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See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 37 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 38 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 6: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 39 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 6: the ministry. 40 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 7: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 41 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 7: blessing and share it with a friend. 42 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 6: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 43 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 6: your life. 44 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 4: Oh God, bless you. 45 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 6: It's great to be with you today, and I hope. 46 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 4: You'll stay connected with us during the week through. 47 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 6: Our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you 48 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 6: can come visit us in person. We love to have 49 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 6: you be a part of one of our services, but 50 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 6: I like to start with something funny, and I should 51 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 6: mention this was sent to me by a woman. But 52 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 6: according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while 53 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 6: both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer, 54 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,959 Speaker 6: male reindeer lose their antlers at the start of winter 55 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 6: in early November. Female reindeer keep their antlers all the 56 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 6: way till spring. This means all of Santa's reindeer, from 57 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 6: Rudolph to Blitzen had to be female. She goes on 58 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 6: to say, we should have known that only a woman 59 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 6: could drag around a fat man wearing a red velvet 60 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 6: suit all over. 61 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 4: The world in one night and not get lost. 62 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 6: I do not receive that at all, But anyway, we 63 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 6: go say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 64 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 6: I am what it says I am. I have what 65 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 6: it says I have. I can do what it says 66 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 6: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 67 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 6: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 68 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 6: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 69 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 6: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 70 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 6: about recognizing who you are. It's easy to go through 71 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 6: life being defined by how we were raised, what we 72 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 6: saw model growing up, what people have said, or mistakes 73 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 6: we've made. 74 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 4: We end up. 75 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 6: Wearing these labels average, not talented, unattractive, too short. This 76 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 6: distorted image is keeping us from who God created us 77 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 6: to be. 78 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,119 Speaker 4: How you see yourself will determine how high you will go. 79 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 6: And it's possible to live your whole life and never 80 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 6: recognize who you really are. The scripture says, before we 81 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 6: were formed in our mother's womb, God knew us. Before 82 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 6: you showed up on planet Earth, God already decided who 83 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 6: you would be. 84 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 4: He already laid out a purpose for your life. 85 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 6: You came through your mother, she gave you birth, but 86 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 6: you came from Almighty God, He gave you life. God 87 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 6: didn't create anyone average. He calls you a masterpiece. He 88 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 6: put greatness in you. There is potential on the inside 89 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 6: that you have not yet tapped into. But if this 90 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 6: is going to happen, you can't see yourself as weak, lacking, inadequate. 91 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 6: Tune all that out and get in agreement with God. 92 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 6: How about seeing yourself as a masterpiece, one of a kind. 93 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 6: Valuable instead of lacking unqualified. No, I'm equipped, empowered. I 94 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 6: have everything I need to fulfill my assignment. Don't let 95 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 6: a distorted image of who you are keep you from 96 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 6: your purpose. When I was twenty years old, I went 97 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 6: to India with my father. It was my first time 98 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 6: being overseas. One evening, I was sitting on the beach 99 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 6: by myself, watching the sun go down. 100 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 4: It was so beautiful, almost surreal. 101 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 6: Miles of pure white sand, swaying palm trees, glistening blue water, 102 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 6: and the sun was huge on the horizon just about 103 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 6: to set. 104 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 4: I remember the distinct smells, the. 105 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 6: Salt water from the ocean spray, and the smoke from 106 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 6: people grilling on the beach, and the marijuana from the 107 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 6: hippies getting high. The longer I stayed, the better I felt. 108 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 6: But it looked like a postcard. I had never seen 109 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 6: anything so magnificent, and the thought came to my mind 110 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 6: about how God is such an amazing painter, such an 111 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 6: amazing artist. 