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It helps keep the 39 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 5: ministry going. 40 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 6: Enjoy the message. 41 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 5: Well, God bless you always a joy to come into 42 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 5: your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please 43 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 5: stop buy and be a part of one of our services. 44 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 45 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 5: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 46 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 5: again for coming out today. 47 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny. 48 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 5: And I heard about this elderly lady. She was at 49 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 5: the store and she accidentally locked her keys in her car, 50 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 5: and she was using a coat hanger to try to 51 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 5: get it open, with no success. 52 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 4: She prayed and asked God to help her. 53 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 5: About this time, this real rough looking guy drove up 54 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 5: on a motorcycle. 55 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 4: We're in leather, tattoos, a skull cap. 56 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 5: In fifteen seconds, he had her car door opened. She 57 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 5: hugged him and said, Lord, thank you for sending me 58 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 5: this nice man. He said, Lady, I'm not a nice man. 59 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 5: I just got out of prison for auto theft. She 60 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 5: gave him a bigger hug and say, Lord, thank you. 61 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 5: You even sent me a professional. Hold up your Bible. 62 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 63 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 64 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 65 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 66 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 5: of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 67 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 68 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 5: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 69 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 5: about it's the heart that matters. All of us have 70 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 5: areas that we struggle in. We make mistakes and do 71 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 5: things that we know we shouldn't. We told ourselves we 72 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 5: weren't going to give into that temptation anymore, but we 73 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 5: did it again. We lost our temper, didn't keep our word, 74 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 5: maybe compromised with some friends. It's easy to go around 75 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 5: feeling guilty and condemned wrong on the inside, thinking I 76 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 5: can't believe I'm still struggling in this same area. Voices 77 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 5: will whisper, God's never going to bless you. You can't 78 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 5: get it right, you don't deserve it. Just sit on 79 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 5: the sidelines. We think we have to have a perfect 80 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 5: performance for God to bless us. 81 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 4: Once we get rid of all these weaknesses. 82 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 5: Once I overcome in these areas that I'm struggling in, 83 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 5: then I'll have God's favor. 84 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 4: Then I'll feel good about myself. 85 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 5: But the scripture says God searches the earth to show 86 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 5: himself strong in people whose hearts are turned perfect toward him. 87 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 5: God is not looking for people who have a perfect performance, 88 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 5: perfect behavior, people who never make a mistake. He's looking 89 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 5: for people who have a perfect heart turned toward him. 90 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 4: That means you may make mistakes, but you have a 91 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 4: desire to please him. Deep down. 92 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 5: You want to honor him with your life. It's your 93 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 5: heart that matters. God looks on the inside. He is 94 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 5: more pleased with someone with a right heart that makes 95 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 5: mistakes every once in a while than someone with a 96 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 5: wrong heart and performs perfectly all time. 97 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 4: We see this in the scripture. 98 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 5: The Pharisees kept all the religious rules. They prayed at 99 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 5: the right time, gave the exact amount required, went to 100 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 5: great links to perform the religious ceremonies exactly like they 101 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 5: were supposed to. They had the performance part down. The 102 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 5: problem was their heart wasn't right. They were self righteous, proud, critical, 103 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 5: and even though they performed perfectly, Jesus said to them, 104 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 5: you're like a bunch of whitewashed tunes. You look good 105 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 5: on the outside, but on the inside, there's a major problem. 106 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 5: When Jesus chose his twelve disciples, it was just the opposite. 107 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 5: He didn't choose people who had it altogether. He chose 108 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 5: a tax collector. They were known for being dishonest. He 109 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 5: chose fishermen. They used bad language, lived a rough lifestyle. 110 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 5: He chose Thomas, a doubter. It looked like he'd made 111 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 5: a mistake. These weren't the most qualified disciplined, upstanding people. 