1 00:00:00,409 --> 00:00:02,210 Speaker 1: Hey, thanks again for being with us today. 2 00:00:02,410 --> 00:00:05,010 Speaker 2: Always my honor to be able to share God's word 3 00:00:05,050 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 2: with you and hopefully inspire you and encourage you. If 4 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:09,780 Speaker 2: you're enjoying the podcast, I hope you'll share it with 5 00:00:09,860 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 2: a friend, pass it along. Let's inspire some other people 6 00:00:12,820 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 2: as well, but know that we love you. It's going 7 00:00:14,780 --> 00:00:17,910 Speaker 2: to be a blessed day for you. Well, God bless you. 8 00:00:17,930 --> 00:00:20,259 Speaker 1: It's always a joy to come into your homes. 9 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:23,220 Speaker 2: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 10 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 2: and be a part of one of our services. These 11 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,490 Speaker 2: are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right 12 00:00:28,530 --> 00:00:31,950 Speaker 2: here at Lakewood. But thanks for tuning in and thank 13 00:00:31,970 --> 00:00:34,350 Speaker 2: you again for coming out. I like to start with 14 00:00:34,370 --> 00:00:39,809 Speaker 2: something funny. I heard about these three sisters, ages 96, 94, 15 00:00:39,810 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 2: and 92. 16 00:00:40,270 --> 00:00:42,090 Speaker 1: They lived together. 17 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 2: One day, the 96-year-old draws a bath, puts one foot in, 18 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 2: and stops. She hollers downstairs, I can't remember if I 19 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:54,620 Speaker 2: was getting in or getting out. The 94-year-old said, just 20 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: a second, I'll come up and help you. She gets 21 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,140 Speaker 2: halfway up the stairs and stops. She says, I can't 22 00:01:00,180 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: remember if I was going up or coming down. The 23 00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 2: 92-year-old shook her head and said, boy, I hope I 24 00:01:05,420 --> 00:01:06,570 Speaker 2: never get that forgetful. 25 00:01:06,930 --> 00:01:09,910 Speaker 1: She knocked on wood for good luck. Then she said, 26 00:01:09,950 --> 00:01:10,370 Speaker 1: hang on. 27 00:01:10,550 --> 00:01:12,300 Speaker 2: I'll come help you both as soon as I see 28 00:01:12,340 --> 00:01:16,470 Speaker 2: who's at the door. Hold up your Bible. Say it 29 00:01:16,510 --> 00:01:19,500 Speaker 2: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 30 00:01:19,540 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 2: what it says I am. I have what it says 31 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 2: I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today, 32 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 33 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,380 Speaker 2: confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. 34 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,179 Speaker 1: I will never be the same in Jesus name. God 35 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:35,900 Speaker 1: bless you. 36 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about releasing the 37 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 2: full you. On the inside of each one of us 38 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:49,700 Speaker 2: is a blessed, prosperous, victorious person. This person is free 39 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:55,380 Speaker 2: from addictions and bad habits. They're confident and secure, talented 40 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:00,410 Speaker 2: and creative, disciplined and focused. But just because they're in 41 00:02:00,450 --> 00:02:03,370 Speaker 2: you doesn't mean they're automatically going to come out. 42 00:02:04,090 --> 00:02:05,550 Speaker 1: They have to be released. 43 00:02:06,430 --> 00:02:09,350 Speaker 2: The apostle Paul gives us the secret in Romans 12 44 00:02:09,350 --> 00:02:14,500 Speaker 2: verse 2. He said, be transformed by the renewing of 45 00:02:14,540 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 2: your mind. That word transform in the original language is metamorpho. 46 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,650 Speaker 2: It's where we get our word metamorphous. We know how 47 00:02:24,690 --> 00:02:30,570 Speaker 2: a caterpillar metamorphoses into a butterfly. This is saying, if 48 00:02:30,610 --> 00:02:34,050 Speaker 2: you'll get your thoughts going in the right direction and 49 00:02:34,110 --> 00:02:37,750 Speaker 2: not dwell on negative, condemning, not able to thoughts. 50 00:02:38,470 --> 00:02:40,340 Speaker 1: But program your mind with what. 51 00:02:40,260 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 2: God says about you, then a transformation will take place. 52 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,419 Speaker 1: Think about the little caterpillar, the little worm. 53 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,450 Speaker 2: It starts off as one of the most unattractive insects. 54 00:02:51,889 --> 00:02:56,210 Speaker 2: It's very plain, nothing really special about it, but God 55 00:02:56,330 --> 00:03:01,130 Speaker 2: predestined it to go through a transformation. At a certain point, 56 00:03:01,590 --> 00:03:05,700 Speaker 2: it forms a cocoon. This metamorphosis starts to take place. 57 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: It's a process, little by little it changes. One day 58 00:03:09,820 --> 00:03:12,470 Speaker 2: it begins to push out of the cocoon. A leg 59 00:03:12,530 --> 00:03:15,730 Speaker 2: comes out, then a wing comes out. A little later 60 00:03:15,750 --> 00:03:19,589 Speaker 2: his head comes out. Before long, it's totally free from 61 00:03:19,630 --> 00:03:20,210 Speaker 2: the cocoon. 