112 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 4: As I was sitting there and. 113 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 6: Just reflecting, thinking about my life, I heard God ask 114 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 6: me something, not out loud, but just an impression in 115 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 6: my spirit. 116 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 4: He said, Joel, you think. 117 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 6: This is a beautiful picture, do you I said, yes, God, 118 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 6: it's a magnificent picture. He said, what do you think 119 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 6: my most pride painting would be my most incredible creation. 120 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 6: I thought about it a moment, said, God, it must 121 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 6: be this. This is beautiful. He said, no, it's not 122 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 6: this sunset. Earlier that year I had been in the 123 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 6: Rocky Mountains and they were so beautiful. I said, I 124 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 6: bet it's the Rocky Mountains. He said no, it's not that. 125 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 6: I thought, what could it be? The Grand Canyon, the 126 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 6: Milky Way, the Solar System. He said no, Joel, my 127 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 6: most prized creation, the one I'm the most proud of, 128 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 6: is you. I thought me, it couldn't be me. I'm 129 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 6: just average, nothing special about me. He said, Joel, you 130 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 6: don't understand. When I made the solar System, the Sun, 131 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 6: the oceans, that was all good. I'm proud of that. 132 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 6: But when I made you, I breathed my life into you. 133 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 6: I created you in my own image. I put my 134 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 6: DNA on the inside. 135 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 4: Don't discount who you are. 136 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 6: Don't let life, people, disappointments convince you that you're just average, 137 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 6: nothing special about you. You have royal blood flowing through 138 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 6: your veins. God has crowned you with his favor. He 139 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 6: doesn't call the Rocky Mountains a masterpiece, doesn't call the 140 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 6: solar system a masterpiece. He didn't call that magnificent sunset 141 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 6: a masterpiece. 142 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 4: He calls you a masterpiece. 143 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 6: He calls you his most prized creation. Now the question 144 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 6: is what do you call in yourself? If you see 145 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 6: yourself as ordinary, not that talented. I don't have a 146 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 6: good personality. I'm dealing with these weaknesses. That distorted image. 147 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 4: Is going to keep you from shining. 148 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,679 Speaker 6: What a tragedy to go through life and never discover 149 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 6: who you really are? Are you wearing labels that are 150 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 6: limiting you? Average, not talented, dysfunctional? 151 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 4: Who put those labels on you? Who told you that 152 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 4: was who you are? 153 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 6: Quit letting other people define you and go back to 154 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 6: who God says you are. A People will tell you 155 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 6: you're not good enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, 156 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 6: not talented enough. Why don't you take that label off 157 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 6: and put on a new one, fearfully and wonderfully made masterpiece, 158 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 6: one of a kind, strong, talented. 159 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 4: Successful judges. 160 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 6: Chapter six, the Midianites had surrounded the people of Israel. 161 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 6: There was a young man named Gideon that was hiding 162 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 6: in a wine press. He was afraid and intimidated. While 163 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 6: he was hiding, an angel came into the wine press 164 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 6: and said, mighty hero, the Lord is with you. I 165 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 6: can imagine Gideon looking around, thinking, who's he talking about. 166 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 6: I'm not a mighty hero. I'm afraid I'm hiding. God 167 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 6: was saying, in effect, Gideon, you don't recognize who you are. 168 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 6: You're wearing all. 169 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 4: These labels, insecure, weak, not enough. But I came to 170 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 4: tell you who you really are. You're a mighty hero. 171 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 6: You have courage, strength, talent that you haven't tapped into. 172 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 4: The angel went on to say, you are to lead 173 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 4: the Israelites against the Midianites. 174 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 6: Gideon answered back, how can I rescue Israel? I come 175 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 6: from the smallest tribe, and I'm the least one in 176 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 6: my family. 