112 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 5: These were people who had flaws and weaknesses, people who 113 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 5: came out of dysfunction, people who were not raised in 114 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 5: a religious background. But what God can see that others 115 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,919 Speaker 5: cannot see is the heart. People look on the outside 116 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 5: at the performance, the behavior, the background. 117 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 4: God looks beyond all that. He knows it's the heart 118 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 4: that matters. 119 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 5: He said to these disciples, I chose you not because 120 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 5: you have it all together, not because you perform perfectly. 121 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 4: No, I hand picked you because I can see your 122 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 4: heart is turned toward me. 123 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 5: God is saying the same thing to you. You wouldn't 124 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 5: be here, you wouldn't be listening if you didn't have 125 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 5: a heart turned toward God. Your performance may not be perfect. 126 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 5: Your behavior, your attitude, your character may need some improvement. 127 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 4: We all do. 128 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 5: But just like with the disciples, God is saying, I 129 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 5: handpicked you because your heart is sincere. Your heart is 130 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 5: to do the right thing. Your heart is pliable and moldable. 131 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 5: So I'm gonna show myself strong in your life. 132 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 4: Now. 133 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 5: The key is you have to learn to accept yourself 134 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 5: while you're in the process of changing. Doesn't do any 135 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 5: good to go around beating yourself up. Because of flaws 136 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 5: and weaknesses, living guilty and condemned because you're not where 137 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 5: you think you should be in life. 138 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 4: The scripture says God changes. 139 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 5: Us from glory to glory. You may not realize it, 140 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 5: but you're in a phase of glory right now. Learn 141 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 5: to enjoy the glory that you're in while God is 142 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 5: changing you and taking you to the next level of glory. 143 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 5: Too often, we're not gonna feel good about who we 144 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 5: are until our behavior gets better, until we break the 145 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 5: bad habit, till we control our temper. 146 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 4: Then we'll start accepting ourselves. 147 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 5: The problem with this approach is there will always be 148 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 5: something that's not right. There will always be some reason 149 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 5: to feel wrong about who we are. 150 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 4: You have to accept yourself right where you are faults 151 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 4: in awe. 152 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 5: You are not a finished product. God is the potter, 153 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 5: You are the clay. He's still working on you. He 154 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 5: goes at his own pace. Nothing you can do to 155 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 5: make it happen any faster. He knows what's best the 156 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 5: sooner you say God, my life is in your hands, 157 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 5: not just my goals and dreams, but my flaws, my weaknesses. 158 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 5: These areas that I struggle in God, I know only. 159 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 4: You can give me the grace to overcome. I'm gonna 160 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 4: do my best. 161 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 5: I'm gonna work with you, but in the meantime, I'm 162 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 5: going to accept myself and enjoy the glory that I'm in. 163 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 5: Now I've learned, if you'll keep your heart turned toward God, 164 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 5: your performance will catch you up. The Disciples star guarded 165 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,319 Speaker 5: off rough They had a lot to overcome, but they 166 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 5: ended up men of great character who touched the world. 167 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 5: Peter had a problem with cursing, using bad language. He 168 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 5: didn't change overnight. I'm sure there were plenty of times 169 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 5: he got upset, fell back into that bad habit. 170 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 4: Remember it happened the night before. 171 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 5: Jesus was crucified. A young lady saw him and said, 172 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 5: that's a disciple. I saw him with Jesus. Peter started 173 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 5: cursing her out, Let her have it, went right back 174 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 5: into his old ways. He had been a disciple for 175 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 5: a long time. 176 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 4: But he still wasn't perfect. 177 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 5: You would think God would say, Peter, you're a headache man. 178 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,599 Speaker 5: You make me work over time. I'm gonna find somebody else. Know, 179 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,959 Speaker 5: as long as your heart is turned toward God. 180 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:48,439 Speaker 4: He's gonna keep working with you. 181 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 5: God does not expect us to be perfect, but he 182 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 5: does expect us to keep trying to keep growing. You 183 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 5: have to stay pliable, willing to change when you make mistakes, 184 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 5: don't stay down on yourself, get back up and go again. 