62 00:03:21,270 --> 00:03:22,389 Speaker 1: It goes from being one. 63 00:03:22,330 --> 00:03:25,330 Speaker 2: Of the most plain insects to being one of the 64 00:03:25,389 --> 00:03:30,830 Speaker 2: most beautiful, colorful, graceful insects. Instead of having to crawl 65 00:03:30,870 --> 00:03:34,470 Speaker 2: on the ground, squirm around, now it can fly wherever 66 00:03:34,530 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 2: it wants to go. In the same way, We all 67 00:03:38,180 --> 00:03:42,460 Speaker 2: start off as worms, so to speak. Our thoughts, without 68 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:47,820 Speaker 2: being retrained, naturally gravitate toward the negative. We think, I 69 00:03:47,860 --> 00:03:51,970 Speaker 2: can't take that promotion. I'm not qualified. I'll never rise 70 00:03:52,050 --> 00:03:55,410 Speaker 2: much higher, Joel. I come from the wrong family. Or 71 00:03:55,450 --> 00:03:58,690 Speaker 2: I've made too many mistakes. God could never bless me. 72 00:03:59,730 --> 00:04:00,630 Speaker 2: You know what those are? 73 00:04:01,090 --> 00:04:01,970 Speaker 1: Wormy thoughts. 74 00:04:02,950 --> 00:04:05,950 Speaker 2: But just because we start that way doesn't mean that 75 00:04:05,990 --> 00:04:07,390 Speaker 2: we're supposed to finish that way. 76 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,300 Speaker 1: God has predestined us. 77 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 2: To go through a transformation from a worm that crawls 78 00:04:14,020 --> 00:04:17,900 Speaker 2: and barely gets by to a beautiful butterfly that soars. 79 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,850 Speaker 1: But here's the key. It's not up to God. It's 80 00:04:21,930 --> 00:04:22,470 Speaker 1: up to us. 81 00:04:23,450 --> 00:04:26,890 Speaker 2: The only way to release your butterfly is to get 82 00:04:26,930 --> 00:04:29,229 Speaker 2: your thinking in line with God's word. 83 00:04:30,410 --> 00:04:33,370 Speaker 1: What will keep you in your cocoon? I'll never lose 84 00:04:33,410 --> 00:04:36,610 Speaker 1: this weight. My business isn't going to get off the ground. 85 00:04:37,089 --> 00:04:38,150 Speaker 1: I'm not a good parent. 86 00:04:38,710 --> 00:04:41,810 Speaker 2: Those thoughts will keep the fool you from coming out. 87 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 2: You have to realize there is a great parent already 88 00:04:47,100 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 2: in you just waiting to be released. If you're going 89 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,890 Speaker 2: to see your metamorphosis take place, you got to be 90 00:04:53,930 --> 00:04:56,469 Speaker 2: convinced in me right now is a. 91 00:04:56,490 --> 00:04:59,810 Speaker 1: Great father, a great mother. I'm going to renew my 92 00:04:59,870 --> 00:05:00,950 Speaker 1: mind to get them out. 93 00:05:02,250 --> 00:05:05,070 Speaker 2: You may be struggling with an addiction, but in you 94 00:05:05,130 --> 00:05:08,950 Speaker 2: right now is a person that's totally free. You may 95 00:05:09,010 --> 00:05:12,790 Speaker 2: be down in your finances, business is slow, but in 96 00:05:12,830 --> 00:05:16,390 Speaker 2: you right now is a person that lends and not borrows, 97 00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 2: the head and not the tail. If you'll just keep 98 00:05:19,540 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 2: renewing your mind, agreeing with what God says about you, 99 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,349 Speaker 2: it's just a matter of time before that person comes out. 100 00:05:27,580 --> 00:05:30,140 Speaker 2: When the thoughts tell you you're never going to change, 101 00:05:30,230 --> 00:05:33,049 Speaker 2: it's never going to get any better, just remind yourself, 102 00:05:33,390 --> 00:05:37,590 Speaker 2: I'm being transformed. My metamorphosis has already begun. That's how 103 00:05:37,630 --> 00:05:38,570 Speaker 2: you release. 104 00:05:38,270 --> 00:05:39,010 Speaker 1: The full you. 105 00:05:40,029 --> 00:05:43,270 Speaker 2: I know people, they have incredible talent. They have so 106 00:05:43,330 --> 00:05:47,250 Speaker 2: much to offer. The problem is they've never gone through 107 00:05:47,310 --> 00:05:52,100 Speaker 2: their transformation. They're allowing the same negative recording to play 108 00:05:52,140 --> 00:05:55,860 Speaker 2: in their mind all day long. Your life is going 109 00:05:55,900 --> 00:05:59,460 Speaker 2: to follow your thoughts. If you think you've reached your limits, 110 00:05:59,790 --> 00:06:00,450 Speaker 2: then you have. 111 00:06:01,290 --> 00:06:03,409 Speaker 1: If you don't think you can break that addiction, then 112 00:06:03,450 --> 00:06:06,050 Speaker 1: you won't. You have to change your thinking. 113 00:06:06,980 --> 00:06:10,020 Speaker 2: Some of you have been in your cocoon way too long. 114 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 2: God is ready to take you to a new level. 115 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 2: He's ready to release a new wave of his favor. 116 00:06:16,110 --> 00:06:18,729 Speaker 2: Now you've got to rise up and say, that's it. 117 00:06:19,170 --> 00:06:23,050 Speaker 2: I'm done thinking these wormy thoughts. It's my time to 118 00:06:23,089 --> 00:06:30,020 Speaker 2: be transformed. I know I am forgiven. I am redeemed, talented, creative, disciplined. 119 00:06:30,260 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 2: I am well able. Listen, that's not just being positive. 120 00:06:35,020 --> 00:06:36,799 Speaker 1: That's renewing your mind. 121 00:06:37,740 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 2: When you do that, I can see part of your 122 00:06:40,170 --> 00:06:43,530 Speaker 2: wing coming out. I can see that leg breaking through 123 00:06:43,570 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 2: the cocoon. You keep that up and before long, you'll 124 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:52,660 Speaker 2: release the full you. You'll be transformed into a beautiful butterfly, 125 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 2: soaring to places that you've never dreamed of. This is 126 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,659 Speaker 2: what my father had to do. Daddy grew up in 127 00:06:59,700 --> 00:07:03,430 Speaker 2: a very poor family. His parents were cotton farmers and 128 00:07:03,810 --> 00:07:07,690 Speaker 2: they lost everything during the Great Depression. They were good people, 129 00:07:07,970 --> 00:07:11,330 Speaker 2: but they had very little vision. When my father gave 130 00:07:11,380 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 2: his life to Christ at 17 years of age, he 131 00:07:14,780 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 2: felt something stirring on the inside. 132 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: A still small voice started telling him, John, you were 133 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,420 Speaker 1: made for more. Break out of the mold. 134 00:07:24,780 --> 00:07:27,730 Speaker 2: Rise out of this. Set a new standard for your family. 