1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. Reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. Will God bless you? 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: It is always a joy that coming to your homes. 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: We love you and we're believing that this year is 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: going to be your best year so far. I hope 9 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: you'll get in agreement with it as well. If you're 10 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: ever in our area, stop by and be a part 11 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: of one of our services. We'd love to have you. 12 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: But thanks for tuning in today. I'd like to start 13 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: with something funny each week, and I heard about this 14 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: minister that was out bear hunting. He searched and searched 15 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: all through the woods, but didn't see any sign of 16 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: a bear. Finally, in frustration, he threw his gun down 17 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: and went down to the stream to cool off. About 18 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: that time, he saw this huge, grizzly bear racing toward him. 19 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: He fell on his knees and said, God, please protect me. 20 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: I'm asking you God to convert this bear in to 21 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: a Christian. Miraculously, the bear frozen its tracks, put up 22 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 1: both paus toward the heavens and said, thank you Lord 23 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: for this food I'm about to eat. 24 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 2: All right, hold up your bibles. Let's say it like 25 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 2: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 26 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 2: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 27 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today 28 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 29 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 2: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 30 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 31 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,119 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 32 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: the importance of getting rid of negative mindsets. Every one 33 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: of us has what I call our anchor thoughts. These 34 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: are the core thoughts that we believe about ourselves. Has 35 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: to do with our self image, how we approach life. 36 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: These thoughts come with us out even really having to 37 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: think about them. We believe them so long it's just 38 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: like we're on autopilot. But the problem with some people 39 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: is their anchor thoughts are negative. When they're on cruise control, 40 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: so to speak. They go around thinking, I'm unattractive, I'm undisciplined, 41 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: I'll never get out of these problems. You can't trust anybody. 42 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: They don't realize it's their own thinking that's keeping them 43 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: in mediocrity. You cannot have negative anchor thoughts and expect 44 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: to live a positive life all through the day. The 45 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: thoughts that should be coming up in us or I 46 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: am blessed, I am victorious, I am valuable, I am talented. 47 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: People like me I have the favor of God. If 48 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: we're going to live in victory, our anchor thoughts have 49 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: to be positive. Now, I want you to pay more 50 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: attention to what comes up in you naturally. What do 51 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: you expect each day? Do you go out with enthusiasm, 52 00:02:55,960 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: excited about the day, or do you just drag around thinking, Ah, nothing, day, 53 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: I've got to go to work. How do you feel 54 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 1: about yourself? Down deep? Are you pleased with who you are? 55 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: Do you know that you're valuable? Are you proud of 56 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: your accomplishments? Or is that thought constantly playing You've blown 57 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: it too many times, You're not where you should be, 58 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: you haven't used your potential. No, those are the wrong 59 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 1: anchor thoughts, and if we don't get rid of them, 60 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: they will set the limits for our life. The good 61 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: news is we can develop new anchor thoughts. The way 62 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: we do it is when the negative thought comes back 63 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: telling us that we've blown it too many times. It's 64 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: going to be a lousy day. You don't have anything 65 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: to look forward to. Instead of dwelling on that and 66 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: letting it take root, you got to turn it around, 67 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: get on the offensive, and start declaring, this is going 68 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: to be a great day. I have a bright future, 69 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: I am forgiven, I am valuable. God is pleased with me. 70 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: Speak word words of faith over your life. That's one 71 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: of the best ways to get rid of a negative 72 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: anchor thought and form a new one, even if you 73 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: do it under your breath. When that negative thought comes, 74 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: you can interrupt it by speaking out just the opposite. 75 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: But so many people today are stuck in a rut. 76 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: They don't realize it's not normal to go around feeling 77 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: wrong about themselves, not expecting anything good. But they've done 78 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: it so long that's what comes up naturally. The only 79 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: way we will change is by changing our thinking. We 80 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: have to reprogram ourselves with the right information. See, our 81 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: mind is just like a computer. You can go out 82 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: and buy the most expensive powerful computer you can find. 83 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: It can have the most memory, it can be the fastest, 84 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: have all the latest gadgets, but if you program that 85 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 1: computer with the wrong software, it's not going to function properly. 