177 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 4: Here. 178 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 6: God had just called him a mighty hero. He just 179 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 6: told him he was going to do something great. But 180 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 6: Gideon let how he was raised define him, what family 181 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 6: he came from, His education, his size, his perception of 182 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 6: who he is is keeping him from becoming who God 183 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 6: called him to be. If the Angel were here today, 184 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 6: he would look at you and say, mighty hero, the 185 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 6: Lord is with you. 186 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 4: But how many of us would do like Gideon? 187 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:51,599 Speaker 8: Not me. 188 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 6: I'm not a mighty hero. I come from an ordinary family. 189 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 6: I'll never do something great. I can't defeat this giant. 190 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:00,719 Speaker 6: I don't have the courage, the. 191 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 4: Skill, the expertise. 192 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 6: Don't let your wrong perception keep you from your greatness. 193 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 4: Get in agreement with God. 194 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 6: Take off all those negative labels, unqualified, wrong family, intimidated. 195 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 6: How you see yourself is going to set the limits 196 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 6: for your life. And Gideon finally changed his thinking. He 197 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 6: got a new image of who he was, and he 198 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 6: went out and defeated the Midianites. He saved the people 199 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 6: of Israel. But sitting in that wine press, afraid, feeling inferior, 200 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 6: he never dreamed we would be talking about him today. 201 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 6: He never dreamed he would become a hero of faith. 202 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 6: If the Angel had not shown up to speak to 203 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 6: his destiny, to tell him who God created him to be, 204 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 6: he would have lived and died and never discovered who 205 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 6: he really was. Maybe God sent me like that angel 206 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 6: to tell you who you really are. 207 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 4: You are not what people say say you are. 208 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 6: You're not limited by how you were raised. You're not 209 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 6: what your feelings say you are. Your feelings don't always 210 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 6: tell the truth. You may feel weak, not valuable, not qualified, 211 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 6: but don't let your feelings determine your identity. Feelings are fickle, 212 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 6: Feelings will come and go. You have to go back 213 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 6: to what your creator says. He calls you a mighty hero. 214 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 6: He calls you a burier breaker, a giant killer, a 215 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 6: masterpiece of prize possession. I can imagine in the Wine Press, 216 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 6: Gideon praying for God to send a great leader, believing 217 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 6: for the right. 218 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 4: Person to show up. 219 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 6: God, send us a deliver send us someone strong, talented, 220 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 6: with your favor. He didn't realize he was the one 221 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 6: he was praying for. He was the answer he was 222 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 6: asking God for now. I wonder if, like Gideon, you're 223 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 6: the one you've been praying for. You're the one to 224 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 6: do great things, to set a new standard, to take 225 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 6: your family to a new level. But perhaps you don't 226 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 6: recognize who you are. When we're always looking to others, 227 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 6: always counting on someone else, it's because we're overlooking what 228 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 6: God put in us. There is greatness in you, There 229 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 6: is leadership in you. 230 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 4: There is talent, wisdom, creativity. 231 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 6: Don't overlook yourself, don't discount who you are thinking. Everyone 232 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 6: else is so talented. They can deliver us from this army. 233 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,719 Speaker 6: They can get me out, they can go further. No, 234 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 6: God has destined you to do something awesome. 235 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 4: He's destined you to leave your mark. 236 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 6: When God told Abraham and Sarah they were going to 237 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 6: have a baby, they were both way too old in 238 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 6: the natural. It was impossible. Years went by and no 239 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 6: sign of a child. So Sarah told Abraham to sleep 240 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 6: with her maid. 241 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 4: That way they could have a baby. 242 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 6: They had a child through Hagar, but that wasn't the 243 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,679 Speaker 6: promised child. God said to Sarah, in effact, I didn't 244 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 6: put the promise in someone else. 245 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 4: I put the promise in you. Sarah was discounting herself. 246 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 4: I'm too old. There's no way I can have a 247 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 4: baby at this age. That's impossible. 