135 00:07:28,500 --> 00:07:29,110 Speaker 1: What was that? 136 00:07:29,670 --> 00:07:36,679 Speaker 2: The Every voice said, John, you better not leave the farm. 137 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 2: You better play it safe and stay here and pick 138 00:07:39,860 --> 00:07:43,300 Speaker 2: cotton with us the rest of your life. No offense 139 00:07:43,340 --> 00:07:46,910 Speaker 2: to them, but those were wormy thoughts. People will try 140 00:07:46,950 --> 00:07:49,750 Speaker 2: to keep you in your cocoon. People will tell you 141 00:07:49,790 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 2: what you can't do, what you can't become. My father 142 00:07:53,620 --> 00:07:58,500 Speaker 2: had to reprogram his thinking from a barely get by mentality, 143 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,810 Speaker 2: poverty mindset, to I am the head and not the tail. 144 00:08:03,110 --> 00:08:05,290 Speaker 2: I will lend and not borrow. The favor of God 145 00:08:05,330 --> 00:08:08,270 Speaker 2: surrounds me. Where I am is not where I'm staying. 146 00:08:09,290 --> 00:08:12,450 Speaker 2: He broke out of that cocoon. He released the butterfly 147 00:08:12,510 --> 00:08:13,310 Speaker 2: on the inside. 148 00:08:14,150 --> 00:08:15,210 Speaker 1: Some people like that worm. 149 00:08:15,250 --> 00:08:18,980 Speaker 2: They're still kind of squirming around, but God has destined 150 00:08:19,020 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 2: you to soar. There is a butterfly in you. There 151 00:08:22,660 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 2: is victory, freedom, excellence. It's all on the inside. But 152 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,860 Speaker 2: you got to do your part and go through the transformation. 153 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,089 Speaker 2: And a lot of us, like my father, we were 154 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,530 Speaker 2: programmed by the people that raised us or by what 155 00:08:37,590 --> 00:08:41,990 Speaker 2: somebody has spoken over us. Maybe they were good people, 156 00:08:42,370 --> 00:08:46,589 Speaker 2: but now that programming is limiting us. As long as 157 00:08:46,630 --> 00:08:48,929 Speaker 2: you think that you've gone as far as you can, 158 00:08:48,950 --> 00:08:53,089 Speaker 2: then you'll stay in your cocoon. If you think, I 159 00:08:53,130 --> 00:08:56,030 Speaker 2: can't break this addiction, I've had it too long, I'll 160 00:08:56,050 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 2: never get well, and I'm not that good of a parent, 161 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 2: that's going to keep your butterfly from being released. The 162 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 2: transformation takes place when you renew your mind. Program your 163 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 2: thinking with what God says about you. God says the 164 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,830 Speaker 2: path of the righteous gets brighter and brighter. All through 165 00:09:15,870 --> 00:09:19,069 Speaker 2: the day, I'm rising higher. I haven't seen my best days. 166 00:09:19,330 --> 00:09:22,430 Speaker 2: Something good is going to happen to me. As you 167 00:09:22,490 --> 00:09:25,449 Speaker 2: meditate on that day in and day out, you're breaking 168 00:09:25,490 --> 00:09:26,410 Speaker 2: out of that cocoon. 169 00:09:26,970 --> 00:09:28,410 Speaker 1: A wing is starting to come out. 170 00:09:36,660 --> 00:09:39,700 Speaker 2: People may have spoken negative things over you, but the 171 00:09:39,740 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 2: good news is people don't determine your destiny. You are 172 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,380 Speaker 2: not who people say you are. You are who God 173 00:09:46,420 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 2: says you are. 174 00:09:48,790 --> 00:09:50,340 Speaker 1: I know this gentleman named Robert. 175 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,199 Speaker 2: He grew up with a stepfather that was always putting 176 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:57,250 Speaker 2: him down. He was told again and again how he 177 00:09:57,290 --> 00:10:00,250 Speaker 2: was slow, couldn't do anything right. Why can't you be 178 00:10:00,290 --> 00:10:01,170 Speaker 2: more like your brother? 179 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:03,890 Speaker 1: He was young. He didn't know any better. 180 00:10:04,220 --> 00:10:08,140 Speaker 2: He let those negative thoughts program his thinking. He was 181 00:10:08,220 --> 00:10:12,380 Speaker 2: very insecure, intimidated, no dream for his life. 182 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,140 Speaker 1: When he graduated from high. 183 00:10:14,740 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 2: School, he got a job as a janitor at a 184 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:23,510 Speaker 2: small office complex. One day his mother remarried. This new 185 00:10:23,590 --> 00:10:28,050 Speaker 2: stepfather was just the opposite. He was constantly telling Robert 186 00:10:28,490 --> 00:10:32,250 Speaker 2: what he could become, how talented he was, how there 187 00:10:32,270 --> 00:10:35,170 Speaker 2: was a bright future in front of him, speaking faith 188 00:10:35,230 --> 00:10:39,729 Speaker 2: into him, reprogramming his thinking. He asked Robert what he 189 00:10:39,770 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 2: wanted to do with his life, what. 190 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: His dream was. 191 00:10:42,929 --> 00:10:45,010 Speaker 2: Robert said, I just want to work as a janitor. 192 00:10:45,340 --> 00:10:47,660 Speaker 2: I just want to stay at this small office complex. 193 00:10:48,460 --> 00:10:51,460 Speaker 2: He'd had years of wormy thoughts put into him. 194 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:53,540 Speaker 1: They don't go away overnight. 195 00:10:54,300 --> 00:10:57,860 Speaker 2: The stepfather said, listen, Robert, you have so much more 196 00:10:57,980 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 2: in you. I'll make a deal with you. If you'll 197 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 2: go to college, I'll pay for every book, every course, 198 00:11:05,140 --> 00:11:10,230 Speaker 2: every meal, every degree. When Robert heard that, something came 199 00:11:10,300 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 2: alive on the inside. Nobody had ever invested in him. 200 00:11:15,340 --> 00:11:19,230 Speaker 2: Nobody had ever called out his seeds of greatness. He 201 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,190 Speaker 2: went to college, and in four years, he got his 202 00:11:22,270 --> 00:11:26,070 Speaker 2: bachelor's degree with honors. He decided to go on and 203 00:11:26,110 --> 00:11:29,550 Speaker 2: get his master's. He went after that and got a doctorate. 