86 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: We've all heard about these computer virus says they can 87 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: get into a perfectly good computer and start to contaminate 88 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: the software. Before long, your computer's slow, you can't access 89 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 1: your files. All these problems occur not because it's not 90 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: a good computer, not because it's defective or it was 91 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: made improperly. No, it all happens because somebody reprogrammed the software. 92 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: Somebody messed with the insides and filled it with a 93 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 1: bunch of junk. Well, in the same way, you and 94 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: I were made in the image of Almighty God. He's 95 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: our manufacturer. When God created us, he made us to 96 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: be victorious. From the very beginning. You have been programmed 97 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: for success, for joy, for peace, for victory. But the 98 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: problem sometimes is we've allowed the enemy to get in 99 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 1: and reprogram our software. We've made the mistake of believing 100 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: his lies. Like I'll never be successful, Joe, I don't 101 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: have the education, I'll never be had. Y'all got so 102 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 1: many problems, Or I don't feel good about myself because 103 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: I've had so many unfair things happen all this junk 104 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: is contaminating our software. Now we're not expecting good things. 105 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: We have low self esteem, we feel inferior. But understand 106 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 1: there is nothing wrong with you. Just like that computer, 107 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: you are not defective. You are not a mistake. When 108 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: God made you, he said you were good. The problem 109 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 1: is not the hardware, it's the software. You have to 110 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: change your thinking. You have to know deep down in 111 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: here you have worth, you have value, and no matter 112 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: what's come against you, you are a victor and not 113 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 1: a victim. Now I know people that have I know 114 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 1: people that have been through rejection and unfair things, and 115 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,119 Speaker 1: they allow that negative recording to play over and over. 116 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: You're not good enough, you don't have what it takes. 117 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 1: It's your fault. They go around with low self worth, 118 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,799 Speaker 1: low self esteem. Now, you may have been through unfair things, 119 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: people may have rejected you, but don't allow anyone or 120 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: anything to keep you from knowing who you really are. 121 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: You are a child of the most High God. God 122 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: has breathed his very life into you. You have his 123 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: royal blood flowing through your veins. People may have tried 124 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: to push you down. You may have been in an 125 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: abusive relationship where somebody was always telling you what you 126 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: couldn't do and what you weren't going to become. But 127 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: understand that didn't change who you are. You are still 128 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: the apple of God's eye. You are still his most 129 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: prized possession. It doesn't matter how unfair it was. God 130 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: still has a great plan for your life. He still 131 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: has you in the palm of his hand, and He's 132 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: promised if we will stay in faith, if we'll get 133 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: rid of the negative anchor thoughts, he will take what 134 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: was meant for our harm and he will use it 135 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: to our advantage. I talked to a young man a 136 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: while back. He was so insecure, felt so inferior, and 137 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: it stemmed from the fact when he was born his 138 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: parents really wanted a little girl. He was the youngest 139 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: of five brothers, and of course his parents loved him, 140 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: but deep down he felt like he was a mistake. 141 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: His parents weren't planning on having any more children. All 142 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: of a sudden, he showed up. He said, Joel, I 143 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: don't even know if I'm supposed to be here. I 144 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,239 Speaker 1: was an accident to begin with, and my parents wanted 145 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: a little girl. On and on, all these thoughts were 146 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: playing in his mind. You're a mistake. You're not valuable, 147 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: you don't have anything to offer. No, please don't believe 148 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: those lies. The scripture says in Jeremiah, God saw you 149 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 1: before you were ever formed in your mother's womb. He 150 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 1: knew you and planned out your life before you ever 151 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: showed up on planet Earth. You are not a mistake. 152 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: You're not an accident. You are a person of divine destiny. 153 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 1: You have an assign There is something you can accomplish 154 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: that nobody else can. That's why your fingerprints are not 155 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: like anyone else's. You are an original and people may 156 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: have rejected you, but know this, God has already accepted 157 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: and approved you. And just because something unfair happened, that 158 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: didn't change God's plan. You're still wearing your crown of favor. 