addiction. 350 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,359 Speaker 6: You should be ashamed of yourself. You lost your temper again. 351 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 6: Go sit on the sidelines. Don't believe those lies. You 352 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 6: may not have attained it all. You're not there yet. 353 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 6: The good news is you're on the way. God still 354 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 6: working on you. What he started in your life, He's 355 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 6: going to finish. Genesis twenty five, Esau and Jacob were born. 356 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 6: They were twins. Esau came out first, but Jacob was 357 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 6: grabbing at his heels. Jacob grew up doing everything he 358 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 6: could to get ahead. He was dishonest. He went around 359 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 6: deceiving people. When his brother was hungry, instead of giving 360 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,439 Speaker 6: him something to eat, he traded Esau a pot of 361 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 6: stew for his birthright. This was significant. The firstborn son 362 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 6: received a double portion of the family inheritance. When Jacob's father, 363 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 6: Isaac was near death and couldn't see Jacob dressed up 364 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 6: like his brother, he pretended to be Esau and tricked 365 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,679 Speaker 6: his father into giving him the blessing that belonged to 366 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 6: the firstborn sons. But when we don't do things God's way, 367 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:00,200 Speaker 6: what should be a blessing is not a blessing. When 368 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,239 Speaker 6: we deceive and manipulate, we may get to where we 369 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 6: want to be, but it won't be what we thought. 370 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 6: Jacob got the blessing, but for the next twenty one 371 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 6: years his life was a struggle. He had to live 372 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 6: in exile. He worked for his uncle Laban to get 373 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 6: one of his daughters for his wife. But Laban was 374 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 6: a bigger trickster than Jacob. He kept making excuses why 375 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 6: he had to work longer. Jacob was reaping from all 376 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 6: those seeds that he had sown. I'm sure Jacob didn't 377 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 6: like who he was. Deep down, he thought, look who 378 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 6: I've become. I'm a con man, I'm a deceiver. After years, 379 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:45,120 Speaker 6: he decided to go back home and make peace with Esau. 380 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 6: The night before they were going to meet, Jacob was 381 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 6: camped out alone. This stranger showed up and started wrestling 382 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 6: with Jacob. The man was actually an angel. They wrestled 383 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:02,639 Speaker 6: all night. Jacob must known there was something special, because 384 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 6: he said to the man, I'm not going to let 385 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 6: you leave until you bless me. The angel looked at 386 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 6: him and said, what is your name? Jacob had spent 387 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 6: his whole life deceiving, pretending. Years earlier, when he was 388 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 6: trying to steal his brother's blessing, his father asked him 389 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 6: the same question, what is your name? He said, I 390 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 6: am Esaul. This moment, Jacob had to decide am I 391 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,159 Speaker 6: going to keep pretending? Am I going to keep wearing 392 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 6: the mask, hiding my weaknesses? Or am I going to 393 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 6: be real? I can imagine this debate took place a 394 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 6: long time in his mind. He finally said to the man, 395 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 6: I am Jacob. The name Jacob literally means deceiver. For 396 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 6: the first time, he didn't try to hide his weaknesses. 397 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 6: He was honest with himself. This man, the angel who 398 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 6: represents God, didn't say, yeah, I know who you are. 399 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 6: You're a con man. He should be ashamed of yourself. 400 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 6: Know when Jacob took off the mask, when he got real, 401 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 6: the angel said, that's your old name. I'm giving you 402 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:20,439 Speaker 6: a new name. You are no longer Jacob. Now you 403 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 6: are Israel. Israel means prince with God. When Jacob god honest, 404 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 6: God showed him his true identity, he wasn't a deceiver. 405 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,679 Speaker 6: He was a prince. At times, we've all worned a mask, 406 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 6: gone to run, pretending, trying to hide our faults. But 407 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,400 Speaker 6: when we do like Jacob, when we get honest with ourselves, 408 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,479 Speaker 6: when we're vulnerable enough to admit, I am Jacob, I 409 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:53,360 Speaker 6: have weaknesses. I'm struggling in these areas. God doesn't condemn you. 410 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 6: That's when he'll give you your new name. The accuser 411 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 6: will tell you you'll never change. Keep pretending, keep living guilty. 412 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 6: That is not your true identity. God knows who you 413 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,879 Speaker 6: really are. Your new name is waiting for you. You 414 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 6: are not Jacob. You are Israel. You are a prince 415 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 6: with God. You are royalty, You are forgiven, you are redeemed. 416 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 6: When the accuser whispers, hey, Jacob, just say no, thanks. 417 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 6: You have the wrong person. I am Israel. I'm not 418 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 6: who I used to be. I am a new creation. Friends, 419 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 6: this is a new dad. I'm asking us to take 420 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,199 Speaker 6: off the mask. Quit pretending and let's go get our 421 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 6: new names. If you'll do this, I believe and declare 422 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 6: every force that's trying to stop you is being broken 423 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 6: right now. God is going to mold you into a 424 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 6: vessel of honor in Jesus' name. If you receive it, 425 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 6: can you say amen? Today? I'd like to give you 426 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 6: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 427 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:03,880 Speaker 6: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll 428 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 6: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 429 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 6: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 430 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 6: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 431 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 6: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. Victorian, 432 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 6: I'll be right back to speak a blessing over you. 433 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry. 434 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 4: This month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 435 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 4: a copy of Joel's new series. 436 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 5: Three Keys to Being Free. 437 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 4: In this inspiring series, you'll discover how to one forgive 438 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 4: yourself and others, two keep your peace and enjoy God's rest, 439 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 4: and three move forward in faith and into your destiny. 440 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 4: God wants you to break free from everything that's holding 441 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 4: you back. 442 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 6: There may be obstacles. 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