248 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 6: As long as she saw herself as baron, not able 249 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 6: to have children, she was limiting her destiny. She had 250 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 6: to start seeing herself as a mother, seeing that baby 251 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 6: in her arms, when she changed her perception of who 252 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 6: she was, when she quit counting on other people to 253 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 6: make it happen, When she believed I'm the one to 254 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,679 Speaker 6: give birth to this child, That's when she conceived and 255 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 6: gave birth to baby Isaac at ninety years old. God 256 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 6: will put promises in your heart that seem impossible, and 257 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 6: thoughts will tell you all. 258 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 4: The reasons it's not going to happen. 259 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 6: If you look at it only in the natural, you'll 260 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 6: talk yourself out of it. 261 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 4: How do you know you're not a Sarah. 262 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 6: That God's going to do something out of the ordinary, uncommon. 263 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 6: How do you know you're not a Gideon, a mighty hero, 264 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 6: someone that will take your family. 265 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 4: Where they've never been. 266 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 6: It's easy thing, Well, Joel, that's not who I am. 267 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 6: As for someone younger, more talented, more influential, more attractive. No, 268 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 6: God put the promise in you, not someone else. 269 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 4: You have to do like Gideon, do like Sarah. Recognize 270 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 4: who you are. 271 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 6: You're a person of destiny, You're a mighty hero, you 272 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 6: have the favor of God. You've been raised up for 273 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 6: such a time as this. 274 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 4: Don't discount who you are. 275 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 6: It's good to celebrate others, but you need to recognize 276 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 6: you're gifted, you're talented, you're valuable, You're fearfully and wonderfully made. 277 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 6: A friend of mine grew up in a small town 278 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 6: in Kentucky, and they were very poor and didn't have. 279 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 4: Too much at all. 280 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 6: As a little boy, he always had a desire to 281 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 6: help children in need. He saw on television how you 282 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 6: could support a hungry child in another country for fifteen 283 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 6: dollars a month. 284 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 4: Well, he didn't have any money, but at. 285 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 6: Eight years old he started mowing lawns in the neighborhood 286 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 6: so he could help. 287 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 4: He had such a burden for these children. 288 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 6: Well, by the grace of God, he was able to 289 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 6: go to college, and he went on to medical school 290 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 6: and became very successful in his practice. All the while 291 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 6: he was still doing what he could to take care 292 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 6: of children. One of his medical suppliers heard about it, 293 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 6: and they started donating medicines, vaccines, antibiotics. A shoe company 294 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 6: donated one hundred thousand shoes to him. God so large 295 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 6: he had to rent a warehouse to hold it all. Today, 296 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 6: our friends doctor Todd and Sue Prise have donated over 297 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 6: a billion dollars in supplies and medicines to children around 298 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 6: the world. 299 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 4: He told how from the time he was. 300 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 6: A little boy, he always prayed that God would send 301 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 6: a wealthy person to help those children in need. 302 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 4: He said, Joel, I never. 303 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 6: Realized I was the person I was praying for. He 304 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 6: was the answer to his own prayer. Sometimes we don't 305 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 6: recognize who we are. We have all this potential, these 306 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 6: God given dreams, abilities, but often our circumstances, other people, 307 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 6: our own thoughts tell us we're ordinary. We can't do 308 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 6: anything significant. So we go through life with little dreams, 309 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 6: feeling unqualified, praying that someone else will make a difference, 310 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 6: someone else will push our family forward. 311 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 4: I'm saying you're the one that you're praying for. 312 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 6: You're the one that can leave your mark. You have 313 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 6: greatness in you, you have ideas, creativity, There is favor 314 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 6: on your life. There are doors God will open that 315 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 6: will thrust you further. You may not see how it 316 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 6: can happen. Every boy says, no, you're limited, you're stuck. 