159 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: You still got on your robe of righteousness. And I 160 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: love what David said. Even if my mother and my 161 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: father forsake me, God will adopt me as his very 162 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: own child. What am I saying today? Don't let what's 163 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: happened in your past contaminate your software. When those lies 164 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: come telling you you're not valuable. God doesn't care about you. 165 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: Why would he allow that to happen? No, just turn 166 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,319 Speaker 1: it around. God. I know you are good. You promised 167 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: in Isaiah you would pay me back double for every 168 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: unfair thing that's happened. So God, I want to thank 169 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: you that I'm coming out with twice the joy, twice 170 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: the peace, twice the victory. God, I believe my future 171 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: is so bright I need sunglasses to look at it. 172 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: Let's reprogram our computers. Let's get rid of all the viruses. 173 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: I heard a story about a lady that constantly struggled 174 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: with her self worth. She didn't feel like she was 175 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 1: good enough, like she ever fit in, and she went 176 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: around with no sense of purpose, wondering why she was here. 177 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: Come to find out, these insecurities came from the fact 178 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 1: of being born out of wedlock. Her mother and father 179 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: were not married, and one day she saw on her 180 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: birth certificate that little box that was checked not legitimate. 181 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: Those words became ingrained in her thinking as a child 182 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 1: and a teenager. Even when she got married. She told 183 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: how she felt so insecure. Every time she tried to 184 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: move forward, those words would ring out in her mind. 185 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 1: You're a mistake, you weren't wanted, you're not legit, you're 186 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: not valuable. She didn't know any better. She believed it. 187 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: Year after year. It was keeping her in bondage, affecting 188 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: her personality, affecting her marriage. One day she heard me 189 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: talking about what I'm telling you today, that you don't 190 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: have to believe those lies. Your worth and value doesn't 191 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: come from people. It comes from Almighty God. And she 192 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 1: said on the inside, it was like something exploded. The 193 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: scripture says, when you know the truth, it will make 194 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: you free. That day she recognized that one thought was 195 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: holding her captive. She decided to do something about it. 196 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 1: When that lie came back, telling her that she had 197 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:43,439 Speaker 1: no value, she was a mistake, had no future. Instead 198 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: of dwelling on it and letting it depress her, she 199 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: started talking back to the enemy. She said, no, I 200 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,199 Speaker 1: am not a mistake. I am not an accident. God 201 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: chose me before the foundation of the world. I am valuable, 202 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: I am accepted, I am approved. I know I have 203 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: bright future. She started speaking these words of faith over 204 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: her life. She told how she never left the house 205 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: in the morning without saying, no weapon formed against me 206 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 1: will prosper. I have royal blood flowing through my veins, 207 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: and no matter what my birth certificate says, I know 208 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 1: I am legitimate. I am a child of the Most 209 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: High God. You know what happened. A new self image 210 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: began to form. She began to see herself as God 211 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: saw her, accepted, approved, valuable, more than a conquer. It 212 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: didn't happen overnight, but little by little she got more 213 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: and more confident. Today she's totally free. But the fact 214 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: is she could still be back where she was, low 215 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,959 Speaker 1: self esteem, low self worth if she had not made 216 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: this decision to rise up and shake off the negative, 217 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: destructive thoughts. You can do the same thing. Some of 218 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: you have been through unfair situations and now you're just 219 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: sitting back in mediocrity. You don't really feel good about yourself. 220 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: But listen, today is a new day. Why don't you 221 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: do what she did. Draw that line in the sand, 222 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: shake off the destructive thoughts, and start declaring every day 223 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 1: I am the apple of God's eye. I have a 224 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: future and a destiny. I know good things are in store. 225 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: You got to get your anchor thoughts up if you 226 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: want to come up higher. I read where these researchers 227 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: tested children ages two to four. They found that ninety 228 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: five percent of them were highly creative and capable of 229 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: abstract thought and imagination, and they were amazed at the 230 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: high percentage of bright, intelligent, innovative children. But what's interesting 231 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: is they tested those same children at seven years of 232 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: age and they found that only five percent were still 233 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: highly creative. Their conclusion was simple. The children had been 234 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: beaten down by life. They had been told what they 235 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: couldn't do and what they weren't going to become, and 236 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: now they had developed these negative anchor thoughts. The fact 237 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: is the same thing can happen to every one of 238 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,719 Speaker 1: us if we don't stay on the offensive. Life has 239 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: a way of trying to push us down through rejection, disappointments, setbacks, 240 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: and if we're not careful, we look up and we're 241 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: not expecting good things. We don't feel good about who 242 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: we are. We've given up on our dreams. Now we've 243 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: got to learn to get back to our original setting. 