204 00:11:29,790 --> 00:11:33,170 Speaker 2: He wasn't finished. He went to seminary and got another degree. 205 00:11:33,890 --> 00:11:37,150 Speaker 2: After four degrees, his stepfather said, I'm done, Robert. 206 00:11:37,170 --> 00:11:38,010 Speaker 1: You're on your own. 207 00:11:39,309 --> 00:11:42,990 Speaker 2: Today, Robert is doing great things, living a life of victory, 208 00:11:43,150 --> 00:11:47,390 Speaker 2: helping others. But it would have never happened if he 209 00:11:47,429 --> 00:11:51,179 Speaker 2: had not renewed his mind. He had to get rid 210 00:11:51,380 --> 00:11:54,540 Speaker 2: of the wrong programming that had been put into him. 211 00:11:55,360 --> 00:12:00,540 Speaker 2: When he started dwelling on the right thoughts, thoughts of faith, victory, favor, 212 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:05,540 Speaker 2: can-do thoughts, that's when the transformation took place. He released 213 00:12:05,900 --> 00:12:09,850 Speaker 2: his butterfly, so to speak. Maybe some of you have 214 00:12:09,890 --> 00:12:12,390 Speaker 2: had negative things spoken over you like Robert. 215 00:12:13,110 --> 00:12:15,489 Speaker 1: People have told you what you can't do, what you're 216 00:12:15,530 --> 00:12:18,689 Speaker 1: not going to become. No, let me tell you who 217 00:12:18,730 --> 00:12:19,490 Speaker 1: you really are. 218 00:12:20,170 --> 00:12:22,130 Speaker 2: God says you are blessed. 219 00:12:22,710 --> 00:12:26,670 Speaker 1: You are talented. You are valuable. You are confident. 220 00:12:27,150 --> 00:12:30,790 Speaker 2: You have been handpicked by the creator of the universe. 221 00:12:31,220 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 2: Now quit dwelling on what people say you are and 222 00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:38,630 Speaker 2: program your mind with who God says you are. On 223 00:12:38,670 --> 00:12:44,510 Speaker 2: the inside of you right now is a victorious, successful, 224 00:12:45,210 --> 00:12:51,059 Speaker 2: not average, not mediocre, world changer, history maker just waiting 225 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 2: to break out. I'm asking you to release the full you. 226 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,420 Speaker 2: You are destined to leave your mark on our generation. 227 00:12:59,820 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 2: There is no limit to what God can do in 228 00:13:02,260 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 2: you and through you. When you reprogram your thinking and 229 00:13:06,870 --> 00:13:10,950 Speaker 2: start believing that you're blessed, valuable, one of a kind, 230 00:13:11,230 --> 00:13:15,890 Speaker 2: more than a conqueror. When you renew your mind, transformations 231 00:13:15,950 --> 00:13:21,230 Speaker 2: take place. When I first started ministering back in 1999, 232 00:13:21,230 --> 00:13:22,490 Speaker 2: I was so nervous. 233 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:24,130 Speaker 1: I didn't think I could do this. 234 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,819 Speaker 2: Every voice told me, Joel, you better not get up 235 00:13:27,860 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 2: there in front of people. You're going to make a 236 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 2: fool of yourself. You're not going to know what to say. 237 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 2: Nobody's going to. 238 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: Listen to you. 239 00:13:35,220 --> 00:13:38,820 Speaker 2: I've learned the enemy doesn't fight you for where you are. 240 00:13:39,220 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 2: He fights you for where you're going. 241 00:13:41,900 --> 00:13:44,980 Speaker 1: He would love, he would love. 242 00:13:44,700 --> 00:13:48,260 Speaker 2: To keep you in your cocoon thinking these wormy thoughts. 243 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,130 Speaker 2: He doesn't want you to break out, soar and live 244 00:13:52,150 --> 00:13:56,670 Speaker 2: an overcoming life. He wants you to struggle and be insecure, 245 00:13:57,190 --> 00:13:59,689 Speaker 2: be burdened by addictions and bad habits. 246 00:14:00,370 --> 00:14:02,210 Speaker 1: It all starts in our mind. 247 00:14:02,970 --> 00:14:05,929 Speaker 2: If he can control your thoughts, he can control your 248 00:14:05,980 --> 00:14:08,740 Speaker 2: whole life. And I had to do what I'm asking 249 00:14:08,780 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 2: you to do. All through the day, I can do 250 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,060 Speaker 2: all things through Christ. I am strong in the Lord. 251 00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 2: If God be for me, who dare be against me? 252 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,900 Speaker 2: I did that month after month. Little by little, I 253 00:14:20,940 --> 00:14:24,350 Speaker 2: started breaking out of my cocoon. A wing started to 254 00:14:24,410 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 2: come out. first couple of years, I was so insecure. 255 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,260 Speaker 2: If I heard one negative comment, I would get discouraged. 256 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,510 Speaker 2: I would try to change and make sure everybody liked me. 257 00:14:36,290 --> 00:14:39,830 Speaker 2: But as I continued to renew my mind, I realized 258 00:14:40,230 --> 00:14:42,130 Speaker 2: I didn't need people's approval. 259 00:14:42,370 --> 00:14:47,180 Speaker 1: I have almighty God's approval. What was happening? 260 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 2: More of my wing was coming out. little bit of 261 00:14:51,300 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 2: my leg pushed through that cocoon. The truth is today, 262 00:14:55,740 --> 00:14:59,670 Speaker 2: I'm not totally transformed yet, but at least I'm not 263 00:14:59,750 --> 00:15:02,450 Speaker 2: still in that cocoon. At least I'm not still crawling 264 00:15:02,490 --> 00:15:06,850 Speaker 2: around thinking those wormy thoughts. When I compare myself now 265 00:15:07,820 --> 00:15:11,430 Speaker 2: to when I started 14 years ago, In one sense, 266 00:15:11,470 --> 00:15:12,550 Speaker 2: I'm not the same person. 267 00:15:12,830 --> 00:15:13,650 Speaker 1: I'm not nervous. 