317 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 6: That giant's too big, that dream is too great. That's okay. 318 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 6: That's when God will step in. That's when he'll breathe 319 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 6: in your direction, give you favor ability, blessings that take 320 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 6: you where you can't go on your own. It's significant 321 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 6: that the Angel said to Gideon, mighty hero, the Lord 322 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 6: is with you. He could have just said, get in. 323 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 6: God wants you to go deliver the Israelites. God knew 324 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:30,160 Speaker 6: he had to convince Gideon to see himself the right way. 325 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 6: He had to help him discover who he really was, 326 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 6: a mighty hero. As long as he saw himself as weak, 327 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,120 Speaker 6: limited from the wrong family, we wouldn't be talking about him. 328 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 4: Don't miss your. 329 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 6: Destiny because you don't recognize who you are. After college, 330 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 6: I came back to Lakewood and worked seventeen years behind 331 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 6: the scenes doing the television production. 332 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 4: My father tried many. 333 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 6: Times to get me up to speak, but I didn't 334 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 6: think this was in me. I thought I wouldn't know 335 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 6: what to say. I can't speak in front of people. 336 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 4: I'm too quiet, too reserved. 337 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 6: But when my father passed in nineteen ninety nine, I 338 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 6: knew I was supposed to step up and pasture the church. 339 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 4: I felt it so strongly. 340 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:20,160 Speaker 6: But these fears and insecurities came louder than ever. Tan Joel, 341 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 6: you don't know how to minister. Nobody's going to listen 342 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 6: to you. You're going to get up there and make 343 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 6: a fool of yourself. All these voices were trying to 344 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 6: push me down limit my potential. 345 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 4: Convinced me that I. 346 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 6: Wasn't smart enough, talented enough, experienced enough. 347 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 4: Like Gideon, I had to make a decision. 348 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 6: Am I going to sit here and let my fears 349 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 6: and doubts talk me out of stepping up? 350 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 4: Or Am I going to believe what God says. 351 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 6: About me, that I'm a mighty hero, that I'm strong 352 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 6: in the Lord, that I can do all things through Christ. 353 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 6: There was a battle taking place in my mind over 354 00:18:58,320 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 6: who I was. 355 00:18:58,920 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 4: Going to become. 356 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 6: I overheard people talking, He's not as good as his father. 357 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 4: It'll never make it with Joel. 358 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 6: Was I going to be what people said, what my 359 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 6: doubts said, what my feelings said, or was I going 360 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 6: to believe I am who God says I am. I'm 361 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 6: a masterpiece, I'm valuable, I'm talented, I'm well able. 362 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 4: I took that step of faith. 363 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 6: And never dreamed where God would take me. I thought 364 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,640 Speaker 6: I knew who I was, but I'm still. 365 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 4: Discovering who I am. 366 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 6: I've learned once you think you know, God will take 367 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 6: you higher. He'll trust you with more. He's taken you 368 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 6: from glory to glory. In the Scripture, there was a 369 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 6: young man named maphibus Chef. He was the grandson of 370 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 6: King Saul, the son of Jonathan David's best friend. He 371 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 6: was born into royalty, destined to one day take the throne, 372 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 6: but when he was five years old, his grandfather and 373 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 6: father were killed in a battle. 374 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 4: On the same day. 375 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 6: After the enemy finished King Saul off, they headed into 376 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 6: town to find Saul's family. When mamphibis Chef's nurse heard 377 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 6: the news, she grabbed him took off running as fast 378 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 6: as she could, trying to. 379 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 4: Spare his life. 380 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 6: As she's going downstairs, she tripped and dropped maphibis Cheff. 381 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 6: He fell so hard that both of his legs were broken. 382 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 6: He became crippled and would never walk again. He ended 383 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 6: up living in hiding in a place called Lodobar. 384 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 4: It's one of the poorest, most run down. 385 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 6: Cities of that day. Here he's the grandson of the king. 386 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,159 Speaker 6: He had grown up in the palace in Royalty, but 387 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 6: now he's living in the slums, barely surviving. When we 388 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 6: go through disappointments, loss, bad breaks, it's easy to forget 389 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 6: who we are and let that become our identity. I've 390 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 6: been dropped, Joel, I've been hurt, I've been betrayed. I 391 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,360 Speaker 6: have a good excuse to be this way, But what 392 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,919 Speaker 6: you've been through doesn't change who you are. You are 393 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 6: still royalty, you are still a masterpiece. 