244 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: I know one time with my computer, I got it 245 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: so far out of whack. I tweaked it here and 246 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: tweaked it there, and I got into areas that I 247 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: knew nothing about and made some adjustments, and after about 248 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: six months I had to have somebody come over and 249 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: put my computer back to the original factory settings. After all, 250 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: nobody knows more than the manufacturer about how that computer 251 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: is supposed function. Well, that's what I want to help 252 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: you do today. Get you back to your original factory settings. 253 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: They're found right here in God's word, our creator, our manufacturer, 254 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 1: says this about you. You are blessed, you are anointed, 255 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: you are equipped, you are valuable, you are talented, you 256 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: are creative. You have the favor of God. Whatever you 257 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: touch will prosper and succeed. You are strong in the Lord. 258 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: You are well able to do what God has called 259 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: you to do. That's getting you back to your original 260 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: factory settings. Well, you say, Joe, I don't feel like that. 261 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: I've got a lot of problems. I've had a lot 262 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: of unfair things happen to me. No, this is what 263 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: faith is all about. You may not feel it, but 264 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: you need to start believing it. Start talking like it, 265 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: start walking like it, start thinking like it. Then God 266 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: can bring that to pass. Too often, like these children, 267 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: we've allowed the pressures of life to push us down. 268 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: We go through a disappointment. We think it's never gonna 269 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: get any better. I've reached my limits. Or maybe somebody 270 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: mistreats us somebody lies about us. We go around down 271 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: thinking life's just not fair. All these things, little by 272 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: little are trying to contaminate our software. We look up 273 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: and we're not expecting good things. We lose our sense 274 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: of worth and value. The good news today is you 275 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: getting a tuna. We're getting you back to your original settings. 276 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: But you've got to do your part and quit dwelling 277 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: on the negative lies and start dwelling on what God 278 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: says about you. It says in Psalms all day long 279 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: we should meditate on God's word. That means we should 280 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: go around thinking, I am blessed, I am valuable, I 281 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: am victorious. God always causes me to try out, what 282 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: are we doing reprogramming our computer? When that lie comes 283 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: telling you you're not gonna be blessed, don't listen to him. 284 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: You don't, You've made so many mistakes. No, talk back 285 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: to the enemy. I am forgiven, I am redeemed, I'm 286 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: the righteousness of God. He has made me worthy. You 287 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: got to replace the negative thoughts with thoughts of hope, 288 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,439 Speaker 1: thoughts of faith, thoughts of victory. When we get up 289 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: in the morning, the first thing we should do is 290 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: set our minds in the right direction. Just like you 291 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: reboot your computer every once in a while to get 292 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: rid of all the jump, we should get up and declare, 293 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a great day. I am strong, 294 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: i am anointed. I'm ready for anything that comes my way. 295 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: That's what the scripture says in Colossians three, verse two. 296 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: Set your mind and keep it set on the higher things. 297 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: I found. If you don't set your mind the first 298 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: part of the day, the enemy will set it for you. 299 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: That's why we have so many viruses and so many 300 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 1: negative anchor thoughts. I mean, how many times have we 301 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: waken up and the thought comes to us it's going 302 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: to be a lousy day. You got so many problems. 303 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,400 Speaker 1: You lost your temper last week. Your boss doesn't even 304 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: like you. If you don't stay on the offensive and 305 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 1: set your mind in the right direction, you'll go out 306 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,719 Speaker 1: and have a lousy day. Many people don't realize you 307 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: don't have to dwell on every thought that comes to 308 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: your mind. You can choose what you're going to think about. 309 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:25,120 Speaker 1: If the thought is negative and discouraging, you should immediately 310 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: get rid of it and then replace it with a positive, 311 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: faith filled fault. If you're not disciplined in your thought life, 312 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: you will never live a life of victory. And that's 313 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: why the scripture says we have to guard our minds. 314 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: We have to know how to cast down these strongholds, 315 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: because what happens is when we dwell on a negative 316 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: thought long enough, it gets a hold of us and 317 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: it'll keep us from God's best. I know people that 318 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,120 Speaker 1: have had a parent or another authority figure in their 319 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 1: life speak negative things over them. They didn't know any better, 320 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 1: they believed it, they went around dwelling on it, and 321 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: today it's setting the limits for their life. Just the 322 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: other day, a man came up to me and he 323 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 1: told how his father was very negative toward him. The 324 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: father never encouraged him, never said anything good about him, 325 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: but he's always putting him down, telling him what he 326 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: wasn't going to become. And those words are like seeds. 