185 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 5: Peter blew a big time, but he repented, asked for forgiveness, and. 186 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 4: Kept moving forward. 187 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 5: He had to fight off the guilt, the condemnation, the 188 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 5: voices telling him he was a failure, that he was 189 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 5: never going to change. He didn't believe those lies. He 190 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 5: knew he was on the Potter's will. God was making 191 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 5: him and molding him. He was in a process of changing. 192 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 5: Here's the key. Peter accepted himself even though he had 193 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 5: some issues. His performance wasn't perfect, but he kept his 194 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 5: heart perfect, turned toward God. 195 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:44,439 Speaker 4: Why don't you. 196 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 5: Stop beating yourself up because you don't perform perfectly all 197 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 5: the time and start accepting yourself because your heart is right. 198 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 5: When you live guilty and condemned, feeling wrong on the inside, 199 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 5: it only makes you do worse. And it takes a 200 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 5: mature attitude to say I am happy with who I am, 201 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 5: even though I'm not where I want to be. I 202 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 5: still got these issues, I still struggle in some areas. 203 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 5: But I know I'm growing, I know I'm improving. My 204 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 5: heart is turned toward God. So I'm not gonna beat 205 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 5: myself up. I'm going to enjoy where I am while 206 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 5: I'm in the process of being changed. But too many 207 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 5: people they go around feeling wrong on the inside. They're 208 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 5: so focused on their flaws, their weaknesses, what they're not. 209 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 4: They don't like who they are. 210 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 5: If you don't like yourself, nobody else is gonna like you. 211 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,439 Speaker 5: You project on others the way you feel about yourself. 212 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:44,119 Speaker 4: If you feel. 213 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 5: Guilty, lousy, condemned, mad at yourself because you're not far 214 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 5: enough long, that's not only gonna hold you back. You're 215 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 5: not gonna have good relationships. Quit taking inventory of everything. 216 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 4: That's wrong with you. 217 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 5: You may have a lot, but you have a lot 218 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 5: more right with you. When God made you, he wasn't 219 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 5: having a bad day. You are not a mistake. You 220 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 5: have been fearfully and wonderfully made. In fact, when God 221 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 5: created you, he stepped back and said. 222 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 4: That was good. He calls you a masterpiece. 223 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 5: Quit living like your ordinary, mediocre average, when in fact 224 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 5: you're want of a kind. You're a prized possession. You're 225 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 5: wearing a crown of favor. Paul said in Ephesians, put 226 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 5: on the breastplate of God's approval. 227 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 4: Every day. 228 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 5: You need to say, Father, thank you that you approve me, 229 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 5: thank you that. 230 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 4: You are proud of me. 231 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 5: When you put on this approval, chains of inferiority, of 232 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 5: low self esteem, guilt, and condemnation, those chains are broken. 233 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 5: There's a freedom when you know you've been approved by God. 234 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 5: You're his prized possession. He created you in his own image. 235 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 5: Don't go through life being against yourselves. 236 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 4: Well, Joel, God doesn't approve me. 237 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 5: I don't make a lot of mistakes, and I don't 238 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 5: do everything right. I'm still struggling with my temper. You're 239 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 5: not a finished product. God is still working on you. 240 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 5: He doesn't say I'll approve you when you perform perfectly. 241 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 4: I'll approve you when you get it all together. No, 242 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 4: he approves you right where you are. 243 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 5: He may not approve all of your behavior, but he 244 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 5: approves you. God said you were good before you did 245 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 5: one good thing. 246 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 4: You don't have to keep working trying to gain God's approval. 