394 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 4: You are still a child of the Most High God. 395 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 6: He's promised to give you beauty for those ashes, to 396 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 6: pay you back double for the unfair things. But you 397 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 6: have to get your passion back, You have to get 398 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 6: your vision back. The enemy would love for that one 399 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 6: bad break to define you to where you see yourself 400 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 6: as a victim. Nothing goods in my future. Let me 401 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 6: just endure life. No payback is coming. God saw what happened, 402 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 6: He saw who left you, He saw what you didn't get. 403 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,679 Speaker 4: He's a god of justice. He's going to make it 404 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 4: up to you. Years went by. Now I'm a phibis 405 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 4: Chef is a grown man. 406 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 6: One day, King David was thinking about his good friend Jonathan, 407 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 6: how much he loved him and how much he missed him. 408 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 6: He asked his staff if any of Jonathan's relatives were 409 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 6: still alive. 410 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 4: They said, yes, he has a son, but he's crippled. 411 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 4: They just said, go find him. 412 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 6: The King's men showed up in the slums of Lodo 413 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 6: bar knocked on his door sternly. 414 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 4: He's alarmed. 415 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 6: He scoots over and opens the door very slowly. When 416 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 6: he sees the officials, his heart sinks, singing, old man, 417 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 6: they finally found me. I'm in big trouble, the main 418 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 6: leader says to him, a Phiblis chef, the king is looking. 419 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 4: For You can't walk. They have to pick him up 420 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 4: and carry him to the palace. You can imagine what's 421 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 4: going on in his mind. 422 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 6: His grandfather, King Saul, tried to kill David through spears 423 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:38,479 Speaker 6: at David. 424 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 4: He chased him through the desert. They bring him before David. 425 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 6: The first thing the phibis chef says is why would 426 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 6: you even bother with a dead dog like me? Notice 427 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 6: how he saw himself not valuable, unworthy, a victim. I 428 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 6: don't deserve anything. Look what I've been through. I'm at 429 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 6: a disadvanta when in reality he was the grandson of 430 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 6: the king. He was royalty just because someone dropped him. 431 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 6: That didn't change his name. He didn't suddenly not become 432 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:18,159 Speaker 6: King Saul's grandson. The problem was he let life change 433 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 6: his name. He let that bad break define his identity. 434 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 4: He forgot who he was. 435 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 6: I can see him trembling with fear, so worried about 436 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 6: what David's going to do. 437 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 4: But David said to him, in effect, Maphibishaff. 438 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 6: I'm not here to harm you. I'm here to remind 439 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 6: you who you are, your royalty. You're the grandson of 440 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 6: the king. Your father was my best friend. From now on, 441 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 6: you're going to live in the palace with me. Every night, 442 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 6: you will sit at my table and have dinner. All 443 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,239 Speaker 6: the land that belonged to your grandfather, I'm giving it 444 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 6: back to you. I can see ma Phibis Schaff wiping tears. 445 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 6: His face begins to he can't believe it. He says, 446 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 6: you mean I'm not a dead dog. I'm not unworthy, 447 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,239 Speaker 6: I'm not washed up. David said, no, that's not who 448 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 6: you are. You don't belong in load of bar. You 449 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 6: belong in the palace with me. Had David not told 450 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 6: him who he was, he would have spent the rest 451 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 6: of his life in defeat and mediocrity. Now I wonder 452 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 6: how many of us, kind of like my Fibish chef, 453 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 6: have that dead dog mentality. We see ourselves the wrong way. 454 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 6: We've been through disappointments, we made mistakes. How we think 455 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 6: we're not worthy. We can't expect anything good? Can I 456 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:38,919 Speaker 6: tell you? 457 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,120 Speaker 4: The King is looking for you. 458 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,360 Speaker 6: God sent me down your path to get you out 459 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 6: a load of bar to remind you. 460 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 4: Who you are. 461 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 6: A masterpiece, a mighty hero, a king's child. 462 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:53,400 Speaker 4: There's royalty in. 463 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,120 Speaker 6: Your blood, there's a crown of favor on your head. 464 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 6: Get rid of that dead dog mentality and start having 465 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 6: an child of the king mentality, worthy, valuable, blessed, abundant, victorious. 