268 00:15:14,250 --> 00:15:17,380 Speaker 2: I'm not insecure. I'm confident in who God made me 269 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 2: to be. 270 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,380 Speaker 1: Somebody doesn't like me, doesn't bother me the least bit. 271 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: I'm happy. I'm blessed. 272 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,860 Speaker 2: That's what it means to be transformed by the renewing 273 00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:31,250 Speaker 2: of your mind. Now, maybe you're not totally out yet either, 274 00:15:31,750 --> 00:15:33,030 Speaker 2: but don't get discouraged. 275 00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:34,830 Speaker 1: God is still working on you. 276 00:15:35,570 --> 00:15:38,930 Speaker 2: Every day you think the right thoughts, you are breaking 277 00:15:38,990 --> 00:15:41,750 Speaker 2: out of that cocoon a little bit more. At the 278 00:15:41,810 --> 00:15:44,510 Speaker 2: right time, you're going to take off and God is 279 00:15:44,550 --> 00:15:46,070 Speaker 2: going to take you places that. 280 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:47,460 Speaker 1: You could never go on your own. 281 00:15:48,650 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 2: Man, in the scripture by the name of Gideon, God 282 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,540 Speaker 2: wanted him to lead the people of Israel against an 283 00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:58,980 Speaker 2: opposing army. But Gideon had all these wormy thoughts. He 284 00:15:59,020 --> 00:16:02,700 Speaker 2: was stuck in his cocoon. One day, the angel of 285 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 2: the Lord appeared unto him, said,' Hello, Gideon, you mighty man. 286 00:16:07,460 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: Of fearless courage. 287 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 2: I can imagine Gideon looking around, thinking,' Who is he 288 00:16:13,140 --> 00:16:16,620 Speaker 2: talking about?' I am not a mighty man of fearless courage.' 289 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:23,460 Speaker 2: Gideon was afraid, intimidated, insecure, just the opposite. But notice, 290 00:16:24,070 --> 00:16:27,570 Speaker 2: God didn't call him what he was. God called him 291 00:16:27,750 --> 00:16:32,850 Speaker 2: what he could become. God sees your potential. God knows 292 00:16:32,930 --> 00:16:36,810 Speaker 2: what you're capable of. You may feel weak, but God 293 00:16:36,870 --> 00:16:40,930 Speaker 2: calls you strong. You may be intimidated today, but God 294 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,900 Speaker 2: calls you confident. You may feel less than, God calls 295 00:16:44,940 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 2: you well able. If the angel of the Lord were 296 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,030 Speaker 2: to appear to you today, he would say the same 297 00:16:52,170 --> 00:16:56,490 Speaker 2: thing he said to Gideon. Hello, Mary, you mighty woman 298 00:16:56,650 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 2: of fearless courage. Hello, Frank, you mighty man of fearless courage. Hello, 299 00:17:02,170 --> 00:17:08,419 Speaker 2: people of Lakewood, you mighty people of fearless courage. Why 300 00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:12,100 Speaker 2: don't you get in agreement with God? Start believing what 301 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:16,290 Speaker 2: he says about you. Gideon answered the angel back in 302 00:17:16,330 --> 00:17:17,810 Speaker 2: verse 15. 303 00:17:17,810 --> 00:17:20,150 Speaker 1: He said, how am I supposed to save Israel? 304 00:17:20,810 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 2: I come from the poorest family in all of Manasseh, 305 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 2: and I am the least one in my father's house. 306 00:17:28,220 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: Notice those wormy thoughts. 307 00:17:29,859 --> 00:17:32,919 Speaker 2: But a lot of times, like Gideon, we do the 308 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:33,580 Speaker 2: same thing. 309 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,430 Speaker 1: I can't do anything great. I'm not that talented. 310 00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:40,070 Speaker 2: If I was a different nationality, if I had a 311 00:17:40,109 --> 00:17:43,830 Speaker 2: better personality, Joel, if I hadn't made so many mistakes... 312 00:17:44,130 --> 00:17:45,729 Speaker 2: Get rid of the excuses. 313 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,820 Speaker 1: You are equipped. You are empowered. 314 00:17:49,260 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 2: You already have everything you need to fulfill your destiny. 315 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: It's in you right now. 316 00:17:55,420 --> 00:17:57,550 Speaker 2: Now you got to do your part to bring it out. 317 00:17:58,910 --> 00:18:01,609 Speaker 2: I read about an older gentleman. He lived in a 318 00:18:01,670 --> 00:18:05,450 Speaker 2: small hut on an island out in the South Pacific. 319 00:18:06,030 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 2: He was a well-known sculptor. He'd spent his whole life 320 00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:12,900 Speaker 2: working with wood and carving different items. 321 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:14,050 Speaker 1: Very talented. 322 00:18:14,700 --> 00:18:17,950 Speaker 2: One day he was walking by this beautiful plantation. 323 00:18:18,570 --> 00:18:21,470 Speaker 1: The wealthiest man on the island lived there. 324 00:18:22,109 --> 00:18:24,710 Speaker 2: He saw these big tree trunks that had been cut 325 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:27,669 Speaker 2: down and were piled up in a big stack. He 326 00:18:27,770 --> 00:18:30,050 Speaker 2: asked the owner what they were going to do with them. 327 00:18:30,650 --> 00:18:32,150 Speaker 2: The owner said, oh, they're trash. 