247 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:38,559 Speaker 4: You already have it. 248 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 5: You may make mistakes, we all do. You may fail 249 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 5: from time to time. But here's the key. 250 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 4: That's what you do, that's not who you are. 251 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 5: We get our performance mixed up with our identity. You 252 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 5: ask someone who are you, often they'll say, I'm a 253 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 5: business person, I'm a firefighter, I'm a pastor, I'm a coach, 254 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 5: I'm an art kitect. 255 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 4: The truth is, that's what you do. That's not who 256 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 4: you are. 257 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 5: Who you are is a child of the most High God. 258 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 5: That's where your value, your worth comes from from your who, 259 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 5: not your doo. Because you may do things that are 260 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 5: not who you are. Well, Joel, I'm an alcoholic. I 261 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 5: got this problem with drinking. That's what you do. That's 262 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 5: not who you are. Well, I failed in business. I 263 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 5: guess I'm a failure. Failure is an event, it is 264 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 5: not a person. Nothing you can do changes your value. 265 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 4: Your who has been set by the creator. 266 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 5: But the enemy would love for us to go around 267 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 5: like we don't deserve God's blessings. He's called the accuser 268 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 5: constantly whisper in your ear. You're still struggling with that 269 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 5: bad habit. God's never gonna bless you. You can't get 270 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 5: anything right. Don't believe those lies. Your who never changes 271 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 5: Every morning when you get up. No matter how many 272 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 5: mistakes you you've made, no matter how many weaknesses you have, 273 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 5: you have to put on the breastplate of God's approval. God, 274 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 5: I want to thank you that you approve me, You 275 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 5: accept me, You are proud of me. See the breastplate 276 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 5: covers your heart. It has to do with how you 277 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 5: think about yourself. 278 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 4: If you think you've made too many. 279 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 5: Mistakes, you don't deserve God's goodness. I'm so disappointed in 280 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 5: where I am now that's. 281 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 4: Going to keep you from your destiny. 282 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 5: You have to shake off the disapproval and remind yourself 283 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 5: I've been approved by the one who matters most. Not 284 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 5: approved when you perform perfectly, not approved when you overcome 285 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 5: the bad habit. 286 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 4: No, you are approved. 287 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 6: Right where you are. 288 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 5: Our son Jonathan, when he was a toddler, he would 289 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 5: fall down while he was learning to walk. 290 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 4: Sometimes he would throw food. 291 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 5: From his high chair and bite his baby sister color 292 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 5: on the walls. It's interesting none of that changed his name. 293 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 5: No matter how many mistakes he made, how many times he. 294 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 4: Failed, he was still in o steem. 295 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 5: Nothing he could do back then, nothing he can do 296 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 5: now can change his who. His who has been set 297 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 5: He's been born into our family. When you gave your 298 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 5: life to Christ, you were born. 299 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 4: Into a new family. 300 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 5: You were given a new name, child of the Most 301 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 5: High God. Now you may make some mistakes, you may 302 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 5: fall down, have weaknesses. The good news is none of 303 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 5: that changes your name. Nothing you do can change your who. 304 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 5: It is been set by the creator of the universe. 305 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 5: God said in Jeremiah, before you were born, I knew you, 306 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 5: and I approved you. Something powerful happens when you have 307 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 5: the boldness to say God, I know you approve me, 308 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 5: so I'm gonna approve myself. 309 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 4: I am happy with who I am. 310 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 5: Is will scream out on the inside, You're a hypocrite. 311 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 5: You've got issues. You made a mistake last Tuesday. You 312 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 5: didn't keep your word. Just answer back. I'm not approved 313 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 5: because I'm perfect. I'm approved because of the family I 314 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 5: belong to. My heavenly Father created the whole universe, and 315 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,199 Speaker 5: you know what he's crazy about me. I'm the apple 316 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 5: of his eye. I'm his most prized possession. And yes, 317 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 5: I may still have some issues, but I'm on the potters. Well, 318 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 5: I'm growing, I'm improving. God is still working on me. Friends, 319 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 5: you can enjoy the glory that you're in while God 320 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 5: is preparing you for the next level of glory. 