327 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:30,400 Speaker 1: When we speak them out, they take root, and whether 328 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: or not they come to pass depends on if we 329 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 1: water them by continually thinking about them and constantly dwelling 330 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: on it. But just because somebody has spoken something negative 331 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 1: over you doesn't mean it's going to come to fulfillment. 332 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,919 Speaker 1: It depends on what you do with it. You have 333 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: the final say. Nobody can keep you from your destiny 334 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 1: except you. And if someone has spoken negative words over 335 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:00,479 Speaker 1: your life, a parent, a coach, a spouse, a teacher, 336 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 1: don't allow it to take root by constantly dwelling on it. 337 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: This gentleman let his father's words keep him in mediocrity 338 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 1: for years. They became a stronghold in his mind. He 339 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 1: told how even on his father's deathbed, the father looked 340 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,160 Speaker 1: at him and said, you're never gonna amount to anything. 341 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,160 Speaker 1: Look at your brother. He didn't, and you want either. 342 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: Those words cut like a knife. For years, he was angry, bitter, insecure, 343 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: afraid to step out and take a new position. He 344 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 1: had all these bondages because of those negative words. And 345 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 1: we know how a father's words or parents' words carry 346 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: incredible weight in a child's life. But the good news 347 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: is God's word supersedes man's word. Now, a couple of 348 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 1: years ago, he heard me speaking the blessing over people's lives, 349 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: kind of like I'm doing today, telling you that you're equipped, 350 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: you're annoyinged, you're well able, And he said some and 351 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: broke loose on the inside. All of a sudden, he 352 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: realized he didn't have to be bound by those words. 353 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 1: He did what we're talking about. He said today, Joel, 354 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: I am free. I'm not angry, I'm not bitter, I'm blessed, 355 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 1: I'm happy, and I'm rising to new heights. What did 356 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: he do? He reprogrammed his computer. He got rid of 357 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: the viruses. Friends, don't let other people keep you from 358 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: fulfilling your destiny. It's not up to them, it's up 359 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 1: to you. It's great when we have other people encourage 360 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 1: us and cheer us on. I was blessed to be 361 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: raised by parents that loved me and spoke good things 362 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 1: over my life. But if you didn't get that, it 363 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,640 Speaker 1: doesn't have to keep you from becoming all God's created 364 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: you to be. Your earthly father may not have spoken 365 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 1: positive things over you. You may not have received the love, 366 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,120 Speaker 1: the affection, the affirmation you needed. But let me tell 367 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: you what your heavenly father says. He says he's proud 368 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: of you. He says you can do all things through Christ. 369 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 1: He says your best days are not behind you, but 370 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: they're still out in front of you. Why don't you 371 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: get in agreement with God and start declaring every day 372 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: I am blessed I am valuable. I do have a 373 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 1: bright future. We've got to get back to our original 374 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: factory settings. I'm asking you to not let other people, 375 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:30,439 Speaker 1: don't let time, don't let unfair circumstances cause you to 376 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: forget who you really are. Now, I know this gentleman 377 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: was in his fifties, and he felt like he had 378 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: wasted all these years. Now he was on the right track, 379 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 1: but he had these other dreams that he thought he 380 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: was too old to pursue. Now, I told him about 381 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: an article I had read. These researchers dug up a 382 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 1: bag of seeds that they found enclosed in an air 383 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: tight capsule. These seeds were over twenty five hundred years old. 384 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: They were amazed at how well preserved the seeds were, 385 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: and in their curiosity, they decided to plant one to 386 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 1: see if it could still be alive. Much to their amazement, 387 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: that little seed, over twenty five hundred years old, in 388 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 1: a few days, took root and over time blossomed into 389 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 1: a full, beautiful plant. That tells me the dreams God 390 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 1: has put in your heart, the seeds of hope, the 391 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: seeds of victory. They may have laid dormant here after year, 392 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 1: but you got to know the seed is still alive. 393 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: It's just waiting for someone to believe, for someone to 394 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: put the right actions behind it. Some of you think 395 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 1: you've blown it too many times. Life hasn't treated you fair. 396 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: You think you got to sit back and settle for mediocrity. 