328 00:18:32,470 --> 00:18:35,890 Speaker 1: They're useless. We're just going to haul them away. He said, 329 00:18:35,910 --> 00:18:36,689 Speaker 1: do you mind if I. 330 00:18:36,670 --> 00:18:39,430 Speaker 2: Could have one of those? Owner looked at him kind 331 00:18:39,470 --> 00:18:42,290 Speaker 2: of strange and said, you want an old dead. 332 00:18:42,109 --> 00:18:44,409 Speaker 1: Piece of useless wood? Go ahead and take it. 333 00:18:45,230 --> 00:18:47,629 Speaker 2: He hauled it away on his wagon, got it to 334 00:18:47,670 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 2: his hut and stood it up on the inside. He 335 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:54,500 Speaker 2: began to walk around it very slowly, carefully analyzing it, 336 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,580 Speaker 2: thinking about it. It's as if he was trying to 337 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:01,260 Speaker 2: release something that was trapped on the inside. A couple 338 00:19:01,300 --> 00:19:06,030 Speaker 2: of hours later, he started carving away, whittling with precision 339 00:19:06,270 --> 00:19:10,590 Speaker 2: day after day. Two weeks after that, he had carved 340 00:19:10,619 --> 00:19:14,430 Speaker 2: the most beautiful eagle you could ever imagine. It was 341 00:19:14,530 --> 00:19:18,050 Speaker 2: majestic looking, had its wings out, head. 342 00:19:17,890 --> 00:19:20,909 Speaker 1: Back, soaring through the air. He put it on the 343 00:19:20,930 --> 00:19:22,550 Speaker 1: front porch of his little hut. 344 00:19:23,450 --> 00:19:26,130 Speaker 2: One day, it just so happened that plantation owner was 345 00:19:26,190 --> 00:19:30,730 Speaker 2: walking by, saw the eagle, was so impressed. He walked 346 00:19:30,790 --> 00:19:33,729 Speaker 2: up to it and began to marvel at the detail 347 00:19:33,790 --> 00:19:35,810 Speaker 2: and how magnificent it was. 348 00:19:36,510 --> 00:19:38,860 Speaker 1: He said to the man, Where in the world did 349 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 1: you get this? 350 00:19:40,020 --> 00:19:43,090 Speaker 2: I'd like to buy this from you. The sculptor kind 351 00:19:43,109 --> 00:19:44,290 Speaker 2: of laughed and said, no, sir. 352 00:19:44,330 --> 00:19:45,270 Speaker 1: It's not for sale. 353 00:19:45,710 --> 00:19:48,350 Speaker 2: He was insistent. He said, name your price. I'll pay 354 00:19:48,369 --> 00:19:51,300 Speaker 2: you whatever you want. The sculptor finally said, all right, 355 00:19:51,340 --> 00:19:53,540 Speaker 2: how about $ 500? 356 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:53,900 Speaker 1: The man paid him. 357 00:19:53,940 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 2: And as they were walking away with it, the sculptor said, sir, 358 00:19:58,140 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 2: I don't know if you realize this, but you just 359 00:20:00,619 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 2: bought back the piece of useless wood that you gave 360 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 2: me several weeks ago. The next day, the sculptor walked 361 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,460 Speaker 2: by the plantation. There was a sign out front. It 362 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:14,430 Speaker 2: said tree trunks for sale, $ 500 each. 363 00:20:15,910 --> 00:20:18,350 Speaker 1: He learned his lesson. But here's my point. 364 00:20:19,230 --> 00:20:23,780 Speaker 2: The sculptor saw something in that discarded piece of wood 365 00:20:24,060 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 2: that other. 366 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: People could not see. 367 00:20:26,460 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 2: The plantation owner saw it as trash, useless, as of 368 00:20:29,940 --> 00:20:33,820 Speaker 2: no value. But the sculptor was able to look beyond 369 00:20:33,859 --> 00:20:38,100 Speaker 2: the outside, beyond the flaws, and he saw its potential. 370 00:20:38,460 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: He knew what it could become. It's the same way 371 00:20:41,580 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: with our God. 372 00:20:42,660 --> 00:20:46,460 Speaker 2: Your creator can see things in you that other people 373 00:20:46,530 --> 00:20:50,310 Speaker 2: cannot see. Sometimes people will try to push you down, 374 00:20:50,930 --> 00:20:54,870 Speaker 2: make you feel insignificant. Sometimes our own thoughts will kind 375 00:20:54,910 --> 00:20:58,350 Speaker 2: of convince us that we don't measure up. But God 376 00:20:58,430 --> 00:21:03,120 Speaker 2: looks beyond the surface, beyond the mistakes we've made, beyond 377 00:21:03,180 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 2: what somebody said about you, and God sees your incredible value. 378 00:21:09,070 --> 00:21:11,580 Speaker 1: You may think, Joel, I've messed up. I have blown it. 379 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: I failed. I'm all washed up. No, God still sees 380 00:21:15,020 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: the ego in you. 381 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,770 Speaker 2: God doesn't just see what you are. He sees what 382 00:21:19,830 --> 00:21:22,470 Speaker 2: you can become. Now you got to do your part. 383 00:21:22,970 --> 00:21:27,030 Speaker 2: Get rid of those condemning thoughts. Get rid of what 384 00:21:27,109 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 2: somebody has spoken over you. and start renewing your mind. 385 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:37,780 Speaker 2: Down deep, start believing that you are redeemed, restored, talented, valuable. 386 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,470 Speaker 2: Even if you have made mistakes, believe that you can 387 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:44,750 Speaker 2: still release the full you. Let me tell you, God 388 00:21:44,850 --> 00:21:47,350 Speaker 2: can still get you to where he wants you to be. 389 00:21:47,369 --> 00:21:50,909 Speaker 1: I think about Jacob. He didn't have a lot of character. 390 00:21:51,380 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: He was dishonest. He cheated people. He even tricked his 391 00:21:55,580 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 1: own brother out of his birthright. He had a lot 392 00:21:58,680 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: of flaws. 393 00:22:00,140 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 2: He would be somebody we would compare to that discarded 394 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,590 Speaker 2: piece of wood. Surely God wouldn't have anything to do 395 00:22:06,630 --> 00:22:11,270 Speaker 2: with him. Surely God would find somebody more perfect. No, 396 00:22:11,330 --> 00:22:14,650 Speaker 2: God doesn't judge the way we judge. God doesn't look 397 00:22:14,710 --> 00:22:18,780 Speaker 2: on the outside. God looks at the heart. Even when 398 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,470 Speaker 2: we make mistakes, God doesn't write us off. He doesn't 399 00:22:22,530 --> 00:22:25,590 Speaker 2: say you had your shot, you're done. No, God always 400 00:22:25,710 --> 00:22:27,110 Speaker 2: gives us another chance. 