321 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 4: I want you to feel good about who you are. 322 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 4: When you are positive toward yourself, you are in agreement 323 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 4: with God. 324 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 5: Well, Joel, what about the mistake I made last week? 325 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 5: What about that failure I made last year? The moment 326 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 5: you repented and asked God to forgive you, Not only 327 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 5: forgave you, but he doesn't remember it anymore. Quit remembering 328 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:10,199 Speaker 5: what God has forgotten. Quit letting the accuser tell you 329 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:14,360 Speaker 5: everything that you're not. Your performance may not have been perfect, 330 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 5: but your heart is perfect. 331 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 4: That's what matters to God. Now, I'm not. 332 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 5: Saying to use this as an excuse to live sloppy, mediocre, 333 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 5: do whatever you want. I'm talking about not letting guilt 334 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 5: and condemnation keep you from your destiny. Bottom line, God 335 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 5: is not keeping a record of all of our mistakes. 336 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 5: Sometimes we think God must be up in the heavens, 337 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 5: sitting at his computer closely watching, waiting for us to fail. 338 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,360 Speaker 4: Oh, I saw that mistake. 339 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 5: Let me write it down. I heard that comment. Gabriel 340 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 5: put a star by it. That was a bad one. 341 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 5: They missed church last Sunday. Let me withhold my blessings 342 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 5: this week. God is not waiting for you to perform 343 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 5: perfectly before he can show you his goodness. He is 344 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 5: looking for hearts that are turned perfect toward him. When 345 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 5: you say, God, I love you, I need you, I 346 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 5: can't do this on my own, help me to. 347 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 4: Make good decisions. 348 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 5: When you show your dependency on Him like that, you 349 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 5: go through the day talking to Him under your breath, 350 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 5: thanking him for life and. 351 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 4: Health and family and opportunity. 352 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 5: You go to bed with a greatful attitude, saying Lord, 353 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 5: thank you for another beautiful day. When your heart is 354 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 5: turned toward God, he'll not only give you the grace 355 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 5: to overcome things that are holding you back, he'll give 356 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 5: you the favor to reach your highest potential. Years ago, 357 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 5: my father went to a high school football game with 358 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 5: a good friend of ours. His son played on the 359 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 5: defensive side, so normally he never got to touch the ball. 360 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 5: But during this game, there was a short punt and 361 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,719 Speaker 5: his son caught the ball. This father right up there 362 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,199 Speaker 5: next to my dad. His eyes got so big, he 363 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:00,880 Speaker 5: was so proud. His son took a half step this way, 364 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,880 Speaker 5: half a step that way, and then got clobbered by 365 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 5: about ten guys. 366 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,239 Speaker 4: I mean he did not move one inch forward. He 367 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 4: was annihilated. 368 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 5: My dad was kind of feeling sorry for this father 369 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 5: because his son had just. 370 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:16,400 Speaker 4: Got wiped out. 371 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 5: About that time, he turned to my father and said, hey, pastor, 372 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 5: did you see those two good moves. Only a father 373 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 5: can see the two good moves and not the fact 374 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 5: that his son just got tackled by most of North America. 375 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 4: That's the way our heavenly Father is. 376 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 5: He's not looking at the times you got knocked down, 377 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 5: the times you failed, the times you didn't measure up. 378 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 4: He's looking at your two good moves. 379 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 5: He's focused on the fact that you're stilling the game. 380 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 4: You got back up again. You're here today. 381 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 5: You haven't desire to please him. That's what God is 382 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 5: looking at. It's your heart that matters. When you have 383 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 5: the right image of God, you realize that He is 384 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 5: for you, that he is not basing his goodness on 385 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 5: your perfect performance, then all the guilt, the condemnation, the 386 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 5: feelings that something is wrong on the inside, they don't 387 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,959 Speaker 5: stand a chance. You'll put your shoulders back, hold your 388 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 5: head up high, knowing that just like the disciples, God 389 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 5: hand picked you, not because you were perfect. But because 390 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,679 Speaker 5: he could see your heart, Friends, God is pleased with you. 391 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 5: He is not disappointed in where you are. He is 392 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 5: not shaking his head thinking when are they ever going 393 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 5: to grow up? You are right on schedule. He has 394 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 5: you on his potter's will. He's making you and molding you. 395 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 5: Now do your part, stay positive toward yourself, keep your 396 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 5: heart turned toward God. 397 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 4: He's going to show himself strong in your life. When 398 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 4: Jonathan was a little. 