397 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 1: God is saying it's never too late. The seed may 398 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 1: have been pushed down by people that didn't believe in you. 399 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:58,399 Speaker 1: It may have been delayed by unfair circumstances. Maybe it 400 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 1: didn't take root because of your own poor choices. But 401 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 1: the good news is, just like that little seed came 402 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 1: to fruition after twenty five hundred years, God still has 403 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: a way to bring your dreams to pass. Now. I'm 404 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: asking you to get your hopes up, quit listening to 405 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: the negative voices. If you'll get your thoughts going in 406 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: the right direction, you can still become everything God's created 407 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,120 Speaker 1: you to be. I heard the story about a young 408 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: African American boy. He grew up extremely poor in the 409 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 1: projects in the natural. He had no chance, no education, 410 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: no money, no future. He was being raised by a 411 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: single parent mom as a young child. His father was 412 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: never there and the mom had to work two or 413 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: three jobs to try to make ends meet, so nobody 414 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: was in the home to give him guidance and direction. 415 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 1: He got off into some wrong areas, breaking into cars, stealing, 416 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: running with the wrong crowd. One time, as a young man, 417 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: early in the morning, he was sneaking out of his 418 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,439 Speaker 1: room so he wouldn't have to go to school, and 419 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: one of his cousins that lived there with him said, oh, 420 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 1: go ahead, skip school. I won't tell anybody. After all, 421 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 1: you're never gonna make anything out of your life. Nobody 422 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 1: in this family has. He told how that hit him 423 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: the wrong way, that made him mad. He thought to himself, 424 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to prove him wrong. That day, something new 425 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: was birthed on the inside. Instead of getting bitter and 426 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: letting those negative words take root, he saw it as 427 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: a challenge. As a young man, he joined the job Corps. 428 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: One thing they offered was boxing. He went to the 429 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,479 Speaker 1: gym and told the head coach that he wanted to box. 430 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: The coach asked him if he had any experience. He 431 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: said no, I've never boxed before, and the coach was 432 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 1: very rude to him. He said, well, don't waste my time, kid, 433 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 1: I've got all these experienced boxers to train. Leaving the 434 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: gym that day, feeling dejected and discouraged. An assistant coach 435 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 1: pulled him over to the side and he said, hey, 436 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 1: you come back tomorrow and I'll be your trainer. He 437 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 1: gave him a brand new pair of boxing shoes, the 438 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: first gift he had ever received. Long story short. One 439 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 1: year later, George Foreman won the Olympic gold medal. He 440 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: went on to become the heavyweight champion of the world, 441 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 1: and today, among other things, George Foreman is the pastor 442 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: of a church. He gives all the credit to the Lord. 443 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: You know what's funny When that cousin that told him 444 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: he would never amount to anything saw him when the 445 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 1: gold medal. He came up to him and said, I 446 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 1: always knew you could do it. What am I saying today? 447 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: Don't let people talk you out of your dreams. Don't 448 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 1: let rejection and disappointments steal your sense of value cause 449 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: you to go around feeling infuri or no. Put your 450 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: shoulders back. You are children of the most High God. 451 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: The seeds that have been planted in your heart dreams 452 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 1: on the inside, they are indeed alive and well. If 453 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: you'll do your part and water these seeds. By speaking 454 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 1: good things over your life and develop these positive anchor thoughts, 455 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,679 Speaker 1: then God can bring him to pass. I want you 456 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: to take inventory of your thought life. Some of you 457 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: have had negative thought patterns for years. It's keeping you 458 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: from God's best. Make a decision that you're going to 459 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 1: do something about it today. Think bigger, think better, get 460 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:30,360 Speaker 1: back to your original setting. Remember you've been programmed for victory. 461 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 1: If you'll get rid of the viruses and all day 462 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: long meditate on what God says about you, then you'll 463 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: come up higher and hire and God will pour out 464 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,920 Speaker 1: his blessings in favor. You'll live the life of victory 465 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: he has in story. Amen, do you receive it today? 466 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: And we never like to cloge our broadcast without giving 467 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 468 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, I 469 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my I make you 470 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 1: my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 471 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 472 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 1: Bible based church, Keep God first place. He's going to 473 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: take your places that you've never dreamed of. Each week 474 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 1: I stand on this stage and remind you of what 475 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,360 Speaker 1: God says about you. Because it's easy to be defined 476 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: by who people say we are, or by our own 477 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 1: negative thoughts that were not talented or problems too big. 478 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 1: The key is to go back to who God says 479 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: you are. Now. 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