401 00:22:27,530 --> 00:22:27,850 Speaker 1: Why? 402 00:22:28,330 --> 00:22:30,690 Speaker 2: Because God can see the eagle in the wood. 403 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,900 Speaker 1: He can see the butterfly in the worm. He can 404 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: even see a champion in a failure. But it's up 405 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:38,300 Speaker 1: to us. 406 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,439 Speaker 2: The only way the transformation will take place is you 407 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,730 Speaker 2: have to believe that you're forgiven. Believe that there's mercy 408 00:22:45,790 --> 00:22:48,910 Speaker 2: for every mistake. Believe that you are who God says 409 00:22:48,930 --> 00:22:52,930 Speaker 2: you are. One time in the Old Testament, An army 410 00:22:53,070 --> 00:22:57,710 Speaker 2: invaded Jerusalem, kidnapped some of the people, and killed their king. 411 00:22:58,530 --> 00:23:01,230 Speaker 2: For the first time, the people of Israel were without 412 00:23:01,270 --> 00:23:04,950 Speaker 2: a leader. They were discouraged, didn't know what to do. 413 00:23:05,670 --> 00:23:08,300 Speaker 2: As they sat there thinking that it was over, the 414 00:23:08,380 --> 00:23:12,660 Speaker 2: prophet Micah rose up and said, hey, why are you crying? 415 00:23:13,260 --> 00:23:17,220 Speaker 1: Why are you discouraged? Is there not a king in you? 416 00:23:18,390 --> 00:23:20,690 Speaker 2: I believe God is saying the same thing to each 417 00:23:20,790 --> 00:23:21,189 Speaker 2: one of us. 418 00:23:21,490 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: There's a king in you. 419 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 2: You may have made mistakes, but the king is still 420 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:30,300 Speaker 2: in you. You may have gone through disappointments. People may 421 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:34,020 Speaker 2: have treated you unfairly. You missed good opportunities, but let 422 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,620 Speaker 2: these words sink deep down into your spirit. 423 00:23:37,070 --> 00:23:40,570 Speaker 1: The king is still in you. The queen is still 424 00:23:40,690 --> 00:23:41,090 Speaker 1: in you. 425 00:23:41,590 --> 00:23:44,610 Speaker 2: You need to put your shoulders back, hold your head 426 00:23:44,670 --> 00:23:49,350 Speaker 2: up high, carry yourself with confidence. You have royal blood 427 00:23:49,450 --> 00:23:52,850 Speaker 2: flowing through your veins. You are wearing a crown of favor. 428 00:23:53,250 --> 00:23:56,859 Speaker 2: I'm not looking at ordinary people. I'm looking at royalty. 429 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,580 Speaker 2: I can see kings. I can see queens. I can 430 00:24:00,619 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 2: see your crown of favor. I can see your robe 431 00:24:03,260 --> 00:24:07,109 Speaker 2: of honor. I'm looking at children of the most high God. 432 00:24:07,690 --> 00:24:10,909 Speaker 2: Now you got to start calling out that king, calling 433 00:24:10,970 --> 00:24:11,730 Speaker 2: out that queen. 434 00:24:12,190 --> 00:24:15,670 Speaker 1: You got to release what God put on the inside. Well, 435 00:24:15,690 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: you say, Joel, this is not for me today. 436 00:24:17,780 --> 00:24:20,700 Speaker 2: I've made lots of mistakes. I've lived a rough life. No, 437 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:24,260 Speaker 2: that didn't change what God put in you. You couldn't 438 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:28,030 Speaker 2: be any worse than Jacob. He failed again and again. 439 00:24:28,830 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 2: But God's mercy is from everlasting to everlasting. 440 00:24:32,490 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: It never runs out. God will never give up on you. 441 00:24:36,780 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 2: God kept working on Jacob, making him and molding him. 442 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 2: One day God said, Jacob, I'm going to change your name. 443 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,780 Speaker 2: His name literally meant deceiver. God said, I don't want 444 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 2: you to be called that anymore. You've gone from a 445 00:24:50,530 --> 00:24:53,910 Speaker 2: worm to a butterfly, from a discarded piece of wood 446 00:24:53,970 --> 00:24:57,700 Speaker 2: to a beautiful eagle. your new name is going to 447 00:24:57,740 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 2: be Israel. Israel means prince with God. He went from 448 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,250 Speaker 2: being called a cheater to being called a king. Now, 449 00:25:07,310 --> 00:25:10,230 Speaker 2: when somebody said, hello, Israel, they were saying, hello, king. 450 00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:15,209 Speaker 2: They were calling out his seeds of greatness. They were prophesying, 451 00:25:15,450 --> 00:25:19,550 Speaker 2: reminded him who he really was. No doubt he started thinking, 452 00:25:19,750 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 2: I'm not a cheater. I'm not a deceiver. I'm not 453 00:25:22,580 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 2: a trickster. 454 00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:25,900 Speaker 1: I'm a prince. I'm a king. 455 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,090 Speaker 2: I've been chosen by God. I've got a destiny to fulfill. 456 00:25:30,310 --> 00:25:34,270 Speaker 2: I've got an assignment to accomplish. He renewed his mind 457 00:25:34,470 --> 00:25:37,860 Speaker 2: and that's when the transformation took place. Some of you, 458 00:25:37,900 --> 00:25:41,020 Speaker 2: the only thing that's holding you back is your thoughts 459 00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:45,250 Speaker 2: toward yourself. You're focused on your mistakes, how you blew it, 460 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,610 Speaker 2: how you didn't measure up. You've got to reprogram your thinking. 461 00:25:48,990 --> 00:25:52,010 Speaker 2: Get rid of those wormy thoughts all through the day. 462 00:25:52,250 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: I'm redeemed, restored. I am royalty. I am more than 463 00:25:57,260 --> 00:25:57,780 Speaker 1: a conqueror. 