399 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 5: Boy, I had this black sports car that I took 400 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 5: very good care of. I would wash it by hand 401 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 5: once or twice a week and polish it, make sure 402 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 5: that it was perfect. And I kept on my towels 403 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 5: and sponges and polished in a bucket at the front 404 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:10,880 Speaker 5: of the garage. 405 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 4: One day, I just spent two hours cleaning. 406 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 5: The car, and I had buffed the paint. It looked 407 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 5: like glass. I could see my reflection in it, and I. 408 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 4: Was so proud of it. 409 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 5: A couple of hours later, Jonathan came running in my room, 410 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 5: very excited. 411 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 4: He was four years old. 412 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 5: He had been in the backyard with Victoria while she 413 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 5: worked on another project. He said, Daddy, Daddy, I just 414 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 5: washed your car for you. My heart sunk. I thought, 415 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 5: surely he did not touch that car that I have spotless. 416 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 5: He said, I found your towels and your sponges. Do 417 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,359 Speaker 5: you want to come see it? I thought, not really, 418 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 5: I'm already depressed. But I went and looked at it. 419 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,919 Speaker 5: He had taken my old, dirty towels and gone all 420 00:22:56,119 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 5: over that car. It looked terrible, but I didn't say 421 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 5: anything to him about it. I didn't chew him out 422 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 5: and say, Jonathan, ken't you see the car was cleaned. 423 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 4: You made it look worse. I knew his heart was right. 424 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 5: So I just got the hose out, cleaned up the mess, didn't. 425 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 4: Say a word to him about it. 426 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,880 Speaker 5: I wonder how many times God does that with us. 427 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 5: We make the mess, but because our heart is right, 428 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,719 Speaker 5: God causes it to all work out, never says anything 429 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 5: about it. We made a wrong turn, we got involved 430 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 5: in something we had no business being involved in. But 431 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 5: God looked at our heart, didn't hold it against us. 432 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 4: He cleaned up the mess. 433 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 5: The scripture says in James, God will give you wisdom 434 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 5: without finding fault. 435 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,360 Speaker 4: God is not a fault finder. 436 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 5: He doesn't go around accusing, saying I told you so, 437 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 5: you should have known that was gonna happen. 438 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,880 Speaker 4: You're on your own now. No God is full of mercy. 439 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,239 Speaker 5: We deserve judgment, we deserve having to deal with our 440 00:23:59,280 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 5: own problem. 441 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,199 Speaker 4: But because your heart is right, God will show you 442 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 4: favor that you didn't deserve. 443 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 5: He'll help you clean up a mess that you made, 444 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:10,959 Speaker 5: and on top of that, not even condemn you for it. 445 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 4: We see this principle in the scripture. 446 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,919 Speaker 5: Jesus was at a Pharisees house about to have dinner. 447 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 5: A lady came in by the name of Mary. The 448 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 5: scripture says she was a notorious sinner. She spent all 449 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 5: of her time in the red light district. That's how 450 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 5: she made her money. And she poured this expensive jar 451 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,400 Speaker 5: of perfume on Jesus' feet and washed them. 452 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 4: She dried them with her own hair. 453 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,880 Speaker 5: The Pharisees, the religious leaders, they begin to complain. They said, 454 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 5: if this man is really a prophet, he'll know what 455 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 5: kind of profession that she's really in. 456 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 4: He'll know. 457 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 5: She doesn't have a good reputation around here at all. 458 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 4: They looked on the outside, they judged her performance. 