466 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 6: When my nephew Jackson was a little boy, just a toddler, 467 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 6: my sister in law, Jennifer Paul's wife would take him 468 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 6: to bed each night after they prayed. She would go 469 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 6: through this long list of super heroes, telling Jackson that's 470 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 6: who he was, just. 471 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 4: To make him feel loved and valuable. 472 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 6: She would say, Jackson, you're my Superman, You're my rescue Hero, 473 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 6: you're my buzz light Year, you're my lightly McQueen, you're 474 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 6: my power Ranger. 475 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 4: On and on. 476 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:36,919 Speaker 6: He would lie there and just take it all in. 477 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,239 Speaker 6: One night, they got home late and she put him 478 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 6: to bed in a hurry and didn't go through the list. 479 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 6: In a few minutes, she heard this voice. 480 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 4: Calling loudly, Mama, Mama. She went rush into his room. Yes, Jackson, 481 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 4: what's wrong? 482 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 6: He said, Mom, you forgot to tell me who I am. 483 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 6: Too many people have never been told who they are. 484 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 6: They've had give voices playing over and over. 485 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 4: They believe the lies. 486 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 6: You're average, you're not talented, you're unattractive, you'll never do 487 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 6: anything great. Now, let me tell you who you really are. 488 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 6: You're a child of the most tih God. You're beautiful, 489 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 6: you're talented, you're strong, you're successful. You're one of a kind, 490 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 6: a history maker, a giant killer, a mighty hero. Paul 491 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 6: said in Romans eight, the entire universe is standing on tiptoe, 492 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 6: yearning to see the unveiling. 493 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 4: Of God's glorious sons and daughters. 494 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 6: Paul is saying, all of Heaven is waiting for you 495 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 6: to recognize who you are. 496 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,919 Speaker 4: They're standing on tiptoe. They can. Maybe today they'll get in. 497 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 6: Maybe they'll realize they're a masterpiece, they're a mighty hero, 498 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 6: a king's son. Maybe today they'll realize they don't belong 499 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 6: in lodo bar, that they can step up to the table, 500 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:01,919 Speaker 6: that they're royalty. You want to give Heaven something to 501 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 6: cheer about. See yourself the way God sees you. Quit 502 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 6: discounting yourself, Heken, you're at a disadvantage you're lacking. Get 503 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 6: out a load of bar get out of that negative mindset, 504 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 6: and come over into the palace. 505 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 4: The King is looking for you. 506 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 6: He sent me to help you discover who you really are. 507 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:25,680 Speaker 6: See many of us, like Gideon, we have much more 508 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 6: in us, but we're stuck in an old version of 509 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 6: who we are. I didn't know this ability was in me. 510 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:34,439 Speaker 6: Get up and speak in front of people. 511 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 4: I was stuck in. 512 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 6: Who I used to be behind the scenes doing the production. 513 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 6: That version was fine for the time, but it wasn't 514 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 6: the final version. There are new versions of you coming 515 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 6: that are stronger, wiser, more successful, greater favor You. 516 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 4: Don't see it all at once. It happens in stages. 517 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 4: If you'll stay. 518 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 6: Open, you'll discover a greater version of you. My challenge 519 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 6: is don't get stuck in who you used to be. 520 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 6: Letting limitations from the past, what someone said keep you 521 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 6: from stepping. 522 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,120 Speaker 4: Up to who you really are. This is a new day. 523 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 6: I'm calling out the mighty Hero, the burier breaker, the masterpiece. 524 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 4: Take off all those negative labels and get an agreement 525 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 4: with God. 526 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 6: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, like Gideon, 527 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:31,680 Speaker 6: You're gonna discover talent, courage, creativity, favor that you never 528 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 6: knew you had. You're gonna accomplish dreams bigger than you thought, 529 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 6: overcome obstacles that look insurmountable, and become. 530 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 4: All you were created to be. 531 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 6: In Jesus' name, And if you receive it, well, you 532 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 6: say amen. I'd like to give you an opportunity to 533 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 6: make Jesus the Lord of your life. 534 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 535 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 6: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 536 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 6: into my heart, Make you my Lord and Savior. 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