464 00:25:58,859 --> 00:26:01,220 Speaker 2: I believe today is going to be the start of 465 00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:05,300 Speaker 2: some transformations. Some metamorphoses are about to take place. 466 00:26:05,580 --> 00:26:07,880 Speaker 1: You need to get ready. Talent is going to come 467 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:09,580 Speaker 1: out of you that you didn't know you had. 468 00:26:10,180 --> 00:26:14,440 Speaker 2: Strongholds of inferiority are being broken. You're going to feel 469 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,340 Speaker 2: a new boldness, a new confidence to step into the 470 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:18,700 Speaker 2: fullness of your destiny. 471 00:26:19,380 --> 00:26:21,879 Speaker 1: Some of you have one wing out and that's good. 472 00:26:22,740 --> 00:26:25,450 Speaker 2: But God doesn't want you to stay in your cocoon. 473 00:26:25,970 --> 00:26:29,690 Speaker 2: He didn't create you to squirm. He created you to soar. 474 00:26:30,290 --> 00:26:32,530 Speaker 2: It's time to get the other wing out. If you 475 00:26:32,570 --> 00:26:36,149 Speaker 2: will start renewing your mind, programming it with what God 476 00:26:36,230 --> 00:26:39,210 Speaker 2: says about you, then you're going to release the full you. 477 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,770 Speaker 1: I'm calling out the confident you. I'm calling out. 478 00:26:43,690 --> 00:26:48,370 Speaker 2: The successful you, the blessed you, the talented you, the. 479 00:26:48,350 --> 00:26:50,690 Speaker 1: Disciplined you, the excellent you. 480 00:26:51,230 --> 00:26:54,929 Speaker 2: I believe and declare the king in you is coming out. 481 00:26:55,490 --> 00:26:57,300 Speaker 1: The eagle in you is coming out. 482 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,740 Speaker 2: The butterfly in you is coming out. 483 00:27:00,020 --> 00:27:03,100 Speaker 1: You're not going to stay where you are. You're being transformed. 484 00:27:03,380 --> 00:27:03,939 Speaker 1: You're going to. 485 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:07,060 Speaker 2: Soar and go places that you could have never gotten 486 00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 2: to on your own. 487 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,990 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, I declare it. If you receive it, 488 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,020 Speaker 1: can you say amen? 489 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 2: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 490 00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 2: an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 491 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:24,500 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I 492 00:27:24,540 --> 00:27:25,620 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. 493 00:27:26,859 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. 494 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 2: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 495 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,850 Speaker 2: got born again. Get in a good Bible-based church. Keep 496 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,570 Speaker 2: God first place. He's going to take you places that 497 00:27:40,609 --> 00:27:51,110 Speaker 2: you've never dreamed of. A few years ago, I stood 498 00:27:51,130 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 2: in a forest of giant redwoods, trees hundreds of feet 499 00:27:54,580 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 2: tall and thousands of years old. I remember thinking every 500 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 2: one of them started as a single seed, something you 501 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,300 Speaker 2: could hold in your hand. But I was amazed at 502 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 2: what they had become. That's not just true of trees. 503 00:28:07,740 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 2: It's true of you. There are seeds God has already 504 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,119 Speaker 2: placed in you that are waiting to come to life. 505 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 2: You haven't seen all that you can become. I'd love 506 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 2: to send you my new 90-day devotional called Super Bloom. 507 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 2: It's designed to help you water what God has already 508 00:28:23,420 --> 00:28:27,260 Speaker 2: planted in your life. Each day's reading will strengthen your faith, 509 00:28:27,619 --> 00:28:31,060 Speaker 2: remind you of God's promises, and encourage you to keep believing. 510 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 2: As you do this, you'll see new confidence, new joy, 511 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,790 Speaker 2: and new growth. Those seeds of greatness will begin to 512 00:28:37,830 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 2: flourish and you'll discover a life more rewarding than you've 513 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:42,220 Speaker 2: ever imagined. 514 00:28:43,260 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 3: Super Bloom, 90 days of growth, encouragement, and hope for 515 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,500 Speaker 3: all seasons of life is Joel's brand new devotional designed 516 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,350 Speaker 3: to help you water what God has already planted in you. Inside, 517 00:28:54,550 --> 00:28:58,150 Speaker 3: you'll find 90 days of scripture, encouragement, and a simple 518 00:28:58,250 --> 00:29:02,430 Speaker 3: daily practice. Whatever season you're walking through, whatever you're believing 519 00:29:02,510 --> 00:29:06,610 Speaker 3: God for, because what you water today is what blooms tomorrow. 520 00:29:07,070 --> 00:29:09,130 Speaker 3: It's yours as a thank you for your gift to 521 00:29:09,170 --> 00:29:13,090 Speaker 3: the ministry today. Be sure to request your copy of Superbloom, 522 00:29:13,330 --> 00:29:17,850 Speaker 3: available this month by visiting us at joelostein.com or call 888-567-JOEL. 523 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 2: Keep watering what God has planted. I believe you're going 524 00:29:23,660 --> 00:29:26,850 Speaker 2: to come into your super bloom season. Victoria and I 525 00:29:26,910 --> 00:29:29,650 Speaker 2: love you. We're praying for you and your family every day. 526 00:29:29,710 --> 00:29:32,710 Speaker 2: And thanks so much for your prayer and support. 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