459 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 5: Her performance said, she's not valuable, she'll never amount to 460 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 5: anythingform moments was poor, but deep down this lady had a. 461 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 4: Heart turned toward God. 462 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 5: She'd made lots of mistakes, but she took this unusual 463 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 5: step to pour this oil on Jesus' feet. The religious 464 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 5: leaders were watching closely. What's he going to do? 465 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 6: Condemn her? 466 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 4: Throw her out? Is he your real prophet? 467 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 5: Jesus began to tell a parable about how when you've 468 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 5: been forgiven much, you will love much. He looked at 469 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 5: the lady and said, ma'am, your sins are many, but 470 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 5: they are forgiven. Notice the lady made the mess, she 471 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 5: spent years making wrong decisions, but when she took one 472 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 5: step toward God, he didn't condemn her. 473 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 4: He didn't chewerr out. He showed her mercy. He cleaned up. 474 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 5: The mess and never said anything about it, never talked 475 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 5: about her past. 476 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 4: That's the God we serve. 477 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 5: It's not your performance, it's your heart that matters. Maybe 478 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 5: you two have made a mess of things. You're not 479 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 5: where you thought you'd be in life. You brought the 480 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 5: trouble on yourself. You're thinking, oh, Joel, God's never gonna 481 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 5: help me. It's my own fault. But God is not. 482 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 4: Judging you based on what you've done. He is not 483 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 4: looking at past mistakes, past failures. He's looking at your heart. 484 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 5: The real question today is your heart turn toward God. 485 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 5: If you'll do like this lady, instead of running away 486 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 5: from God, run to God and say God, I need 487 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 5: you in my life. I want to do what's right. God, 488 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 5: help me to become who You've created me to be. 489 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 5: When you take one step toward God, he'll come running 490 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 5: towards you. The scripture says, draw close to God, and 491 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 5: he'll draw close to you. He won't disappoint you, he'll 492 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 5: turn situations around. He'll help you get back on the 493 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 5: right path. He'll even clean up a. 494 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,199 Speaker 4: Mess that you made. Jesus. 495 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 5: The religious leaders, they did everything right, but their heart 496 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 5: was wrong. This lady, he forgave, showed her mercy even 497 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 5: though her actions were wrong. 498 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 4: Friends, it's your heart that matters. 499 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 5: If God's goodness was only based on our perfect behavior, 500 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 5: none of us would have a chance because we all 501 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 5: fall short, we all have flaws and weaknesses. 502 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 4: But when your heart is turned perfect toward God, you 503 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 4: may make mistakes, you may get off. 504 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 5: Course, but when you make one move to come back, 505 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 5: God won't say I don't think so. Seen how you've 506 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 5: been living you don't deserve my goodness. No, because your 507 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 5: heart is right, God will show himself strong in your life. 508 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,199 Speaker 5: That means he'll forgive you when you don't deserve it. 509 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,439 Speaker 5: He'll show your favor even though you didn't earn it. 510 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 5: He'll clean up a mess that you made. Don't go 511 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:57,119 Speaker 5: through life feeling wrong on the inside. You may have 512 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 5: made mistakes. Good news, None of that change your name. 513 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 5: You are still a child of the most High God. 514 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 5: He has already approved you. Now get up every morning 515 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 5: short of proven yourself. 516 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:10,400 Speaker 4: Put on that approval. 517 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,919 Speaker 5: Shake off the guilt, the condemnation, keep your heart turned 518 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 5: toward God. If you'll do this, I believe and declare, 519 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 5: God is going to show out strong in your life. 520 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 4: You are going to. 521 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:26,199 Speaker 5: See favor, healing, restoration, mercy Like this lady, He's going 522 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 5: to turn the mess around, set you on a new 523 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 5: path toward the fullness of your destiny. 524 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:35,119 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name. If you receive it today, can you 525 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:35,719 Speaker 4: say amen. 526 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 527 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 528 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I 529 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 530 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 4: you my Lord and Savior. 531 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 532 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 5: got born again. 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